Podcast appearances and mentions of Lee Lewis

I wanted to talk to a lawyer 'cause, yeah, lawyers are the ones that see stuff that falls the whole way down to the level of legal action. But I wanted to find out what are the main categories of things that wind up in legal land when it comes to broker or EBC (employee benefit consultant) payment agreements. Like, what are the top ways that compensation agreements go horribly awry? For a full transcript of this episode, click here. If you enjoy this podcast, be sure to subscribe to the free weekly newsletter to be a member of the Relentless Tribe. Doug Aldeen, my guest today, rose to the challenge. And let me just state for the record that, while there are a whole lot of brokers and EBCs who would or do engage in some of these practices, there are also many who do not; and/or it might not be the broker/EBC themselves but the company that they work for who is up to some of the things that we're gonna be talking about in the episode today. But I really, for sure, want to support the gang of honest actors, great fee-based, integrity-based brokers and EBCs; and I wanna support them all day long, many of whom listen to the show and are part of the Relentless Health Value Tribe. But let's talk about how the rent-seeking ones roll so that you can spot them. See what they did there. So, yeah … the first kind of ground zero that Doug and I talk about today is just up-front direct compensation agreements, which may be just ridiculously complicated and/or ridiculously expensive compared to what others are charging for a similar group. Where there's mystery, there is margin. That is so relevant in so many situations, and this is just another one of them. So then, after that, Doug and I move on; and we get into three categories of stuff that sits in that undisclosed or maybe even disclosed zone, where just the whole model of payments is problematic on its face. First up (and this is a biggie), brokers/EBCs recommending rent-seeking solutions to their clients. Like, a broker or EBC suggests a solution to their client where the solution itself makes money on a perverse incentive, and then the broker or EBC gets a piece of that action, which might be called shared savings. So, yeah … even if the dollars to the broker or EBC are disclosed, a naive plan administrator might not see that overcharge for what it really is—and Doug gives a bunch of examples in the show that follows. Chris Deacon (post) and Justin Leader (post) also wrote posts about this. Donovan Pyle wrote a whole book about it. Okay … the next big category of typical payment model methodologies that Doug Aldeen (again, a lawyer) has seen plans get themselves into trouble with their EBCs and brokers—the ones who are sharks, I mean, circling the plan like it's a gold mine—this big category is undisclosed payments from vendors who the plan doesn't realize have a business relationship with the EBC or broker. This can also be a whole basket of solutions that the EBC/broker wants to install, which is basically this problematic payment model at scale. And, right, this matters because then the plan doesn't know if this particular point solution, PBM, stop-loss carrier … Right? They think their broker EBC is recommending it because it's the best option for that particular plan, not understanding that it's the right option for the broker or EBC. And these dollars can be undisclosed because, to a certain extent, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, it's a little bit unclear on certain points. There's some loopholes if you go looking for them because you are so inclined. We get into more detail on this later on. After this, Doug offers a really great roadmap with six steps in it for any plan to really think about as they consider. First, the maybe integrity of their broker or EBC and what is being recommended to the plan. And that's important because, look—and we say this in the conversation that follows, but I'm gonna say it again here loudly—if a plan realizes that their broker or EBC is not really serving the best interest of the plan, there are great options out there. There are great EBCs and brokers who are honest, upstanding that really care about their clients, their plans, their members, and doing the right thing. But telling the difference between the not-so-good ones and the good ones takes some diligence, takes some validation on the part of the plan sponsor. It just does. But the amount of dollars that can be saved is millions, and this is actually, saving those millions is actually better for the plan because it's not like those dollars were going in somebody's pocket. It's not like they were being put toward better, safer, lower premiums. These are dollars that can be cut, and the plan is actually better. My guest today, as I have mentioned at least several times already, is Doug Aldeen, who is a well-known attorney who has spent many years in the self-insured space. This podcast is sponsored by Aventria Health Group, and I do want to give a shout-out and a thanks to our 2026 series underwriter Payerset. Thank you so much for your financial support. That helps keep this podcast on the air. And with that, here is my conversation with Doug Aldeen. Also mentioned in this episode are Chris Deacon, Justin Leader, Donovan Pyle, Mark Cuban, Cost Plus Drugs, Aventria Health Group, Payerset, Cynthia Fisher, Lee Lewis, AJ Loiacono, Dave Chase, Nautilus Health, 32BJ, Andreas Mang, Jon Camire, and Tom Nash. For a list of healthcare industry acronyms and terms that may be unfamiliar to you, click here.   You can learn more on Doug's Web site and by following Doug on LinkedIn.   Doug Aldeen is an Austin, Texas–based Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) healthcare attorney. From 1997 to 2006, he served both as associate general counsel and general counsel for provider-sponsored HMOs in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, and San Antonio, Texas. During his tenure at Health Alliance Medical Plans in Urbana, Illinois, he had a front-row seat to the US Supreme Court ERISA case in Pegram v. Herdrich. Since 2007, Doug has owned and operated his own law firm that serves the US self-funded market. In 2016, he served as ERISA counsel for the Berkley Research Group, who served as an advisor to the private equity firm Hellman and Friedman that purchased a majority stake in MultiPlan for $7.5 billion. From 2019 to 2024, Doug served on the government relations committee for the Self-Insurance Institute of America during the period when the Consolidated Appropriations Act was being implemented. In 2022, Doug was featured by KXAN television in Austin in an investigative piece that examined the collection practices of a local hospital. KXAN's investigative work resulted in an Edward Murrow award for public service. For the past 10 years, he has published "The Sunday Morning Bathroom Read" on LinkedIn, which features a weekly tongue-in-cheek review of recent events and the implications to the self-funded market in the US healthcare industry. 00:00 Introduction to this episode. 00:59 A caveat for the record on this episode. 02:11 The first problematic payment model discussed in this week's episode. 03:27 The second problematic payment model discussed in this week's episode. 06:16 The conversation with Doug Aldeen. 06:27 Why is reviewing broker/EBC compensation so important? 08:05 The Ohio Potato Company anecdote. 10:28 The first way brokers/EBCs might get paid. 11:45 What "cost of savings" means. 12:31 EP457 with Cynthia Fisher. 14:07 A rent-seeking solution that requires a cost-benefit analysis. 19:16 Why the broker/EBC is sometimes in the dark about vendor kickbacks. 21:46 Where the CAA is unclear. 22:23 EP508 with Lee Lewis. 22:58 EP379 with AJ Loiacono. 24:04 Actionable advice for plan sponsors. 24:57 The second piece of actionable advice for plan sponsors. 25:22 The third piece of actionable advice for plan sponsors. 26:08 Demystifying the commission structure. 27:35 Using a broker RFP from an open source. 27:54 EP484 with Dave Chase. 28:31 Why you should be auditing data and claims. 29:29 EP478 (Part 1) and EP479 (Part 2) with Andreas Mang and Jon Camire. 31:29 The importance of having an "out." 33:11 Why the broker community may be at substantial risk. 35:30 EP419 with Andreas Mang. Recent past interviews: Click a guest's name for their latest RHV episode! Dr Siva and Dr Monica Lypson, Betsy Seals, Patrick Nelli, Lee Lewis, Stacey Richter with 15 experts (EP507), Jerry DiMaso, Dr Ahilan Sivaganesan, Ryan Jacobs  

5/11/26 ( Co-Host Megan Zinn) Safe Passage Exec Dir Marianne Winter & author Patricia Lee Lewis: “Story Telling as Healing, the event at 33 Hawley.” Novelist Joanna Margaret: “The Daughters” –a thriller, a preview of her Odyssey Bookshop reading this Wednesday. Jarret Krozoska: RISE Fest—an amazing literary and art event of, by and for young people at Northampton HS. Corrine Coryat, candidate for the Democratic nomination for the First Franklin District.

