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.

Topics that move the needle

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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AH050 - PBM Pain Points and Overcoming the Fear of Change, with Hope Nakazato, PharmD
On AH050, Capital Rx VP of Business Development Hope Nakazato, PharmD, explains common friction points between plan sponsors and PBMs, and why people shouldn't be afraid to switch vendors.
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January 17, 2025
AH049 - Pharmacy Benefits 101: Pharmacy Audits
On AH049, Heidi McKinnon, PharmD, CHC (Head of Compliance at Capital Rx), and Symara Schmidt, PharmD, PMP, CHC, BCGP (Director, Compliance Programs), join us for another Pharmacy Benefits 101 discussion about Pharmacy Audits.
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January 10, 2025
AH048 - High-Cost Orphan Drugs, Securing Claims Data, and More, with Dr. Eric Bricker
On AH048, Dr. Eric Bricker shares highlights of two timely relevant episodes of his popular AHealthcareZ - Healthcare Finance Explained video series; one on high-cost drugs, the other about who owns the plan's claims data.
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January 3, 2025
AH047 - What Project 2025, RFK Jr., and Dr. Oz Could Mean for the Business of Healthcare Under Trump
On AH047, Robert Longyear shares the highlights of his review of Project 2025 and what he's watching that could impact healthcare services businesses under Trump.
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December 13, 2024

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