CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.

Send us Fan Mail AI, GLP-1s, federal policy, and China. Those themes dominated last week’s JP Morgan Health Care Conference in San Francisco. But what, if anything are the implications for the broader healthcare world in 2026? Hosts David Williams, President of Health Business Group, and John Driscoll, Chairman of UConn Health discuss what stood out most at JPM, including why the GLP-1 wave may be...

Send us Fan Mail Will AI actually replace jobs in healthcare, or change what people work on?  In this clip from our episode Top Insights From JPM Conference 2026, CareTalk hosts David Williams and John Driscoll discuss why concerns about job loss came up at JPM, and how industry leaders are instead focusing on the new kinds of work AI could enable Listen to the full episode here 🎙️⚕️ABOUT CARETALK...

Send us Fan Mail Unsurprisingly, AI dominated the headlines at this year’s JPMorgan Healthcare Conference, but there were some other exciting developments that shouldn’t be overlooked. CareTalk hosts, David Williams, President of Health Business Group, and John Driscoll, Chairman of UConn Health, share their on-the-ground insights from JPM, including where AI is delivering substance over hype, why...

Send us Fan Mail What does truly personalized cancer care actually look like in the years ahead?  In this clip from our episode “When AI Spots What Doctors Miss”, HealthBiz Podcast host David Williams speaks with Steve Brown, Founder and CEO of CureWise, about how AI and full-genome sequencing could enable truly individualized cancer treatment.  Listen to the full episode here 🎙️⚕️ABOUT STEVE BROW...

Send us Fan Mail Referrals are meant to connect patients to the care they need, but in reality, they often become a source of delays, dropped handoffs, and administrative chaos. Between intake complexity, missing information, and outdated processes, too many patients get stuck between diagnosis and treatment.  Trey Holterman, Co-Founder and CEO of Tennr joins CareTalk host John Driscoll to discuss...

Send us Fan Mail Modern medicine generates more data than any one clinician or patient can reasonably process, and for people with rare or complex conditions, that gap can mean delayed diagnoses, missed options, and life-altering consequences. As precision medicine advances, the challenge is no longer just having information, but making it understandable and usable when it matters most. Steve Brow...

Send us Fan Mail 2025 has been another whirlwind year for healthcare. Between the new Administration upending the apple care, the explosion of AI, and the continued march of GLP-1s, the landscape has shifted under our feet. Will things settle down in 2026 or become even more volatile? Hosts David E. Williams and John Driscoll join CareTalk to share their predictions for 2026, discussing how AI wil...

Send us Fan Mail Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) care for more than 30 million Americans, yet many people have never heard of them or understand how they stay afloat.  A major piece of their financial survival is the 340B drug pricing program, which has quietly become one of the most important funding mechanisms in the safety net and it is under growing pressure. Scott Seidelmann, CEO o...

Send us Fan Mail Lung cancer is often discovered too late, when treatments are expensive and survival rates are low. But what if routine chest x-rays could flag cancer early…long before symptoms appear?  AI is transforming everyday imaging into a powerful early detection tool, reshaping screening economics and saving lives around the world.  Prashant Warier, CEO and Founder of Qure.ai, joins CareT...

Send us Fan Mail Health insurance in the United States is incredibly complex, filled with deductibles, co-pays, co-insurance, narrow networks and more. Why is our system such a maze? Is it the unintended product of decades of patchwork policies, or is the complexity intentional? In this episode of CareTalk, hosts David E. Williams and John Driscoll break down the real reasons health insurance is s...

Send us Fan Mail Phone lines are jammed. Staff are overwhelmed. Patients wait, hang up, or fall through the cracks entirely. Meanwhile, the pressure to improve access keeps climbing. In this Executive Feature, Chetan Reddy, Founder and CEO of Confido Health,  joins host, David E. Williams to discuss why patient access is breaking down, how AI voice agents can resolve routine calls instantly, and w...

Send us Fan Mail If you don’t know where the patient’s data is at every moment, you really can’t protect it yet. That’s the reality many healthcare organizations are facing. Regulations can help but legacy siloed systems keep patients exposed. In this episode of the HealthBiz Podcast, David Williams is joined by Aimee Cardwell, CISO-in-residence at Transcend. Aimee breaks down why compliance doesn...

Send us Fan Mail AI assistants like transcription co-pilots and chat-bots are yesterday’s news. Now, we’re entering the new era of agentic AI. The new tools are powerful but a little unsettling. AI giving advice is one thing, but are we ready for AI to take action on our behalf? In this episode of CareTalk, hosts John Driscoll and David Williams explore the dawn of agentic AI, systems that act aut...