I came up with at least one way to tell the difference between making a fair profit and profiteering. If someone makes more money when the patients or members they serve are worse off, yeah, call that profiteering. For a full transcript of this episode, click here. If you enjoy this podcast, be sure to subscribe to the free weekly newsletter to be a member of the Relentless Tribe. For more on what is fair profit versus what is profiteering, I would recommend you go back and listen to the episodes on mission and margin with Ben Schwartz, MD, MBA (EP481) and then with Mick Connors, MD (EP495). But it's probably not an accident that I have started an episode about Medicare Advantage in this fashion. To this end, I am very much looking forward to hearing what's up with Medicare Advantage from the one and only Betsy Seals, who is back for her third appearance on Relentless Health Value. And her advice in a nutshell is this: Don't profiteer. There are ample ways to make a fair profit. Just go back to basics and do it the right way. I wanna kind of tick through the list of things that I think about when I think about Medicare Advantage and just how it is relevant to absolutely everybody. The first thing I think about when I think about Medicare Advantage—and this is very obvious—is what Medicare Advantage plans do or don't do are our tax dollars at work or not at work, as the case may be. Along these same lines, the second thing: How does this impact our elders, our family, our friends, our grandparents? These are our senior citizens, getting the care or not getting the care that they may need. Those two are obvious. Now let's talk about a few less obvious things. Here's the third point that I think about as I listen to conversations about Medicare Advantage: cost shifting. Right? It is a well-known fact how big, vertically integrated carriers—and when I say big, vertically integrated carriers, I mean ones that have a Medicare Advantage line of business—when negotiating with big, consolidated health systems, the release valve of those negotiations is commercial rates. These are the rates that the self-insured employers are paying. So, the carrier says, "Look, gimme the best Medicare Advantage rates. I want the best Medicare Advantage rates because I, the carrier, am paying for those." Savings from those lower rates accrues to the Medicare Advantage plan and its shareholders or investors or executives, right? So, the carrier with the Medicare Advantage plan is like, "Look, go as low as we can go on the Medicare Advantage rates, but it's okay, health system, if you make up the difference with the ASO commercial book of business." Because right … ASO means administrative services only. It's not the carrier who's paying those commercial rates at the end of the day. So, the carrier uses its full book of business to negotiate lower rates for itself while, at the same time, cost shifting to commercial members. In fact, there was some research that was cited. It was episode 436 with Elizabeth Mitchell, and I quoted Luke Prettol. But there was research that puts this markup at 4.7% above what employers would otherwise pay if they had an ASO that did not have a Medicare Advantage Plan. So, yeah … number three big thing that I think about when listening to MA insights like the ones that Betsy drops today, I think about will this accelerate or ameliorate or really have anything to do with what is going on around those negotiating tables with ASOs and health systems? Because let's not forget, health systems account for about 50% of most self-insured employers' total health spend. The fourth thing that I think about: Will MA carriers underpay independent practices, especially primary care practices? Will it pay indies less? And then if it pays 'em a lot less, would ultimately manage to put them out of business, ultimately raising the total cost of care for everybody. But if we're thinking about this strictly from Medicare Advantage financial perspective, a really great move here, these are big, vertically integrated companies, don't forget. Many of them own provider organizations. This is why the FTC tends to frown on vertical integration. So, will these Medicare Advantage organizations who own provider organizations pay the provider organizations they own more? By the way, it's the same thing that's going on on the pharmacy side of the house when a PBM pays pharmacies that they own more. Here's a LinkedIn post by Stanley Warren about this topic. And there are a lot of obvious, maybe less obvious reasons for why paying providers the carrier itself owns more is a great short-term move. One of them is intracompany eliminations. Listen to the episode with Preston Alexander (EP482). But here's another reason: Rate increases paid by the government for Medicare Advantage plans are based on fee-for-service benchmarks. So, if fee-for-service rates go up, then the Medicare Advantage plans can negotiate more money for themselves. If the MA plans own the providers that are charging said FFS rates, then this is, I don't know, a great strategy, especially given the lobbying budget that some of these entities have. So, look … on today's show, I get the distinct opportunity to speak with Betsy Seals, my guest today, as I mentioned earlier; and we go through her advice for MA plans and what they need to get busy with and ensure, make a fair profit, go back to basics, and do it the right way. That's her bottom-line advice. Don't be putting your hands in the cookie jar. Sooner or later, you're gonna get caught. Focus on the members that you're really good at serving. And lastly, when it comes to STARS or other quality measures, lift them the right way—like, actually through better member health and actually better member experience, not some engineered mechanism by which one can check a box that honestly doesn't deserve to get checked. Because now we're back to the beginning and you're gonna get caught with your hand in the cookie jar, and it's profiteering. Let's just get real about that. If somebody's checking boxes that they don't deserve to check, member health is not improving. Betsy Seals, my guest today, as I have said at least three times, co-founded Rebellis Group, which is a Medicare Advantage consultancy. She became CEO of its parent company, Alerion Advisors. Now she is a board member, and also she works with start-ups in our industry. This podcast is sponsored by Aventria Health Group with an assist today from Payerset to help us with the financial support that we need to stay on the air. And with that, here is my conversation with Betsy Seals. Also mentioned in this episode are Alerion Advisors; Rebellis Group; Benjamin Schwartz, MD, MBA; Mick Connors, MD; Elizabeth Mitchell; Luke Prettol; Luke Trocchio; LoVasco; Stanley Warren; Preston Alexander; Aventria Health Group; Payerset; Eric Bricker, MD; Scott Conard, MD; Bob Herman; and Vivian Ho, PhD. For a list of healthcare industry acronyms and terms that may be unfamiliar to you, click here.   You can learn more by visiting the Rebellis Group blog and by connecting with Betsy on LinkedIn. You can also email her at bseals@rebellisgroup.com.     Betsy Seals is the co-founder of Rebellis Group, former CEO of Rebellis Group and Alerion Advisors, and a current board member of the Alerion Advisors family of companies. With over 25 years of experience across Medicare and Medicaid programs, Betsy is a nationally recognized leader known for her regulatory expertise, strategic vision, and ability to deliver measurable results. Betsy's work spans mergers and acquisitions, compliance, enterprise strategy, sales and marketing, supplemental benefits, and innovative benefit design that optimizes health plan performance and improves health outcomes. Betsy brings a strong blend of executive leadership, business acumen, and deep regulatory knowledge, with a focus on driving operational excellence and meaningful member impact.   00:00 Introduction to this episode. 00:43 Past episodes on profiteering: EP481 with Benjamin Schwartz, MD, MBA, and EP495 with Mick Connors, MD. 01:25 How Medicare Advantage is relevant to everyone. 06:15 A preview of today's conversation. 07:49 The "state of the state" of Medicare Advantage plans. 08:49 Video by Eric Bricker, MD, on the financial performance of the U.S. healthcare system. 09:32 Does Medicare Advantage's losses matter to the patients? 10:29 A recap of Betsy's insights so far. 11:19 The underlying strategic through line that needs to be considered. 13:04 The impact of Goodhart's Law. 14:12 What the players that are succeeding right now are doing. 14:22 The first pillar of a back-to-basics strategy: Don't get caught with your hand in the cookie jar. 16:07 EP463 with Betsy Seals. 16:50 Why short-term strategies don't work. 18:26 Stats report on prior authorizations serving the beneficiary. 19:32 EP482 with Preston Alexander. 19:38 Why prior authorization needs change. 21:28 The better strategy to use. 21:43 EP462 with Scott Conard, MD. 23:17 The second pillar of a back-to-basics strategy: Focus on the beneficiaries you actually serve well. 24:37 What it looks like to implement this focus on the beneficiaries you serve well. 25:29 How special needs plans play into this. 27:43 The third pillar of a back-to-basics strategy: Think about how STARS in clinical programs improve health. 30:04 The ethical component to implementing a Medicare Advantage program. 31:04 Betsy's advice for independent practices dealing with prior authorizations. 33:37 STAT article by Bob Herman about the effectiveness of Medicare Advantage lobbying on policy. 34:08 Betsy's final notes for all players impacted by what's currently happening.   @betsyseals discusses the impact of #medicareadvantage news on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #financialhealth #commercialpayermarketplace #digitalhealth #healthcareleadership #healthcaretransformation #healthcareinnovation   Recent past interviews: Click a guest's name for their latest RHV episode! Patrick Nelli; Lee Lewis; Stacey Richter with 15 experts (EP507); Jerry DiMaso; Dr Ahilan Sivaganesan; Ryan Jacobs; Stacey Richter (INBW46); Ryan Wells, Dr Leo Spector, and Adam Stavisky  

