Stars as a Protection Strategy

From Strategy to Scale: Why Growth Breaks Without Execution

In this episode of Soaring to New Health, Dan Crogan sits down with Dave Gaspar and Dr. John Poczatek of Smile Partners to discuss the realities of growth in today's dental industry. From acquisitions and integrations to change management and clinical autonomy, they share lessons on what separates sustainable growth from growth that creates friction. ProspHire Dental Practice Leader Luke Laurin adds perspective on the operational and technology challenges organizations face as they scale. Together, they explore how successful organizations grow without losing sight of their people, patients or purpose.

Stars as a Protection Strategy

The Medicare Stars program is changing and the strategies that worked in the past may not be enough moving forward. In this episode, Bill Rayball of Highmark Health and ProspHire’s Andrew Bell discuss the program’s evolution, the growing importance of clinical outcomes and what health plans must do now to protect performance in an increasingly complex environment

Behavioral Science: Why Good Ideas Fail in Healthcare

Healthcare organizations don’t struggle because they lack strategy. They struggle because change doesn’t stick. In this episode of Soaring to New Health, we sit down with Michael Meadows, Managing Partner for Strategy & Performance at Limetree, to explore why healthcare transformation efforts fail and what behavioral science can teach leaders about designing change people actually adopt.

Compliance as Infrastructure, Not Overhead

Compliance isn’t just a checkbox—it’s the foundation that determines how healthcare organizations grow, scale, and withstand scrutiny. In this episode, we explore what breaks when compliance is reactive, and how embedding it into operations from the start can accelerate performance, reduce risk, and enable smarter transformation.

Beyond Healthcare

In the season wrap-up of Soaring to New Health, host Dan Crogan joins Lauren and Chris Miladinovich, ProspHire’s co-founders, to reflect on a season filled with innovation, collaboration and real-world impact from Medicaid and Medicare Stars to ACA strategy, risk adjustment and dental transformation. They share key takeaways from a challenging year in healthcare and introduce Tenavi Staffing, ProspHire’s new sister company expanding workforce solutions beyond healthcare and look ahead to 2026 with insights on cost optimization, leadership resilience and the evolving role of AI.