At the recent Cain Brothers’ Private Company Healthcare Conference, Dr. Michael Chernew, Chairman of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), joined Dave Johnson to debate fundamental assumptions about U.S. healthcare and strategies for reducing costs, improving outcomes, and enhancing consumer experience. Cain Brothers is a division of KeyBanc Capital Markets.
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With new fiscal pressures hitting Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial insurance markets at once, is U.S. healthcare finally reaching a limit on available resources? The House Calls panel untangles this complicated knot and debates the impact on stakeholders and potential paths forward. Cain Brothers is a division of KeyBanc Capital Markets.

With an aim to cut $1 trillion from Medicaid over the next decade, the “One Big Beautiful Bill” significantly intensifies the pressure skilled nursing facilities are already feeling from reduced reimbursement rates and rising costs. Cain Brothers’ Managing Director Andy Goldberg talks about how operators are responding to this shifting landscape in real time and why their future viability hinges on investing in the right partnerships, embracing new care models, and innovating to improve operational resiliency. Cain Brothers is a division of KeyBanc Capital Markets.

Cain Brothers’ Director Jonah Schutzman talks with Dave Johnson about a new trend in the provider consolidation market. Private equity, payers, and other traditional buyers and partners of specialty provider organizations are scaling back and large healthcare distributors are stepping in as full acquirers, offering liquidity, strategic partnerships, and operating infrastructure. How will this impact providers, distributors, and traditional investors? Cain Brothers is a division of KeyBanc Capital Markets.

Today’s adolescents and young adults face unique challenges affecting their development and mental health. Cain Brothers’ Managing Director Erika Haanpaa talks with Dave about the factors driving the rising demand for age-appropriate mental health services and the new generation of innovative service providers leading the way with highly effective and scalable care models. Cain Brothers is a division of KeyBanc Capital Markets. Read the companion article on Key.com.

Cain Brothers’ Vice President JP Mills talks about exciting technological advances in orthopedic surgery – including augmented reality, mixed reality, virtual reality and surgical robots – and the potential impact on health outcomes, healthcare costs, and access. Cain Brothers is a division of KeyBanc Capital Markets.

Big changes are clearly coming to Medicaid. Cain Brothers’ Managing Director Mike Elizondo discusses why Medicaid funding is so complex, how states might respond to funding cuts, and where investors should be looking for opportunities. Cain Brothers is a division of KeyBanc Capital Markets.

Cain Brothers’ Managing Director Todd Rudsenske talks with Dave about the debate over the impact of for-profit enterprises on healthcare in the early 1990s – and why the same challenges, trends, and market needs are still in play today. Cain Brothers is a division of KeyBanc Capital Markets.