The Grand Roundup: Peptide boom, payer pressures, AI and Medicaid, clearinghouse innovation, and nearly $600M in health tech funding

The Grand Roundup | March 30, 2026

A packed hour of health tech news: Kevin and Martin recap AHIP (the mood was grim), break down the MA final rates notice dropping any day now, and dig into the peptide/longevity boom reshaping consumer health. Plus two live guest interviews — Toyin Ajayi of Cityblock Health on why AI should be built for Medicaid first, not last, and Zach Kanter of Stedi on their $50M raise and what a billion claims a year looks like. Then a rapid-fire rundown of $581M in funding across 12 deals, including Qualified Health, Doctronic, eMed, and more.

In this episode:

• AHIP recap: MA gamesmanship, no-network plans, and the final rates notice
• Cityblock Health CEO Toyin Ajayi on AI + Medicaid
• Stedi CEO Zach Kanter on clearinghouses, Change Healthcare, and scaling to 1B+ transactions
• $581M in funding across 12 deals
• The peptide/longevity wave and what it means for health tech

Referenced this week: AHIP MMDC, CMS/CMMI, Stedi, Cityblock Health, Qualified Health, Thesis Care, Doctronic, eMed, Adonis, Blossom Health, Clasp, Dimer Health, Prax Health, Certuma, VITL

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