Astonishing Healthcare breaks down the complex systems that move medicine, money, and care across the healthcare industry.

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The show is built for the people doing the work.

For healthcare leaders, benefits professionals, pharmacy and medical claims stakeholders, employers, consultants, and anyone who needs to stay ahead of the forces shaping the healthcare ecosystem.
Clear, substantive conversations

We trade jargon and surface-level takes for clear, substantive conversations that help you understand what's happening and why it matters.

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You'll come away with sharper insight, practical context, and a better grasp of where the industry is headed.

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Each episode digs into the topics like: pharmacy benefit management, drug pricing & the supply chain, medical claims processing & adjudication, health benefits administration, and the regulatory shifts that change the rules overnight.

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AH071 - A Look at What's Really Driving Drug Spend, and How it Impacts Us, with IQVIA's Michael Kleinrock
On AH071, we dive into the details of IQVIA's latest Use of Medicines report with lead researcher Michael Kleinrock to learn what's driving the numbers. We cover GLP-1s, biosimilars, prescription abandonment, and more!
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June 27, 2025
AH069 - Poster Presentations: The Utility of ICD Codes, and How Text Messages & Pharmacist Outreach Aids Medication Adherence
On AH069, we discuss two recent poster presentations at AMCP 2025 and PQA, highlighting the accuracy of ICD codes and how text messaging and pharmacist outreach can improve medication adherence, respectively.
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June 6, 2025
AH068 - The Future of Health Benefits: Integrating the Power of Pharmacogenomics (PGx), with Burns Blaxall, PhD, and Caitlin Munro, PharmD
On AH068, Aranscia's Burn's Blaxall, PhD, and Capital Rx's Caitlin Munro, PharmD, discuss pharmacogenomics (PGx) and several related topics, including use cases, the role pharmacists can play in providing care, and how PGx can improve health outcomes.
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May 30, 2025
AH067 - Aligned Health Benefits and the Freedom to Unbundle, with Kristin Begley, PharmD
On AH067, Kristin Begley, PharmD, explains what "unbundling" means for employer plan sponsors, and how they can gain greater control over their health benefits programs.
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May 23, 2025

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