The ASHHRA Podcast
The ASHHRA Podcast is the definitive audio briefing for healthcare HR leaders navigating what’s next.
Hosted by Bo Brabo and Luke Carignan, this weekly podcast explores the forces reshaping the healthcare workforce, from talent shortages and leadership burnout to data-driven HR strategy, labor relations, and policy shifts that impact care delivery.
Each episode features candid conversations with CHROs, senior executives, and industry change-makers who are solving real problems inside hospitals and health systems right now. No theory, no fluff, just practical insight from leaders in the arena.
Listeners gain clarity on complex workforce challenges, early signals on emerging trends, and grounded perspectives that help bridge strategy and people operations. Whether you lead HR for a health system, support workforce strategy, or influence organizational culture, this podcast equips you to make better decisions with confidence.
New episodes drop weekly, with timely news updates, deep-dive conversations, and forward-looking insights designed for healthcare HR leaders preparing for 2026 and beyond.
Episodes
225 episodes
#225 - Empower Hope to Overcome Painful Cuts
April 27th, 2026. Three policy hits in the same week, all with direct workforce consequences. Bo, Luke, and ASHHRA Executive Director Jeremy Sadlier break down what HR leaders need to do before July 1st.💉 RFK Jr. Defends $15.8B in HHS...
#224 - Proven Secrets From an Elite Champion
Featuring Ricky Price, Founder, Game Ready Skills & Development | McDonald's All-American | Duke University | NBA VeteranHealthcare HR professionals spend their days building cultures where people can do their best work under extraor...
#223 - Overcome the Looming Hospital Crisis: Triumph Hope
Hospital M&A Hits a 6-Year High, a 42,000-Worker Strike Looms & a Rural Hospital Has 56 DaysApril 20th, 2026. More than 1,000 hospital leaders are in Washington, DC for the AHA Annual Meeting. The urgency they are carrying...
#222 - Proven Secrets to Build Outstanding Healthcare Hiring
90% of Healthcare Organizations Missed Their Hiring Goals Last Year. Here's Why.Featuring Casey Marquette, Founder & CEO, Covenant HR, which is an active member of the ASHHRA Preferred...
#221 - Proven Q1 Healthcare Wins: Great Workforce Results
Luke Carignan and ASHHRA Executive Director Jeremy Sadlier take a deliberate step back from the doom and gloom to look at what is actually working in healthcare HR right now — and the data is genuinely encouraging.🩺 Ambient AI Is Endi...
#220 - Proven Secrets to Build Great Healthcare Leaders
When the Real Problem Is Identity, Not SkillFeaturing Dr. Marcia Reynolds, Master Certified Coach, Former Global President, International Coaching FederationWhat if t...
#219 - Medicaid Cuts Threaten 446 Hospitals Now
April 6th, 2026. Three separate policy shocks, all landing at the same time. Bo, Luke, and ASHHRA Executive Director Jeremy Sadlier break down what may be the most consequential week of news healthcare HR has faced all year.🏥 446 Hosp...
#218 - Breakthrough Proven AI Strategies Save Healthcare
Strike Over, Margins Up & AI Saving Lives at Advocate HealthThe final Monday News Drop of Q1 2026. Luke Carignan and ASHHRA Executive Director
#217 - New AI Can Now End Healthcare Burnout
What AI Can and Can't Fix About Healthcare Worker BurnoutFeaturing Dr. Rich Safeer, Chief Medical Director of Employee Health & Well-Being, Johns Hopkins MedicineT...
#216 - California Healthcare Layoffs, Nurse Strikes, & Staffing Crisis
3,400 Layoffs, No Staffing Floor & Nurses Walking Out — And It's Only MarchMarch 23rd, 2026. California hospitals have already cut more than 3,400 healthcare workers in six weeks. CMS just erased the federal minimum staffing s...
#215 - Protect Your Benefits From Devastating Pharma Ads
The $6 Billion Influence Machine Targeting Your Benefits PlanFeaturing Kyra Hagan, Senior Vice President of Marketing, RxBenefits.Six billion dollars. That is what pharmaceutical companies spend every year marketing high-co...
#214 - Proven AI Secrets Empower Healthcare HR Hope
Agentic AI Is Already in Your Building — Do You Know Where?HIMSS 26 just closed in Las Vegas with 24,000 healthcare technology leaders sending one unmistakable message: agentic AI has moved from the exhibit hall into your operatio...
#213 - When the CHRO Has Never Worked in Healthcare
When the CHRO Has Never Worked in Healthcare Featuring Margie Zyble, SVP & Chief Human Resources Officer, UC HealthMargie Zyble came to UC Health by way of GE and a vertical farming startup. That unconventional path is exactly...
#212 - Proven Ways to Protect Healthcare HR Trust
March is here, and healthcare HR is staring down three stories that cut straight to the core of organizational trust, workforce safety, and labor vulnerability — all in one week.⚖️ LeapFrog's Credibility Collapse A federal judge r...
#211 - How Soft Skills Are Shaping Tomorrow’s Roles
We are living in what one CHRO recently called “an era with no destination.” Jobs are evolving, technology is accelerating, and the rules of career progression are being rewritten in real time.In this forward-looking conversation, execut...
#210 - Medicare Cuts, Nursing Home Deregulation & The Death of the Wellness App
In this week’s News Drop, we unpack three developments that could directly impact provider compensation, skilled nursing operations, and your employee benefits strategy.💸 CMS Efficiency ShockwaveThe 2026 Medicare Physician ...
#209 - Well-Being Strategies Any Health Organization Can Use
Recorded live at AdventHealth, this episode explores what it truly means to operationalize employee wellbeing at scale — and why it cannot live inside a single benefits line item.Kristin Duquaine, Executive Director of Employee Wellbeing...
#208 - From Picket Lines to Basements:
In this episode, we track three major developments shaping healthcare HR strategy right now: a catastrophic escalation in the Kaiser strike, a growing middle management collapse, and a new IRS benefit that could fast-track your workforce into t...
#207 - How to Show Up Authentic
Building Your Personal Brand Without Losing Your Professional Edge, featuring Susie Jamerson, Chief People Officer of Corporate Services, AdventHealthRecorded live in Al...
#206 - Strike Escalation and Scope Reversal in Healthcare
This Monday News Drop covers three developments that should be squarely on every healthcare HR leader’s radar.📉 Segment 1: NCLEX Pass ...
#205 - Leading Talent Through Change
In this episode, Luke Carignan sits down with Kelly Trummer, AVP of Talent Acquisition at Wellstar Health System, to unpack what’s next for healthcare recruiting in a rapidly evolving workforce land...
#204 - Telehealth, Strikes, and International Nurse Visa Progress
Healthcare HR leaders finally get a moment to exhale, but the work is far from over. In this week’s Monday News Drop, Bo Brabo, Luke Carignan, and ASHHRA Pr...
#203 - The New Healthcare Labor Wave
Healthcare HR leaders are heading into one of the most consequential weeks of the year. In this episode of the ASHHRA Monday News Drop, Luke Carignan, Bo Brabo<...
