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Healthcare is Hard: A Podcast for Insiders podcast

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Healthcare is Hard: A Podcast for Insiders

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  LRVHealth  

Healthcare is Hard: A Podcast for Insiders views healthcare transformation through the lens of prominent leaders across the industry. Through intimate one-on-one discussions with executives, policy advisors, and other “insiders,” each episode dives deep into the pressing challenges that come with changing how we care for people. Hear the unique perspectives of these industry leaders to get a better understanding of what is happening today, the challenges across the healthcare ecosystem, and how innovation is really shaping the future of healthcare delivery.

Healthcare is Hard: A Podcast for Insiders views healthcare transformation through the lens of prominent leaders across the industry. Through intimate one-on-one discussions with executives, policy advisors, and other “insiders,” each episode dives deep into the pressing challenges that come with changing how we care for people. Hear the unique perspectives of these industry leaders to get a better understanding of what is happening today, the challenges across the healthcare ecosystem, and how innovation is really shaping the future of healthcare delivery.

 

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#84

The Big Beautiful Maze of Health Policy and Innovation

From being at the center of some of the most significant shifts in U.S. healthcare policy ... more

20 Nov 2025

32 MINS

32:28

20 Nov 2025

#83

Lessons from Public Sector Leadership: Former CMS Administrator and FDA Commissioner, Dr. Mark McCle...

Dr. Mark McClellan has served as a Member of the President’s Council of Economic Advisors,... more

16 Oct 2025

48 MINS

48:10

16 Oct 2025

#82

Emerging Technologies (Part 3): Microsoft’s Chief Architect for Health on the Saga of Interoperabili...

Dr. Josh Mandel says his first love was software. But on a whim, while studying computer s... more

18 Sep 2025

48 MINS

48:06

18 Sep 2025

#81

Emerging Technologies (Part 2): Past, Present & Future of Healthcare Interoperability with HTD Healt...

Brendan Keeler’s path into healthcare interoperability has been anything but straightforwa... more

21 Aug 2025

49 MINS

49:12

21 Aug 2025

#80

Emerging Technologies (Part 1): Inside Perspectives from Epic’s Seth Hain

Seth Hain has spent two decades at Epic, watching the electronic health record evolve from... more

17 Jul 2025

49 MINS

49:02

17 Jul 2025

#79

How a Tech-Minded CEO Sees the Future: CareFirst’s Brian D. Pieninck on Medicare, Medicaid & the AI-...

Brian D. Pieninck didn’t take a conventional path to healthcare leadership. He started his... more

19 Jun 2025

45 MINS

45:17

19 Jun 2025

#78

Medicaid Uncovered: Decoding the System

Kody Kinsley has been called many things—operator, innovator, Medicaid “nerd”—but above al... more

15 May 2025

44 MINS

44:57

15 May 2025

#77

Where Medicare Stands—And Where It’s Headed with Aetna’s Dr. Ali Khan

Dr. Ali Khan has spent his career at the intersection of medicine, public policy, and valu... more

29 Apr 2025

49 MINS

49:25

29 Apr 2025

#76

Opportunities in Oncology (Part 3): Getting Deep Into Patient Care with Mass General Brigham’s Head ...

The first two episodes in this Healthcare is Hard podcast series on “Opportunities in Onco... more

20 Mar 2025

37 MINS

37:19

20 Mar 2025

#75

Opportunities in Oncology (Part 2): Balancing Cutting-Edge Research and Community Care

Dr. Harlan Levine began his career practicing internal medicine but soon moved into busine... more

20 Feb 2025

40 MINS

40:47

20 Feb 2025

#74

Opportunities in Oncology (Part 1): The Intersection of Clinical Care, Business and Policy

There’s been a massive gap in oncology where people who have been responsible for a dramat... more

23 Jan 2025

48 MINS

48:19

23 Jan 2025

#73

Election Implications (Part 4): Forecasting For Healthcare As The Second Trump Administration Takes ...

Elements of the new Trump administration are coming into focus as announcements of key hea... more

12 Dec 2024

36 MINS

36:09

12 Dec 2024

#72

Election Implications (Part 3): JP Morgan’s Read on Trump 2.0 and What’s Next for Healthcare

Healthcare was not a major focus during the 2024 election where other key issues drove mos... more

21 Nov 2024

45 MINS

45:44

21 Nov 2024

#71

Election Implications (Part 2): This Wall Street Analyst Agrees, “Healthcare is Hard”

With the White House and Congress up for grabs this election, anticipation in the healthca... more

30 Oct 2024

30 MINS

30:42

30 Oct 2024

#70

Election Implications (Part 1): Angst, Uncertainty and an Urge for Calm from Maverick Health Policy’...

Julie Barnes has made a career helping health plans, tech vendors, investors and others in... more

26 Sep 2024

45 MINS

45:42

26 Sep 2024

#69

What’s the Difference Between Innovation and Performance Improvement?

OSF HealthCare stands as a model health system for those who want to do innovation right. ... more

29 Aug 2024

38 MINS

38:00

29 Aug 2024

#68

Help or Harm? How CHAI is Mitigating the Risk of AI in Healthcare

With great power comes great responsibility and in healthcare, those words may have never ... more

18 Jul 2024

54 MINS

54:30

18 Jul 2024

#67

Live from DHIS East: Mass General Brigham CIO, Christopher Coburn

Chris Coburn has been driving health system innovation for decades. He is currently chief ... more

20 Jun 2024

44 MINS

44:17

20 Jun 2024

#66

Reinventing Pharmacy (Part 3): Optum Rx CEO, Dr. Patrick Conway, Brings the PBM, Provider and Payer ...

Optum Rx serves more than 62 million people, processes 1.6 billion prescriptions and gener... more

23 May 2024

40 MINS

40:32

23 May 2024

#65

Reinventing Pharmacy (Part 2): Dr. Troyen Brennan Disputes the False Narrative of Good vs. Bad Actor...

In the first of a series of episodes exploring opportunities for innovation in the pharmac... more

18 Apr 2024

42 MINS

42:49

18 Apr 2024

#64

Reinventing Pharmacy: Mark Cuban Says Trust Is Missing Across Healthcare. Here’s What He’s Doing Abo...

Mark Cuban built a career disrupting industries and creating new ones. Now, his sights are... more

21 Mar 2024

43 MINS

43:34

21 Mar 2024

#63

Is Innovation Stuck in Healthcare? Two Brothers Get to The Bottom of It

In most industries, innovation leads to an improved product or service while ultimately he... more

15 Feb 2024

46 MINS

46:21

15 Feb 2024

#62

Putting Trust at the Center of Healthcare Transformation: Press Ganey CEO, Pat Ryan

Through its work with more than 41,000 healthcare facilities and the industry’s largest da... more

18 Jan 2024

36 MINS

36:20

18 Jan 2024

#61

Deciphering the New Normal (Part 4): Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts’ Chief Strategy Officer...

This is the final episode in a four part series with heads of strategy at providers and pa... more

15 Dec 2023

37 MINS

37:02

15 Dec 2023