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We track, report, inform and engage thought leaders, entrepreneurs and disruptive companies or health systems in the emerging field of Population Health Management. This Week in Population Health will foster an ongoing conversation on the convergence vendor supplied and provider hatched population health strategies and harmonizes these efforts towards an industry Zeigeist that optimizes the role of vendors, providers and the community at large to deliver on the promise of the triple aim and a sustainable health[care] ecosystem.
Join thought leaders Fred Goldstein (@fsgoldstein) and Gregg Masters, MPH (@GreggMastersMPH) for an informative and even entertaining exchange.
Each week we'll feature an authoritative voice in the health care transformation conversation.
This week on PopHealth Week, Fred Goldstein had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Ashley Reynolds, Chief Product and Experience Officer at Glytec, a health tech company revolutionizing the management of glycemic control in healthcare settings. With a dynamic career path that began in the Navy as a corpsman and evolved through nursing, emergency care, and a Ph.D. in digital health, Ashley brings a unique perspective to the healthcare industry. His journey is a testament to his passion for transforming patient care through technology.Ashley’s journey into healthcare began in an unexpected way. Originally a pre-med student, financial constraints led him to join the military, where he served as a Navy corpsman—essentially a combat medic. This early experience laid the foundation for his nursing career, where he worked in intensive and critical care settings. It was here that he discovered a passion for understanding the "why" behind patients' health conditions. This curiosity led him to pivot into population health and eventually to pursue a Ph.D. focused on how digital tools can drive behavioral change in healthcare.Over the years, Ashley has held leadership roles in health tech startups and healthcare systems, leading to her current role at Glytec, where he oversees product and customer experience with a focus on leveraging technology for better clinical outcomes.
In this edition of PopHealth Week, we're excited to spotlight Dr. Mike Edgeworth, MD, MS, a distinguished neurologist and the Chief Population Health Officer at Octave Bioscience. Octave is at the forefront of transforming the care and treatment landscape for Multiple Sclerosis (MS), offering a groundbreaking precision care approach for those living with this condition. With a rich background that spans over two decades, Dr. Edgeworth has held roles ranging from academic and clinical settings to hospital administration and medical executive positions within a national health plan, before making his mark at Octave in 2021.Dr. Edgeworth's educational journey includes completing his neurology residency and fellowship at Vanderbilt University, where he also earned a Master of Science in Clinical Investigation. He embarked on his medical career after graduating from the University of Mississippi Medical School and holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Mississippi State University. Today, he resides in Nashville, TN, contributing significantly to the field of MS through his work at Octave Bioscience.Stay connected with Dr. Edgeworth's pioneering work in MS care by visiting Octave Bioscience online at www.octavebio.com and following him on Twitter @OctaveBio. Don't miss this insightful episode!
In this episode of Pophealth Week, we are honored to feature Cliff Frank, President of Healthcare Management Solutions. With over three decades of experience in the managed care sector, Cliff has worked across the spectrum, from payers and hospitals to IPAs, PHOs, and Clinically Integrated Networks (CINs). Our conversation delves into the current landscape of the managed care industry, focusing on the evolution of value-based healthcare and the potential implications of upcoming CMS risk adjustment updates for Medicare Advantage operators.Cliff's career has been dedicated to minimizing inefficiencies and enhancing the quality of patient care. He has consistently championed the cause of fostering clinical and financial harmony between providers and payers, contributing his expertise in diverse healthcare environments. Leading CINs in managing shared savings arrangements with payers and Medicare, Cliff also offers strategic consultation to organizations navigating managed care contracts, risk transfer preparation, and the creation of innovative provider-payer partnerships. Join us for an insightful exploration of managed care's future and strategies for achieving optimal healthcare delivery.
In this edition of Pophealth Week, we welcome David Muhlestein, PhD, JD, an influential figure in healthcare research and entrepreneurship with a passion for reforming healthcare payment and delivery systems. Our conversation centers on the advancement and, potentially, the maturation of the market towards value-based care models, spanning from HMOs to ACOs and including a variety of initiatives in both public (Medicare, Medicaid) and private sectors. David offers his expertise to define the landscape, shedding light on the hurdles and prospects facing practitioners in this evolving space.A proclaimed data and policy enthusiast, David is renowned for his contributions to discussions on value-based care and the progression of healthcare systems. His roles include Visiting Policy Fellow at the Margolis Center for Health Policy at Duke University and Adjunct Assistant Professor at The Ohio State University College of Public Health. His previous positions have seen him as the Chief Research and Innovation Officer for Health Management Associates, and Chief Strategy and Chief Research Officer for Leavitt Partners, along with a tenure as Adjunct Assistant Professor of The Dartmouth Institute (TDI) at Dartmouth College. David's academic credentials are comprehensive, holding a PhD in Health Services Management and Policy, JD, MHA, and MS from The Ohio State University, alongside a BA from Brigham Young University. Dive into a thought-provoking discussion on the future of healthcare with us!
In this week's episode of Pophealth Week, we're excited to showcase Michelle Bounce, the Chief Operating Officer at The J.P. Farley Corporation. Since joining the team in 2007, Michelle has consistently excelled across various roles within the company, demonstrating a deep understanding and innovative approach to the operations of a Third-Party Administrator (TPA). Her initiatives to revamp the conventional TPA structure through automation, cutting-edge technology, and process enhancements across the board have significantly increased efficiency. Michelle's passion for innovation extends to her collaborations with key vendors, fostering relationships that are rooted in a shared enthusiasm for transformative change.As an esteemed member of the Health Care Administrators Association (HCAA) and holding licenses in life and health in Ohio, Michelle brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the conversation. Our discussion will delve into the role of TPAs in promoting value-based healthcare, moving beyond the traditional emphasis on cost reduction to explore how Care Management vendors can deliver the real value that self-funded employers seek. Join us for an insightful conversation about the future of healthcare administration and the pivotal role of TPAs in shaping it.
On this episode of Pophealth Week, we feature Kehlin Swain,CEO and Co-founder of Xplosion Technology, a software engineer who has created a suite of digital health products in the rehabilitation, diabetes, and obesity management sector, and Dr. Zeev Neuwirth a healthcare executive whose most recent role was Chief Clinical Executive for Care Transformation at Atrium Health. Dr. Neuwirth has over 15 years of clinical practice experience and 15 years in clinical operations, population health and strategic services. In 2017, he launched the award-winning 'Creating a New Healthcare' podcast. In 2019 he published his first book, Reframing Healthcare - a Roadmap for Creating Disruptive Change. In September 2023, he published a second book, Beyond the Walls - the Megatrends, Movements & Market Disruptions Transforming American Healthcare. We discuss the state of tranformation of the U.S. ecosystem and the upside impact of digital health on chronic disease.
On this episode of Pophealth Week, we feature Hesham Hessaballa MD, a pulumonary and critical care medicine specialist practicing for more than 20 years. Dr. Hassaballa is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine, critical care medicine and sleep medicine, serves as Assistant Professor Rush University & Medical Center, and Editor of the popular blog @MedikaLife keep up with Dr. Hassaballa's work on Twitter profile @HAHassaballaMD or on linkedIn, or on the web via www.drhassaballa.com. We discuss his journey into critical care medicine and explore his '11 rules for the ICU' recommendations outlined in 'How Not to Kill Someone in the ICU'. Follow Dr. Hassaballa's work on Twitter via @HAHassaballaMD, on linkedIn, or on the web via www.drhassaballa.com.
On the latest episode of PopHealth Week, we're joined by Dr. Mike Edgeworth, who brings over two decades of diversified experience in healthcare. Dr. Edgeworth's expertise as a neurologist has been honed through his time in academic and clinical practice, hospital leadership, and his role as a medical executive for a national health plan. Currently, he is at the forefront of innovative healthcare solutions as the Chief Population Health Officer at Octave Bioscience. At Octave, he is a pivotal figure in revolutionizing the management and treatment of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) with precision care approaches.His impressive academic background includes completing a neurology residency and fellowship at Vanderbilt University, where he also earned a Master of Science in Clinical Investigation. His foundational medical education was attained at the University of Mississippi, and he holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Mississippi State University. Nashville, TN, is where he calls home today.To learn more about Dr. Edgeworth's contributions to the transformation of MS care, visit Octave Bioscience at www.octavebio.com. Keep abreast of the latest developments and insights by following @OctaveBio on Twitter.Tune in to gain valuable insights from Dr. Edgeworth's extensive knowledge and experience in the field of population health and neurological care.==##==
This episode of PopHealth Week features Lauren Barca, MHA, RN, BSN, VP of Quality and Stars at 86Borders, a technology platform and care coordination company that connects health plans with their inactive, unable to reach, and underserved members.With over a decade of experience at United Healthcare, Lauren boasts a proven track record in driving success across Stars, HEDIS, CAHPS, and HOS initiatives. Recognized for her versatility and innovation in healthcare and clinical operations, she is an expert in navigating and fulfilling regulatory requirements. Lauren is deeply passionate about public health and is committed to enhancing the quality of care for economically disadvantaged and medically underserved populations.We discuss the challenges of member engagement and the need to focus on problems in living in order to optimize health care outcomes for plan members
This episode of PopHealth Week features Yael Swerdlow, CEO/Founder at Maestro Games SPC.
Yael is co-founder of the Women's Empowerment Foundation, a board member of the International Visitors Council of Los Angeles and a board member of the humanitarian organization, Shelters for Israel. Yael also serves on the Advisory Boards of MILO Cognitive, First Amendment Voice, Solution Point+, and is a consultant at USC's award winning Game Pipe Labs. Additionally, she serves on both the National Small Business Association's Leadership Council Advisory Board (NSBA) and the Small Business Technology Council (SBTC). Formerly, she was co-chair of the national leadership council of Games for Change, and a board member of the Hadassah Brandeis Gender Research Institute.
Yael also held the position of Independent Visiting Scholar in the Gender Studies Department of the University of Southern California where she created and taught Spy Novel Diplomacy - a groundbreaking class that examines the role of gender in espionage, intelligence gathering and propaganda. A native Angeleno, Yael was a freelance photojournalist based in Los Angeles for over twenty years, shooting for United Press International, the Associated Press, and the Los Angeles Times, where she was a part of the Pulitzer Prize winning teams for the Los Angeles Riots in 1992 and the Northridge Earthquake of 1994. In summer of 1994, Yael went to Somalia, Southern Sudan, and Rwanda for International Medical Corps, to document the reestablishing of the medical infrastructure in those war-torn countries. Yael also writes fiction, including the cinematic script for Activision’s best selling video game, “True Crime: Streets of LA”.
This episode of PopHealth Week features Caitlin Donovan, Global Head of Uber Health. The Uber Health platform 'helps improve patient care by enabling healthcare organizations to arrange rides and services on behalf of others by using a centralized, easy-to-use dashboard or an API'.
We discuss their role in the healthcare industry, the January 1st, 2024 nationwide launch of their new program and need for select channel partner participation.
Being a relatively new player into the emerging transporation needs space, their platform enables innovative solutions to address patients’ needs with the technical processes they already know and manage well. Consistent their 'legacy' service, Uber Health counts on independent contractors to transport patients or deliver medications to them, an option that can benefit people like seniors, patients with complex chronic conditions, and employees who work for self-insured employers.
Caitlin also discusses Uber Health’s approach to overcoming care barriers and addressing patients’ social determinants of health by designing benefits for them and aligning incentives across healthcare. She also speaks about the three different ways they help employers facilitate access to care for their employees, and why it’s important to scale solutions while still meeting individual needs.
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On today's episode of PopHealth Week, our guests are:Caitlin Donovon, Global Head, Uber Health, Rick Leach, JD, an Expert in Food Security and Public Health, Founder and former CEO, World Food Program, USA and current Chairman of the Food as Medicine Board at Avesis, LLC, and Benny DiCecca, CEO and President, Validation Institute. We discuss the role of certification of programs from an impact and efficacy point of view.
This special edition of PopHealth Week was recorded live from the Michael J. Fox Foundation 2023 Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI) Annual Meeting, our guests are Ronald B. Postuma, MD, MSc, Professor at McGill University and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre and Alastair Noyce, MRCP, PhD, Consultant Neurologist at Queen Mary University of London, Barts Health NHS Trust.The landmark Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI) study has built the most robust data and biospecimen library in Parkinson's research history. It is a cornerstone of our growing understanding of Parkinson's pathology and clinical experience and has heavily influenced emerging clinical trials.We discuss recent developments in the race to detect, treat and optimally cure Parkinson's Disease. The interview was conducted live at the recently concluded Michael J Fox Foundation's Annnual gathering in New York.PopHealth Week is produced by PopUp Studios dot Productions. a service of Health Innovation Media, streaming LIVE and sydicated on demand by HealthcareNOW Radio5:30am, 1:30pm and 9:30pm Eastern via all major podcasting platforms including iTunes, Google Play, Amazon and Spotify/Anchor FM.==##==
On today's episode, our guest is Harvey Castro, MD, MBA, FACEP, author, writer, 'go-to' medical media expert & speaker. Follow on twitter & Instagram via @HarveycastroMD.Dr. Castro is the author of 'Bing Copilot and Other LLM: Revolutionizing Healthcare With AI' and 'ChatGPT and Healthcare: The Key To New Future of Medicine'. He is a critically acclaimed author, writer, and sought-after medical media expert & speaker who shares his experiences and knowledge nationally and locally in the Dallas/Fort Worth areas. A board certified emergency medicine physician and healthcare leader Dr. Castro thrives on motivating teams by providing the most technologically advanced healthcare services to local and outlying communities throughout the state of Texas. His passion is in balancing innovative healthcare approaches with individualized patient care, believing in building sincere trust with patients, doctors, staff, and community leaders by displaying unwavering compassion, care, and understanding.==##==
In this episode of PopHealth Week, hosts Fred and Gregg are joined by Reyn Archer MD, a legislative and policy expert in public health and international diplomacy, and Jaime Bland DNP, the President & CEO of CyncHealth. Dr. Archer has extensive experience in public health, having served as Chief of Staff for a member of the House Appropriations Committee and Commissioner of Health at the Texas Department of Health among many other leadership roles both consulting and operations. CyncHealth is a 501(c)(3) organization founded in 2008 with a mission to help providers in Nebraska exchange healthcare data and provide holistic care to patients.During the episode, the guests discuss the novel concept of health savings accounts at the community level, which incentivizes typically underserved areas to take ownership of their health plan and outcomes. The guests also explore the role of information technology in promoting health equity and reducing disparities.The use of technology in healthcare can help to address disparities by providing access to information and resources that were previously unavailable to underserved populations. Additionally, by enabling providers to exchange health data, patients receive more comprehensive care, and providers can make more informed treatment decisions.Overall, the episode highlights the importance of empowering communities to take an active role in their healthcare and leveraging technology to promote health equity and reduce disparities.==##==
On today's 3rd and final episode, our guest is Cameron Lewellen, Director of Healthcare ISVs (independent software vendors) & Alliance Partners at VMware, a leading provider of multi-cloud services for all applications. We discuss innovation enabling health systems and other operators to improve their engagement platforms, the continued refinement of digital health tools enabling retail operators to better position themselves into legacy healthcare via value based care and consumer oriented, population based, whole person friendly system archeticture, Cameron leads enterprise development efforts to build strategic relationships with key mission-critical business application partners that further drive VMware's growth into the Healthcare domain. He cultivates new and expands existing partnerships that drive net new revenues across sell to, buy from, sell with, sell through and sell against motions with an assigned set of partners via executable business plans with strong governance and measures of success.Director of Healthcare ISVs (independent software vendors) & Alliance Partners
On today's episode of PopHealth Week, co-hosts Fred Goldstein and Gregg Masters welcome Enrique Estrada, Senior Director of Healthcare Solutions for VMware, a leading provider of multi-cloud services for all applications. Enrique weighs in on the qualities and characteristics that enable digital store fronts to potentially position retail footprints as 'medical homes' or health hubs (generically speaking) that mimic intergrated delivery systems (IDNs),==##==
On today's episode of PopHealth Week on HealthcareNOW Radio, our guests are Thomas E. Dobbs, MD, Dean of the John D. Bower School of Population Health, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, and Melissa R. Stephens, MD, Associate Dean of GME and Population Health and Professor of Clinical Sciences at the William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine. We discuss the intersection of population health with public health and the potential for systemic relief afforded by better alignement of public health 'infrastructure' with health system, health plan or risk bearing medical groups or physician networks as sponors of population health initiatives. We also address the value add of the John D, Bower School of Population Health for clinicians who are expanding their interest in population level outcomes.In addition to his role as Dean, Dr. Dobbs serves as the executive director of the Myrlie Evers-Williams Institute for the Elimination of Health Disparities. He has a clinical position within the Division of Infectious Disease, working specifically in the fields of HIV and sexually transmitted infections with a focus on the intersection of disease and the social determinants of health.Dr. Dobbs has a long career working at the crossroads of clinical medicine and public health as a physician, researcher and public health leader. He has held numerous leadership roles within the Mississippi State Department of Health including State Epidemiologist and State Health Officer (a role through which he directed the state's response to the COVID pandemic). As State Health Officer, Dr. Dobbs focused the agency on addressing the numerous health inequities that plague the state. Additionally, he has worked in leadership roles in the fight against diseases such as HIV and tuberculosis.==##==
On today's episode of PopHealth Week, co-hosts Fred Goldstein and Gregg Masters welcome Enrique Estrada, Senior Director of Healthcare Solutions for VMware, a leading provider of multi-cloud services for all applications. Enrique weighs in on the qualities and characteristics that enable digital store fronts to potentially position retail footprints as 'medical homes' or health hubs (generically speaking) that mimic intergrated delivery systems (IDNs),
On a special edition of PopHealth Week, co-hosts Gregg and Fred weigh in on select topline takeways from the 41st JP Morgan Healthcare Conference. In addition to topline takeaways, they discuss current state of population health management and key innovation themes likely to drive the 2023 narrative. ==##==
On today's episode of PopHealth Week, our guest is Amelia Bedri, MHSA,Content Engineer & Policy Development Manager at NCQA (the National Committee on Quality Assurance). Serving as the subject matter expert for NCQA's Health Equity Accreditation programs, Amelia leads the development cycle and maintainence of the the core knowledge of the health care industry and regulatory environment to enhance NCQA's 'Standards and Guidelines'. She provides policy expertise to internal teams and external stakeholders including CMS, state Medicaid agencies, managed care organizations, and care delivery organizations. We discuss the role of NCQA in advancing health equity via their traditional audience, health plans, and preview the accrediting entity's role in the health system or provider markerplace. ==##==
This episode of PopHealth Week, with hostFred Goldstein and executive provducer, Gregg Masters features a conversation with colleague and host of 'The Incrementalist' on HealthcareNOW Radio, Nick van Terheyden MD aka 'Dr. Nick'.
We discuss the current state of the clinical trials industry including key headwinds, tailwinds and near term prospects to accelerate benck to beside innovation in the therapeutics space.
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On today's episode of PopHealth Week, our guest is industry veteran Seth Serxner, PhD, MPH, the Chief Health Officer for Edlogics a digital communications and engagement company dedicated to improving health literacy and empowering individuals to make better healthcare decisions.
Dr. Serxner brings an extensive background in health literacy, public health, population health management, health equity, and well-being. We discuss Dr Serxner's career trajectory and the current state of the population health industry including key headwinds, tailwinds and near term prospects to meaningfully impact key healthcare challenges.
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On today's episode of PopHealth Week our guest is Eddie Martucci PhD, co-founder & CEO of Akili Interactive a company getting to the root of cognitive impairment by creating personalized digital therapeutics engineered to directly improve cognitive impairments.
Akili's medicines look and feel like high-end interactive action video games but, unlike typical video games, they are informed by decades of neuroscience research and built with proprietary technology developed to target and treat cognitive impairments at their specific sources in the brain.
We discuss the Akili's vision, mission and progress as well as the first FDA authorized prescription video game treatment for cognitive impairments in patients with conditions including ADHD, multiple sclerosis, depression, autism and COVID brain fog.
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On today's episode of PopHealth Week our guest making an encore appearance is Leandro Mena MD MPHdirector Division of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Prevention in the CDC’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, where he manages the implementation and evaluation of CDC-supported sexually transmitted infections prevention programs in the United States.
Dr. Mena is also founding chair of the Department of Population Health Science at the University of Mississippi Medical Center John D. Bower School of Population Health and serves as Professor of Population Health Science and Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases; and directs the Center for HIV/AIDS Research, Education & Policy at the Myrlie Evers-Williams Institute for Elimination of Health Disparities.
We discuss the division's mission and progress as well as the national trends in STDs and likely impact of the pandemic on public health.Do follow Dr. Mena and CDC's work via www.cdc.gov/std and on Twitter via @CDCSTD.
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Today's episode features Dr. Sean Gregory, Vice President, Health Economics and Market Access for Cognito Therapeutics a company developing a novel device-based approach to treating Alzheimer’s disease. We discuss the innovative nature of their device, the results to date and emerging signals in neuroscience research for a range of neurodegenerative disorders including parkinson's disease and MS.
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This episode of PopHealth Week features Caroline Yang, MD. Dr. Yang is an attending hospitalist physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Home Hospital Program. She is interested in the intersection between healthcare and policy, business, and innovation. Her academic background is in neuroscience and entrepreneurship & management (Johns Hopkins University), with extensive leadership and research experience. Her interests include intergrating medical, political, and business capacities to ultimately improve patient outcomes and care delivery, reduce costs, and innovate better solutions. We discuss the continued trend towards higher acuity in home hospital services, the range of patients and services provided and screening criteria for elignbility.
This episode of PopHealth Week, our guest is: John Casillas, founder & Executive Director of Global RIse, a non profit that works with "indigenous tribes who are passionate about rising above disease and poverty, GlobalRise harnesses the power of good nutrition, culture, technology and food systems to transform the lives of orphans, families and communities building “Digital Food Systems” in Subsaharan Africa, India and Guatemala, while providing a platform of hope for extremely poor communities to tackle disease, poverty, climate change and other critical themes."
On today's episode of PopHealth Week, our guest is arguably the 'father' of population health David Nash MD MBA, founding dean emeritus of the College of Population Health at Jefferson University,
Fred Goldstein and Gregg Masters engage Dr. Nash in his new book 'How COVID Crashed the System'. We discuss the propsects for healthcare transformation and identify reasons for both optimism and concern.
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On today's episode of PopHealth Week, our guest is: Mark Clements MD PhD, Chief Medical Officer of market leading Glooko, Inc, a digital health platform supporting real time diabates management..
In addition to his role at Glooko, Dr. Clements is also a clinical researcher of new diabetes treatments and technologies, having served as a principal investigator or co-investigator in more than 30 clinical studies and patient registries.
We discuss the impact of diabetes on the nation's public health and how a digital platform can enable the behavior change required for mitigation and management of this chronic condition, Do follow his work on Twitter via @DrDrMark and @GlookoInc respectively and on the web via www.glooko,com.
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On today's episode, our guest is: Prashant Natarajan, Vice President at H20.ai. Prashant is a seasoned global tech entrepreneur tasked with strategy and product-led growth at H20.ai, he is a best-selling author with his most recent release of “Demystifying AI for the Enterprise”, and also serves as co-faculty at Stanford Medicine. We discuss the growing body of AI and machine learning applications (both administrative and clinical) integrating #health #data, via #analytics driving value in the #insurance, #infomatics and clinical operations via #AI. Do follow his work on Twitter via @natarpr and @h2oai, respectively and on the web via www.h20.ai.
On PopHealth Week, our guest is Oraida Roman, vice president of value-based strategies for Humana. She leads the organizational advancement of innovative payment models that enable Humana to support providers as population health managers in value-based care relationships.
The value-based strategies organization develops, supports and deploys the best programs, practices and capabilities that assist Humana’s provider partners and internal customers to successfully achieve enterprise value-based goals.
Ms. Roman’s career with Humana spans more than 20 years. She has held various management roles, including regional president, director of operations and director of provider contracting. Prior to being vice president for Humana, Ms. Roman worked for several years with DaVita Medical Group as COO of the Florida market and market president for Colorado.
She holds a master’s degree in health administration from University of South Florida and an undergraduate degree in biology from Florida State University. Do follow Humana's work on Twitter via @Humana and on the web via www.humana.com
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On PopHealth Week, our guests are Weill Cornell Medicine faculty: Dr. Louis Aronne and Dr. Katherine Saunders, co-founders of Intellihealth, a company fighting the global obesity epidemic.
They also host the podcast Weight Matters. Louis J. Aronne, MD, FACP is the Director, Comprehensive Weight Control Center,Weill Cornell Medicine and Past Chairman, American Board of Obesity Medicine. Katherine H. Saunders, MD, DABOM is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and an Assistant Attending Physician at New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
Do follow their work on Twitter via @ljaronne and @Intellihealth1 and on the web at Comptehensive Weight Control Center or atIntellihealth.
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On this episode of PopHealth Week Fred and Gregg chat with Linda K. Riddell, MS, Vice President Strategic Initiatives - Validation Institute an independent 3rd party that peer reviews outcome measures for member companies. An epidemiologist, specializing in poverty and social-economic status issues and founder of 'Gettin' By'.
Riddell dedicates her career to helping clients measure, understand, and improve health especially for low-income and disadvantaged people. Riddell is the Chief Data Scientist for the Validation Institute. In this capacity, she works with a wide range of health and wellness program vendors to measure their results. The Institute seeks to promote cost-effective, successful, high-impact programs and, in turn, make everyone’s health care dollars go further.
Linda is also the founder of Health Economy, LLC, focusing on health policy and health data analysis. Her clients range from state governments to private insurers to start-up technology companies. Linda is a population health scientist, poverty educator and independent validator with 30 years’ experience in health care, public and private health insurance, and health policy.
She specializes in measuring outcomes for health and wellness programs, such as coaching, behavior incentives, and novel interventions. We discuss the effects of scarcity on our brains, Linda created a unique, experiential game in 2018 where players experience for themselves the brain changes that occur in poverty. Gettin' By is meant for people whose work affects those in poverty -- such as teachers, legislators, and medical care providers.
After playing the game, participants learn about how poverty changes the brain and how they can take this into account in their work.
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On today’s show our guest is Atul Deodhar, MD, Professor of Medicine and Medical Director of rheumatology clinics in the Division of Arthritis & Rheumatic Diseases at Oregon Health & Science University.
This is the second in a two part series unbundling research insights and treatment innovation recapping key takeaways from The American College of Rheumatologists (ACR) Convergence, 2021, the world’s premier rheumatology experience, which took place online on Nov. 5-9, 2021. The event showcased the latest updates in rheumatology research, including treatments, basic and clinical science, and more. More information can be found at https://acr21amcp.amcpmeetings.org/
For more information on the AMCP Podcast Series Powered by PopHealth Week, go to www.amcp.org/podcast
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On today’s show our guest is Atul Deodhar, MD, Professor of Medicine and Medical Director of rheumatology clinics in the Division of Arthritis & Rheumatic Diseases at Oregon Health & Science University.
We discuss key takeaways from The American College of Rheumatologists (ACR) Convergence, 2021, the world’s premier rheumatology experience, which took place online on Nov. 5-9, 2021. The event showcased the latest updates in rheumatology research, including treatments, basic and clinical science, and more. More information can be found at https://acr21amcp.amcpmeetings.org/
For more information on the AMCP Podcast Series Powered by PopHealth Week, go to www.amcp.org/podcast
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On today’s show our guest is Atul Deodhar, MD, Professor of Medicine and Medical Director of rheumatology clinics in the Division of Arthritis & Rheumatic Diseases at Oregon Health & Science University.
We discuss key takeaways from The American College of Rheumatologists (ACR) Convergence, 2021, the world’s premier rheumatology experience, which took place online on Nov. 5-9, 2021. The event showcased the latest updates in rheumatology research, including treatments, basic and clinical science, and more. More information can be found at https://acr21amcp.amcpmeetings.org/
For more information on the AMCP Podcast Series Powered by PopHealth Week, go to www.amcp.org/podcast
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This week on PopHealth Week Fred and Gregg chat with Amy Price PhD, a Stanford, Senior Research Scientist, Anesthesia Informatics and Media Lab. Dr. Price's background is in international relief work, clinical neuro--cognitive rehabilitation, and includes service on the boards of multiple patient organizations. As a trauma survivor she's developed a flexible mindset to relate to all stakeholders and cultures. This week's episode we discuss the patient's voice in reseach, product development, the human experience and how vulnerabilty is a gateway to healing and progress.
