The Strategy Catalyst Dispatch
The Strategy Catalyst Dispatch brings healthcare strategy professionals into the room with leading health system executives to explore how innovation, clinical leadership, and enterprise strategy intersect. Designed for strategy executives, physician leaders, and healthcare innovators, the podcast offers actionable takeaways to help organizations drive both clinical and financial impact.
Episodes
36 episodes
The Strategist in Brief: February 12, 2026
This week's episode covers the end of the proposed 340B rebate pilot, healthcare earnings highlights from HCA, UnitedHealth, and Amazon, the MA rate announcement shaking up payer stocks, ChenMed's new stance on GLP-1s, and Sword Health's acquis...
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Episode 35
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3:16
The Strategist in Brief: January 29, 2026
This week's episode covers key takeaways from the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference, the bipartisan healthcare reform package in Congress, insights from our latest Strategy Catalyst webinar on payviders, PE, and distributors, and Zarminali ...
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Episode 34
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2:48
The Midlife Spend: Memorial Hermann on Partnering with MIDI Health for Women's Health
Women in midlife are the highest healthcare spenders on the managed care side and women use healthcare more than men, even when you take obstetrics out. In this episode, Kathleen McHugh, AVP of Corporate Strategy, and Jennifer Todd, VP of...
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Episode 33
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30:51
The Strategist in Brief: January 15, 2026
This week's episode explores OpenAI's new healthcare-focused AI products, Cencora's new majority stake in OneOncology, the 340B rebate pilot ruling, and our predictions for 2026.
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Episode 32
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2:56
Why You Can’t Hire Your Way Out of Access Problems: Inside Inova’s Virtual Capacity and Throughput Strategy
In this episode of The Strategy Catalyst Dispatch, we unpack why expanding a physician workforce alone can't fully resolve access challenges and how Inova Health System has targeted the problem through a coordinated access-and-f...
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Episode 31
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30:42
The Strategist in Brief: December 11, 2025
This week's edition recaps our favorite intel and insights from the Fall 2025 CSO Forum held in San Diego. We also take a look at the new ACCESS model unveiled by CMS with outcomes-based payments.
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Episode 31
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2:39
Workplace Culture as a Strategic Pillar: Lessons from Wellstar Health System, feat. CSO Matt Terry
In this episode of The Strategy Catalyst Dispatch, we explore a commonly cited theme in strategic plans that rarely gets commensurate investment: culture transformation. Matt Terry, Chief Strategy Officer at Wellstar Health System, shares how W...
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Episode 30
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15:15
The Strategist in Brief: November 6, 2025
This week's edition looks at Intermountain Health's pediatric growth strategy, Ballad Health's lawsuit against UnitedHealth, AI highlights from the HLTH 2025 conference, and a recent Senate HELP Committee hearing on 340B reform.
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Episode 29
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2:54
The Strategist in Brief: October 23, 2025
This week's episode covers the shifting landscape for CMS innovation payment models, the challenges that the government shutdown poses for AMCs, Amazon Pharmacy's new prescription drug kiosks, and the Hospital for Special Surgeries partnership ...
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Episode 28
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3:09
The Strategist in Brief: October 9, 2025
This week’s episode covers the ongoing federal government shutdown and its implications for health systems, including lapses in telehealth and hospital-at-home flexibilities, paused Medicaid payments, and the potential loss of coverage fo...
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Episode 27
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2:27
Heard Around the C-Suite: The AI Arms Race and Other Insights from the Spring CFO & COO Forums
CFOs and COOs are navigating one of the most turbulent years in recent memory since 2020. From historic Medicaid cuts to escalating battles with payers, health system leaders are bracing for financial, political, and reputational pressures that...
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Episode 24
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27:22
Tariffs and Strategic Planning Under Policy Volatility
As the Trump administration continues its tariff agenda, health systems are grappling with a new wave of disruption, spanning medical goods, supplies, capital infrastructure, and the pharmaceutical pipeline. In this episode of The Dispatch,...
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Episode 21
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25:03
The Strategist in Brief: April 17, 2025
This episode covers the Trump administration's rollout of reciprocal tariffs on 60 trading partners, followed by a 90-day pause after market turmoil, with health systems anticipating significant supply cost increases despite pharmaceuticals bei...
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Episode 15
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3:54
Virtual Second Opinions with Jarrett Fowler of USCIPP
Health systems are increasingly turning to virtual second opinions (VSOs) as a strategic lever to extend global reach, differentiate in competitive markets, and unlock long-term value. In this episode of The Strategy Catalyst Dispatch, we speak...
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Episode 14
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37:58
The Strategist in Brief: April 3, 2025
This episode covers the merger between hospital-at-home operators Dispatch Health and Medically Home, which combines health system and payer-oriented products but raises questions about the combined company's loyalties and financial sustainabil...
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Episode 13
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2:44
The Strategist in Brief: March 20, 2025
This episode covers insights from the Strategy Catalyst Summit (Feb 2025), covering direct-to-employer healthcare partnerships, Washington policy shifts under Trump, cybersecurity threats, and urgent care strategies for improving payer mix. The...
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Episode 12
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