
Welcome to Relentless Health Value, the podcast for those working in the belly of the beast to fix our fundamentally broken healthcare system. If you are a self-insured employer, plan sponsor, benefits consultant, clinician, a C-suite executive or anyone in the business of healthcare tired of the "transformational theater" and marketing fluff, you have found your tribe. The U.S. healthcare system ... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 654 | Founded | 12 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | MedicineBusiness NewsHealth & FitnessNews | |||

How the 340B Drug Discount Program Quietly Raises Costs for Self-Insured Employers. Episode 527.
Why should a self-insured employer care about the 340B charity program? That's the single question Stacey Richter puts to Shawn Gremminger, president a... more
How Discount Theater and Generic Compliance Ratios Quietly Overcharge Patients and Employers. Episode 526.
Mark Cuban, co-founder of Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company, and Cora Opsahl, managing director of Peterson Health Analytics and former direc... more
Four Questions Plan Sponsors Should Ask Before Choosing PMPM or Fee-for-Service. Episode 525.
This episode is a tangent that never made it into the final cut of Stacey Richter's original conversation with Cristin Dickerson, MD, founding partner of ... more
John Quinn, founder and CEO of Wellnecity, joins Stacey Richter in episode 524 for an outtake from their conversation last fall on rethinking how self-insured employers build their provider networks. Rather than treating the network as one big, undif... more
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Just look at the reviews for yourself - over 500 episodes and years of consistency. The RHV podcast and tribe are amazing at giving practical insights.
A lot of discussion around healthcare reform is theoretical or wishful thinking. It makes me feel helpless, like I'm waiting for someone else to pull the levers of change.
But not when I listen to the Relentless Health Value Podcast.
Every time I listen to it, I feel like I can understand complex healthcare terrain without flattening it into ... more
An echo chamber for CEOs and other out of touch execs that care about money and not care or making healthcare a sustainable career choice for providers.
Relentless Health Value with Stacey Richter is hands down one of the best healthcare podcasts out there. Stacey has a unique talent for making complex topics clear and practical, and every episode is packed with valuable insights you can actually use. If you care about healthcare transparency, smarter plan management, or just want to keep up with what’s really happening in the industry, this podcast is a must listen. Highly recommended!
This podcast is incredibly helpful for anyone looking to become a more effective plan sponsor. Stacey asks insightful questions, and her guests are always engaging, industry experts. Topics that I previously found dry or difficult to understand are presented in a way that’s clear, digestible, and even empowering. I discovered this podcast at the perfect time in my life—it’s given me the confidence I need for my next job opportunity.
Relentless Health Value is the #1 podcast for anyone wanting to be part of the solution to fixing healthcare and insurance. MD to Insurance broker will find value in being part of the RHV tribe.
No one person has all the answers, but Stacey Richter has allowed listeners and guests to collectively move the conversation forward in practical ways. Thank you for all your work Stacey!
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The show relentlessly examines the economics and incentives shaping the U.S. healthcare system, with a focus on self-insured employers, plan sponsors, and the market dynamics behind pricing, contracts, and access. Episodes demystify complex topics like PBM contracts, direct contracting, cash-pay markets, and revenue-cycle mechanics, often through practical frameworks and concrete case studies. The host consistently invites practitioners and policy-minded experts to unpack systemic frictions, propose tangible improvements, and translate wonky theory into actionable guidance for improving patient value and reducing waste. A notable strength is connecting frontline cost pressures to broader market dynamics, offering listeners clear takeaways f... more
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Recent guests on Relentless Health Value include:
1. John Quinn
2. Dr. Suhas Gondi
3. Dr. Cristin Dickerson
4. Andrew Tsang
5. Dr. Stan Schwartz
6. Bryce Platt
7. Luke Slendy
8. Benjamin Jolly
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