Executive Uninterrupted https://podcast.outcomesrocket.com/executiveuninterrupted en Copyright © 2025 Outcomes Rocket. All rights reserved. 'Executive Uninterrupted Payer' podcast is owned by Outcomes Rocket Media and may not be reproduced or distributed without permission. Powered by Outcomes Rocket Media, Executive Uninterrupted shines a spotlight on the forces transforming the payer ecosystem, from large national health plans and the Blues to provider-owned plans and regional innovators. Join Brian Urban and Saul Marquez for sharp conversations with changemakers driving cost optimization, care delivery alignment, data accuracy, and value-based evolution. https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/e2ff14de-df80-11f0-a478-8b8bacf2b91b/image/6949a770c52d7b94dfceefe67e6a9826.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress Executive Uninterrupted https://podcast.outcomesrocket.com/executiveuninterrupted episodic Brian Urban & Saul Marquez Powered by Outcomes Rocket Media, Executive Uninterrupted shines a spotlight on the forces transforming the payer ecosystem, from large national health plans and the Blues to provider-owned plans and regional innovators. Join Brian Urban and Saul Marquez for sharp conversations with changemakers driving cost optimization, care delivery alignment, data accuracy, and value-based evolution. Powered by Outcomes Rocket Media, Executive Uninterrupted shines a spotlight on the forces transforming the payer ecosystem, from large national health plans and the Blues to provider-owned plans and regional innovators. Join Brian Urban and Saul Marquez for sharp conversations with changemakers driving cost optimization, care delivery alignment, data accuracy, and value-based evolution.

]]> Brian Urban & Saul Marquez executiveuninterrupted@gmail.com Stabilizing the Rotating Door: The Urgent Need for Strong Healthcare Leadership with Dr. Reshma Gupta, Chief of Population Health and Accountable Care at UC Davis Health Population health works best when leaders stop chasing shiny tools and start building around what communities actually need. In this episode, Dr. Reshma Gupta, Chief of Population Health and Accountable Care at UC Davis Health, shares how her childhood experiences, clinical training, policy work, and leadership roles shaped her mission-driven approach to healthcare transformation. She explains why population health should be viewed not as a department or contract function, but as a leadership philosophy grounded in community needs, practical strategy, and data-informed decision-making. The conversation explores her work in policy and alternative payment models, as well as UC Davis Health’s efforts to build a regional food system through a food waste-to-health initiative. Dr. Gupta also discusses the future of healthcare, highlighting agentic AI, upstream social needs, and stronger leadership as key drivers of sustainable reform. Tune in and learn how population health, thoughtful innovation, and modern leadership can reshape healthcare from the ground up. Resources Connect with Dr. Reshma Gupta on LinkedIn here. Follow the University of California on LinkedIn and explore their website here! Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0000 full Brian Urban & Saul Marquez Population health works best when leaders stop chasing shiny tools and start building around what communities actually need. In this episode, Dr. Reshma Gupta, Chief of Population Health and Accountable Care at UC Davis Health, shares how her childhood experiences, clinical training, policy work, and leadership roles shaped her mission-driven approach to healthcare transformation. She explains why population health should be viewed not as a department or contract function, but as a leadership philosophy grounded in community needs, practical strategy, and data-informed decision-making. The conversation explores her work in policy and alternative payment models, as well as UC Davis Health’s efforts to build a regional food system through a food waste-to-health initiative. Dr. Gupta also discusses the future of healthcare, highlighting agentic AI, upstream social needs, and stronger leadership as key drivers of sustainable reform. Tune in and learn how population health, thoughtful innovation, and modern leadership can reshape healthcare from the ground up. Resources Connect with Dr. Reshma Gupta on LinkedIn here. Follow the University of California on LinkedIn and explore their website here! Population health works best when leaders stop chasing shiny tools and start building around what communities actually need.

In this episode, Dr. Reshma Gupta, Chief of Population Health and Accountable Care at UC Davis Health, shares how her childhood experiences, clinical training, policy work, and leadership roles shaped her mission-driven approach to healthcare transformation. She explains why population health should be viewed not as a department or contract function, but as a leadership philosophy grounded in community needs, practical strategy, and data-informed decision-making. The conversation explores her work in policy and alternative payment models, as well as UC Davis Health’s efforts to build a regional food system through a food waste-to-health initiative. Dr. Gupta also discusses the future of healthcare, highlighting agentic AI, upstream social needs, and stronger leadership as key drivers of sustainable reform.

