HeyJaredBright Spots in Healthcare
Each episode, I interview innovators in the healthcare industry to extract the strategies, tactics, tools, and/or routines they utilize to generate extraordinary, positive outcomes. We highlight and breakdown these bright spots so you can apply them at your organization.
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- Sep 29, 2026
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- Jul 7, 2026
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2027 Medicare Advantage Strategy: What Plans Are Changing Now for 2029 Stars (opens the original)
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What should Medicare Advantage plans change now to improve performance in 2027 and prepare for the 2029 Star Ratings? In this episode of Bright Spots in Healthcare, leaders from Zing Health, CDPHP, UPMC Health Plan and MedOrionshare how MA plans are acting earlier, prioritizing limited resources, improving Stars and quality performance, and reducing reliance on the traditional fourth-quarter scramble. The discussion gets practical: how plans are using existing data sooner, turning clinical insig
Missed Data, Missed Dollars: The Member Insights That Risk Models Are Blind To (Repost) (opens the original)
Stars, Savings, and Satisfaction with BCBS Michigan, Aetna, MVP & Vori (RePost) (opens the original)
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In this Bright Spots in Healthcare episode, host Eric Glazer brings together an all-star panel of leaders who are reshaping the future of Medicaid and social care. Our guests include: Vanita Pindolia, Vice President, Medicare Star Ratings, Emergent Holdings (BlueCross BlueShield Michigan) Jason Merola, MD, Chief Medical Officer, MVP Health Care Charlotta Eriksson, Lead Director, National VBC Partnerships (Specialty), Aetna Mary O'Connor, MD, Chief Medical Officer & Co-Founder, Vori Together, the
Yale New Haven's Thomas Balcezak, MD | How to Make What Works Stick, Spread and Scale (opens the original)
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Healthcare doesn't have a shortage of good ideas. The harder problem is turning what works into the way care is actually delivered. In this episode of Bright Spots in Healthcare, Eric Glazer sits down with Dr. Thomas Balcezak, Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer at Yale New Haven Health, to explore why proven ideas can take years to become everyday practice, and what healthcare leaders can do differently. Dr. Balcezak shares how Yale New Haven is using more than 2,500 Care Signat
The Forecasting Frontier: How AI is Reshaping Risk, Revenue, and ROI (Repost) (opens the original)
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Artificial intelligence is no longer just a buzzword, it's a practical tool transforming how healthcare organizations prepare for the future. From evaluating and pricing risk with greater accuracy to identifying rising-risk members and strengthening long-term financial strategies, AI is reshaping the very foundations of forecasting in healthcare. In this episode, leaders from Florida Blue, Premera Blue Cross, Blue Shield of California, and Prealize Health share how they're applying AI across act
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