Dysrupt Healthcare Podcast

What if skipping surgery was actually the smartest medical decision you could make? In this episode of the Disrupt Healthcare Podcast , host Lester sits down with Dr. Steve Schutzer , orthopedic surgeon, co-founder, and Chief Medical Officer of Upswing Health , for a deep-dive conversation that challenges everything you thought you knew about musculoskeletal care. Dr. Schutzer left the operating r...

Healthcare is one of the largest line items for employers… but it’s also one of the biggest opportunities for alignment. In this solo episode of the Dysrupt Healthcare Podcast , Lester dives into the evolving relationship between employers and healthcare systems, and why the future depends on moving beyond a purely transactional mindset. Too often, employers experience healthcare as a complex and...

What if employers and hospitals weren’t negotiating againsteach other… but building together? In this episode of the Dysrupt Healthcare Podcast ,Lester sits down with Doug Hetherington, founder of Health to Business, to talk about a different approach to healthcare purchasing one rooted in transparency, partnership, and long-term alignment. This isn’t about fighting the system. It’s about strength...

Imaging is often treated like a “small” service line item. It’s not. In this episode of the Dysrupt Healthcare Podcast , Lester sits down with Dr. Cristin Dickerson , practicing radiologist and founder of Green Imaging , to unpack one of the most overlooked—and easiest—wins in healthcare cost containment. Here’s the headline: Imaging can represent 11–13% of total healthcare spend , not the 5% most...

If you’re an employer, you’re one of the largest purchasers of healthcare in the U.S.—and somehow you have the least control. This is a summary episode of our conversation with Nurse Deb (Deb Alt), President of AIMM , and it drops right after the turn of the calendar— Happy 2026 —in what many are calling the worst renewal season in years . Here’s the hard truth: If you didn’t do anything different...

What if the fastest way to lower healthcare costs… is to finally put the patient at the center? In this powerful conversation, host Lester Morales sits down with Deb Alt — “Nurse Deb” — Founder and President of AIM , a team of nurses and physicians who guide patients through the two most confusing systems in America : healthcare delivery and health insurance. This episode exposes the misaligned in...

In our final episode of the year, Lester J. Morales shares the real why behind moving from Impact Healthcare to Dysrupt Healthcare . This isn’t a cosmetic change—it’s a sharpened mission informed by everything we learned this season: self-funding that actually bends the curve, PBM transparency, employer-led innovation, and data over hype. Here’s the blueprint for the next chapter: Keep the straigh...

In this recap episode, host Lester Morales breaks down the powerful conversation with Rachel Strauss — widely known as the “PBM Princess” and one of the clearest, boldest voices exposing how pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) really work. Rachel spent much of her career inside a leading PBM that didn’t play the traditional rebate and spread-pricing games. Today, she’s on a mission to educate employe...

The pharmacy benefit world is broken — and it’s costing employers millions while pushing families into medical debt. In this eye-opening episode of the Disrupt Healthcare Podcast , Lester Morales is joined by Rachel Strauss , founder & CEO of PBM Princess Consulting and one of the most outspoken pharmacy reform advocates in the country. After 23 years inside a major PBM, Rachel has seen every...

In this recap of the Disrupt Healthcare Podcast, host Lester J. Morales breaks down a powerful conversation with Dean Jargo , CEO of Fair Market Health , whose personal story and financial background expose a truth most employers never hear: 👉 Healthcare isn’t a healthcare problem. It’s a finance problem. Dean—longtime CFO and free-market advocate—shares how his wife’s cancer and emergency heart...

Most CFOs would never tolerate sloppy spending anywhere else in the P&L… except in the second-largest expense of the business: healthcare. In this episode of the Disrupt Healthcare Podcast , host Lester J. Morales sits down with Dean Jargo , former CFO and founder of Fair Market Health , to unpack why the traditional fully-insured model is structurally misaligned — and how employers can use fr...

In this quick recap of the Dysrupt Healthcare Podcast, host Lester J. Morales distills key takeaways from his interview with Heath Potter , Chief Growth Officer at Six Degrees Health —a leader in reference-based pricing (RBP) and transparent reimbursement. Lester challenges the industry’s fear of RBP, calls out incentive conflicts that keep employers in the dark, and explains (in plain English) ho...

