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Self-Funded

Spencer Smith

Self-Funded, hosted by Spencer Smith, is the definitive resource for benefits consultants and employers who are ready to challenge the broken healthcare status quo. Each week, you'll get an insider's playbook of actionable strategies from industry leaders that help make healthcare better, together.

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  1. Self-Funding Is Simple. We Make It Sound Complicated. | with Carrie Cherveny 1:09:38
  2. Mark Cuban Says Healthcare, Not AI, Is Killing Jobs | with Sebastian Sanchez 28:14
  3. The Problem With PBM Rebates | with Steve Ditto 1:01:07
  4. Giving Employees Free Healthcare Saves Employers Money | with Chris Mathew 1:15:26
  5. The Diabetes Reversal Program That Refunds You If It Doesn’t Work | with Dr. Jeffrey Hockings 50:57
  6. How to Stop Paying for the Wrong MSK Care | with Tom Weber & Peter Krahn 1:02:37
  7. How AI Is Inflating Hospital Bills & ICHRA's Big Rebrand | with Stephen Carrabba 39:38
  8. The Company That Pays Surgeons Not to Operate | with Matt Eurey 1:07:00
  9. How to Actually Manage Cancer Claims In Self-Funded Plans | with Peter Bridges 56:51
  10. The Right Way to Buy Stop-Loss in 2026 | with Monique Burke 1:15:32
  11. The Program That Wipes Out Catastrophic Medical Bills | with Brett Morris 56:48
  12. The $17B Aon-USI Deal & August Healthcare News | Last Month in Healthcare 28:50
  13. The Surgeon Who Flies Himself To Every Operation | with Ronen Elefant 1:12:40
  14. 2027 Renewal Season Prep with Imagine360 - LIVE! 53:33
  15. Why Employers Should Cover Whole Genome Sequencing | with Joshua Resnikoff 1:05:01
  16. The "Wild West" of Peptides | with Rick Manuel 30:40
  17. The Right Way to Cover GLP-1s in Your Health Plan | with Embla 1:02:28
  18. Nobody In Washington Understands Employer Healthcare | with Katy Talento 1:23:49
  19. The Switch: Why Employers Want To Be Led, Not Sold | with Billy Potter 1:17:26
  20. Trump's Generic Drug Tariffs & The 14% ACA Hike | Last Month in Healthcare 23:25
  21. Outlier Clauses: Healthcare's Best Kept Secret | with Ryan Bojrab 1:12:14
  22. The HCC 2026 Stop-Loss Report: My Key Takeaways 36:19
  23. Why Every Broker Needs A Fiduciary Co-Pilot | with Charlie Gragg 1:08:38
  24. The 2026 State Of Healthcare Spend | with Dena Bravata M.D. 27:19
  25. The Philosophy of U.S. Healthcare (And Why It Resists Change) | with Tom Stein 1:20:08
  26. $6.5B DOJ Crackdown, Medicare GLP-1 Shifts, Hospital Price Tags | with Sid Sinha 30:36
  27. How One App Could Save U.S. Healthcare | with Matt Taylor 1:13:05
  28. The 2026 Employer Health Plan Playbook | with Mark Cuban 54:30
  29. Managing the Exploding Costs of Specialty Drugs | with Jake Velie 1:06:50
  30. You’re Probably Wrong About Reference-Based Pricing | with Jeff Bak 1:13:57
  31. Marty Makary Resigns from FDA + May's Biggest Healthcare News | with Jonathan Lopez 23:31
  32. The ERISA Fiduciary Crackdown is Here | with Jay Gepfert 1:08:28
  33. A Health Benefit That Actually Makes Employees Healthier | with Superpower 56:08
  34. The 2026 Benefits Consulting State Of The Union | with Seth Denson, Chris Hamilton & Taylor Rogers 1:33:37
  35. Why Self-Funded Employers Are Abandoning National Networks 1:14:54
  36. Advanced Primary Care 101 (With Ben Miller) 58:17
  37. State Healthcare Regulations, ACA Shifts, Hospital Funding Loopholes | Last Month In Healthcare 26:06
  38. The Financial Case Against Fully Insured Health Plans | with John Kountz 1:04:56
  39. Rob Gelb’s Huge Announcement: The Future of Vālenz & Self-Funding 1:10:26
  40. Medical Cannabis As An Employee Benefit? 51:01
  41. Shifting the Risk: A New Way to Account for Healthcare 1:11:48
  42. Why Traditional Networks are Failing (And What’s Replacing Them) 54:46
  43. A New Way To Predict (And Price) Healthcare Risk 58:22
  44. March Healthcare Headlines: GLP-1s, PBMs, and The $233M Scam | with Jeff Bak 34:59
  45. The New Era Of Cash Pay In Healthcare 1:18:52
  46. How J&Q Codes Are Sabotaging Your Stop-Loss Renewals 46:19
  47. Will PBM Reform Actually Happen? | Last Month In Healthcare 21:24
  48. Building The TPA Of The Future 57:08
  49. Why Venture Capital Is Betting Against Insurance Carriers in 2026 1:03:17
  50. Why Health Plans Pay $10,000+ For Drugs That Don't Even Work 1:16:37