Takeaway: We conclude our three part analysis of Post-COVID drivers of change with a look at what the Hedgeye Health Care MicroQuads are telling us.

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Over the last several weeks, we have been diving deep into what a post-COVID world looks like for the U.S. Medical Economy. In the previous two installments of this three part analysis, we explored the macro drivers of change and their implications at the subsector level in the Post-COVID era. Watch Dec. 9 here; Dec. 15th here. Rough transcipt for Dec. 15th here.

Today, Tom Tobin and I paired up the macro policy changes with the Hedgeye Health Care Microquad analysis. (If you wish to understand how Tom develops and uses Microquads, watch a replay of a talk he gave today here.) Major topics and timstamps below.

Timestamps:

0.00 - 3:07 Introduction

3:08 - 11:55 Tom's intro to Microquads

11:56 - 15:00 $JNJ

15:10 - 15:28 $TXG

15:29 -  16:55 $ILMN

16:55 - 17:37 Managed Care

17:38 - 18:24 $UNH

18:24 - 19:29 HUM and ANTM

19:30 - 20:41 $USPH

20:41 - 21:49 $MD

21:50 - 23:55 Macro policy drivers for services & facilities

23:56 - 28:34 Labs: cash positions, capacity expansion and technology advances

28:35 - 29:22 Deregulation and $USPH

29:23 - 31:48 Labor disruption, need for productivity $HCA, $THC

31:49 - 35:38 Managed Care macro policy drivers

35:39 - 42:00 Life Sciences macro drivers of change $ILMN, $TXG

42:00 Q & A: $JNJ: hospital capex, increasing throughput, $SYK: pricing power with ASC, $LH, $DGX: risk of lab concentration to health system, deregulation of CLIA labs; When will the pandemic be over?; managed care left out of relief; spead of vaccine deployment; timing of policy making way into forward estimates.

Call with questions. I plan on doing loads of needlepoint for New Year's Eve. Interruptions welcome.

Emily Evans
Managing Director – Health Policy



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