Ending Pharmaceutical Price Gouging, with Jake Frenz
??Spencer Smith, CSFS?
?? SVP - ParetoHealth || ??? Host - Self-Funded w/ Spencer || ?? “Self-Fund or Die”
On the final of four podcasts filmed at a recent healthcare thinktank I hosted in Frisco, Texas, Jake Frenz, the founder and CEO of SmithRx, joined me to share his journey from the Marine Corps to Pharmacy Benefit Management, and what makes him so passionate about ending prescription drug price gouging.?
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"If my child needs a gene therapy to live, they should get it and anyone's child should. So let's figure out how to pay for it." - Jake Frenz
Jake and I discussed what some of the core challenges are in the PBM space, why he was so inspired by Mark Cuban’s venture Cost Plus Drugs, and what the “watershed” moment in US healthcare will look like.?
I’m grateful to have had the opportunity to talk to one of the best minds in the PBM space, and I hope you enjoy this week’s episode of Self-Funded with Spencer.
Chapters:
00:00:00 Meet Jake Frenz
00:08:06 Consumer-Driven Healthcare
00:15:53 Transparency in the PBM Industry
00:20:57 The “Watershed Moment” in US Healthcare
00:36:14 Mark Cuban's Innovative Healthcare Venture
00:39:34 Subscription-Based Models Disrupting Pharmacy Competition
00:52:34 Revolutionizing Healthcare
00:55:14 Empowering Americans to Drive Healthcare Reform
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3 周Great episode! Enlightening conversation about a critical component of healthcare.
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3 周Listened on my way in to the office today, another good one ??
?? SVP - ParetoHealth || ??? Host - Self-Funded w/ Spencer || ?? “Self-Fund or Die”
3 周Make sure to listen to the episode that Nathaniel Smith of Ascend Podcast and Video Production says is “one of the best episodes of the year”!