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EP472: The Well-Honed, Three-Prong Hospital Playbook to Maximize Revenue From High-Cost Claimants, With Eric Bricker, MD

April 17, 2025

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35:1732.3 MB

EP472: The Well-Honed, Three-Prong Hospital Playbook to Maximize Revenue From High-Cost Claimants, With Eric Bricker, MD

So, let’s continue themes from prior episodes, most particularly the episode from last week with Christine Hale, MD, MBA ( EP471 ), which was also about high-cost claimants and just the impact that they have on the wallets of self-insured employers and any other plan sponsor. If you enjoy this podc...

EP471: High-Cost Claimants in 2025 and Beyond—What Is Really Expensive Not to Know? With Christine Hale, MD, MBA

April 10, 2025

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34:4131.75 MB

EP471: High-Cost Claimants in 2025 and Beyond—What Is Really Expensive Not to Know? With Christine Hale, MD, MBA

Recently on Relentless Health Value, we’ve been tinkering around with a few recurring themes—recurring through lines—that are just true about American healthcare these days. For a full transcript of this episode, click here . If you enjoy this podcast, be sure to subscribe to the free weekly newsle...

EP470: Continuing the ER and Primary Care Through Line Over to Rural Hospitals and Healthcare, With Nikki King, DHA

April 03, 2025

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35:1032.2 MB

EP470: Continuing the ER and Primary Care Through Line Over to Rural Hospitals and Healthcare, With Nikki King, DHA

So, the show today, it’s sort of an encore but not really an encore because I recorded this whole new introduction that you are currently listening to. And I also did a few inserts that we popped into the show itself. Inserts from the future, you might say. For a full transcript of this episode, cl...

March 27, 202530:3628.01 MB

EP469 (Part 2): The Impact on Plan Sponsors of Medicare Site-Neutral Payments and HSA Reforms, With James Gelfand, JD

Did you just listen to the show with James Gelfand on the impact of Medicaid cuts on plan sponsors, what the cuts actually are, and what the intriguingly named “ Cornhusker Kickback “ is all about? If not, no worries. But do go back and listen to that after you listen to this show. No particular or...

March 27, 202525:4223.53 MB

EP469 (Part 1): The Impact on Plan Sponsors of Medicaid Cuts, With James Gelfand, JD

I was talking to Cora Opsahl the other day, and the topic of Medicaid came up—mostly how the current Medicaid goings-on will impact plan sponsors, if at all. But if so, what would a savvy plan sponsor be doing in this moment to not get caught flat-footed? For a full transcript of this episode, clic...

EP468: Very Common Assumptions That Aren’t Actually True About Member Engagement and the Healthcare Industry, With Matt McQuide

March 20, 2025

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34:3931.72 MB

EP468: Very Common Assumptions That Aren’t Actually True About Member Engagement and the Healthcare Industry, With Matt McQuide

This conversation today with Matt McQuide is such a follow-on to the episode from last week where I encapsulated a major theme from the past five or six episodes. I know I’m on a roll. The thing is, if an employer doesn’t take the initiative and steer members or help them navigate through our curre...

EP467: Connecting Sky-High ER Spend to Primary Care Access—Following the Dollar Through Carriers and Hospitals, With Stacey Richter

March 13, 2025

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23:0921.19 MB

EP467: Connecting Sky-High ER Spend to Primary Care Access—Following the Dollar Through Carriers and Hospitals, With Stacey Richter

Here’s my new idea for an episode. Welcome to it. I want to talk about a major theme running through the last few episodes of Relentless Health Value. And this theme is, heads up, going to continue through a few upcoming shows as well. For a full transcript of this episode, click here . If you enjo...