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Married father of 4. I love the obfuscated business of Healthcare. Former Healthcare Distribution Exec. Better Together. The Next Right Thing. Sober 10 years.
Joined March 2021
Who I am, and why it may matter to you in healthcare. I’ve lived healthcare from every angle: as a patient, a son, a business leader, and now a father. My story starts back in ’76 when I survived 11 surgeries by age five. Only by the grace of God and the dedication of great
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Friends… it’s been a heck of a ‘25. I don’t know quite what to make of it. Lost my mom in January, found out we had a surprise baby coming, landed a dream job, baby Lily arrived, and now on the verge of losing my dad. My emotions are a mystery wrapped in a conundrum. May ‘26
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Minnesota’s estimated Medicaid fraud is $9 billion. Somalia’s entire GDP is $12 billion. The fraud in one American state could nearly replace the entire economic output of the country where much of the money ended up. The governor, and former VP Candidate, says it’s “not large
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I asked for strength. And God gave me difficulties to make me stronger.
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What an amazing life I’ve been blessed to live. Surviving surgeries, becoming a competitive powerlifter, overcoming alcoholism… and now, just 3 days after our 21st anniversary, we are waiting to welcome our 5th child, 7 days short of our oldest turning 19 and 2 months after
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8 of the biggest issues we are watching in health care heading into 2026. This will be an evolving list. I'd love your feedback. 1. Evolving physician shortage issues and huge shortages in specialties and sub specialties. And is the goal of having a pcp largely a lost
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It’s a Long December kind of season. Yesterday marked 21 years of marriage for my wife and me. Twenty-one years of shared wins, hard conversations, late nights, losses, laughter, and choosing each other even when life wasn’t gentle. And here we are—on the edge of welcoming our
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In healthcare and technology, success comes down to two things: capability and willingness. Capabilities are easy to spot—features, functions, specs. Willingness is harder to see, and far more important. Willingness to listen. Willingness to learn the customer’s reality.
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8 Key Stories We Are Following This Week 1. Alphabet Inc. keeps winning. Here is the latest win. Alphabet/Google is a significant shareholder in SpaceX dating back to 2015. When SpaceX was revalued several months back, Alphabet booked a large gain worth about $8 billion. It's
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This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
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I just subscribed to @DutchRojas' newsletter! I recommend you do the same, and my only regret is that I waited this long!
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My latest has what I said on the lawn of the US capitol. Pharmacist Nikki Adams Bryant opened a bakery and coffee shop inside her pharmacy just to make ends meet. She now starts rolling biscuits and brewing coffee at 4:00 a.m. "A man who walked the earth about two thousand
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All federal lawmakers should get behind the bipartisan Pharmacists Fight Back Act.
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At labor and delivery.. maybe a father for the 5th time tonight. Fingers toes and eyes crossed all goes well :)
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Healthcare consolidation is not a market outcome. It's a policy outcome. $125 billion in annual advantages. 11 structural pillars. All flowing to incumbents. Independent physicians never had a chance.
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Recommending @DRsLoungePod evaluate the current congressional healthcare proposals and their recommendations. Should be an episode that if congress watched they could implement. @DrDiGiorgio @anish_koka @drdanchoi @sdixitmd @DutchRojas
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Love it.
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In healthcare distribution, our real superpower is connecting the dots—payor mix, class of trade, ownership. From there, it’s consultative selling based on what success looks like for the customer. Glad to play our part as a distributor. Let’s connect the dots together. Teamwork.
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Yep yep yep
Young people are rightfully pissed off, especially about housing This drives them towards socialism But what they don’t appreciate is that we got here by overregulation—a socialist policy Instead, they should be demanding capitalism, which was obstructed in half of America
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