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Unlock Health has deep experience in managed care consulting, revenue strategy, contract performance and negotiations, benchmarking, analytics, and strategic communications

Health insurance CEOs told Congress they want to lower costs. Providers have heard this before—and Congress has, too

Insurers testifying to Congress last month again promised they are committed to lowering costs, reducing friction, and improving transparency. Sustained follow-through has been harder to find, writes Brandon Edwards.

Lead like a cheetah: why fast, fit, and flexible now define change leadership in healthcare

Healthcare change efforts often stall despite strong strategy. It doesn't have to be this way. Brian Storts breaks down how fast, fit, and flexible leadership helps organizations activate change, build adoption, and sustain momentum.

AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference

Connect with Kevin Thilborger, Chief Managed Care Officer and Chief Revenue Strategy Officer at Unlock Health, during the AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference.

When the fox starts teaching poultry management

When a payor helps shape medical education, the risk isn’t knowledge, it’s normalization. Why UnitedHealth’s role in training physicians should concern us all.

Managed care under pressure: what’s shaping 2026

As healthcare affordability worsens, patients, providers, and payors are responding in different ways. Explore the five forces shaping managed care in 2026.

The annual state of change: why 2026 will test our capacity to activate, not just to change

Learn why many transformations stall quietly and how leaders can build the activation capacity needed to turn change into sustained behavior in 2026.

2025 in managed care: the year the quiet parts got loud

In managed care, 2025 wasn’t shocking. It just made the system’s problems harder to pretend not to see.