Jun 10, 2026

Is it fraud — or is it just a perverse incentive? That question sits at the center of Hunterbrook Media's latest investigation into skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), and the answer, as Stacey Richter puts it, matters to self-insured employers and anyone else paying for healthcare. In this episode, Stacey speaks with...

Jun 3, 2026

How the Sutter Health Antitrust Case Opened the Door for Employers and Members to Recover Hospital Overcharge Damages

What happens when a self-insured employer or health plan member finally says enough is enough and takes a consolidated hospital system to court over anticompetitive contracting practices? That's exactly...

May 27, 2026

Stacey Richter introduces Episode 513 of Relentless Health Value as a primer on anti-competitive hospital contracting with Brennan Bilberry of Fairmark Partners, setting up next week’s interview with Matt Cantor, lead litigator in the Sutter Health antitrust class action that led to a $575 million settlement over...

May 27, 2026

What does it look like when a broker or employee benefit consultant is circling your plan like it's a gold mine? Doug Aldeen, a well-known attorney who has spent many years in the self-insured space, has seen exactly what falls all the way down to the level of legal action — and in this episode he breaks down the top...

May 14, 2026

If we want clinical teams to take on risk, we have to reckon with what that risk-taking actually incentivizes. In this episode, Stacey Richter weaves together conversations with two physicians to surface a tension she argues hasn't been said directly enough: the very mechanism we're counting on to fix healthcare —...