The Grand Roundup: ACCESS, Humana makes a big acquisition, what costs more original Medicare or Medicare Advantage, and a quick healthcare earnings review episode artwork

EPISODE · Feb 16, 2026 · 50 MIN

The Grand Roundup: ACCESS, Humana makes a big acquisition, what costs more original Medicare or Medicare Advantage, and a quick healthcare earnings review

from Health Tech Nerds Radio · host Kevin O'Leary, Martin Cech

Martin and Kevin unpack CMMI’s new Access program, focusing on reimbursement rates that landed well below digital health expectations and what that signals about CMS pushing AI-enabled, lower-labor care models. They discuss Humana’s earnings and its $1B Max acquisition, debates over Medicare Advantage costs versus traditional Medicare, healthcare job growth amid AI narratives, and an earnings roundup covering Hinge, Tenet, and Oscar’s ACA and ICHRA momentum.For more from Health Tech Nerds, subscribe to our weekly newsletters: https://www.healthtechnerds.com/subscribe

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