Why Hospitals Keep Defaulting to Medicare Logic
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered. · 2026-05-20 · 4 min
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Send us Fan Mail For years, hospitals managing value-based contracts have been doing so with one hand tied behind their back, defaulting to Medicare logic because that was the only playbook precise enough to follow. In this clip from our episode “Why Value-Based Care Is Finally Hitting Its Tipping Point”, host David E. Williams and David Snow, Chairman & CEO of Cedar Gate Technologies, an IQVIA business, break down why that era of generalization is over and what precision contract analytics actually makes possible now. Listen to the full episode here ️️ABOUT DAVID SNOW David Snow is a nationally recognized healthcare executive with 40 years of experience leading Fortune 50 companies, health plans, hospitals, and innovative healthcare startups. He has been named one of America's Best CEOs by Institutional Investor and ranked #27 on the Harvard Business Review's list of Best Performing CEOs in the World. He is currently the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Cedar Gate Technologies, a provider of technology-powered end-to-end solutions designed to enable success in value-based care.