The ASHHRA Podcast

Robert "Bo" Brabo and Luke Carignan
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  The ASHHRA Podcast is the definitive audio briefing for healthcare HR leaders navigating what’s next.  Hosted by Bo Brabo and Luke Carignan, this weekly podcast explores the forces reshaping the healthcare workforce, from talent shortages and leadership burnout to data-driven HR strategy, labor relations, and policy shifts that impact care delivery.  Each episode features candid conversations with CHROs, senior executives, and industry change-makers who are solving real problems inside hospitals and health systems right now. No theory, no fluff, just practical insight from leaders in the arena.  Listeners gain clarity on complex workforce challenges, early signals on emerging trends, and grounded perspectives that help bridge strategy and people operations. Whether you lead HR for a health system, support workforce strategy, or influence organizational culture, this podcast equips you to make better decisions with confidence.  New episodes drop weekly, with timely news updates, deep-dive conversations, and forward-looking insights designed for healthcare HR leaders preparing for 2026 and beyond. 

  1. #215 - Protect Your Benefits From Devastating Pharma Ads

    2D AGO

    #215 - Protect Your Benefits From Devastating Pharma Ads

    The $6 Billion Influence Machine Targeting Your Benefits Plan Featuring Kyra Hagan, Senior Vice President of Marketing, RxBenefits. Six billion dollars. That is what pharmaceutical companies spend every year marketing high-cost, high-profit prescription drugs directly to your employees — and the clinical and financial consequences are landing squarely on your health plan. Bo sits down with Kyra Hagan, a 25-year healthcare industry veteran and SVP of Marketing at ASHHRA Platinum Sponsor RxBenefits, to unpack the direct-to-consumer advertising machine and why healthcare HR leaders need to understand how it works. 📺 How DTC Advertising Shapes Member Behavior Pharma spends heavily to drive patients to ask for brand-name drugs by name. Studies show 7 in 10 consumers will request a drug by name after seeing ads. About 40% of those scripts get filled — often with no clinical necessity and no cost comparison. Prescribers, motivated by compassion, frequently write the script for the asking. 💊 GLP-1s, Biologics & the Highest-Risk Therapeutic Classes Chronic conditions — diabetes, autoimmune disorders, mental health — are the primary targets. GLP-1s like Ozempic and Wegovy have exploded into a projected $60B market by 2030, creating significant plan exposure. One branded arthritis drug costs $2,800/month. The two over-the-counter equivalents it combines cost $17. 🏥 The HR Leader's Dilemma Plan sponsors live in a bifurcated world: contain costs for the CFO while protecting the benefits that recruit and retain top talent. Without a partner actively managing formulary, step therapy, and clinical utilization, one new hire or one new drug to market can create a catastrophic claim. 🔎 What HR Leaders Should Do Now Audit your PBM relationship — misaligned incentives may be driving spend, not containing itEnsure your pharmacy partner uses independent clinical rigor, not rebate-driven decisionsLeverage plan data analytics to identify trending therapeutic classes before spend spikesEducate members on DTC advertising and the cost and clinical value of alternativesYou are always one diagnosis, one new drug, one new hire away from a catastrophic claim. The right pharmacy advocate changes that equation. Enjoying the show? Subscribe to The ASHHRA Podcast on your favorite podcast platform so you never miss an episode. From Our Sponsor(s)... Optimize Pharmacy Benefits with RxBenefits Elevate your employee benefits while managing costs. Did you know hospital employees fill 25% more prescriptions annually than other industries? Ensure cost-effective, high-quality pharmacy plans by leveraging your hospital’s own pharmacies. Discover smarter strategies with RxBenefits. Learn More here - https://rxbene.fit/3ZaurZN  HealthCare Associates Credit Union partners with healthcare organizations to offer a no-cost financial wellness benefit for employees. Built specifically for healthcare professionals, HACU provides everyday banking, loans, mortgages, and financial education - all with no added administrative burden for HR teams.  Learn more at HACU's Human Resource Benefit or email directly at busdev@hacu.org and we are happy to take you through the process whether it's opening a membership for yourself or bringing us on as your employee benefits partner.  HealthCare Associates Credit Union — a healthier benefit for healthcare HR leaders and their teams. Support the show

