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The Strategist: July 23, 2026

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Podcast | Strategy CatalystThe Strategist in Brief: July 23, 2026

This week's episode covers Amazon's evolving One Medical strategy and health system partnerships, physician specialty happiness survey results, and HHS's delay of the HIPAA Security Rule update.

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Strategist | All-AccessGraphic of the Week: Which specialties are the happiest?

The upshot for health system strategists is that the specialties reporting the lowest sustainability are disproportionately the ones a system can't function without.

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Strategist | Strategy CatalystHHS delays HIPAA update, as providers call for balance between cybersecurity and compliance burdens

The overhaul would tighten requirements for HIPAA-regulated entities, mandating encryption, multifactor authentication (MFA), and network segmentation.

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Insights Briefing | Strategy CatalystPostponing Rationalization Is Rational. That's the Problem.

Explore why service line rationalization keeps stalling, and get a structured framework for assessing when to act, before the decision is forced.

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Strategy CatalystNews Flashes, Top Reads, and Numbers: July 23, 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 CatalystPriority Fog: The Gap Between Access Ambition and Execution

THMA-Tegria research finds 82% of systems call access a strategic pillar but most have trouble executing. We unpack the finance gap, post-acute blind spots, and the governance structures that separate progress from priority fog.

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.”