{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Health Tech Nerds Radio","title":"The Grand Roundup: Novo-Hims partnership, UHS buys Talkspace, OpenEvidence's \"Spotify of healthcare\" strategy & Wiley partnership, and Idaho Microhospitals","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/55695cd4\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2923,"description":"The episode covers a busy Monday in healthcare and markets: \nUniversal Health Services announced it will acquire Talkspace to expand outpatient behavioral health and virtual care, raising questions about Talkspace’s largely non‑W2 therapist model and the modest premium paid. \nHims and Hers and Novo Nordisk unexpectedly reengaged after a broken partnership and lawsuit, with Hims curtailing compounded GLP‑1 advertising, Novo dropping its lawsuit, and Novo products expected on the platform, boosting Hims’ stock. \nWiley’s AI-focused earnings call and partnership with OpenEvidence (including equity)\nCMS action against Elevance over risk-adjustment submissions via encrypted USB drives\nHospital operators’ revenue growth driven mostly by price and coding intensity\nIdaho legislation targeting a freestanding ER’s heavy use of the No Surprises Act IDR process\nPrivate-market deals for FindHelp and Greater Good Health\nThe collapse of New Mountain’s planned “Thoreau” spinout\nOperational and financing challenges of scaling cell and gene therapies.\nFor more from Health Tech Nerds, subscribe to our weekly newsletters: https://www.healthtechnerds.com/subscribe","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/y84Rj-3Zru2TSHB3gg7QPKSw1QK5xTylJGdWYgSYt5g/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85MmYw/N2JiYjk1MjQ4NTAy/YzJiZDg1NzYyY2E2/NmI0ZS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}