Send us Fan Mail Healthcare is drowning in messy, inconsistent data, and IMO Health is helping clean it up so organizations can turn information into real clinical insight. In this CareTalk Executive Feature episode, host David E. Williams speaks with John Laursen, Senior Vice President of Commercialization at IMO Health, about how to separate hype from real value in AI healthcare. 🎙️⚕️ABOUT JOHN...

Send us Fan Mail What if rural hospitals could thrive instead of just survive? In this episode of CareTalk Executive Features, WVU Medicine President & CEO Albert L. Wright, Jr. joins host David Williams to share how the health system is redefining rural healthcare, expanding access, advancing innovation, and aligning care delivery through initiatives like Peak Health. 🎙️⚕️ABOUT ALBERT L. WRIG...

Send us Fan Mail Vaccines save lives, misinformation spreads fast, and ice cream, believe it or not, might actually be good for you. In this episode of CareTalk, Dr. Zeke Emanuel joins John Driscoll to discuss vaccine myths, public health confusion, and how the healthcare system can communicate science more effectively. 🎙️⚕️ABOUT DR. ZEKE EMANUEL Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD, is the Vice Provost fo...

Send us Fan Mail Will the $50 billion rural transformation fund save rural hospitals or hasten their demise?   In this episode of CareTalk, hosts David E. Williams and John Driscoll debate whether CMS’s plan to reshape rural healthcare can actually work. 🎙️⚕️ABOUT CARETALK CareTalk is a weekly podcast that provides an incisive, no B.S. view of the US healthcare industry. Join co-hosts John Driscol...

Send us Fan Mail The digital front door to healthcare is jammed, and it’s costing patients, providers, and payers alike. In this episode of CareTalk Executive Features, host David Williams talks with Dr. Ashish Mandavia, CEO and cofounder of Sohar Health, about how AI and automation can transform eligibility and benefits verification from a frustrating bottleneck into a seamless, real-time process...

Send us Fan Mail Medicaid covers nearly 90 million Americans, but coverage doesn’t always equal health. What if the real driver of outcomes isn’t the doctor’s office or an app, but the community itself? In this episode of CareTalk Executive Features, WiderCircle co-founder and CEO Darin Buxbaum joins David Williams to share how peer-led circles and community engagement are improving health outcome...

Send us Fan Mail Every 90 minutes, someone in the U.S. is diagnosed with ALS — a devastating disease that has long resisted conventional research and treatment efforts. In this episode of Caretalk, Tris Dyson, Founder and Managing Director of Challenge Works, joins host John Driscoll to discuss how prize-based innovation and crowdsourcing could unlock new breakthroughs. Dyson shares his personal j...

Send us Fan Mail Healthcare sits on mountains of valuable data, but compliance bottlenecks prevent organizations from unlocking its potential. In this Executive Feature episode of Caretalk, Shubh Sinha, CEO and co-founder of Integral, explains how his company is changing that by treating data infrastructure and compliance as one unified system rather than separate processes. 🎙️⚕️ABOUT SHUBH SINHA...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever had your health plan deny a treatment that your doctor says you need? Well, you're not alone.  But there's good news: People who appeal insurance denials often win.  In this episode of CareTalk Podcast: Healthcare. Unfiltered., hosts John Driscoll and David E. Williams dig into the history of prior authorization, why denials are so common, and what patients...

Send us Fan Mail Access to healthcare in the U.S. is broken, with millions forced to choose between essential needs and seeing a doctor. Traditional clinics are too costly to scale, and telemedicine has hit adoption limits. In this episode of CareTalk, John Driscoll sits down with Karthik Ganesh, CEO of OnMed, to discuss how OnMed’s “clinic in a box” is expanding access to care. Ganesh shares his...

Send us Fan Mail Healthcare spending continues to surge, with pharmacy costs now representing 30-40% of total healthcare spend.    In this episode of CareTalk Executive Features, David Williams speaks with Dr. Alan Pannier, SVP of Product Strategy at SmithRx, about how legacy PBMs’ misaligned incentives drive up costs, the toll on patients, employers, and independent pharmacies, and how a modern P...

Send us Fan Mail Forget about the price of eggs. It’s healthcare costs that are rising fast. Double digit increases are coming for 2026 and cost sharing is rising for employees. Weight loss drugs like Ozempic are adding billions to the bill and AI is a wild card, which could bring costs down or make them rise even faster.  In this episode, David E. Williams and John Driscoll unpack what’s driving...