Tune in and learn how population health, thoughtful innovation, and modern leadership can reshape healthcare from the ground up.

Resources

  • Connect with Dr. Reshma Gupta on LinkedIn here.

  • Follow the University of California on LinkedIn and explore their website here!

]]> 2178 no From "Nice-to-Have" to Proven Strategy: The Evidence-Based Model for Health Equity with Nebeyou Abebe, SVP of SDoH at Highmark Health What if the biggest drivers of health outcomes aren’t happening inside the healthcare system at all? In this episode, Nebeyou Abebe, SVP of SDoH at Highmark Health, talks about how to operationalize social determinants of health at scale through an integrated payer-provider model. He shares how building a coordinated social care network with community organizations is improving outcomes while reducing costs by nearly $700 per member per month. He explains why leadership alignment, trust, and consumer-centered design are essential to making social health a true enterprise strategy. He also highlights how cross-sector collaboration and rigorous measurement can turn health equity into a scalable, evidence-based model that influences policy. Tune in and discover how social health can move from intention to measurable impact. Resources Connect with Nebeyou Abebe on LinkedIn here. Find out more about Highmark Health on LinkedIn, and visit their website here! Learn more about Highmark Health’s Social Care here! Read Highmark Health’s paper on Social Care Network’s Impact on Health Care Costs here! Mon, 11 May 2026 16:04:00 -0000 full Brian Urban & Saul Marquez What if the biggest drivers of health outcomes aren’t happening inside the healthcare system at all? In this episode, Nebeyou Abebe, SVP of SDoH at Highmark Health, talks about how to operationalize social determinants of health at scale through an integrated payer-provider model. He shares how building a coordinated social care network with community organizations is improving outcomes while reducing costs by nearly $700 per member per month. He explains why leadership alignment, trust, and consumer-centered design are essential to making social health a true enterprise strategy. He also highlights how cross-sector collaboration and rigorous measurement can turn health equity into a scalable, evidence-based model that influences policy. Tune in and discover how social health can move from intention to measurable impact. Resources Connect with Nebeyou Abebe on LinkedIn here. Find out more about Highmark Health on LinkedIn, and visit their website here! Learn more about Highmark Health’s Social Care here! Read Highmark Health’s paper on Social Care Network’s Impact on Health Care Costs here! What if the biggest drivers of health outcomes aren’t happening inside the healthcare system at all?

In this episode, Nebeyou Abebe, SVP of SDoH at Highmark Health, talks about how to operationalize social determinants of health at scale through an integrated payer-provider model. He shares how building a coordinated social care network with community organizations is improving outcomes while reducing costs by nearly $700 per member per month. He explains why leadership alignment, trust, and consumer-centered design are essential to making social health a true enterprise strategy. He also highlights how cross-sector collaboration and rigorous measurement can turn health equity into a scalable, evidence-based model that influences policy.

Tune in and discover how social health can move from intention to measurable impact.


Resources

  • Connect with Nebeyou Abebe on LinkedIn here.

  • Find out more about Highmark Health on LinkedIn, and visit their website here!

  • Learn more about Highmark Health’s Social Care here!

  • Read Highmark Health’s paper on Social Care Network’s Impact on Health Care Costs here!

