Dec 26, 2024

In this inbetweenisode, titled “End of Year Wrap-Up and My Personal Charter Encore,” Stacey Richter extends heartfelt thanks to listeners and healthcare workers for their dedication. She reflects on the challenges of maintaining personal integrity in a profit-driven healthcare system and introduces her personal...

Dec 19, 2024

Are you on the board of directors of a company? Or a shareholder of a publicly traded company? Or a CEO, CFO, or in-house counsel who reports to a board of directors or shareholders? This encore episode is for you — it’s about how the healthcare industry has become financialized at the same time that providing...

Dec 12, 2024

In this episode, host Stacey Richter speaks with Dr. Komal Bajaj about innovative strategies for addressing staffing shortages in the healthcare sector. Dr. Bajaj is an ob-gyn who serves as chief quality officer for a couple of hospitals in the Bronx, New York, part of the municipal health system, and now also serves as...

Dec 5, 2024

In this episode, host Stacey Richter talks with healthcare entrepreneur Cynthia Fisher about medical spread pricing and the case for contract transparency. Fisher explains how hidden fees and spread pricing by middlemen lead to substantial overcharges for employers and patients in the U.S. healthcare system — and lays...

Nov 27, 2024

In this special Thanksgiving episode, Stacey Richter discusses the significance of being “givers” in healthcare, advocating for collaboration over transactional relationships to deliver real value to patients. She thanks listeners who left a tip in the tip jar, offered a monthly contribution, wrote a review, or...