In this interview, Yong Kim, Vice President of Health Plan Partnerships at DocGo, explains what care gaps really are, why quality measures and Star Ratings create existential risk for health plans, and how closing gaps at scale directly improves outcomes, costs, and financial performance. He also breaks down how DocGo operationally reaches under-engaged populations that traditional models fail to reach, and why in-home, data-driven care delivery is changing what’s possible for value-based care.

Loneliness is one of the quietest yet most powerful forces shaping health today. Former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, M.D., M.B.A., has called loneliness “a public health epidemic” and recent data from the American Psychiatric Association (APA) highlights how widespread it is. The question is whether technology can help. Can artificial intelligence become part of the solution?

In January 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will debut the Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM): a new mandatory bundled payment program that will significantly reshape financial accountability for surgeries. Are you ready?