I Don't Care

The challenges healthcare executives and administrators face are constantly changing. Host Kevin Stevenson talks with the heroes behind the heroes that are enabling hospitals, urgent care centers and telemedicine operators to spend their time tending to patients, while they handle the logistics.

I Don't Care is a business podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 191 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #1

  Why Childcare is a CEO Problem: The Hidden Link Between Care, Staffing and Workforce Competitiveness

  Aug 17, 202632 minS1

  Childcare has quietly become one of the biggest pressure points in the labor market, reshaping how people choose jobs, stay in jobs and build careers. What was once treated as a private family problem is now showing up in employers’ bottom lines through absenteeism, turnover, delayed returns to work and unfilled roles. The pressure is especially acute in industries like healthcare, where work is often in person, shifts are long and staffing gaps can quickly affect both operations and patient care. With childcare costs now rivaling or exceeding major household expenses in many states, the question for business leaders is no longer whether families are struggling, but how much workforce stability depends on helping solve it. So if childcare is affecting who can work, who stays, who calls out and who accepts a job offer, why is it still so often treated as an HR side issue instead of a CEO-level business strategy? On this episode of I Don’t Care, host Dr. Kevin Stevenson speaks with Nicole Riehl, President and CEO of Executives Partnering to Invest in Children, known as EPIC. Their conversation explores why childcare access is now tied directly to recruitment, retention, absenteeism, workforce planning and long-term economic competitiveness—and why business leaders may need to rethink what counts as core infrastructure for their employees. Top insights from the talk… Childcare affects business performance. Riehl explains that childcare shortages show up in turnover, call-outs, delayed returns to work, reduced productivity and difficulty filling specialized roles, especially in healthcare and 24/7 operations. Employers need better data before choosing solutions. EPIC works with employers to survey workers, assess local childcare supply, understand affordability challenges and identify whether solutions should include stipends, backup care, on-site childcare or partnerships with providers. Childcare benefits can produce measurable ROI. Riehl says employers often recover their investment through improved retention, faster recruiting, fewer absences and stronger engagement, with some childcare investments generating returns ranging from 100% to 400%. Nicole Riehl is President and CEO of Executives Partnering to Invest in Children, where she helps employers, executives and policymakers address childcare as a workforce, economic development and business competitiveness issue. Her career spans early childhood education, nonprofit leadership, finance, program strategy and systems-building, including senior leadership roles at Denver’s Early Childhood Council and quality improvement work with Qualistar Colorado. Recognized by the Denver Business Journal as an Outstanding Woman in Business and Power Book honoree, Riehl brings deep expertise in employer childcare solutions, early learning policy, workforce retention and cross-sector collaboration.

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  Biotech in the Balance: Dr. Jeremy Levin on Trust, Innovation, and the Future of American Medicine

  Aug 10, 202636 minS1

  Biotech is living through a paradox: the science has rarely looked more powerful, while the institutions behind it have rarely seemed less trusted. The sector that helped accelerate vaccines, advance cancer treatment, and open new frontiers in brain disease is now facing public skepticism, political pressure on science, and rising competition from countries that see biotech as a strategic national asset. That frustration is being sharpened by affordability concerns, with recent polling finding that nearly six in ten U.S. adults worry about paying for prescription drugs. For an industry built around lifesaving innovation, the challenge is no longer just discovering what comes next; it is proving to the public that those breakthroughs are being developed in patients’ best interests. So, how can biotech and pharma restore public trust while continuing to deliver the breakthroughs patients are waiting for? On I Don’t Care, host Dr. Kevin Stevenson speaks with Dr. Jeremy Levin, Chairperson of Ovid Therapeutics and author of Biotech in the Balance: Saving a Strategic Industry in an Age of Distrust. Their conversation explores why the public has lost trust in pharma, how pharmacy benefit managers and rebate structures complicate drug pricing, why biotech should be treated as a strategic national asset, and what the industry must do to reconnect with patients. Top insights from the talk… Trust is biotech’s central challenge. Dr. Levin argues that the industry’s biggest mistake has been losing sight of its covenant with patients. While biotech has delivered transformative medicines, he says the public often sees the industry as profiting from illness rather than partnering in care. Drug pricing is more complex than the sticker price. Dr. Levin points to pharmacy benefit managers, insurers, rebates, and opaque intermediary structures as major drivers of patient frustration, arguing that patients often blame drug companies without seeing how money moves through the system. American biotech faces a strategic test. Dr. Levin warns that if the United States does not protect scientific institutions, support the FDA, and recognize biotech as a national priority, innovation and investment may move elsewhere, including China. Dr. Jeremy Levin is a physician-scientist and biotechnology executive with deep experience leading life sciences companies, boards, strategy, alliances, and business development. He is Chairperson of both Ovid Therapeutics and Opthea, and he previously founded and led Ovid as Chairperson and CEO. He is also Chairman Emeritus of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, where he helped guide industry leadership across biotechnology policy, innovation, and patient-focused drug development. Earlier in his career, he held senior leadership roles at Teva Pharmaceuticals, Bristol Myers Squibb, and Novartis.