Sarah Monroe: Hi. This is Sarah Monroe in Chicago, and I'm a benefits procurement leader. And I'm curious why you think so few executives take proactive bold action in health benefits strategy given the magnitude of opportunity. Stacey: Isn't that a great question? For a full transcript of this episode, click here. If you enjoy this podcast, be sure to subscribe to the free weekly newsletter to be a member of the Relentless Tribe. Okay … so, last week we did an Ask Me Anything episode with Lee Lewis (EP508) where we answered this exact same question Sarah just asked from the standpoint of a CEO (chief executive officer). This week, we're taking the same question but from the standpoint of a CFO (chief finance officer) and/or the finance team writ large. And this week we're going through a very crisp roadmap for how to move forward toward proactive bold action in alignment with said CFO/finance team. This roadmap, though, since we are talking about finance folks here, it does double duty setting up the hardcore why—as in, Why should finance wish to upgrade benefits? Why get away from being kind of complacent and maybe a passive price taker? I mean, consider Step 1 of the roadmap that we're gonna cover here in a moment. Step 1 is to recommend that the finance team set their next-year and out-year forecasts at an accurate, greater than 7.7% trend. You might be able to see how that will get a finance team to find their why pretty quick. Oh, was that a spoiler of what's to come? Why, yes, it was. My guest today, Patrick Nelli, is currently the CEO of Aligned Marketplace, which has a really cool premise based on the power of advanced primary care. Check them out. Patrick Nelli is also a former CFO. So, yeah … you can see why he'd be a really great guest to take us through this roadmap for how folks at a plan sponsor not in finance can align with finance to move forward toward a health plan that works better and costs less. So, without further ado, here's Patrick's roadmap. But, for sure, listen to Patrick explain it. The points that he makes and the details that he brings up are both helpful and also really thought provoking. Step 1: Stop the renewal surprise. Engage with CFO finance teams and take in the advice of John Quinn from episode 493 and Lee Lewis (EP508) from last week. This is an ongoing engagement-type engagement, not a "see ya right before renewal" thing. Step 2: Confront an accurate trend. Set year-over-year trend accurately. As just stated a minute ago, this trend is not CPI (the consumer price index). Trend will be two to three points minimum above CPI, which is gonna be in the 7.7% range or higher for reasons that Patrick will lay out coming up here. When you speak in finance talk like this and forecast these out-years accurately, the why for taking bold action becomes really crystal clear. The status quo is financially untenable. Here's a link, by the way, to a page that Patrick gave me that covers this #2 forecasting step. Step 3: Offer a win-win alternative to the status quo. So, make it clear that this high estimated trend is only accurate if—and this is the important part here—if we stick with the status quo. It is possible to create an actually better plan that is more affordable and better for everybody. I will say this Step 3 is maybe a little bit more fraught than I had previously considered. Go back and listen to the show last week with Lee Lewis (EP508) for more of a deep dive into this Step 3 in the roadmap. Step 4: Lean into proven strategies that have been shown time after time to bend said cost curve and improve the health of employees, such as, again, advanced primary care. How many times does this need to come up? Step 5: Align your incentives and also your safeguards. So, look, if you decide to implement a model like advanced primary care, you gotta ensure that the payment model actually incents the behavior you want to see. You gotta think that through. There is a pachinko machine in the healthcare industry and a pachinko effect of incentives. So, know what they are and then put up safeguards and backstops to prevent unintended consequences if you know that the incentives are, in fact, misaligned. Step 6: Optimize via your contracting, which includes direct contracting. So, once you consider the incentives and figure out what you gotta watch out for, optimize contracts accordingly. And often that means finding ways to direct contract with independent practices such as primary care practices. Listen to that episode from two or three weeks ago with Ryan Jacobs (EP504), which is one half-hour fully getting into what the perverse incentives that just batter the premise of primary care if you don't take them on board. So, that's Step 6 of the roadmap. Optimize contracting, maybe direct contract. Step 7: Steer and tier. Steer and tier, especially for rising risk and/or to make sure employees get the highest value. In other words, risk stratify and disproportionately engage those with rising risk. Steer and tier them to high-value provider organizations. And look, as I said in episode 507, define value and then demand it. Steer and tier away from wildly expensive organizations who may not perform at the level that you're looking for. Is that easy? No. Can you start with, for example, advanced primary care organizations with a clear mandate who to refer to? Yes. This podcast is sponsored by Aventria Health Group. Today we got an assist from Aligned Marketplace. They gave us some financial support to help cover our expenses around here, and for that I am very, very grateful to Aligned Marketplace. And with that, here is my conversation with Patrick Nelli. Also mentioned in this episode are Aligned Marketplace; Sarah Monroe; Lee Lewis; John Quinn; Ryan Jacobs; Aventria Health Group; Gary Campbell; Shane Cerone; Sam Flanders, MD; Scott Conard, MD; Stan Schwartz, MD; Vivian Ho, PhD; Al Lewis; Dave Chase; Ryan Wells; Adam Stavisky; Leo Spector, MD, MBA; Barbara Wachsman; and Tom Nash. For a list of healthcare industry acronyms and terms that may be unfamiliar to you, click here.   You can learn more by visiting alignedmarketplace.com and by connecting with Patrick on LinkedIn.   Patrick Nelli is the CEO and founder of Aligned Marketplace, a national, value-based advanced primary care and specialty marketplace for employers. Prior to Aligned Marketplace, Patrick spent a decade at Health Catalyst, a data and analytics company focused on supporting some of the largest healthcare organizations in the country, where he was president and chief financial officer and helped take the company public. Previously at Health Catalyst, he helped build value-based care analytics for some of the largest ACOs in the country in pursuit of Health Catalyst's mission to deliver data-informed improvement. Prior to Health Catalyst, Patrick invested across the healthcare space and performed drug discovery research. Patrick's passion is to drive healthcare improvement through innovation.   00:00 Introduction to this episode. 02:48 Roadmap Step 1 highlights. 03:07 Roadmap Step 2 highlights. 03:49 Roadmap Step 3 highlights. 04:15 Roadmap Step 4 highlights. 04:27 Roadmap Step 5 highlights. 04:58 Roadmap Step 6 highlights. 05:19 EP504 with Ryan Jacobs. 05:37 Roadmap Step 7 highlights. 06:28 Introduction to the conversation with Patrick Nelli. 06:36 Step 1 to Patrick's roadmap: Open the conversation. 07:57 What Patrick thinks is sometimes missing in health benefits. 09:07 What finance teams need in order to change their behaviors. 09:53 What Baumol's cost disease is. 10:58 EP341 with Gary Campbell. 11:14 EP492 with Sam Flanders, MD, and Shane Cerone. 12:18 The second item stacked against employers: Being price "takers." 13:49 The percent inflation employers should expect if they follow the status quo. 15:39 INBW46 with Stacey. 16:54 Proven strategies to bend the health benefits finance curve. 18:42 EP391 with Scott Conard, MD. 19:37 SUMS11 with Stan Schwartz, MD. 20:18 How employers and plan sponsors can bend the cost curve. 21:47 The two distinct business models that finance teams need to consider when setting up their health benefits model. 24:11 Milbank study on the role of primary care. 24:53 A quick reminder of high-cost spending within health plans. 25:00 EP466 with Vivian Ho, PhD. 25:10 EP464 with Al Lewis. 25:59 What finance teams need to hear right now to understand why disrupting their health benefits plan is worth it. 27:45 The next step when an employer recognizes that they should seek out an advanced primary care option for their members. 28:41 EP503 with Ryan Wells; Leo Spector, MD, MBA; and Adam Stavisky. 30:27 Next steps after an employer enlists an advanced primary care system and aligns values and incentives in their benefits plan. 34:26 A last word to benefit teams working with finance teams. 34:55 EP430 with Barbara Wachsman. 35:08 How Aligned Marketplace fits into this entire conversation.   @PatrickNelli of @AlignedMP discusses aligning #healthfinance with #benefitdesign on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #financialhealth #commercialpayermarketplace #digitalhealth #healthcareleadership #healthcaretransformation #healthcareinnovation   Recent past interviews: Click a guest's name for their latest RHV episode! Lee Lewis; Stacey Richter with 15 experts (EP507); Jerry DiMaso; Dr Ahilan Sivaganesan; Ryan Jacobs; Stacey Richter (INBW46); Ryan Wells, Dr Leo Spector, and Adam Stavisky; Brian Machut  