PopHealth Week (@PopHealthWeek) is brought to you by Health Innovation Media and candidly explores population health management strategies sourced from leadership at health systems, physician enterprises, legacy and provider sponsored health plans, regulators and aligned vendor/supplier ecosystem with indusrty veteran hosts Fred Goldstein MS and Gregg Masters, MPH. This week's episode features patient engagement with Abner Mason @AbnerMason, Founder and CEO, ConsejoSano Health @ConsejoSano_US, a digitally empowered patient engagement initiative focused on promoting health equity and reducing healthcare outcomes disparities. Before creating ConsejoSano, Abner was Founder and CEO for the Workplace Wellness Council of Mexico, now the leading corporate wellness company in Mexico.From 2003-2008, Abner was founder and Executive Director of AIDS Responsibility Project, leading efforts to create CONAES and JaBCHA, the first business councils on HIV/AIDS in Mexico and Jamaica.He previously served as a member of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) where he was Chairman of the International Committee. Abner also worked as an Associate Consultant for Bain & Company. Abner is a graduate of Harvard.
PopHealth Week (@PopHealthWeek) is brought to you by Health Innovation Media and discusses population health strategies for providers with your hosts Gregg Masters and Fred Goldstein.
This week meet Joseph Webb, D.Sc., MSHA, FACHE, the chief executive officer of Nashville General Hospital, a 150-bed academic system with more than 22 clinics. Nashville General is proud to serve as the teaching hospital of the historic Meharry Medical College. Tune in to hear their discussion on the role of safety net hosptials in a market heavily dominated by both for profit and non-profit health systems that primarily serves underserved commubities. Dr. Webb weighs in on the pandemic and value proposition of academic medical centers in the overall healthcare ecosystem.
Since joining the hospital in 2015, Dr. Webb has successfully led efforts to improve patient outcomes, enhance the patient experience and grow revenues. During his tenure, Nashville General has earned multiple accreditations from its evidence-based measures and practices that provide quality healthcare. These include The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval accreditation, NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home accreditation, the NCQA Diabetes Recognition Program and Silver-Level recognition by the Commission on Cancer for Nashville General’s Dr. Robert E. Hardy Cancer Center. The hospital also has increased its revenue sources through expanded healthcare services and launched initiatives to attract new commercially insured patients. These efforts ensure that every patient, regardless of their ability to pay, receives high-quality care at Nashville General Hospital.
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This week's episode guest is digital health thought leader, author and national speaker Douglas Goldstein (@eFuturist). Tune in to hear their discussion on real time healthcare, trends in digital healthcare, the integration of wearables into active health maintenance strategies, and whether digital health tools and platforms can reduce aggregate healthcare spend while improving outcomes and driving health equity through greater access.
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PopHealth Week (@PopHealthWeek) is brought to you by Health Innovation Media and discusses population health strategies for providers with your hosts Fred Goldstein & Gregg Masters. On this episode their colleague Nick van Terheyden MD aka 'Dr Nick' (@DrNic1) joins them for a quarterly update on the pandemic.
Tune in to hear their discussion on a wide range of topics from vaccine boosters, to a growing portfolio of therapeutics to potential 'lessons learned' from widespread disruption in the healthcare and financing sectors and the hope for health system reform & possible alignment of acute health system with #publichealth infrastructure and policy.
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On today's show, our guest is Caitlyn Tung, a 4th year student at the University of Washington (UW) School of Pharmacy. Caitlyn received her undergraduate degree in biochemistry at UW, as well as a dual-degree MBA.
She has experience as a market analyst for a small consulting firm whose clients are smaller biotech companies.
Caitlyn was also the AMCP Foundation/Pfizer Manager Care Summer intern at Cigna and Pfizer this past summer, where she learned a lot about the pharmaceutical industry and managed care.
We discuss the role of analytics to improve the quality of care and outcomes for diabetic populations, her career trajectory and the attractive role of the pharmacist innovating in the managed care space.
For more information or to learn more about school of pharmacy at UW, go to www.sop.washington.edu or follow on twitter via @UW_Pharmacy
TheAMCP Podcast Series powered by PopHealth Week (@PopHealthWeek) discusses population health strategies for providers with your hosts Fred Goldstein and Gregg Masters. This week we discuss the 'digital therapeutics' space, a fascinating and rapidly growing area of medicine that will undoubtedly become increasingly relevant in the digital age.
Our guests include: Patrick Gleason, PharmD, FCCP, FAMCP, BCPS, Assitant, VP for Health Outcomes and Nick Friedlander, PharmD, Clinical Programs Pharmacist, Health Outcomes at Prime Therapeutics.
A PBM, Prime Therapeutics launched in 1998 by two Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans, Prime has grown steadily. Prime partners with 19 Blue Plan owner clients. This unique ownership structure makes it possible for Prime to remain absolutely committed to the health of the members served. Prime manages pharmacy benefits for nearly 33 million members through our relationships with health plans, employers, and government programs, including Medicare and Medicaid.
Dr. Pat Gleason leads Prime’s clinical health outcomes assessment team in developing and improving pharmacy benefit management programs. Through integrated medical and pharmacy claims data analysis, he assesses clinical program opportunities and post-implementation outcomes. In addition, he negotiates and fulfills pharmaceutical manufacturer value-based purchasing agreements.
Dr. Nick Friedlander is a clinical programs pharmacist in the Health Outcomes division of Prime Therapeutics. He completed my PGY-1 managed care residency with Prime earlier this year and gained exposure to the realm of digital therapeutics as Prime developed a digital strategy designed to improve member outcomes and deliver quality care through novel channels.
Our guest today is Colin Hung Chief Marketing Officer & Editor @HealthcareScene. Colin also serves as co-moderator of the popular tweetchat Healthcare Leaders aka #hcldr
Colin Hung has enjoyed a 20 year career in software and information technology, the last 10 years in the healthcare IT industry.
He has helped to design and launch over a dozen health and healthcare related products including solutions for: infection control, risk management, claims processing, electronic health records, performance improvement, patient feedback and patient engagement.
Colin lives and works in his hometown of Toronto, Ontario, Canada and is actively involved in the healthcare community. He not only hosts #hcldr, but is also a regular participant in #hcsmca and #HITsm tweetchats. As well, Colin is a member of Hacking Health, an organization dedicated to improving healthcare through collaborative innovation.
He is a registered Professional Engineer in the province of Ontario and is passionate about improving healthcare.
On today's episode of PopHealth Week our guest is Scott Haas, Sr. Vice President of Integrated Healthcare Metrics at Wells Fargo Insurance Services USA, Inc.
We discuss innovation in the employee health benefits space and the vital role of primary care to advance the interests of the triple aim especially countering the legacy incentives of fee-for-service motivated specialists as agents of the 'heads in beds'model of most U.S. health systems - with some IDN exceptions embracing capitation of value based care models.
Scott earned a B.S. in business administration and economics from the University of Nebraska at Kearny. He holds Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) and Registered Health Underwriter (RHU) designations.
Scott has over 30 years of employee benefits experience developing and validating acute and chronic care management programs; prescription benefit management (PBM) solutions; provider network evaluation, valuation, and negotiation; and underwriting.
Scott started and operationalized a Third-Party-Administrator (TPA) and a PBM platform from scratch and has worked in the arena of alternative funding for the majority of his career.
He has held officer-level positions within Blues plans and TPAs as Vice President of Sales and Marketing; Vice President of Underwriting; and President.
Scott also served as trustee for both union and non-union health and welfare and pension plans and frequently shares his consulting expertise speaking at national events hosted by the International Foundation of Employee Benefits; Health and Welfare Plan Management Conference; Western Pension and Benefits Council; and the Self-Insurance Institute of America.
For more information or to follow Scott's work go to www.usi.com/
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On today's episode of PopHealth Week our guest is Michael Abramsco-founder and Managing Partner of Numerof & Associates a consulting firm that notes: 'For more than 25 years, Numerof’s rigorous, structured approach has solved complex strategic and operational problems for clients in industries in transition.'
We discuss key take aways of their recent report titled:"State of Population Health: The 6th Annnual Numerof Survey Report'.The report measures sentiment from c-suite executives including physician organizations or medical groups and health system executives nationwide.
The report reveals minimal progress towards embracing the riskof implementing a population based strategy.
Over the last 25 years Michael has built a portfolio of strategy and business performance successes as an internal and external consultant to Fortune 500 corporations. Leveraging the corporate management experience he acquired prior to founding Numerof, Michael has shaped the development of Numerof’s approach, including the firm’s emphasis on innovative and realistic strategies for changing markets, as well as rigor in managing the complex change necessary for improving organizational performance.
Michael completed his doctoral work in business policy at St. Louis University and received his MA degree from George Washington University in Washington, DC. He co-authored Bringing Value to Healthcare: Practical Steps for Getting to a Market-Based Model, and his articles have appeared in more than a dozen leading business journals.
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This week another special edition of PopHealth Week recorded live in the HealthcareNOW Radio studio booth at HIMSS 2021 in Las Vegas, our guest is George Valentine, Executive Director, Cox Communications. We discuss digital solutions for health systems and related healthcare enterprises.
Cox Communications is committed to creating meaningful moments of human connection through technology. The largest private broadband company in America, we proudly serve six and a half million homes and businesses across 18 states. Cox Communications is dedicated to empowering others to build a better future and celebrate diverse products, people, suppliers, communities and the characteristics that make each one unique. Cox Communications is the largest division of Cox Enterprises, a family-owned business founded in1898 by Governor James M. Cox.
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This week another special edition of PopHealth Week recorded live in the HealthcareNOW Radio studio booth at HIMSS 2021 in Las Vegas, our guest is Ardy Arianpour co-founder & CEO @Seqster.
Seqster was founded on the vision of a world where individuals own and truly understand all of their health data. Seqster believes that combining multiple data types such as electronic health record (EHR), genetic, and fitness data in one secure place is the key to unlocking optimal health and wealth.
In this episode, we discuss Seqster's health data management platform which is capable of aggregating, standardizing. amd harmonizing all of your health data along with allowing you to share on your terms.
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On this special edition of PopHealth Week recorded LIVE in the HealthcareNOW Radio studio produced by Health Innovation Media our guest is Vik Krishnan,General Manager, Intrado Digital Workflows (a Life & Safety business) at Intrado.
A results-oriented, collaborative leader Vik's major focus is on unlocking value (revenue acceleration, profitability) at large companies through management of special programs, and advising private equity investors on deal acquisition. Commercially-focused with sales experience. Experience leading consultant (BCG, Bain & Co.) and client teams. Track record of success in commercial and general management roles in lean environments.
In this interview on PopHealth, Intrado's Digital Workflows General Manager details why large healthcare organizations are lagging on adopting patient engagement as an outcomes and revenue generating tool. Vik dives into on point solution vs platforms and explains the value of EHR integrated solutions that leverage augmented AI.
For more information on Intrado' patient engagement solutions, go to www.intrado.com and do follow on twitter via @IntradoHealth.
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On this episode of PopHealth Week our guest is Tatyana Kanzaveli who's making an encore appearance. Tatyana Kanzaveli is the founder and CEO of Open Health Network, a technology company focused on AI and Blockchain applications in Digital Health including the deployment of private labeled chatbot platforms.
Tatyana's career spans coding and programming to senior executive roles at nameplate companies and consulting firms, including founder and CEO in the startup space. During her 20 year career, she's been recognized as a thought leader and mentor for her ability to guide Fortune 500 through a range of business challenges.
She is a mentor at 500Startups and Richard Branson Entrepreneurs Centre and serves on boards for private companies. She also is licensee and organizer of highly notable TEDxBayArea conferences, she is a frequent speaker at US and International conferences on innovation, entrepreneurship and digital health.
For more information on Open Health Network follow on twitter via @glfceo and @OpenHealthH respectively. And, to learn more about Open Health's Constant Care platform, go to www.openhealth.cc
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On today's show our guests are David Carmouche, MD, President of the Ochsner Health Network and Executive Vice President of Value-Based Care & Network Operations for Ochsner Health and Josh M. Berlin, JD, Chief Executive Officer of rule of three, LLC, a strategic healthcare advisory firm.
A seasoned executive, Dr. Carmouche brings more than 25 years of experience in healthcare, including the delivery of care and leadership of innovative healthcare organizations across Louisiana’s healthcare landscape – Ochsner Health, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana, and The Baton Rouge Clinic. He is a recognized visionary leader in the arenas of health care delivery, population health, and payor systems with a keen focus on both patient care and outcome metrics. He currently serves as the Board President for the Consortium for Southeastern Healthcare Quality (COSEHQ), a regional quality improvement and practice transformation collaborative.
Josh brings more than 20 years of experience, most of which has been in healthcare advisory/consulting, to his clients. Most recently, he has served as Principal and Co-Practice Leader of Citrin Cooperman’s Healthcare Practice and Managing Partner for IBM Watson Health’s Strategic Advisory Practice, leading a unique group of consultants in each instance to serve clients across the full healthcare ecosystem (Providers, Payers, Employers, Governments, Advocacy, etc.).
For more information on Ochsner Health go to www.Ochsner.org or follow on twitter via @CarmoucheMD and @OchsnerHealth respectively. And to contact Josh at Rule of 3 LLC, go to www.ro3llc.com
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On today's episode of PopHealth Week our guest making an encore appearance is Kaveh Safavi, MD, JD, senior managing director at Accenture where he is responsible for leading, developing and driving a growth strategy that differentiates Accenture’s offerings for providers, health insurers, and public and private health systems across the globe.
A seasoned executive, Dr. Safavi brings more than three decades of leadership experience to Accenture Health. Prior to joining Accenture in 2011, Dr. Safavi led Cisco’s global healthcare practice. Before that he was chief medical officer of Thomson Reuters’ health business, vice president of medical affairs at United Healthcare, and had leadership roles at HealthSpring and Humana. Among his many accomplishments was establishing one of the Midwest’s first electronic-health-record-enabled primary care practices.
For more information on Accenture go to www.accenture.com or follow on twitter via @DrKavehSafavi and @AccentureHealth respectively.
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This episode of the AMCP Podcast Series powered by PopHealth Week features April Armstrong, MD, MPH.
Health care expert Fred Goldstein of AMCP Podcast Powered by PopHealth Week sits down with Dr. April Armstrong to discuss psoriasis, a chronic and systemic inflammatory skin disease affecting children as well as adults and the tremendous impact on their physical and mental impact on quality of life. Dr. Armstrong is a general dermatologist with a focus on inflammatory skin diseases, and those include psoriasis and atopic dermatitis. She also treats patients with hidradenitis suppurativa, conducts research, and specifically looks at some of the systemic therapies and how they impact patients with inflammatory skin diseases.
Dr. Armstrong is Professor of Dermatology and Associate Dean at the University of Southern California (USC). She also serves as Vice Chair in the dermatology department and heads the psoriasis program at USC.
Dr. Armstrong obtained her medical degree from Harvard Medical School and completed dermatology residency at Harvard. She also obtained a Master of Public Health degree from Harvard School of Public Health. Prior to joining faculty at the University of Southern California, Dr. Armstrong was Vice Chair at the University of California Davis in Sacramento and later at the University of Colorado in Denver.
This episode is sponsored by UCB Pharmaceuticals.
For more information on UCB Pharmaceuticals go to www.ucb-usa.com and do visit the AMCP Podcast Series powered by PopHealth Week, at www.AMCP.org/podcast
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On today's show our guests are Hamilton Baiden President, Heritage Health Solutions, and Rich Jones, MA, MBA, LCAS, SAP, Executive VP Heritage Health Solutions & the Executive Director of Heritage CARES.
Heritage Health Solutions is an Integrated Health Care Management company providing a curated network of healthcare and pharmacy management services to improve patient care and reduce costs.
Heritage CARES is a confidential and evidence-based virtual program for substance misuse and suicide prevention and intervention.
For more information on Heritage's services go to www.heritagehealthsolutions.com/ or follow on twitter via @HeritageOrg.
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Today's show is a special edition of PopHealth Week where Fred Goldstein is the subject matter expert 'in the box' and it is my privilege and opportunity to extract key insights from his considerable experience in the space.
For more information Fred's work go to www.accountablehealthllc.com or follow him on twitter via @fsgoldstein.
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If you're in the market for private label thought leadership branded podcasts or video content whether streaming or on demand that amplifies your company, organization or enterprise value proposition, do ping me via gregg@healthinnovationmedia.com and follow me on twitter via @greggmastersmph.
And check out the recent launch of The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy or AMCP Podcast Series powered by PopHealth Week at www.amcp.org/podcast with introduction by Susan Cantrell, its Chief Executive Officer.
On today's show our guest is Ceci Connolly, President & CEO at the Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP), the "voice of America’s top-quality, nonprofit, community-based health plans. We advocate for policies and industry reforms that enhance the health of communities across the nation."
Ceci's expertise is in Federal Health Policy, Congress, Not-For-Profit Health Companies, Value-Based Design, Healthcare Costs, Payer-Provider Partnerships, and Women’s Leadership. She is the co-author of Landmark: America’s New Health-Care Law and What It Means for Us All and previously worked at the McKinsey Center for Health Reform and PwC’s Health Research Institute.
CECI is also a founding member of Women of Impact and a former Board member of Whitman-Walker Health.
For more information on Ceci and ACHP's work go to www.achp.org or follow on twitter via @CeciConnolly and @_ACHP respectively.
If you're enjoying our work at PopHealth Week please subscribe to our channel on the Podcast platform of your choice and do follow us on twitter via @pophealthweek.
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On today's show our guest is Valerie Rogers,MPH Director, Government Relations for the Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
Prior to her role at HIMSS, Valerie worked on health system transformation and integration as the Senior Director of Integration at the Association of State & Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO). She also served as the Chief of Staff for the Baltimore City Health Department where she had oversight of the Department’s clinical information systems.
Prior to her time in Baltimore, Valerie also worked for the National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO) as the Director of Public Health Informatics. Valerie holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Hampton University (1997) and a Master’s degree in Public Health from Tulane University (2001).
For more information on Valerie's work go to www.himss.org or follow her on twitter via @VNRogers74 and @HIMSS respectively. HIMSS is holding its first in person gathering since the onset of the pandemic Monday August 9th to Friday August 13th 2021. For more information go to www.himssconference.org
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On today's show our guest is Denise Hines, who holds a Doctorate in Health Administration, is a certified, Project Management Professional and Fellow of the Healthcare Information Management System Society who serves as HIMSS Chief Americas Officer.
Dr. Denise Hines is an award-winning, nationally recognized expert in healthcare technology. She has more than two decades of healthcare experience in a variety of settings, including health systems, physician offices, home health, technology vendors, consulting, state government and revenue management.
Dr. Hines was named Chief Americas Officer for the Health Information & Management Systems Society (HIMSS) in January, 2019. She has been a member of the HIMSS Board of Directors and is the Chair Emeritus for HIMSS North America Board of Directors. She is the past president of the HIMSS Georgia Chapter and was recognized as the 2012 HIMSS Chapter Leader of the Year, with Georgia HIMSS named the 2012 Chapter of the Year.
On today's show our guest is Dr. Lindi Hayes, of Palomar Pomerado Health's Escondido Monoclonocal Antibody Regional Center otherwise known as MARC.
Dr. Hayes is an decorated emergency medicine physician achieving fellow status with the American College of Emergency Physicians, the American Association of Emergency Medicine and is certified by the American Board of Emegency Medicine.
For more information on the monoclonal antibody resource center at Palomar Pomerado Health go to www.palomarhealth.org and search for monoclonal antibody therapy or follow on twitter via @PalomarHealth
If you're enjoying our work at PopHealth Week please subscribe to our channel on the Podcast platform of your choice and do follow us on twitter via @pophealthweek.
On today's episode of PopHealth Week our guest is Leandro Mena, MD, MPH, a clinician-researcher and public health advocate with expertise in the prevention and clinical management of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and STD/HIV prevention research.
We explore the many layers of public health within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the many insights offered Dr. Mena reminds us that public health encompasses more than the lessons of the recent pandemic emphasizing the continued prevalence of STD/HIV threats, progress and prospects.
Dr. Mena is the founding chair of the department of population health science at the University of Mississippi Medical Center John D. Bower School of Population Health and Professor of Medicine in the division of Infectious Diseases, Directs the Center for HIV/AIDS Research, Education & Policy at the Myrlie Evers-Williams Institute for Elimination of Health Disparities, and serves as the STD Medical Director for the state of Mississippi.
On today's show our guest is Todd Vento, MD, MPH, FACP, FIDSA the Medical Director of Intermountain Connect (Specialty Care) an Infectious Diseases TeleHealth service at Intermountain Healthcare.
We discuss pandemic driven innovation in the virtual care space and the program footprint at Intermountain Healthcare.
Dr. Vento is an experienced medical director and physician with a demonstrated history of success at all levels of the healthcare system. Skilled in clinical medicine (Infectious Diseases/Internal Medicine), program development, healthcare leadership, population health, and medical education.
Dr. Vento holds a Master of Public Health (MPH) in Epidemiology and International Health from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. Dr. Vento is a retired Army Medical Officer with extensive operational experience, providing infectious diseases and public health expertise in support of military and civilian healthcare programs across five continents.
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On today's show our guest is Nicole BradberryChief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of the Florida Association of ACOs (FLAACOs). FLAACOs is the premier professional organization for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) throughout Florida which provides education and collaboration in the fee for value healthcare space.
We discuss ACOs, value based healthcare initiatives and emerging innovative models in the mental health space.
Nicole Bradberry is also the Co-Founder / Chief of Growth and Innovation Officer for Vinifera Health. Vinifera runs Mental Health Crisis and Urgent Care Centers with a focus on immediate access, quality care and the understanding that mental health and substance abuse drive significant health cost.
Prior to Vinifera, Nicole was the Founder and Managing Parter for Cura Health Management which creates and manages ACOs and other value-based healthcare entities. Cura Health was recently sold to Healthlynked where she still remains as an advisor. In addition she founded the Florida Association of ACOs (FLAACOs). FLAACOs is the premier professional organization for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) throughout Florida which provides education and collaboration in the fee for value healthcare space.
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On today's show our guest is Jason L. Salemi, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, at the University of South Florida, College of Public Health.
Dr. Salemi is a tenured Associate Professor with joint appointments in the at the University of South Florida College of Public Health and the Morsani College of Medicine. He also maintains adjunct faculty status at the Baylor College of Medicine.
Dr. Salemi has a demonstrated record of collaborative research, scholarly publication, teaching and advising, and participation in public health organizations and professional associations.
He's amassed a substantial and versatile proficiency in database development, data linkage, management, and analysis, program and systems evaluation, community engagement, and information dissemination.
Dr. Salemi is a passionate public health professional committed to solving problems and creating conditions that enable people to lead healthy, productive lives.
On this episode of PopHealth Week our guest is industy veteran consultant and innovator extraordinaire John Edelston, President & CEO of HealthPro Associates.
We dive into his 36 year plus career of leading strategic and granular innovation in managed healthcare more recently re-branded as a value based or high value healthcare. John's been at the table of a transaction or two perhaps most notably as co-founder of CareMore a fascinating history we explore in greater detail in this episode.
We discuss a range of topics and frame current day innovations in healthcare delivery and finance from ACOs to Medical Homes. Edelston describes in detail the birth of CareMore via acquisition and integration of several southern California IPAs and 'group practices without walls'.
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On this episode of PopHealth Weekour guest is Sharon Danks the Founder and Executive Director of Green Schoolyards America, a national nonprofit based in Berkeley, California. Green Schoolyards America’s mission is to inspire and enable communities to enrich their school grounds and use them to improve children’s wellbeing, learning and play while contributing to the ecological health and resilience of their cities.
Since 1999, her professional work and passion have focused on transforming school grounds into vibrant public spaces that reflect and enhance local ecology, engage the community, and nurture children as they learn and play. Her work is now focused on scaling up the green schoolyard movement and integrating school ground design, management and use with green urban infrastructure. An accomplished schoolyard designer, researcher and speaker, Sharon has traveled the world to study hundreds of school grounds and share best practices. She is the author of "Asphalt to Ecosystems: Design Ideas for Schoolyard Transformation" (New Village Press, 2010), and co-founder of the International School Grounds Alliance and Bay Tree Design. Sharon has served on California’s statewide Environmental Literacy Task Force, and was honored to become an Ashoka Fellow in 2017. She holds master’s degrees in landscape architecture and city planning from UC Berkeley, and a bachelor’s degree from Princeton University.
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On this episode of PopHealth Week our guest is Jean-Philippe Ayotte-Beaudet PhD.
Dr. Ayotte-Beaudet is a Professor at la Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada in le Département de l'enseignement au préscolaire et au primaire aka the Department of preschool and primary education.
He conducts research in Science Education. His interests include outdoor science, contextualization, learning transfer, students' interest, environmental education, elementary education, and secondary education.
We discuss a range of topics relevant to outdoor educational opportunities given systemic disruption of many activities of daily loving contrained by the COVID-19 pandemic and considerable attention focused on safe-reopening best practices.
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Our guest today on PopHealth Week is Nancy Brickhouse, PhD, Provost and Chief Academic Officer of Baylor University a tenured Professor of education and a nationally recognized scholar.
We discuss one major University's experience re-opening in the COVID-`9 pandemic and how University leaderhip leveraged their own resources to adapt and thrive under challenging circumtances.
Dr. Brickhouse oversees the University’s 12 colleges and schools, research enterprise, University Libraries, and centers and institutes.
She previously served as provost at Saint Louis University (SLU), a Jesuit research university with 8,000 undergraduate students and 6,000 graduate students at its main campus in St. Louis. During her tenure, she played a key role in repositioning SLU’s finance, operations, and academic endeavors to meet a rapidly changing higher education landscape.
Her time at SLU included the development of university-wide undergraduate learning outcomes and strengthened support for teaching quality. Dr. Brickhouse also initiated a robust portfolio of faculty development programs, including those designed to support female faculty and others historically underrepresented at the full professor rank and in academic leadership positions.
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On PopHealth Week our guest today making an encore appearance is Brian Klepper, PhD, a healthcare analyst, commentator and entrepreneur who relentlessly focuses his attention on health care market dynamics and the drivers of the cost crisis. He is Principal of Healthcare Performance, Inc. and Worksite Health Advisors, both specialized health benefits consulting firms connecting high performance, high impact health care organizations with organizational health care purchasers and health industry players. He is a former owner and Principal of a worksite clinic/medical risk management firm, and a former CEO of the National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH), representing 52 regional business health coalition and some 5,000 organizational health benefits purchasers.
Much of Brian’s work has focused on the mechanisms that underlie America’s healthcare cost crisis and how institutionalized clinical and business practices have distorted care and cost patterns, driving unnecessary cost. His perspective favors patients, whose medical care often exposes them to needless physical risk, and purchasers, whose health care costs are double those in other developed nations, creating a cascade of negative economic impacts.
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On today’s show our guest is our guest is Sri Ambati CEO & Founder of H2O.ai
H2O.ai is a visionary Silicon Valley open source software company that creates and reimagines what is possible. A company of makers that brought to market new platforms and technologies to drive the AI movement. H2O is the leading open source data science and machine learning platform used by nearly half of the Fortune 500 and trusted by over 18,000 organizations and hundreds of thousands of data scientists around the world.
H2O democratizes bigdata science and makes hadoop do math for better predictions. Prior to H20 Sri co-founded Platfora and was the Director of Engineering at DataStax. Before that he was Partner & Performance engineer at java multi-core startup, Azul Systems, tinkering with the entire ecosystem of enterprise apps at scale.
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On today’s show our guest is Benjamin Ryan, PhD, MPH, Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Environmemtal Science at Baylor University.
Dr. Ryan has experience working, researching and teaching in environmental health science, communicable and noncommunicable diseases, community resilience, humanitarian assistance and disaster risk reduction. He has led activities in these fields across the Indo-Pacific, Europe and North America. His field experience includes environmental health assessments in city and rural settings, responses to natural disasters and disease outbreaks, mass casualty incidents, failures of critical business functions, managing projects in Indigenous communities and facilitating delivery of health services to asylum seekers.