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  Leading with Purpose: Dr. David Foster on Faith, Healthcare Leadership, and Physician Collaboration

  Aug 3, 202629 minS1

  Modern healthcare is caught between extraordinary clinical possibility and an increasingly strained delivery system: patients have more treatment options, data and information than ever, while hospitals and physician networks must coordinate care amid workforce pressure, rising complexity and limited tolerance for waste. That pressure is only expected to grow, with the Association of American Medical Colleges warning that the U.S. physician shortfall could climb as high as 86,000 by 2036, underscoring why better care now depends not only on medical innovation, but on whether clinicians, administrators and networks can build enough trust to make hard decisions together. How can healthcare leaders move beyond transactional relationships and build the trust needed for physicians and administrators to make better decisions together — for their networks, their practices and the patients they serve? On I Don’t Care, host Dr. Kevin Stevenson speaks with Dr. David Foster, Founder and Principal of Clinical Network Collaborative, about leading with purpose across medicine, administration and faith-based healthcare. Their conversation explores Foster’s decades of clinical and executive experience, the role of mission in leadership, the need to unify the physician voice, and why clinical integration may be one of healthcare’s most urgent priorities. What you'll learn... Physician alignment starts with listening, but it cannot stop there. Foster argues that physicians often feel unheard, while administrators are actively seeking clearer clinical input. The opportunity, he says, is to move from a “cacophony” of individual complaints to a unified physician voice that can help leaders set priorities. Collaboration is becoming a survival skill in a constrained healthcare environment. Foster emphasizes that practices, hospitals, payers and health systems all operate within networks. When resources are limited, clinicians and administrators must work together to decide what services to invest in, what duplication to reduce and how to keep patient care as the shared North Star. Healthcare leaders should stop fighting the tools and start improving the system. Asked what leaders spend too much time worrying about, Foster points to the electronic medical record. His view: EMRs are not going away, so leaders should focus less on resisting them and more on optimizing them to support better practice, workflow and patient care. Dr. David Foster, MD, MBA, FAAFP, is a physician executive and healthcare strategist with more than 30 years of experience spanning clinical practice, medical group leadership, governance, clinical integration and system-level transformation. He founded Clinical Network Collaborative to help clinicians, administrators, health system leaders and payers strengthen network performance through clearer dialogue, physician engagement and patient-first alignment. Previously, he held senior leadership roles at CommonSpirit Health, CHI St. Vincent, CHRISTUS Health and CHRISTUS Spohn Health System, where he led multi-state physician enterprise operations, grew provider networks, advanced value-based care, improved quality and access, and built governance structures that elevated the clinical voice in organizational decision-making.

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  Food as Medicine: Can Nutrition Become a Scalable Strategy for Prevention, Care and Long-Term Health?

