"On The Other Side Of Fear Is The Best Things In Life" #shorts #motivation #sales #fear #podcast "On the other side of fear is the best things in life." As Nick says in this clip, we all have imposter syndrome sometimes. It's the willingness to challenge ourselves and go into…
Do The Hard Things Today, And Your Life Will Be Easy Tomorrow #shorts #wisdom #motivation #podcast Do the hard things now, and your life will be easy in the future. Nick Bellanca, SHRM-SCP, GBDS joined the show to share his perspective on what it means to be a consultant in…
How To Stay Disciplined As A Consultant (with Nick Bellanca) "If you do hard things now, your life will be easy in the future. If you do easy things now, your life will be hard in the future." - Nick Bellanca Nick Bellanca joined me this week to get his…
$725,000 For One Day In The Hospital!? 😨 #shorts #medical #surgeon #healthcare #insurance #podcast What would you do if you got a $725,000 bill after getting a surgery? As Dr. K says in the clip below, that price is neither logical nor acceptable. And, of course, the patient had no…
Surgeon Explains Our Healthcare System Using A Bottle Of Topo Chico 🏥💸🩺 #shorts #insurance #podcast Dr. K brilliantly explained balance billing + surgical quality using a bottle of Topo Chico. (Btw, not a sponsor...yet. ) I was super grateful for N Kikkeri MD for joining Self-Funded with Spencer this week…
"When your brain is programmed that the only way it can be done is through submitting your insurance and when your brain has been for years and years and years that accepting cash is criminal, it's very hard to break that." - Dr. K My good friend Dr. K, founder…
Balance Bills Are TERRIBLE For Healthcare! 💵😡 #shorts #healthcare #insurance #health #bills #podcast What is a balance bill? Stephanie Koch, joined the show this week to give an employer's perspective on self-funding, and shared why balance bills are unfair and lead people to avoid getting the care that they need.…
How Mobile Health Clinics SAVE LIVES! 🏥🚐 #shorts #podcast #clinic #healthcare #health #selffunded Stephanie Koch's decision to utilize mobile clinics saved multiple employee's lives. Mobile clinics allow companies to screen many employees at once, which can save time and be more convenient for employees. Stephanie incentivized her employees with five…
“It's the second largest line item that a company has, but they will stroke a check every month for a fully insured program without having data to support what those costs are for.” - Stephanie Koch Stephanie Koch joined the show to share what it was like to work in…
Tom Broker and Tony TPA "Solve" Compliance | Health Insurance Comedy Skit "The feds have been breathin' down my neck with this compliance $@&#." Tom Broker returns, this time to meet with his old friend Tony TPA about how they can "solve" the "problem" of increasing compliance in our industry.…
"If she did nothing, she would've gotten better really fast." #shorts #healthcare #surgery #podcast "If she did nothing, she would've gotten better really fast." A patient goes in for a lower back pain and is given an MRI, opioids, and told she'll likely need surgery. This is the exact type…
95% of Surgeries Aren't Even Necessary? 😱🤕 #shorts #surgery #medical #healthcare #waste #podcast Are 95% of MSK surgeries really unnecessary? Heidi Ojha and I discussed it on the newest episode of Self-Funded with Spencer. If a surgery is no more effective than doing nothing at all, not only is it…
“I realized that 95% of the scheduled surgeries, like shoulder/knee repairs, back fusions, even some pelvic floor surgeries, they're no more effective than doing nothing at all, on average.” - Heidi Ojha Heidi Ojha, founder of Aware Health and recently a part of our MSK roundtable, joined me this week…
Know The Price BEFORE You Have A Surgery 🤕💸 #shorts #surgery #insurance #healthcare #podcast His customer's couldn't believe he could actually give them a price. Dr. Keith Smith of Surgery Center Of Oklahoma joined me for a special episode of Self-Funded with Spencer this week. When Keith first started offering…
The Hospital Tried To Charge $3500 For A $400 Procedure! 💸😡 #shorts #hospital #insurance #podcast If you pay attention to my posts on here, you might've seen my story about taking my son into the ER. On today's episode, I got Dr. Keith Smith's opinion on the situtation. After my…
Can Market-Based Pricing Save Healthcare? (with Dr. Keith Smith) “In what other industry are you just not covered up with business if you're cheaper and better? This is America, for God's sake." - Keith Smith This is a special episode with a special guest: Dr. Keith Smith from the Surgery…
Self-Funded vs Fully-Insured - “Networks” - an Homage to Mac vs PC. Remember the Mac vs PC commercials of our youth? In the first of this new series, we use that style to teach the differences in self-funding versus fully-insuring your health insurance as an employer. This clip focuses on…
Walmart: Unexpected Leader In Healthcare Innovation? 🏥🩺 #shorts #walmart #healthcare #insurance "Yeah, that is wild" In this clip from Self-Funded with Spencer, John Butler shared the story of Tom Emerick's "Center Of Excellence" strategy for Walmart's healthcare. Instead of going through the traditional model of healthcare for a business of…
We Can SAVE Money By Getting BETTER Insurance! 💼💸 #shorts #insurance #healthcare #podcast #savings Our industry's biggest secret: you can save money while actually IMPROVING benefits. When employers are stuck in the fully-insured system and mindset, they often think that switching to self-funding or other ways of providing their employees…
From "Sickcare" to "Healthcare": The Future Of This Industry (with John Butler) "No one wins alone. And you know what? You can't do it on your own." - John Butler John Butler, from JB Benefits Consulting, joined the show this week to talk the big-picture future of health insurance. From…
Dental And Vision For JUST $15/MONTH? 🦷👓 #shorts #benefits #dental #vision #affordable #podcast $15/month for dental, vision, behavioral health, labs, imaging, health advocacy, and virtual care appointments. I spoke with Chris Mathew from Sniffle , who offers this unbelievably cost-effective plan, about why Chris feels so proud to offer it…
A Wrong Diagnosis Took His Dad. Could AI Have Done Better? #shorts #ai #diagnosis #healthcare Chris Mathew's father passed away earlier than he should have. His father was sent home from the doctor when he should've been sent straight to the ER, and unfortunately passed at home. Once Sniffle 's…
Can AI Really Diagnose A Tummyache?!? 😨 #shorts #ai #diagnosis #healthcare #doctors #podcast #healthcare Can AI really diagnose a tummyache? With Sniffle 's "Aignosis" tool it can, with a 95% accuracy. AI isn't going to replace doctors, and we don't want it to: it's a tool that can and should…
"I don't believe that random doctors should treat random patients in ongoing continuity of care. I don't think that transactional care is good for patients, and I know it's not good for physicians." - Chris Mathew The great Chris Mathew, Chief Growth Officer at Sniffle, joined me to talk about…
