<![CDATA[Inside Healthcare from Fulcrum Strategies: Media]]>https://www.flatlining.net/s/flatlining-media-alertshttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!81qR!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa26d54a2-3ac9-4a0d-8076-4654c50cb784_117x117.pngInside Healthcare from Fulcrum Strategies: Mediahttps://www.flatlining.net/s/flatlining-media-alertsSubstackMon, 27 Apr 2026 12:30:15 GMT<![CDATA[Ron appeared as guest on WPTF Morning Show with Rob Connett]]>https://www.flatlining.net/p/ron-to-appear-as-guest-on-wptf-morninghttps://www.flatlining.net/p/ron-to-appear-as-guest-on-wptf-morningMon, 24 Jul 2023 16:22:13 GMTFulcrum Strategies President and CEO Ron Howrigon joined Rob Connett on AM680 / FM98.5 WPTF Morning Show on Wednesday, July 26 at 8:20AM eastern. They discussed the contents of Ron’s new book CLEAR!: Reforming Healthcare to Save the US Economy as well as other healthcare issues facing North Carolina.

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Ron Howrigon is a former insurance executive and the President and CEO of Fulcrum Strategies, a healthcare consulting firm specializing in payor contract negotiation. He is also the co-host of the FLATLINING Podcast.

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]]><![CDATA[Ron appeared as guest on Straight Talk MD]]>https://www.flatlining.net/p/ron-appeared-as-guest-on-straighthttps://www.flatlining.net/p/ron-appeared-as-guest-on-straightMon, 17 Jul 2023 15:27:42 GMTRon Howrigon joined Dr. Frank Sweeny on his podcast Straight Talk MD to talk about his new book CLEAR!: Reforming Healthcare to Save the US Economy and discussed ideas to reform the US healthcare system.

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Show air date: 10 July 2023

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]]><![CDATA[Ron interviewed for KARE 11 investigation]]>https://www.flatlining.net/p/ron-interviewed-for-kare-11-investigationhttps://www.flatlining.net/p/ron-interviewed-for-kare-11-investigationWed, 24 May 2023 16:30:35 GMTFulcrum Strategies President and CEO Ron Howrigon was interviewed by KARE 11 in Minneapolis about UnitedHealthcare’s decision to deny a patient’s ulcerative colitis treatment. Ron shared his expertise on the inner workings of insurance companies to explain why appealing insurance denials is so difficult.

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A college basketball player, Chris McNaughton was the picture of health until his junior year when he was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis at age 22.

His life changed. The painful disease inflames the digestive tract and causes ulcers. McNaughton lost 50 pounds, was repeatedly hospitalized, and became suicidal.

There is no known cure.

“I basically spent all day in the bathroom. I had bloody diarrhea 20 times a day. And then I would have stomach pains so bad that I would just sort of lay on the couch in the fetal position,” he said in an interview with the non-profit news organization ProPublica.

ProPublica shared its story – and the raw interview it did with McNaughton – with KARE 11.

Credit: Courtesy of Chris McNaughton

McNaughton went through failed treatments until he traveled from his home in Pennsylvania to Minnesota’s Mayo Clinic in May 2015….

READ MORE AT KARE11.COM

Ron Howrigon is a former insurance executive and the President and CEO of Fulcrum Strategies, a healthcare consulting firm specializing in payor contract negotiation. He is also the co-host of the FLATLINING Podcast.

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]]><![CDATA[Ron appeared as panelist on ProPublica healthcare event]]>https://www.flatlining.net/p/ron-to-be-panelist-on-propublicahttps://www.flatlining.net/p/ron-to-be-panelist-on-propublicaMon, 27 Mar 2023 14:54:23 GMT

Fulcrum Strategies president and CEO Ron Howrigon was a panelist on a live ProPublica/The Capital Forum web event on 28 March 2023, at 2pm eastern to discuss their recent investigation about routine insurance denials.

Ron was recently interviewed for the ProPublica/The Capital Forum story that looked into the use of a system at Cigna that routinely denies covered services. Using this method, one Cigna doctor single-handedly rejected 60,000 claims in a single month.

Ron was joined by:

  • T. Christian Miller, ProPublica senior editor (moderator)

  • David Rubin, professor of medicine and chief of gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition at the University of Chicago Medicine

  • Maya Miller, ProPublica engagement reporter

  • Mona Shah, senior director of policy and strategy at Community Catalyst

  • Patrick Rucker, Capitol Forum reporter

Ron Howrigon is a former insurance executive and the President and CEO of Fulcrum Strategies, a healthcare consulting firm specializing in payor contract negotiation. He is also the co-host of the FLATLINING Podcast.

WHEN: Tuesday, 28 March 2023 at 2pm eastern
WHO: Ron Howrigon, President and CEO of Fulcrum Strategies
WHERE: Online webinar, register here.

]]><![CDATA[Ron appeared as guest on Straight Talk MD podcast]]>https://www.flatlining.net/p/biden-v-trump-healthcare-planhttps://www.flatlining.net/p/biden-v-trump-healthcare-planThu, 24 Sep 2020 19:30:00 GMTRon Howrigon joined Dr. Frank Sweeny on his podcast Straight Talk MD to discuss President Donald Trump’s and former Vice President Joe Biden’s healthcare policy and what it means for patients and physicians.

Listen to Straight Talk MD on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

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Show air date: 28 September 2020

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