How to Save Your Business 50% on Health Care Expenses
Are you a decision maker at your business? If you’re a CEO, CFO, the head of HR, or perhaps the owner of a small, medium or large business then you …
The Real History of Modern Medicine with Dr. Christy Chapin
History is a funny thing. Often, we think we know what happened either as we experience it personally or have trusted sources that give us an account. However, it depends …
How We Reformed State Government to Save Billions with Christin Deacon
It’s easy to become despondent about controlling spending or eliminating waste through reform on government expenditures. We’ve all seen the headlines about the $1 million hammer or toilet seat and …
Expanding Choice for Physician Board Certification (NBPAS) with Dr. Paul Mathew
Expanding Choice for Physician Board Certification (NBPAS) with Dr. Paul Mathew A rite of passage for doctors is completing a residency in a specialty. Sometimes, they complete multiple specialty trainings …
Crowd Health is Go Fund Me for Health Care on Nitro with CEO Andy Schoonover
Crowd Health is Go Fund Me for Health Care on Nitro with CEO Andy Schoonover What happens when you take Go Fund Me and put it into an ecosystem of …
Health Care for Those Who Don’t Earn High Wages with Dr. David BergHealth Care for Those Who Don’t Earn High Wages with Dr. David Berg
Health Care for Those Who Don’t Earn High Wages with Dr. David Berg One of the scariest times for many workers is being presented with a bill for medical services. …
Make Sure Your Health Insurance Broker is Working for You and not the Insurance Company with David Contorno.
Make Sure Your Health Insurance Broker is Working for You and not the Insurance Company with David Contorno. When you run a business, one person you usually meet and hire …
What It’s Like to Become a Doctor with Dr. Matt Moeller
What It’s Like to Become a Doctor with Dr. Matt Moeller A big struggle for doctors is when they watch what goes on in the state and national legislatures and …
Value Based Care Provides Neither Value Nor Care with Dr. Eric Bricker
Value Based Care Provides Neither Value Nor Care with Dr. Eric Bricker Health care, according to today’s guest Dr. Eric Bricker, is filled with euphemisms. One you hear a lot …
Out of Network? No Problem. Reimbursify to the Rescue.
Out of Network? No Problem. Reimbursify to the Rescue. One gigantic headache that both patients and health care providers face is getting reimbursed for out of network claims. If a …
Episode 111: Why You Should Unbundle Your Health Insurance with Katy Talento
Episode 111: Why You Should Unbundle Your Health Insurance with Katy Talento The most obvious statement we can make about the US health care system is that it’s a mess. …
Episode 104: I’m a Doctor and Spent a Year Without Health Insurance
Episode 104: I’m a Doctor and Spent a Year Without Health Insurance The Story In late Summer of 2019 my wife and I had to make a difficult choice – …
Episode 088: Hand Surgery without Anesthesia with Dr. Randy Lovell
Episode 088: Hand Surgery without Anesthesia with Dr. Randy Lovell Finally an episode without discussing COVID-19 (well a tiny bit maybe). Today I’m joined by my friend and colleague Dr. …
Episode 083: Making it Through Coronavirus without Health Insurance
Episode 083: Surviving Coronavirus Without Health Insurance Once again, the coronavirus outbreak is dominating the news. Government officials at the federal, state, and local levels have closed down most businesses …
Episode 079: Health Care Price Transparency without an Executive Order with Dr. Bill Hennessey of Pratter
Episode 079: Health Care Price Transparency without an Executive Order with Dr. Bill Hennessey of Pratter Real health care price transparency is a an elusive goal for many in the …
Episode 074: The Ups & Downs in Medical Trends for 2020
Episode 074: The Ups & Downs in Medical Trends for 2020 The beginning of a new year is always a good time to reflect on the medical trends on where …
Episode 071: Why That Medical Bill is Crazy Expensive
Episode 071: Why That Medical Bill is Crazy Expensive One of the most common questions I get asked about the health care system is why are medical bills so enormous? …
Episode 068: An Ophthalmologist Sees the Light. A Discussion with Dr. Rudrani Banik
Episode 068: An Ophthalmologist Sees the Light. A Discussion with Dr. Rudrani Banik Moving from academic medicine to private practice is a scary thing to do for any doctor. But …
Episode 067: What’s the Over/Umbehr on Direct Primary Care Becoming the Dominant Force in Primary Care. A Discussion with Dr. Josh Umbehr of Atlas MD
Episode 067: What’s the Over/Umbehr on Direct Primary Care Becoming the Dominant Force in Primary Care. A Discussion with Dr. Josh Umbehr of Atlas MD As direct primary care practices …
Episode 066: The Fight to Dispense Medications in Doctor’s Offices. A Discussion with Dr. Kris Held.
