"It's Not Personal, It's Just Healthcare" #shorts #documentary #healthcare #healthinsurance #change "It's Not Personal, It's Healthcare" causes one of two reactions in people: Anger or curiosity As Chelsea Ryckis shares in the clip below, both are powerful emotions that drive change. Anger drives the public to demand a better system,…
"The problem with a lot of healthcare is everybody is coming in, making their own solution. So you have thousands of point solution vendors and all we're doing is confusing the end user and the people that we really want to be educated." - Chelsea Ryckis One of the most…
Kristen Rivers, a colleague from ParetoHealth, joined me in studio to go over a fully-insured renewal workup. This video offers valuable insights into the critical aspects of fully-insured renewals. A few of the "highlights" of the work-up: - High pooling charges, despite the employer having ZERO pooled claims in the…
Surgeons Are Incentivized To Perform Unnecessary Surgeries #shorts #healthcare #surgeon #podcast Providers are incentivized to do more surgeries, so they do more surgeries. Unnecessary surgeries have so many obvious downsides: - Potential complications - Disrupting patients' lives - Huge amount of cost associated with the procedures These kinds of misaligned…
Americans Deserve Better Healthcare Experiences 🇺🇸 #shorts #healthcare #insurance #america #podcast Americans like Tom and Angie deserve better. As those of us in the healthcare industry work to fix this broken system, it's key that we remember who we're really serving: everyday Americans, who want to access quality care that…
"I think I'd say our patients deserve better. Our Americans who are encountering the healthcare system deserve better." - Binu Samuel Binu Samuel, Director of Commercial Partnerships at Carrum Health, joined me for the first podcast of 2025 to discuss how we lower healthcare costs for self-funded employers. Binu, and…
Americans Need To Be Educated On The Healthcare System 🇺🇸 #shorts #america #healthcare #insurance We can't ever forget that the choices we make impact human lives. We're their access to care. Matt Glaros and Megan Glaros joined me this week for a podcast discussion focused on how we can use…
The Biggest Problem People Make When Starting To Produce Content #shorts #content #creator #linkedin In the words of Shia LaBeouf, just do it. When it comes to creating content, perfect can often be the enemy of good. If you're just starting out with building your social media presence, you're likely…
"Everybody makes an excuse at the end as to why they didn't post or why they didn't start the thing they really wanted to start." - Me Happy New Year! As a bonus episode this week, I’m sharing a talk I gave at a recent ParetoHealth event about getting started…
How AI Will Change The Insurance Industry 🤖⚕️ #shorts #ai #insurance #healthcare #broker #brokers AI is a tool, and like any tool, it can be used for good and for bad. In the clip below, Matt Glaros shares his view on how AI will impact the healthcare industry: if the…
Why Is Health Insurance So Overcomplicated? #shorts #healthinsurance #insurance #broker #healthcare Health insurance: it's one of the most confusing things in the world, but also one of the most expensive. Not a great combination. Matt Glaros shares why it's so important to break down health insurance information in a simple,…
"They have to understand the value. That’s how you get people to use it." - Megan Glaros “I had somebody who said once, why take a pill when you can get a shot? That's the way we kind of treat health, is like, just treat us with medication.” - Matt…
Why This Physician Felt Complicit In Hurting American People 🩺 #shorts #healthcare #health #podcast Before being nominated to head the FDA, Marty Makary M.D., wrote the hugely impactful book "The Price We Pay". As Tiffany Ryder shared in this week's episode of Self-Funded with Spencer, that book was what opened…
"I felt like I was putting $10,000 bandaids on someone's diabetic ketoacidosis instead of actually helping them to never be there in the first place." - Tiffany Ryder Tiffany Ryder, medical physician associate and healthcare advocate, joined me this week to continue the theme of my previous episode: how do…
American Healthcare Doesn't Have To Be Like This 🇺🇸 #shorts #healthcare #insurance #healthinsurance
Here's What To Do If Your Hospital Bill Is Too High: #shorts #advocacy #medicalbilling #hospitals Medical billing errors shouldn't be so commonplace. But because they are, healthcare patient advocates are hugely important. I've personally used them in the past, and Jenni shared several stories on this week's episode of Self-Funded…
Healthcare Can, And Should, Be Affordable For Americans 🇺🇸🩺 #shorts #america #healthcare #podcast "Everybody in this country is a patient, so this applies to all of us." Jenni Nolan, BCPA is right: healthcare doesn't have to be this way. It can, and should, be affordable for average Americans. Education is…
"I think that the general public thinks that health care is just expensive and this is just the way it has to be. It doesn't. And I think if more people knew that they would rise up and fight the system, fight for change.” - Jenni Nolan Jenni Nolan, Board-Certified…
Why Are We Wasting Money? The Key Problem with Healthcare Plans #shorts #waste #healthcare #benefits If an MIT engineer can't figure out how to utilize his healthcare plan, something is seriously wrong. David Mallen shares an epiphany he had in the clip below when discussing an ACA plan with an…
Texting Is The Future of Healthcare Communication #podcast #shorts #marketing #healthcare #benefits 98% of text messages are read in less than two minutes. David Mallen from HealthJoy joined me this week on Self-Funded with Spencer to discuss how we can make health plans more effective by educating members. That starts…
"Any time you can reward employees for doing the right thing, to me, it's benefiting the employer group, it’s benefitting everybody.” - David Mallen You can provide employees with the best healthcare benefits in the world, but if they don’t know how to navigate the healthcare system, those benefits aren’t…
23 Years Old With A 10% Chance To Live #cancer #stage4 #melanoma #shorts #healthcare #survivor It's impossible to imagine what it's like to be told you have a 10% chance to live at 23. As Dylan Slattery shared on this week's episode of Self-Funded with Spencer, it completely changed the…
How Stage 4 Cancer Taught Dylan To Live With Purpose #shorts #cancer #survivor #cancersurvivor "Living with more purpose and passion." Dylan Slattery's main takeaway from beating stage 4 cancer, against all odds. In this clip, Dylan shares the story of witnessing a family celebrating the life of somebody who recently…
"Looking back now, cancer gave me something to fight for at a time when I felt like maybe life wasn't worth fighting for." - Dylan Slattery Dylan Slattery, VP at ClaimsBridge and motivational speaker at Stage Four 2 On Stage, joined me this week to share his powerful story of…
