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The Strategist: June 11, 2026

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Podcast | Strategy CatalystThe Strategist in Brief: June 11, 2026

This week's episode covers proposed Medicaid payment caps, insights from chief physician executives, the medical student shortage, Eli Lilly's 340B ultimatum, and a court ruling on Medicare Advantage star ratings.

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Strategist | Strategy CatalystThree takeaways from the Spring 2026 CPE Forum

What emerged across three days of working sessions and presentations was that physician executives—and the physicians they lead—are the strongest natural ally for strategy leaders helping their systems grow.

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Strategist | Strategy CatalystGraphic of the Week: The workforce bottleneck driving the access crisis

The U.S. graduates 8.6 medical students for every 100,000 people—far below the OECD average of nearly 15, and well under Denmark's leading rate of 21 per 100,000.

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Strategist | All-AccessEli Lilly threatens to withhold 340B discounts from hospitals that don’t share claims data

Lilly told providers in January to submit claims data for all dispensed 340B drugs, claiming it’s a “lawful, modest integrity measure.” But the company only recently started suggesting it would enforce the policy by withholding discounts.

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Strategist | Strategy CatalystClover’s Star Ratings win puts CMS’s authority over MA quality measures in question

If upheld, the ruling could strip measures from the ratings every MA plan is scored on, not just Clover’s.

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Strategist | Strategy CatalystNews Flashes, Top Reads, and Numbers: June 11, 2026

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

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Tune into monthly episodes of "The Strategy Catalyst Dispatch"

Designed for strategy executives and their teams, this podcast delivers insider perspectives from the health system executives making strategic decisions and driving clinical and financial impact.

Podcast | Strategy CatalystHow St. Charles Turned Clinical Quality into Payer Leverage: From Seven MA Payers to One

St. Charles Health System — a four-hospital not-for-profit and sole major provider in Central Oregon — terminated six MA contracts, negotiated instant cancer treatment authorization, and built a CFO-CCO partnership model other systems can learn from.

Podcast | Strategy CatalystThe Case for Not Merging: UW Health's Joint Operating Agreement with UPH-Meriter

We dig into how the JOA with UnityPoint-Meriter helped UW Health address capacity constraints, delay a major capital build by years, and create a shared patient flow system.

Podcast | Strategy CatalystService Line Disruptors 2026: Pay-Viders, PE, and the Threat You're Not Watching

Pay-viders, PE, and distributors are all shifting strategy. In this episode, we break down which threats to watch and how to respond, service line by service line.

Podcast | Strategy CatalystThe Midlife Spend: Memorial Hermann on Partnering with MIDI Health for Women's Health

In this episode, Memorial Hermann walks us through the business case for investing in women's health, why they partnered with digital health start-up MIDI Health to address the gap in menopause care.

Podcast | Strategy CatalystWhy You Can’t Hire Your Way Out of Access Problems: Inside Inova’s Virtual Capacity and Throughput Strategy

Michelle Vassallo, VP of Operations, walks us through Inova's systemwide standards, centralized infrastructure, and unified referral and transfer processes that allow Inova to unlock “virtual capacity.”

Podcast | Strategy CatalystWorkplace 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. Feat. WellStar CSO Matt Terry.