Dr. Ryan is a member of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine, World Health Organization Thematic Platform for Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management Research Network, National Environmental Health Association, Texas Environmental Health Association and the Structural Extreme Events Reconnaissance (StEER) Network.
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On PopHealth Week our guest is Tim Suther, Senior Vice President for Data Solutions at Change Healthcare.
Change Healthcare is a leading independent healthcare technology company, focused on insights, innovation and accelerating the transformation of the U.S. healthcare system.
Tim is responsible for the overall management, direction and leadership to the Data Solutions business, including its focus on inspiring a better healthcare system through the effective & responsible use of data & analytics.
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Our guest on PopHealth Week is Lisa Rawlins. Principal in the Seattle Office of Health Management Associates (HMA).
Lisa is a proven leader in numerous areas within the health care system including health policy, analytics, community strategy, government programs and the uninsured, and healthcare delivery development and redesign. She is also experienced and dedicated in the areas of healthcare information technology (HIT) advisory services as well as managed care, Medicaid market solutions, accreditation and public health.
She has extensive experience building, branding and implementing innovative approaches to healthcare delivery, quality, safety, health policy and consumerism. Her experience also includes work in advanced primary care systems, planned care coordination and proactive community health assurance initiatives, leading to meaningful engagement of technologies and consumer-centric, integrative health services for a wide variety of stakeholders.
Prior to joining HMA, Lisa co-founded Maury Rawlins Brown Public Affairs Group. In this role, she drafted legislation around Health and Human Services (HHS) interoperability, state enterprise data governance, telemedicine, and Certificate of Need. She also worked to identify primary legislative sponsors in the Florida Senate and House of Representatives and developed proposed rules and budgets across all areas of healthcare legislation.
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Our first guest is on the AMCP Podcast Series powered by PopHealth Week is Chris Jennings, former Obama Administration Deputy Assistant to the President for Health Policy, and current task force member of the Biden transition team focused on pandemic immunization strategy.
Chris is president of Jennings Policy Strategies, Inc., a nationally respected health care consulting firm committed to assisting foundations, purchasers, health systems and other aligned stakeholders develop policies to ensure higher quality, more affordable and sustainable health care.
Chris is an over three decades-long health policy veteran of the White House, the Congress and the private sector. In 2014, he departed from his second tour of duty in the White House where he served President Obama as Deputy Assistant to the President for Health Policy and Coordinator of Health Reform. He served in a similar capacity in the Clinton White House for nearly eight years.
On this episode of PopHealth Week our guest, making an encore appearance, is Tony Slonim, MD, DrPH the president and chief executive officer of Renown Health, a vertically integrated, non-profit regional referral health system serving the northern Nevada service area.
Dr. Slonim is a unique health system leader with training as a clinician (both pediatric and adult critical care medicine), in addition to his doctoral level training in public health. And prior to medical school Dr. Slonim’s clinical on-boarding included tenure serving as a staff nurse. Not your common background of a typical U.S. health system executive.
In this episode we put that unique lens on COVID-19 from four points of view: (1) patient (cancer survivor), (2) clinician, (3) administrator and (4) public health practitioner.
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Dr. Slonim lost his father to COVID-19 earlier this year.
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On PopHealth Week we discuss toplines in the COVID-19 pandemic.
On today's edition of our Covid-19 update series we dive a little deeper into some of the headlines from the COVID-19 dashboard to the current state of vaccine development and comment on the likely agenda of the soon to be installed Biden/Harris administration.
So first up is the U.S. COVID-19 dashboard where we've passed the grim milestone of 10.5 mil cases with death counts just shy of 1/4 million 240,857.
Most troubling is positivity rates and hospital admissions are all trending up putting health systems are at increased risk in terms of both capacity (beds) & staffing.
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On this episode of PopHealth Week we explore an area that may not be traditionally top of mind in a conversation focused on population health. Yet, dive a little deeper into the intersection between urban planning and health particularly mental health and culture and there's rich conversation to unbundle.
Today our guest is a talented musician, artist, academic and urban planner Michael Fichman, MCP Researcher and Lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design's Masters of Urban Spatial Analytics program.
Michael is a City Planner with experience in numerous forms of quantitative and qualitative research. He has consulting and research experience in geospatial analysis, predictive modeling, environmental planning, affordable housing development, transportation economics, strategic planning and surveying.
For more information on this emerging role particularly as a potential bridge as health systems develop their social determinants of health community outreach pograms go to www.design.upenn.edu/musa/about or follow them on twitter via @WeitzmanSchool
Also, for more information on the CARES Act Toolkit Michael referenced go to www.sounddiplomacy.com/cares-for-music
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On this episode of PopHealth WeekFred Goldstein, MS, president, Accountable Health, LLC and Gregg Masters, MPH, managing director, Health Innovatoin Media, provide a COVID-19 update focusing on the intersections between Public Health, Population Health and the COVID-19 pandemic with commentary on the impact on U.S. health systems..
Please! Everyone we can get through this only together. So do mask up when in public, practice social distancing and pay attention to personal hygiene.
WE CAN SLOW THE SPREAD OF THIS DEADLY VIRUS.
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Our guest is Teri Bourdeau, Ph.D., ABPP, Vice President of Training and Development for PracticeWise, LLC who's mission is 'to advance how evidence and information are used to improve the lives of children and families.'
Dr. Bourdeau serves on the PracticeWIse Executive Management, Professional Development, and Services and Products Development teams. She received her B.A. in psychology and her M.A. and Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University. She completed a psychology internship in the department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Vanderbilt University Medical School and a pediatric and clinical psychology postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.
Dr. Bourdeau was an Associate Professor of Behavioral Sciences at the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences and also engaged in private practice prior to assuming her current position with PracticeWise.
For more information on Dr. Bourdeau or PracticeWise's work in the space, go to www.practicewise.com
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On PopHealth Week our guest is Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, author, health economist, advisor and trend-weaver supporting organizations at the intersection of health, technology and people. Jane founded the popular blog THINK-Health after working for ten years with health care consultancies in the U.S. and Europe. Jane’s clients are all stakeholders in health: technology, biotech and life sciences, providers, plans, retail, financial services, food and consumer goods.
In her new book, “Health Citizenship: How a virus opened hearts and minds” Jane weaves together six months of new data – including consumer market research, health policy developments, healthcare industry updates, clinical evidence, biostatistics and pop culture – to make sense of the “next normal” for life, health, health care and the evolving American commons social contract.
This timely piece tracks how the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has and will likely continue to re-shape our world;
Do follow Jane’s work on twitter via @healthythinker. And for more information or to order “Health Citizenship: How a virus opened hearts and minds,” go to www.healthcitizenship.com
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This episode of PopHealth Week is brought to you by Health Innovation Media. Connect with us at www.popupstudio.productions
I’m Gregg Masters, managing director of health innovation media and the producer of PopHealth Week. In the virtual studio is my partner and lead co-host Fred Goldstein, president of accountable health LLC - a Jacksonville Florida based consulting firm.
On today’s show we discuss recent developments on the Covid-19 front.
The subjects we touch on include:
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Covid-19 and the fall. Will there be a second wave?
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Stay at home fatigue - the natives are increasingly restless.
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The Cost of Herd Immunity in the U.S. will likely involve more than a million deaths
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The CDC’s action to defer evictions
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An American Medical Association study that reports one in four Americans report depression during the pandemic. NOTING This is "another impending public health crisis.”
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The Department of H&HS funds a $250 million contract to 'defeat despair and inspire hope' on coronavirus; and
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The FDA Under Pressure to Fast Track Vaccine Approval
But first the Covid-19 dashboard.
At the time of this episode, Global cases are clocking in just shy of 30 milloin, with reported deaths just north of 930, 000.
While on the domestic front, the US with roughly 4.25% of the world’s population yet has recorded 6.6 million cases and in late September will cross the very grim milestone of 200,000 U.S. deaths.
So overall, a pretty grim picture compared to how other developed countries are managing to control the spread of this novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2).
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Today’s show is sponsored by the Population Health Colloquium which is celebrating its 20th Anniversary. For more information including the power packed faculty and impressive agenda - or to register go to www.populationhealthcolloquium.com
David B. Nash MD MBA, is arguably the ‘dean of population health’ and since June 2019 'founding dean emeritus' at the Jefferson College of Population Health. He is making an encore appearance on the show. We discuss population health in the age of COVID-19 and the many systemic gaps the pandemic has exposed given our aging and predominantly RVU driven healthcare economy. Dr. Nash also previews the upcoming virtual 20th Anniversary Edition of the Population Health Colloquium and the 'Hearst Health Prize for Excellence in Population Health' scheduled for October 5th, 6th and 7th.
Do follow Dr. Nash on twitter via @nashpophealth, the Jefferson College of Population Health at @JeffersonJCPH and the Population Health Colloquium via @PopHealthConf.
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In the second installment of PopHealth Week's Covid-19 update (listen to first here), my guests included Nick van Terheyden, MD (@drnic1), Fred Goldstein, MS (@fsgoldstein) and Gregg Masters MPH (@2healthguru).
We provide an update on the Covid-19 pandemic including a novel approach to safe re-opens for business and educational institutions.
We also discuss the global and US specific stats including confirmed cases, deaths and where we stand on regional and national geo-cluster containment, and mitigation efforts including an update on the treatment and prevention (vaccine) horizon.
Dashboard via Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University:
Global Total Confirmed (as of 8/11/20)
Cases: 18,585,774
Deaths: 701,665
United States Total Confirmed
Cases: 4,775,621 25.6% share
Deaths: 156,906 22.3% share
This amidst a Covid-19 ‘balancing act’ factoring in the opposing forces of: Outcome 1: Stop the pandemic (get R0 below 1.0 via usual public health measures to contain or mitigate spread).Outcome 2: Keep economy going (nobody working takes its toll on health and wellbeing)Outcome 3: Protect the hospital system from overwhelm (flatten the curve, our clinicians are exhausted). We've a long way to go to see how this 'novel' coroniavirus chooses ultimately to run its course be be confronted by either effective treatment and/or prevention via one or more vaccines.
Stay tuned!
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On PopHealth Week our guest is Dexter Shurney, MD, MBA, MPH the Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Clinical Affairs for Zipongo, the San Francisco-based based digital health and wellness company that focuses on enabling healthy eating -“Healthy Eating, Made Simple”. Dr. Shurney is the former Chief Medical Director / Executive Director for Global Health Benefits and Corporate Wellness for Cummins, Inc. Dr. Shurney also serves as the current president for the academy of lifestyle medicine. He has an extensive background in health care management and policy and has distinguished himself as a recognized leader in his profession.
Prior to Cummins, Dr. Shurney was the Chief Medical Director of the Employee Health Plan for Vanderbilt University and Medical Center. During his tenure at Vanderbilt he also held joint faculty appointments as Assistant Clinical Professor, Division of Internal Medicine and Public Health, and Adjunct Faculty, Owens Graduate School of Management. Other positions that Dr. Shurney has held include Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for Healthways, Senior Health Policy Strategist in the Division of Government Affairs for the biotechnology company Amgen Inc., Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of medical affairs for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, and Editor of the Journal of Managed Care Physicians.
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On PopHealth Week series on health equity, the social determinants of health and associated disparities exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic Dr. Flores discusses the impact on the LBGTQ community.
Dr. Dennis Flores is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, an affiliated faculty at the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Program, and is a Visiting Professor at the Center for Research on AIDS at Yale University’s School of Public Health. He has led several studies that investigates the role of parents in the sexual health education of their adolescent sons who identify as LGBTQ.
Through interventions around inclusive parent- child sex communication, he believes that the early provision of sexual health information attuned to the attractions, behavior, and identities of LGBTQ adolescents can reduce the formation of risky sexual behavior and this population’s risks for HIV and STI infection. With an awareness of the personal and contextual factors that increase sexual minority populations’ vulnerability for HIV/STI infection and poor care-related outcomes, the first study Dr. Flores led investigated the conditions that contributed to the recent HIV infection of young gay men in Atlanta. That study has fueled his subsequent HIV prevention work that includes both urban and rural community education, being a national spokesperson for HIV testing campaigns, and workforce development with around 1200 nurses across three continents.
His commitment to HIV/AIDS care and leadership throughout his career includes serving in various leadership roles for the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care. Dr. Flores earned his PhD from Duke University, a Masters in Public Health Nursing Leadership at Emory University, and a Bachelors in Nursing from Kennesaw State University.
Our guest making an encore appearance isMichael Petersen, MD, Senior Manager, and the Health Equity and Health Innovation Lead at Accenture Health & Public Service for North America. Dr. Petersen is a transformative physician executive who focuses on helping clients solve complex problems such as promoting health equity by focusing on key social determinants of health through data and analytics.
Dr. Petersen specializes in healthcare innovation, clinical and business operations, process optimization, health management, wellness and prevention, care value, and healthcare technologies, such as clinical analytics, electronic health records and health information systems.
As a seasoned physician executive, he has more than 15 years of clinical experience as an emergency medicine pediatrician at SSM Health System, St. Luke’s Hospital and Barnes-Jewish St. Peter's Hospital, where he spent five years as the chief of pediatrics. He developed his proven leadership skills while serving in the United States Army.
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On this episode of PopHealth Week our guest is Bridgette M. Brawner, PhD, APRN,Associate Professor of Nursing, Penn School of Nursing.
A dedicated academic and researcher Dr. Brawner academic credentials include MDiv, Palmer Theological Seminary of Eastern University, 2017, a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, 2009, MSN, University of Pennsylvania, 2005 and a BSN, Villanova University, 2003.
Dr. Brawner's specialty includes 'social justice through nursing' where data from geographic information systems (GIS) are leveraged to develop interventions for urban populations to improve family and community health and promote sexual health, such as preventing HIV and other sexually transmitted infections; and the broaders lens of 'methods and models to improve the health of historically underserved people and communities'.
For more information on Dr. Brawner's and Penn Nursing's work in this space, do follow them on twitter via @DrBMBrawner and @PennNursing respectively. And for more information on Penn Nursing, go to: nursing.upenn.edu
Detailed bio here.
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On PopHealth Week our guest is Marino A. Bruce, PhD, MSRC, MDiv. Dr. Bruce Directs the Program for Research on Faith, Health & Justice in the Department of Population Health Science at University of Mississippi Medical Center.
He is a social and behavioral scientist with interests in the integration of the full range of health determinants specifically for young African American males and their risk factors for chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular disease.
His current research explores the intersection of race, gender, spirituality, religiosity, and behavior and their implications for social and health outcomes among African-American male boys, adolescents and emerging adults.
Dr. Bruce is also a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor and an ordained Baptist Minister and leverages the strengths of research-, community-, and faith-based communities toward efforts to improve the health of disadvantaged and disenfranchised males, their families, and their communities.
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Our guest on PopHealth Week is Deanne Kasim, Executive Director for Health Policy at Change Healthcare.
Deanne weighs in with a COVID-19 health policy update including commentary of the status of the HEROS Act as well as other legislative efforts in play.
This episode is sponsored by Health Innovation Media. We bring your brand messaging alive on the ground and now the virtual space for major tradeshow, conference and innovation summits via our signature popup studio. Connect with us at www.popupstudio.production.
For more information on Change Healthcare mission and services go to www.changehealthcare.com and do follow them on twitter via @Change_HC. Be sure to follow Deanne's insights on twitter as well via @DKasim.
Our guest on PopHealth Week is Deanne Kasim, Executive Director for Health Policy at Change Healthcare.
Deanne weighs in with a COVID-19 health policy update including commentary of the status of the HEROS Act as well as other legislative efforts in play.
This episode is sponsored by Health Innovation Media. We bring your brand messaging alive on the ground and now the virtual space for major tradeshow, conference and innovation summits via our signature popup studio. Connect with us at www.popupstudio.production.
For more information on Change Healthcare mission and services go to www.changehealthcare.com and do follow them on twitter via @Change_HC. Be sure to follow Deanne's insights on twitter as well via @DKasim.
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On PopHealth Week our guest is Kistein Monkhouse MPA. We discuss a range of topics in the social determinants of health domain from implicit bias in healthcare decisions to empowerment and shared decision making.
Kistein Monkhouse, MPA is the CEO & founder of Patient Orator, a digital health startup empowering chronically ill underserved patients with effective communication tools and healthcare resources. She is a former healthcare frontline worker who saw an urgent need to build bridges across communities in healthcare. Her work is at the intersection of public and private health using stories to bring awareness to the importance of improving the health of people and communities with a focus on catalyzing storytelling to address social determinants of health.
Kistein is a 2019 SIMA Studios fiscal sponsorship award recipient for her short film Humanizing Health Care, a narrative driven emotionally paced documentary about healthcare experiences in the United States. She sits on the advisory board of We The Patients NY, an initiative by the Community Service Society of NY, and NYS HIMSS Patient Advocacy Committee. She is also on the Community Advisory Board at Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence, University of Washington and a member of the Society for Participatory Medicine.
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On PopHealth Week Fred Goldstein, president of Accountable Health, LLC, Dr. Nick van Terheyden, managing firector Incremental Healthcare and Gregg Masters, managing director of health innovaton media weigh in on the current state of the COVID-19 global pandemic.
On today's show for a roundtable of sorts our guests are Dr. Nick van Terheyden, Fred Goldstein, MS, and yours Gregg Masters, MPH. We dicsuss the latest developments in the global COVID-19 pandemic.including near term prospects for mitigation relief, effective treatment and ultimately prevention via prooven vaccines.
Today's episode is sponsored by Health Innovation Media. We bring your brand messaging alive on the ground and now the virtual space for major tradeshow, conference and innovation summits via our signature popup studio. Connect with us at www.popupstudio.productions.
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Our guest today is Cliff Frank President of Healthcare Management Solutions, Inc., a managed care consulting firm located in Dunedin, Florida.
Cliff is making an encore appearance and will discuss his views on re-opening the health system post COVID-19, including hospitals and physicians as they re-engage with traditional operations, with special emphasis on primary care.
Cliff has more than 30 years of healthcare experience working with payers, hospitals, IPAs, PHOs, and Clinically Integrated Networks (CIN), with demonstrated abilities in managed care contracting, provider/payer relationships, bundled payment design, capitation program design and management, accountable care design and operations, and evaluation of managed care models and structures.
Throughout his career, his focus has been on reducing waste and enhancing quality for the benefit of patient care. Creating clinical and financial alignment among providers and payers has been a central theme to his professional work across a variety of settings and organizations. Cliff provides leadership to CINs operating shared savings relationships with payers and Medicare, and routinely consults to organizations on their managed care contracts, strategy, preparation for provider risk transfer, and innovative provider-payer partnerships.
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For more information or to follow Cliff's work, go to www.clifffrank.com/
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On PopHealth Week our guest is Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick, the Founder and CEO of Grapevine Health.
More about Dr. Fitzpatrick
Dr. Lisa is a medical doctor who has also worked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Her career has spanned research, clinical medicine, global health, community health education and patient advocacy. She recently served as the medical director for Washington DC’s Medicaid program. She is also a clinical professor and professorial lecturer for the George Washington University School of Medicine and Milken Institute School of Public Health. A member of the Aspen Institute Global Leadership Network, she was selected as a 2017 Aspen Institute Health Innovator Fellow. Dr. Lisa has a Masters in Public Health from the University of California-Berkeley School of Public Health and Masters in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
More about Grapevine Health
Grapevine Health is on the ground bridging health communication and demystifying health care for the community. We use videos, storytelling and collaborative conversations between community and health experts to improve health literacy and patient engagement.
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On PopHealrth Week our guests areStephen J. Spann, MD, MBA. the founding Dean at the University of Houston's College of Medicine who also serves as Vice-President for Medical Affairs, and is the Humana Endowed Dean's Chair in Medicine at the University of Houston
Tray Cockerell is Strategic Relationship Executive, Office of Chief Medfical Officer atHumana.
We discuss the launch of the nation's newest medical school, the unique mission of the college and the important collaboration between of the the nation's most successful health plans serving bith the Medicare and commercial populations via a variety of value based health benefit plan arrangements.
For more information on the UH College of Medicine,click here, and for more information on Humana, click here.
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On PopHealth Week our guest is Charles Chima, MBBS, Msc, DrPh.
Dr. Chima is Director of Graduate Education and Assistant Professor, Population Health at the Bower School of Population Health at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC).
About Dr. Chima:
Dr. Charles Chima, MBBS, MSc, DrPH, trained as a physician at the University of Nigeria and worked in primary care for two years. He obtained a master of science in epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London. He subsequently obtained a doctor of public health degree in health services research and global health and further training in health informatics at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
Dr. Chima is a population health scientist who seeks innovative ways to improve health outcomes and reduce waste in health care using the population health approach. He has led large-scale chronic disease population health initiatives in Houston, and provided advisory services as a consultant to state governments in Nigeria on primary care reform. He was also an HRSA primary care research fellow at the Family and Community Medicine Department, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
The mission of the Bower School of Population Health at UMMC "is to provide world-class graduate training to prepare the next generation of scientists and health care professionals to improve the health of individuals, populations, and communities through enhancing health care systems and health policies"
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On a special virtual HIMSS 2020 PopUp Studio edition we chat with Jerry LeporePresident & CEO MobileSmith Health and Rod Cruz Healthcare Solutions General Manager Business Marketing AT&T Business.
Moderating the conversation is Fred Goldstein, co-host of PopHealth Week.
The session is titled: "Examining Ways to Improve Surgical Outcomes and Keep Patients Engaged throughout their Care Journey" is sponsored by MobileSmith Health a turnkey mobile applications solutions company that improves health outcomes, patient satisfaction and adherence for the new generation of digital health consumers. Peri, MobileSMith Health's transformational mobile app powers Electronic Medical Record care journeys using advanced Artificial Intelligence.
Learn more about 'Peri' here.
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On PopHealth Week our guest is Mark Mitchnick, MD, the Chief Executive Officer of Mindsciences a company founded by neuroscientist, addiction psychiatrist and director of research & innovation at Brown University's mindfulness center.
In this episode we discuss the role of mindfulness and the power of behavioral health support and coaching to postively impact addictions including smoking cessation, weight loss and the anxiety or helplessness many of us are feeling during the COVID-19 pandemic.
About Dr. Mitchnick:
A seasoned life sciences executive with extensive global health experience, Dr. Mitchnick founded and run several companies that have been acquired by multinationals such as Lubrizol and BASF. He trained as a pediatrician and have worked as a physician in the US and multiple developing countries.
More about Mindsciences:
For more information or to contact Mindsciences checkout their YouTube channel which includes the timely 'Office Hours with Dr. Jud' on Mondays for timely, science based virtual support join 'Dr. Jud Brewer for Office Hours with Dr. Jud: Coronavirus Anxiety' on Monday, here.
MindSciences focuses on extensive work of Jud Brewer, MD, PhD, aka 'Dr. Jud' who's work in the field of habit change and the “science of self-mastery”, combines over 20 years of experience with mindfulness training and a career in scientific research. Dr. Jud is passionate about understanding how our brains work, and how to use that knowledge to help people make deep, permanent change in their lives — with the goal of reducing suffering in the world at large.
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Today's episode is sponsored by J2Global's eFax Corporate the world’s leading digital cloud fax technology for the enterprise, with more than 11 million customers worldwide.
Our guests today are Jeffrey Sullivan, Chief Technolgy Officer of J2 Global's Cloud Services and Lee Barrett, Executive Director of Electronic Health Network Accreditation Commission aka EHNAC.
This session explores the top 5 trends everyone is talking about in the HIMSS community including: The Rising cost of healthcare: reducing the financial burden for healthcare providersOvercoming the roadblocks to interoperability and the impact of TEFCA aka the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement Improving clinical and administrative workflowStreamlining data standards and protocols to facilitate communication across systems; and Enhancing the security of Personal Health Information and preventing data breaches Moderating the conversation is Fred Goldstein, co-Host of PopHealth Week.
On the HIMSS 2020 Countdown series our special guest is John Moore, founder and Managing Partner at Chilmark Research.
John will preview Chilmark's take on HIMSS 2020 key themes, developments and priorities. See last year's take here.
About John:
After nearly 15 years in the manufacturing sector advising some of the largest global manufacturing companies on IT adoption and deployment strategies, John felt that the most vexing issues in this sector had been largely addressed – so he became restless and sought new opportunities with new challenges. After nearly a year of research, he chose healthcare as his next target and launched Chilmark Research in 2007. Full Bio here.
For context see:
'A Path to Value for Population Health: Adopting a Value Chain Model - Healthcare executives help inform a new model for defining PHM value'
'Chilmark’s Recommended HIMSS’20 Sessions.'
About Chilmark Research
The Chilmark Advisory Service (CAS) is a premium, annual subscription that provides a steady feed of research on the most pertinent trends in the adoption and use of healthcare IT. Our analysts provide objective insights into market trends that healthcare leaders rely on to make informed, confident decisions that will move their organization forward – take a look at our sample research for reference.
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On PopHealth Week our guest is Jeff Rideout the President & CEO of the Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA), a California nonprofit organization representing health plans, hospital systems, physician groups and other healthcare stakeholders. Dr. Rideout is responsible for management of all IHA programs and activities, including its nationally recognized pay-for-performance program, performance measurement and payment innovation initiatives, and efforts to enhance the adoption of health information technology and improve healthcare affordability. Prior to joining IHA, Dr. Rideout was the Senior Medical Advisor for Covered California, supporting clinical quality, network management, and delivery system reform related to the 1.1 million Californians enrolled through the exchange.
More about the Symphony Project:
Maintaining up-to-date information about provider participation in health plan networks is a challenge not just in California but across the nation. Consumers increasingly rely on provider directories to review networks when choosing a health plan, yet health plans have been challenged to provide accurate public provider directories that reflect the various types of providers available through their networks, their qualifications and capabilities, and their availability.
The first of its kind in the state, Symphony Provider Directory, formerly known as the California Provider Directory Utility (PDU), offers a single place for healthcare providers and commercial, Medicare, and Medi-Cal health plans to update their data; simplifying the process and leading to more accurate provider data, improved quality, and a better customer experience for Californians.
On PopHealth Week, our guest today is Yolonda Yvette Wilson. Dr. Wilson is a 2019/2020 fellow at the National Humanities Center and a 2019/2020 Encore Public Voices fellow. She holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Her research interests include bioethics, social and political philosophy, race theory, and feminist philosophy. She is broadly interested in the nature and limits of the state’s obligations to rectify historic and continuing injustice, particularly in the realm of health care, and is developing an account of justice that articulates specific requirements for racial justice in health care at the end of life.
Dr. Wilson's recent article, “Intersectionality in Clinical Medicine: The Need for a Conceptual Framework,” is a consideration on applying intersectionality’s intellectual approach (how race, gender, and other social identities converge in order to create unique forms of oppression) in the clinical environment. Professor Wilson is the lead editor of a forthcoming special issue of The Journal of Social Philosophy entitled Exploring Racial Injustice.
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Guest: Jeffrey Brenner, MD, Senior Vice President of Integrated Health and Human Services, UnitedHealthcare. Community & State, Founder and Former Executive Director, Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers, and MacArthur Genius Award Winner, Camden, NJ joins Fred Goldstein and Gregg Master on PopHealth Week.
Dr. Brenner responds to the recent results published in the New England Journal of Medicine, 'Health Care Hotspotting — A Randomized, Controlled Trial' and previews his keynote at the 20th Anniversary of the Population Health Colloquium (#PHC20).
About Dr. Brenner:
Jeffrey Brenner is the Senior Vice President of Integrated Health and Human Services at UnitedHealthcare Community & State. In this role, Dr. Brenner leads myConnections™, UnitedHealthcare’s program to help low-income individuals and families access essential social services that are the gateway to better health. UnitedHealthcare Community & State proudly serves nearly six million Medicaid members in 24 states, plus Washington D.C. UnitedHealthcare is a division of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) which is a diversified health and well-being company with a mission to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone.
About United Healthcare
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated is an American for-profit managed health care company based in Minnetonka, Minnesota. It offers health care products and insurance services. It is the largest healthcare company in the world by revenue, with 2018 revenue of $226.2 billion and 115 million customers.
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On PopHealth Week our guest is Rushika Fernandopulle MD co-founder & CEO Iora Health.
