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Jul 28, 2022

Medicare Advantage (MA), otherwise known as the “money machine,” is often the most profitable parts of many payers’ business lines. Medicare Advantage plans can make a lot of cash if they are good at what they do. Look at any of these large, consolidated carriers’ financial statements to get the magnitude of...


Jul 21, 2022

So, let’s put the last, I don’t know, 300 episodes of Relentless Health Value into perspective here. The USA wastes about $1.5 trillion a year on some combination of paying way too much for low-value care, fraud, and waste—$1.5 trillion down the drain. As my guest, Dave Chase, says in this healthcare podcast, if...


Jul 14, 2022

In this healthcare podcast, I am speaking with Cora Opsahl, who directs the 32BJ Health Fund. This is the second conversation I’m having with Cora (last one was EP372), but these two conversations are not really linear—so listen in whatever order you want to.  

Important to know about Cora’s background, in...


Jul 7, 2022

In this healthcare podcast, I am speaking with Cora Opsahl, who directs the 32BJ Health Fund.

Important to know about Cora’s background is this: In previous roles, she’s worked deep in the inner workings of the healthcare industry. So, she came to 32BJ armed with a BS meter that is finely tuned, which is,...