Working Healthcare

Ep. 103 - Follow the Money: Inside America's Drug Pricing Black Box (ft. Tesh Khullar)

May 19, 2026

If we are insured and spending nearly half a trillion dollars a year on prescription drugs, why are patients still standing at the pharmacy counter being told no? This episode of Working Healthcare follows that money.Host Meredith Hirsh sits down with Tesh Khullar, founder and CEO of Prism TPO and co-founder of HouseRx who has spent his career inside drug distribution, oncology data and specialty pharmacy. He explains how PBMs, vertically integrated insurers, 340B arbitrage and opaque rebates...

Ep. 102 - Burnout, ‘Good Girls,’ and a System Never Built for Women with Sadie Wackett

May 12, 2026

What if the real problem isn’t that women “can’t handle it,” but that the system never considered them in the first place? On this episode of Working Healthcare, host Meredith Hirsh sits down with leadership coach and former chief people officer Sadie Wackett. She spent decades as the only woman at the table in male-dominated industries. Drawing from her experience navigating IVF, international relocation and executive life in Palm Beach, Sadie explains how “good girl” conditioning, perfectio...

Ep. 101 - Virtual Physical Therapy Was Written Off as Impossible. Ashok Gupta Proves It’s Not.

May 05, 2026

What happens when two physical therapists sitting on their couch realize the entire delivery model for their profession is broken? On Working Healthcare, host Meredith Hirsh talks with Ashok Gupta, Doctor of Physical Therapy and founder of TheraNow, about building a virtual physical therapy platform that now serves major hospital systems across the country. Ashok traces the journey from a website launch that drew zero visitors to a pivotal moment treating a hospital CEO recovering from hip re...