Christina Farr

Christina Farr is a healthcare writer and investor. Formerly at CNBC and Reuters, she covers digital health, startups, and policy, blending reporting with analysis and investing perspective to help leaders navigate healthcare’s evolving landscape.

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Tech

Care Still Comes First

Christina Farr January 27, 2026 9 min read

Signals from health tech’s race toward scale - without losing humanity

[TOMORROW] What kinds of virtual visits did patients flock to this year?

Christina Farr January 27, 2026 1 min read

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[REGISTERED] Breaking Point: How Soaring Healthcare Costs Are Reshaping Employer Strategies

Christina Farr January 23, 2026 1 min read

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[REGISTERED] What kinds of virtual visits did patients flock to this year?

Christina Farr January 22, 2026 1 min read

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Tech Markets Care

The Signals Shaping Health Care Right Now

Christina Farr January 20, 2026 10 min read

The themes, power shifts, and policy questions shaping health care right now

Podcast

Dr. Kameron Matthews & Inlightened President Shelli Pavone on saving primary care from collapse

Christina Farr January 13, 2026

Dr. Kameron Matthews (Chief Health Officer, Impact Care) and Shelli Pavone (President & Co-Founder, Inlightened) join Chrissy Farr to tackle healthcare's biggest challenges: the Medicaid crisis, state licensing chaos, the death of primary care, and why Silicon Valley keeps getting it wrong.

Tech

Healthcare Is Finally Acting Like a Consumer Industry

Christina Farr January 9, 2026 10 min read

What retail thinking, AI copilots, and digital trust mean for patients, providers, and payers in 2026.

Tech

We're entering into the era of the AI doctor

Christina Farr January 7, 2026 15 min read

How autonomous AI is reshaping care delivery, not just the back and front office

A New Chapter for Second Opinion

Christina Farr January 6, 2026 5 min read

Building what comes next in healthcare media

Podcast

Sachin Jain, CEO of SCAN on why healthcare doesn’t need more toxic positivity

Christina Farr January 6, 2026

This week on Lifers, Christina Farr sat down with Sachin Jain, CEO of SCAN Health Plan. Sachin makes a compelling case for "radical common sense" in healthcare—the idea that we've normalized dysfunction for so long that simple, patient-centered solutions now feel revolutionary.

Tech

Healthcare in 2026: What Comes Next for AI, Employers, GLP-1s, and Digital Health

Christina Farr December 18, 2025 11 min read

A year-ahead roundup on health plan M&A, autonomous care, CMS ACCESS, rising costs, and where innovation is actually heading.

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Christina Farr December 17, 2025 1 min read

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