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Hosted by Heather Skousen · EN · 5 episodes
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The Dark Side of Healthcare Healthcare is built on trust. Patients trust providers with their lives. Families trust healthcare organizations to do the right thing. Communities trust the systems designed to protect them. But what happens when those systems fail? Hosted by Heather Skousen, MBA, a healthcare executive with more than 20 years of leadership experience and a Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice, alongside Dena Diamond, a healthcare revenue cycle specialist with more than 18 years of experience in insurance benefits, prior authorization, and patient access, The Dark Side of Healthcare examines the stories that reveal the hidden vulnerabilities within healthcare. Through investigative storytelling, case reviews, and candid discussion, we explore fraud, corruption, patient harm, abuse of power, regulatory failures, insurance barriers, healthcare policy, leadership breakdowns, and crimes that intersect with healthcare. Some
Heather Skousen hosts The Dark Side of Healthcare, a business show with 5 episodes published.

The Dark Side of Healthcare – Episode 6: The Kickback Machine: How Pharma and Device Companies Buy Physician Behavior How much influence does money have over medical decision-making? In this episode of The Dark Side of H

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The Dark Side of Healthcare is hosted by Heather Skousen. The show is categorised under business (true crime) and has published 5 episodes.
The Dark Side of Healthcare has published 5 episodes.
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