Dr. Rushika Fernandopulle is a physician who has spent decades improving the quality of healthcare delivered to patients. He was the first Executive Director of the Harvard Interfaculty Program for Health Systems Improvement, and served as a Managing Director of the Advisory Board Company. He serves on the faculty and earned his AB, MD, and MPP from Harvard University. He completed his clinical training at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
Iora Health changes primary care as we know it. Iora's care team, includes a dedicated advocate for each patient, works together to treat the whole person.
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On today's show Secretary Shulkin joins us for an encore appearance.
David Jonathon Shulkin is an American physician and former government official. In 2017, Shulkin became the 9th United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs and served under President Donald Trump.
Before assuming the top spot at the VA, he served as the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health from 2015 until 2017, appointed by President Barack Obama.
On March 28, 2018, President Trump in his usual style dismissed Shulkin from his position by tweet.
Since leaving office, and retuning to his life in the private sector, Secretary Shulkin has authored a book chronicling his time at the VA, titled: "It Shouldn't Be This Hard to Serve Your Country: Our Broken Government and the Plight of Veterans".
On PopHealth Week's last show of 2019, seasoned healthcare analyst and Executive Vice President of Validation Institute, and host of ValidPoints podcast series Brian Klepper PhD join PopHealth Week hosts Fred Goldstein and Gregg Masters for an update on progress towards fulfillment of the triple aim.
We explore the question of 'are we there yet' with a deeper dive into the continuation of lack of affordability, high variability in quality and outcomes including the well known 'book of business' driven access problems in healthcare equity.
2019 has been a landmark year for PopHealth Week. Of note is our continued scheduling of national thought leaders, system executives and many in the lesser know world of innovation and advancing the triple aim.
We are very happy to witness the continued growth and expansion of our work and reach via collaboration with HealthcareNOW Radio.
2020 will be a make or brake year for the burden placed upon healthcare leadership writ large. We'll engage many on the front lines of this transformational imperative.
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!
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On PopHealth Week our special guest is Jeffrey Sullivan, Chief Technology Officer, Cloud Fax, J2 Global, Inc.
The Cloud Fax business unit at J2 Global (NASDAQ: JCOM) is an industry leader in secure document exchange solutions featuring the eFax Corporate, Sfax, and MyFax product lines.
Jeffrey is responsible for all technology and product development for the unit. He has over 25 years of experience growing small- to mid-sized companies that fuel their success with the innovative use of technology. He has an uncommon background that melds deep technical, creative, and business experience with the proven ability to execute at both the strategic and tactical levels. This breadth of background and flexibility of focus are vital to success in entrepreneurial and high-growth businesses.
His past 15+ years have been spent as a C-level executive (CIO, COO, CTO) in fast-growth e-commerce SaaS and ERP companies in the real estate, financial services, and healthcare industries.
Follow via @j2Global and @eFaxCorporate
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Join us for a lens on the population health industry with David Nash, MD, MBA, founding dean emeritus, Jefferson College of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University, discusses the evolution of population health work, the importance of educating the next generation of health care professionals and how changes can be made today to improve healthcare quality.
David Nash, MD, MBA, (@nashpophealth) is the founding and immediate past Dean of the Jefferson College of Population Health. Dr. Nash provides his thoughts on the current state of the science and best practices prevailing in population health management including what to expect at the 20th Population Health Colloquium in Philadelphia, March 30th - April 1st, 2020.
We get an update on the population health industry, it's best practices and evidence and a preview of the 20th Population Health Colloquium.
Join us at the 'go-to' population health conference of the year!
For more information or to register, click here.
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Pn PopHealth Week our guests are Sita Kapoor, Chief Information Officer, HealthEC and Robert Shea Wisler, Manager – Population Health, Shore Quality Partners.
Sita is a healthcare IT entrepreneur and innovative leader directing HealthEC’s research and development team, applying mathematical and computing models in the custom development of large-scale data integration and analytics solutions that empower physicians and healthcare organizations to identify and engage at-risk patients requiring closer medical attention. She is also actively involved in HIPAA workgroups, charged with defining consent and transaction standards. Prior to HealthEC, Sita was co-founder and CIO of IGI Health, a provider of IT solutions and BPO services. There, she built the Med-Link clearinghouse that allowed provider organizations working with any billing system to capture and convert data into discrete data formats for claims adjudication.
Robert “Shea” Wisler is the manager of population health at Shore Quality Partners. Shea is responsible for analytic process development around efficient use of network resources, diagnosis and procedure driven program development strategies, and high-risk patient reporting through claims and disease registry hot spotting.
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Our guest today is Cliff Frank President of Healthcare Management Solutions, Inc. a managed care consulting firm located in Dunedin, Florida.
Cliff has more than 30 years of healthcare experience working with payers, hospitals, IPAs, PHOs, and Clinically Integrated Networks (CIN), with demonstrated abilities in managed care contracting, provider/payer relationships, bundled payment design, capitation program design and management, accountable care design and operations, and evaluation of managed care models and structures.
Throughout his career, his focus has been on reducing waste and enhancing quality for the benefit of patient care. Creating clinical and financial alignment among providers and payers has been a central theme to his professional work across a variety of settings and organizations. Cliff provides leadership to CINs operating shared savings relationships with payers and Medicare, and routinely consults to organizations on their managed care contracts, strategy, preparation for provider risk transfer, and innovative provider-payer partnerships.
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For more information or to follow Cliff's work, go to www.clifffrank.com/
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On this episode of Valid Points, our guests are Ashley Bacot, President at ProvInsure and Kenneth Aldridge, Jr., RN, BSN, MS-HSA
Director of Health Services for Rosen Medical Center.
The show is hosted by Brian Klepper PhD, Principal at Worksite Health Advisors and Executive Vice President at Validation Institute.
Validation Institute is a network of trusted healthcare vendors, health benefits advisors and purchaser benefit managers focusing on delivering better health value and stronger outcomes than conventional healthcare.
For more information or to learn how you can move the needle towards a sustainable, value oriented healthcare economy go to Validation Institute.
Be sure to subscribe to the ‘Valid Points’ newsletter; and this Valid Points podcast for an informative series featuring top industry talent.
Follow Validation Institute’s work on twitter via @valid_institute.
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Principals from Health Innovation Media Gregg Masters and Fred Goldstein team up with principals from HealthcareNOW Radio Roberta Mullin and Carol Flagg to discuss their key takeaways from MGMA's annual conference 2019 held in New Orleans.
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On PopHealth Week our guest is Michael Petersen MD, Senior Manager, and Health Innovation Lead at Accenture Health & Public Service North America.
In this episode we explore the state of the art of incorporating the social determinants of health in health (SDoH) system thinking and strategy.
Michael Petersen, M.D., is a transformative physician executive who focuses on helping clients solve complex problems such as social determinants of health (SDOH) and the opioid epidemic through data and analytics. He serves as an innovation lead and is working to develop a solution to help health and government organizations measure, manage and mitigate the opioid epidemic in the United States. Dr. Petersen specializes in healthcare innovation, clinical and business operations, process optimization, health management, wellness and prevention, care value, and healthcare technologies, such as clinical analytics, electronic health records and health information systems.
Follow Dr. Petersen on twitter via @MPETERSEN_MD and Accenture Health via @AccentureHealth.
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On PopHealth Week our very special guest is former Secretary David Shulkin.
David Jonathon Shulkin is an American physician and former government official. In 2017, Shulkin became the 9th United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs and served under President Donald Trump.
Before assuming the top spot at the VA, he served as the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health from 2015 until 2017, appointed by President Barack Obama.
On March 28, 2018, President Trump dismissed Shulkin from his position by tweet.
Since leaving office, and retuning to his life in the private sector, Secretary Shulkin has authored a book chronicling his time at the VA, and JUST TODAY his publisher has released the previously embargoed title: "It Shouldn't Be This Hard to Serve Your Country: Our Broken Government and the Plight of Veterans".
Join Fred Goldstein as we explore what the Secretary chronicled in this just released book.
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On PopHealth Week on HealthcareNOW Radio Gregg Masters managing director of health innovaton media, publisher of ACO Watch and your PopHealth Week co-host with my partner co-founder Fred Goldstein, President of Accountable Health, LLC a Jacksonville Florida based consulting firm engage the visionary Clay Johnston, MD, PhD on his plans for academic medicine and their evolving role in the volume to value transformation.
Since March 2014, Dr. Clay Johnston has served as the inaugural dean of the Dell Medical School and as vice president for medical affairs at The University of Texas at Austin. Johnston's vision is to create a new model for academic medicine that accelerates innovation to improve health and reduce inefficiencies in health care.
In 2016, Johnston was named "Austinite of the Year" by the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce for his leadership in transforming health and health care in Austin.
Previously, Johnston was associate vice chancellor for research at the University of California, San Francisco. He also directed the Clinical and Translational Science Institute and founded the UCSF Center for Healthcare Value to engage faculty and trainees in improving the quality of care while also lowering costs.
For more information on Dell Medical School or to follow their work, go to: www.dellmed.utexas.edu, and follow both Dr. Johnston and the school on twitter via @ClayDellMed and @DellMedSchool respectively.
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On PopHealth Week our is guest Neil Gordon, MD, PhD, Chairman CEO and Founder of Intervent.
INTERVENT International, LLC (INTERVENT) is a global lifestyle management and chronic disease risk reduction company based in the United States. INTERVENT develops, licenses and provides evidence-based, technology-enabled, outcomes-oriented programs for the prevention and management of multiple chronic diseases. The primary purpose of the INTERVENT programs is to improve individual and population-based measures of health while simultaneously reducing health care costs and enhancing productivity.
Dr. Gordon obtained his MD and a PhD. in exercise physiology in Johannesburg, South Africa. Dr. Gordon subsequently relocated to the United States in 1987 and obtained a Master’s Degree in Public Health (MPH) from the UCLA School of Public Health. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC) and is Board Certified in Public Health and General Preventive Medicine.
He has authored over 100 published scientific manuscripts, eight books, and numerous scientific abstracts in the area of preventive medicine. Dr. Gordon served as an associate editor of the Eighth Edition of the American College of Sports Medicine’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription (the world’s most widely read academic text on the topic of exercise science). Dr. Gordon has devoted his entire career, spanning over 30 years, to the prevention of cardiovascular disease and other chronic illnesses.
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On Valid Points Podcast, our special guest is Karen van Caulil, Ph.D., the President and CEO, of the Florida Alliance for Healthcare Value (formerly the Florida Health Care Coalition).
Karen joined the Florida Alliance for Healthcare Value, formerly known as the Florida Health Care Coalition, in 2011. She teaches graduate level courses in health services administration and health informatics and lectures frequently on a wide array of topics in the healthcare field.
Karen serves on several state, regional and national boards and committees that address quality of care, patient safety, healthcare delivery and payment reform.
She is the Vice Chair of Florida’s Consumer Health Information and Policy Analysis Advisory Council, charged with overseeing the State’s transparency efforts including implementation of the state’s all payer claims database.
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On PopHealth Week our guest is Dr. Gary Call, of HMS, "a healthcare technology, analytics and engagement solutions company that helps to reduce costs, improve health outcomes and enhance member experiences."
Bio:
Gary Call, MD, is Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for HMS. He has a strong collaboration with HMS clients and leads HMS clinical program development and execution. Dr. Call has more than 25 years of experience in the practice of medicine and managed care. Prior to coming to HMS, he most recently served as the corporate vice president of clinical programs at Molina Healthcare.
Dr. Call graduated from the University of Washington School of Medicine and completed his residency training at the University of Utah. He is a board certified family physician.
Follow Dr. Call on twitter via @GCall99
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On PopHealth Week, our special guest is Emeritus Assistant Medical Director and former Chief Medical Informatics Officer for Kaiser Permanente of Southern CaliforniaJohn Mattison MD.
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Dr. Mattison's focus and passion is the transformation of health care delivery via information technology, through convergence of exponential technologies and data liquidity. He led the design and implementation of the largest integrated electronic health record in the US, and leads various national programs including virtual care. He has sponsored or led numerous digital innovations, and mentors many digital health startups. He chairs the eHealth Workgroup of the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH), and is a board member of Open mHealth, advisory board member of the NIH funded Policy and Ethics in Precision Medicine, teaches at multiple Universities including Singularity University, and has published widely on privacy, policy, security, IOT, global genomics collaboration, interoperability, mobile health, and healthcare transformation. He has published in Nature, JAMIA, JAMA, WSJ, Forbes, and has authored chapters for various books. He has keynoted or hosted many national and international healthcare conferences and has consulted in many countries. He is the founder of the international XML standard for health record interoperability known as CDA, CCD and CCDA, and is an active participant on several global initiatives to bring internet services to underserved communities providing access to both jobs and healthcare.
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On this episode of Valid Points, our guest is Brian Klepper PhD,Principal at Worksite Health Advisors. Brian also serves as Executive Vice President at Validation Institute.
The mission of Validation Institute is: "to deliver better health value and stronger outcomes than conventional health care." Brian is interviewed by Fred Goldstein,President of Accountable Health, LLC.
Validation Institute is a network of trusted healthcare vendors, health benefits advisors and purchaser benefit managers focusing on delivering better health value and stronger outcomes than conventional healthcare.
For more information or to learn how you can move the needle towards a sustainable, value oriented healthcare economy go to Validation Institute.
Be sure to subscribe to the ‘Valid Points’ newsletter; and this Valid Points podcast for an informative series featuring top industry talent.
Follow Validation Institute’s work on twitter via @valid_institute.
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On Pophealth Week our guest is Steven J. Scheinman, MD, the president and dean of theGeisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine and Geisinger’s chief academic officer and executive vice president. He was formerly professor of medicine and pharmacology at SUNY Upstate Medical University, where he served for eight years as senior vice president and dean of the College of Medicine. Board-certified in internal medicine and nephrology, Dr. Scheinman has earned international prominence for his research into the genetics of inherited kidney diseases and kidney stones. He has published more than 90 peer-reviewed articles, reviews and book chapters on topics related to kidney disease and genetics.
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Validation Matters is a podcast series of Validation Institute (VI).
A membership organization, Validation Institute is a trusted independent, third-party resource for healthcare purchasers, vendors and benefits advisors. The mission of VI is to deliver better health value and stronger outcomes than conventional healthcare.
Today’s episode features data scientist and practical epidemiologistLinda Riddell, MS, Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, who’s role at Validation Institute is the objective review of third party company claims ranging from ad copy to the value proposition of promised outcomes or results.
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On PopHealth Week our guest is Daren Anderson, MD, Chief Quality Officer at Community Health Center,
Bio
Dr. Daren Anderson is a general internist and has worked in safety net practices for his entire career. Community Health Center, Inc., is a large, multisite community health center providing primary care to over 145,000 medically underserved patients across Connecticut. In addition, Dr. Anderson is the Director of CHCI’s Weitzman Institute, a research and innovations center dedicated to improving primary care for underserved populations. The Weitzman Institute leads a range of initiatives focused on practice transformation and workforce development and has created an eConsult process (ConferMed.com) that is now being used across Connecticut and in ten additional states. In addition, Weitzman researchers are engaged in a range of research projects focused on health disparities, telehealth, and pain and opioid abuse treatment in primary care.
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On Pophealth Week, our special guest is Lawton R. Burns, PhD, MBA, The James Joo-Jin Kim Professor, Chair, Healthcare Management Department and Director, Center for Health Management and Economics at the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvannia.
Lawton R. Burns is an American business theorist, Professor of Management and the Chairperson of the Health Care Management Department of The Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania, and a Faculty Co-Director for the Roy and Diana Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management.
We'll get Dr. Burn's take on a range of health policy and reform issues from his observations on 'BS in healthcare' to the CVS Health acquisitionof Aetna.
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Our guest on this episode of Validation Matters is Al Lewis, the CEO of Quizzify.
Quizzify teaches client company employees how to get the care they need while avoiding the "care"? they don't...and does it all in a user-friendly fashion.
Imagine Jeopardy-meets-health benefit education-meets-Comedy Central.
Validation Matters is a podcast series sponsored by Validation Institute.
On PopHealth Week our special guest making an encore appearance is Nicole Bradberry, Chief Executive Officer of the Florida Association of Accountable Care Organizations (FLAACOs). Nicole provides both a regional and national update on the status and performance of ACOs.
In addition, Nicole previews the upcoming annual FLAACOs conference in Orlando, Florida on November 7th and 8th 2019.
For more information on the agenda, speaker line-up and key themes featured at the conference, clik here.
Join your peers at this crucial time for ACOs and related value based healthcare initiatives.
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On the inaugural launch of the Validation Institute podcast series 'Valid Points', we chat with RD Whitney, CEO of Validation Institute.
More about RD:
'With 29 years in leadership at 15 companies building professional communities in 23 industries, I am putting my skills, passions and networking connections to work in a venture that can truly make a difference in the nation’s competitiveness and in people’s lives.
Warren Buffett called heath care the “tapeworm” of the US economy. This is all about to change through the power of a new community! There is a movement of very smart and passionate leaders and conscious capital investors poised to fix healthcare through the Validation Institute (www.ValidationInstitute.com ) which I have been given the privilege to head up as CEO.
The Validation Institute advocates for organizations and approaches that deliver better health value - stronger health outcomes at lower cost. We connect, train and certify health care purchasers, and we validate and connect providers delivering superior results.'
Valid Points is a bi-weekly podcast series produced by Health Innovation Media for Validation Institute. Follow on twitter via @valid_institute, and subscribe to Valid Points newsletter here.
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Wednesday, May 15th at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern our special guest is Rita Numerof, PhD, President and Co-founder at Numerof & Associates.
More about RIta:
Her dedication, leadership, and passion have guided Numerof into its third decade of continuous growth and success.
From the firm’s inception, Rita has focused on developing new business models for companies in industries undergoing major market changes. Her work has spanned industries that are critical to global economic growth – financial services, healthcare delivery, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, telecommunications, and major industrial manufacturing. Bringing experience, style, and boundless energy, Rita has applied her expertise to help organizations create and execute successful new strategies in the face of fundamental market shifts.
Rita has a deep understanding of the challenges executives face in sustaining growth and profitability in increasingly fluid markets. As a result, she’s become a trusted advisor to senior management teams across a wide range of leading companies. Her cross-industry perspective, combined with her expertise in executing strategy and optimizing corporate performance are the basis for objective counsel that leading executives rely on.
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On PopHealth Week, Wednesday, May 1st, 2019 our special guest is author of 'Healthcare Choices: 5 Steps To getting the Medical Care You Want & Need', Archelle Georgiou, MD.
'Dr. Archelle Georgiou is a nationally recognized physician, advocate, advisor and author. She earned her medical degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and enjoyed practicing internal medicine in Northern California. However, wanting to have a broader impact on the healthcare system, she shifted her focus to the managed care industry. Between 1995 and 2007, she was a senior executive and Chief Medical Officer of UnitedHealthcare where she dismantled many of the company’s legacy policies in order to minimize the bureaucratic burdens imposed on patients and physicians.'
'Since 2008, Archelle has served as a senior advisor for a diverse group of companies serving health needs in industries ranging from education to analytics and financial services to mining. She worked with former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Newt Gingrich at his Center for Health Transformation, a non-partisan think tank focused on advancing patient-centric sustainable healthcare policies.'
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On PopHealth Week, Wednesday, April 17th, 2019 entrepreneur, author and innovator Dave Chase weighs in on community health plans and shared savings.
"Dave Chase is the creator of the Health Rosetta and cofounder of the Health Rosetta Institute and Health Rosetta Group. He was also CEO/Co-founder of Avado, a digital health company acquired by & integrated into WebMD & Medscape. The Health Rosetta is the blueprint for purchasing healthcare wisely, sourced from real life experience implementing practical, non-partisan solutions.
His work applies the Health Rosetta in two areas. The Health Rosetta Institute creates LEED-like certifications for better purchasing healthcare benefits. It's primary current focus is the U.S. employer healthcare market, but the Health Rosetta isn't inherently employer or U.S. specific. The Health Rosetta Group is a holding company and investment group that drives healthcare's transformation. It uses innovative approaches to build and fund the next generation of healthcare tech and services companies."
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This audio mashup of top talent in the health innovation imperative was sourced from the 19th Population Health Colloquium curated by David B. Nash, MD, MBA, founding and current serving Dean of the Jefferson College of Population Health.
In this broadcast, my colleague and co-host Fred Goldstein engages with Robert Pearl, MD, best selling author of Mistreated: Why We Think We’re Getting Good Health Care—And Why We’re Usually Wrong and former CEO of The Permanente Medical Group (1999-2017), the nation’s largest medical group, with 9,000 physicians and 35,000 staff.
Elisabeth Rosenthal, MDEditor-in-Chief, at Kaiser Health News and author of An American Sickness: How Healthcare became Big Business and How You Can Take it Back. A graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Medical School and Rosenthal briefly practiced medicine in a New York City emergency room before converting to journalism.
Dr. Archelle Georgiou a nationally recognized physician, advocate, advisor and author Healthcare Choices: 5 Steps to Getting the Medical Care You Want and Need, a former Chief Medical Officer of UnitedHealthcare where she dismantled many of the company’s legacy policies in order to minimize the bureaucratic burdens imposed on patients and physicians.
On PopHealth Week Fred Goldstein and Gregg Masters chat with healthIT industry thought leader and innovation pioneer in the health information exchange space, Dr. David Kibbe, Principal at The Kibbe Group, LLC. As a clinician, clinical informaticist and deep healthIT policy thinker and 'doer', Dr. Kibbe shares insights on the current state of the healthIT market, the future of health information exchanges, and the strategic challenges before health system or enterprise leadership to successfully navigate platforms, and implement sustainable business models that support their operations.
More about Dr. Kibbe:
"As of January, 2019, Dr. Kibbe is consulting via The Kibbe Group LLC. As a senior advisor, Kibbe will engage health care provider organizations and federal/state agencies to assist in their strategic planning and implementation of health information exchange challenges and opportunities via Direct and FHIR. For six years Kibbe served as President/CEO of DirectTrust, the governance body and trust framework provider for a large and growing national health information exchange network reaching 1.8 million end users at over 130 thousand health care organizations in the US year end 2018."
"As co-founder of Direct Trust, a non-profit trade alliance sponsored by ONC, Kibbe served as "chief collaborationist" with a dedicated group of volunteers from hundreds of entities, whose common goal has been to create a secure, interoperable and ubiquitous means of electronically sharing information across the boundaries of organizational walls and different health IT vendor products so that providers and patients can have better, faster, cheaper access to the data and information needed to make continuously improving healthcare decisions."
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On PopHealth Week March 6th 2019, co-hosts Fred Goldstein and Gregg Masters chat with Robin Smith, MD, MBA, Chairman and President, CURA Foundation, and Max Gomez, PhD, Medical Correspondent, WCBS-TV, and President, Dr. Max Productions, co-authors 'Cells Are The New Cure'.
We'll discuss broader trends in Population Health and dive deeper into their message to the Population Health Colloquium, scheduled for Match 18 - 20th in Philadelphia, PA.
For more information checkout the 19th Population Health Colloquium agenda and faculty line-up.
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Health Innovation Media Co-hosts Fred Goldstein, Gregg Masters weigh in on key takeaways from HIMSS 2019. For related posts see:
Our HIMSS 2019 preview is here.
Day one of live streaming c/o our synidcation partner HealthcareNOW Radio is here, and day two here.
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Join us Wednesday, February 6th 2019 for lens on the Population Health industry.
David Nash, MD, MBA, (@nashpophealth) the founding and current Dean of the Jefferson College of Population Health will provide his thoughts on the current state of the science and best practices prevailing in population health management including what to expect at the 19th Population Health Colloquium in Philadelphia, March 18h - 20th.
Niki Ozment Buchanan, MA, (@nikiOzBuchanan), Business Leader at the PHM Group Philips Wellcentive.
We'll get an update on the population health industry, it's best practices and evidence and a preview of the 19th Population Health Colloquium.
On PopHealth Week, the Health Innovation Media team Fred Goldstein, MS (@fsgoldstein), Nick van Terheyden, MD (@drnic1) and Gregg Masters, MPH (@2healthguru) preview the upcoming Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Annual Conference and Exhibition to be held in Orlando, Florida from February 11th-15th, 2019.
We'll review the program schedule and drill into a range of promising and timely topics.
Health Innovation Media is co-locating it's 'pinknsocks pop-up studio' with Nuance 'the pioneer and leader in conversational AI innovations that bring intelligence to everyday work and life' and will be livestreaming from HIMSS Tuesday from 11AM -1PM and Wednesday, 1PM - 3PM (all times Eastern).
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Wednesday, December 12th 2018 our guest on PopHealth Week is David Klebonis, Chief Operating Officer of Palm Beach ACO.
David Klebonis serves as Chief Operating Officer, for both the Palm Beach Accountable Care Organization and the South Florida Accountable Care Organization'.
'Recruited as part of the original executive team, David helped lead PBACO and its affiliates to save Medicare $45.2M in performance year 1. In performance year 2, PBACO increased savings by an additional 9.8% per beneficiary while improving quality by an average of 13.5% per measure. He currently leads ACO operations including government rules and opportunities, network development, clinical programs and outcome based contracts. Prior to joining PBACO, David was president of Medical Insight Partners, an EHR reseller and healthcare business and technology consulting company. His team specialized in helping physicians maximize their income through implementing technology, achieving government and payer incentives and optimizing workflow.'
More about Palm Beach ACO (PBACO)
PBACO is a wholly physician-owned and operated organization. According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services entities like PBACO perform better (both cost reduction and care of care) than 'institiionally led' ACOs where a hospital or health system serves as parent or general partner of enterprise directing the mission of the organization. Recently characterized a 'low revenue' vs. 'high revenue' performaing participants in the ACO program whether as MSSP, NextGen or Advanced Payment Models, physician driven ACOs seem to be outperforming the group.
Join us for in informative conversation.
Wednesday, November 28th 2018 PopHealth Week co-hosts Fred Goldstein, MS, President, Accountable Health, LLC and Gregg Masters, MPH, Founder and Managing Director of Health Innovation Media and publisher of ACO Watch weigh in on progress towards the elusive triple aim courtesy of recent innovations emerging population health management companies' to ACOs and beyond.
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For the 4th year in a row, Health Innovation Media was privileged to cover the Florida Assocation of ACOs annual meeting interviewing keynote faculty, session moderators and other key industry luminaries.
In this segment my colleague and co-host Fred Goldstein, President of Accountable Health LLC, chats with Richard Lucibella, CEO of Accountable Care Options, Dr. David Nace, Chief Medical Officer, Innovaccer and Florida State Representative Jason Brodeur who leads several crucial committees, including the Government Operations Subcommittee and the Health and Human Services Committee.
For more information, see Florida Assocation of ACOs and follow on twitter via @FlaACOs
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On PopHealth Week November 1st 2018 my colleague Fred Goldsten, President of Accountable Health, LLC and co-host at PopHealth Week and the father of the 'Medicare Annual Wellness Visit', Fred Goldstein weighs in with Gregg Masters on the convergence of Population Health, Accountable Care, and the emerging Value Based Health economy.
Wednesday, October 24th, 2018 on PopHealth Week Nicole Bradberry, the CEO of the Florida Association of ACOs (FlaACOs) joins Fred Goldstein and Gregg Masters to review key takeaways from the 5th Annual Gathering of FlaACOs which convened in Orlando Florida.
FlaACOs member ACOs include some of the top performing ACOs in the United States according to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
Nicole will recap some of the key highlights from the session and weigh in on the state of the valued based healthcare economy, including plans for lauch of a national association of value based healthcare operators.
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On a special edition of PopHealth Week our special guest is Direct Primary Care innovator Jeremy Smith MD, CEO of My MD Connect, bringing a set of innovative solutions to your health plan. These unique solutions are based on customer service, patient advocacy, and value.
Dr. Smith's bio:
Dr. Smith is an innovator and a free-market economy minded physician. Born and raised by two incredible parents in Wichita Falls, Texas, Dr. Jeremy Smith was instilled with the most important tools he needed to become a good physician long before grade school was finished. He was taught to have character, respect others and learned the ability to listen.
In addition to what he learned from his parents, Dr. Smith was formally educated at Midwestern State University where he completed a Bachelors of Science focused on zoology and premedical sciences. Several highlights during his undergraduate study and postgraduate training include time spent in the Dalquest Field research areas of West Texas, University of Oklahoma’s Lake Texhoma Biological Institute, and study abroad to King’s College in London, England at Waterloo.
