Apr 30, 2026

The Seven-Step Roadmap That Gets CFOs to Stop Being Passive Price Takers on Health Benefits. Episode 509.

As a companion to last week’s CEO-focused episode, Stacey Richter talks with Patrick Nelli — CEO of Aligned Marketplace and a former CFO himself — about how to bring finance teams into health benefits strategy...

Apr 23, 2026

The Three False Dogmas Keeping CEOs From Fixing Their Health Plan. Episode 508.

In the show’s first-ever Ask Me Anything episode, Stacey Richter puts a listener’s question to Lee Lewis, chief strategy officer and GM medical solutions at the Health Transformation Alliance: why do so few self-insured CEOs take bold...

Apr 16, 2026

Buy Healthcare, Not Insurance: A Through-Line Review of the Four Concepts Behind High-Value Care. Episode 507.

Stacey Richter pulls together clips from 14 past guests to lay out the four core concepts for buying or delivering the highest-value healthcare: buy healthcare (not just insurance), avoid the myth that less...

Apr 9, 2026

The Price Transparency Arms Race: What Self-Insured Employers and Clinics Can Both Do With the Data. Episode 506.

Health price transparency data isn’t just a compliance exercise anymore — it’s becoming a competitive weapon for plan sponsors, shareholders, and clinics alike. Stacey Richter talks with Jerry DiMaso,...

Apr 2, 2026

Time-Driven Costing and the Operative Value Index for Surgical Care, With Ahilan Sivaganesan, MD. Why “Value Equals Outcomes Over Cost” Doesn’t Work Until You Can Actually Measure Both. Episode 505.

What if the only way to know who’s delivering high-value surgical care is to actually calculate it, instead of...