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 …
Episode 098: How the 340B Drug Program to Help the Poor Get Medicine Doesn’t Work
Episode 098: How the 340B Drug Program to Help the Poor Get Medicine Doesn’t Work Today’s discussion begins way back in the early 1990s when Congress was trying to figure …
Episode 094: The End of Safe Harbor for PBMs?
Episode 094: The End of Safe Harbor for PBMs? Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are one of the ‘middle men’ in health care that have recently come under fire for the …
Episode 093: Cutting Generic Drug Prices for Everyone with Zach Zeller of Scriptco
Episode 093: Cutting Generic Drug Prices for Everyone with Zach Zeller of Scriptco One driver of health care inflation in the United States are pharmaceuticals. Although we usually associate rising …
Episode 076: A PBM Not Looking to Rip You Off with Vinay Patel, PharmD
Episode 076: A PBM Not Looking to Rip You Off with Vinay Patel, PharmD Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) have been the villains in a number of earlier episodes of the …
Episode 072: Will Hospital Pricing Transparency Rules Help? A Discussion with Dr. Philip Eskew of DPCFrontier.com
Episode 072: Will Hospital Pricing Transparency Rules Help? A Discussion with Dr. Philip Eskew of DPCFrontier.com Many physicians and those supportive of free markets in medicine are making a big …
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 043: How PBMs Jack Up Drug Prices with Dr. Madelaine Feldman
Episode 043: How PBMs Jack Up Drug Prices with Dr. Madelaine Feldman How do PBMs (pharmacy benefit managers) pass on savings to themselves and leave patients and insurance companies holding …
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 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 010: Is the FDA Killing You? A Discussion on the Impact of FDA Regulations on Americans’ Lives with Dr. Mary Ruwart
Episode 010: Is the FDA Killing You? A Discussion on the Impact of FDA Regulations on Americans’ Lives with Dr. Mary Ruwart What impact do FDA (Food & Drug Administration) …
Episode 009: Doctors Getting Worked Over By the ABIM with Dr. Wes Fisher
Episode 009: Doctors Getting Worked Over By the ABIM with Dr. Wes Fisher Once again we revisit the issue of maintenance of certification (MOC) only this time with a lurid …
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 …
Episode 005: What Happened to All the Medicine? A Discussion of the Chronic U.S. Medication Shortage Problem with Dr. Marion Mass.
Episode 005: What Happened to All the Medicine? A Discussion of the Chronic U.S. Medication Shortage with Dr. Marion Mass. Are you aware that we face critical shortages of basic …