Opinion|Videos|July 20, 2026

The payer relationship: Reimbursement, leverage and patients in the middle

Name: The payer relationship: Reimbursement, leverage and patients in the middle
Uploaded: 2026-07-20T06:30:00Z
Duration: 14 min 44 s
Description: The most pointed stretch of the conversation. Bhatt's pulsed field ablation example shows a better procedure that pays less, Beiner and Garrett describe margins thinned by H.R. 1 and outdated regulation, and the panel turns to the payer fights that leave patients caught in the middle, including Garrett's account of notification letters that interrupted hundreds of patients mid-treatment.

Author(s)Stephanie Wierwille, Robert Garrett, FACHE, Benjamin P. Levy, M.D.

In the latest video from our roundtable, healthcare leaders talk about the impact of insufficient reimbursements. They're posing more headaches for hospitals and affecting patient care, the panel says.

The most pointed stretch of the conversation. Bhatt's pulsed field ablation example shows a better procedure that pays less, Beiner and Garrett describe margins thinned by H.R. 1 and outdated regulation, and the panel turns to the payer fights that leave patients caught in the middle, including Garrett's account of notification letters that interrupted hundreds of patients mid-treatment.