In 2003, Dr. Smith graduated with a Medical Degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. His residency in Family Medicine was completed in 2006 at University of Texas Health Science Center in Tyler, Texas.
Following residency, Dr. Smith moved his medical practice and his family to Nacogdoches, Texas.
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Our guest Wednesday, September 26th is Anthony Slonim, MD, DrPH, FACHE. Dr. Slonim is President and CEO of, Renown Health, northern Nevada’s healthcare leader and Reno’s only locally owned, not-for-profit health system.
"Dr. Slonim is an innovator and proven leader in healthcare at both the regional and national levels. During his notable career, Dr. Slonim has developed a profile as an expert in patient safety, accountable care, healthcare quality and innovative care delivery models focused on improving health within the community. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Internal Medicine Critical Care and Pediatric Critical Care and is an academic leader with faculty appointments as Clinical Professor in the Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine. He also holds a master's degree and a doctorate in Administrative Medicine and Health Policy from George Washington University Center for Health Policy Studies and has more than 100 publications and 15 textbooks to his name.
Since joining Renown Health in July 2014, Dr. Slonim has reoriented northern Nevada’s largest locally governed, not-for-profit healthcare network. He launched a five-year strategic plan that is focused on the community’s overall health while embracing the national triple aim initiatives of improving quality care and patient satisfaction — all while reducing costs. Dr. Slonim also ushered in a new era of national collaboration to establish a medical training campus at Renown and expanded the region’s quaternary care services in collaboration with Stanford Medicine."
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The Annual gathering of the Florida Association of ACOs (FlaACOS) CEO Nicole Bradberry joins Fred Goldstein and Gregg Masters on September 12th, 2018 at 3PM ET/12 Noon PT to discuss recent developments in the ACO space and preview the upcoming 5th Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL.
Nicole Bradberry, serves as the CEO of the Florida Association of ACOs and President, Florida Market, Navvis Healthcare.
The Florida Association of ACOs (FlaACOs) convenes in Orlando, October 18th and 19th for their fifth annual meeting.
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The Florida Association of ACOs (FLAACOS) convened in Orlando, Florida October 2017.
Curated and led by industry thought leader Nicole Bradberry, the FLAACOS gathering attracts the best and brightest minds active in the Florida accountable care and value based healthcare initiative markets.
For more information, follow @FLAACOS and check out the conference agenda and lineup for 2018. The conference is scheduled October 19th & 20th in Orlando, Florida.
In this interview Fred Goldstein, MS, President, Accountable Health, LLC, chats with Craigan Gray MD, MBA,Chief Medical Officer, and Amy Holm Kotch, MHA of Salient Health.
More about Salient ACO, here.
Segment produced and directed by Gregg Masters, MPH, Managing Director, Health Innovation Media.
HealthIMPACT East 2018 the immersive, 'no BS' and 'no powerpoint' of health tech, digital health and healthcare innovation gatherings met in Washington D.C. July 2018. The conference is organized by Megan Antonelli, CEO at PurposeEvents, and chaired by industry thought leader Shahid Shah.
In this interview Shahid summarizes his key takeaways from the event.
For more information checkout the agenda, and faculty lineup including many luminaries from former HHS CTOBruce Greenstein, to former system CIO Sue Schade.
Interviews conducted by Fred Goldstein, President, Accountable Health. Segments produced and directed by Gregg Masters, MPH, Managing Director, Health Innovation Media.
PopHealth Week co-hosts Fred Goldstein and Gregg Masters weigh in on Amazon, JP Morgan, Berkshire Hathaway JV.
Topics include: The Amazon, JP Morgan, Berkshire Hathaway announcement What are they going to do?? Open discussionWhy? It’s the costs stupid, well and poor quality.Buffett – “healthcare is the tapeworm of the US economy”“We know we can easily get 3 to 4% just by negotiating but we want way more than that..”He’s not talking about bending trend, hes talking about net cost reductions from todays expensesThey are after the 30% waste fraud and abuseBackground on Atul: https://www.investopedia.com/insights/who-dr-atul-gawande-ceo-new-healthcare-initiative-bezos-buffett-and-dimon/Can Atul do it?? What are some of the potential areas?1st check it out on your 1 million plus employeesHow do you leverage a consumer centric logistics company, with a financing vehicle?The naysayers, where are we on the spectrumRecent acquisitions – Pillpak, todays announcement with Xealth…I think we could both put in some good insights…
Today's guest is Abhijit Dasgupta, PhD. Dr. Abhijit Dasgupta is Co-Founder and Chief Data Scientist at Zansors.
After completing his PhD in Biostatistics at the University of Washington, Dr. Dasgupta trained in genetic epidemiology and biostatistics at the National Cancer Institute, then joined the faculty of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia where he led the biostatistical analysis of genomic experiments.
Returning to the Washington DC area, Dr. Dasgupta is also a consultant for the National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Disorders, part of the NIH, and also serves on several review committees for the NIH.
He is affiliate faculty in the Department of Systems Biology at George Mason University, and co-organizes the Statistical Programming DC meetup, part of Data Community DC.
Dr. Dasgupta's main interests are in translating biological signals to actionable information through modern data science.
For more information on the crowd funding campaign see RESPA by Zansors.
For additional information on Zansor's innovation see a series of15 short videos by Zansors about Respa about Why Respa,
Wednesday, June 13th 2018 our special guest is Bruno Nardone, Senior Vice President, Solutions - Population Health, NextGen Healthcare.
Bruno Nardone joined NextGen Healthcare in October, 2016, to align the company’s connected health, analytics, and care coordination offerings for population health. His career in healthcare and hospital administration spans more than 25 years in executive leadership and strategy consulting at leading HIT solutions companies.
Bruno leads solution strategy development for application programming interfaces (APIs); NextGen Healthcare Mirth® portfolio, NextGen® Share, and Rosetta interoperability solutions; NextGen Care®; NextGen® Health Quality Measures (NextGen HQM); and the NextGen® Population Health Management suite.
During his career, Bruno has worked across industry stakeholder groups, leading high-performance teams focused on improving quality, efficiency, and connectivity in healthcare. He is an active Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, and serves on the boards of the New England Chapter of Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and The Society for Participatory Medicine. He earned a BA degree from Cornell University and an MA degree in health administration from The George Washington University.
Wednesday, June 6th 2018 our special guest is Griffin R. Myers, MD, the Chief Medical Officer of Oakstreet Health Network.
Dr. Myers is a board-certified physician responsible for the excellence of health care delivery at Oak Street Health. Oak Street Health is a growing organization of value-based primary care centers serving adults on Medicare that is headquartered in Chicago.
At Oak Street Health, Dr. Myers has successfully guided the company’s growth into additional markets and explores additional partnerships to broaden the company’s reach. He has built the medical group and helped to develop the innovative care model at Oak Street. He is a frequent speaker and publisher on behalf of the company and a rising voice in the health care industry.
Prior to Oak Street Health, Dr. Myers was a Clinical Fellow at Harvard Medical School, where he did his residency in emergency medicine at the Brigham and Women’s and Massachusetts General Hospitals. He previously worked as a Project Leader at The Boston Consulting Group.
Dr. Myers is BS graduate of Davidson College, has an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and has an MD from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Emergency Medicine and an Adjunct Instructor of Emergency Medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Myers is also a Fellow at Doximity, a Thought Leader for NEJM Catalyst, and a Presidential Leadership Scholar.
On a special edition of Pophealth Week, the 'Dean' of Population Health and actual Dean of the Jefferson College of Population Health weighs in on state of population health in the U.S.
Always candid Dr. Nash will reflect on much of the content and key take-aways from the just concluded 18th Population Health Colloquium. For more information check out our last two interviews with Dr. Nash, here and here.
For more information on the Population Health Colloquium, click here.
April 18th 2018 at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern our special guests are Theodore R. Willich and Matt Berseth of NLP Logix a behavioral analytics and predictive modeling company based in Jacksonville, Florida.
Theodore R. Willich is CEO of NLP Logix with more than 20 years-experience founding and leading high-growth companies. Previous to NLP Logix, Ted was co-founder and COO of MDI, a start-up in the medical services industry that grew from zero to over $100 million in annual revenues over the course of 18 years.
Matt Berseth is Lead Scientist at NLP Logix, he began his career working as an intern for Microsoft, which had recently acquired the Great Plains accounting software platform in Fargo, ND.Upon completing his masters in Computer Science, Matt moved to Jacksonville, Florida where he continued his software development career working for a number of healthcare, marketing and logistics companies, where his focus was in developing and deploying predictive modeling applications into a production environment.
Topics will include:
White Matter Hyperintensity (WMH) model co-developed with Mayo
Join @PophealthWeek co-hosts Fred Goldstein, MS & Gregg Masters, MPH for a timely review of the impact of behavioral health on the social determinants of health, population health and the elusive pursuit of the triple aim.
Wednesday, March 14th PopHealth Week Features entrpreneur and digital health innovator Sean Duffy.
Sean Duffy is the Co-founder and CEO of Omada Health, a digital behavioral medicine company dedicated to inspiring and empowering people everywhere to live free of chronic conditions like heart disease and type 2 diabetes. In 2017, Omada was recognized as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies and in 2016, the company was named a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum.
An in-demand speaker and thought leader, Sean's accolades include a spot on The San Francisco Business Times’ 2015 list of "40 Under 40," Diabetes Forecast magazine's list of "2014 Diabetes All Stars,” and JPMorgan's list of the "100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs of 2014.”
Sean’s past speaking engagements include Clinton Global Initiative Health Matters Summit, SXSW Interactive, the Society for Behavioral Medicine, the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference, and others. He has written extensively about digital health and the future of healthcare in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, the New England Journal of Medicine, and TechCrunch, among other publications.
Prior to Omada, Sean worked at both Google and IDEO. A former MD/MBA candidate at Harvard, he holds a BS in neuroscience from Columbia University.
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Join us Wednesday, January 31st 2018 for lens on the Population Health industry.
David Nash, MD, MBA, (@nashpophealth) the founding and current Dean of the Jefferson College of Population Health will provide his thoughts on the current state of the science and best practices prevailing in population health management including what to expect at the 18th Population Health Colloquium in Philadelphia, March 19th - 21st.
More about Dr. Nash:
Dr. David B. Nash was named Founding Dean of the Jefferson College of Population Health (JCPH) in 2008. This appointment caps a 25-year tenure on the faculty of Thomas Jefferson University. He is also the Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Professor of Health Policy.
Dr. Nash is a board-certified internist who is internationally recognized for his work in public accountability for outcomes, physician leadership development and quality-of-care improvement.
Repeatedly named to Modern Healthcare's list of Most Powerful Persons in Healthcare, his national activities cover a wide scope. Dr. Nash is a principal faculty member for quality of care programming for the American Association of Physician Leadership (AAPL) in Tampa, FL and leads their academic joint venture with JCPH. He serves on the National Quality Forum (NQF) Task Force on Improving Population Health and the John M. Eisenberg Award Committee for The Joint Commission. He also is a founding member of the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) IQ Steering Committee, the group charged with infusing the tenets of quality and safety into medical education.
Wednesday, January 24th our special guest is the talented, thoughtful and prolific writer, speaker and all around good person Jane Sarasohn-Kahn aka @healthythinker.
Jane's popular blog Health Populi notes:
As a health economist, I believe that health is a person’s most valuable asset. My mother and father taught me that fundamental value. My mother, Polly, was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 1971. There was no Internet to consult; there was a doctor, who fortuitously was just the sort to partner with a patient and be open to the the latest clinical research.
While I’m all health/care all-the-time in my profession, I try to lead a balanced life. I am passionate about my family and home life. We are devoted adherents of the Slow Food movement, and you can find us over a pot of something slowly cooking or roasting on most Sunday’s. I love art (from Botticelli and Fra Angelico to Picasso and Miro), theatre and music, big Tuscan reds, my friends, and playing with paper and LEGOs.
We look forward to seeing many of you at the 18th Population Health Colloquium in Philadephia, March 19th - 21st, 2018.
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Wednesday at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern our guest is Jamey Edwards, CEO of Cloudbreak Health a telehealth company that has been around for over 14 years. In the course of building out the technology powering our Martti video remote interpretation all of those years, we developed unparalleled understanding of networks, video traffic and the technology to enable them. This birthed our Carenection tools and the Cloudbreak ecosystem.
Cloudbreak was formed by bringing together two industry leaders, Martti (the leading Video Remote Interpreting pioneer) and Carenection (the first Telemedicine market network) to deliver unified telehealth solutions to hospitals nationwide. Founded in 2003 to provide video remote interpreting services (VRI) and over the phone interpreting (OPI) to medical facilities around the country, Cloudbreak has been a pioneer and has driven the market's evolution.
More about Jamey Edwards
Prior to LAN & Carenection, Jamey was the CEO of Emergent Medical Associates. During his tenure, EMA grew into the leading multi-specialty group in the southwest US. He remains with EMA as a Board Member. He is also Board Member for Santa Monica Chapter of the American Red Cross, the Young President’s Organization & a Mentor at the LA Incubator Start Engine. Jamey has been a 3x Honoree for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award and a 2x Honoree for the LABJ Healthcare Leadership Awards. Jamey is also a proud member of the #PinkSocks Tribe of healthcare innovators, working to disrupt healthcare from the ground up and drive positive change for patients and providers. He received his MBA from Cornell’s Johnson Graduate School of Management.
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Wednesday January 3rd at 2PM Pacific/5PM Eastern co-hosts Fred Goldstein and Gregg Masters weigh in on select newsworthy topics.
EEOC and Wellness AARP lawsuit Judge Ruling
CMS proposed changes to MLR reporting and allowed services
Repeal of individual mandate and its impact | The Progress and Challenges of the Affordable Care Act
MI Requests Renewal of “Healthy Behaviors” 1115 Medicaid Waiver
Both CBO and JCT agreed with the Academy of Actuaries that millions of healthier individual market consumers would no longer purchase insurance because the mandate financial penalty wouldn’t help drive individual enrollment.
Medicaid Waivers
Increased promotion and use of State 1115 Medicaid Waivers.
The 36th Annual JP Morgan Healthcare Conference
Population Health Colloquium
December 14th 2017 Health Innovation Media co-hosts Fred Goldstein, M.S.,President, Accountable Health, LLC, and Gregg Masters, MPH engage Dan Foltz, Managing Director of Parnassus Consulting for an informative session on 'Healthcare Data Liquidity'. Listen in as they explore: What is healthcare data liquidity and why has it been difficult to achieve?What is the difference between data liquidity and interoperability?How data liquidity sets the stage for so many key healthcare initiatives such as Preparing for new payment modelsClinical integrationPhysician engagementCare management and population healthHow St. Luke’s University Health Care reached data liquidity and the impact they achieved Broadcast sponsored by Information Builders.
Friday, December 1st Fred Goldstein and Gregg Masters dicuss hot topics in the news, including:
The Azar nomination to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services.
“He’s a different type of person. He’s got a different experience set than Tom Price,” said Andy Slavitt, who ran CMS under the Obama administration and who has been a bitter and visible critic of the Trump team and their determined efforts to repeal the health law. “There are reasons to want to be hopeful here.”
Medicaid Profits California: Whistleblower: Medicaid Managed-Care Firm Improperly Denied Care To Thousands.
Optum health group VC fund (all are jumping in)
World AIDS Day is tomorrow.
Preview of Jefferson College of Population Health, Population Health Colloquium
Preview of JP Morgan Healthcare Conference
Thursday, November 30th Fred Goldstein and Gregg Masters dicuss hot topics in the news, including:
The Azar nomination to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services.
“He’s a different type of person. He’s got a different experience set than Tom Price,” said Andy Slavitt, who ran CMS under the Obama administration and who has been a bitter and visible critic of the Trump team and their determined efforts to repeal the health law. “There are reasons to want to be hopeful here.”
Medicaid Profits California: Whistleblower: Medicaid Managed-Care Firm Improperly Denied Care To Thousands.
Optum health group VC fund (all are jumping in)
World AIDS Day is tomorrow.
Preview of Jefferson College of Population Health, Population Health Colloquium
Preview of JP Morgan Healthcare Conference
Wednesday, September 27th our special guest is @DrNic1 aka Nick van Terheyden MD.
More about 'Dr. Nick':
'Dr. Nick is a leader in Digital Healthcare and Innovation and former Chief Medical Officer for Dell. He provides strategic insights and guidance to support healthcare organizations, medical professionals, and patients through information-enabled healthcare. He brings an incremental approach to developing successful strategies and applies his expertise to achieve a technology environment that is interconnected, efficient and patient-focused. He is a highly sought out speaker on the practical and futuristic use of healthcare technology and how it can improve patient engagement and wellness.'
Join Fred Goldstein and me for an informative exchange!
Wednesday September 2oth our special guest is Mike Biselli the visionary founder of Denver based Catalyst HTI,
After being named 1st Team All PAC-10 Kicker in 1999 and playing in the Rose Bowl with the Stanford Cardinal the following year – all while earning his BA and MA – Mike Biselli hung up his cleats and brought his unwavering determination and collaborative spirit to the field of healthcare. During his tenure with several industry-leading medical device companies in Nevada and Colorado, Mike quickly recognized the potential of digital health technology to significantly improve medical outcomes, and decided to join the growing movement of entrepreneurs, technologists, and clinicians who were reimagining healthcare through innovation. MedPassage, a digital health startup that connected the buyers and sellers of medical implants via an online platform, represented his first attempt at using technology to address the US healthcare system’s pervasive inefficiencies. After a private equity group acquired MedPassage in 2013, Mike began collaborating with a wide range of individuals and organizations dedicated to accelerating the current transformation of the US healthcare industry through digital health innovation.
As Board Member of Prime Health and a Senior Advisor to 10.10.10 that Mike witnessed firsthand the tremendous power a determined community of clinicians, executives, technologists, entrepreneurs, academics, and investors could wield. Realizing just how much more could be accomplished if that power were harnessed, Mike began developing the industry integrator concept, a completely new feature of the innovation economy that would allow the healthcare industry to be integrated at the point of innovation by housing an entire health-tech ecosystem in a single location.
Wednesday, September 13th, 2017 our special guests are:
Brian R. Klepper, PhD is a principal at Healthcare Performance, Inc. and Principal at Worksite Health Advisors . Klepper is a health care analyst, commentator and entrepreneur who has specialized on health care market dynamics and the drivers of the cost crisis. He is a former CEO of the National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH), representing 52 regional business health coalitions, about 5,000 employer and union health benefits purchasers and some 35 million people.
Linda K. Riddell, M.S., Principal, Health Economy, LLC. Ms. Riddell has worked in health policy and health care since 1985. Her recent public sector work has included projects for Maine’s Medicaid program. Linda is an independent population health scientist, consulting with private and public sector organizations on measuring outcomes. She is also the Strategic Initiatives Manager for the Validation Institute, Inc. She will be in charge of reviewing the Health Value Award applicants' measurable results.
We'll discuss current market conditions and the HealthValue Awards Program a co-venture of World Congress, in partnership with The Health Rosetta Institute and The Care Innovations Validation Institute.
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Wednesday, September 6th 2017 at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern our guest is Billy Berrios - Vice President of Corporate Wellness,We Are Wellness.
Per their website:
WeAreWellness is a leader in helping employers vet and implement wellness programs that make financial sense for their employees and corporations alike. Partnering with the right corporate wellness company can make this an easy, affordable and pleasant experience that offers a value added benefit for your population. We understand the importance of helping employers build a benefits portfolio that allows their employees to thrive, while also strengthening their bottom line.
At WeAreWellness, we strive to provide only the highest level of individualized and superior service for your corporate wellness needs including: wellness plans, biometric screening, health risk assessments, corporate health fairs, newsletters and health content, wellness incentive programs and so much more. Our corporate wellness consultants take the time to understand your situation and negotiate the best rates on your behalf. When we partner with your company, not only do we become your wellness consultant, we become your partner in inspiring healthy habits and positive change in your employees.
Partnering with heavy hitters like Virgin Pulse and Humana, WeAreWellness is poised to be a leading full service firm assisting national corporations from 100 employees and up. A growing portfolio of clients lists Office Depot, Sonic Drive In and Wright State University as a few of their top names.
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On the Wednesday, August 30th broadcast at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Estern our special guests are Theodore R. Willich and Matt Berseth of NLP Logix a behavioral analytics and predictive modeling company based in Jacksonville, Florida.
Theodore R. Willich is CEO of NLP Loogix with more than 20 years-experience founding and leading high-growth companies. Previous to NLP Logix, Ted was co-founder and COO of MDI, a start-up in the medical services industry that grew from zero to over $100 million in annual revenues over the course of 18 years.
Matt Berseth is Lead Scientist at NLP Logix, he began his career working as an intern for Microsoft, which had recently acquired the Great Plains accounting software platform in Fargo, ND.Upon completing his masters in Computer Science, Matt moved to Jacksonville, Florida where he continued his software development career working for a number of healthcare, marketing and logistics companies, where his focus was in developing and deploying predictive modeling applications into a production environment.
Topics will include: the application of machine learning/AI from, data collection, curation, model training and model deployment; and healthcare imagery 'datapoints' and 'lessons learned' from international data science contests Join @PophealthWeek co-hosts Fred Goldstein, MS and Gregg Masters, MPH for an exploration into the timely subject of the impact of behavioral health on the social determinants of health, population health and the elusive pursuit of the triple aim.
Wednesday, August 2nd our featured guest is Allison Hart, who's bio reads:
Allison Hart is a regularly-published advocate for utilizing technology-enabled communications to engage and activate patients beyond the clinical setting and, her opinion pieces appear regularly in national healthcare publications. As West’s chief healthcare market research and insights strategist, she leads study and thought leadership efforts for West’s TeleVox Solutions, promoting the idea that engaging with patients between healthcare appointments in meaningful ways will encourage and inspire them to follow and embrace treatment plans - and that activating these positive behaviors ultimately leads to better outcomes for both healthcare organizations and patients. Hart also currently serves as Vice President of Marketing for TeleVox Solutions at West (www.west.com), where the healthcare mission is to help organizations harness communications to expand the boundaries of where, when, and how healthcare is delivered.
Her most recent publication is available here.
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Wednesday, July 26th 2017 at 12 PM PT/3PM/ET our special guest is Jon McBride, Founder and Chairman, Sunfish Health, Merritt Island, Florida.
Jon McBride is an experienced healthcare and technology executive with a proven record of growing businesses through innovative and reliable solutions. From the drawing room to the board room, Mr. McBride seeks to be a value-add executive leader and manager.
His passion is improve the healthcare and human experience and is committed to building mission-critical systems. McBride has been responsible for all of the technology functions at multiple companies.
Previously he worked at Availity as an early-stage CTO and the first CIO, creating and growing one of the largest real-time health information networks in the United States. Availity processes billions of healthcare transactions each year.
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Wednesday July 19th at 12PM PT/3PM ET our guest is Kym l. Martin.
Kym helps lead efforts to ensure the success ofWEGO Health Experts, a digital platform designed to bring the gig economy to healthcare. The DIY, on-demand solution is a high-value, cost-effective solution for healthcare leaders to quickly identify and hire patient experts and influencers as freelance consultants.
Diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma, melanoma (2x!) and breast cancer, Kym leverages her 30+ years of cancer survivorship expertise, 20+ years of wellness practice and 20+ years of business development success to help lead WEGO Health. Kym is a nationally-recognized patient Expert, speaker and leader named as one of 15 Disruptive Women to Watch in 2015.
Follow more information follow Kym on twitter via @kymlmartin, contact by email: kymm@wegohealth.com check out WEGO Health.
For prior interviews with Kym, cllik here, here and our very first engagement with Kym via her husband Ross Martin, MD, check out Health Datapalooza IV: A Poignant Message from Kym Martin.
Wednesday, July 5th 2017 our special guest is Lori Osachy, MSS, LCSW, Director, The Body Image Counseling Center, who's bio reads:
'I want to live in a world free from eating disorders and body hatred'.
Osachy, a nationally recognized authority in the treatment and prevention of eating disorders, depression, anxiety, and related mental health issues, has successfully counseled adults, children and families for over twenty years. She regularly lectures, teaches and is the author of numerous articles promoting eating disorders education among health care professionals and the lay population. She has been featured in several national magazines and is a regular mental health consultant for print news and television. She received her BA from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, and her MSS from Bryn Mawr Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research in Bryn Mawr, PA.
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Wednesday, June 21 2017 at 12 Noon PT/3PM ET our special guest is Prashant Natarajan, Emerging Technologies Oracle Health Sciences GBU ( Follow on twitter via @natpr).
Prashant Natarajan is Director of Product Strategy at Oracle, where he is responsible for business strategy, product management, and go-to market solutions for a portfolio of informatics products & cloud services for population health, precision medicine, interoperability, and integrated little + big data analytics. Prashant received his chemical engineering degree from Mangalore University (India) in 1998 and his master’s degree in technical and professional communications from Auburn University (USA) in 2005. He is a prior recipient of the SBC/Chancellor’s Endowed Fellowship for graduate research.
Prashant is a lead author or contributor to 4 books on analytics, machine learning & AI, and precision medicine. He serves on the Board of Advisors for Council for Affordable Health Coverage. He is also Industry Advisor for Data Science & AI at UCSF/CIAPM. Prashant currently serves as Chairperson of the HIMSS NorCal Chapter’s annual Innovation Conference & Showcase.
Follow Prashant's work via Big Data CXO.
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Wednesday, June 14th 2017 at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern our special guest is James McGrigor, Managing Director, McGrigor Group.
James founded McGrigor Group in early 2002, as a combination of his two careers in strategy consulting and healthcare ventures.
He started work at Bain and Co, gaining experience from the London, Boston and Johannesburg offices. During his 6 years he was one of the first consultants to achieve a ‘Bain’ MBA involving finance, marketing, strategy and other courses at London Business School and Insead.
Since 2002, James has run McGrigor Group, with personal involvement in almost 300 projects. He has established partner offices in Paris, Bahrain and continues to build the 25 strong associate-network from the US to China. In the UK he is joint the corporate finance partner of the Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries. Together with Mikael Garandeau, he has built McGrigor Speciality which has invested in several health services businesses.
More on McGrigor:
'The McGrigor Group is a strategy and M&A advisory firm. Our global industry focus is health insurance and medical products and services.
Periodically, we publish research and act as a co-investor and accelerator of innovative businesses within this industry.
Our working model combines Europe-based consultants with a worldwide group of regional experts'
For their recent work, (paywall) see: 'The global market for Population Health Management 2016'.
join us for an informative global perspective!
Wednesday, June 7th 2017 at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern our special guest is Tom Chamberlain.
Thomas M. Chamberlain, PharmD, has thirty years of experience designing innovative educational programs, drug information services, and patient care initiatives for healthcare organizations and the pharmaceutical industry. He is the CEO and Founder of EdLogics, a Virginia Beach based organization that develops interactive educational solutions designed to improve health literacy and empower consumers to take greater responsibility for managing their health.
Previously, Dr. Chamberlain served as Executive Vice President for Stayhealthy where he was responsible for corporate development activities and oversight of the organizations’ business development strategies. Prior to joining Stayhealthy, he served as President of Managed Market Resources, a health care consultant firm that specialized in strategic planning, market research, product positioning strategies and sales force training for the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. In 1993, Chamberlain founded and served as the CEO of the Center for Health Information, an organization that designed and implemented comprehensive clinical support services, multidisciplinary educational programs, telephonic and Web-based drug information and call center support services for health care professionals and consumers.
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Wednesday May 17th 2017 at 12 Noon Paific/3PM Eastern our special gues is Tibi Zohar, the President and CEO of DoctorGlobe.
Tibi co-founded the company in January of 2014 with Yori Landau, the former leader of the Orbitz Worldwide Israel’s R&D center. The company is headquartered in Oceanside California and it has R&D centers in Tel Aviv Israel and New Delhi, India.
Tibi is an accomplished financial professional with over 3 decades of experience in corporate and employee benefits in two different countries. Served as corporate executive, agency owner, founder of Custom Financial Planning and Synergy Advisers. Million Dollar Round Table 3-time Top Of The table and 5-time Court Of the Table accomplishments, as well as TOT meeting speaker in Kauai (2009) and keynote address the 2010 Insurance and Finance annual conference in Eilat, Israel.
