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The Phia Group's Podcast

The Phia Group, LLC is an experienced provider of health care cost containment techniques offering comprehensive consulting services, legal expertise, plan document drafting, subrogation and overpayment recovery, claim negotiation, and plan defense designed to control costs and protect plan assets. 

  1. Empowering Plans: P205 – Lessons From a Florida IDR Case

    NOV 5

    Empowering Plans: P205 – Lessons From a Florida IDR Case

    On this episode of the Empowering Plans Podcast, attorneys Ron Peck and Nick Bonds talk through a recent Florida case addressing judicial review of IDR determinations and highlight some of the key insights and takeaways for any entity subject to the No Surprises Act.

    19 min
  2. Empowering Plans: P204 – Nightmares on Self-Funded Street

    OCT 25

    Empowering Plans: P204 – Nightmares on Self-Funded Street

    Join Attorneys Corey Crigger and Kendall Jackson on this Halloween edition of the Empowering Plans Podcast. Corey and Kendall take a look at topics that send shivers down the spine of the self-funded industry. How do you protect your plan from the scary cost of gene therapies? What will the rapidly advancing AI sector mean for you and your clients? What is the best trick or treat candy? Tune in to find the answers to these questions and many more on the Empowering Plans Podcast.

    27 min
  3. Empowering Plans: P203 – Gender-Affirming Care, Is it Covered?

    OCT 15

    Empowering Plans: P203 – Gender-Affirming Care, Is it Covered?

    On this episode of the Empowering Plans Podcast, attorneys Jon Jablon and Cindy Merrell explore the changing landscape of several state and federal laws that affect coverage of gender-affirming care.

    15 min
  4. Empowering Plans: P202 – Senator Sanders: “Stop ripping us off.”

    SEP 27

    Empowering Plans: P202 – Senator Sanders: “Stop ripping us off.”

    Attorneys Brady Bizarro and Andrew Silverio discuss today’s senate committee hearing on GLP-1 drug pricing and strategies that self-funded employers are using to manage the extreme costs of these drugs while we wait and hope for congressional action.

    16 min
  5. Empowering Plans: P201 – Diving Into the Parity Pool: MHPAEA’s Latest Updates

    SEP 13

    Empowering Plans: P201 – Diving Into the Parity Pool: MHPAEA’s Latest Updates

    Regulators finally announced the long-awaited MHPAEA Final Rules on September 9, 2024. Many of these changes will directly affect group health plan design and modify the NQTL comparative analysis testing requirements - many of which will be significant for plans as they prepare for 2025. Join attorneys Jennifer McCormick and Bryan Dunton for their discussion on several critical considerations for plans as renewal season approaches.

    17 min
  6. Empowering Plans: P200 – Recognizing Our Blind Spots

    SEP 6

    Empowering Plans: P200 – Recognizing Our Blind Spots

    Dr. Marty Makary is a New York Times bestselling author, renowned Johns Hopkins surgeon, and globally recognized expert on medical research. In its most recent edition of the Empowering Plans podcast series (“Recognizing Our Blind Spots”), Dr. Makary was a special guest as he engaged in conversation with CEO Adam V. Russo about his new book, Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health, https://geni.us/blindspots. This is an episode jampacked with enlightening and engaging anecdotes that will leave you with new insight into commonly held assumptions about healthcare. After all, in order to fix the healthcare industry, people need to have access to correct information about modern medicine.

    35 min
  7. Empowering Plans: P199 – Summer Regulation Rundown

    AUG 30

    Empowering Plans: P199 – Summer Regulation Rundown

    The regulators rush to finalize a suite of marquee regulations as the clock gradually runs out on the Biden administration. Even when finalized, these regulations may be vulnerable in the post-Chevron landscape. Attorneys Kelly Dempsey and Nick Bonds pick apart some of the big rules we’re looking forward to and the challenges they may face.

    20 min
  8. Empowering Plans: P198 – Healthcare on the Ballot

    AUG 16

    Empowering Plans: P198 – Healthcare on the Ballot

    Nick Bonds and Corey Crigger are hosting this political edition of the Empowering Plans Podcast series. With an election looming in November, Nick and Corey take a look at the policies and agendas from the Harris/Walz and Trump/Vance tickets. They discuss the impact that each administration could have on the self-funded industry and the country, in the most civil political discourse you can find. Tune in to hear what each nominee has to say about: Medical Debt, the Opioid Crisis, Public Healthcare options, and more!

    30 min
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The Phia Group, LLC is an experienced provider of health care cost containment techniques offering comprehensive consulting services, legal expertise, plan document drafting, subrogation and overpayment recovery, claim negotiation, and plan defense designed to control costs and protect plan assets. 

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    The Phia Group
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2024
  • Episodes
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