May 14, 2026
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 between Medicare Advantage upcoding and sliding-scale bundled payments, Dr. Lypson and Dr....
May 7, 2026
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 its broader impact, including taxpayer value, seniors’ access to care, and cost shifting to...
Apr 30, 2026
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 to align finance teams with non-complacent benefit design.
Key steps include ongoing CFO-benefits...
EP508: Why Don’t More Self-insured CEOs Take Bold Action in Health Benefits Strategy? With Lee Lewis
Apr 23, 2026
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 Broken Benefits) address a question from benefits procurement leader Sarah Monroe about why executives...
Apr 16, 2026
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 insurance, by focusing on unit prices and avoiding administrative extraction like spread pricing...