    28 min
  2. #214 - Proven AI Secrets Empower Healthcare HR Hope

    4D AGO

    #214 - Proven AI Secrets Empower Healthcare HR Hope

    Agentic AI Is Already in Your Building — Do You Know Where? HIMSS 26 just closed in Las Vegas with 24,000 healthcare technology leaders sending one unmistakable message: agentic AI has moved from the exhibit hall into your operations. Meanwhile, the largest nurse strike in US history ended at Kaiser Permanente with a 21.5% wage deal — and that number is now living in the institutional memory of every union organizer in the country. Bo, Luke, and ASHHRA Executive Director Jeremy Sadlier break it all down. Also — happy Healthcare HR Week! March 16th through Friday. Head to ashhra.org to celebrate the HR leaders keeping healthcare running. 🤖 Agentic AI: From Pilot to Operations Epic announced 85% of its customers are now using AI and debuted an agent factory — a no-code tool for building custom AI agents inside the EHR. Amazon entered the market with Amazon Health Connect. The vendor conversation has shifted from capability to ROI, governance, and implementation ownership. HR Action: Be the AI maestro. If HR is not at the table when these decisions get made, you will find out in a budget meeting six months from now. 👁️ Shadow AI: The Canary in Your Coal Mine Healthcare IT leaders at HIMSS were direct — 2026 is the year organizations must formalize AI governance or face HIPAA, compliance, and liability exposure they have not planned for. Your staff is already using unapproved tools to cope with documentation burden. Shadow AI is not a discipline problem. It is an operational signal. HR Action: Before you enforce, investigate. Find out what staff are using and why — then build governance around real workflows. 💰 Kaiser's 21.5%: Everyone's Benchmark Now 31,000 nurses ended the largest open-ended work stoppage in US history with a 21.5% wage increase over four years — roughly 5.5% annually. That number is now public and referenced in every upcoming negotiation nationwide. HR Action: Run your comp data for clinical staff now. Your nurses already know this number. 🔎 This Week's 3 Mission-Critical Moves Map your AI governance gap before a compliance event forces your handFind your shadow AI — treat it as a signal, not a threatBenchmark against Kaiser — know where your clinical compensation stands todayThe organizations that thrive will be the ones where HR leads the AI transition and stays ahead of the labor curve. Enjoying the show? Subscribe to The ASHHRA Podcast on your favorite podcast platform so you never miss an episode. From Our Sponsor(s)... Optimize Pharmacy Benefits with RxBenefits Elevate your employee benefits while managing costs. Did you know hospital employees fill 25% more prescriptions annually than other industries? Ensure cost-effective, high-quality pharmacy plans by leveraging your hospital’s own pharmacies. Discover smarter strategies with RxBenefits. Learn More here - https://rxbene.fit/3ZaurZN  HealthCare Associates Credit Union partners with healthcare organizations to offer a no-cost financial wellness benefit for employees. Built specifically for healthcare professionals, HACU provides everyday banking, loans, mortgages, and financial education - all with no added administrative burden for HR teams.  Learn more at HACU's Human Resource Benefit or email directly at busdev@hacu.org and we are happy to take you through the process whether it's opening a membership for yourself or bringing us on as your employee benefits partner.  HealthCare Associates Credit Union — a healthier benefit for healthcare HR leaders and their teams.  Support the show