Tibi earned his Master of Science in Financial Services from the institute of business and finance in La Jolla California. Among his community contributions are board member at Fresh Start Surgical Gifts, a board member at T.E.A.M. and StandWithUs Israel advocacy organizations. He co-chaired Israel @ 60 San Diego, as well as co-founded and served as president of the San Diego Jewish Chamber of Commerce.
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On PopHealth Week, March 20th 2017 David Nash, MD, MBA the Dean of the Jefferson College of Population Health is our guest.
We'll get his insights on the current state of the ACA, the assessment of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) and a preview of the upcoming 17th Population Health Colloquium.
Dr. Nash's bio notes:
David B. Nash was named the Founding Dean of the Jefferson School of Population Health (JSPH) in 2008. This appointment caps a 25 year tenure on the faculty of Thomas Jefferson University. He is also the Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon Professor of Health Policy. JSPH provides innovative educational programming designed to develop healthcare leaders for the future. Its offerings include Masters Programs in Public Health, Healthcare Quality and Safety, Health Policy and Applied Health Economics. JSPH also offers a doctoral program in Population Health Science.
Dr. Nash is a board certified internist who is internationally recognized for his work in public accountability for outcomes, physician leadership development, and quality-of-care improvement. Repeatedly named to Modern Healthcare’s list of Most Powerful Persons in Healthcare, his pro bono national activities cover a wide scope.
For more information, click here.
This week on PopHealth Week we are exploring Humana’s Bold Goal initiative with Tray Cockerell, MA, SPHR, Leader Bold Goal Operations. There is a growing interest in programs targeting entire communities aroubnd the country. Humana, the national health insurer has launched several these initiatives. Humana’s simple but lofty goal is to raise the Health of the communities they serve by 20% by 2020. Fred has been involved with the Bold Goal launch in Jacksonville, FL which began last fall and can comment as an outsider.
Tray joined Humana in 2001 in its Human Resource function leading Employee Relations, expanding his accountability in 2002 to include being HR Business Leader for all corporate functions, including the Offices of the CEO and Chairman of the Board. Tray transitioned into a new role leading internal communications for the organization and partnering to design new benefit strategies and communications for Humana’s associate population. Subsequently, Tray was asked to join Humana’s Consumer Innovation and Marketing Office as its Chief of Staff, where he played a strategic and integrative leadership role, led a Business Optimization team, and played an instrumental role in the front-end of innovation, working with start-ups, health accelerators, and other potential innovation partners.
He is a graduate of Tulane University in New Orleans, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and History.
For more information, click here.
Wednesday January 18th 2017 PopHealth Week thought leaders Fred Goldstein, Douglas Goldstein and Gregg Masters weigh in on the latest indicia of the emerging 'Trumpcare' substitute for the Affordable Care Act.
For timely consideration, the hearing for Rep Tom Price to lead the Department of Health and Human Services was aired today on C-SPAN, watch here.
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On a special edition of PopHealth Week we close the year with a pulse check on Precision Medicine, Population Health and Account Care courtesy of Douglas Goldstein, Fred Goldstein and Gregg Masters.
Join Health Innovation Media co-hosts and industy veteran operators as we measure progress to date and speculate how these macro trends are likely to interact with and shape what ultimately emerges as health reform doctrine under a Trump Administration.
December 14th 2016 at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern we chat with David B. Nash, MD, MBA the Dean of the Jefferson College of Population Health.
'Repeatedly named to Modern Healthcare’s list of Most Powerful Persons in Healthcare, Nash’s pro bono national activities cover a wide scope. He is on the VHA Center for Applied Healthcare Studies Advisory Board and he is a member of the Board of Directors of The Care Continuum Alliance (formerly DMAA). Dr. Nash is a principal faculty member for Quality of Care programming for the American Association of Physician Leaders (AAPL) in Tampa, Florida, and leads the academic joint venture between AAPL and the JCPH. He is on the NQF task force on Improving Population Health and is on the John M. Eisenberg Award Committee from the Joint Commission. He also is a founding member of the AAMC-IQ Steering Committee, the group charged with introducing the tenets of quality and safety into medical education. Finally, Dr. Nash has chaired the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) of the Pennslyvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (HC4) for more than 15 years and he is widely recognized as a pioneer in the public reporting of outcomes.'
Join co-hosts Fred Goldstein, MS and Gregg Masters, MPH as we chat with this thought leader in population health and health reform.
Produced for PopHeath Week by Gregg Masters, MPH for Health Innovation Media.
On the Wednesday broadcast at 12 Noon PT/3PM ET December 7th, 2016 our special guest is Judson Brewer MD PhD, of Claritas Mind Sciences (@ClaritasMind).
Judson “Jud” Brewer is the founder of Claritas Mind and a thought leader in the “science of self-mastery,” having combined over 15 years of experience with mindfulness training with his scientific research therein. He has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, spoken at international conferences, and his work has been featured on 60 Minutes, at TEDx, Time magazine (top 100 new health discoveries of 2013), Forbes, CNN, BBC, NPR, Businessweek and others. He also writes an addiction blog for the Huffington Post. He graduated cum laude from Princeton University, Received his MD PhD from Washington University in St. Louis, and completed his psychiatry residency at Yale University School of Medicine, where he spent 5 years on faculty as an assistant professor and medical director of the Yale Therapeutic Neuroscience Clinic at Yale. He is currently the Director of Research at the Center for Mindfulness and an associate professor in Medicine and Psychiatry at UMass Medical School. Based on his recent discoveries of brain regions involved in meditation, he is developing novel neurofeedback techniques to measure and train meditative “flow” states.
Join co-hosts Fred Goldstein and Gregg Masters as we discuss how apps can help in these two important areas of population health and hear from Fred who has been using the Eat Right: Now app, to get a sense of what he has learned and how the app has worked for him.
Wednesday, November 30th we devote the show to a discussion of the range of opinions in the news on the likely nature of and what can be expected from 'Trumpcare' as a replacement for the Affordable Care Act aka 'Obamacare'.
With the recent choice of Rep. Tom Price an orthopedic surgeon and lead author of the ‘Empowering Patients First Act of 2015', the likely chassis to enable the repeal of the Affordable Cre Act, to lead the Department of Health Services.
There is considerably more to consider including:HEALTHCARE REFORM TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, What will Trump do about Obamacare?,Obamacare defenders vow 'total war', Day One And Beyond: What Trump’s Election Means For The ACA, The Affordable Care Act in 2017: Challenges for President-Elect Trump and Congress.
Joim us for a lively exchange!
Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 our special guest is Nick Adkins a 'Kilt-wearing pink furry bike riding healthcare MBA' who suggests we 'love more, fear less'. For more information on Nick, click here and here and checkout his interviews with Reed Tuckson, MD, outgoing American Telemedicine, 2015/16 President here and here.
Produced by Gregg Masters, MPH for Health Innovation Media.
Wednesday, November 16th 2016 our special guest is Jennifer Benz, the Chief Executive Officer at Benz Communications.
'Jennifer Benz has been on the leading edge of employee benefits communication for 14 years—starting with early adopter consumer driven health plans and now with innovative wellness and social media strategies. Her work has been recognized by Business Insurance, the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC), the Profit Sharing Council of America, Employee Benefit News and others.'
Join PopHealth Week co-hosts Fred Goldstein andGregg Masters for an informative chat with this marketing and communications expert!
Produced by Gregg Masters for Health Innovation Media.
Wednesday, November 9th, 2016 our special guest is Dan Munro. For more information, click here.
Dan Munro is a writer on the topics of technology, innovation, and policy that are unfolding inside one of America’s largest industries – healthcare. First appearing in Forbes as a Contributor in 2011, Dan has written for a wide range of global brands and print publications. His first book – Casino Healthcare – was published earlier this year and he is also a Top Writer (4 consecutive years) on the globally popular Q&A site Quora.
The book – Casino Healthcare – is designed to unravel the mystery and complexity of America's healthcare system which is by far the most expensive in the world – and yet often ranks dead last on key quality metrics when compared to other industrialized countries.
Dan graduated from the International School of Brussels before completing undergraduate degrees in Computer Science and Communications (with a minor in Journalism) at the University of Redlands.
Wednesday, November 2nd 2016 our special guest is Ron Loeppke, MD, MPHVice Chairman, U.S. Preventive Medicine.
Dr. Loeppke's bio notes:
'...over 30 years of clinical and physician executive experience in occupational health, preventive medicine and medical management. He has presented nationally and internationally, as well as authored numerous articles and book chapters on the topics of preventive medicine, employer health and productivity, workplace wellness, occupational health, managed care, quality care improvement, adoption of evidence based medicine, consumer driven healthcare and innovative models of healthcare delivery.
Dr. Loeppke is Board Certified in Preventive Medicine; Fellowship trained in Occupational Medicine and is a Fellow of both the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) and the American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM). Dr. Loeppke was President of ACOEM and a member of the Board of Directors for eight years. He also served as Co-Chairman of the ACOEM Section on Health and Productivity. In addition, Loeppke was Chairman of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Diabetes at Work group (www.diabetesatwork.org) as part of the CDC and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Diabetes Education Program (www.ndep.nih.gov).'
Join co-hosts Fred Goldstein, MS and Gregg Masters, MPH for an informative chat.
Thursday, October 27th, 2016 at 12 Noon PT/3PM ET our special guest is Clint McClellan, Founder & President, Indie Health. Indie Health's mission is to: 'work with best-in-class partners to deliver state-of-the-art products and services for independent living and empowerment.
Clint's Bio:
Leveraging 15+ years as a wireless health executive, Clint’s latest venture, Indie Health, is developing a portfolio of the most highly standardized, highly certified and easiest to integrate health devices in the industry.
'He most recently was a co-founder of Qualcomm Life and prior to that established Qualcomm’s Global Industry Analyst and Global Market Intelligence programs. Clint has served as the President and Chairman of Continua Health Alliance where he led the efforts to get the Continua Standards adopted by the UN standards body, the ITU-T, as the world’s only connected health standard. Clint was the founding Chairman of the CEA Health and Fitness Division and also served on the boards of the San Diego Telecom Council, CommNexus and as the Board Chairman for the Foundation for the Children of the Californias. Clint is also on the advisory councils of EvoNexus, Larta and the Veterans Research Alliance (VRA). Most recently Clint joined UC Irvine as an Expert In Residence in its Applied Innovation Center and joined the Case School of Engineering and Case Western Reserve University as an Advisor for Wireless Health and Wearable Solutions.'
Join co-hosts Fred Goldstein and Gregg Masters to lean more about Indie Health.
On Wednesday, October 26th, we're re-broadcasting at 12 noon Pacific, the July 13th, 2016 episode with Randy Williams, MD, CEO, Pharos Innovations and Jessica Cunningham, RN, BSN, PHN Manager Clinical Populations HealthEast Care Systems.
Pharos provides chronic care management services to hospitals, payers and ACOs. Their programs incorporate their proprietary Pharos' platform, patient engagement outreach, provider engagement support, care coordination support and marketing outreach.
The Pharos platform includes: Algorithm-based population targetingDaily surveysCare Manager AlertsCare Manager coordination,Patient feedbackIn an analytics driven process. As providers move to Value Based Payments and ACO structures, it’s been well documented that ACO’s have not been very successful in achieving cost savings. We’ll discuss with Randy and Jessica why that is and some of the ways to improve results at HealthEast.
Wednesday, October 5th 2016 PopHealth Week co-hosts Fred Goldstein and Gregg Masters engage with entrepreneur, author, healthwonk and now 'The Big Heist' documentary film executive producer Dave Chase. The Big Heist 'is a documentary film that seeks to make the indecipherable understandable and demonstrate that there is reason for great optimism that a partnership between doc-entrepreneurs and forward-looking clinicians with individuals (fka “patients”) can dramatically out-perform against Quadruple Aim* objectives compared to traditional healthcare orgs.'
Dave is widely published, and co-authored the healthcare Book of the Year in in 2014. He was the CEO and co-founder of Avado which was acquired by and integrated into WebMD and the most widely used healthcare professional site - Medscape.
For context see: Have PPO Networks Perpetrated The Greatest Heist In American History?
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Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at 3PM Eastern/12 Noon Pacific our special guest is Ken Saitow – President & CEO,CareWire, Inc, a company that helps hospitals, health systems, ambulatory surgery centers, and other healthcare providers improve performance, enhance patient outcomes and deepen loyalty.
More about Ken:
Ken Saitow has more than 25 years of experience providing performance improvement solutions for leading healthcare organizations across the country. Prior to taking the helm at CareWire, he held operational and strategic leadership positions for a number of premier healthcare consulting firms establishing a track record of successfully bringing new solutions and services to market. Most recently, Ken was a Managing Director in Huron Consulting Group’s Healthcare Practice. Prior to that, he was an owner of Stockamp & Associates Inc. and a partner within the Global Health Services Practice at Accenture. Ken holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of Georgia.
Join Pop Health Week co-hosts Fred Goldstein, MS and Gregg Masters, MPH for an informative chat.
On Friday, September 16th, 2016 our special guest is the CEO of a pioneering state organzation enabling the success and support of Accountable Care Organizations in the the state of Florida, Nicole Bradberry.
During the broadcast we'll get this industry veteran and innovator to weigh in on the significance of the recent CMS results reporting of ACOs participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). and a preview of the upcoming 3rd Annual FLAACO gathering in Orlando, Florida.
For more information click here, and for a summary take on CMS's results reporting click here.
And for our prior chat's with Nicole, click here, and here.
On the Wednesday, September 7th 2016 broadcast Fred Goldstein, Douglas GoldsteinandGregg Masters weigh in on a range of issues in population health, precision medicine and accountable care including the recent perhaps definitive fall from grace of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, see: 'How Elizabeth HolmesHouse of Cards Came Tumbling Down'.
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On the Wednesday, August 31st 2016 broadcast, our special guest is Kevin Mergruen, Vice President, Vertical Solutions, Information Builders (IBI), the 'Makers of business intelligence (BI), data integrity, and integration software?'. Follow Information Builders on twitter via @infobldrs.
"Kevin is responsible for state and local government, education, and healthcare business across North America. The solutions his team drives address the vertical sector needs for enterprise data integration, data integrity and operational business intelligence, enhancing overall efficiency, modernization of legacy systems, and improved quality of care. Mr. Mergruen is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and executive briefings. He graduated from Hofstra University with a dual degree in finance and computer science."
For IBI's webinar series see: Transforming Healthcare With Better Data and Analytics
Join co-hosts Fred Goldstein, M.S. and Gregg Masters, MPH for an informative chat.
On this week's broadcast at 12 noon Pacific, July 13th, 2016 we are joined by Randy Williams, MD, CEO, Pharos Innovations and Jessica Cunningham, RN, BSN, PHN Manager Clinical PopulationsHealthEast Care Systems.
Pharos provides chronic care management services to hospitals, payers and ACOs. Their programs incorporate their proprietary Pharos' platform, patient engagement outreach, provider engagement support, care coordination support and marketing outreach.
The Pharos platform includes: Algorithm-based population targetingDaily surveysCare Manager AlertsCare Manager coordination,Patient feedbackIn an analytics driven process. As providers move to Value Based Payments and ACO structures, it’s been well documented that ACO’s have not been very successful in achieving cost savings. We’ll discuss with Randy and Jessica why that is and some of the ways to improve results at HealthEast.
On the Wednesday, July 6th 2016 Broadcast our special guest is Tom Chamberlain, PharmD, Founder and CEO of EdLogics. Tom has more than thirty years of experience designing innovative educational programs and population health initiatives for healthcare organizations and the pharmaceutical industry. Leveraging his experience building innovative healthcare organizations from startup to maturity, Dr. Chamberlain brings a wealth of knowledge and insight to the design and development of highly effective consumer engagement solutions for the healthcare industry.
EdLogics is an education-based consumer engagement company that provides innovative health education and learning management solutions to employers, health plans, healthcare providers, and government entities. Through interactive game-based learning, multimedia educational programs, innovative gamification strategies, and rewards for educational achievement, EdLogics is transforming the way consumers learn about health. The EdLogics Platform makes learning fun and engaging, measures learning comprehension, improves health literacy, and empowers consumers to take greater responsibility for managing their health.
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On the Wednesday, June 8th, 2016 broadcast of PopHealth Week, my co-founder and colleaque extraordinaire Fred Goldstein aka @fsgoldstein weighs in on some of the isssues in the health and wellness ecosystem. Fred recently returned from a visit to Health City Cayman Islands a JV between Naryana Health, Dr. Devi Shetty and Ascension Health. Dr Shetty the originator of The Narayana Health model, (see previous broadcast here) .
Join us for a fun and informative discussion,
On the Wednesday, June 1st 2016 broadcast we continue coverage of issues in the emerging population health space including evidence based best practices with key thought leaders, innovators, academicians and best in class vendors. Our special guest is Douglas Goldstein, aka @efuturist a talented keynote speaker, mobile technologies, precision medicine and population health expert including Health Innovation Media co-host and colleague.
As a leading eFuturist, Doug's keynotes and workshops energize participants. He delivers actionable strategies on using emerging technology and ingenuity to improve health. Doug is a thought leader in mobile solutions, population health and precision medicine. He guides audiences in smart application of cognitive computing, social media, IoT sensors, virtual & behavioral economics for improved outcomes. He hyper-customizes his talks to meet your learning objectives. Popular keynotes & workshops include: Innovate Now, Smarter and Digital & DNA Doctoring Today, Nano Doctoring Tomorrow.
For over 20 years Doug has delivered to global leaders in the Life Sciences, Health Systems, Healplans, Government and Technology and Corporate sectors.
On the Wednesday, May 25th 2016 broadcast our special guest is Al Lewis, CEO of Quizzify.
Al "wears multiple hats, both professionally and also to cover his bald spot. As an author, his critically acclaimed category-bestselling book on outcomes measurement, Why Nobody Believes the Numbers, chronicling and exposing the innumeracy of the health management field, was named 2012 healthcare book of the year in Forbes. Cracking Health Costs: How to Cut Your Company’s Health Costs and Provide Employees Better Care, released in 2013, was also a trade bestseller. His 2014 Surviving Workplace Wellness, co-authored with Vik Khanna, has also received great accolades and excerpts have appeared in Harvard Business Review and elsewhere."
As a consultant, he is widely acclaimed for his expertise in population health outcomes and strategy, and in 2013 was named one of the "unsung heroes changing health care forever". As a validator of outcomes, he has been able to obtain Gold Standard certification for many of his clients, and Quizzify, from the Intel Care Innovations Validation Institute.
At the 16th Annual Population Health Alliance (PHA) Forum in Washington, D.C., PHA Board member and immediate Past Board Chair and Executive Director Fred Goldstein sat with Dr. Ray Fabius for a world wind tour of population health, medical management and the triple aim.
Produced and edited by Gregg A. Masters, MPH for Health Innovation Media.
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This week our guest on PopHealth Week is Howard Rosen, the CEO and Founder of LifeWIRE. Howard is a Schulich MBA with over two decades of experience as a film & television producer. He invented and developed LifeWIRE’s patented population management communication platform that humanizes digital communication through personalized, responsive interactions between parties such as health care providers and patients.
Howard was named one of the top 100 Innovators of the Next Century (Rockefeller Foundation) and one of the Top 30 mHealth Innovators by the mHealth Alliance (United Nations Foundation). He has authored numerous articles, is an industry reviewer for the U.S. department of Health and Human Services, has addressed the Congressional subcommittee’s on the subject and is a member of the working task force for mHIMSS as well as one of their conference speakers.
LifeWIRE is a proprietary, secure, cloud-based communications engine that automates a continuous, two way dialogue between service providers and their customers. The resulting exchanges are tracked for advanced analytics that improve future service, gain more customer insights, predict trends, and reduce costs.
Join us as we talk with Howard about the work LIfeWIRE is doing in the population health space.
This week, Fred Goldstein our co-host is in Brazil where he will be conducting an ACO workshop and then presenting a keynote on Creating a Sustainable Health Care System at the ASAP International Population Health Forum. Our Guest on PopHealth Week is Dr. Ana Elisa Siquiera a Director and President of Grupo Santa Celina. She is a physician and has a Masters in Economics and Health as well as an MBA in Strategic Management. In 2013 Ana Elisa was cited by HSM Health Management as one of the 100 most influential persons in healthcare in Brazil.
Grupo Santa Celina started over 40 years ago with a hospital. They transitioned into a home health care provider and in the past five years began providing population health management services.
Their population health services include screenings, employee wellness, maternity care, elder care, chronic disease management, care coordination and hospital discharge planning.
Ana Elisa is an innovator in the field and has recently begun working on establishing an ACO in Brazil. She is a member of the Board of Directors of ASAP and serves on the International Committee of the Population Health Alliance.
On the March 30th 2016 broadcast at 12 noon Pacific/3PM Estern our special guest is Ron Goetzel, PhD, Vice President of Consulting and Applied Research for Truven Health Analytics as well as the Senior Scientist and Director of the Institute for Health and Productivity Studies (IHPS) at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Dr. Goetzel is responsible for leading innovative research projects for healthcare purchaser, managed care, government, and pharmaceutical clients interested in conducting cutting-edge research focused on the relationship between health and well-being, medical costs, and work-related productivity. He is a nationally recognized and widely published expert in health and productivity management (HPM), return-on-investment (ROI), program evaluation, and outcomes research. Dr. Goetzel has published well over 100 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and frequently presents at international business and scientific forums. Over the past 20 years, his work has focused on large-scale evaluations of health promotion, disease prevention, and disease management programs in the public and private sectors, domestically and abroad.
Join co-hosts Fred Goldstein and Gregg Masters for an informative chat with this industry thought leader and academician.
In the LIVE from HiMSS16 series we were privileged to chat with Kaveh Safavi, MD(@DrKavehSafavi), Senior Managing Director, Health Industry, Accenture Health (@AccentureHealth).
Enjoy as my colleague and co-host Fred Goldstein (@fsgoldstein) Health Innovation Media Co-host and President, Accountable Health, LLC, engages this thoughtful and enterprising physician executive with global insights. Dr. Safavi previews the most recent Patient Engagement survey.
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Our colleague Douglas Goldstein aka@eFuturist author, keynote speaker and thought leader in the disruption space for two plus decades keynoted the American Association of Payor, Administrators and Networks at the Ritz Carlton, Laguna Niguel. A SRO crowd of PPO, TPA and Network managers embraced his message of innovation and where the rubber is likely to meet the road between tech innovation and the operators in the healthcare space on the journey from volume to value.
Produced and edited by Gregg A. Masters, MPH aka @2healthguru, Founder/CEO Health Innovation Media.
For Doug's portfolio work,click here.
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On the Wednesday, February 3rd, 2016 broadcast at 12 Noon PT/3PM ET our special guest isNeil Gordon MD, PhD, Chairman CEO & Founder of Intervent.
Intervent is a global lifestyle management and chronic disease risk reduction company based in the United States. INTERVENT develops, licenses and provides evidence-based, technology-enabled, outcomes-oriented programs for the prevention and management of multiple chronic diseases. The primary purpose of the INTERVENT programs is to improve individual and population-based measures of health while simultaneously reducing health care costs and enhancing productivity.
Dr. Gordon has authored over 100 published scientific manuscripts, eight books, and numerous scientific abstracts in the area of preventive medicine. Dr. Gordon served as an associate editor of the Eighth Edition of the American College of Sports Medicine’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription (the world’s most widely read academic text on the topic of exercise science). Dr. Gordon has devoted his entire career, spanning over 30 years, to the prevention of cardiovascular disease and other chronic illnesses.
Join us as we talk with one of the thought leaders in the population health space and learn more about how they are working with providers and employers to improve population health.
On the Wednesday broadcast of PopHealth Week at 12 Noon PT/3PM ET, February 10th 2016 we shift our focus the the maturing medical tourism industry. Our special guest is Gene Thompson, Project Director, Health City Cayman Islands.
'Gene Thompson is a third generation Caymanian of a family of entrepreneurs and is a Director of Thompson Development Ltd, one of the premier development companies in the Cayman Islands. His family is considered pioneers in property development and many other business ventures.
Thompson Development has varied business enterprises including Commercial Development, Resort Development, Tourism, Real Estate, and Retail. Although these business interests are varied, the Thompson family's stellar reputation in business began in development. Gene has been involved and/or led various types of development projects, including commercial centres, residential projects, resort developments and is now the Project Director for Health City Cayman Islands.'
The governing principle for Gene and his family has always been integrity and service to the customer. Gene operates several companies all with different characteristics and deliverables but he has maintained this principal as the common thread. He attributes the success of all his businesses to this fundamental approach.'
Join co-hosts Fred Goldstein and Gregg Masters for a deeper dive into their model and promise to enable the triple aim.
On the Wednesday, Februart 3rd, 2016 broadcast at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern our special guest is Brian Klepper, Ph.D. (follow on twitter via @bklepper1). Dr. Klepper:
'is a health care analyst, commentator and entrepreneur who has specialized on health care market dynamics and the drivers of the cost crisis. He is President of Health Value Direct, a benefits brokerage connecting high performance, high impact health care organizations with organizational health care purchasers. He is a former CEO of the National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH), representing 52 regional business health coalitions, about 5,000 employer and union health benefits purchasers and some 35 million people.'
Join co-hosts Fred Goldstein (@fsgoldstein) and Gregg Masters (@2healthguru) as we glean insights from this disruptive innovator.
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On our first broadcast of the new year at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern on January 6th 2016, we chat with Scott Reid, co-founder and CEO of Alignment Healthcare, whose mission is to:
"Relentlessly focus on improving health care value for patients and partners."
For recent news and announcements click here, and follow on Twitter via @AlignmentHealth.
Join Pophealth Week co-founders Fred Goldstein and Gregg Masters for a deep dive into the many moving parts of a successful population health management strategy.
Wednesday 12/9/15 Michael Dermer, thought leader, speaker, entrepreneur and innovator in the rewards space and Founder of IncentOne, a top Twitter Influencer and Huffington Post Blogger, who currently serves as the Chief Incentive Officer at Welltok 'transforming the nation’s healthcare system from one of sickcare to optimized health' join us.
For previous chat with Michael at the Population Health Alliance Forum, listen here & here.
At HiMSS 2015 in Chicago, Illinois last Spring we chatted with a number of top CIOs, Chief Innovation Officers, CMIOs and other clinicians in thought leadership roles at major healthcare systems and enterprises around the country.
In this session we speak with Rasu Shrestha, MD MBA, (follow via @rasushrestha) the Chief Innovation Officer and University of Pittsburg Medical Center a trophy East coast integrated delivery system.
Dr. Shrestha addresses several questions in rapid fire and succinct eloqution. This interview is one not to miss and he lays out the call to action for healthcare providers to step up and 'own' the social media space via curation of high quality content via an authentic voice that engages customers and patients in meaningful and relevant ways.
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On Wednesday, November 25th 2015 join los tres amigos aka Fred Goldstein, President, Accountable Health LLC, Douglas Goldstein, innovator and popular keynote speaker aka @efuturist and Health Innovation Media founder and publisher of ACOwatch.com Gregg Masters, aka @2healthguru for a month end review of developments in the population health space including the general movement towards the triple aim.
Wednesday, November 18th 2015 at 12 Noon PT/3PM ET our guest is Karissa Price, PhD of Care Innovations, an Intel/GE joint venture (follow via @karissaprice1, @CareInnovations, @IntelHealth and @GEhealthcare, respectively).
Karissa joined Care Innovations as Chief Marketing Officer in 2014. She is a high energy, award winning corporate entrepreneur, with a proven record of creating and executing profitable growth strategies for organizations ranging from ground level start-ups to Fortune 100 corporations.
Karissa co-founded and served as CEO of the first national, certified network of Home Care Agencies and service providers to help consumers age in place. The Trusted Hands Network generates calls from families that are then analyzed through a proprietary software system and matched to certified agency and provider members based on the patients needs.
Join us to learn more about Care Innovations and the Validation Institute!
On a special edition of @PopHealth Week, thought leaders Fred Goldstein, Douglas Goldstein and Gregg Masters reflect on their key takeaways from the august gathering of the population health industry's go to gathering.
For more information on PHAclick here and for more information on the PHA Forumclick here.
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On the Wednesday broadcast at 12 Noon PT/3PM ET October 28th, 2015 our special guest is Judson Brewer MD PhD, of Claritas Mind Sciences (@ClaritasMind).
