Healthcare Bridge Podcast
The Healthcare Bridge
*The Healthcare Bridge,* hosted by Nathan Kaufman, dives into the complex world of healthcare finance and politics with clarity and insight. Each episode features expert guests alongside Kaufman’s sharp analysis, offering listeners practical perspectives on the forces shaping America’s healthcare landscape.
Nate Kaufman Hosts the Healthcare Bridge Podcast Jan. 27, 2026
On PBMs, Rebates, And Rewiring Healthcare Incentives
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A Conversation with Mark Cuban, CostPlusDrugs.com
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Mark is one of the few people who has successfully disrupted healthcare with his Cost Plus pharmacy, of which my son is a client. Mark, we can start wherever you want, but if it’s okay, let’s start with our nation’s pharmacy distribution system, what you’ve done, and why you’ve done [it], why you have disrupted the industry.
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Mark replied, "... becasue...There’s no transparency, and it was obvious that people had no idea what the cost of their medications were. That’s an inhibitor to adherence to just good market principles. We saw it as an opportunity to use that as a foundational point from which to work to try to change healthcare..."
Nate Kaufman Hosts the Healthcare Bridge Podcast Nov. 17, 2025
How a System CEO Drives Access and Affordability with Optimism
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A Conversation with Jeffery Flaks, CEO of Hartford HealthCare
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I consider myself so blessed to work in this field. I love this field. I love what we do in healthcare. I think it’s the greatest place to work. We have such an opportunity to get up every day, make our community better, make the world better... I started working as a delivery boy at a local pharmacy, and did it for about two years. It just afforded me a chance to see healthcare, both in community centers, FQHCs (Federally Qualified Health Centers), hospitals, nursing homes, and doctors offices. It really gave me the chance to see so much about healthcare and to see so much about what it really means; I fell in love with it from that day forward. I’ve been fortunate now for about 30 years to have been able to contribute to trying to make healthcare better every day.
Nate Kaufman Hosts the Healthcare Bridge Podcast Oct. 21, 2025
How A Neurosurgeon Heals Broken Spines Within A Broken Health System
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A Conversation with Dr. Rod Oskouian, is a neurosurgeon in Seattle, Washington
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There are lots of academics and policy wonks out there who talk about what we need to do to improve our healthcare system. My feeling is, if you want to know what to do to improve the healthcare system, let’s talk to people who actually deliver healthcare. Rod is a world-renowned neurosurgeon practicing up in Seattle. Rod, why don’t you give us a little background of your origin story and a little bit about your current practice.
Nate Kaufman Hosts the Healthcare Bridge Podcast Sept. 25, 2025
Healthcare at a Tipping Point
Cat Herding 101: A Spine Surgeons Guide to Healthcare Leadership
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Nate Kaufman's Conversation with Dr. Leo Spector, CEO OrthoCarolina
Our goal is to provide an insider’s perspective on our complex, crazy healthcare system. Today, my guest is Dr Leo Spector, the CEO of OrthoCarolina, and a renowned spine surgeon in Charlotte, North Carolina. Leo, welcome.
Nate Kaufman Hosts the Healthcare Bridge Podcast Sept. 5, 2025
Nate Kaufman Hosts the Healthcare Bridge Podcast July 29, 2025
The Healthcare System is Broken...but we can fix it.
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A Conversation with Dr. Jeff Goldsmith, Internist, Santa Monica, CA
Our goal is to provide an insider's perspective on our crazy healthcare system. Today, we have a true insider and a good friend of mine, Dr. Jeff Goldsmith. Jeff, greetings, why don't we start with your origin story?
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Give us a little background on your education, your experience, and we will go from there.
The Crisis of Healthcare Economics: How Marketing Must Evolve
A Conversation with Brandon Edwards, co-founder and CEO of Unlock Health
Welcome to the Healthcare Bridge. I'm Nate Kaufman, and our purpose here is to provide an insider's perspective to our crazy healthcare system. I continue to work with physicians in hospitals all over the country, and today, we are fortunate to have as a guest Brandon Edwards, who, in my opinion, is probably the leading authority on healthcare marketing and branding in our country.
Nate Kaufman Hosts the Healthcare Bridge Podcast July 1, 2025
Who Guards the Guardians?
Inside Healthcare Governance
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A Conversation with Jamie Orlikoff
Jamie Orlikoff, renowned governance consultant and active health system board member, joins host Nathan Kaufman to reveal the dramatic transformation of healthcare governance from ceremonial volunteer boards to professionalized leadership structures. With startling candor, Orlikoff explains that what once made hospital boards work—community connections and social relationships—now often prevents them from making necessary but difficult decisions.
