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INBW35: Collaboration Between Healthcare Providers, Payers, and Others Is Required to Improve Chronic Care Patient Outcomes
Late in May of this year, three-ish months ago, I did an inbetweenisode that explores the "why with the no collaboration" amongst healthcare stakehol…
3 years, 8 months ago
Encore! EP295: The Not Entirely New but Definitely Improved Way to Measure Primary Care, With Rebecca Etz, PhD
I wanted to resurface this episode because when it originally aired over a year ago, the topic may have been ever so slightly ahead of its time. Look…
3 years, 9 months ago
Encore! EP337: A Patient-First Specialty Pharmacy, Not a Money-First Specialty Pharmacy, With Olivia Webb
Episode 337
This encore episode seemed really apropos at this moment in time, since we've just basically published a course in the specialty pharmacy ecosystem, …
3 years, 9 months ago
EP377: Specialty Pharmacy, PBM, Hospital, Employer, and Pharma Strategic Maneuvering, With Mike Baldzicki, CRCM
Episode 377
Members taking specialty drugs represent about 2% of any given employer's population but often consume as much as 30% of an employer's total cost of …
3 years, 9 months ago
EP376: Interoperability—Who's Who and Doing What? With Lisa Bari, MBA, MPH
Episode 376
Interoperability. Let's just review a few key points that probably everybody listening knows but certainly bear repeating because they matter.
I don'…
3 years, 9 months ago
EP375: Medicare Advantage Plans in the Hot Seat, With Betsy Seals, CEO and Cofounder of Rebellis Group
Episode 375
Medicare Advantage (MA), otherwise known as the "money machine," is often the most profitable parts of many payers' business lines. Medicare Advantag…
3 years, 9 months ago
EP374: How to Grade a Health Plan and a Few Validated Success Stories, With Dave Chase, Cofounder of Health Rosetta
Episode 374
So, let's put the last, I don't know, 300 episodes of Relentless Health Value into perspective here. The USA wastes about $1.5 trillion a year on som…
3 years, 10 months ago
EP373: How to Kick a Big Hospital Out of Your Network, With Cora Opsahl
Episode 373
In this healthcare podcast, I am speaking with Cora Opsahl, who directs the 32BJ Health Fund. This is the second conversation I'm having with Cora (l…
3 years, 10 months ago
EP372: Step One for Employers and Unions—Get Your Data, With Cora Opsahl
Episode 372
In this healthcare podcast, I am speaking with Cora Opsahl, who directs the 32BJ Health Fund.
Important to know about Cora's background is this: In p…
3 years, 10 months ago
Encore! EP308: How Financial Toxicity Wreaks Havoc on Value-Based Payment Success, With Mark Fendrick, MD
I wanted to remind everyone about this show from last year because it's becoming increasingly relevant. We have this weird thing going on where every…
3 years, 10 months ago