Episode 508 is the first Ask Me Anything installment of Relentless Health Value, where Stacey Richter and Lee Lewis (Chief Strategy Officer and GM Medical Solutions at the Health Transformation Alliance and host of Broken Benefits) address a question from benefits procurement leader Sarah Monroe about why executives rarely take bold action on health benefits despite large opportunity.  Lewis describes three false C-suite "dogmas" that lead to "stay in the herd and keep it quiet": health benefits are a fixed expense, saving money hurts people (via cost shifting, low quality, or narrow networks), and fixing healthcare isn't worth the risk or disruption. They also discuss external deterrents including CEOs' proximity to health system leaders, "balance of trade" retaliation threats, vendor-provided personal incentives, and executives' limited empathy for deductibles/costs faced by lower-wage employees.  Lewis offers de-risking tactics (same-network TPAs, carrier-enabled vendor changes, narrow pilots, mid-year tests) and advises CEOs to encourage bold action, tie bonuses to plan performance, and staff benefits teams with diverse skills. === LINKS ===

A sixth-grade teacher told Patricia Lee Lewis her story "could never have happened." She stopped writing creatively until she was in her forties. At 88, she just published her debut historical novel, Thorns of the Mesquite — 15 years in the making. In this conversation we talk about the writing workshop that cracked her open in her mid-forties, why treating your pain as fiction can set you free, what curiosity looks like at 88, and why she believes community is our most powerful tool right now. Patricia Lee Lewis is an award-winning poet, writing retreat leader, and co-founder of the Straw Dog Writers Guild. All profits from her novel go to organizations supporting domestic violence victims and civil rights. Because it's never too late to bloom like you mean it.

On the Speak the Truth podcast, the host interviews pastor and SoulCare Consulting International leader Lee Lewis about developing a culture of biblical care in local churches. Lewis argues that care must extend beyond Sunday services and formal counseling to include ongoing one-another ministry, preventative care, and equipping rhythms, with elders casting and sustaining the vision. He highlights common challenges such as siloed ministries, dependence on professionals, and unsustainable pastor-centered models, pointing to biblical patterns like Ephesians 4, Matthew 28, Exodus 18, Acts 6, and 2 Timothy 2:2. Lewis explains SoulCare's “Transformed” training continuum (T1–T6) from mutual care and small group leadership through coaching, pastoral care, and formal/intensive counseling, including tools like an SOS triage matrix. The episode also describes SoulCare's church “360” assessment and multi-year roadmap to contextualize and scale care.00:00 Road Trip Intro00:24 Meet Lee Lewis00:57 Why Culture Matters04:33 One Another Rhythms08:38 Elders Cast Vision09:48 Scalability Exodus 1811:34 From Concept to Tools13:07 Discipleship Continuum13:26 Transformed Framework13:32 T1 Mutual Care14:23 T2 Small Group Leaders15:11 T3 Coaching Model15:46 T4 Pastoral Care16:10 T5-T6 Counseling Track16:31 Soul Care Continuum17:02 360 Health Assessment19:01 Roadmap and Scaling20:01 Case Study Success21:32 Relational Progressions23:44 Reclaiming Counseling25:16 Final EncouragementEpisode MentionsMade to Minister Conference 2025 - Lee's HandoutSoul Care Consulting International Discipleship Continuum (T2 Material)

In this bonus episode of Speak the Truth, Michael welcome's Pete Potloff to introduce a new track for the 2026 Call to Counsel conference: “Counseling Through Colossians.” They reflect on recording at Salem Heights since 2019 and share plans for remodeling space into a counseling center and future training facilities. Pete explains that the track will walk expositionally through the four chapters of Colossians to show how to counsel from a full book of the Bible rather than topically, aiming to help attendees rightly handle Scripture (2 Timothy 2:15). Track speakers include Pete Potloff, Lee Lewis, Jonathan Holmes, and Nathan Scroggins, and sessions will include case studies and suggested homework, covering themes like Christ's preeminence, godly wisdom, avoiding legalism, renewed mindset, and the Christ-ruled life.00:00 Podcast Welcome00:24 Reunion and Memories01:19 Church Growth Plans02:06 New Colossians Track03:08 Meet the Speakers03:58 Practical Workshop Format05:19 Session Topics Overview06:58 Who Should Attend08:21 Register and ClosingEpisode MentionsRegister for the Counseling Through Colossians 

On this episode we have on musician Christopher lee Lewis from the band The KinisonWe talked about his kids learning to drive, both being from the midwest, coming to terms with your hometown, moving to California to play music, his current day job, getting the band back together, and playing their first show in 21 years at The Glass House on May 29th!Chris' Facebook page click hereThe Kinison Instagram page click hereSend a textFollow us on Facebook and Instagram and TikTok YouTube. Look for new episodes of The Imperfect Dads Podcast every Monday and Thursday. This podcast is part of the Never A Phase Network, follow them on instagram at @neveraphasenetwork and check out their podcasts like Emo Kids Anonymous Wasting Time Podcast Certified Fangirl and The Ska Mailman

On this episode of Voices of Self-Funding, host Ramesh Kumar welcomes Lee Lewis, Chief Strategy Officer at the Health Transformation Alliance and host of the Broken Benefits podcast. Together, they explore how some of the nation's largest employers are reshaping healthcare — and what smaller self-funded employers and TPAs can learn from their playbook. Lee introduces his “ABC” framework: Advanced Primary Care, Behavioral Health, and Centers of Excellence. They dive into why direct primary care is gaining traction, how advanced behavioral therapies like TMS and ketamine can unlock cost-effective mental health care, and why Centers of Excellence and tiered networks are becoming essential levers for better outcomes at lower cost. From strategies to supplement traditional networks to practical steps TPAs can take to differentiate and deliver value, this is a powerful conversation packed with actionable insights for anyone rethinking healthcare benefits in a self-funded world. Registration is now open for HCAA's Executive Forum 2026, where conversations like this continue live. Learn more at HCAA.org. This episode was sponsored by WLT Software. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

11/12/25: Amherst Counsel Pres Lynn Griesemer: local politics, rewilding & money. Patricia Lee Lewis: “Thorns of the Mesquite: …defiance, refuge and unyielding hope.” Arcadia's new Sanctuary Mgr Maya Rappaport: birds, kids & sanctuaries. Larry Hott w/ Dr. Jon Hallberg: racism; ageing – beauty & relevance; war -- prosthetics & Ukraine.