In this special recap episode of the Dysrupt Healthcare Podcast , host Lester J. Morales breaks down the key lessons from his powerful conversation with Kimberly Carlson , CEO of U.S. Beacon — an independently owned medical claims integrity review company helping employers reclaim millions lost to billing errors. Using a simple grocery-store analogy, Lester exposes the shocking truth: nearly every...

In this episode of the Dysrupt Healthcare Podcast, host Lester J. Morales sits down with Heath Potter, Chief Growth Officer and founding member of Six Degrees Health, one of the leading innovators in reference-based pricing (RBP) and transparent cost-containment solutions. Heath shares how a personal family tragedy—his father’s life-changing injury—became the spark behind his mission to make healt...

Welcome to the first guest episode of the newly rebranded Dysrupt Healthcare Podcast , hosted by Lester J. Morales . Formerly known as Impact Healthcare , this show has evolved with a clear mission to remember the WHY behind disrupting healthcare. In this episode, Lester sits down with Kimberly Carlson , CEO and founder of US Beacon , a company transforming how medical billing integrity is handled...

In this inaugural episode of the Dysrupt Healthcare Podcast , Lester J. Morales opens up about rebuilding not just the podcast, but the entire company and mission behind it. After years of leading Impact Healthcare Podcast , Lester realized that the vision had outgrown the name. “Impact” was never the limit it was just the beginning. The new Dysrupt Healthcare Podcast was born with purpose: to go...

In this powerful solo episode, Lester Morales reflects on the journey of the Impact Healthcare Podcast and shares why it’s time for an evolution. For years, Impact Healthcare has been a platform to highlight innovative ideas, bold strategies, and the leaders willing to push against the broken healthcare system. But as Lester explains, the word “impact” was never big enough to capture the true scal...

What if burnout didn’t have to be the norm? In this powerful episode of The Impact Healthcare Podcast , host Lester Morales dives deep with John Troutman , Vice President of Business Development at Mind Club America , a revolutionary mental health platform built for prevention—not just crisis response. John shares his raw, personal story of burnout, the months-long journey through recovery, and ho...

What if you could avoid invasive orthopedic surgery using your own cells? In this eye-opening episode of the Impact Healthcare Podcast , host Lester Morales talks with Dr. Mark Testa—chiropractor, acupuncturist, and Regenexx expert—about the groundbreaking procedures helping thousands of patients skip expensive surgeries and recover faster with regenerative treatments like bone marrow concentrate...

In this powerful episode of *Impact Healthcare*, host LesterMorales sits down with a true industry whistleblower  Wendell Potter, former Cigna and Humanaexecutive turned healthcare reform advocate. Wendell pulls back the curtain onhow health insurance really works, exposing the profit-driven machine thatprioritizes stock prices over patient care. From defending high-deductible plans to becoming a...

In this high-impact solo episode of Impact Healthcare , host Lester Morales recaps the key takeaways from April’s conversations — and it all comes down to one powerful word: strategy . From exploring the costly trap of reactive renewals to redefining how employers, brokers, and hospitals collaborate through direct contracting , Lester challenges the status quo of the healthcare benefits industry....

What if healthcare wasn’t broken—but simply built wrong? In this episode of the Impact Healthcare Podcast , Lester Morales sits down with Rob Andrews , CEO of the Health Transformation Alliance and former U.S. Congressman, to explore how large employers are fixing healthcare—not through policy alone, but through bold action, cultural alignment, and smarter benefits design. Rob shares his personal...

What if your healthcare benefits did more than check a box—what if they changed lives? In this episode of the Impact Healthcare Podcast , host Lester Morales is joined by Sepa Sete, VP of People + Learning at Mocean, for a candid and practical conversation about how HR can take the lead in creating people-first organizations through intentional benefit design. Sepa shares the journey that led Moce...

Description: In this solo episode, Lester Morales shares his recent travel experiences, uncovering powerful insights from various healthcare markets across the United States. From groundbreaking direct-to-employer strategies in Southern California to employer-driven captive insurance solutions in Napa Valley, and proactive healthcare coalitions in North Carolina, Lester reveals how forward-thinkin...

In this solo episode of the Impact Healthcare Podcast, Lester Morales tackles the critical conversation around the value of directly connecting healthcare providers and employers. Lester highlights why traditional network-based approaches might not be the most effective way to manage healthcare costs, explaining why closer relationships between employers and hospitals could revolutionize how healt...