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## Posts
- [Molina Healthcare Q3 2026 Earnings](https://www.healthtechnerds.com/p/molina-q3-2026-earnings): If Molina executes as planned, 2027 is shaping up to be a great recovery year for the business. But a lot needs to go right. 
- [Rate and trend gap narrows for Molina; BCBS NJ buys Summit Health assets; KFF's annual employer health benefits survey](https://www.healthtechnerds.com/p/rate-and-trend-gap-narrows-for-molina-bcbs-nj-buys-summit-health-assets-kff-s-annual-employer-health): HTN Daily Brief: 10/22/2026
- [What's interesting to a healthcare and biotech VC right now: an expert briefing with Sofia Guerra, Bessemer Venture Partners](https://www.healthtechnerds.com/p/what-s-interesting-to-a-healthcare-and-biotech-vc-right-now-an-expert-briefing-with-sofia-guerra-bes): Sofia Guerra, Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, sat down with HTN’s Kevin O’Leary on October 14, 2026 to discuss Bessemer’s new early- and growth-stage funds, what the 2026 Healthcare AI ROI Scorecard shows about AI paying off, how AI-native startups are winning enterprise buyers, and why payment models will unlock clinical AI.
- [Closing the Medicaid gap when foster kids return home: an expert briefing with Here Now Health and Virginia's former Medicaid director](https://www.healthtechnerds.com/p/closing-the-medicaid-gap-when-foster-kids-return-home-an-expert-briefing-with-here-now-health-and-vi): Michelle Turner, Founder & CEO at Here Now Health, and Cheryl Roberts, Managing Principal at Roberts Strategic Consulting and former Virginia Medicaid director, sat down with HTN’s Martin Cech on October 9, 2026 to discuss what happens to foster youth’s Medicaid coverage when they go home, why Virginia moved all foster-connected kids into a single specialty plan, and how states can close the coordination gap at reunification.
- [Elevance Q3 2026 Earnings](https://www.healthtechnerds.com/p/elevance-q3-2026-earnings): A big EPS beat bolstered by a non-operating benefit and government program performance underscores Elevance's strategy going into 2027
- [Elevance government programs overperform; Baba raises $40m series; Mark Cuban tests the rare disease market](https://www.healthtechnerds.com/p/elevance-government-programs-overperform-baba-raises-40m-series-mark-cuban-tests-the-rare-disease-ma): HTN Daily Brief: 10/21/2026
- [Q3 earnings preview; Provider directory proposed rule; R1 RCM partners with Fortuna Health](https://www.healthtechnerds.com/p/q3-earnings-preview-provider-directory-proposed-rule-r1-rcm-partners-with-fortuna-health): HTN Daily Brief: 10/20/2026
- [This Week in HTN Pro: Is ending maternal mortality a moonshot? Q3 earnings kickoff call today, Epic introduces prescription marketplace, understanding value-based care, and more](https://www.healthtechnerds.com/p/this-week-in-htn-pro-is-ending-maternal-mortality-a-moonshot-q3-earnings-kickoff-call-today-epic-int): This Week in HTN Pro: October 19th
- [Weekly Health Tech Reads 10/18/26](https://www.healthtechnerds.com/p/weekly-health-tech-reads-10-18-26): UHG kicks off Q3 earnings season, Neko's waitlist and huge new space, Atrium and SHP continue fighting, and more
- [Abby Care raises $82m; Epic's prescription marketplace; Parkview buys Ovation](https://www.healthtechnerds.com/p/abby-care-raises-82m-epic-s-prescription-marketplace-parkview-buys-ovation): HTN Daily Brief: 10/16/2026
- [Growing an alternative health plan as employers get squeezed: Centivo company briefing and Q&A with founder & CEO Ashok Subramanian](https://www.healthtechnerds.com/p/growing-an-alternative-health-plan-as-employers-get-squeezed-centivo-company-briefing-and-q-a-with-f): Ashok Subramanian, Founder & CEO at Centivo, sat down with HTN’s Kevin O’Leary on October 8, 2026 to discuss why employers have run out of room to shift costs onto workers, how Centivo’s direct contracts with value-based health systems pay for richer plan designs, and its move from 15 markets to a national virtual-first plan.
- [Oura and the line between wellness and medical devices: an expert briefing with Kyle Faget, McDermott Will & Schulte](https://www.healthtechnerds.com/p/oura-and-the-line-between-wellness-and-medical-devices-an-expert-briefing-with-kyle-faget-mcdermott): Kyle Faget, Partner at McDermott Will & Schulte, sat down with HTN’s Martin Cech on October 8, 2026 to discuss where the FDA draws the line between general wellness wearables and medical devices, the sleep-tracking lawsuit shadowing Oura’s postponed IPO, and why FDA clearance doesn’t guarantee reimbursement.
- [Bringing the provider view to the No Surprises Act IDR debate: an expert briefing with SCP Health's Randy Pilgrim, MD](https://www.healthtechnerds.com/p/bringing-the-provider-view-to-the-no-surprises-act-idr-debate-an-expert-briefing-with-scp-health-s-r): Randy Pilgrim, MD, Enterprise Chief Medical Officer at SCP Health, sat down with HTN’s Martin Cech on October 9, 2026 to discuss how contract terminations pushed emergency physician groups out of network after the No Surprises Act, why he’d keep the law as written but enforce compliance and payment integrity, and what’s driving emergency department volume and workforce strain.
- [Rush + Endeavor; NCSHP "builds" on Atrium's affordability program; Otter Health raises $8m](https://www.healthtechnerds.com/p/rush-endeavor-ncshp-builds-on-atrium-s-affordability-program-otter-health-raises-8m): HTN Daily Brief: 10/15/2026