UnitedHealth Earnings Shock: Jakob Emerson Breaks Down Medicare Advantage Pressures

In this episode, Dr. Clara Lin, CMIO and VP of Digital Health & Informatics at Seattle Children’s, joins Laura Dyrda to discuss driving clinician satisfaction, partnering with Google on innovative AI tools like the “Pathway Assistant,” and preparing the pediatric workforce for the future of healthcare tech.

In this episode, Molly Gamble, Vice President of Editorial at Becker’s Healthcare, joins Scott Becker to discuss the critical challenges shaping healthcare today. They discuss care inequities, the loss of public trust, the growing physician shortage, and what it will take to realign the system for a more sustainable and fair future.

In this episode, Jakob Emerson, Associate News Director at Becker’s Healthcare, joins Scott Becker to unpack UnitedHealth’s steep stock drop, rising medical loss ratios, and the ripple effects of Medicare Advantage pressures on the payer industry.

In this episode, Alan Condon, Editor-in-Chief at Becker’s Healthcare, dives into the latest federal policy shifts impacting the 340B drug pricing program and highlights a major acquisition move by Ascension Health.

In this episode of the Becker's Healthcare Podcast, Erika Spicer Mason sits down with Armando Cardoso, CEO of PayrHealth, to explore how strategic partnerships and smart reimbursement strategies can help ambulatory surgery centers thrive. Armando shares his insights on common challenges ASCs face, how PayrHealth works to maximize contract value, and what’s ahead as the healthcare landscape continues to evolve.This episode is sponsored by Johnson & Johnson MedTech.

In this episode, Scott Becker speaks with 3 Leaders from WEconnect Health Management, Daniela Luzi Tudor co-founder and CEO, Murphy Jensen Co Founder, and EVP of Business Development, and Cameron Chell, Executive Chairman. They share their personal recovery stories, the founding journey of WEconnect, and how their behavioral health tech platform is saving lives, driving down healthcare costs, and reshaping how mental health and substance use recovery are supported at scale.

In this episode, James Hereford shares insights from his journey from rural Montana to leading one of Minnesota's largest health systems. In this episode, he reflects on transforming Fairview into a unified system, tackling healthcare’s toughest challenges, and the leadership mindset needed to drive innovation and sustain meaningful impact.

In this episode, Laura Dyrda, Editor-in-Chief at Becker’s Healthcare, joins Scott Becker to discuss the potential impact of pharmaceutical tariffs, major hospital expansion projects across the country, and why healthcare margins may improve in 2025 despite ongoing challenges.

In this episode, Sherri Douville, CEO of Medigram and chair of the Trustworthy Technology and Innovation Consortium, joins Scott Becker to discuss advancing secure, real-time communication in healthcare, setting global standards for AI governance, and why trust and economic impact are critical to the future of healthcare technology.

In this episode, Dr. Jennifer Bickel, Chief Wellness Officer at MD Anderson Cancer Center, shares insights into how she’s working to build a system-wide culture of well-being. She discusses the importance of operational changes, the development of a Wellness Institute, and tailored strategies to support oncology staff facing emotional and systemic challenges.