March 10, 2026
The Evolution of the TPA: From High-Touch to High-Tech
Why the Responsibility of a TPA is Growing
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Why the Responsibility of a TPA is Growing
"We don't view ourselves as a TPA, we view ourselves more as a platform... our goal is to simplify and reduce the barriers of entry into the TPA space." The role of the Third-Party Administrator is undergoing a massive evolution. No longer just a back-office claims processor, the modern TPA…
How American Healthcare Should Actually Operate
Why CEOs Must Incentivize Benefits Leaders to Lower Healthcare Costs
Why Employers Are the Only Ones Who Can Fix Healthcare
“Show me an incentive structure and I'll show you human behavior... until employers realize they have more power than they give themselves credit for, this can't continue." My guest this week is Norm Volsky, Managing Partner at DRI and Founder of MVP Growth Partners. Norm has spent the last decade…
How Health Vendors Got Rich on Broken Solutions
Why Healthy Employees Are Subsidizing Their Sick Coworkers
The Danger of Blindly Trusting Your Doctor's Prescriptions
Why 90% of Prescriptions Only Make Up 13% of the Drug Spend
You Research a New Car More Than Your Prescription Drugs
Paying $10,000 for a $30 Drug: 'The Dumbest Thing I've Ever Heard'
The Aduhelm Scandal: How a Failed Drug Spiked Medicare Costs
"Why are we paying $10,000 for a $30 drug?" My guest this week is Pramod John, a former Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur who entered the healthcare space to tackle the largest economic problem in the country: skyrocketing healthcare costs. Pramod quickly realized that healthcare's dysfunction is actually not a technology…
How a Drug That Failed Trials Still Got Approved
The Financial Impact of Choosing Urgent Care Over Primary Care
Is the traditional healthcare model actually destroying the doctors who work inside it? In this clip from Self-Funded with Spencer, Dr. William Steelman details the breaking point of his career in the hospital system - a moment of "moral injury" and burnout so severe his wife would check if he…
Why DPC is 'Concierge Medicine for the Masses'
Direct Primary Care Is the 'New Standard' of Medicine
Why Doctors Are Often Sicker Than Their Patients
The 'Keto' Fix for Anxiety & Depression
Why Direct Primary Care Is The Only Way Forward | The Physician Burnout Crisis "My wife would come back to check on me late at night, asleep at the keyboard, and she would be like, 'Is he dead?' The burnout, what we call moral injury, is more real than anybody…
