{"podcast":{"title":"Relentless Health Value","slug":"relentless-health-value-872220","podcast_index_feed_id":872220,"rss_url":"https://healthvalue.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://relentlesshealthvalue.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/6/6/4/4/66448feffdf62b8940be95ea3302a6a1/22-RHV-0008_1400_pixel_web_art.jpg","author":"Stacey Richter","episode_count":645,"summary":"American Healthcare Entrepreneurs and Execs you might want to know. Talking. Relentless Health Value is a weekly interview podcast hosted by Stacey Richter, a healthcare entrepreneur celebrating fifteen years in the business side of healthcare. This show is for leaders in pharma, devices, payers, providers, patient advocacy and healthcare business. It's for health industry innovators, entrepreneurs or wantrepreneurs or intrapreneurs. Relentless Healthcare Value is the show for you if you want to connect with others trying to manage the triple play: to provide healthcare value while being personally and professionally fulfilled.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/relentless-health-value-872220"},"episode":{"title":"EP499: Self-insured Employers and Other Plan Sponsors Are Paying Millions for MSK (Musculoskeletal) Injuries That Would Have Healed Themselves, With Jay Kimmel, MD","slug":"ep499-self-insured-employers-and-other-plan-sponsors-are-paying-millions-for-msk-musculoskeletal-injuries-that-would-have-healed-themselves-with-jay-kimmel-md","published_at":"2026-02-05T11:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/relentless-health-value-872220/ep499-self-insured-employers-and-other-plan-sponsors-are-paying-millions-for-msk-musculoskeletal-injuries-that-would-have-healed-themselves-with-jay-kimmel-md","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/relentless-health-value-872220","url":"https://cc-lnk.com/EP499","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/healthvalue/RHV_EP499_Dr_Jay_Kimmel.mp3?dest-id=197686","summary":"In this episode of Relentless Health Value, host Stacey Richter talks with Dr. Jay Kimmel, an orthopedic surgeon and co-founder of Upswing Health, about the significant costs associated with musculoskeletal (MSK) injuries and conditions for self-insured employers and other plan sponsors. They explore how a large portion of MSK-related expenses are for low-acuity injuries that often heal on their own without the need for emergency room visits or unnecessary treatments. Dr. Kimmel discusses the importance of addressing the 'white space'—the critical initial moments when a patient decides whether or not to seek emergency care. He emphasizes the value of immediate access to knowledgeable professionals to help guide these decisions and prevent avoidable high-cost care. They also touch on historical practices where physicians would consult each other informally, suggesting that modern solutions like Upswing Health can replicate those beneficial spontaneous interactions to improve patient care and reduce costs. === LINKS === 🔗 Show Notes with all mentioned links: https://cc-lnk.com/EP499 🔗 Visit Upswing Health: https://upswinghealth.com ✉️ Enjoy this podcast? Subscribe to the free weekly newsletter: https://relentlesshealthvalue.com/join-the-relentless-tribe 🫙 Support the podcast with a small donation to the Tip Jar: https://relentlesshealthvalue.com/join-the-relentless-tribe 🎤 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/feed/id892082003?ls=1 🎤 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/6UjgzI7bScDrWvZEk2f46b 📺 Subscribe to our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@RelentlessHealthValue === CONNECT WITH THE RHV TEAM === ✭ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/relentless-health-value/ ✭ Threads https://www.threads.net/@relentlesshealthvalue/ ✭ Bl…","meta_description":"In this episode of Relentless Health Value, host Stacey Richter talks with Dr. Jay Kimmel, an orthopedic surgeon and co-founder of Upswing Health, about t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1684,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/relentless-health-value-872220/episodes/ep499-self-insured-employers-and-other-plan-sponsors-are-paying-millions-for-msk-musculoskeletal-injuries-that-would-have-healed-themselves-with-jay-kimmel-md/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/relentless-health-value-872220/ep499-self-insured-employers-and-other-plan-sponsors-are-paying-millions-for-msk-musculoskeletal-injuries-that-would-have-healed-themselves-with-jay-kimmel-md.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}