Why Employers Pay More Because of Vertically Integrated Medicare Advantage Carriers with Betsy Seals. EP510

Podcast: Relentless Health Value · Stacey Richter

Opublikowano: 2026-05-07

The Line Between Fair Profit and Profiteering in Medicare Advantage There's a simple test for telling a fair profit from profiteering in Medicare Advantage: does the carrier make more money when the patients it serves are worse off? In this episode, Stacey Richter talks with Betsy Seals, co-founder of Rebellis Group and a Medicare Advantage consultant making her third appearance on the show, about how vertically integrated carriers shift costs onto self-insured employers' commercial rates, why MA plans can end up paying providers they own more than independent practices, and the back-to-basics strategy Seals recommends for any...