Managing Director × Health Systems & Providers: How the Conversation Is Moving

BullishDwight is very forward-looking: Innovate 32 grew from 10 to ~50 locations with plans for 70 by year-end, 8 states, and he is 'most excited' about transforming group dentistry; Nate speaks of growth and a bright trajectory.

Group Dentistry Now Show: The Voice of the DSO Industry — Finding Your Perfect Partner: A White-Glove Approach to Dental Practice Transitions · Oct 2026

MixedMixed outlook: both hosts see AI and workforce shortages as serious problems, but also expect technology to help with augmentation, so the overall tone is balanced.

CareTalk Podcast — Is AI Helping or Hurting Healthcare Right Now? · Oct 2026

SkepticalGuest is more concerned than hopeful about what's ahead, warning that Medicaid disenrollment 'is gonna get significantly louder' as 'one big beautiful bill' changes arrive, though her company's growth is framed positively.

Outcomes Rocket — Why Healthcare’s Old Processes Can’t Keep Up with Medicaid Changes with Asya Rudikoff, Co-Founder and CEO of AccessIQ · Sep 2026

BullishMacro discussion is brief, but the hosts frame inflation as favorable ('inflation takes care of you' as an asset owner) and see debt and leverage as advantageous.

Bulletproof Dental Practice — Associate to Owner: Burn the Boats · Sep 2026

MixedMacro conditions get only brief, mixed mention: she notes discretionary spending "would be difficult potentially in a recession," but adds that med spas were "up" during 2020 and that "people figure out a way."

Private Equity Funcast — Parker Gals | Building a Med Spa Roll-Up from Scratch (w/ Amanda Blank, Founders Beauty Group) · Oct 2026

SkepticalNate notes COVID-era 'cheap money' and low inflation led to overpurchasing, now things are 'kind of good' but adjusted; Dwight cites lender limits and personal guarantees constraining growth, a mildly constraining tone rather than…

Group Dentistry Now Show: The Voice of the DSO Industry — Finding Your Perfect Partner: A White-Glove Approach to Dental Practice Transitions · Oct 2026

BullishSpeakers say the market is shifting from numbers-driven roll-ups to quality-of-care-driven consolidation; DSOs were 'dirty' but Nate says 'people are still purchasing' and deals are different but healthy, leaning optimistic about the…

Group Dentistry Now Show: The Voice of the DSO Industry — Finding Your Perfect Partner: A White-Glove Approach to Dental Practice Transitions · Oct 2026

MixedMixed: he concedes that 'since we started, it's gotten worse' (average primary care wait rose from 17 to 31 days), but argues that open scheduling can cut access to about 3 days and sees the sector moving toward open access.

a16z (Andreessen Horowitz) — Why AI Could Finally Fix Healthcare Access | Zocdoc CEO Oliver Kharraz · Oct 2026

SkepticalHe describes a worsening trajectory for maternity care delivery: U.S. hospitals that deliver babies fell from about 4,100 to half that, with hospitals "shuddering" and workforce being lost.

CareTalk Podcast — The Maternal Health Crisis America Can’t Ignore w/ Dr. Neel Shah, Maven Clinic · Oct 2026

BullishDwight highlights adopting AI, ambient voice note-taking, and AI x-ray reading as 'critical technologies that make us all better,' with no fear expressed.

Group Dentistry Now Show: The Voice of the DSO Industry — Finding Your Perfect Partner: A White-Glove Approach to Dental Practice Transitions · Oct 2026

MixedBalanced: AI is seen as useful for augmentation and diagnosis ("I'm kind of for it"), but speakers also raise bias, opacity, deskilling, the rush to scale, and upcoding, and they note the radiologist-replacement prediction was wrong.

CareTalk Podcast — Is AI Helping or Hurting Healthcare Right Now? · Oct 2026

SkepticalSkeptical of AI-driven automation: warns against "have AI just take over" and insists "there needs to be a human in the loop," while noting AI as a headwind for customers.

Outcomes Rocket — Why Manager Enablement Is the Missing Layer in Workforce Mental Health ROI with Brad Swingruber, CEO at meQuilibrium (meQ) · Oct 2026

BullishDwight champions a new comprehensive-care, integrated hub-and-spoke model and unified systems (Dentrix Ascend, training academy) as better than traditional consolidation, though he acknowledges integration change is 'hard.'

Group Dentistry Now Show: The Voice of the DSO Industry — Finding Your Perfect Partner: A White-Glove Approach to Dental Practice Transitions · Oct 2026

MixedSpeaker discusses systems, frameworks, and assessments as tools for change but also warns against 'shiny objects' and chasing new opportunities before stabilizing existing ones, a balanced stance.

The Dentalpreneur Podcast w/ Dr. Mark Costes — 2608: Is Hustle Dead? · Sep 2026

SkepticalSkeptical of new approaches: Mike says the physical checklist is still 'the most effective way' despite new tech, warns against over-relying on technology, and is unsure about the Aesop's employee-ownership model ('sounds weird to me').

The Dentalpreneur Podcast w/ Dr. Mark Costes — 2611: What Should You Ask Before Selling to a DSO? · Oct 2026