Get Savvy...Demystifying Healthcare
Are you tired of the high cost of healthcare? Are you overwhelmed trying to navigate a complicated healthcare system? Welcome to Get Savvy…Demystifying Healthcare a weekly pod cast where we take complicated healthcare topics and make them simple.Imagine…if you could stop feeling paralyzed with FEAR and FRUSTRATION, and instead be EMPOWERED to make Smart Healthcare decisions for you and your family?Get Savvy with your host Sandy Kibling, a healthcare professional changing how healthcare knowledge is shared. Want to be a guest on Get Savvy...Demystifying Healthcare? Send Sandy Kibling a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/getsavvydemystifyinghealthcare
Episodes
Thinking of keeping your Medicare plan for another year? That may be the right choice, but it’s worth checking whether the plan still fits.
During open enrollment, changes to costs, covered medications, provider networks, and your own healthcare needs can affect the answer. Sandy Kibling talks with Medicare Broker Krista Hugenberg about how to look past the commercials and focus on what matters to you.
Kri...
Becoming a caregiver can feel like accepting a full-time job for which you never applied—and never received any training. Suddenly, you’re expected to manage medications, appointments, insurance requirements and life-changing decisions while also coping with fear, exhaustion and grief.
In this episode, Sandy speaks with registered nurse, functional medicine health coach, caregiver coach and author T...
What happens in the exam room can shape much more than a diagnosis or treatment plan. The questions patients ask, the concerns they share, and the trust they build with their providers can all influence their healthcare decisions. In this episode,
Sandy speaks with Dr. Emily Boss, a pediatric ENT surgeon and researcher at Johns Hopkins, about how communication affects the care patients and families receive.
Dr. ...
Is the American healthcare system truly broken—or has it simply become too complex for patients and physicians to navigate? In this episode, Sandy Kibling talks with Dr. Terry Adirim, a board-certified pediatric emergency physician, physician executive, healthcare advisor, and author of The Prepared Patient: Your Guide to Surviving the Healthcare System. Drawing on more than 30 years of experience, Dr. Adirim ...
Healthcare spending has climbed from roughly 5% of U.S. GDP in the 1960s to nearly 17% today, and for many employers it's become one of the largest, least predictable costs of running a business.
Most business owners feel stuck: premiums keep climbing, the system is confusing, and it's hard to know whether there's any real alternative to just absorbing the increase every year.
Could an infection in your mouth affect more than your teeth and gums—even when nothing hurts?
In this episode of Get Savvy…Demystifying Healthcare, Sandy talks with Dr. Charles “Chuck” Reinertsen about the often-overlooked connection between dental health and whole-body health. Dr. Chuck explains why the absence of pain doesn’t necessarily mean your mouth is healthy and why denta...
Hypnosis is often portrayed as mind control, manipulation, or entertainment—but clinical hypnotherapist Craig Meriwether says therapeutic hypnosis is something very different. Drawing from his personal experience with depression and anxiety and more than 16 years of professional work, Craig joins Sandy to explain how hypnotherapy helps people access emotional patterns beneath the conscious mind.
In this convers...
When dementia enters a family, it can change far more than memory—it can affect personality, judgment, independence, relationships, finances, and the lives of everyone providing care.
In this episode, Sandy talks with licensed clinical social worker and Compassion Works founder Kay Adams, who brings more than 30 years of experience in geriatrics, hospice, palliative care, dementia, and caregiver support.&...
Navigating healthcare can feel overwhelming—not only for ourselves, but also for the pets we consider family.
In this episode, Sandy talks with Dr. Kevin Toman, a veterinarian with nearly 40 years of experience and a special interest in orthopedic care, cancer care, chronic pain, and pet longevity.
Dr. Kevin shares his candid perspective on what is changing within traditional veterinary medicine, why...
A cancer diagnosis can instantly create fear, confusion and an overwhelming list of questions. In this episode, Sandy Kibling speaks with Dr. Camille Williams—also affectionately known as “Queen”—a board-certified radiation oncologist, retired Army lieutenant colonel and founder of Questions for Cancer Doctor.
Dr. Williams explains the roles of surgery, systemic therapies and radiation i...
What happens when your doctor knows the treatment you need—but your insurance company refuses to pay for it?
In this revealing conversation, Sandy Kibling speaks with orthopedic surgeon, author and healthcare advocate Dr. Erica Rowe Urquhart about the growing influence insurance companies and corporate interests have over patient care.
Drawing from more than a decade in private practice, Dr. Urquhart...
Is the U.S. healthcare system designed to help patients—or profit from them? In this episode, Sandy Kibling speaks with Adam Cunningham, founder of Sylk Health, about the soaring cost of medical care in America and why many people delay treatment, live with chronic pain, or face overwhelming medical debt.
Adam shares the personal experiences that inspired him to create Sylk Health, a platform that allows patien...
What does health equity actually look like for someone living with a disability—and what happens when the healthcare system makes assumptions instead of listening?
In this episode, Sandy speaks with Daniel Hodges, attorney, healthcare administrator, disability advocate, and president and co-founder of Peaces of Me Foundation. Daniel shares his deeply personal journey of living with multiple disabilities, ...
In this episode, Sandy speaks with Ashok Gupta, physical therapist and founder of TheraNow, about how virtual physical therapy is making rehabilitation more accessible, convenient, and effective.
Ashok explains how live, one-on-one care, personalized home exercise programs, and computer vision AI can help therapists measure movement, track progress, and guide patients from virtually anywhere.
They also discuss h...
In this episode, Sandy Kibling sits down with Stanley Bronstein, an attorney, CPA, life coach, and multi-book author who transformed his life after decades of struggling with obesity.
Stanley shares his deeply personal journey, including how the loss of his mother at age eight shaped his relationship with food, how he reached 367 pounds, and the moment he decided he did not want his story to end early.
His...
In this powerful episode, Mary Ellen Doty, founder of Wilderness Medical Staffing, shares her remarkable journey from serving in remote Alaskan villages to building innovative staffing solutions for rural healthcare communities.
Mary Ellen discusses the realities of healthcare deserts, provider shortages, and the challenges of delivering care in some of the most remote areas of the country.
She also explores pro...
You may be doing all the “right” things for your heart—exercising, eating well, stretching, and showing up consistently for your health—but what if there is another important piece of the puzzle?
In this episode of Get Savvy…Demystifying Healthcare,Sandy Kibling welcomes Dr. Bilal Ahmed, an interventional and structural cardiologist, to explore a deeper look at heart health beyond...
In this episode, Sandy Kibling sits down with Dr. Jeffrey Boone, a leader in preventative cardiology, to discuss why heart health is about much more than reacting after something goes wrong.
Dr. Boone shares how early detection, advanced imaging, genetics, and proactive care can help identify plaque and arterial risk before it leads to heart attacks, strokes, or other serious health events.
This conversation als...
In this episode, Sandy Kibling sits down with Dr. Ryan Polselli, Navy veteran and healthcare innovator, to discuss how Mammolink is changing the way women access breast cancer screening.
Through mobile mammography units, Mammolink is helping remove barriers to preventive care by bringing screenings closer to where people live, work, and gather.
Dr. Polselli shares why healthcare does not have to feel complicated...
In this episode, Sandy Kibling interviews Paula Yoast, an attorney and mental health clinician, about her journey as an advocate for children with special needs.
They discuss the challenges parents face in navigating the healthcare system, the importance of community support, and the need for effective advocacy.
Paula shares her personal experiences, insights from her new book 'Tumbleweeds', and offers pra...
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