Lee Lewis explains the "grass is greener" paradox: large employers feel they're too bureaucratic to innovate, while mid-market employers feel they lack the scale. He reveals how a new model is breaking down these barriers, bundling Fortune 100-level solutions and making them accessible to the mid-market for the first time.Tune in to understand:Why the "Show-Up" model is the only effective way to implement Direct Primary Care.How hospitals use infusion therapy as a "streaming revenue" machine and how to stop it.The groundbreaking impact of psychedelic therapies on addiction and mental health costs.How to bring the most powerful health strategies to your clients, regardless of their size.LEARN MOREHealth Transformation Alliance: https://www.linkedin.com/company/health-transformation-alliance/Heads Up Adviser: https://virtuealliance.com/heads-up-adviser/Show Sponsor Virtue Health: https://virtuealliance.com/CONNECT ON LINKEDINLee Lewis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leewlewis/John W. Sbrocco: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnwsbrocco/

Jane Dutton (standing in for Relebogile Mabotja) speaks to Singer, Performing Artist and Songwriter, Steven Lee Lewis about his music career. 702 Afternoons with Relebogile Mabotja is broadcast live on Johannesburg based talk radio station 702 every weekday afternoon. Relebogile brings a lighter touch to some of the issues of the day as well as a mix of lifestyle topics and a peak into the worlds of entertainment and leisure. Thank you for listening to a 702 Afternoons with Relebogile Mabotja podcast. Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 13:00 to 15:00 (SA Time) to Afternoons with Relebogile Mabotja broadcast on 702 https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/2qKsEfu or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/DTykncj Subscribe to the 702 Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/v5mfetc Follow us on social media: 702 on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/Radio702 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio702 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fellow NewClub members join Matt and The Professor to unpack NewClub's 2025 International to Southeast England; why unforgettable English links, accessible and stunning architecture along with vibrant club culture makes this English itinerary a strong contender for any dreamer's bucket list. The lively discussion continues on why golf culture in England creates experiences unmatched in the US highlighting the welcoming nature of English clubs, the importance of public access, and the joy of playing in a community-focused environment. The conversation also touches on the future of NewClub Fixtures, and future International golf trips. Thanks to Peter Korbakes of Far and Sure Golf Tours for assisting with all arrangements and members Lee Lewis, Tim Swindle, and Morgan Campbell (Captain - Atlanta Chapter) for joining us on the show. NewClub > [https://www.newclub.golf](https://www.newclub.golf/) Titleist > [https://www.titleist.com](https://www.titleist.com/) Far & Sure > https://www.farandsuregolftours.com/ Chapters 00:00 The Excitement of Sports Seasons 11:59 Reunion and Anticipation for the England Trip 14:26 Pitching England as a Golf Destination 18:32 Exploring Club Culture in England 24:48 The Proper Golf Experience in England 27:45 Guest Culture in Golf Clubs 29:20 Contrasting Golf Cultures: US vs UK 31:30 Infrastructure and Facilities in Golf Clubs 34:29 Choosing Your Home Course 38:18 The Spirit of Golf: Community and Competition 40:53 The Experience of Playing at Deal 46:05 Bringing UK Golf Culture to America 50:14 Future of International Golf Fixtures

Recorded at the Currency Press Festival of Playwrights 2023   WHEN OPINIONS DIFFER: Whose play is it? Where does it leave the playwright when the director or designer or dramaturg has a different vision?   Featuring Jane Harrison, Lee Lewis, and Chris Mead   Chair: Wesley Enoch

Recorded at the Currency Press Festival of Playwrights 2023   CONTENT WARNING/CANCEL CULTURE: We're living in an age when a media storm can shut down a show or even a festival. When the purpose of theatre is often to disrupt and to challenge societal norms, how do writers and producers walk the ever-evolving line to avoid cancellation?   Featuring Suzie Miller, Van Badham, and Suzy Wrong   Chair: Lee Lewis

Founder of the Radical Resistance Institute, our guest today is Victor Lee Lewis. He brings a unique, socially progressive vision to the work of personal growth, personal empowerment, and emotional health. An early advocate of Jeremey Taylor, he is also profoundly influenced by his dreams. Victor starts by telling how a dream he had in the early 1980s woke him up to the need to radically remake his life. He sees dreams as a realm of oneness and says that dream groups are an ideal forum for bringing people together. We talk about about the idea of imaginal cells and also about how neuro-divergent people have the kind of “out of the box” thinking that we are in need of right now. After the break, we take call from Jenny from Santa Cruz in which she shares a dream that a friend sent her which highlights spiritual vs political action. Max asks Victor what to say to young people who are neuro divergent. We also take a call from Ray from Santa Cruz who has some further reflections on Jenny’s dream. Victor ends by talking about his passion for human liberation. Contact info: FB @VictorLeeLewis, or email me and I will get you in touch. This show, episode number 298, was recorded during a live broadcast on February 15, 2025 at KSQD.org, community radio of Santa Cruz. Intro and outro music by Mood Science. Ambient music new every week by Rick Kleffel. Archived music can be found at Pandemiad.com. Many thanks to Rick Kleffel for also engineering the show and to Tony Russomano for the answering the phones. SHARE A DREAM FOR THE SHOW or a question or enquire about being a guest on the podcast by emailing Katherine Bell at katherine@ksqd.org. Follow on FB and IG @ExperientialDreamwork #thedreamjournal. To learn more or to inquire about exploring your own dreams go to ExperientialDreamwork.com. The Dream Journal aims to: Increase awareness of and appreciation for nightly dreams. Inspire dream sharing and other kinds of dream exploration as a way of adding depth and meaningfulness to lives and relationships. Improve society by the increased empathy, emotional balance, and sense of wonder which dream exploration invites. The Dream Journal is produced at and airs on KSQD Santa Cruz, 90.7 FM. Catch it streaming LIVE at KSQD.org 10-11am Pacific Time on Saturdays. Call or text with your dreams or questions at 831-900-5773 or email at onair@ksqd.org. Podcasts are available on all major podcast platforms released the Monday following the live show. The complete KSQD Dream Journal podcast page can be found at ksqd.org/the-dream-journal/. Closed captioning is available on the YouTube version of this podcast and an automatically generated transcript is available at Apple Podcasts. Thanks for being a Dream Journal listener! Available on all major podcast platforms. Rate it, review it, subscribe, and tell your friends.

DJ Cosher, one of SA's most dynamic music producers, teams up with award-winning vocalist Steven Lee Lewis to deliver a high-energy, dance-infused remake of the iconic White Stripes anthem, Seven Nation Army. The track promises to be a surefire summer hit, blending powerful beats with Lewis' dynamic vocals.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Richie Onori from The Sweet and Kenny Lee Lewis from Steve Miller Band

This week Bobbi Conner talks with MUSC's Dr. Lee Lewis about the SEEDS of positive mental health for children.

Host Jason Schreurs discusses the overwhelming power of anxiety with Christopher Lee Lewis, a singer-songwriter and former member of The Kinison. His worries affect every facet of his everyday life. Christopher says being creative and making music is the best way to calm his anxiety and keep him in the present. https://christopherleelewis.bandcamp.com Featured song clips: The Kinison - "I Have Something to Say" from What Are You Listening To? (LaSalle Records/Atlantic, 2003) Refused - "New Noise" from "The Shape of Punk to Come" (Burning Heart Records, 1998) Christopher Lee Lewis - "Sewing the Heart" from They Haven't Figured Out What's Wrong With Me (Sweet Cheetah Records, 2024) Lewis - "Trouble Again" from Growing Pains (2023) The SCREAM THERAPY BOOK is now available! Scream Therapy: A Punk Journey through Mental Health is a memoir-plus that has been heralded by New York Times best-selling authors. Like the podcast, it links the community-minded punk rock scene with the mental wellness of the punks who belong to it. ORDER A COPY OF THE BOOK! screamtherapyhq.com/book SCREAM THERAPY MERCH! teepublic.com/user/scream-therapy About this podcast: Scream Therapy explores the link between punk rock and mental health. My guests are members of the underground music scene who are living with mental health challenges, like myself. Intro/background music clips: Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus" Contact host Jason Schreurs - screamtherapypodcast@gmail.com

KGMI's Dianna Hawryluk talks to Amanda May and Laurie Lee Lewis about the new exhibit Whatcom County History of Country Music at the Lynden Heritage Museum.

The acclaimed Irish actor Andrew Scott tackles his most challenging stage role yet in a one-man retelling of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya. The production, Vanya, was commissioned and directed by Sam Yates, a young British director who was mentored by the likes of Trevor Nunn, Nicholas Hytner and Phyllida Lloyd. Also, opening nights can be stressful under any circumstances, but what do you do when a zombie apocalypse threatens curtain time? We're joined by the team behind Zombie! The Musical. And an updated version of Patrick Hamilton's 1938 play Gaslight is now touring Australia. We meet the director and writers.

