Me without the ”T” - with Mars Fernandez

Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.Last week, members of the Subcommittee on Health sent the US Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra a letter, urging the agency to enforce compliance for the Hospital Price Transparency Final Rule, which went into effect on January 2021.The rules requires hospitals to make available to the public a machine-readable list for all standard charges for items and services and to display an easy-to-read list for the most shoppable health care services for patients. But, hospital compliance to the rule currently looks lacking.The letter cites a Health Affairs study that found 65 of the 100 largest hospitals were "unambiguously non-compliant" between January 2021 to early February 2021. In addition, in April 2021 the Wall Street Journal reported that some hospitals hide pricing data from online search results.  Listen to Health Affairs' Leslie Erdelack and Rob Lott discuss the latest on the Hospital Price Transparency Final Rule and what impacts it may have on hospitals and patients. Related Links:Low Compliance From Big Hospitals On CMS's Hospital Price Transparency Rule (Health Affairs Blog)New Year, New CMS Price Transparency Rule For Hospitals (Health Affairs Blog)Hospitals Hide Pricing Data From Search Results (Wall Street Journal)Early Results From Federal Price Transparency Rule Show Difficulty In Estimating The Cost Of Care (Kaiser Family Foundation)Subscribe: RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castro | Stitcher | Deezer | Overcast Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.

A short discussion about Talking,Teaching and Transparency at home.

In a complex and dynamic world, sharing information on a "need to know" basis is misguided, because it perpetuates ignorance and bias. No one needs to know everything all the time, but we need the right (and the ability) to find what we need when we need it. And while many teams and organizations are coming around to the principle of transparency, when it comes to sharing more sensitive data—like compensation—many people freak out and start to backpedal. In this episode Brave New Work, Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans talk about why traditional organizations and teams (and even the two of us) covet and hoard information, and what it looks and feels like to let information flow. Later, they’re joined by the cofounder and CEO of Buffer, Joel Gascoigne, who shares how Buffer made "defaulting to transparency" a core value and never looked back. Learn more about Buffer and their commitment to transparency at https://buffer.com/ and https://buffer.com/about#transparency Learn more about Joel at his website or via LinkedIn or Twitter. Resources mentioned: Dave Snowden's Principles for Managing Knowledge ----------------------------- Our book is available now at bravenewwork.com We want to hear from you. Send your feedback to podcast@theready.com Looking for some help with your own transformation? Visit theready.com

In this episode, I talk with Zee, who is a motivational speaker, community strategist and youth mentoring director, about therapy, transparency, authenticity, and persevering through the adversity he has faced in his life.Listen as Zee breaks down why he got into motivational speaking and how therapy helped to save his life.Outro Song: Moffis - Brand NewSupport The Podcast: Buy Merch (www.expressyourselfblackman.com/shop)