]]> 1059 no Meeting Patients Where They Are: A Deep Dive into Community Care Delivery with Dr. Eugene Hsu, Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President for Optum Home & Community Care Delivery Healthcare works best when it meets people where they are, especially in the most vulnerable moments after care transitions. In this episode, Dr. Eugene Hsu, Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President for Optum Home & Community Care Delivery, discusses how home and community-based care can improve safety, access, and outcomes for complex patient populations. He shares how his path from business to medicine, anesthesiology, patient safety, CMS, health technology startups, and national payer leadership shaped his approach to protecting patients at a greater scale. Dr. Hsu also explains how Optum’s home and community care model supports millions of visits nationwide, why technology must keep humans in the loop, and how programs like House Calls and Care at Home can identify risks that traditional care settings often miss. Tune in and hear how care delivered in the home, supported by trust, technology, and clinical integration, can help patients age well and receive more compassionate, coordinated care. Resources Connect with Dr. Eugene Hsu on LinkedIn here Follow Optum on LinkedIn and visit their website here.  Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000 full Brian Urban & Saul Marquez Healthcare works best when it meets people where they are, especially in the most vulnerable moments after care transitions. In this episode, Dr. Eugene Hsu, Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President for Optum Home & Community Care Delivery, discusses how home and community-based care can improve safety, access, and outcomes for complex patient populations. He shares how his path from business to medicine, anesthesiology, patient safety, CMS, health technology startups, and national payer leadership shaped his approach to protecting patients at a greater scale. Dr. Hsu also explains how Optum’s home and community care model supports millions of visits nationwide, why technology must keep humans in the loop, and how programs like House Calls and Care at Home can identify risks that traditional care settings often miss. Tune in and hear how care delivered in the home, supported by trust, technology, and clinical integration, can help patients age well and receive more compassionate, coordinated care. Resources Connect with Dr. Eugene Hsu on LinkedIn here Follow Optum on LinkedIn and visit their website here.  Healthcare works best when it meets people where they are, especially in the most vulnerable moments after care transitions.

In this episode, Dr. Eugene Hsu, Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President for Optum Home & Community Care Delivery, discusses how home and community-based care can improve safety, access, and outcomes for complex patient populations. He shares how his path from business to medicine, anesthesiology, patient safety, CMS, health technology startups, and national payer leadership shaped his approach to protecting patients at a greater scale. Dr. Hsu also explains how Optum’s home and community care model supports millions of visits nationwide, why technology must keep humans in the loop, and how programs like House Calls and Care at Home can identify risks that traditional care settings often miss.

Tune in and hear how care delivered in the home, supported by trust, technology, and clinical integration, can help patients age well and receive more compassionate, coordinated care.


Resources

  • Connect with Dr. Eugene Hsu on LinkedIn here

  • Follow Optum on LinkedIn and visit their website here. 

]]> 2875 no The Right Incentives, the Right Levers, and the Future of Care Delivery with Abe Sutton, Director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation and Deputy Administrator at CMS Healthcare reform works best when policy creates the right incentives and gives providers practical levers to deliver better care. In this episode, Abe Sutton, Director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation and Deputy Administrator at CMS, shares how a deeply personal family experience with care coordination shaped his interest in healthcare reform and public service. He reflects on the frustration of watching his father navigate complex, fragmented care for his grandmother and explains how that experience continues to influence his work today. Drawing on both government and operational experience, Abe unpacks why many past value-based care models fell short, what makes a model truly capable of changing care delivery, and how the Innovation Center is working to build more durable systems for the future. He also discusses the promise of digital health tools, the importance of affordability, and why the next decade of healthcare innovation will depend on getting both policy and incentives right. Tune in and learn how smarter incentives, durable model design, and a long-term view of innovation could reshape care delivery in America. Resources: Connect with Abe Sutton on LinkedIn here. Follow CMS Innovation Center on LinkedIn here and discover their website here. Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:40:00 -0000 full Brian Urban & Saul Marquez Healthcare reform works best when policy creates the right incentives and gives providers practical levers to deliver better care. In this episode, Abe Sutton, Director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation and Deputy Administrator at CMS, shares how a deeply personal family experience with care coordination shaped his interest in healthcare reform and public service. He reflects on the frustration of watching his father navigate complex, fragmented care for his grandmother and explains how that experience continues to influence his work today. Drawing on both government and operational experience, Abe unpacks why many past value-based care models fell short, what makes a model truly capable of changing care delivery, and how the Innovation Center is working to build more durable systems for the future. He also discusses the promise of digital health tools, the importance of affordability, and why the next decade of healthcare innovation will depend on getting both policy and incentives right. Tune in and learn how smarter incentives, durable model design, and a long-term view of innovation could reshape care delivery in America. Resources: Connect with Abe Sutton on LinkedIn here. Follow CMS Innovation Center on LinkedIn here and discover their website here. Healthcare reform works best when policy creates the right incentives and gives providers practical levers to deliver better care.

