Podcast
Every episode from Hospitalogy.
October 2026
- OCT 20Inpatient AI, Payor Win-Wins, and Token Costs (with Dr. Shiv Rao, co-founder and CEO of Abridge)Hospitalogy’s Blake Madden sits down with Dr.
- OCT 13Standard as Possible, Different as Necessary: Inside Jefferson Health’s Payvider Bet and LVHN Integration (with Dr. Baligh Yehia, President of Jefferson Health)Which model won after Jefferson Health and Lehigh Valley Health Network merged? Dr.
- OCT 9Podcast Recap: Members Leave Carriers, Not BrokersA conversation with Will Johnson, co-founder and CEO of Gyde, about the importance of the broker.
- OCT 6Members Leave Carriers, Not Brokers (with Will Johnson, Co-founder and CEO of Gyde)Claims Denied is back for a new season, and Blake kicks it off by driving down from Dallas to Austin, and sits in-studio with Will Johnson…
- OCT 1Replay: Building the VBC Playbook for 2027 and BeyondTwo VBC operators on moving coding, quality, and cost management to the point of care, and how to tell whether your AI tools are earning their keep.
September 2026
- SEP 29Podcast Recap: CMS Isn't Asking Anymore: Inside the Mandatory Bundle EraTim Elliott, CEO of Navvis, on CMS ditching its "voluntary" posture on VBC.Members only
- SEP 29Podcast Recap: Mentorship, Physician Entrepreneurship, and a Journey Through Scaling Tele911A conversation with Dr. Ramon Lizardo, former CEO of Tele911.Members only
- SEP 29Podcast replay: The future of AI-enabled primary care is hereFilmed live with Matic and Catalyst Health GroupMembers only
- SEP 29Podcast replay: The future of AI-enabled primary care is hereFilmed live with Matic and Catalyst Health GroupMembers only
- SEP 22CMS Isn’t Asking Anymore: Inside the Mandatory Bundle Era (with Tim Elliott, CEO of Navvis)Second time’s the charm! Blake welcomes back Navvis CEO, Tim Elliott, for a new conversation that goes deeper than round one.
- SEP 15Mentorship, Physician Entrepreneurship, and Owning the Pipes: Dr. Ramon Lizardo’s Journey Through Scaling Tele911Blake sits down with Dr. Ramon Lizardo, ER doc turned three-time operator turned investor, and former CEO of Tele911.
- SEP 8Primary Care’s Choke Point Was Never Knowledge (with Matic and Catalyst Health Group)We’re doing something special with this latest episode of Claims Denied.
- SEP 1Handl Health and the Death of Cost Shifting (with Ahmed Marmoush, Co-founder and CEO of Handl Health)Blake sits down with Ahmed Marmoush, CEO and co-founder of Handl Health, fresh off their Series A funding, and this one covers the full arc…
August 2026
- AUG 18The End of Managed Care? How Northwell Built a $2.5B Direct Contracting Machine (with Nick Stefanizzi, CEO Northwell Direct)Blake sits down with Nick Stefanizzi, CEO of Northwell Direct ( https://northwelldirect.northwell.edu/ ) — the man running the most…
- AUG 11Insurance Is the Inflation: Your Health Plan Costs the Same as a Tesla Model Y, and What Collective Health is Doing to Fix itThis episode hits the affordability crisis head-on, as Blake sits down with Ali Diab, CEO and co-founder of Collective Health (…
- AUG 425K Patients Deep and Zero Physician Equity: Inside MGB and Regent’s Site-of-Service Bet, and their New ASC Ownership PlaybookFor this week’s episode, Hospitalogy’s Blake Madden puts two people on opposite ends of the same handshake into one virtual room: Travis…
July 2026
- JUL 28Addiction Treatment and Why Your Claims Data Is Lying About Gambling DisorderFeaturing: Elliott Rapaport (Founder of Birches Health) and Dr.
- JUL 21AvoMD’s Series A and the Bet That Epic Doesn’t Eat Everything (with Yair Saperstein, MD MPH)Hospitalogy’s Blake Madden sits down with Yair Saperstein, MD MPH — co-founder and CEO of AvoMD — fresh off the company’s Series A close in…
- JUL 14Inside US Heart and Vascular: Cardiology’s Independent Integration Play and When Private Equity WorksFeaturing: Emily Rash (COO) and Dr. Neil Gheewala (CMO of Value-Based Care), US Heart and Vascular
- JUL 7Whoop for Your Poop: Inside Throne Science’s Bet on the Smart Toilet (with Scott Hickle, Co-Founder, Throne Science)This episode covers something Claims Denied hasn’t touched before: the world’s first passive gut health monitoring device.
June 2026
- JUN 23VBC’s shift to performance, AI agents on the org chart, LEAD is a no-go, and why health systems should prep for mandatory risk models (with Tim Elliott, CEO of Navvis)In this latest episode of Claims Denied, Blake sits down with Tim Elliott, CEO of Navvis, for one of the most clear-eyed conversations he’s…
- JUN 16How Lantern and Morgan Health Are Re-Wiring Employer Healthcare, And Why Narrow Networks Are Suddenly Worth a Second Look (with Dan Mendelson, CEO Morgan Health and John Zutter, CEO Lantern)Blake Madden sits down with two of the people most responsible for re-wiring the employer side of healthcare right now: Dan Mendelson, CEO…
- JUN 9From Multiplan Insider to Multiplan Disruptor: The Daffodil Health Story (with Navin Nagiah, CEO of Daffodil Health)In this latest episode of Claims Denied, Blake Madden sits down with Navin Nagiah, co-founder and CEO of Daffodil Health.