Judson Brewer MD PhDfounder and research lead at Claritas Mind Sciences is a thought leader in the “science of self-mastery” with 15 years of experience in mindfulness training. He has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, spoken at international conferences, and his work has been featured at TEDx, Time magazine , Forbes, BBC, NPR, and others.
Some of the topics we'll expore during the program include:
What is Mindfulness? Why does it work on cravings & addictions? Tell me about the evidence that you have developed for smoking cessation. How is mindfulness different than other behavioral health approaches for cravings & addictions? What will you be working on after Smoking Cessation?
Join co-hosts Fred Goldstein and Gregg Masters for an interesting exploration into the behavioral and population health connection.
On the October 21st broadcast at 1PM ET/10AM PT our special guest is Russell Rothman, MD, MPP.
Dr. Russell Rothman is Professor of Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Health Policy. He serves as the
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Population Health Research at Vanderbilt and is also the Director of the Vanderbilt Center for Health Services Research and Chief of the Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Section. As Director of the Center for Health Services Research he oversees a Center that engages over 150 faculty involved in health services, quality, behavioral health, disparities, and other research areas.
We'll explore the following topics: Why is the issue of Health literacy such a hot topic?Dr. Rothman's work at Vanderbilt on health literacy?What drew him to study this area?We'll discuss a term less frequently heard but equally important, numeracy, what is it and give some examples of some of the ways low numeracy impacts the individualMedication adherence is a major issue in our current health care system, How does health literacy impact medication compliance Join Fred GoldsteinandGregg Masters for an informative chat.
On the fifth installment of our Countdown to the PHA Forum at 10:30AM PT/1:30PM ET our special guest is Sean McManamy, Senior Vice President of Heath Fitness, 'a proven health management
leader and partner to employers and health plans'.
Health Fitness is a Trustmark company, which has a track record of creating effective health management and corporate fitness programs for large and diverse populations. Trustmark has 100 years of experience serving the employee benefit needs of employers across the country.'
Sean is also Program Chair for the PHA Forum, and walks us through some of the agenda including Keynote speakers and breakout sessions.
Join co-hosts Fred Goldstein and Gregg Masters for an informative if not entertaining chat between these two industry thought leaders.
On the 4th edition of our Countdown to the Population Health Alliance (PHA) Forum 2015 at 3PM ET/!2 Noon PT on Friday, October 16th, 2015 our special guest, making an encore appearance is Cathy Kenworthy, CEO of Interactive Health.
For more information on Cathy click here, for details on Interactive Health,click here and for registration and agenda information on the PHA Forum, click here. The PHA Forum is the 'go-to' industry gathering of health professionals in the population health management industry sharing both best practices and evidence based strategies. The Forum meets in Washington D.C, from November 2nd - 4th, 2015.
Join us for an informative exchange from the vital health and wellness executive.
On Thursday, October 8th, 2015 our special edition of the Countdown to the Population Health Alliance (PHA) Forum series continues with special guest Peter Goldbach, MD, the Chief Medical Officer,Health Dialog, a total population healthcare services provider that offers risk-bearing entities (health plans, employers and providers) an integrated suite of services driven by powerful analytics. .
Dr. Goldbach brings more than 30 years of medical experience to Health Dialog’s management team, including 15 years in medical administration and 17 years maintaining a primary care and pulmonary disease practice. He is also the Chief Medical Officer for Health Dialog’s sister company RediClinic, a retail clinic service provider.
Prior to joining Health Dialog and RediClinic, Dr. Goldbach served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Med-Vantage Inc., a healthcare informatics and engagement company. Earlier in his career, he served as Medical Director for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, where he provided medical direction for the company's "Pay for Performance" and eHealth programs, and held CEO, trustee, and medical staff president positions with two Boston-area community hospitals.
Register for PHA Forum here.
At the 2nd Annual Florida Association of ACOs meeting we caught up with Hymin Zucker, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Triple Aim Development Group.
Dr. Zucker, a practicing internal medicine physician for more than twenty years, is one of the nation’s leading authorities and innovators on physician protocols, providing quality experiences to patient care while reducing unnecessary costs. Dr. Zucker recently served as the founding Chief Medical Officer for a 32,000 Medicare Beneficiary physician-owned, and funded ACO in Florida. This ACO had greater than 100 participating primary care and 95 specialty physicians, and was a top performing ACO earning a Medicare Shared Savings Program payment in 2013 of $33 Million.
In this interview PopHealth Week co-host and co-founder Fred Goldstein learns more about the man, the mission and the company.
At the 2nd Annual Florida Association of ACOs meeting we caught up with Gino TenaceCEO of digital health company MOBE, a personalized program that empowers people on their path to a better life.
MOBE's goal is to guide individuals toward enhanced physical, emotional and social wellbeing that involves engaging in simple, achievable, healthy lifestyle activities. As CEO Gino is leading all aspects of the company's continued growth and success.
Gino has over 20 years of healthcare experience. Prior to joining MOBE, LLC Gino was the Chief Strategy Officer of MedSolutions responsible for assisting in developing, communicating, executing and sustaining strategic initiatives that would help drive the company’s future growth and profitability. Gino was also active in the Marketing functions of the company.
In this interview PopHealth Week co-host and co-founder Fred Goldstein learns more about the man, the mission and the company.
At the Population Health Alliance Forum 2014, my colleague and Health Innovation Media co-host Douglas Goldstein@efuturist chats with Kaveh Safavi, MD (@DrKavehSafavi) Global Managing Director for Health at Accenture(@AccentureHealth).
We recap some of Dr. Safavi's insights and foresights into the emerging health ecosystems and they key drivers of successful transformation.
The PHA Forum 2015 is scheduled November 2nd - 4th, 2015 in Washington, D.C.
Produced for Population Health Alliance by Gregg Masters of Health Innovation Media.
On the September 23rd 2015 broadcast our special guest is Brad Carey, Vice President and General Manager of Cerner a major player in the electronic health records space (EHR) with a direct interest in health information, population health and data analytics. Brad is responsible for the financial performance and business growth of Cerner’s Population Health organization. Cerner’s Population Health organization consists of 10 business units that have solutions and services that span the continuum of care.
As we’ve discussed before, Population Health requires data and the Population Health Alliance Framework includes identify, Assess, Stratify, Engage, Intervene and measure. In the Cerner lingo this is framed as the 'Know, Engage and Manage' construct.
Cerner has a number of tools in their Health Intent platform that provide a backbone for Population Health Management. We’ll discuss with Brad, Cerner’s thoughts on population health management, what services they provide and where Cerner sees the future of Population Health.
Morehere.
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On the Wednesday, September 16th 2015 broadcast at 10:30AM PT/1:30PM ET our special guests include David Nash, MD, MBA Dean of the Jefferson College of Population Health and Gregory Dorn, MD, President of Hearst Health@HearstHealth.
Population health is essential to transforming from an illness-centered healthcare system to one focused on protecting and improving health. We created this prize to help promote promising new ideas in the field that will help to improve health outcomes, and thus proliferate best practices more rapidly. Our goal is to discover, support and showcase the work of an individual, group, organization or institution that has successfully implemented a population health program or intervention that has made a measurable difference.
We'll discuss Population Health and the innovative Hearst Health Prize for Excellence in Population Health. For more information click here, and for an interview at the Jefferson College of Population Health, Population Health Colloquium 2015 with Dr. Greg Dorn, click here.
The winner will receive a $100,000 cash prize in recognition of outstanding achievement in managing or improving population health. This award is a combined effort of Hearst Health and the Jefferson College of Population Health.
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On the Tuesday, September 15th 2015 broadcast at 1PM PT/4PM ET our special guest in the 'Countdown to PHA Forum 2015' series is Sam Glick, Partner in Oliver Wyman’s Health and Life Sciences practice, and the San Francisco Office Leader. Sam will keynote at the PHA Forum.
His interests include: consumer-centric healthcare, working with leading providers, health plans, employers, enablement companies, retailers, and venture capital firms to find innovative, engaging ways to bend trend.
Sam is an author of several recent Oliver Wyman points of view, including A Billion-Dollar Decision: Charting a New Course for US Healthcare Benefits and Private Exchanges Change the Game. Sam also leads many of Oliver Wyman’s healthcare commercialization research and intellectual capital development efforts.
'Sam has been invited to speak at a number of events for healthcare senior executives and board members, including the American Hospital Association (AHA) Leadership Summit, the AHA Center for Healthcare Governance Symposium, the Council on Employee Benefits Annual Conference, the Accountable Care Congress, the Integrated Healthcare Association annual board retreat, the CAPG Healthcare Conference, the Leadership Institute roundtable, and the UnitedHealth Group Smart Circle series. He is quoted regularly in both the industry and popular press.'
Join us and do follow via @PopHealthWeek and on the web PopHealth Week.
At the Population Health Alliance Forum 2014 (@PHAvoice) annual gathering, my colleague and co-host Douglas Goldstein (@efuturist) caught up with the soft spoken, yet powerful voice of Esther Dyson, (@edyson) the founder and inspiration behind the Way To Wellville (@HICCup_co) initiative (@WayToWellville).
Esther is a force of nature advocating the proactive investment in health vs. renting it's return via costly often inaccessible and highly variant healthcare practices.
Produced for Population Health Alliance by Gregg Masters for Health Innovation Media.
Join us in D.C. November 2-4th 2015 for PHA Forum 2015.
On the Wednesday, September 2nd, 2015 Show our special guest is the Honorable Tommy Thompson.
Tommy Thompson served as Governor of Wisconsin from 1987 to 2001, and is the longest serving Governor in State history. From 2001 to 2005 he served as the Secretary of HHS under President George W. Bush. After his time in the Bush Administration he served as a partner with the law firm Akin-Gump and the Chairman of Deloitte’s Global healthcare practice. He has also served on the Board of 22 organizations.
Governor Thompson has a wealth of knowledge regarding health care, Medicare, and prevention.
While Secretary, he launched initiatives to increase funding for the National Institutes of Health, reorganized the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to encourage greater responsiveness and efficiency, and clear the backlog of waivers and state plan amendments. He approved 1,400 state plans and waiver requests and thereby provided health insurance to 1.8 million lower-income Americans. In the aftermath of 9-11 he also worked on strengthening the nation's preparedness for a bio-terrorism attack, by stockpiling smallpox vaccines and investing heavily in state and local public health infrastructure.
We’ll explore his thoughts on the Affordable Care Act, Prevention and Wellness.
On Wednesday, August 26th 2015 broadcast at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern join the Hosts of PopHealth Week Gregg Masters, Doug Goldstein and Fred Goldstein for their month end review. This month's focus is on Population Health and Accountable Care. We'll review what we learned from our first two ACO guests, Farzad Mostashari of Aledade and Gerry Meklaus of Accenture (more on tap for September as the interest level has been quite substantial).
We’ll also discuss a recent interview of Ronald Bayer where he had some pretty strong thoughts on Precision Medicine versus Population Health- see: 'Precision Medicine a Threat to Population Health'.
And as is typical Doug (@efuturist) is gallavanting around the world and we’ll get an update from him on his travels, connections and insights from of 'Digital Health España' aka Digitalhealth.es. Innovation is NOT limited to the domestic conversation. Doug will fill us in on his discoveries to date.
We kickoff the Countdown to the Population Health Alliance (PHA) Forum on Wednesday, August 20th, 2015. Join us for an overview of the go to industry event in the Population Health Industry.
Our special guests include Population Health Alliance Board Chair Chris Selecky and Sean McManamy, Program Chair for a review of events, keynotes and theme for another exceptional event.
For detailed information click here.
Before there was ‘accountable care’, the current full court press towards innovation – whether digital health app, platform or service delivery model, an emerging culture of transformation or the attendant pursuit of the triple aim, not to mention the most recent obsession with ‘retail’ as cure for that which ails healthcare, the best and the brightest minds (both clinical and health policy wonks) convened in the grand theater of ‘managed care’.
The model and industry writ large (both public and private sectors), variably expressed as HMO, PPOs and derivative strains of contracting models stimulating the development of IPAs, PHOs, PPMC's, MSOs and DPOs (direct purchasing organizations) had a run from the mid 70s until its abandonment as the official vehicle to restrain the rising cost and variable quality of healthcare in the late 90s. What followed was somewhat of a meandering decade of incremental tweaks here and there to an otherwise burning platform of fee-for-service healthcare delivery and financing.
Into this theater steps one of the trophy consulting companies with both wide (global) and deep (extensive client penetration into the health plan, provider and IDN communities) aka Accenture Health (follow via @AccentureHealth).
On the Wednesday, August 12th 2015 broadcast at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern our special guest, making an encore appearance, is Farzad Mostashari, MD (@Farzad_MD), Founder and CEO of the innovative ACO management company Aledade (@AledadeACO).
In this series my co-host and co-founder of PopHealth Week Fred Goldstein, Founder and President of Accountable Health, LLC explores Farzad's progress at Aledade and drills into the touch points between population health and accountable care.
We're featuring the following core perspectives in the series, speaking with thought leaders and pioneers in accountable care from each of the following ACO types: physician led, hospital sponsored and health plan enabled.
Join us for an informative chat.
On the Wednesday, August 5th 2015 broadcast at 12 Noon PT/3PM ET we turn our attention to population health and it's relationship to and synergies with all forms of innovation enabling the broad brush outcomes of the 'triple aim', better health outcomes, improved user experience and lower per capita costs, we shift our focus to the accountable care industry and ACOs in particular.
We focus on the following types of ACOs: physician led, hospital sponsored and health plan enabled. For complete blog post, click here.
Join Fred Goldstein @fsgoldstein and Gregg Masters @2healthguru for this exploration into an timely and relevant topic.
On August 2nd 2015 join PopHealth Week co-hosts Fred Goldstein (@fsgoldstein), Gregg Masters (@2healthguru) and Douglas Goldstein aka@eFuturistas they review and highlight some of the key takeaways from the July series on Population Health and Primary Care Innovation. For the lineup and content summary click here.
In August we start our deep dive series on Population Health and ACOs with representatives from three ACO types: physician led, hospital sponsored and health plan enabled.
For reference posts on 'too big to fail' health plan mergers, see: and 'Why Blue Cross Hates Anthem's Cigna Deal' and 'Aetna Buys Humana For $37 Billion, But Deal Doesn't Add Up'.
On Wednesday July 22, 2015 at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern our special guest on PopHealth Week in the Global Director of Healthcare Transformation at IBM Healthcare, Dr. Paul Grundy. Follow Dr. Grundy via @Paul_PCPCC and @IBMHealthcare.
Paul’s work at IBM is directed towards shifting healthcare delivery around the world towards data driven, accountable, consumer-focused, primary-care based systems through the adoption of new philosophies, primary-care pilot programs, new incentives systems, and the information technology required to implement such change.
Join us Wednesday, July 15th 2015 at 3 PM Eastern/12 PM Pacific for another deep dive into the role of primary care in population health.
Our special guest is Jay Lee, MD, (@FamilyDocWonk) Associate Medical Director of Practice Transformation at MemorialCare Medical Group and Director of Health Policy at the Long Beach Memorial Family Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Lee was also recently honored by his peers and elected as incoming President at California Academy of Family Physicians (@cafp_familydocs).
As Associate Medical Director of Practice Transformation at MemorialCare Medical Group, Dr. Lee is responsible for leading implementation of the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model in practice locations from Long Beach to San Clemente.
On the Wednesday July 8th 2015 broadcast of PopHealth Week at 9AM Pacific/12Noon Eastern, in our continuing focus on primary care and population health we are pleased to welcome Rushika Fernandopulle, MD, the Co-Founder and CEO of iora health a growing and disruptive force in the direct practice (including membership and retainer practice medicine) market.
Dr. Fernandopulle has spent more than ten years involved in efforts to improve the quality of healthcare delivered to patients. He was the first Executive Director of the Harvard Interfaculty Program for Health Systems Improvement, and served as Managing Director of the Advisory Board Company. He serves on the faculty and earned his AB, MD, and MPP from Harvard University and completed his clinical training at the Massachusetts General Hospital.iora health value prop
iora health believes that better health care starts with primary care. The practice is built upon three principles: Payment Focused on OutcomesPatient at the Center; andTechnologies that Enable Care One of iora Health‘s goals is to empower the individual and they utilize care teams and health coaches as the connection. Iora health also places a focus on integrating behavioral health.
Join Dr. Rushika Fernandopulle as our guest on PopHealth Week and learn more about this growing and innovative primary care model.
For complete blog post, click here.
On the Wednesday July 1st, 2015 broadcast at 9 AM Pacific and 12 Noon Eastern PopHealth Weeks pivots to a progressive physician operation in North Florida innovating via risk arrangements with major health plans.
PopHealth Week’s guest on July 1 is Roy Hinman, MD the founder and CEO of Island Doctors which employs more than 50 people within 14 offices in Florida stretching from Jacksonville to Interlachen and New Smyrna Beach. He opened his first family practice office in 1991 on Anastasia Island in St. Augustine, Florida.
Dr. Hinman is a pioneer and began to take full risk Medicare Advantage in 1998. Since then, Dr. Hinman’s practice has grown to approximately 16,000 capitated Medicare Advantage patients in Florida. He anticipates having 20 offices by the end of 2015 to meet the demand. In addition to his owned offices, they also manage a network of 32 affiliated providers.
With innovative programs targeting diabetes, COPD, cholesterol, smoking and weight loss, he understands keeping patients healthy and how to manage capitated contracts. His comments may surprise you.
Dr. Hinman is Board-Certified in Family Practice and is a member of the Florida Medical Association, the American Association of Family Practitioners, the Florida Association of Family Practitioners, the St. Johns County Medical Society and the American Academy of Anti-Aging, and has full Family Practice admitting privileges at Flagler Hospital in St. Augustine, Florida where he has been an active staff member since 1991.
Sourced from the Population Health Colloquium 2015 in the 'City of Brotherly Love' my colleague and and co-founder of PopHealth Week Fred Goldstein @fsgoldstein sits down with the amazing Esther Dyson @edyson the inspiration and visionary behind The Way To Wellville fka 'HICCup'.
We get a lay of the landscape on the vision and upside of this novel approach to health via the basics of healthy community engagement and the broad spectrum impacting the social determinants of health.
This segment was produced by Gregg Masters @2healthguruHealth Innovation Media for the Jefferson School of Population Health (@JeffersonJSPH) on behalf of Dean David Nash, et al.
Enjoy!
In our second month end 'news/e/um' style PopHealth Week Review this Wednesday June 24 at 9 AM PT/12 PM ET we'll feature hot topics in the news. Our regular panel of Fred Goldstein @fsgoldstein, Gregg Masters @2healthguru and Doug Goldstein @efuturist will identify newsworthy stories and offer commentary along the way. The initial slate of stories in the news includes: Healthways revised guidanceFitbit’s IPO and Garmin’s lawsuitOschner Health System What they are been getting news about Apple Watch – Chronic Care ManagementNews B4 the Release – what they are working on the New Mission Control”The physician led ACO management company Aledade’s VC raiseInsights from the Personalized Medicine Coalition StudyAnthem's sparring bids for CIGNA (and Aetna's pursuit of Humana) Could the 'Big Five' be reduced to the 'Big Three'? We may add a few items along the way. Join us and for a more detailed description of the show, check us out at PopHealth Week.
Cheers!
On the Wednesday June 17th. 2015 broadcast at 9AM PT/12 Noon ET our special guest is Steven Blumberg, Senior Vice President and Executive Director of AtlantiCare Health Solutions, AtlantiCare’s ACO.
A member of AtlantiCare’s executive leadership team, he has responsibility for development of population health models, programing and delivery. Blumberg works with payors and employers to bring value-based purchasing of health services to the marketplace. Blumberg’s more than 25 years of health care leadership experience includes strategic planning, business development, joint ventures, group practice leadership, risk model development and operational integration. He has worked with both large group practices as well as major health systems.
Prior to joining AtlantiCare, Blumberg was vice president for Planning and Business Development at Shands Healthcare at the University of Florida in Gainesville and Jacksonville, Florida, where he was also worked with the faculty practice. Prior to Shands he was the vice president for Planning and Marketing at Baptist Health; vice president of Operations, Baptist/St. Vincent’s Primary Care; and director, Baptist Health Doctors Office Network, all in Jacksonville, Florida. Blumberg was also director of Planning and Marketing at Nemours Children’s Clinic, Jacksonville.
Join Fred Goldstein and me for an informative exchange on the population health management strategies of this progressive ACO.
Join PopHealth Week Wednesday June 10 at 12 pm eastern with our special guest:
Kaveh Safavi, MD, JD (@DrKavehSafavi) Managing Director for Global Healthcare business at Accenture Health @AccentureHealth. Dr. Safavi is responsible for developing and driving a growth strategy that differentiates Accenture's offerings for providers, health insurers and public and private health systems across the globe.
Accenture Health Management Services offer solutions to help patients, providers and risk-bearers coordinate and manage population health and wellness across care settings in a way that ensures optimal health outcomes, efficient healthcare spend and drives affordability.
We’ll be discussing some of Kaveh’s thoughts on population health and where he believes providers should be focusing their efforts.
On the Wednesday, June 3rd 2015 broadcast at 9AM PT/12PM ET our special guest is Jennifer Drago, Executive Vice President, Population Health for Sun Health.
Complete bio for Jennifer here:
'As executive vice president of population health, Drago has played a pivotal role in developing and launching several groundbreaking population health-style programs, including the Sun Health Center for Health & Wellbeing, Care Transitions, Community Education and Memory Care Navigator.
Several of these programs have received national recognition for quality and innovation.
Drago has worked in health care for more than 20 years, including stints as an associate administrator for Boswell Memorial Hospital and Del E. Webb Memorial Hospital. She also held the position of vice president of planning services for the former Sun Health hospital system.'
More about Sun Health:
Sun Health is 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in Arizona that is committed to building health programs that enhance the lives of everyone it serves – residents, patients, donors and volunteers. A leading-edge example is Sun Health’s population-based approach to chronic disease management.
Join Fred Goldstein @fsgoldstein and me @2healthguru for a deeper dive into one long term and post acute care (including assisted living and memory care) health eco-system's grasp on and future plans for population health and their innovative CMS Community-based Care Transitions Program (CCTP).
This session was pre-recorded on May 24th 2015, DO NOT CALL IN!
On the first in our month end wrap-up of important news items in the population health and the broader quest for the triple aim we consider several newsworthy items including the Evolent IPO, the risks and benefits of quantifying oneself, the porous nature of many HealthIT systems given the seamingly daily announcments of data breaches, the potential dark side of the re-selling of sensitive personal information and more.
For the write up see: 'PopHealth Week: The Monthly Wrap with Fred, Doug and Gregg'.
Our next live broadcast is the first week in June 2015 with Jennifer Drago, Executive Vice President of Population Health at Sun Health.
Enjoy.
On the inaugral re-launch of our show to 'PopHealth Week' see: 'From This Week in Accountable Care to PopHealth Week' and 'Some Thoughts on Population Health, its Definition(s) and the Providers Role', David Nash, MD, MBA the founding and current Dean of the Jefferson School of Population Health joins co-hosts Fred Goldstein (@fsgoldstein), CEO, Accountable Health LLC and Gregg Masters, MPH (@2healthguru), Founder & CEO of Health Innovation Media.
Join us Wednesday May 20th, 2015 at 12 Noon Eastern/9AM Pacific as we learn more about population health and population medicine from one of the country's most distinguished voices on this subject.
For more information
On a special edition of 'This Week in Accountable Care' we'll chat with Farzad Mostashari, MD, CEO and Founder of Aledade about the recent announcement of Privia Health and the simultaneous release of results in the Pioneer [ACO] program by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation.
For some commentary on the significance of the Privia Health announcement, see: 'IPA 2.0 the Preferred ACO Chassis?' and for the CMS release see: 'Pioneer ACOs improve quality, have mixed results on slowing spending, CMS says.'
On the Wednesday May 28th 2014 broadcast at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern time my special guest is John Lynch publisher of the blog 'Our Healthcare Sucks'. John Lynch was founder and CEO of Medical Diagnostics, inc. - twice named to Business Week's "Best Small Companies" in America. He's since founded MedSmart Members to publish consumer health education publications. More about John here.
We'll talk about the ACA, accountable care and the status of health reform.
Join us!
On the Wednesday, April 30th 2014 broadcast at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern my special guest is Margalit Gur-Arie (follow her on twitter via @margalitgurarie). Margalit is a kindred sprit, twitter colleague and one who's work I have followed via the blog circuit (she publishes On Healthcare Technology), several white papers and of course on twitter.
'Margalit Gur-Arie is a founder of BizMed, a company devoted to supporting practicing physicians through software and services that simplify the business of medicine. Margalit has served in executive and consulting roles at various Health IT companies and her mission is to support and strengthen independent private practice, particularly in rural and underserved areas.
Margalit blogs and writes in support of primary care. She is an Israeli born aeronautical engineer turned tech wiz, who helped build early portals and EMRs. Residing in rural Missouri, she watches as health becomes increasingly industrialized without improved results, and she inherently understands the needs of independent practices.'
Join us for a fun and exporatory chat on the state of health reform, accountable care, the future of independent practice and the buiness of medicine!
On the Wednesday, April 23rd 2014 at 11AM Pacific/2PM Eastern my special guest is Nicole Bradberry, President/COO of Orange Health Solutions/MZI Healthcare and CEO of the Florida Association of ACOs.
Nicole an innovator in the accountable care space, is making an encore appearance on the show with some rather timely and interesting news following the recent acquisition of MZI Healthcare. We'll hear more about the investment enabling the transaction and the market significance of fueling the combination.
More about Nicole:
'Nicole Bradberry brings an innovative vision and a deep knowledge of healthcare, technology and business solutions. Previously, she was a founding Executive and Chief Information Officer for Rise Health, where she led the design and implementation of a full primary care transformation suite of products which included proprietary technology and transformational business solutions. In this role, she led her team to win the prestigious U.S. Department of Health and Human Services health data award for IT innovation.
Prior to Rise, Nicole spent 16 years leading operations and information technology programs for UnitedHealth Group and Cigna HealthCare. While there, she served as business lead for the technology transformation of the country’s largest dental and vision services company, led the national deployment of healthcare quality and affordability programs, and was responsible for the successful integration of many major health plans.'
Join us!
On the Wednesday, February 5th, 2014 episode at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern time we kick off our 2014 coverage with an ACO Roundtable with three industry veterans who will dig into the headlines and discuss the meaning of the data.
For a context piece on the episode, see: 'More than Half of ACOs "Save Money' Only 1/4 Bonus Providers' on ACO Watch.
Following a rather robust conversation on twitter centered around the recently published 'start up costs for ACOs' published by the National Association of ACOs (NAACOs), we decided it was a good time to dig beyond the headlines and try to make sense of the growth and dispersion of ACOs both nationally and regionally.
On the broadcast is Fred Goldstein, Jim Hansen and David Crais.
Join us!
On the Wednesday, November 13th 2013 broadcast at 12 Noon/3PM Eastern time my special guest is the witty, insightful, internationally known author, consultant, and healthcare futurist and Ian Morrison.
Ian specializes in long-term forecasting and planning with particular emphasis on the changing business environment inside the health care ecosysem. Fresh from a talk at the 4th Annual ACO Congress we'll get some of Ian's insights on the state of accountable care consciousness inside an otherwise legacy healthcare economy. More about Ian:
'He combines research and consulting skills with an incisive Scottish wit to help public and private organizations plan their longer-term future.
Ian has written, lectured, and consulted on a wide variety of forecasting, strategy, and health care topics for government, industry, and a variety of nonprofit organizations in North America, Europe, and Asia.
Ian is the author of Leading Change in Health Care: Building a Viable System for Today and Tomorrow (AHA Press/Health Forum, 2011), and Healthcare in the New Millennium: Vision, Values and Leadership (Jossey-Bass, 2002). His previous book: The Second Curve – Managing The Velocity of Change (Ballantine, 1996) was a New York Times Business Bestseller and Businessweek Bestseller. Ian has co-authored several books and chapters, including Future Tense: The Business Realities of the Next Ten Years (William Morrow, 1994) and Looking Ahead at American Health Care (McGraw-Hill, 1988).
He holds an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in urban studies from the University of British Columbia; an M.A. in geography from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and a graduate degree in urban planning from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.'
Join us!
