Contracting Episodes

April 9, 2025

Managed Care Contracting for Health Tech Startups

How Health Tech Startups Can Win at Managed Care Contracting: Insider Strategies for Scalable Payer Partnerships. This episode dives deep into the essentials of navigating managed care contracts as a health tech startup. Whet...

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Dec. 3, 2024

EXPOSED: The MultiPlan Healthcare Cartel Costing Providers and Patients Billions

In this episode of the VBCA Podcast, host Alex Yarijanian delves into the complex issue of hidden healthcare fees, surprise billing, and the alleged antitrust activities surrounding out-of-network reimbursements. The discussion centers on MultiPlan, a third-party repricing company accused of collaborating with major insurers—such as UnitedHealthcare, Cigna, and Aetna—to suppress out-of-network payments, adversely affecting patients, providers, and employers.

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March 8, 2022

Paying for Biopsychosocial Care

The system used to pay for health care today does not encourage the integration of health care and social care, nor can it adequately adapt to the trending shift toward value-based payments for care — paying for better qualit...

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