The annual Fierce 50 gala was a success! I loved co-hosting this year with @aylaellison.bsky.social. It’s always such an inspiring night honoring 50 impressive people in healthcare & life sciences. The highlight was hearing their acceptance speeches and what gets them out of bed in the morning!

The most complicated story I've ever worked on has dropped. It's long and worth the read. I go deep into the world of alternative funding programs & how they're harming patient access to timely prescriptions: www.fiercehealthcare.com/payers/new-w...

Five years ago…Time flies??!?

Thank you Neal Awards for recognizing our work! @unclosetedmedia.bsky.social

Recap from MED-PR! Loved sharing about my work with PR pros

Spoke on NYSE TV this morning about Fierce Healthcare’s recent report, the Fierce 15 Read it here: www.fiercehealthcare.com/special-repo...

Portugal is everything I hoped it’d be and more 🫶 At peace!!

Magical ☃️

commute times before/after the first day of congestion pricing in nyc rush hour holland tunnel travel time cut in half (!)

2025 promises to be a hot mess so it's more important than ever to support fearless journalists not afraid to hold power to account. Here's my FEARLESS MEDIA starter pack #2. I hope you'll follow & support them. go.bsky.app/7rUSKkU

Coming up: • How to read a nonprofit's tax forms • How to cover a city council meeting • How to read a campaign finance report Do you have an area of expertise? Share it with us! forms.gle/sYDVVQfUK4B4...

Buckle up, 2025 is going to be a bumpy ride. It will require fearless, clear-eyed reporting & analysis. Here are 2 starter packs with some of my favorites. 1/ go.bsky.app/MjqCB1i

What's next for health equity? I talked to dozens of stakeholders: www.fiercehealthcare.com/ai-and-machi...

Tallied up some fun personal stats for '24: 300+ interviews done (assuming an average of 30 mins per interview, that's at least 9k mins, or 150 hours!!) 141 stories published 26 podcast episodes recorded 6 conferences attended Countless sweats sweated, and a partridge in a pear tree 😂

75+ Nobel Prize winners have signed a letter urging senators not to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as head of the Department of Health and Human Services. The letter marks the first time in recent memory that Nobel laureates have banded together against a Cabinet choice.

If we all find 100 posts to like every day, engagement and good will on @bsky.app grows exponentially. Is it worth a few minutes to make the platform stronger ?

A beacon of hope in a dark time — Dr. Fauci talked about his career, misinformation, trust and moral responsibility with Don Berwick at the IHI Forum 🙏

A focus at this year's IHI Forum is compassion as a key part of quality. Outgoing IHI CEO Kedar Mate and Press Ganey CMO Thomas Lee gave keynotes centered around social capital, what it is and how to foster it in an increasingly individualistic society: www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/ih...

Third time at the #IHIForum, one of my fav conferences, in Orlando! A joy to be around so many quality improvement nerds

Honor to meet the iconic @kkjetelina.bsky.social last night. I’ve subscribed to YLE for years and as a result am a way more informed person, so thank you Shoutout to the best editor @heatherlandi.bsky.social Congrats to all Fierce 50 honorees! Project here: www.fiercepharma.com/collection/f...

Forbes CEO Mike Federle kicks off the Forbes Healthcare Summit held at NYU Langone with a moment of silence for UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, killed this morning Chief of Hospital Operations Fritz François offers prayers to Brian's family: "We feel it just as much as you do."

For (belated) World AIDS Day, consider reading this deep dive into PrEP access that I worked on with @unclosetedmedia.bsky.social. We spoke to folks living with HIV and unraveled the system that failed to protect them: www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/ho...

A government run by billionaires for billionaires with a heavy mix of revenge & faux science. What could possibly go wrong? Everything.

Exclusive story: Fierce Healthcare teamed up w/ @unclosetedmedia.bsky.social to explore why at-risk individuals still struggle to get access to PrEP, a drug that is supposed to covered, but often isn't. @gliadkovskaya.bsky.social exposes the obstacles to accessible HIV prevention bit.ly/4dKLDs7

New on Podnosis — There's a new kind of deepfake in town: voice phishing. "Vishing" impersonates voices by phone to access sensitive info. It's already happening in healthcare. I talked to a cybersecurity expert to break it...

Me again, tweeting about the Fierce DEI Forum happening today again! Today's lineup includes a case study on value-based care, addressing the gun violence crisis, innovative maternity care models, LGBTQ+ care navigation and much more:...

Reminder — the Fierce DEI Forum is live NOW and tomorrow. Lots of incredible sessions on the roster, including addressing sustainability, the gun violence epidemic, breakthrough maternal care models, value-based care, LGTBQ+ navigation and much...

New: @ruthhealthco is winding down. “This decision is backed by careful reflection on challenges ahead in a fragmented maternity care space where we failed to find scalable PMF,” co-founder and CEO Alison Greenberg wrote on...

Biggest travel pet peeve: that boarding passes almost never list the terminal for your flight. Why?!

Day 2 of @FierceHealth Payer Summit — @pminemyer kicks off our keynote on value-based care with @AlexAzar

Until the last, dying breath of X, I will still call it Twitter.

The Guardian will no longer post its content to X

Let’s do this thing. See you there 😇

Led a session at the @FierceHealth Payer Summit on everyone’s favorite: prior auths. You could tell audience members were similarly exasperated by the process as it stands today…Who will lead the charge to fix it?

New on #Podnosis: I spoke to an expert helping practices & health systems carry out clinical trials about what’s lacking in the industry. Between specialized technology, staffing & compliance, there’s a lot that goes into ensuring...

.@HeatherLandi kicks off the Fierce Health Payer Summit with a keynote with @GlenTullman 🌟🌟

On my last trip of the month (SoCal -> Austin) for the @FierceHealth Payer Summit! Who else is going??

SCOOP: @LyraHealth has laid off 77 employees on the operations side. A former employee alleges the company prioritized work-life balance for its providers until the past year amid a growing focus on...

NEW: Women’s health providers are reporting a major surge in emergency contraception, birth control and medication abortion sales since the election. Though there was a similar jump following Dobbs, many say the latest numbers exceed that. Stats...

Journalists working on weekends 🤝 Healthcare sources working on weekends

It's endearing how apologetic some sources are when they have to reschedule a chat for a personal reason, often involving health or family. Of course! Take care of you

TL cleanse🫶🐾

Highly awaited and extremely well-attended session happening now at #BHT24 on VBC 👀

Grim day. But it has been on my wish list to attend @GoingDigitalBHT for a while. Grateful to be here IRL with champions like @SolomeTibebu. Making the behavioral/healthcare system better is a daily fight and that’s not going to change

Thought provoking session on Medicaid innovation in behavioral health at #BHT24 @caresource expert argues there aren’t enough outcomes measures in the space

🚨Most important time of day: puppy snuggles @ #BHT24

Day 1 of #BHT2024: a very packed session on how AI can co-exist with human intelligence. Focus is on detecting mental illness earlier, expanding access via bots, power of copilots

Scoop: @Verily, which works with the CDC, has been testing Vegas wastewater for pathogens to understand disease patterns during #HLTH. A report of the findings will be available in the coming...

NEW: If you missed it, I recap my #HLTH panel on investing in primary care here👇 w/ @parsley_health @CarbonHealth @VillageMD @MarathonHealth https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/hlth24-what-and-not-working-primary-care