    36 min
  3. #213 - When the CHRO Has Never Worked in Healthcare

    MAR 12

    #213 - When the CHRO Has Never Worked in Healthcare

    When the CHRO Has Never Worked in Healthcare Featuring Margie Zyble, SVP & Chief Human Resources Officer, UC Health Margie Zyble came to UC Health by way of GE and a vertical farming startup. That unconventional path is exactly what makes her perspective on healthcare HR worth listening to. 🏥 People Leader Enablement Is the Priority At UC Health, the most fragile piece of workforce strategy right now is middle management. Spans of control in clinical environments — sometimes 100 to 150 direct reports — are unlike anything Margie encountered at GE or in startup life. Her answer isn't to hire more. It's to use technology to help leaders prioritize who gets their time and energy. AI is being used to surface which employees need the most attentionThe goal: make every 30 minutes a leader spends count🤖 AI in Talent Acquisition — The Results Are Real UC Health is using an AI voice agent to handle high-volume candidate screening. The results have been strong: candidates prefer the flexibility, can interview at 2 a.m. if they want, and completion rates have exceeded expectations. Luke shared data from another deployment — 68% completion rates and a jump from 4 screened candidates per req to 34. Transparency matters: UC Health tells candidates upfront they're speaking with AIThe goal is not a faster process — it's a better use of people leader time on the back endMachine learning and contextual fit scoring will become the real competitive differentiator⚖️ Freedom Within a Framework Centralizing HR processes doesn't mean ignoring local needs. Margie's model: standardize the foundation, then double-click with site-specific input. UC Health built a talent advisory board and deliberately includes naysayers — not just advocates — in redesigning processes like performance management. ⚠️ The Risk No One Is Talking About Moving too fast with AI isn't just an adoption problem. It's a pipeline problem. Entry-level, repeatable-task roles are often where talent gets developed and pipelines get built. Automate those roles without a succession strategy, and you'll feel it in five years. Healthcare HR is at an inflection point. The leaders who get AI right won't be the ones who adopt the most tools — they'll be the ones who adopt the right tools at the right pace for their people. Enjoying the show? Subscribe to The ASHHRA Podcast on your favorite podcast platform so you never miss an episode. From Our Sponsor(s)... Optimize Pharmacy Benefits with RxBenefits Elevate your employee benefits while managing costs. Did you know hospital employees fill 25% more prescriptions annually than other industries? Ensure cost-effective, high-quality pharmacy plans by leveraging your hospital’s own pharmacies. Discover smarter strategies with RxBenefits. Learn More here - https://rxbene.fit/3ZaurZN  HealthCare Associates Credit Union partners with healthcare organizations to offer a no-cost financial wellness benefit for employees. Built specifically for healthcare professionals, HACU provides everyday banking, loans, mortgages, and financial education - all with no added administrative burden for HR teams.  Learn more at HACU's Human Resource Benefit or email directly at busdev@hacu.org and we are happy to take you through the process whether it's opening a membership for yourself or bringing us on as your employee benefits partner.  HealthCare Associates Credit Union — a healthier benefit for healthcare HR leaders and their teams.  Support the show

    33 min
  4. #212 - Proven Ways to Protect Healthcare HR Trust

    MAR 10

    #212 - Proven Ways to Protect Healthcare HR Trust

    March is here, and healthcare HR is staring down three stories that cut straight to the core of organizational trust, workforce safety, and labor vulnerability — all in one week. ⚖️ LeapFrog's Credibility Collapse A federal judge ruled that LeapFrog deliberately assigned artificially low safety grades to hospitals that declined to participate in its voluntary survey. Five Florida hospitals were affected. This isn't a data dispute — a court found deliberate punishment of non-participants credible enough to act on. The HR takeaway is urgent: every external rating your organization amplifies — LeapFrog, U.S. News, Magnet — carries reputational weight with nurses, recruits, and your community. When a rating agency's methodology is found to be punitive rather than objective, the credibility problem belongs to you, not them. Audit your ratings dependencies now. 🔒 When Protocol Fails, HR Pays A Milwaukee hospital shooting left two people wounded after security staff reportedly skipped the wanding step required by their own protocol. The entire security team was fired. Bo and Jeremy break down the HR dimensions: hiring standards, training frameworks, and accountability structures that either reinforce or erode compliance. Complacency is the enemy. Secret shopper-style protocol audits may be your best preventive tool. 🤝 Henry Ford's Six-Month Strike: No One Is Immune The nurse strike at Henry Ford Genesis Hospital has crossed the six-month mark under the watch of CEO Bob Riney — a former ASHHRA board member and lifelong people-first executive. If it can happen there, it can happen anywhere. The gap between what leadership believes about its workforce and what frontline workers actually feel — that's where organizing campaigns take root. AI won't close that gap. HR leaders who build real trust with frontline staff will. 🔎 This Week's 3 Mission-Critical Moves Audit your external ratings — understand the methodology behind every grade you publishReview your security protocol accountability chain and consider compliance testingRun a labor relations gut check — pull turnover, engagement, and exit data by unitHealthcare HR is not just operational support. It is your organization's early warning system. Enjoying the show? Subscribe to The ASHHRA Podcast on your favorite podcast platform so you never miss an episode. From Our Sponsor(s)... Optimize Pharmacy Benefits with RxBenefits Elevate your employee benefits while managing costs. Did you know hospital employees fill 25% more prescriptions annually than other industries? Ensure cost-effective, high-quality pharmacy plans by leveraging your hospital’s own pharmacies. Discover smarter strategies with RxBenefits. Learn More here - https://rxbene.fit/3ZaurZN  HealthCare Associates Credit Union partners with healthcare organizations to offer a no-cost financial wellness benefit for employees. Built specifically for healthcare professionals, HACU provides everyday banking, loans, mortgages, and financial education - all with no added administrative burden for HR teams.  Learn more at HACU's Human Resource Benefit or email directly at busdev@hacu.org and we are happy to take you through the process whether it's opening a membership for yourself or bringing us on as your employee benefits partner.  HealthCare Associates Credit Union — a healthier benefit for healthcare HR leaders and their teams.  Support the show

