Hosted by Stacey Richter · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 645 episodes
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Welcome to Relentless Health Value, the podcast for those working in the belly of the beast to fix our fundamentally broken healthcare system. If you are a self-insured employer, plan sponsor, benefits consultant, clinician, a C-suite executive or anyone in the business of healthcare tired of the "transformational theater" and marketing fluff, you have found your tribe. The U.S. healthcare system isn't a rational market; it's a game of Pachinko where perverse incentives reign, and as we always say, where there's mystery, there's margin.Hosted by Stacey Richter, we relentlessly hunt down the administrative "inches" of waste and expose the hidden fees draining the $5.6 trillion healthcare sector. We transform wonky healthcare theory into ruthlessly practical, actionable insights. Whether it's demanding radical transparency, navigating complex PBM contracts, or buying actual healthcare instead of illusory discounts, our mandate is simple: If it results in a net positive for patients, w
Stacey Richter hosts Relentless Health Value, a health show with 645 episodes published.
The 401-Level Financial Motive Behind Prior Auths and Pharma Rebate Contracting Imagine a cheaper, generic, or even clinically better drug that somehow ends up not on formulary at all, or stuck behind step edits and prio
Only roughly 50% of new GLP-1 prescriptions were getting approved for coverage in 2023. From a plan sponsor's seat, that looks like pharmacy trend spiking 9%, 12%, even 20% year over year. From a pharma manufacturer's se
Is it fraud — or is it just a perverse incentive? That question sits at the center of Hunterbrook Media's latest investigation into skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), and the answer, as Stacey Richter puts it, matters to
How the Sutter Health Antitrust Case Opened the Door for Employers and Members to Recover Hospital Overcharge Damages What happens when a self-insured employer or health plan member finally says enough is enough and take
Stacey Richter introduces Episode 513 of Relentless Health Value as a primer on anti-competitive hospital contracting with Brennan Bilberry of Fairmark Partners, setting up next week's interview with Matt Cantor, lead li
Stacey Richter interviews self-insured space attorney Doug Aldeen about how broker/employee benefit consultant (EBC) compensation arrangements lead to legal trouble and excessive plan costs. They discuss problems with ov
In this episode, Dr. Monica Lypson and Dr. Ahilan Sivaganesan join the conversation to dissect the complexities of value-based payment models and the "perverse incentives" that often follow. By examining the parallels be
Medicare Advantage 2026: Stabilization, Retrenchment, and a Back-to-Basics Playbook with Betsy Seals In Episode 510, Stacey Richter interviews Medicare Advantage (MA) consultant Betsy Seals about the 2026 state of MA and
In Episode 509 of Relentless Health Value, Stacey Richter interviews former CFO and Aligned Marketplace CEO Patrick Nelli about why executives don't take bolder action on health benefits and offers a seven-step roadmap t
Episode 508 is the first Ask Me Anything installment of Relentless Health Value, where Stacey Richter and Lee Lewis (Chief Strategy Officer and GM Medical Solutions at the Health Transformation Alliance and host of Broke
In this episode of Relentless Health Value, Stacey Richter summarizes 4 core concepts for getting highest-value healthcare and we hear from 15 experts who weigh in on the following concepts: (1) "Buy healthcare," not ins
Stacey Richter interviews Jerry DiMaso, CEO of Payerset, about how hospital and carrier price transparency data (mandates beginning with hospitals in 2019 and carriers in 2022) is being used by plan sponsors and provider
Stacey Richter interviews neurosurgeon Dr. Ahilan Sivaganesan (Dr. Siva) about replacing vague healthcare "value" claims with quantified outcomes and unit-level costs, introducing his Operative Value Index (OVI). They di
Why Advanced Primary Care Doesn't Scale: Conflicting Incentives, Complacency, and a 3-Step Roadmap Stacey Richter interviews Ryan Jacobs (SVP Strategy and Partnerships, Marathon Health) on why evidence-backed advanced pr
In this Inbetweenisode, Stacey shares listener feedback and reflects on making better decisions in employer-sponsored healthcare, spotlighting LinkedIn posts by Ken Wosczyna and Michelle Bernabe. Ken argues Relentless He
Episode 503 of Relentless Health Value features Stacey Richter with Adam Stavisky, Dr. Leo Spector (OrthoCarolina), and Ryan Wells (Health Here) discussing how self-insured employers and specialists rarely connect direct
Episode 502 features Stacey's conversation with Brian Machut (Alliant Health) on how widespread Medicare fee-for-service fraud is inflating costs and undermining ACO shared savings in MSSP and ACO REACH. ACOs uncovered m
Episode 501 of Relentless Health Value features Stacey Richter interviewing Ivana Krajcinovic, outgoing Vice President of Healthcare Delivery at Unite Here Health, about extreme and persistent price variation for medical
The Non-Market Reality of Healthcare Carrier Marketplaces with Dr. Jacob Asher. In this episode of Relentlessly Seeking Value, host Stacey Richter introduces the 'No Market' series focused on the healthcare sector's lack
In the milestone Episode 500 of the 'Relentless Health Value' podcast, Stacey Richter reflects on the significant influence and community formed around the platform. Initiated by a conversation with Cora Opsahl, the epis
Lee Lewis
Chief Strategy Officer and General Manager of Medical Solutions · Health Transformation Alliance
3 appearances on this show
Leo Spector
MD, Orthopedic Spine Surgeon and CEO of OrthoCarolina · OrthoCarolina
1 appearance on this show
Gary Campbell
Second Vice Chairman · National Association of Home Builders
2 appearances on this show
Mark Newman
Health Innovator, Author of Human Nutrition 101 · Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Trust
1 appearance on this show
Elizabeth Mitchell
author of Lincoln’s Lie · The Daily Signal
6 appearances on this show
John Quinn
Poet, Writer, Playwright · Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
2 appearances on this show
Mark Cuban
Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company
3 appearances on this show
Dave Chase
Co-Founder and CEO · Nautilus Health Institute
3 appearances on this show
Preston Alexander
Healthcare advocate, writer, and author of The Healthcare Breakdown · Forward Slash/Health
1 appearance on this show
Tom Lee
Chair of the National Endoscopy Database (NED) working group · Original Company Vincennes
1 appearance on this show
John Lee
entrepreneur, AI strategist, speaker, NY Times Best Selling Author · Irish Business Organization of New York
2 appearances on this show
Justin Leader
Founder and CEO · Benefits DNA
2 appearances on this show
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