  Jul 27, 202643 minS1

  For years, nutrition has sat awkwardly between personal responsibility and medical care: important enough for doctors to mention, but rarely supported like a real treatment plan. That gap is becoming harder to defend as diet-related diseases continue to strain patients, employers and the healthcare system. A study in JAMA Network Open found that expanding medically tailored meals in the U.S. could prevent an estimated 1.6 million hospitalizations a year, making the case that food can be more than general wellness advice — it can be part of how care is delivered. That raises the real question for healthcare leaders, employers and retailers: how do you turn food from a recommendation into a system of support? On I Don’t Care, host Dr. Kevin Stevenson speaks with Adam DeVito, Founder and CEO of Monj Health, and Maggie Biscarr, a food-as-medicine subject matter expert, about whether food can play a more central role in prevention, healing and healthcare strategy. Their conversation covers the history of food-as-medicine, the behavioral barriers that make healthy eating difficult, the role of culinary skills and community, and why employers and retailers may be uniquely positioned to connect food, pharmacy and long-term health. What you'll learn... Food-as-medicine is having a moment because healthcare costs, chronic disease and GLP-1 demand are converging. Biscarr explains that employers and payers are recognizing that nutrition is not just a lifestyle issue, but a workforce health, productivity and cost issue. Behavior change is the missing link. DeVito argues that people do not “eat nutrition”; they eat food, flavor and comfort. Monj aims to make healthy eating joyful through cooking, confidence-building, behavioral science and community. The future may depend on connecting systems. The guests discuss opportunities for employers, retailers, pharmacies and food-as-medicine platforms to work together so people can access education, incentives and practical support where they already live, work and shop. Maggie Troope Biscarr is a food-as-medicine strategist and independent consultant working across the food, retail and healthcare sectors, with current roles including co-lead of the NOURISH Movement, subject matter expert with Clareo Partners, and lead of the GLP-1 Advisory Group for Georgetown’s Portion Balance Coalition. She previously served as Director of Global Partnership Solutions at PepsiCo, where she built cross-sector partnerships focused on health, wellness, sustainability and consumer behavior change, including healthier-choice and recycling pilots with major retail partners. Earlier in her career, she led AARP Foundation’s SNAP and nutrition incentive portfolios, including fruit and vegetable incentive and Food Rx programs, building on her MSW and long-standing focus on health equity and social drivers of health. Adam DeVito is the Founder and CEO of Monj Health, a food-is-medicine platform that uses behavioral science, technology and coaching to help address obesity, diabetes and metabolic health at scale. He has led innovation and growth across food, digital health, enterprise platforms, nutrition and play, including senior roles at Kraft Foods and Sterling-Rice Group, where his teams developed major new products and brand strategies for leading food and wellness companies. Earlier in his career, he trained in classical French cooking, co-authored a healthy cooking book series for Time Inc., and later became Kraft’s first Executive Chef, helping develop DiGiorno Pizza and launch it into a $1 billion brand.

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  How One Healthcare Leader’s Lived Experience Reframed Access, Empathy, and Operations

  Jul 20, 202632 minS1

  Healthcare leaders spend their careers designing better systems for patients, but the work looks different when they have had to move through those systems themselves. For Patrick Makarewich, a diagnosis of HPV-related head and neck cancer transformed familiar operational issues — scheduling, access, support services, staff flexibility, and communication — into deeply personal lessons. His experience reflects a larger reality in cancer care: HPV-linked oropharyngeal cancers have been rising, particularly among middle-aged men, making prevention, early detection, and patient-centered care urgent leadership concerns. How does a cancer diagnosis change the way a healthcare leader thinks about access, empathy, and the people behind every clinical process? On this episode of I Don’t Care, host Dr. Kevin Stevenson speaks with Patrick Makarewich, FACHE, Clinical Practice Manager for ENT, Head and Neck Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center, about how surviving HPV-related head and neck cancer reshaped his approach to leadership. Their conversation moves from Patrick’s diagnosis and treatment experience to clinic operations, workforce retention, generational leadership, patient access, and the cautious but promising role of AI in healthcare documentation and care delivery. What you’ll learn… Lived experience can deepen healthcare leadership. Patrick explains that going through cancer treatment gave him insights into patient fear, scheduling friction, support needs, and survivorship that he could not have fully understood from an administrator’s seat alone. Staff retention starts with daily leadership. He argues that the most important recruiting happens with the people already on the team, through flexibility, goal-setting, quality interactions, and support for employees’ real lives outside work. AI may help reduce provider burden, but healthcare still needs human judgment. Patrick discusses UT Southwestern’s creation of a Chief AI Officer role and describes how AI-supported note-taking could help providers with documentation while still requiring accuracy, oversight, and empathy. Patrick Makarewich, FACHE, is a transformational healthcare executive with deep experience in physician practice management, service line leadership, operational improvement, and patient-centered care. He currently leads Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery clinic operations at UT Southwestern, overseeing a large multidisciplinary team while improving patient access, provider efficiency, and employee engagement. Across roles at UT Southwestern, Acclaim Physician Group, JPS Health Network, Children’s Health, Cook Children’s, Premier, hospice leadership, and Kaiser Permanente/SCPMG-related consulting roles, he has driven service line growth, Lean process improvement, revenue cycle optimization, workforce efficiency, accreditation success, and multimillion-dollar cost savings.

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