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With the brand-new investigation by STAT News published yesterday, let’s review the long history of red flags at Commure, which goes back much further than the issues mentioned in the STAT article.
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Alright, back to Commure…
I’m happy to report that both authors, Casey Ross and Brittany Trang, are my subscribers and are certainly familiar with my original Commure investigation, “The Many Faces of Commure,” published on March 9 of this year. The original version was published on November 30, 2025, but I withdrew it following legal threats from Commure.
The industry, of course, has known about the upcoming STAT News investigation into Commure since at least May, when Athelas’s VP of Sales and Director of Partnerships spilled the tea. For the past three months, he has apparently been on something of a “pre-apology” tour, frantically calling Athelas clients to warn them that negative press was coming and assuring them that it was all untrue.
I’m, in turn, pissed at Commure. In its communications with me, the company repeatedly claimed that some of the facts in my investigation were not true. Now I’m looking at the STAT News report, and some of the exact same facts about Commure that appeared in my article are now being reported by STAT News. I discuss those facts below.
Facts are facts. Commure can deny them. Commure has threatened me. Commure has threatened STAT News. But the facts remain the facts.
The healthcare industry deserves an explanation.
TL;DR:
1. Commure’s Timeline of Red Flags
2. What STAT News Confirmed From My Commure Investigation
3. 12 More Commure Red Flags Exposed by STAT News
4. One Immediate Result: Commure Kills Its Referral Program
5. What About the Good People at Commure?
6. So What’s Next?
So let’s review the long history of red flags at Commure:
