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EPISODE · Mar 13, 2026 · 53 MIN

The Role That Could Eliminate Most Hospitalizations: The Care Manager

from The Disrupted Podcast · host Jamie Preston, Scott Middleton

In this episode of The Disrupted Podcast, Jamie and Scott have a  raw, specific, and deeply personal conversation about Care Managers: who they are, what they're actually supposed to do, and why getting this role wrong is costing patients their health and organizations millions of dollars. Scott opens with a story that hits hard: his 91-year-old father's recent hospitalization, the mistakes that nearly happened, and what it cost him — financially and emotionally — to navigate a system that wasn't built for the patient. What you'll hear in this episode: Why care managers are controllers, not schedulers — and what happens when organizations get that wrong The medication reconciliation crisis: how discharge errors are sending patients straight back to the ER How Your Health's new geographic mapping tool is transforming how care teams schedule 30 days of visits in advance The shared bonus model designed to stop care team members from fighting over visits — and start winning together What care managers should never be doing — and the analytical skill set that separates great ones from average ones If you're building care teams, leading a healthcare organization, or just trying to keep a loved one safe in a broken system, this episode will change how you think about the people standing between your patients and the hospital. www.YourHealth.Org

In this episode, Jamie and Scott pull back the curtain on one of the most misunderstood roles in healthcare — the care manager — unpacking why it's not a scheduling job, but a command center role that sits at the heart of every high-performing care team. Scott makes the case that if every care manager did their job the way it was designed — from geographic visit scheduling to relentless medication reconciliation — hospitalizations would drop to near zero.

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