In this episode, Abe Sutton, Director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation and Deputy Administrator at CMS, shares how a deeply personal family experience with care coordination shaped his interest in healthcare reform and public service. He reflects on the frustration of watching his father navigate complex, fragmented care for his grandmother and explains how that experience continues to influence his work today.

Drawing on both government and operational experience, Abe unpacks why many past value-based care models fell short, what makes a model truly capable of changing care delivery, and how the Innovation Center is working to build more durable systems for the future. He also discusses the promise of digital health tools, the importance of affordability, and why the next decade of healthcare innovation will depend on getting both policy and incentives right.

Tune in and learn how smarter incentives, durable model design, and a long-term view of innovation could reshape care delivery in America.


Resources:

  • Connect with Abe Sutton on LinkedIn here.
  • Follow CMS Innovation Center on LinkedIn here and discover their website here.
]]> 2082 From FHIR to First Warnings: How Wearables Turn Early Signals Into Better Care with Ricky Bloomfield, Chief Medical Officer at Oura Ring Better healthcare gets easier when we can spot meaningful changes early, using trustworthy data people can actually act on. In this episode, Ricky Bloomfield, Chief Medical Officer at Oura Ring, discusses his path from early curiosity about technology and medicine to hands-on work with web-based EHRs, clinical informatics, and the messy reality that innovation often looks like repeated failure before it works. He explains why interoperability matters, how standards like FHIR helped move the industry past one-off custom data pulls, and what happens when you combine clinical context with continuous wearable signals. The conversation also covers wearables as companions for care, early screening opportunities including insights linked to blood pressure and cardio-metabolic risk, and why nighttime measurements can be cleaner for long-term trend tracking. Dr. Bloomfield closes with a clear warning about incentives, engagement-driven products, and the trust gap in healthcare.  Tune in and learn how prevention, interoperability, and incentives shape what health tech should do next.  Resources Connect with Dr. Ricky Bloomfield on LinkedIn here. Follow Oura Ring on LinkedIn here and discover their website here. Thu, 05 Mar 2026 11:00:00 -0000 full Brian Urban & Saul Marquez Better healthcare gets easier when we can spot meaningful changes early, using trustworthy data people can actually act on. In this episode, Ricky Bloomfield, Chief Medical Officer at Oura Ring, discusses his path from early curiosity about technology and medicine to hands-on work with web-based EHRs, clinical informatics, and the messy reality that innovation often looks like repeated failure before it works. He explains why interoperability matters, how standards like FHIR helped move the industry past one-off custom data pulls, and what happens when you combine clinical context with continuous wearable signals. The conversation also covers wearables as companions for care, early screening opportunities including insights linked to blood pressure and cardio-metabolic risk, and why nighttime measurements can be cleaner for long-term trend tracking. Dr. Bloomfield closes with a clear warning about incentives, engagement-driven products, and the trust gap in healthcare.  Tune in and learn how prevention, interoperability, and incentives shape what health tech should do next.  Resources Connect with Dr. Ricky Bloomfield on LinkedIn here. Follow Oura Ring on LinkedIn here and discover their website here. Better healthcare gets easier when we can spot meaningful changes early, using trustworthy data people can actually act on.

In this episode, Ricky Bloomfield, Chief Medical Officer at Oura Ring, discusses his path from early curiosity about technology and medicine to hands-on work with web-based EHRs, clinical informatics, and the messy reality that innovation often looks like repeated failure before it works. He explains why interoperability matters, how standards like FHIR helped move the industry past one-off custom data pulls, and what happens when you combine clinical context with continuous wearable signals. The conversation also covers wearables as companions for care, early screening opportunities including insights linked to blood pressure and cardio-metabolic risk, and why nighttime measurements can be cleaner for long-term trend tracking. Dr. Bloomfield closes with a clear warning about incentives, engagement-driven products, and the trust gap in healthcare. 

Tune in and learn how prevention, interoperability, and incentives shape what health tech should do next. 

