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The 1% That Became 30%: How Radiation Oncology's Code Overhaul Exposed a Commercial Contracting System That Never Caught Up
CMS projected a 1% cut. Independent practices are reporting 20% to 30% revenue drops. The difference lives in commercial contracts built around codes…
Oct 21
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Jonathan Govette, CEO/Oatmeal
The 57% Problem: How Medicare Advantage's 2027 Exit Map Reveals a Coverage Architecture That Never Fit Rural America
The national headline says plans are stable. The county map tells a different story about who bears the cost of market correction.
Oct 20
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Jonathan Govette, CEO/Oatmeal
One Hospital, 49% Sensitivity, $38 Million: What Healthleap's AI Malnutrition Screener Actually Proved
The startup's single-site study reveals both the promise and the limits of AI-driven malnutrition detection at scale.
Oct 19
The 47,000 Deaths That Pope Leo Made Visible: Inside the Lung Cancer Screening Gap
A papal diagnosis brought lung cancer back into the headlines. The data behind the screening gap has been there all along.
Oct 18
After the Standoff: What Texas's $12 Billion Medicaid Deal Actually Resolved
On September 1, 2026, the first day of Texas's new state fiscal year, three Medicaid directed payment programs went dark.
Oct 17
The 17% Problem: Physicians Use AI Everywhere But the Diagnosis
Six medical societies drew a line against AI superiority claims. The adoption data shows exactly why physicians drew it where they did.
Oct 15
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Jonathan Govette, CEO/Oatmeal
How a Law That Ended Surprise Bills Became a $22 Billion Arbitration Industry
Congress passed the No Surprises Act to protect patients. Four years later, one of its own authors wants to dismantle the mechanism that turned it into…
Oct 14
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Jonathan Govette, CEO/Oatmeal
An FDA-Cleared AI Now Reads Your MRI for Fat and Muscle. The Reimbursement Question Is Harder Than the Algorithm.
AIRS Medical cleared a five-minute body composition MRI scan this month, but no insurer has agreed to pay for it yet.
Oct 13
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Jonathan Govette, CEO/Oatmeal
The Talk Comes Before the Scan: What a 15% Counseling Rate Reveals About the Real Bottleneck in Lung Cancer Screening
New data puts only 1 in 7 eligible adults in a guideline-recommended conversation with a clinician before a lung screening scan.
Oct 12
A Wellness Test That Raised $33 Million: What the Tiny Health Round Reveals About Microbiome Science and the Evidence Gap Every Buyer Must…
A 54-infant trial, a fourfold jump in B2B adoption, and an oncology signal that shows the science is ahead of the products.
Oct 10
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Jonathan Govette, CEO/Oatmeal
Clinical AI Adoption in U.S. Healthcare, October 2026 Edition: Three Years of Data Show Faster Use, Slower Proof
Physician use of AI doubled and device authorizations passed 1,600, but the evidence and the access gaps are closing slowly. Here is the 2023 to 2026…
Oct 9
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Jonathan Govette, CEO/Oatmeal
Lung Cancer Screening Gap in HIV Patients
Eligibility nearly tripled. Fewer than 3 in 10 eligible patients ever got a scan. Here is the framework that actually closes the gap.
Oct 5
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Jonathan Govette, CEO/Oatmeal
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