- JUN 2MA is a Flat Circle, the Physician Subsidy Bear Case, and Why Density Beats Scale (with Jason Ross, EVP at Privia Health)Hospitalogy’s Blake Madden sits down with Jason Ross, EVP of Medical Groups at Privia Health, a guy who has worked basically every seat at…
May 2026
- MAY 26Insuring Against the Incumbents: Why Indigo Technologies’ Jared Kaplan Is Betting MedMal Is Ripe for DisruptionYou may think the insurance industry is dull, but not this conversation!
- MAY 19From Surgery Center Newsletter to Healthcare Media Empire (with Scott Becker)In this episode, Blake Madden sits down with Scott Becker, founder of Becker’s Healthcare, practicing healthcare lawyer at McGuireWoods, and…
- MAY 12Debating AI, ICHRA, and the Employer Exit (with Teira Gunlock & Dr. Eric Bricker)In this latest episode of Claims Denied, Hospitalogy’s Blake Madden pulls in two co-hosts — Teira Gunlock, CEO of First Stop Health, and Dr.
- MAY 51,300 Point Solutions Killed, CHF Admissions Halved, and the Mercy Playbook | Steve Mackin, Mercy CEOBlake sits down with Steve Mackin, CEO of Mercy — one of the top 15 health systems in the country with 55+ hospitals across Missouri…
April 2026
- APR 28Cancer’s $220B Tab Isn’t Going Anywhere: Reimagine Care, Oncology Ventures, and the Evolving State of the Cancer Care Space | Dan Nardi, Reimagine Care and Ben Freeberg, Oncology VenturesIn this episode, Hospitalogy’s Blake Madden talks with two operators who actually walk the walk in oncology: Ben Freeberg, founder of…
- APR 21Going Back to the Future: How Aetna is Redefining Itself and the Current State of Value-Based Care | Dr. Ali Khan, Chief Medical Officer of Medicare, Aetna/CVS HealthWhat does it actually look like to run clinical strategy inside a vertically integrated giant when payor-provider trust is at a historic…
- APR 14The Grifters and the Builders: Pharmacy’s Gray Market, AI Prescribing, and the Medvi Meltdown | Otto Sipe, CEO and Co-founder at Photon HealthI sat down with Otto Sipe, co-founder of Photon Health, for what turned into one of the most wide-ranging Claims Denied conversations we’ve…
March 2026
- MAR 31Oura’s Healthcare Pivot: How a Smart Ring Is Outperforming Every Engagement Play in Digital Health by 6x | Dorothy Kilroy, Chief Commercial Officer, OuraI went into this conversation expecting a consumer wearables story.
- MAR 24The Primary Care Manifesto: Lumeris, Ochsner’s Bold AI Bet with Tom, and the End of the 15-Minute Visit | Dr. David Carmouche, Chief Medical and Commercial Officer, LumerisIn this episode, we’re going DEEP on what’s broken in primary care and what it actually takes to fix it – not with another point solution…
- MAR 17De Novo Clinics to National Enabler: How Karoo Health Is Architecting the Future of Cardiology Care | Ian Koons, Co-Founder and CEO, Karoo HealthBlake sits down with Ian Koons, CEO and co-founder of Karoo Health, to unpack why cardiology is having its “VBC moment” and why most…
- MAR 10From Words to Actions: Nabla’s New Clinical Chief on the Post-Ambient AI Frontier | Matt Sakumoto, MDOn just Day 4 of his new role as Chief Clinical Product Officer at Nabla, Matt Sakumoto, MD, sat down with me for this live recording at the…
- MAR 3The Year of the G’s: Sean Duffy on GLPs, GPTs, and Chronic Care’s Inflection PointWhat does it take to build a real between-visit care engine at scale?
February 2026
- FEB 24Carving Out Primary Care: AdventHealth’s Standalone Division ExperimentWhat happens when a health system stops treating ambulatory like a side project and starts running it like a strategic priority?
- FEB 24Carving Out Primary Care: AdventHealth’s Standalone Division Experiment | Brent Davis, CEO, Primary Health Division at AdventHealthWhat happens when a health system stops treating ambulatory like a side project and starts running it like a strategic priority?
- FEB 17The Bill Parcells of Healthcare: Charlie Martin on 60 Years of Hospital Turnarounds and Where Martin Ventures is Investing NextIn this episode, Blake sits down with Charlie Martin, a legendary figure in healthcare who has spent six decades turning around struggling…
- FEB 17The Bill Parcells of Healthcare: Charlie Martin on 60 Years of Hospital Turnarounds and Where Martin Ventures is Investing Next | Charlie Martin and Devin CartyWelcome to Claims Denied , a podcast from Hospitalogy.
- FEB 10What to Expect in Healthcare for 2026 | Clete Madden and the JTaylor Podcast CrewWelcome to Claims Denied, a new podcast from Hospitalogy.
- FEB 3From Basketball Coach to Health System Turnaround CEO: A Random Walk Through Healthcare | James Hereford, Fairview Health CEOIn this episode, Fairview Health Services CEO James Hereford joins Blake Madden to unpack what a real health system turnaround looks like…