Resources

  • Connect with Dr. Ricky Bloomfield on LinkedIn here.
  • Follow Oura Ring on LinkedIn here and discover their website here.
]]> 2852 The First Mile: Reimagining Healthcare from the Home Out with Dr. Ami Bhatt, Chief Innovation Officer at the American College of Cardiology Healthcare was built around hospitals, but the future starts at home. In this episode, Dr. Ami Bhatt, Chief Innovation Officer at the American College of Cardiology, talks about reimagining healthcare through a “first mile” model that begins with patients in their homes and communities. She explains how remote care, wearables, and digital tools are shifting power toward patient agency and earlier intervention. Dr. Bhatt also explores why AI in healthcare must be a collaborative effort between clinicians and technology, focused on real patient outcomes rather than efficiency alone. The conversation examines emerging access and payment models that prioritize outcomes over billing codes, particularly in cardio-kidney-metabolic care. Tune in and hear how thoughtful innovation, collaborative intelligence, and patient-centered design can expand access and improve health at scale. Resources: Connect with Dr. Ami Bhatt on LinkedIn here. Follow the American College of Cardiology on LinkedIn here and discover their website here. Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000 full Brian Urban & Saul Marquez Healthcare was built around hospitals, but the future starts at home. In this episode, Dr. Ami Bhatt, Chief Innovation Officer at the American College of Cardiology, talks about reimagining healthcare through a “first mile” model that begins with patients in their homes and communities. She explains how remote care, wearables, and digital tools are shifting power toward patient agency and earlier intervention. Dr. Bhatt also explores why AI in healthcare must be a collaborative effort between clinicians and technology, focused on real patient outcomes rather than efficiency alone. The conversation examines emerging access and payment models that prioritize outcomes over billing codes, particularly in cardio-kidney-metabolic care. Tune in and hear how thoughtful innovation, collaborative intelligence, and patient-centered design can expand access and improve health at scale. Resources: Connect with Dr. Ami Bhatt on LinkedIn here. Follow the American College of Cardiology on LinkedIn here and discover their website here. Healthcare was built around hospitals, but the future starts at home.

In this episode, Dr. Ami Bhatt, Chief Innovation Officer at the American College of Cardiology, talks about reimagining healthcare through a “first mile” model that begins with patients in their homes and communities. She explains how remote care, wearables, and digital tools are shifting power toward patient agency and earlier intervention. Dr. Bhatt also explores why AI in healthcare must be a collaborative effort between clinicians and technology, focused on real patient outcomes rather than efficiency alone. The conversation examines emerging access and payment models that prioritize outcomes over billing codes, particularly in cardio-kidney-metabolic care.

Tune in and hear how thoughtful innovation, collaborative intelligence, and patient-centered design can expand access and improve health at scale.

Resources:

  • Connect with Dr. Ami Bhatt on LinkedIn here.
  • Follow the American College of Cardiology on LinkedIn here and discover their website here.
]]> 1533 The Death of "Sick Care": Dr. Stephen Klasko on Reimagining Healthcare for Human Outcomes From late-night DJ to healthcare system disruptor. In this episode, Dr. Stephen Klasko, President and CEO of Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, discusses reimagining healthcare by breaking rules, centering care on people, and shifting the system from “sick care” to true health. He shares how his unconventional path into medicine shaped his focus on empathy, women’s and pediatric health, and long-term outcomes over short-term revenue. Dr. Klasko explains why redesigning care around the home, community, and lived experience, rather than hospitals and billing codes, is essential to transforming equity and access. He also reflects on leadership, innovation, and why selecting and training more human-centered physicians is critical for the future of medicine. Tune in and explore what it really takes to build a healthcare system that helps people thrive, not just survive. Resources: Connect with Dr. Stephen Klasko on LinkedIn here and discover his website. Find out more about Thomas Jefferson University on LinkedIn, and visit their website here. Thu, 19 Feb 2026 17:40:00 -0000 full Brian Urban & Saul Marquez From late-night DJ to healthcare system disruptor. In this episode, Dr. Stephen Klasko, President and CEO of Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, discusses reimagining healthcare by breaking rules, centering care on people, and shifting the system from “sick care” to true health. He shares how his unconventional path into medicine shaped his focus on empathy, women’s and pediatric health, and long-term outcomes over short-term revenue. Dr. Klasko explains why redesigning care around the home, community, and lived experience, rather than hospitals and billing codes, is essential to transforming equity and access. He also reflects on leadership, innovation, and why selecting and training more human-centered physicians is critical for the future of medicine. Tune in and explore what it really takes to build a healthcare system that helps people thrive, not just survive. Resources: Connect with Dr. Stephen Klasko on LinkedIn here and discover his website. Find out more about Thomas Jefferson University on LinkedIn, and visit their website here. From late-night DJ to healthcare system disruptor.

