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Jan 30, 2025

This podcast today is with Dr. Scott Conard, founder of Converging Health. You might remember him from the earlier episode (EP391). First of all, I enjoyed how it came to be. Brian Uhlig, an employee benefit consultant of some acclaim, came to me and offered to sponsor a show for someone else. Not himself. I gotta say,...


Jan 23, 2025

In this inbetweenisode Stacey Richter dives into the complexities of benefit design in American healthcare. Highlighting insights from recent episodes with Bill Sarraille (EP459) and upcoming episode with Scott Conard, MD, Richter explores the impact of cost containment measures and the moral hazard of insurance,...


Jan 16, 2025

This episode with Chris Crawford, CEO of RxSaveCard, is not about the when, why, or how of GLP-1s for weight loss or best-practice prescribing. This episode very, very specifically is about the how and why of the pickle plan sponsors get themselves into often enough where if they impose formulary restrictions to limit...


Jan 9, 2025

In this Relentless Health Value episode, Dr. Rushika Fernandopulle discusses with Stacey Richter his four-prong theory of change for transforming the American healthcare system. Key topics include the necessity of new payment models, process innovation, employing a relational technology infrastructure, shifting the...


Jan 2, 2025

In Episode 459, host Stacey Richter speaks with healthcare attorney Bill Sarraille about co-pay maximizers and accumulators, mechanisms designed to extract maximum co-pay support dollars from pharmaceutical companies. 

They discuss the financial implications for patients, plan sponsors, and pharmacy benefit managers...