    38 min
  5. #211 - How Soft Skills Are Shaping Tomorrow’s Roles

    MAR 5

    #211 - How Soft Skills Are Shaping Tomorrow’s Roles

    We are living in what one CHRO recently called “an era with no destination.” Jobs are evolving, technology is accelerating, and the rules of career progression are being rewritten in real time. In this forward-looking conversation, executive recruiter and career strategist Becky Heidesch joins us to unpack what AI, automation, and digital acceleration really mean for the workforce, especially for leaders and ambitious professionals trying to stay relevant. Becky opens with a bold reality: over the next five years, millions of jobs are projected to change or disappear. Is this a crisis moment or a reinvention moment? Her answer: both. For those who lean in, upskill, and embrace the tools, it is an unprecedented opportunity. For those who resist or delay, it can quickly become disruptive. We explore: • Why AI is coming for tasks, not people  • How automation can elevate human interaction instead of replacing it  • The growing digital skills divide across generations  • Why learning must become continuous, not episodic  • How leaders can prepare teams for roles that do not yet exist Becky shares her STEEP Qualifications Framework, focusing on Skills, Tools, Education, Experience, and Personal qualifications as a practical way to manage career growth. Her message is clear: you must get in the driver’s seat of your own career. One of the most compelling ideas in this episode is her “three-career strategy.” Instead of betting your future on a single lane, she encourages professionals to stack skills and think in phases. What you want in your 20s may not serve you in your 50s. Building multiple streams of income and developing adaptable capabilities creates resilience in uncertain markets. We also tackle education reform, corporate training, and the need to shift from memorization to comprehension. In a world where information is instantly accessible, competitive advantage shifts to adaptability, curiosity, and execution. This episode is not about fear. It is about agency. If you want to future-proof your career in the next 90 days, Becky’s advice is simple and powerful: get clear on your direction and start aligning your resources accordingly. AI is accelerating change. The question is not whether disruption is coming. The question is whether you are preparing for it. Be sure to check the show notes for Becky’s book, The Career Masterclass for Women. From Our Sponsor(s)... Optimize Pharmacy Benefits with RxBenefits Elevate your employee benefits while managing costs. Did you know hospital employees fill 25% more prescriptions annually than other industries? Ensure cost-effective, high-quality pharmacy plans by leveraging your hospital’s own pharmacies. Discover smarter strategies with RxBenefits. Learn More here - https://rxbene.fit/3ZaurZN  HealthCare Associates Credit Union partners with healthcare organizations to offer a no-cost financial wellness benefit for employees. Built specifically for healthcare professionals, HACU provides everyday banking, loans, mortgages, and financial education - all with no added administrative burden for HR teams.  Learn more at HACU's Human Resource Benefit or email directly at busdev@hacu.org and we are happy to take you through the process whether it's opening a membership for yourself or bringing us on as your employee benefits partner.  HealthCare Associates Credit Union — a healthier benefit for healthcare HR leaders and their teams.  Support the show

    37 min
  6. #210 - Medicare Cuts, Nursing Home Deregulation & The Death of the Wellness App

