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EP471: High-Cost Claimants in 2025 and Beyond—What Is Really Expensive Not to Know? With Christine Hale, MD, MBA

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Recently on Relentless Health Value, we’ve been tinkering around with a few recurring themes—recurring through lines—that are just true about American healthcare these days.

In this episode of Relentless Health Value, host Stacey Richter speaks with Dr. Christine Hale about high cost claimants and the implications for healthcare plans in 2025 and beyond. They discuss the importance of trust in patient care, the financial incentives behind patient steering, and the critical role of timely and comprehensive data analysis.

Dr. Hale emphasizes the need for an integrated approach to medical and pharmacy claims data to avoid expensive consequences and improve patient outcomes. She also shares strategies for plan sponsors to effectively manage high cost claimants through evidence-based care, appropriate treatment settings, and creative problem-solving, while underlining the importance of patient engagement and satisfaction.

Don't miss next week's episode with Dr. Eric Bricker for a deeper dive into these topics.

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🔗 Show Notes with all mentioned links:

https://relentlesshealthvalue.com/episodes

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🎤 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/6UjgzI7bScDrWvZEk2f46b

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=== CONNECT WITH THE RHV TEAM ===

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05:22 What is a high-cost claimant, and how is the definition changing?

07:42 Why buy-and-bill pharmaceuticals can be so costly for plan sponsors.

10:19 What are plan sponsors getting wrong about this situation?

11:28 What do you need as an employer to understand your plan data fully?

13:41 EP462 with Scott Conard, MD.

17:35 What are plan sponsors currently doing that they should not being doing?

19:54 Why starting small is important.

23:02 EP468 with Matt McQuide.

25:37 What are the steps employers should take to improve their high-cost claimant spend?

31:02 EP371 with Erik Davis and Autumn Yongchu.

33:46 EP467 with Stacey.

Recent past interviews:

Click a guest’s name for their latest RHV episode!

Nikki King, James Gelfand (Part 2), James Gelfand (Part 1), Matt McQuide, Stacey Richter (EP467), Vivian Ho, Chris Crawford (EP465), Al Lewis, Betsy Seals, Wendell Potter (Encore! EP384), Dr Scott Conard

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583 episodes

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Manage episode 476235958 series 1090593
Content provided by Stacey Richter. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Stacey Richter or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

Recently on Relentless Health Value, we’ve been tinkering around with a few recurring themes—recurring through lines—that are just true about American healthcare these days.

In this episode of Relentless Health Value, host Stacey Richter speaks with Dr. Christine Hale about high cost claimants and the implications for healthcare plans in 2025 and beyond. They discuss the importance of trust in patient care, the financial incentives behind patient steering, and the critical role of timely and comprehensive data analysis.

Dr. Hale emphasizes the need for an integrated approach to medical and pharmacy claims data to avoid expensive consequences and improve patient outcomes. She also shares strategies for plan sponsors to effectively manage high cost claimants through evidence-based care, appropriate treatment settings, and creative problem-solving, while underlining the importance of patient engagement and satisfaction.

Don't miss next week's episode with Dr. Eric Bricker for a deeper dive into these topics.

=== LINKS ===

🔗 Show Notes with all mentioned links:

https://relentlesshealthvalue.com/episodes

✉️ Enjoy this podcast? Subscribe to the free weekly newsletter:

https://relentlesshealthvalue.com/join-the-relentless-tribe

🫙 Support the podcast with a small donation to the Tip Jar:

https://relentlesshealthvalue.com/join-the-relentless-tribe

🎤 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/feed/id892082003?ls=1

🎤 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/6UjgzI7bScDrWvZEk2f46b

📺 Subscribe to our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@RelentlessHealthValue

=== CONNECT WITH THE RHV TEAM ===

✭ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/relentless-health-value/ ✭ Threads https://www.threads.net/@relentlesshealthvalue/ ✭ Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/relentleshealth.bsky.social ✭ X https://twitter.com/relentleshealth/

05:22 What is a high-cost claimant, and how is the definition changing?

07:42 Why buy-and-bill pharmaceuticals can be so costly for plan sponsors.

10:19 What are plan sponsors getting wrong about this situation?

11:28 What do you need as an employer to understand your plan data fully?

13:41 EP462 with Scott Conard, MD.

17:35 What are plan sponsors currently doing that they should not being doing?

19:54 Why starting small is important.

23:02 EP468 with Matt McQuide.

25:37 What are the steps employers should take to improve their high-cost claimant spend?

31:02 EP371 with Erik Davis and Autumn Yongchu.

33:46 EP467 with Stacey.

Recent past interviews:

Click a guest’s name for their latest RHV episode!

Nikki King, James Gelfand (Part 2), James Gelfand (Part 1), Matt McQuide, Stacey Richter (EP467), Vivian Ho, Chris Crawford (EP465), Al Lewis, Betsy Seals, Wendell Potter (Encore! EP384), Dr Scott Conard

  continue reading

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