{"podcast":{"title":"The ShiftShapers Podcast","slug":"the-shiftshapers-podcast-1089968","podcast_index_feed_id":1089968,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2045524.rss","website_url":"http://www.shiftshapersonline.com","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/fvwr8v1pwsksxqclj4477ggzuj9o?.jpg","author":"David Saltzman","episode_count":555,"summary":"Change either paralyzes or energizes - the choice is yours. Hear from businesses and entrepreneurs who have become energized and who have profited by shaping the shifts in their markets and practices. Become a SHIFTSHAPERS INSIDER and get our latest download, advance notice of all podcasts, podcast summaries, and special INSIDER-ONLY content. INSIDER SIGN UP","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-shiftshapers-podcast-1089968"},"episode":{"title":"EP 543 Medical Arbitration Becomes A Profit Center - with Scott Bennett","slug":"ep-543-medical-arbitration-becomes-a-profit-center-with-scott-bennett","published_at":"2026-04-07T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-shiftshapers-podcast-1089968/ep-543-medical-arbitration-becomes-a-profit-center-with-scott-bennett","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-shiftshapers-podcast-1089968","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2045524/episodes/18883643-ep-543-medical-arbitration-becomes-a-profit-center-with-scott-bennett.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2045524/episodes/18883643-ep-543-medical-arbitration-becomes-a-profit-center-with-scott-bennett.mp3","summary":"Surprise billing for patients is largely gone, so why are so many self-funded employer health plans still getting hammered by out-of-network costs? We sit down with Scott Bennett, Chief Provider Relations Officer at the PHIA Group, to unpack what the No Surprises Act is doing in the real world and why federal arbitration is starting to look less like a safety valve and more like a payment engine. Scott walks us through the mechanics that matter: QPA as the median contracted rate, the short o...","meta_description":"Surprise billing for patients is largely gone, so why are so many self-funded employer health plans still getting hammered by out-of-network costs? We sit…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1470,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-shiftshapers-podcast-1089968/episodes/ep-543-medical-arbitration-becomes-a-profit-center-with-scott-bennett/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-shiftshapers-podcast-1089968/ep-543-medical-arbitration-becomes-a-profit-center-with-scott-bennett.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}