# Health Tech Happy Hour

Interdisciplinary analysis of digital health, care delivery, and health policy. Health Tech Happy Hour applies on-the-ground knowledge, academic rigor, and thorough analysis to understand healthcare from individual technologies to federal health policy.

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## [AI Compared to What?](https://longyearhealth.substack.com/p/ai-compared-to-what)

_2026-08-17 · Robert Longyear_

Three New Randomized Trials on AI in Clinical Care

## [Should I get a full-body MRI scan each year?](https://longyearhealth.substack.com/p/should-i-get-a-full-body-mri-scan)

_2026-08-04 · Robert Longyear_

Weighing in on The Full-Body MRI Screening Debate

## [A Primer: CMS Proposed Rule Impact to Remote Monitoring and Connected Care Models](https://longyearhealth.substack.com/p/a-primer-cms-proposed-rule-impact)

_2026-08-03 · Robert Longyear_

RPM and RTM code sets have funded the majority of digital clinical innovation in recent years

## [TEMPO Is One of the Most Interesting Regulatory Doors FDA Has Opened in Years](https://longyearhealth.substack.com/p/tempo-is-one-of-the-most-interesting)

_2026-07-27 · Robert Longyear_

TEMPO works in conjunctions with the CMS ACCESS program for digital care

## [The AI Agent Will See You Now. Nobody Knows How to Pay for It.](https://longyearhealth.substack.com/p/the-ai-agent-will-see-you-now-nobody)

_2026-07-23 · Robert Longyear_

A review of agentic activities in health care and barriers to adoption from how we pay for health care

## [CMS Wants to Ban Outsourced Remote Monitoring. It Should Regulate It Instead.](https://longyearhealth.substack.com/p/cms-wants-to-ban-outsourced-remote)

_2026-07-22 · Robert Longyear_

I have been away for a bit hiking in southern Colorado, but I am glad to be back in your inbox.

## [What CMS Got Right with ACCESS, and What Still Needs Work](https://longyearhealth.substack.com/p/what-cms-got-right-with-access-and)

_2026-07-08 · Robert Longyear_

Patient acquisition costs, primary care provider engagement, and patient selection bias

## [Why Market Concentration Is Health Care’s Central Problem](https://longyearhealth.substack.com/p/why-market-concentration-is-health)

_2026-06-26 · Robert Longyear_

Let's stop pretending we can solve health care problems without addressing market concentration

## [The Quiet Engine of American Health Care](https://longyearhealth.substack.com/p/the-quiet-engine-of-american-health)

_2026-06-23 · Robert Longyear_

Why the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Needs an Overhaul and What CMS Has been Doing

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_2026-06-23 · **Sponsored**_

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## [The Second Wave of Telehealth](https://longyearhealth.substack.com/p/the-second-wave-of-telehealth)

_2026-06-22 · Robert Longyear_

Telehealth transition from broad generalist access to specialty verticals