    MAR 3

    #210 - Medicare Cuts, Nursing Home Deregulation & The Death of the Wellness App

    In this week’s News Drop, we unpack three developments that could directly impact provider compensation, skilled nursing operations, and your employee benefits strategy. 💸 CMS Efficiency Shockwave The 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule is now hitting balance sheets, and the fallout is real. CMS finalized a 2.5% efficiency adjustment cut, alongside major practice expense reductions for facility-based specialists. According to AMA analysis, hospital-employed oncologists could see revenue drops of 10–20%, with infectious disease physicians facing 5% cuts for performing the same work. The federal push is clear: shift care away from hospital-owned settings toward independent practices. HR Risk: If specialist compensation models are tied strictly to wRVUs or gross revenue, Q1 bonuses could trigger unexpected pay reductions. ⚠️ RN Optional: Skilled Nursing Deregulation A major federal shift quietly went live in February: the repeal of the 24/7 RN mandate in skilled nursing facilities. While operators argue this expands access in rural markets, the on-the-ground reaction has been anxiety and resistance. LPNs and CNAs now face overnight shifts managing high-acuity residents without RN support. Some are threatening to quit rather than risk license exposure. Legal permission does not equal market permission. Action: If you operate post-acute facilities, do not let finance dictate overnight staffing. Pulse check your night shift teams immediately and market RN coverage as a competitive differentiator. 📉 The Death of the Wellness App Q1 2026 utilization data tells a clear story: fragmented wellness apps, generic EAPs, and point solutions are dramatically underused. Meanwhile, medical trend rates are rising nearly 10%. The era of benefit expansion is ending. The new mandate is intentional design. You cannot fix burnout with a yoga app if the nurse has unsafe staffing ratios and poor leadership. HR Strategy Shift: • Audit vendor utilization now • Cut solutions with sub-5% adoption • Reallocate spend to scheduling tools, AI-driven admin relief, and frontline leadership training Fix the work, not the worker. 🔎 This Week’s 3 Mission-Critical Moves Audit specialist compensation projections.Reassure LPNs and CNAs about staffing models.Review wellness vendor utilization and reallocate funds strategically.From Our Sponsor(s)... Optimize Pharmacy Benefits with RxBenefits Elevate your employee benefits while managing costs. Did you know hospital employees fill 25% more prescriptions annually than other industries? Ensure cost-effective, high-quality pharmacy plans by leveraging your hospital’s own pharmacies. Discover smarter strategies with RxBenefits. Learn More here - https://rxbene.fit/3ZaurZN  HealthCare Associates Credit Union partners with healthcare organizations to offer a no-cost financial wellness benefit for employees. Built specifically for healthcare professionals, HACU provides everyday banking, loans, mortgages, and financial education - all with no added administrative burden for HR teams.  Learn more at HACU's Human Resource Benefit or email directly at busdev@hacu.org and we are happy to take you through the process whether it's opening a membership for yourself or bringing us on as your employee benefits partner.  HealthCare Associates Credit Union — a healthier benefit for healthcare HR leaders and their teams.  Support the show

    28 min
  7. #209 - Well-Being Strategies Any Health Organization Can Use

    FEB 26

    #209 - Well-Being Strategies Any Health Organization Can Use

    Recorded live at AdventHealth, this episode explores what it truly means to operationalize employee wellbeing at scale — and why it cannot live inside a single benefits line item. Kristin Duquaine, Executive Director of Employee Wellbeing, and Sarah Hawkins, Senior Manager of Employee Wellbeing, share how AdventHealth embedded wellbeing into its brand promise of “Feel Whole,” translating it into strategy, structure, and measurable impact. Wellbeing Is Not a Program — It’s a System In many healthcare organizations, wellbeing is folded into an EAP or buried in the health plan. At AdventHealth, it has dedicated leadership, executive visibility, and cross-functional integration. Kristin, a nurse with nearly three decades at AdventHealth, explains how her clinical experience shaped her belief that holistic wellbeing — mind, body, and spirit — drives long-term outcomes. That philosophy now informs systemwide workforce strategy. Measuring What Matters Wellbeing ROI rarely shows up in Year 1. The team is building a centralized data strategy to evaluate engagement, health risk movement, chronic condition outcomes, mental health impact, and differences across workforce segments. The goal is not participation alone — it is bending long-term workforce stability curves. The Health Champion Multiplier A cornerstone of the strategy is the Health Champion Network: 2,800 volunteer team members advocating for wellbeing within their departments. Key insight: volunteers, not “voluntold.” Champions are culture carriers and influencers. Departments with champions show significantly higher engagement in wellbeing programs. For smaller hospitals without dedicated FTEs, this offers a scalable model: build a grassroots network, equip them with tools, and multiply impact without adding headcount. Advice for Smaller HR Teams If you only have a few hours a week: • Make communication consistent, not episodic. • Tap natural influencers inside departments. • Integrate wellbeing into daily leader messaging. Wellbeing is not about marathons or meal plans. It is about helping people see themselves in the solution. This episode proves scale and humanity can coexist — when leadership commits to both. From Our Sponsor(s)... Optimize Pharmacy Benefits with RxBenefits Elevate your employee benefits while managing costs. Did you know hospital employees fill 25% more prescriptions annually than other industries? Ensure cost-effective, high-quality pharmacy plans by leveraging your hospital’s own pharmacies. Discover smarter strategies with RxBenefits. Learn More here - https://rxbene.fit/3ZaurZN  HealthCare Associates Credit Union partners with healthcare organizations to offer a no-cost financial wellness benefit for employees. Built specifically for healthcare professionals, HACU provides everyday banking, loans, mortgages, and financial education - all with no added administrative burden for HR teams.  Learn more at HACU's Human Resource Benefit or email directly at busdev@hacu.org and we are happy to take you through the process whether it's opening a membership for yourself or bringing us on as your employee benefits partner.  HealthCare Associates Credit Union — a healthier benefit for healthcare HR leaders and their teams.  Support the show