In this episode, Dr. Stephen Klasko, President and CEO of Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, discusses reimagining healthcare by breaking rules, centering care on people, and shifting the system from “sick care” to true health. He shares how his unconventional path into medicine shaped his focus on empathy, women’s and pediatric health, and long-term outcomes over short-term revenue. Dr. Klasko explains why redesigning care around the home, community, and lived experience, rather than hospitals and billing codes, is essential to transforming equity and access. He also reflects on leadership, innovation, and why selecting and training more human-centered physicians is critical for the future of medicine.

Tune in and explore what it really takes to build a healthcare system that helps people thrive, not just survive.

Resources:

  • Connect with Dr. Stephen Klasko on LinkedIn here and discover his website.
  • Find out more about Thomas Jefferson University on LinkedIn, and visit their website here.
]]> 2512 From Finance to ARPA-H: Dr. Rafid Fadul on Equity, Access, and Simple Tech From finance to frontline care, Dr. Rafid Fadul’s journey is anything but conventional. In this episode, Dr. Rafid Fadul, founder of Zivian Health and incoming Chief Medical Officer of ARPA-H, discusses how a late-college realization about equity and impact led him to leave finance and pursue medicine. He shares how, during his residency and MBA program, he was introduced to digital health through a capstone project focused on improving access to care in post-war Iraq using simple mobile phone–based solutions. Dr. Fadul reflects on how this early experience demonstrated the power of technology to overcome systemic barriers and shaped his career across academic medicine, digital health innovation, and healthcare leadership. Tune in to hear how purpose, access, and innovation intersect in Dr. Fadul’s vision for the future of healthcare. Resources Connect with Dr. Rafid Fadul on LinkedIn here. Find out more about ARPA-H on LinkedIn, and visit their website here.  Follow Zivian Health on LinkedIn and discover their website here.  Thu, 12 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000 full Brian Urban & Saul Marquez From finance to frontline care, Dr. Rafid Fadul’s journey is anything but conventional. In this episode, Dr. Rafid Fadul, founder of Zivian Health and incoming Chief Medical Officer of ARPA-H, discusses how a late-college realization about equity and impact led him to leave finance and pursue medicine. He shares how, during his residency and MBA program, he was introduced to digital health through a capstone project focused on improving access to care in post-war Iraq using simple mobile phone–based solutions. Dr. Fadul reflects on how this early experience demonstrated the power of technology to overcome systemic barriers and shaped his career across academic medicine, digital health innovation, and healthcare leadership. Tune in to hear how purpose, access, and innovation intersect in Dr. Fadul’s vision for the future of healthcare. Resources Connect with Dr. Rafid Fadul on LinkedIn here. Find out more about ARPA-H on LinkedIn, and visit their website here.  Follow Zivian Health on LinkedIn and discover their website here.  From finance to frontline care, Dr. Rafid Fadul’s journey is anything but conventional.

In this episode, Dr. Rafid Fadul, founder of Zivian Health and incoming Chief Medical Officer of ARPA-H, discusses how a late-college realization about equity and impact led him to leave finance and pursue medicine. He shares how, during his residency and MBA program, he was introduced to digital health through a capstone project focused on improving access to care in post-war Iraq using simple mobile phone–based solutions. Dr. Fadul reflects on how this early experience demonstrated the power of technology to overcome systemic barriers and shaped his career across academic medicine, digital health innovation, and healthcare leadership.

Tune in to hear how purpose, access, and innovation intersect in Dr. Fadul’s vision for the future of healthcare.