Spice Rack Medicine Winter Series 2024 is NOW OPEN! Registration window is now through December 13, 2023 Brought to you by Milk & Honey Herbs LEARN MORE & REGISTER In this episode of The Herbalist Hour I'm joined by Keia Lee Lewis.  Botánica Quetzalli is a Chicana-Indigenous owned business located in Marquette, Michigan. By blending the knowledge that Keia gained through her education in yoga, Ayurveda, herbalism, and energy healing with the wisdom of her cultural lineages, she strives to create unique products and healing services that she feels will benefit her community and beyond. In this conversation we chat about her origin story, what her Apache grandmother taught her about chaparral, working with our ancestors, her relationship with smoke, corn, Libras, and a whole lot more!  We also had some guest questions from our mutual friend Kyle from Tippecanoe Herbs. Thanks Kyle!  Please leave us a comment with any takeaways you may have had. And a thumbs up on the video would be super appreciated. See you in in the next episode, ~Mason PS - WATCH THIS INTERVIEW ON YOUTUBE LINKS & RESOURCES BOTÁNICA QUETZALLI | BotanicaQuetzalli.com Keia on Instagram | @botanicaquetzalli Keia on Facebook | Facebook.com/BotanicaQuetzalli Tippecanoe Herbs | TippecanoeHerbs.com A huge thank you to our presenting sponsor for The Herbalist Hour, Oshala Farm Oshala Farm is a beautiful and vibrant certified organic herb farm based in southern Oregon where they grow and sell over 80 different plant species.  LEARN MORE AND BUY | OshalaFarm.com

Nov 19:23 | Considerations For A Hardening Heart | Hebrews 3:12-15 | Lee Lewis by Hope Bible Church

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Broadcasters Hall of Famer and former Radio KS95 host and program director, Chuck Knapp, joins Dave to talk about his first concert memories and his career. This is the sixth episode of the MN Music History series. Sponsored by Aquarius Home Services (https://aquariushomeservices.com/), Star Bank (https://starbank.net), UCare (https://www.ucare.org/) Propane Association (https://discoverpropanemn.com/) - and is recorded in the Aquarius Home Services Studio!

Broadcasters Hall of Famer and former Radio KS95 host and program director, Chuck Knapp, joins Dave to talk about his first concert memories and his career. This is the sixth episode of the MN Music History series. Sponsored by Aquarius Home Services (https://aquariushomeservices.com/), Star Bank (https://starbank.net), UCare (https://www.ucare.org/) Propane Association (https://discoverpropanemn.com/) - and is recorded in the Aquarius Home Services Studio!

I'm gonna run through the five reasons Lauren Vela talks about in this healthcare podcast for the “why” with the inertia in benefits departments of self-insured employers. But before I do, let me report that, in sum, they add up to … in many cases, benefits folks sit between a rock and a hard place. You really can't poke fingers at benefits teams who don't have the bandwidth, the resources, the expertise, or the organizational power to, in essence, run a small insurance company in-house and also do the rest of their jobs. This is especially true when benefits teams get no help or air cover from the CFO or CEO of their companies. So, the bosses are, in effect, telling benefits teams to manage the second-biggest company expense—this uncontrolled thing growing at multiples of the rates of inflation. They say, “Go get a handle on that but also don't make any noise, don't disrupt anything.” And meanwhile, I don't know, is the CFO under the impression that all he/she needs to do is pop by once or twice a year, issue some nastygrams about renewal rates to people who have no training in any of the financial and probably other skills required to manage this huge spend? And/or, on the other hand, the CHRO doesn't report to the CFO—so, same result, opposite problem. Here's the five pillars for the “why” with the inertia that I explore pretty deeply with Lauren Vela on the show today: 1. Transforming the healthcare industry is not actually in the job description of benefits professionals. 2. Outsourcing to consultants. Benefits departments a lot of times don't have the resources or adequate staffing to get deep into the complexities of healthcare, which means that lots gets outsourced to consultants. If you have listened to the episode with Paul Holmes (EP397) or AJ Loiacono (EP379), the problem here is that many traditional EBCs (employee benefit consultants) and brokers have a very vested interest to maintain the status quo. Currently, some are able to skim commissions of up to 30% of pharmacy spend, of employer healthcare spend, into their own pockets. These consultants have zero interest in upending absolutely anything. Employer inertia is paying for their vacation home, after all. 3. Nobody gets fired for hiring the same ASO (administrative services only) or TPA (third-party administrator) or PBM (pharmacy benefit manager) or whomever as their predecessor hired or they've been using for years. But they might get fired for doing something new that doesn't go so well. There might be no patience for even the shortest of learning curves or the smallest amount of disruption. There's also the aspect of a benefits team being capable of selling a transformational idea up the organizational ladder. Does the benefit department really know what the goals of the C-suite are? And if they aren't crystal clear on C-suite goals and aren't the best presenters in the world, it's gonna be a no-go on the new idea and then, yeah … inertia. 4. There's no obvious solution, no magic bullet, or easy answers. It might be hard to even figure out what to do that might have the positive impact a benefits team might be looking for. And then we get into the “is the juice worth the squeeze” discussions. 5. There is a status quo bias. Inertia is human nature. But at the same time, employers are wasting up to 30% or more of their healthcare benefits spend. That's a lot of money. These dollars are getting siphoned right off the top and going into someone's pockets in ways that do not help employees get better health. Dollars that could have been used to give tens of thousands of dollars in raises. Dollars wasted by the employer. But also, the employee gets ensnared in this financial lack of oversight because employees have deductibles and coinsurance. So, it's everybody sagging under the current model of some EBCs and payers and providers and PBM executives getting rich and hardworking Americans paying for it. So, let's cut to the chase. What are two solves? There's many more, but here's two. And Lauren Vela and I sort of ran out of time before we could adequately explore more, but these two will get anyone who wants to started: 1. C-suites. Yeah … you. Get involved. Provide adequate air cover for your benefits teams to move in new directions and also resource and staff your benefits teams with the kind of stuff and skills that they desperately need right now. Attracting and retaining employees has a whole new reality and opportunity, and a benefits team staffed for the market environment 10 years ago but not for the market today is a growing competitive and financial disadvantage. 2. There is a playbook for how to go about this. Listen to the show with Lee Lewis (EP244) for his, but step one of almost everybody's playbook is to find the right consultants working at the right consultant organizations. These right consultants and companies are the ones who are not taking indirect money under the table from an employer without that employer's knowledge. And if you're sitting right there thinking, “Oh no, that's not me,” unless you've very deliberately changed consultants so that it isn't, don't kill the messenger here. Again, listen to the shows with AJ Loiacono (EP379) or Paul Holmes (EP397). Ignorance is not bliss in this case like many others. Also, Eric Bricker, MD, just did a video on EBCs and broker types. So, do these solves mean spending more on a department that is already a cost center? Yeah, good question … wrong question, as the conversation with Lauren Vela today really gets into. The actual question is: Can you afford not to spend more on a department so that you aren't getting wildly taken advantage of in the current market environment. If you spend one dollar and save more than one dollar and also get employees better health, that does not seem to be a bad deal. As I've mentioned several times, today I am speaking with Lauren Vela. Lauren is a very experienced consultant working with coalitions, groups of employers, physician organizations, and also in the PBM space.   You can learn more about Lauren's work by connecting with her on LinkedIn.   Lauren Vela is a passionate advocate for a more rational and sustainable healthcare system and recognizes the influence had by employers and other commercial purchasers through their oversight of employer-sponsored insurance plans. As an independent consultant, she partners with entities that are committed to changing the ineffective status quo. Previously, Lauren was the director of health care transformation with Walmart, where she partnered with the Walmart Benefits team to identify solutions concerning low-value care, site of care, and vendor evaluation. Prior to her tenure at Walmart, Lauren led market strategy and member initiatives for the Purchaser Business Group on Health, where she cumulatively spent two decades working within various healthcare sectors, including health information technology, provider organizations, and pharmacy benefit management. Lauren also served, for seven years, as the executive director of the Silicon Valley Employers Forum, a trade association of high-tech employers collaborating on innovative delivery of both domestic and international benefits.   07:16 What does inertia actually mean in the healthcare benefit space? 08:02 “Fixing healthcare is not really the benefit manager's job.” 08:22 How could a benefit manager's job actually do the opposite of making healthcare better? 10:56 EP358 with Wayne Jenkins, MD. 11:56 “Americans are in pain.” 13:31 Why do benefits managers partner with consultants, and why is that bad? 14:17 “Benefit departments are cost centers; they're not revenue centers.” 15:30 “Every single company is in the healthcare business.” 16:40 EP397 with Paul Holmes. 18:12 Why relationships with consultants can make it very difficult for benefits departments to change. 22:46 Is the juice worth the squeeze? 23:12 “There's not one silver bullet that fixes healthcare.” 27:42 What is status quo bias? 28:56 Why employers may not be able to stay with their legacy vendors and also change for the better. 30:56 EP244 with Lee Lewis.   You can learn more about Lauren's work by connecting with her on LinkedIn.   @laurenvela1 discusses #benefitdepartments and #selfinsuredemployers on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #hcmkg #healthcarepricing #pricetransparency #healthcarefinance   Recent past interviews: Click a guest's name for their latest RHV episode! Dale Folwell (Encore! EP249), Eric Gallagher, Dr Suhas Gondi, Dr Rachel Reid, Dr Amy Scanlan, Peter J. Neumann, Stacey Richter (EP400), Dawn Cornelis (Encore! EP285), Stacey Richter (EP399), Dr Jacob Asher  

