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1 month ago | 
forbes.com | Seth Joseph
When the most dominant player in a market stumbles, the rest of the industry pays attention. That’s precisely what happened last month, when UnitedHealth Group - the largest Medicare Advantage insurer in the country - reported disappointing earnings and a jarring shift in tone.
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1 month ago | 
forbes.com | Seth Joseph
Epic Systems is perhaps the most successful health technology company in the world. Its electronic health record (EHR) platform is now used by the majority of large health systems in the U.S. Its customers are vocal in their support and are often passionate defenders of the platform’s reliability, configurability, and comprehensiveness.
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1 month ago | 
forbes.com | Seth Joseph
CVS Health last Thursday announced that its pharmacy benefit manager division will drop Eli Lilly’s Zepbound from its preferred formulary list starting July 1, 2025. Instead, CVS will prioritize coverage of Wegovy, a competing GLP-1 medication produced by Novo Nordisk.
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Mar 27, 2025 | 
forbes.com | Seth Joseph
Artificial intelligence (AI) is enjoying its moment as the hottest area of venture investment, with more than flowing into the sector last year. In healthcare, AI accounted for in 2024 – and data shows to a strong start. That momentum continues today with the announcement of a $21 million Series A by Layer Health, an ambitious healthcare AI startup aiming to tackle some of the sector’s thorniest issues and overcome the industry’s biggest barriers to growth.
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Mar 18, 2025 | 
forbes.com | Seth Joseph
What does a pharmaceutical company have to do with U.S. national security? Perhaps more than meets the eye, based on President Trump’s negotiating style, which often involves utilizing leverage to weaken the other side’s bargaining position. In the case at hand, President Trump has repeatedly expressed an interest in acquiring Greenland from Denmark for reasons involving national security.
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Feb 26, 2025 | 
forbes.com | Seth Joseph
Last month’s news of DeepSeek’s incredible artificial intelligence performance led to the biggest market loss in history in late January, as Nvidia alone lost almost $600 billion in market capitalization on the news. For context, that is greater than the gross domestic product of Greece, Costa Rica, Luxembourg and Croatia. Combined. Much remains to be seen regarding DeepSeek’s long term impact (and whether DeepSeek’s results quality as truly innovative under closer scrutiny).
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Feb 17, 2025 | 
statnews.com | Seth Joseph
A few decades ago, hotels were supreme. They had strong relationships with their customers, who were deeply loyal to particular hotels they trusted. But that has changed with the rise of online travel agencies (OTAs) like Booking.com and Expedia. Since the late 1990s, these OTAs have dramatically reshaped the travel industry. By offering travelers the ability to compare prices and book accommodations from thousands of options, OTAs brought convenience, transparency, and lower costs.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
thehealthcareblog.com | Seth Joseph
Health TechBy SETH JOSEPHThis is part 3 of Seth’s series about Epic that has generated much interest and a little controversy and we are happy to host it on THCB. Part 1 and Part 2 were published on Forbes earlier this year. According to people in the room, Judy Faulkner’s vision on stage at Epic’s 2022 User Group Meeting was epic, in the grandest sense of the word.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
forbes.com | Seth Joseph
At the HLTH 2024 conference this month, over 12,000 healthcare industry leaders gathered in Las Vegas to discuss and debate the bold course for the future of healthcare. For anyone in attendance, one inescapable element of this future would have been unmistakable: artificial intelligence (AI).
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
forbes.com | Seth Joseph
According to people in the room, Judy Faulkner’s vision on stage at Epic’s 2022 User Group Meeting was epic, in the grandest sense of the word. The company, which had grown as a unified clinical and billing EHR system, was now laying out a roadmap in which it would be the digital front door for all things consumer facing.