Resources

  • Connect with Dr. Rafid Fadul on LinkedIn here.
  • Find out more about ARPA-H on LinkedIn, and visit their website here. 
  • Follow Zivian Health on LinkedIn and discover their website here. 
]]> 1890 Uninterrupted at the Inflection Point with Brian Urban and Saul Marquez The biggest opportunity in healthcare today lies in honest, uninterrupted conversations between the people shaping payer and provider decisions. In this intro episode of the Executive Uninterrupted Podcast, Brian Urban, a healthcare leader, advisor, and adjunct professor, explains why the payer–provider ecosystem has reached a true inflection point and why progress requires understanding the humans behind executive titles. Together with Saul Marquez, he explores long-standing friction points across reimbursement, contracting, value-based care, patient experience, and policy, while arguing that the system is not broken but functioning imperfectly. Brian reflects on how his experience across health plans, retail health, and enterprise organizations revealed the need for a space where executives can speak candidly about profit-and-loss accountability, community-level impact, and real-world constraints. The episode closes with their vision for an uninterrupted podcast format that challenges conventional thinking, highlights emerging executive roles shaping population health, and previews conversations with influential leaders across medicine, policy, and innovation. Tune in and learn how raw executive insight can reshape healthcare strategy, collaboration, and the future of the ecosystem! Resources: Connect with Brian Urban on LinkedIn here. Connect with Saul Marquez on LinkedIn here. Stay tuned for more episode on the Executive Uninterrupted podcast here. Find out more about Outcomes Rocket on LinkedIn. Visit the Outcomes Rocket website here. Tue, 03 Feb 2026 10:00:00 -0000 full Brian Urban & Saul Marquez The biggest opportunity in healthcare today lies in honest, uninterrupted conversations between the people shaping payer and provider decisions. In this intro episode of the Executive Uninterrupted Podcast, Brian Urban, a healthcare leader, advisor, and adjunct professor, explains why the payer–provider ecosystem has reached a true inflection point and why progress requires understanding the humans behind executive titles. Together with Saul Marquez, he explores long-standing friction points across reimbursement, contracting, value-based care, patient experience, and policy, while arguing that the system is not broken but functioning imperfectly. Brian reflects on how his experience across health plans, retail health, and enterprise organizations revealed the need for a space where executives can speak candidly about profit-and-loss accountability, community-level impact, and real-world constraints. The episode closes with their vision for an uninterrupted podcast format that challenges conventional thinking, highlights emerging executive roles shaping population health, and previews conversations with influential leaders across medicine, policy, and innovation. Tune in and learn how raw executive insight can reshape healthcare strategy, collaboration, and the future of the ecosystem! Resources: Connect with Brian Urban on LinkedIn here. Connect with Saul Marquez on LinkedIn here. Stay tuned for more episode on the Executive Uninterrupted podcast here. Find out more about Outcomes Rocket on LinkedIn. Visit the Outcomes Rocket website here. The biggest opportunity in healthcare today lies in honest, uninterrupted conversations between the people shaping payer and provider decisions.

In this intro episode of the Executive Uninterrupted Podcast, Brian Urban, a healthcare leader, advisor, and adjunct professor, explains why the payer–provider ecosystem has reached a true inflection point and why progress requires understanding the humans behind executive titles. Together with Saul Marquez, he explores long-standing friction points across reimbursement, contracting, value-based care, patient experience, and policy, while arguing that the system is not broken but functioning imperfectly. Brian reflects on how his experience across health plans, retail health, and enterprise organizations revealed the need for a space where executives can speak candidly about profit-and-loss accountability, community-level impact, and real-world constraints. The episode closes with their vision for an uninterrupted podcast format that challenges conventional thinking, highlights emerging executive roles shaping population health, and previews conversations with influential leaders across medicine, policy, and innovation.

Tune in and learn how raw executive insight can reshape healthcare strategy, collaboration, and the future of the ecosystem!

Resources:

  • Connect with Brian Urban on LinkedIn here.
  • Connect with Saul Marquez on LinkedIn here.
  • Stay tuned for more episode on the Executive Uninterrupted podcast here.
  • Find out more about Outcomes Rocket on LinkedIn.
  • Visit the Outcomes Rocket website here.
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