Todays guest is no stranger to the show and with The Steve Miller Band returning to Kansas City May 10th, What better time to bring back our good friend Author & Guitarist for Steve Miller, Kenny Lee Lewis! We catch up with what's been happening and play a little "Name That Guitar Solo" with the man!As always, we indulge in randominity so sit back and listen in and don't forget to like, follow, subscribe, review and tell a friend!!And we couldn't do this as well with out MRS A'S FAMOUS SALSA BUENA, the GOOD WIVES NETWORK & Spreaker Prime & iHeart Radio!!!!

For 32 years it has been the mission of MoneyTalk to promote financial education, and nowhere is this more important than in the development of our youth community. Nathan brings on Lee Lewis, President of Junior Achievement of Rhode Island, to discuss their efforts and how they are taking a proactive role in providing the next generation with opportunities for real world knowledge and experience.Host: Nathan Beauvais, EA, CFP®, CIMA®; Guest: Lee Lewis; Air Date: 4/7/2023. Have a question for the hosts? Visit sowafinancial.com/moneytalk-radio to join the conversation!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Princess, Jamie-Lee Lewis aka Mitch's sister joins us to explain what it's like to be a hearing impaired athlete for Hearing Awareness MonthSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Heart palpitations in midlife ..Dr. Dara Lee Lewis explains it all! // It's really scary when you get your first heart palpitation. Worry creeps in, as many women are aware that the leading cause of death in women is heart disease. However, for many women heart palpitations are benign (normal), and caused by hormonal changes. Listen in as Dr. Lewis (a women's health cardiologist) explains it all. MORE ON DR. HIRSCH IS BELOW! PRE-ORDER MY BOOK! https://www.amazon.com/Unlock-Your-Menopause-Type-Personalized/dp/1250850827 Ready to reclaim your life at menopause? Join my menopause masterclass here: https://the-menopause-course.teachable.com/p/reclaiming-menopause-masterclass GET MY FREE MENOPAUSE HEALTH GUIDE: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/5f787bdd57796e835ea84e10 AMAZON PRODUCTS: https://www.amazon.com/shop/hormone.health.doc --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/heather-hirsch/support

What do you do when a patient with serious health issues doesn't want to take your recommendations? In this episode, Natasha and Cecily talk with Dr. Dara Lee Lewis, a cardiologist at Lown Cardiology Group near Boston, and faculty member at Harvard Medical School. She shares the story of a patient who doesn't want to accept standard treatment practices, and how the two of them work together to figure out a plan that will help the patient's quality of life. Living Breathing Medicine is a podcast from Northern Virginia Family Practice. Find us on Facebook and LinkedIn, and be sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode. You can also nominate health care providers for future interviews here.

Lee Lewis, the father of our NFL correspondent, Cord, comes on the show to set the record straight.  He breaks down the naked boot leg, how Cord is getting old and how you can get into heaven with short pants.

# jerry Lee Lewis whole Lotta shakin # one of the most important artists of his generation # boogie style Black church influences on his piano and vocals# rip --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mr-maxxx/support

Lee Lewis is currently directing Wyatt in a production of Stephen Sondheim's Assassins at Showcase on Main in Elkton Maryland (Opening TONIGHT!!! Running August 19-28). You MUST get down there to see it, and on your way, listen to this episode where they talk about it all, how theatre isn't as cool as pottery, how we all wish we could play the piano, and doing Inge isn't always a picnic...and neither is Sweeney Todd.http://www.showcaseonmain.com/theatre.html for more info about the show and the link for tickets. Check Showcase on Main (Lee's AWESOME theatre!!) on the socials at @ShowcaseOnMain  Don't forget, everybody's got the right to be happy! 

The Art of Costume Design is a key element in the evolution of a production. The work of the Designer helps to establish the ‘world of the play', the definition and resonance of character, and a ‘skin' in which the performer can execute their best work.Australian Costume Designers, Jennifer Irwin and Julie Lynch have decades of experience helming the aesthetic of attire in a vast repertoire of entertainments across many genres and disciplines.Jennifer Irwin's commissions include over 90 ballets as well as some of the largest scale spectacular productions ever staged in Australia; including the Opening and Closing Ceremonies for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, and Francesca Zambello's ‘West Side Story' staged on Sydney Harbour.Jennifer designed the costumes for the International Box office sensation ‘Dirty Dancing' the musical, breaking all pre box office pre sales of any show ever staged in the history of London's West End.Her costume design for the feature film ‘SPEAR' was nominated for an AACTA award in 2017. She was recognized for her contribution to Dance at the Australian Dance Awards ‘Service to Dance' in 2015. Jennifer has designed for Bangarra Dance Theatre since the company's inception.Jennifer's work can currently be seen on the stages of the Sydney Opera House in 3 seperate productions with Bangarra and Opera Australia.Julie Lynch enjoys a successful costume design career spanning 35 years, working with many of Australia's leading directors, including: Neil Armfield, John Bell, Jonathan Biggins, Richard Cottrell, Gale Edwards, Lee Lewis, Elke Neidhardt and Richard Wherrett.She has designed for Australia's leading theatre companies, including: The Sydney Theatre Company, Opera Australia, Belvoir St, Bell Shakespeare, Victoria State Opera, The State Theatre Company of South Australia and Opera South Australia.After a year of teaching young students online during the first wave of COVID-19, Lynch decided to leave her leadership position as Director for Design Practices at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) to pursue her passion for Visual Art and has loved every minute.A great discussion ensued at STAGES ‘Live' dissecting the process of the designer and exploring the immense possibilities presented with Costume Design.The STAGES podcast is available to access and subscribe from Whooshkaa, Spotify and Apple podcasts. Or from wherever you access your favourite podcasts. A conversation with creatives about craft and career. Recipient of Best New Podcast at 2019 Australian Podcast Awards. Follow socials on instagram (stagespodcast) and facebook (Stages).www.stagespodcast.com.au

All right Randomites, we're gonna keep rockin' ya baby w/ the guitarist from Steve Miller Band, Kenny Lee Lewis.  This California native has worked w/ BB King, Boz Scaggs, Meatloaf, Eddie Money and many more. On top of all this he's worked musical scores for several movies and has been known as one of the premier desired bassists in the industry!  Plus, he helped develop parts on electric guitars that are still in use today!!!He ain't no Joker and now you can Fly like an Eagle w/ us as we talk about secret menu items that, at least I, had no idea existed and our RANDOM 9 List covers some that nobody knows about.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/therandomkristianshow/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/therandomkristianshow/support

How Jumbo Employers are Solving Healthcare. This podcast focuses on the Health Transformation Alliance (HTA) - A Co-Op - that is fully owned by about 65 Jumbo employers, whose entire mission is to create superior outcomes for their health plan. Their goals are to save lives, and save dollars. These employer groups need to have about 5,000 lives on their health plan and pay $500k to join, and all own an equal equity stake in the Co-Op. This fee can be paid over time and can come out of your health budget since it is an ERISA-approved expense. By joining, these jumbo employers get access to the HTA teams, resources, and the opportunity to collaborate with the other members of the Co-Op There are certain outcomes that jumbo employers can achieve in healthcare due to their scale and aggregated buying power, which Lee discusses on the podcast. There are also things that Jumbo employers CANNOT do, that a smaller employer can, and we make sure to focus on some of those solutions as well. Enjoy! https://www.htahealth.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spencer-harlan-smith/support