    38 min
  8. #208 - From Picket Lines to Basements:

    FEB 23

    #208 - From Picket Lines to Basements:

    In this episode, we track three major developments shaping healthcare HR strategy right now: a catastrophic escalation in the Kaiser strike, a growing middle management collapse, and a new IRS benefit that could fast-track your workforce into the AI era. 🔥 Segment 1: The Engine Room Walkout Kaiser Permanente’s strike has entered week four — and it just escalated again. More than 500 licensed operating engineers have joined the 31,000 nurses already on the picket line. These are not bedside roles. These are the professionals who run high-pressure boilers, electrical grids for life support, and HVAC systems that keep surgical suites sterile. Travel nurses can backfill clinical gaps. You cannot easily replace licensed engineers. Many require state-specific credentials, meaning you cannot simply “fly someone in.” When facilities teams walk out, hospitals face an operational single point of failure. HR takeaway: Go to the basement. Meet your facilities leaders. Ensure wages are competitive. Build relationships before leverage shifts. ⚠️ Segment 2: The Middle Management Vacuum A new report highlights an alarming trend: nurse managers, directors, and VPs are resigning at unprecedented rates. Some nurse managers are carrying 200+ direct reports. That is not leadership — that is survival mode. At the same time, younger generations are signaling less interest in traditional leadership roles. Organizations face a critical question: Do we defend outdated management structures — or reimagine them? AI may remove administrative burden. But span-of-control audits and leadership redesign must happen now. HR takeaway: Pull a report this week. Identify your most overburdened managers. Schedule 15-minute check-ins. Rebalance before collapse forces your hand. 🤖 Segment 3: The IRS AI Subsidy Here’s the quiet headline of the week: the IRS just expanded guidance allowing employer-provided AI literacy and skill development to qualify as tax-free working condition fringe benefits (Publication 15-B). Translation: You may be able to subsidize AI training for your workforce — tax-advantaged. In a world where payers are deploying AI to accelerate claim reviews and denials, providers must move just as fast. HR takeaway: Audit your tuition and fringe benefit programs. Explore AI skill development as both a retention tool and recruitment differentiator. From Our Sponsor(s)... Optimize Pharmacy Benefits with RxBenefits Elevate your employee benefits while managing costs. Did you know hospital employees fill 25% more prescriptions annually than other industries? Ensure cost-effective, high-quality pharmacy plans by leveraging your hospital’s own pharmacies. Discover smarter strategies with RxBenefits. Learn More here - https://rxbene.fit/3ZaurZN  HealthCare Associates Credit Union partners with healthcare organizations to offer a no-cost financial wellness benefit for employees. Built specifically for healthcare professionals, HACU provides everyday banking, loans, mortgages, and financial education - all with no added administrative burden for HR teams.  Learn more at HACU's Human Resource Benefit or email directly at busdev@hacu.org and we are happy to take you through the process whether it's opening a membership for yourself or bringing us on as your employee benefits partner.  HealthCare Associates Credit Union — a healthier benefit for healthcare HR leaders and their teams.  Support the show

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  The ASHHRA Podcast is the definitive audio briefing for healthcare HR leaders navigating what’s next.  Hosted by Bo Brabo and Luke Carignan, this weekly podcast explores the forces reshaping the healthcare workforce, from talent shortages and leadership burnout to data-driven HR strategy, labor relations, and policy shifts that impact care delivery.  Each episode features candid conversations with CHROs, senior executives, and industry change-makers who are solving real problems inside hospitals and health systems right now. No theory, no fluff, just practical insight from leaders in the arena.  Listeners gain clarity on complex workforce challenges, early signals on emerging trends, and grounded perspectives that help bridge strategy and people operations. Whether you lead HR for a health system, support workforce strategy, or influence organizational culture, this podcast equips you to make better decisions with confidence.  New episodes drop weekly, with timely news updates, deep-dive conversations, and forward-looking insights designed for healthcare HR leaders preparing for 2026 and beyond. 

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  • Creator
    Robert "Bo" Brabo and Luke Carignan
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    215
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