Mastering Managed Care

We tackle one healthcare payer contracting problem per episode, followed all the way down to the remittance. Mastering Managed Care is for people who negotiate payer contracts and then have to live with them. Each episode takes one problem out of the contracting cycle and follows it from the language in the agreement to what finally shows up on the remittance. Kevin W. Barron has spent 34 years in healthcare finance building managed care functions at public, nonprofit, and for-profit systems, and he covers the part nobody trained you on. The podcast companion to the Mastering Managed Care newsletter at KevinWatsonBarron.com. New episodes every Friday. Subscribe free and get the People-Portfolio-Process Field Guide, with a 15-minute team assessment you can run this week. Kevin W. Barron produces Mastering Managed Care in his personal capacity. The views, opinions, and commentary are his own and do not represent the positions, policies, or endorsements of his employer, or of any board, association, or committee on which he serves. Content is for general educational purposes only and is not legal, financial, tax, or compliance advice. No confidential, proprietary, or payer-specific contract terms are disclosed. Listeners should consult their own counsel and advisors before acting on anything discussed.