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About the Value Based Care Advisory (VBCA) Podcast

Empowering the Future of Healthcare – One Conversation at a Time

The Value Based Care Advisory (VBCA) Podcast is your trusted source for insightful, actionable conversations on healthcare transformation, value-based payment innovation, and system-wide performance improvement. Hosted by Ararat Alex Yarijanian, a national leader in healthcare strategy and payer-provider relations, VBCA explores the business, policy, and operational dimensions of a rapidly changing healthcare landscape.

Whether you're a healthcare executive, provider, policymaker, or founder, VBCA offers the strategic intelligence and real-world examples you need to navigate and lead in the era of value-based care.

What We Cover

Each episode brings together leading voices from health systems, managed care organizations, digital health startups, and government agencies to discuss:

  • Value-Based Payment Models: ACOs, HMOs, PPOs, bundled payments, shared savings, and capitation.

  • Payer-Provider Strategy: Contract design, network performance, and startup market entry.

  • Healthcare Policy and Reform: Medicaid innovation, Medicare modernization, and regulatory frameworks.

  • Social and Community-Based Interventions: Integration of non-medical care into care coordination models.

  • Technology and Infrastructure: Telehealth, care management platforms, and data-driven decision making.

  • Maternal and Youth Health: Effective care delivery models with measurable outcomes.

  • Behavioral Health and Substance Use: System approaches to mental health and opioid recovery initiatives.

Why VBCA?

VBCA exists to clarify complexity, showcase innovation, and elevate conversations that matter to healthcare’s future. The podcast:

  • Breaks down healthcare finance and policy trends with clarity and purpose.

  • Features proven models and bold experiments driving performance improvement.

  • Provides frameworks and strategies for leaders in both public and private sectors.

About the Host

Alex Yarijanian is the Founder and CEO of Carenodes and an expert in payer contracting, Medicaid financing, and system redesign. With over a decade of experience developing solutions across maternal health, behavioral health, and social care integration, Alex brings unmatched perspective to each episode.

His work includes expanding maternal care programs across 43 states, growing access to care for foster youth, and advising on behavioral health parity and opioid settlement strategy at the state level. VBCA is a reflection of his drive to make the healthcare system more efficient, transparent, and sustainable.

Who Should Listen

  • Healthcare Executives and Clinical Leaders

  • Policymakers and State Health Officials

  • Healthtech Founders and Investors

  • Managed Care Organization (MCO) Strategists

  • Public Health Professionals and Program Directors

  • Graduate Students and Emerging Leaders

Listen and Subscribe

New episodes are available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and all major podcast platforms. Subscribe, leave a review, and share episodes with colleagues and peers looking to stay ahead of the curve in healthcare strategy.

Contact & Collaborations

Interested in being a guest, sponsoring an episode, or sharing your innovation on VBCA?
Reach out at VBCA@carenodes.com or connect via www.VBCAPodcast.com.

About the Host

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Alex Yarijanian

Welcome to the Value-Based Care Advisory Podcast (VBCA Podcast), where host Alex Yarijanian takes you behind the scenes of healthcare's most pressing challenges and transformative breakthroughs. A recognized thought leader with over 15 years of experience, Alex has revolutionized payer-provider relations, shaped the future of value-based care, and led digital health innovations that have impacted millions of lives nationwide.

As the CEO and founder of Carenodes, Alex is a trailblazer in creating healthcare systems that are not only innovative but also equitable and impactful. From negotiating groundbreaking contracts that saved Medicaid plans $58 million to expanding access to maternal and youth mental health care across 43 states, his work embodies the belief that healthcare is a right, not a privilege.

Alex's career is a blend of bold strategy and heartfelt advocacy. He's the driving force behind operational overhauls in behavioral health, an architect of cutting-edge digital health solutions, and a trusted advisor to national healthcare boards. Fluent in English, Persian, and Armenian, Alex brings a global lens to healthcare innovation, connecting the dots between policy, technology, and the human experience.

Tune in as Alex combines sharp insights, captivating storytelling, and industry expertise to spotlight the innovators and disruptors redefining healthcare. Whether you're a policymaker, a clinician, or simply a curious mind, the VBCA Podcast promises to inspire, inform, and ignite your passion for building a healthier future.