EP 540 Ethics As The Competitive Edge - With Adam Russo, JD

About this episode

The episode discusses the intersection of ethics and compliance in self-funded plans with insights from Adam Russo.

We dig into who truly makes claim decisions in self-funded plans and why that matters when ethics and compliance collide. Adam Russo shares how fiduciary prudence, transparent compensation, and NSA arbitration are reshaping risk, trust, and costs. • plan sponsors as final decision makers on claims • plan documents lagging laws and mandates • compliance versus ethics as distinct obligations • transparent compensation, performance fees, and caps • fiduciary prudence in subrogation and settleme...

People in this episode

Host: David Saltzman

Guest: Adam Russo

Topics covered

• ethics
• compliance
• fiduciary prudence
• transparent compensation
• risk management
• claim decisions

Keywords

• claim decisions
• fiduciary prudence
• transparent compensation
• compliance
• ethics
• risk
• trust
• costs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NSA, self-funded plans

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