
Kevin W. Barron, MBA, FHFMA, FACHE, has spent 34 years in healthcare finance across five states, building managed care departments from the ground up at public, nonprofit, and for-profit health systems. He's a Vice President of Payer Relations at a large academic medical center in Texas and creator of the People-Portfolio-Process (3P) Model for payer strategy. Kevin chairs the Texas Hospital Association's Policy Committee on Hospital Contracting and Payment, has been an HFMA member for 30 years, and was named one of Becker's 20 Payer Relations Executives to Know in 2026. He writes Mastering Managed Care to pass on what he wishes someone had handed him early in his career.
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Aug 4, 2026
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Your counterpart isn't stalling you. She can't say yes, and nobody in the room is going to tell you that.

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Jun 16, 2026
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Why silence in a payer negotiation is usually logistical, not personal, and how to bring a counterpart back to the table

What Readers Say
“Managed care strategy and negotiations for hospitals and other provider groups has always been an apprentice model. This is great content that helps deepen your knowledge of this vital work, and highlights the new issues and approaches that the current dynamic environment requires. Kudos to Kevin for bringing this to life.”

Brandon Edwards
CEO (Retired), Unlock Health | Partner, Oxeon
"Kevin has a unique ability to take complex payer relations and managed care contracting issues and turn them into practical, relevant insights. ... That is what I value most about Kevin’s content: it isn’t just informative and educational; it gives healthcare leaders something they can actually use."

Valerie Daniel, MBA, CHFP, CRCR, CSPR
Director, Revenue Cycle - Baylor, Scott & White Health
"Payers get away with so many interferences that go unchecked, this gives us the ammunition to push back and hold them accountable instead of just absorbing the fallout."

Michelle McGinnis, BBA, MHA
Director, Managed Care - UT Health, San Antonio
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