Ep 01
Sep 15, 2025 · 42 min
Why we counted the directories ourselves
David Isei, MPH MAOL PMP
How a six-month reconciliation against four registries became M1 — and why the regulators were the first phone call, not the insurers.
Mai Ka Waha · From the Source
Long conversations on the system Hawaiʻi healthcare actually runs on.
Each episode opens with a measurement question and ends with the dataset that answered it. Public episodes ship to Spotify, Apple, and YouTube. Subscriber episodes (Mai Ka Waha+) include the unedited cut, the full transcript, and the linked evidence chains.
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Ep 02
In production · 38 min
Mai Ka Waha+The grant that paid for the survey that funded the report
HHSC program officer
Federal grant accountability in Hawaiʻi is a closed loop. Mai Ka Waha opens it.
Ep 03
In production · 47 min
Neighbor-island math, in plain language
Molokaʻi General Hospital leadership
What it actually costs, in time and in dollars, when the insurance card and the appointment do not connect.