In this 'Inbetweenisode' of the Relentless Health Value podcast, Stacey Richter recaps the major themes covered throughout 2025 in healthcare. In this Part 1, Stacey dives into three critical themes: the necessity of trusted relationships and simplicity, treating primary care as an investment rather than a cost, and the impact of perverse financial incentives and profiteering.

Various experts, including Dr. Kenny Cole, Ann Lewandowski, Jonathan Baran, and Yashaswini Singh, share insights on these subjects. The discussion highlights the pervasive lack of trust in the healthcare system, the financial implications of underfunded primary care, and the negative effects of misaligned financial incentives and profiteering within the industry.

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02:06 Theme 1: the critical need for trusted relationships and simplicity.

02:28 The two categories of trust that are needed.

02:43 Clip of Kenny Cole, MD, from EP473.

03:43 Clip of Ann Lewandowski from EP476.

06:07 Why simplicity and trust have to go together.

08:30 Theme 2: primary care as an investment, not a cost.

08:41 Clip of Jonathan Baran from EP483 (Part 1).

09:01 Clip of Nikki King, DHA, from EP470.

09:34 How broken primary care affects self-insured employers.

10:12 Why there are perverse financial incentives to gut primary care.

15:19 Theme 3: the dominance of perverse financial incentives and profiteering.

15:46 Clip of Benjamin Schwartz, MD, MBA, from EP481.

16:18 The actual definition of margin.

16:55 Clip of Mick Connors, MD, from EP495.

18:25 Clip of Yashaswini Singh, PhD, from EP474.

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