Healthcare can feel stuck, but the ground is moving under our feet in the best possible way. We sit down with Hartford Healthcare’s CEO, Jeff Flaks, to unpack how a statewide system is using scale with purpose: pushing care into more convenient, lower-cost settings, investing in equity, and building digital experiences that actually save time for patients and clinicians. If you’re skeptical that big systems can deliver value, this conversation offers specifics instead of spin. We start with ...
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Healthcare can feel stuck, but the ground is moving under our feet in the best possible way. We sit down with Hartford Healthcare’s CEO, Jeff Flaks, to unpack how a statewide system is using scale with purpose: pushing care into more convenient, lower-cost settings, investing in equity, and building digital experiences that actually save time for patients and clinicians. If you’re skeptical that big systems can deliver value, this conversation offers specifics instead of spin. We start with ...
Episode 283- Unraveling America's Pharmaceutical Cost Crisis: A Deep Dive with host Nathan Kaufman and Richard Helppie. Pt. 3
Richard Helppie's Common Bridge
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Episode 283- Unraveling America's Pharmaceutical Cost Crisis: A Deep Dive with host Nathan Kaufman and Richard Helppie. Pt. 3
Drug pricing in America is a shell game where patients always lose. Healthcare Bridge host Nathan Kaufman and his guest Richard Helppie pull back the curtain on why Americans pay drastically more for the same medications than patients anywhere else in the world. At the heart of this problem lies a fragmented system where the United States—effectively operating the world's largest health insurance company—somehow lacks the ability to negotiate bulk purchasing deals. While pharmaceutical compa...
Richard Helppie's Common Bridge
Healthcare can feel stuck, but the ground is moving under our feet in the best possible way. We sit down with Hartford Healthcare’s CEO, Jeff Flaks, to unpack how a statewide system is using scale with purpose: pushing care into more convenient, lower-cost settings, investing in equity, and building digital experiences that actually save time for patients and clinicians. If you’re skeptical that big systems can deliver value, this conversation offers specifics instead of spin. We start with ...