Apr 18, 2024

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On the show today, I am going to use the term TPA (third-party administrator) and ASO (administrative services only) vendor kind of interchangeably here. But these are the entities that a plan sponsor—for example, a self-insured employer is a plan sponsor—but these...

Apr 11, 2024

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Here’s a great musing that I read on LinkedIn:

How will alternative primary care models fare when growth mode gets balanced with profitability and VC-supported burn rate is transformed to Big Retail bottom-line expectations? Mission v. margin.

I’m gonna add to this:...

Apr 4, 2024

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This show has implications for provider organizations of all stripes, especially those looking to succeed in value-based care or those who need patient trust and relationships for any other reason, including just patient volume.

This episode also is for provider...

Mar 28, 2024

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First of all, I just want to start out this pod and really thank everyone listening and for showing up for a show like this one. You do it and you are here because you care about patients/members.

It’s just so easy to feel like we’ll never be able to do enough, and...

Mar 21, 2024

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There’s this meme that’s going around on the interwebs with the caption, “Sometimes the shortest distance in between two places isn’t a straight line.” What? Yeah, because actually there’s three dimensions in the real world.

So, when we all consider the real...