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The Strategist: December 11, 2025

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Strategist | Strategy CatalystThe Strategist in Brief: December 11, 2025

A brief summary of the top stories in this edition, including an audio version.

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Strategist | Strategy CatalystCSO Forum Recap: Partnerships as a strategic lever

This year’s fall forum featured multiple presentations by CSOs tackling every stage of the partnership conversation—from identifying new opportunities, to nailing down operational details, to divesting when reality falls short of expectations.

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Strategist | Strategy CatalystCSO Forum Recap: Federal policy challenges and advocacy

Federal politics and the impacts of the OBBBA were top topics of conversation across multiple sessions.

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Strategist | Strategy CatalystGraphic of the Week: The distributors’ specialty care acquisition spree

Distributors like Cardinal Health and McKesson have been snapping up physician practices in multiple specialties as part of a broader strategy to secure specialty drug spend.

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Strategist | Strategy CatalystCMS unveils new outcomes-based Medicare payment model

The new voluntary model will pay participants fixed installments for managing conditions like high blood pressure, diabetes, musculoskeletal pain, and depression.

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Strategist | Strategy CatalystNews Flashes, Top Reads, and Numbers: December 11, 2025

A quick roundup of recent headlines, our top reads of the week, and numbers in the news.