• Why Matt refuses to buy fireworks (and how that’s weirdly related to healthcare spending)
• Proactive medicine: Why it saves lives and money
• The evolving role of Community Health Workers
• The “Russian Doll” structure of care teams at Your Health Primary Care
• A real-world story of proactive, connected care
• Trust & empathy: What we can learn from Navy SEALs & surgery teams
• Self-care in high-stakes healthcare environments
• How AI isn’t a threat—it’s your newest team member
• Why peptides and prevention are shaping the future
• Leadership insight: Building resilient, compassionate healthcare teams

Episode Highlights:

• Why the Fourth of July hits different for healthcare professionals
• Growing up in a military family and how it shaped Matt’s values
• Fireworks, peaches, and facility BBQs—holiday traditions in senior care
• Reflections on government involvement in healthcare—what’s working, what’s not
• The impact of Medicaid changes and how value-based care fits in
• Why Disneyland ruined fireworks (and how to reframe your expectations)

Key Takeaways:

• Celebrate your country and challenge the systems that need reform
• Healthcare professionals must have a seat at the policy-making table
• Value-based care isn't perfect—but it's a step in the right direction

Referenced:

• CMS Innovation Center
• Gilbert Peach Festival
• Fort Jackson fireworks
• Katy Perry's “Firework” (unfortunately, also now Matt’s personal performance piece)

Topics Covered:

• The difference between love and trust in leadership
• Why lonely leadership is optional, not inevitable
• How to build an inner circle that challenges and supports you
• The power of personality diversity (DISC framework)
• Why mutual accountability creates real team culture
• Why “trust” must be earned—or preserved
• The danger of hiring people just like you
• Why being uncomfortable might mean you’re on the right path

Takeaways:

1. Audit your inner circle
2. Diversify your perspective
3. Extend radical trust

EPISODE NOTES

• The concept of information asymmetry between patients and providers
• Why clinical expertise isn’t enough without emotional intelligence
• How health literacy and “teach-back” transform patient outcomes
• Why the guide, not the hero, plays the most important role in patient care
• How healthcare can marry evidence-based decisions with patient values
• When too many options become overwhelming—and how to simplify decision-making
• Building systems of collaboration instead of clinical control
• Tools for aligning patient needs with long-term outcomes
• A model for care where understanding is as important as intervention

EPISODE NOTES

• Matt Staub shares the three identities of healthcare: service, right, and business
• How orientation at Your Health reflects an inverted leadership model
• The paradox of patient expectations vs. financial sustainability
• The role of creativity and innovation in modern healthcare systems
• Balancing compassion with accountability
• Encouragement for leaders: why siloing healthcare identities limits progress
• A call to integrate values, systems, and people into a shared mission

Episode Notes

• Why compliance is just the minimum standard
• How challenging “the way we’ve always done it” sparks innovation
• Creative brainstorming techniques from unexpected places (like Liquid Death)
• Why constraints can actually enhance creativity
• The balance between being disruptive and being responsible
• Using data to validate or challenge conventional wisdom
• The power of asking uncomfortable questions that lead to better systems
• Aligning incentives to drive behavior toward innovation and efficiency
• Examples from healthcare and pop culture (Deadpool, iPads, Ryan Reynolds)

Podcast Notes

• Why excuses are so common in healthcare — and why they’re dangerous
• The difference between a reason and an excuse
• Why modeling accountability as a leader builds trust and respect
• How shame shapes our willingness to be vulnerable
• Tools for shifting from blame to solution-oriented conversations
• How to create a psychologically safe culture where mistakes become learning opportunities
• Time management: why “I didn’t have time” is the most used (and abused) excuse