How Jumbo Employers are Solving Healthcare. This podcast focuses on the Health Transformation Alliance (HTA) - A Co-Op - that is fully owned by about 65 Jumbo employers, whose entire mission is to create superior outcomes for their health plan. Their goals are to save lives, and save dollars. These employer groups need to have about 5,000 lives on their health plan and pay $500k to join, and all own an equal equity stake in the Co-Op. This fee can be paid over time and can come out of your health budget since it is an ERISA-approved expense. By joining, these jumbo employers get access to the HTA teams, resources, and the opportunity to collaborate with the other members of the Co-Op There are certain outcomes that jumbo employers can achieve in healthcare due to their scale and aggregated buying power, which Lee discusses on the podcast. There are also things that Jumbo employers CANNOT do, that a smaller employer can, and we make sure to focus on some of those solutions as well. Enjoy! https://www.htahealth.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spencer-harlan-smith/support

Diversity & Inclusion is wider than the workplace. The most successful businesses know that by creating diversity in their supply chains as well, they can unlock innovation and agility, and improve their ethical credentials. Supplier Diversity is defined as, “a proactive business program, which encourages the use of minority-owned, women-owned, veteran-owned, LGBT-owned, service disabled veteran-owned, historically underutilized business, and Small Business Administration (SBA)-defined small business concerns as suppliers.” On this episode of Dimensions of Diversity, host Lloyd Freeman is joined by Dr. Karmetria Dunham Burton, Sr. Director, Global Supplier Diversity and Inclusion, McDonalds; Kerry L. Kirkland, Deputy Secretary for Diversity, Inclusion and Small Business Opportunities, Pennsylvania Department of General Services; and Lee E. Lewis, Jr., Director of Supplier Diversity & Inclusion, Highmark Health. The group discusses supplier diversity best practices, how supplier diversity works to combat racial/social injustice, how to eliminate barriers for minority suppliers, and ways to measure the effectiveness of supplier diversity programs. To learn more about Lloyd Freeman, click here: https://www.bipc.com/lloyd-freeman. To learn more about Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, visit, www.BIPC.com. To learn more about Kerry Kirland, click here: https://www.dgs.pa.gov/About/Pages/Bio-Kerry-Kirkland.aspx To learn more about Lee Lewis: https://f.datasrvr.com/fr1/522/29450/MLK-2022-Bios_Lewis.pdf To learn more about Karmetria Dunham-Brown - https://f.datasrvr.com/fr1/722/35016/MLK-2022-Bios_Burton.pdf

Colin Lane and Frank Woodley are having a whale of a time in their new show, Moby Dick. The pair join us to reflect on forming their famous duo, forging separate paths and then discovering that neither of them had quite as much fun without the other. Also, we meet comedians readjusting to life on the road in 2022, check in with theatre companies impacted by the recent floods and congratulate Bruce Gladwin, artistic director and co-CEO of Back to Back Theatre, on the company's International Ibsen Award.

On this episode of The Bill Alexander Show, Bill talks with musician Kenny Lee Lewis. Kenny is best known as the bassist for the Steve Miller Band, Kenny Lee Lewis has toured as a guitarist, bassist, and vocalist, writing and producing songs for almost 40 years. Working extensively as a studio musician with everyone from Bonnie Raitt, Peter Frampton, Boz Scaggs, Paul McCartney, Tom Jones, and others, Lewis continues trying new things within and outside of his music. Latest ventures include his YouTube channel for fans and aspiring guitarists, online guitar school, and debut sci-fi fantasy novel, Skeleton Dolls: Children of the Tower.For more information about Kenny and his music go to:www.KennyLeeLewis.comwww.BarflyzMusic.comwww.FrenzMusic.comwww.HangDynasty.com

On this episode of The Bill Alexander Show, Bill talks with musician Kenny Lee Lewis. Kenny is best known as the bassist for the Steve Miller Band, Kenny Lee Lewis has toured as a guitarist, bassist, and vocalist, writing and producing songs for almost 40 years. Working extensively as a studio musician with everyone from Bonnie Raitt, Peter Frampton, Boz Scaggs, Paul McCartney, Tom Jones, and others, Lewis continues trying new things within and outside of his music. Latest ventures include his YouTube channel for fans and aspiring guitarists, online guitar school, and debut sci-fi fantasy novel, Skeleton Dolls: Children of the Tower.For more information about Kenny and his music go to:www.KennyLeeLewis.comwww.BarflyzMusic.comwww.FrenzMusic.comwww.HangDynasty.com

Francis Cabrel, David Sanborn, Teddy Edward et son Blue Saxophone, Herbie Hancock & Claude Nougaro, Nina Simone et sa fille Lisa, Dee Dee Bridgwater et sa fille China Moses, A Paris avec Francis Lemarque la plus belle ode à la capitale, Budy Holly, Eddie Cochran, Vince Taylor et en final jerry Lee Lewis & Jimmy Page

Wendy Stuart & Tym Moss Interview Legendary Bassist Kenny Lee LewisWho else but hosts Wendy Stuart and Tym Moss could “spill the tea” on their weekly show “If These Walls Could Talk” live from Pangea Restaurant on the Lower Eastside of NYC, with their unique style, of honest, and emotional interviews, sharing the fascinating backstories of celebrities, entertainers, recording artists, writers and artists and bringing their audience along for a fantastic ride.

Kenny has been a regular touring member, producer and writer for The Steve Miller Band since 1982. An accomplished studio guitarist and bassist for over 30 years, a few of Kenny's other credits include Bonnie Raitt, Eddie Money, Dave Mason, Billy Preston, Peter Frampton, Boz Scaggs, Brian Wilson, and Steve Stills. Kenny's wide range of vocal stylings range from romantic ballads, blues, hard rock, reggae, and Latin. When not touring or recording, Kenny enjoys taking mature musical excursions when doing album projects, Movie and Television composing, or performing with his friends. #Instagram https://www.instagram.com/suckitpodcast #Facebook https://www.facebook.com/suckitpodcast #Twitter https://www.twitter.com/suckit_podcast #Merch Store: https://www.dckproductions.com/shop #Betterhelp : https://www.betterhelp.com/sipod #VIKING REVOLUTION AFFILIATE LINKS Viking Revolution Beard Kit https://amzn.to/2E7ca83 Viking Revolution Beard Wash and Conditioner https://amzn.to/2OInwBg Viking Revolution Beard Oil 3 pack https://amzn.to/2CpXY9S Viking Revolution Beard Balm 3 pack https://amzn.to/32FT3vT Viking Revolution Pomade https://amzn.to/3eSFVpM Viking Revolution Quick Shower Wipes https://amzn.to/3fO6ii5 Viking Revolution Toilet Wipes https://amzn.to/32I8oMC MY FAVORITE #AMAZON PROUCTS AFFILIATE LINKS The #headphones I use From Beats https://amzn.to/2WG28RE My stream #camera bundle https://amzn.to/2CrhXFb #Elgato Cam Link https://amzn.to/3fP9D01 My Favorite Cooking Device https://amzn.to/39iNmWb My Favorite Beer Glasses https://amzn.to/2OMo6OF #beardedmen #vikingrevolution #beard #podcast #suckit #suckitpodcast #derek #music #celebrityinterviews --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedarksideofmusic/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thedarksideofmusic/support

A known white supremacist and his co-defendant hatch a plan to rob and eventually murder a man, his wife and their 8 year old daughter to further their sick beliefs and attempt to create a white Christian pure country. The State proves he had nothing to do with the murder of the little girl, but uses her death to make sure he is sentenced to death while the ring leader gets life? Now the victims family and the prosecuting US attorney say his death sentence should be commuted to life due to several major legal errors.....Join the Mafia as we look at the case and all of the legal arguments. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)