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Yulan Egan
Aug 21, 20246 min read
The promise and peril of GLP-1 agonists: What we do (and don't) know as of August 2024
A full 6% of US adults are taking GLP-1s. In this post, we break down what we do—and don't—know about these medications as of August 2024.


Kirsta Hackmeier
Aug 1, 20246 min read
Unpacking Disparities in Women’s Healthcare
We’ve spoken in the past about the rise of “femtech” in recent years, as investors rush to fund start-ups specifically catering to...


Yulan Egan
Jul 24, 20247 min read
Preview "The State of Healthcare 2024"
Here at Union, our annually-updated State of Healthcare is the foundation upon which nearly all of our research builds. We know that in...


Amanda Berra
Jun 27, 20248 min read
How to speak comparative international healthcare
Ever have occasion to talk to partners overseas? Ever been drawn into wonky and/or political discussions comparing U.S. healthcare...


Christopher Kerns
Jun 18, 20246 min read
Understanding the health system CFO
In many (most) cases, the health system CFO is the Final Boss Chief financial officers (CFOs) are probably the most sought-after...


Christopher Kerns
Jun 12, 20243 min read
Making Medicare Advantage profitable again
We're certainly not the first people to notice that, for health insurers, Medicare Advantage has lost a bit of its luster. During Q4 and...


Amanda Berra
Jun 7, 20245 min read
Theory versus reality in the state of healthcare disruption
Healthcare disruption has been a hot (and noisy) topic in recent years. For the last decade, the healthcare industry has been rich in...


Christopher Kerns
May 30, 20246 min read
What private equity ownership doesn't tell you
The role of private equity in hospital, health system, and medical group ownership has received increasing coverage over the past few...


Christopher Kerns
May 14, 20245 min read
According to our new arrival, life is more than mere survival
And if you got that reference in the title, please make sure you're up to date with your colonoscopy screening, because you're the right...


Christopher Kerns
May 7, 20246 min read
We're neither angry nor disappointed
As nearly everyone reading this will know by now, 2024 could be known in healthcare as the Great Retailer Retrenchment. (I coined that....


Christopher Kerns
May 3, 20243 min read
How nursing execs see the future
And here you thought all we talked about at Union was vertical consolidation and AI. Well today we're taking a look at the future of...


Christopher Kerns
Apr 24, 20243 min read
The flywheel and the hedge
We've been talking about the hedge-and-flywheel strategy of the big vertically consolidated healthcare companies for a while now, most...
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