Episode 066: The Fight to Dispense Medications in Doctor’s Offices. A Discussion with Dr. Kris Held. In most states, physicians are able to dispense medications in their offices to patients. …
Episode 064: Solo Nurse Practitioners – What’s the Controversy?
Episode 064: Solo Nurse Practitioners – What’s the Controversy? What’s the deal with nurse practitioners (NPs)? Why is there so much anger from physicians and NPs when it comes to …
Episode 063: Are Non-Profit Hospitals Making a Killing? A Discussion with Dr. Richard Menger
Episode 063: Are Non-profit Hospitals Making a Killing? A Discussion with Dr. Richard Menger Today’s discussion is about hospitals. Namely, what does it mean to be non-profit? Over half of …
Episode 062: How to Be Flexible Running A Different Kind of Physical Therapy Practice. A Discussion with Joe Kik.
Episode 062: How to Be Flexible Running A Different Kind of Physical Therapy Practice. A Discussion with Joe Kik. I haven’t spoken to a lot of ancillary medical professionals in …
Episode 058: Is Self Care the Best Care? With Dr. Wayne Jonas
Episode 058: Is Self Care the Best Care? With Dr. Wayne Jonas Self Care is the term used to describe how patients can take care of themselves and use techniques …
Episode 056: Getting Ripped Off by Health Insurance
Episode 056: Getting Ripped Off By Health Insurance Problems with health insurance is certainly nothing new and my recent experience is not unique. Recently, I received a bill for a …
Episode 053: The UK’s NHS – Love It or Leave It? Dr. Philip Booth of IEA
Episode 053: The UK’s NHS – Love It or Leave It? Dr. Philip Booth of IEA National health care policy is always at the forefront of the political discussion in …
Episode 048: Bringing Markets to Medicine with Health Sharing Ministries. A Discussion with Matt Bellis of Liberty Health Share
Episode 048: Bringing Markets to Medicine with Health Sharing Ministries. A Discussion with Matt Bellis of Liberty Health Share This podcast has been dedicated to bringing you disruptors to the …
Episode 044: Physicians as Leaders with Dr. Jack Cochran
Episode 044: Physicians as Leaders with Dr. Jack Cochran Physicians today need to be more than healers – they need to be physician leaders. They need to also be leaders …
Episode 042: How to Fix US Health Care and Other Simple Questions
Episode 042: How to Fix US Health Care and Other Simple Questions This week’s episode is a longer interview I did as a guest on the Gray Matters Radio Podcast …
Episode 040: How Prior Authorization Delays Care and Frustrates both Patients and Physicians with Dr. Mark Lopatin
Episode 040: How Prior Authorization Delays Care and Frustrates both Patients and Physicians with Dr. Mark Lopatin How would you feel if someone who didn’t know, was unfamiliar with your …
Episode 039: Is Mental Health Broken? A Discussion with Counselor Michael DeVine
Episode 039: Is Mental Health Treatment Broken? A Discussion with Counselor Michael DeVine If there were a conventional treatment for a disease in a traditional medical practice that worked only …
Episode 037: A Rheumatologist Says No to the Joint Commission. Leaving the Third Party Pay System with Dr. Ellen McKnight.
Episode 037: A Rheumatologist Says No to the Joint Commission. Leaving the Third Party Pay System with Dr. Ellen McKnight. I have spent a lot of time discussing innovative ways …
Episode 031: Direct Primary Care for Pediatrics with Dr. Nitin Gupta
Episode 031: Direct Primary Care for Pediatrics with Dr. Nitin Gupta Direct Primary Care (DPC) is starting to gain some steam and popularity with established physicians, residents, and medical students. …
Episode 029: Overcharged – Why American Health Care is So Expensive with Prof. David Hyman
Episode 029: Overcharged – Why American Health Care is So Expensive with Prof. David Hyman We can all agree – outside of a few overpaid pharma CEOs – that the …
Episode 024: Are HMOs the Past and Present Too? A Discussion with Dr. Richard Reece.
Episode 024: Are HMOs the Past and Present Too? A Discussion with Dr. Richard Reece. Sometimes, the best way to understand your present is to view it through the lens …
Episode 023: How HIPAA Destroyed Patient Privacy with Twila Brase, RN
Episode 023: How HIPAA Destroyed Patient Privacy with Twila Brase, RN HIPAA (or the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act) passed in 1996 and has been touted by legislators, physicians, …
Episode 012: Why is Health Insurance so Expensive? An interview with Dr. Keith Smith of the Surgery Center of Oklahoma.
Episode 012: Why is Health Insurance so Expensive? An interview with Dr. Keith Smith of the Surgery Center of Oklahoma. Why is health insurance so expensive? Why have premiums accelerated …
Episode 007: Why Americans Pick the Wrong Health Insurance with Dr. Kevin Wacasey
Episode 007: Why Americans Pick the Wrong Health Insurance with Dr. Kevin Wacasey One of the most important financial decisions Americans make every year is which health care insurance policy …