Sit and Stay: Run a Successful Mental Health Practice
Oct 8, 2026 · 30 min · 10 segments
Tom’s AI-assisted insurance negotiation with Curative had reached an impasse—but that wasn’t where the story ended. In this follow-up, Parker and Tom reveal how a creative counteroffer changed the…
Tom TarshisHost
Parker AndersonHost
So, uh, Tom, last episode we discussed a lot about a new, uh, insurance company that's, uh, on the market, kinda swinging deals and things, and, uh, it has been a few weeks since we recorded.
Yeah, and it's just been a, a very interesting experience, and it, it has been a few weeks, right? Um, and the...
Before we recor- recorded the last podcast, one of the things that was most interesting, um, was the, um, s- speed at which things were happening.
So just for co- for context, August si- 6th, Thursday, August 6th, was the first email.
And a lot had happened in a week, which is un- unheard of from a, an insurance negotiation standpoint, and I think because it was the first time negotiating with an AI agent, it was fascinating to us as, like other tech companies, we do a lot with AI and are trying to be thoughtful and use, um, AI for good things and to make life's e- life easier for mental health clinicians running their business and practice.
So, um, yeah, that is why we devoted our last episode to this interaction and, uh-
If, if you're s- if you're just tuning into this whole thing for the first time, uh, we did a really good episode about it in the last episode, so please go, please go check that out.
But just as a refresher, yes, it was-- we discovered partway through this insurance negotiation that the insurance negotiation taking place was between Tom and an AI agent, uh, that this company is very public about using.
But at the same time was maybe not immediately clear that the individual you were speaking with was an AI.
So, uh, Tom, last episode we discussed a lot about a new, uh, insurance company that's, uh, on the market, kinda swinging deals and things, and, uh, it has been a few weeks since we recorded.
Yeah, and it's just been a, a very interesting experience, and it, it has been a few weeks, right? Um, and the...
Before we recor- recorded the last podcast, one of the things that was most interesting, um, was the, um, s- speed at which things were happening.
So just for co- for context, August si- 6th, Thursday, August 6th, was the first email.
And a lot had happened in a week, which is un- unheard of from a, an insurance negotiation standpoint, and I think because it was the first time negotiating with an AI agent, it was fascinating to us as, like other tech companies, we do a lot with AI and are trying to be thoughtful and use, um, AI for good things and to make life's e- life easier for mental health clinicians running their business and practice.
So, um, yeah, that is why we devoted our last episode to this interaction and, uh-
If, if you're s- if you're just tuning into this whole thing for the first time, uh, we did a really good episode about it in the last episode, so please go, please go check that out.
But just as a refresher, yes, it was-- we discovered partway through this insurance negotiation that the insurance negotiation taking place was between Tom and an AI agent, uh, that this company is very public about using.
But at the same time was maybe not immediately clear that the individual you were speaking with was an AI.
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