Jay Ackerman

Write a short forgiveness note for past careless errors, release heavy old regrets to walk lightly toward tomorrow. Stop clinging tightly to old faults, head for an unburdened future full of soft warm gentle hope.

Looking forward to seeing Jonah continue to bolster his college baseball appeal in his junior year. Class of ‘28

Going down! 60 floors in #Philadelphia

My cab driver (yes, yellow cabs still exist) in Philly this morning — late 60s early 70s — got a call from his wife. Just checking he made it to work okay. Told him to have a beautiful day. Small moment. Very sweet.

Amazing evening at @usopen last night with a handful of leaders shaping Value-Based Care. Go @CocoGauff! @AlexZverev congrats on a long hard fought first round win.

If your flying coast to coast on @united, would you choose to a different flight if you knew @Starlink was already deployed?

Excited to be attending the @usopen tomorrow with a small group of @reveleer customers and partners.

I knocked off promptly at 5pm today in favor of @DollyParton #RIP.

Excited to see my son Jonah begin his college recruitment journey. Thanks @HeadfirstHRoll for visibility. #compete

Wow! Not bad when up at 5:45am and flying across country. Shows the value of prioritizing sleep, proper hydration and no alcohol.

Humana beat on earnings, but the stock still fell. Investors zeroed in on two things: Star Ratings pressure cutting into bonus payments, and cost favorability that showed up almost entirely among members with value-based providers. The market isn't just pricing profit anymore. It's pricing whether a plan's approach to risk and quality actually holds up.

Excited to see @reveleer recognized by @IncMagazine in their #Inc5000 ranking. Coming in at 905.

63% of physicians now use AI tools in some capacity, up from 47% just nine months ago. That's one of the fastest adoption curves I've seen in healthtech. The pace is the encouraging part. The harder question is whether trust, validation, and oversight are growing at the same speed. Adoption isn't the finish line. Trustworthy adoption is.

New CMS data: dispute volume under the No Surprises Act rose 16% in the second half of 2025, and arbitration payouts hit close to $15 billion for the year — three times 2024's total. The law protects patients from surprise bills. But the process built to enforce it is becoming its own cost driver. Good policy still needs a process that scales with it.

Stumbled upon this podcast. Great listen if you are trying to get better at how you engage with strangers. Meet as Strangers Leave as Friends | John DiJulius | TEDxAkron youtu.be/QfWgKZzsuMc?is=4lkh… via @YouTube

Back out at #Spyglass for the first time in over ten years. Didn’t disappoint

Cigna's Q2 story wasn't premium hikes. It was employer plans getting healthier: GLP-1 cost growth decelerated, outpatient spending came in lower than expected, and profit followed. When medical trend actually slows instead of just being priced around, the whole system feels it. Worth watching as the rest of 2026 plays out.

Q2 payer earnings are in. UnitedHealth's net income spiked almost 62% while revenue stayed essentially flat, and Cigna, Elevance, Molina, and Centene all followed with beat-and-raise quarters. That's pricing discipline and cost management doing the work.