{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Making Healthcare Sustainable","title":"Are Your Benefits Solving the Right Problems? With Omair Ahmed","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/8459985b\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2037,"description":"Most healthcare innovations fail for the same reason: they don't address the underlying incentive misalignment baked into a fee-for-service system.\n\nOmair Ahmed, Principal at Echo Health Ventures, explains why solving that problem first is what separates the solutions that actually move the needle from the ones that just add to the vendor stack.\nIn this episode, you'll learn:\nWhy incentive misalignment and data opacity are the root causes behind most of healthcare's thorniest challenges\nHow pairing quality analytics with benefit design nudges members toward better decisions and not just better information\nWhy local networks of high-quality providers outperform traditional center-of-excellence models\nWhat benefits leaders who are early adopters are doing differently to evaluate solutions before they scale\nHighlights:\n(00:00) Meet Omair Ahmed\n(02:07) Centering the patient experience\n(04:14) Key challenges in healthcare incentives and data transparency\n(07:00) Distribution and integration matter more than product innovation\n(09:36) Lessons from public-private partnerships and Medicare innovations\n(11:07) Why cost, quality, and access don’t have to compete\n(13:00) Understanding how patients interpret cost signals\n(15:43) The power of surgical volume and appropriateness in decision-making\n(16:44) Evaluating ROI for high-cost, high-variability solutions\n(20:04) Learning from churn and variation across clients\n(22:38) Network of Excellence vs. legacy Center of Excellence models\n(25:53) How local care improves adherence and outcomes\n(27:07) Prioritizing high-impact solutions for employers\n(30:29) AI, analytics, and culture driving optimism for healthcare innovation \n\nResources:\nNancy Ryerson’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancyryerson/\nOmair Ahmed’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/omair-ahmed/\nEcho Health Ventures’ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/echo-health-ventures/","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/XeUgAV2fzBPWT4MjtEQpkyFaci1edzNCDm2bN3v-nvw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81YmQ3/NTEyMzg0YWI2YjEw/NzUwOTFiNjRkNDJl/NWJmMy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}