On the Wednesday, November 6th 2013 broadcast at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern my special guests are Jaan Sidorov, MD and Vince Kuraitis JD, MBA. We'll dive into the topic of 'clinically integrated networks' (CINs). For background on Jaan click here and Vince click here.
These are encore appearances for both Jaan and Vince on this week in accountable care. Our earlier exchanges can be accessed here and here. Follow Vince on Twitter via @vincekuraitis and Jaan via @DisMgtCareBlog
Considering all the discussion, exploration if not exploitation of the ACO or accountable care model - afterall once you've seen on ACO, you seen one ACO - and the heavy anchoring of accountable care in coordinated or seamless care coordination context,we thought we'd do a deeper dive into the definition of clinically integrated networks. Our chat today will cover:
As the market evolves, what are the best routes to population health: ACOs? Clinically Integrated Networks? or Medicare Advantage? We'll also dive into whether: A population health clinical model is emerging as a consensus end game; andWhile the financial and delivery system model(s) to get us there are still unclear and up for grabs. Join us for an informative chat.
PROGRAM NOTE: we have a slight audio delay upfront but the program recorded in it's entirety. Nonetheless, we're rescheduling another chat with Dr. Sidorov shortly. On the Thursday, October 16th 2013 broadcast my special guest is Harrisburg, PA based Jaan Sidorov, MD, MHSA of Sidorov Health Solutions. Jaan is a physician active in social media and the publisher of the popular 'Disease Care Management Blog". More about Dr. Sidorov, he: '...has the web persona of a blogvocateur with a wide range of knowledge about the medical home, disease management, population-based health care and managed care that is only exceeded by his modesty. He has been quoted by the Wall Street Journal, Consumer Reports and NPR’s All Things Considered. He has over 20 years experience in primary care, disease management and population based care coordination. He is a primary care general internist and former Medical Director at Geisinger Health Plan. He's a widely sought after speaker too.' For more information on Jaan see about the author. We last spoke with Jaan in 2011 and intend to update his view and observations on the status of health reform implementation and the ACO or accountable care market in particular. Join us!
On the October 9th, 2013 broadcast at 12 noon Pacific/3PM Eastern my special guests are Leslie Kernisan, MD and Michael Millenson, both thought leaders in health innovation through from slighly different points of view.
Leslie is 'a practicing geriatrician in San Francisco with a particular interest in helping family caregivers'. She author's the blog GeriTech; whereas Michael is a quality health author, blogger, and activitist who writes from the perspective of health policy vs. the granulatiry of providing direct care per se. See Michael's work at Millenson.com.
The 'etiology' of this chat spawned froma twitter exchange regarding ACOs and whether they'll impact the care for seniors in any meaningful way. While a thread developed in response to the question, this chat will dig deeper and illuminate the current state of grandma's care and how high a bar the ACO need lift to in order to add value to grandma's experience of care - one pillar of the triple aim.
You can follow both on twitter via @GeriTechBlog and @MLMillenson respectively.
On the Wednesday, August 7th 2013 broadcast my special guest is WillIam De Marco who is making an encore appearance on "This Week in Accountable Care'. A seasoned veteran in the managed care space having pioneered the early development of HMOs post HMO Act, Bill is the President at Pendulum HealthCare Development Corporation, and President and CEO at DeMarco and Associates Inc. A Certified Management Consultant ( CMC) in HealthCare he specializes in new health care ventures and growth strategies. With a primary focus on feasibility and design work for communities to build and own their own organized delivery system of care. These include Accountable Care Organizations and Patient Centered Medical Homes. As well as: Hospital Physician joint ventures including PHOs and MSOs, Pay for Performance strategy , design and development, Managed Care Negotiations, and Managed care company evaluation. Join us for an informative update on this dynamic emerging industry.
On the Wednesday July 24th 2013 broadcast at 12 noon Pacific/3PM Eastern my special guest is thought leader and advocate for patient centric healthcare Leonard Kish, aka @LeonardKish progenitor of the 'Patient Engagement is the Blockbuster Drug of Century' characterization by Dave Chase. In a recent blog post Leonard equated the push into ACOs as the equivalent of the new, new thing i.e., the 'new OS' in moving the needle forward in our quest for the 'triple aim'. Tying comments from Jam Hansen on the disruptive nature of ACOS, i.e., 'Value-based care is a transformational journey, not a backend contract driven program that you overlay onto your existing delivery system organization’s people, processes and technologies and expect different results” to a Microsoft value proposition analogy made by Tim O'reily Leonard notes: '..the OS abstracts away the difficulty in managing all the devices and processes the computer runs so applications can focus on what the user wants to do. When Microsoft entered the market in the 80s that was their value proposition, simplicity for developing new applications by abstracting away the other processes. Health care, under value-based payment, will soon have the same opportunity.' Leonard is a deep and insightful thinker in the space, our previous discussion of his take was in the form of 'dark matter in healthcare: patient goals'. Join us for an informative chat!
On the Wednesday, July 17th, 2013 broadcast at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern our special guests are Jim Hansen, VP of Lumeris 's Accountable Delivery System Institute and Dr Jerry Penso Chief Medical and Quality Officer the American Medical Group Associaton (AMGA). We'll discuss the recent announcement by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid of the results from the first year of participation in the Pioneer ACO program. Depending on who you speak with, there is a different take on how to interpret the movement within and out of the Pioneer program. For background see: Pioneers Take Arrows While Settlers’ Get the Land?’at @ACOwatch. Join us for a timely and informative exchange on this important development in the roll out of the Affordable Care Act. For additional context, check out the 'This Week in Health Innovation with Michael Millenson'. Join us!
On the Wednesday May 8th, 2013 broadcast at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern time our special guest is Martie Ross of PYA. We'll chat about PYA's recent release of their 'Medicare ACO Roadmap', and get an update via her lens on the ACO market. More on Marty Ross click here, and PYA click here. Join us.
On the Wednesday, May 1st 2013 broadcast at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern, my special guest is Tom Doerr, MD. Dr. Doerr is a primary care physician practicing geriatric medicine in St. Louis and director of innovation research for Lumeris aka @Lumeris. He is also the vice president of clinical strategy for an IPA and a faculty member of the Accountable Delivery System Institute (ADSI), aka @adsinst. According to their website, Lumeris is: '...is an accountable care delivery innovation company offering health systems, payers, and providers operational support, technology, and consulting services.' While, ADSI is: '...the premier resource for health systems, health plans, large physician groups, and self-insured employers seeking proven solutions and practical guidance on establishing successful models of accountable care.' Clearly Lumeris, with deep roots into the Medicare Advantage world as well as seasoned insights forged via its first mover advantage experience during the 'bleeding edge' (an idea ahead of it's time) of 'Healtheon era' has a lot to say about ACOs, accountable care and the effective re-engineering of our at risk healthcare delivery and financing non-systems. Join us for an informative session. For context, check out Dr. Doerr's informative piece on the Healthcare Blog, titled: 'The Nine C’s of Successful Accountable Primary Care Delivery.'
On the Wednesday, April 24th, 2013 broadcast my special guest is pioneering health care information entrepreneur, medical economist, author, business strategist, a former resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and recent author of the novel “Catching Babies". J.D has been instrumental in the creation of four health care information organizations; helped hospital systems, insurers and physician groups prepare for medical computerization and health reform; provided business, product and technology strategy services to new and established health care companies; and sat on the Boards of several public and privately held health information companies.
J.D. has authored three books on the U.S. health care system, Bleeding Edge: The Business of Health Care in the New Century and Oxymorons: The Myth of a U.S. Health Care System, and Catching Babies (2011). His work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Barron’s, Health Affairs, JAMA, the British Medical Journal, Modern Healthcare, Managed Healthcare, Forbes, and numerous other publications.
Since his earliest writings on health policy and market dynamics in The Wall Street Journal in the early 1990s, Mr. Kleinke has long been known as a forceful, non-partisan advocate for an evidence-driven, computerized, patient-centric health care system. For additional context and background information click here, here and here.
On the Wednesday, April 17th, 2013 broadcast at 12PM Pacific/3PM Eastern my special guest is Nicole Bradberry, CEO at Florida Association of ACOs (FLAACOS) and President and COO at Orange Health Solutions. About the Florida Association of ACOs: The Florida Association of ACOs is a community of Accountable Care Organizations within Florida that come together regularly to share ideas and best practices. Our goal with this community is to help member ACO’s build and manage successful organizations in order to fully benefit from the changing payment models. We'll learn more about ACO activity in Florida, how FLAACOS supports its membership and get a sense for the competitive landscape in the State, and what this may say about the national ACO movement. According to State Health Facts for 2012 Florida Medicare Advantage market share is 11th nationally at 34.3%. It remains to be seen how MSSP or other iterations of Medicare based ACOs wlll participate in the Florida market. Join us for a fun and informative chat with Nicole.
Wednesday, November 28th at noon PT/3PM ET, my special guest is the talented Jane Sarasohn-Kahn aka @HealthyThinker. We'll discuss the ACO market from her global and in some respects granular take of a rather frenetic development pace. Jane is a health economist and management consultant that serves clients at the intersection of health and technology. In addition to her twitter presence, she also publishes the popuilar blog HealthPopuli. A frequent speaker and moderator on the healthcare innovation front, Jane is also a member in good standing of 'The Walking Gallery' as curated by Regina Holliday.
Jane's clients include all stakeholders in health, including providers, payors, plans; companies in biopharma, medical devices, financial services, technology and consumer goods, non-profits & NGOs.
On the Wednesday, November 14th, 2012 broadcast at 3:30PM Pacific and 6:3oPM Eastern, our special guest is Charles Kennedy, MD, CEO Accountable Care Solutions at Aetna. Dr. Kennedy charge at Aetna is to focus on collaborating with high quality health systems to implement new accountable care models that are designed to drive higher quality, greater coordination, and an overall better patient health care experience. We caught up with Dr. Kennedy at the recently concluded 3rd National ACO Congress in Beverly Hills, California. Dr. Kennedy's led a breakout session titled: 'Evolving Toward the Accountable Future: Realistically Realizing the Vision of Reform.' Aetna is one of the major health insurers undergoing a complete makeover to reposition itself from a traditional health insurance company into a value added payer in the sustainable healthcare ecosystem. The accountable care solutions group is one of the resources Aetna has brought to bear in this vital transition. Join us!
On the Friday, October 19th, 2012 broadcast my special guest is: Leigh Hutchins, MBA, President and Chief Operating Officer, of North American Medical Management, California, Inc. (NAMM) develops and manages provider networks. The title of the broadcast is ‘IPAs, ACOs and the Future of US Healthcare: The View from a Seasoned California MSO’. Ms. Hutchins has over 20 years of progressively responsible health care management experience. She joined NAMM in 1993 and has held various positions in the areas of payor and provider contracting, network development, transactional services and IPA operations. Prior to her NAMM tenure, she was employed by FHP HealthCare and held several positions in both staff model and IPA operations. Ms. Hutchins received her BA degree in Pharmacology from the University of California, Santa Barbara and her MBA from the Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles. For additional context and background information on our chat see: Aetna, NAMM Form Accountable Care Collaboration and Introduce New Health Plans in San Bernardino and Riverside Countiesere, or an 'Introduction to ACOs for IPAs'. Join us!
On the Wednesday, October 17th, 2012 broadcast my special guest is pioneering health care information entrepreneur, medical economist, author, business strategist and resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and recent author of the novel “Catching Babies”, JD Kleinke. Our paths crossed this June in Washington, DC at the Health Data Initiative III aka the 'health datapalooza' and then again last week at the Health 2.0 2012 Fall Classic in San Francisco. Nested inside a week's worth of activities, and branded by SF Mayor Ed Lee a 'Innovation Month', Innovation Week's anchor tenant was Health 2.0 and related activities including the DC to VC competition. Interest and enthusiasm was palpable, the air was buzzing with both insights and curiousity as to the expanding interest in the nexus between health information technology, mobile and wireless apps and the 'triple aim' - the ultimate goal of accountable care. We'll chat with JD about his take on the events, the accountable care world at large, and where he sees this ship sailing both near term and longitudinally, as well as some of his thoughts reflected in the NY Times opinion piece, 'the Conservative Case for ObamaCare' . For additional context and background information click here, here and here. Join us!
On the Tuesday, September 2012 broadcast at 12 noon Pacific and 3PM Eastern, our special guest is Charles Saunders, MD, President, Strategic Diversification Aetna, where he is responsible for developing and operating non-insurance healthcare businesses that build on Aetna’s core strengths and address fundamental needs in healthcare. He has a broad background in healthcare business, operations and clinical care, crossing both payer and provider spaces in the U.S. and abroad. Before joining Aetna, Dr. Saunders was an executive in residence with the global private equity firm of Warburg Pincus, where he advised the firm on healthcare services and information technology investments. Prior to that he served as Chairman and CEO of Broadlane, a technology-enabled hospital supply chain, group purchasing and clinical workforce management company. He has also served as the President of Healthcare Global Industry Solutions for Electronic Data Systems (now part of hp), Chief Medical Officer of Healtheon and WebMD since their early days as a start up, and was a Principal with the management consulting firm of AT Kearney, focusing on payers and healthcare systems. As a provider, Dr. Saunders has held numerous leadership positions in healthcare delivery systems, including roles as an ED Director, EMS Medical Director and Executive Director of a Physician Hospital Organization (PHO), where he focused on implementing hospital-physician integration, managed care and capitation. Dr. Saunders received his MD degree from Johns Hopkins University and is board certified in Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine. Join us!
On the Wednesday, September 5th 2012 broadcast at 12PM Pacific/3PM Eastern my special guest commentator is author, consultant and long term HMO and managed care industry advisor William J. DeMarco.
For more about Bill and Pendulum Health, click here.
Our topic is titled: ACOs, Are We There Yet? We'll hear from Bill given several rounds of ACO CMS submissions with which he or his firm had either direct or indirect involvement.
Clearly those chosing to sit on the sidelines notwithstanding, there is a land grab going on in plain sight. I note that as of early June alone, Dr. Charles Saunders reported a backlog of 180 health systems had approached Aetna's ACO Solutions Group to partner or sponsor some version of an ACO or medical home in one or more of their respective markets.
We're poised to resume our programming after a 'semi summer' break (actually no such thing for the self employed) and have many worthwhile interviews in store for you. On the Wednesday, August 29th broadcast at 12:30PM Pacific/3:30PM Eastern, we'll review headlines in the news and preview an upcoming 'deep dive' into the Pioneer Class of ACOs operating in California. These include many familiar faces, though branded ACO from the Group Health Association of America (GHAA) days (GHAA was predecessor organization to AHIP), when mainstream medicine met the HMO movement. We'll see if there are lessons to be gleaned from their experience and current courage to step forward and model accountable care absent the gatekeeper 'hammer'.
On a special edition of 'This Week in Accountable Care' we're hosting a post SCOTUS reflections session to consider the implications of their ruling. On Thursday, June 28th, 2012 the Supreme Court of the United States handled down their 5/4 ruling on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. On the Friday, June 29th 2012 at 12PM Pacific/3PM Eastern, our show will review the decision and the implications for health reform in general and accountable care in particular. The guest line-up is somewhat fluid but invites have been extended though not yet confirmed. For context on the Affordable Care Act and reading the SCOTUS 'tea leaves' see here, here and here. Just as a point of clarification the innovation train under the broad framework of accountable care and more specifically the pursuit of the 'triple aim' is in the central DNA of the healthcare stakeholder community. In a sense whatever SCOTUS ultimately decides will not slow down the pace of reform the Act envisions both in the governement as well as private sector. We will be tweeting and tagging to this broadcast via #ACOchat. Join us!
On the Wednesday, June 20th, 2012 broadcast at 12 Noon Pacific and 3PM Eastern, my special guest is Leonard Kish, a Denver based consultant at the intersection of healthcare, Biotech, IT, marketing and product development who is the Marketing and Communications Group Chair, and Co-producer for the eCollaboration Forum, a Collaborative Health Consortium, a healthcare contributor at OpenSource.com, and advisor to the Innovation Center of the Rockies. We'll discuss a recent piece he wrote titled HEALTHDATAPALOOZA, ENGAGEMENT AND THE ‘DARK MATTER’ OF HEALTHCARE: PATIENT GOALS, and time permitting we'll also focus on the upcoming SCOTUS decison relative to the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, and some of the current buzz specific to the impact or lack of same in the event the Act is ruled in whole or part as unconstitional. For context on this decision click here, here andhere. Join us for a fun and lively chat on an important topic in the healthcare innovation conversation.
On the Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 broadcast at 11AM Pacific and 2PM Eastern, we'll examine headlines in the news and drill into some of the more interesting developments. While we do in fact live in 'very' interesting times by anyone standards, clearly the 'elephant in the room' narrative of the Supreme Court's consideration of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, coupled with the frontal and oblique challenges to the efficacy of the 'accountable care organization' model and its prospects for success, can't be overstated. My most recent post is titled 'They Shoot Horses Don't They?' a poignant movie from the 60s which draws from a dark metaphor of a depression era marathon dance contest and the limits of human endurance. The connection is made in as much as some are suggesting that 'the system' is incapable of change, and the the revolution must come from without, i,e, via patients, since the special interests are too invested and addicted to the $2.7 trillion in the health care trough. Join us!
On the Wednesday, March 7th 2012 broadcast at 11:30AM Pacific/2:30PM Eastern, my special guest is L Gordon Moore, MD. We'll discuss the current state of accountable care especially as it relates to the role and involvement of primary care physicians. Dr. Moore is a national leader in improving health care in primary care and medical office practices. He is the president of Ideal Medical Practices (for details click here) a non-profit supporting adoption of ideal practices in health care settings across America. Dr Moore serves as adviser, expert, faculty to numerous initiatives working to achieve better health outcomes while bending the cost curve. His work focuses on the intersection of operations, measurement, patient experience, staff satisfaction, outcomes and cost.
Join us!
On the Wednesday, February 15th 2012 broadcast at 11AM Pacific/2PM Eastern, my special guest on the HIMSS 2012 Countdown Series is Vince Kuraitis. Out topic is: 'The Connection Between HIT Platforms and Accountable Care.' We're one week out from the HIMSS 2012 conference in Las Vegas, and the anticipation is palpable. For conference details, click here. One of the key events I plan on covering is the eCollaboration Forum on Thursday, February 23rd. As we debate the pathways to enable the accountable care vision the role of health information technology is at the core of those discussions. For a summary of the eHealth Initiative survey, see: 'Interoperable IT Crucial For Accountable Health Organizations'. Join us!
On the Friday, February 10th 2012 broadcast, at 11AM Pacific and 2PM Eastern time, my special guest is Gary Thompson, CEO of CLOUDinc.org, a 'Consortium for the Local Ownership and Use of Data', aka on Twitter as @CLOUDhealth. Gary's very powerful and personal story about his wife's illness as the source of his gravitational pull into healthcare can be viewed via his preso to TEDx Austin here. As an advocate and thought leader in the open though secured access to health information, including electronic health records across legacy silos, Gary outspoken on the nature of the problem, and texture of a solution. We'll discuss his personal journey into this cause and learn more about his thoughts as to the impact and implications for for accountable care and ACOs in particular. Join us!
On the Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 program at 11AM Pacific/2PM Eastern time, my special guest is Steve Adams, EVP, Collaborative Care, Alere. We'll discuss the role of platforms in the ecosystem of accountable care. For our last interview with Steve, click here. For the clip at HIMSS 2011, HITx0 series, click here. Join us for a timely update and preview on the Collaborative Health Consortium which is partnering with HIMSS, the premier association focused on providing leadership for the optimal use of health IT, to sponsor a new, exclusive event focused on the shift to collaborative care platforms to take place at HIMSS12! This year’s eCollaboration Forum click here.
On the Wednesday, January 4th 2011 program at 11AM Pacific and 1PM Central Time, my special guest commentator is noted author, speaker and consultant William DeMarco, see: http://www.pendulumhealth.com/. DeMarco is the President & CEO of DeMarco & Associates, Inc., a national, independent healthcare consulting firm specializing in healthcare delivery system redesign and transformation. Recognized as a leader in the research , design and implementation of community based healthplans since his involvement in several startup health plans in Minnesota in the early 1970s Bill and his team of management consultants clinical specialists and reimbursement analysts have assisted employers and physicians in developing better relationships with insurers up to and including developing local solutions to deliver and finance care. Using Health Services Research from its affiliate Pendulum HealthCare Development Corporation, DeMarco and Associates assists both provider and employer clients in addressing prospective payment approaches in order to build Pay for Performance models to develop direct employer/provider contracting entities, benchmarking collaboratives. DeMarco has just published the timely release of 'Performance-Based Medicine: Creating the High Performance Network to Optimize Managed Care Relationships'. We'll discuss this and more in the health care reform and provider managed competition theater.
On the Wednesday, December 28th, 2011 broadcast at 11AM Pacific/2PM Eastern my special guest is blogger, health Informatics and government 2.0 guru and fellow healthtweep Brian Ahier. For more information on Brian, click here. This episode will close out 2011 for ACO Watch: A Mid Week Review. We'll consider the state of the accountable care industry both from an health informatics and analytics perpective as well a review of the Wyden/Ryan approach to preserving Medicare. For an overview, click here. Join us for the year end wrap up!
On the Wednesday, December 21st 2011 broadcast at 11AM Pacfiic/2PM Eastern, my special guest is Jeffrey L. Cohen, Esq., who returns for an encore appearance. We'll consider the following question: 'Are ACO's 'SMART' (Sensible, Meaningful, Appropriate, Responses to Trouble) or 'STUPID' (Simplicity, Troubling, Unlimited flexibility, Patient accountability, Inexpensive, Direct and demonstrative)? The latter was authored pre-release of the final rule on ACOs, so we'll see if counselor Jeff has retained his initial skepticism towards ACOs. We'll also consider some of the news speific to ACOs including the recent announcement of the 32 Pioneer organizations who have been recognized by CMS.
On the Wednesday, December 7th 2011 broadcast at 11AM Pacific/2PM Eastern my special guest commentator is H. Eugene Lindsey, MD of Atrius Health, an alliance of six leading medical groups who joined together as a non-profit alliance, dedicated to transform the delivery of health care in eastern and central Massachusetts. For more information, see: http://www.atriushealth.org/ Dr. Lindsey has been President and CEO of Atrius Health and also of its largest affiliate, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, since February 2008. Previously he was Chairman of the Board of Directors for Atrius Health and Chairman of the Board of Directors for Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates. Dr. Lindsey joined Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates in 1975 and practiced cardiology and internal medicine at the Kenmore, Wellesley and West Roxbury Harvard Vanguard practices. He served on the board of Harvard Community Health Plan/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care from 1991 to 2000. Dr. Lindsey received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School. Dr. Lindsey is a sought-after speaker on the healthcare topics of payment reform, accountable care organizations, practice innovation, quality and efficiency. Please join us!.
On the Wednesday, November 30th, 2011 broadcast at 11AM PT/2PM ET my special guests include two principal co-authors of the recently released Leavitt Partners study titled: Growth and Dispersion of Accountable Care Organizations'. For an abstract and link to download the full report, click here. More about the guests: Andrew Croshaw is Managing Director, Health Care Practice, at Leavitt Partners. Founded by former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary and EPA Administrator Michael O. Leavitt, the partnership advises clients in the health care and food safety sectors. As Managing Director of the Health Care Practice, Croshaw helps clients enter new markets, enhance the value of their products, navigate dynamic regulatory and reimbursement systems and improve health conditions around the world. Thomas Merrill is a strategic analyst at Leavitt Partners. As a member of the knowledge development team, Merrill collaborates with others to analyze and research issues associated with health reform and more specifically, emerging care models and the various factors that influence the modern health care landscape. We'll discuss the key findings and implications of their report. Join us!
This is a rebroadcast of the live feed from Thursday, October 20th 2011 conference call to discuss the release of the final rule on ACOs, the Medicare Shared Savings Program and related activities. For complete press release, click here. Also for two superb background pieces, read Dr. Berwick contextual intro, here, and Kaiser Health News summary, here. The call, absent our commentary and intermittent technical challenges, will be rebroadcast via a phone number to be added shortly as well. Now the fun really starts!! Enjoy!
On the Wednesday, August 17th 2011 broadcast at 11AM Pacific/2PM Eastern my special guest commentator is Justin T. Barnes, Vice President of Greenway Medical Technologies. As a healthcare software executive and public policy expert Barnes manages Greenway’s Marketing, Industry Affairs and Government Affairs departments. In addition, Mr. Barnes is Chairman Emeritus of the HIMSS Electronic Health Record (EHR) Association where he supports the EHR Association’s industry strategy and leadership.
Mr. Barnes has been in the EHR industry for seventeen years and resides on more than a dozen industry & governance boards. He brings to Greenway an essential continuum of business experience from Silicon Valley start-ups to industry-leading Fortune 20 conglomerates. Prior to Greenway, Mr. Barnes was a member of the founding team and Vice President of Sales Operations at Healinx Corporation (now RelayHealth).bsequently merged with McKesson in 1999.
Barnes has formally addressed and/or testified before Congress as well as both Presidential Administrations on fifteen occasions between 2005 and 2011 with statements relating to EHR meaningful use, accountable care, ACOs, EHR certification, health information exchange, healthcare privacy, security, confidentiality, compliance, standards, interoperability, health IT adoption incentives, health IT adoption modeling & forecasting, health IT return on investment (ROI) and the globalization of healthcare. Barnes is a regular public speaker on these issues and has been published in more than 400 journals, magazines and broadcast media outlets relating to national leadership of health IT and EHR adoption efforts. In addition, Barnes has advised several U.S. Presidential campaigns on healthcare public policy, HIPAA, health information exchange, health IT and EHRs. Join us for an informative conversation!
On the July 27th, 2011 broadcast at 11AM Pacific/2PM Eastern I am delighted to have the opportunity to chat with fellow 'healthtweep', Benjamin F. Miller, PsyD, aka @miller7 on Twittter, who is an Assistant Professor, in the Department of Family Medicine, and Associate Director of Primary Care Outreach and Research at the University of Colorado Depression Center in CU School of Medicine. Dr. Miller is also the Administrative Director of the Collaborative Care Research Network (CCRN) and a Senior Scientist at the AAFP National Research Network. My chat with Ben today is a contiuning attestation of the power of the social medium known as Twitter. Ben and my path's have crossed as occaisional contributors to Twitter's prolific conversations centering on social media in healthcare, but more specifically primary care medical homes, accountable care, ACOs and health policy or reform globally speaking. We'll discuss health policy issues associated with primary care medical homes, accountable care in general and ACOs in particular.Dr. Miller's perspectve as a clinician in an academic setting focused on family medicine are timely insights given the challenge of population management in a fee for services paradigm that traditional undervalues primary care, let alone the role of mental health services in health and wellness. Join us for a fun and informative conversation.
On the Wednesday July 20th 2011 broadcast at 11AM Pacific and 2PM Easten my guest commentator is industry veteran Vince Kuraitis, JD, MBA. We'll discuss 'Payer Enabled Accountable Care' aka 'PEAC'. A recent article titled: 'The Quiet Takeover: Insurers Buying Physicians and Hospitals' will provide the opening context for our chat. Vince is Principal and founder of Better Health Technologies, LLC (BHT), and publisher of the popular eCare Management Blog. BHT consults to companies in developing strategy, partnerships and business models for chronic disease management and eHealth applications delivered in homes, workplaces, and communities. Vince brings 25 years health care experience in multiple roles: President, VP Corporate Development, VP operations, management consultant, and marketing executive. His consulting and work projects span 100+ different health care organizations, including hospitals, physician groups, medical devices, pharma, health plans, disease management, e-Health, IT, and others. Vince speaks frequently at industry conferences and corporate events. He has been the opening keynote speaker at the Healthcare Unbound conferences between 2004 and 2010 and has spoken at about 35 conferences in the past 3 years. He has experience leading strategic planning retreats for Boards and physicians. Join us for an informative conversation.
On the Wednesday July 6th 2011 broadcast my guest commentator is consultant, lecturer Gunter Wessels partner, Total Innovations Group, Inc. (TIGI), Tucson, Arizona. We'll discuss Gunter's paper 'Clearer thinking on ACOs and Healthcare delivery polarization.'
Gunter joined TIGI in 2006 after launching his own consultancy while completing a Ph.D. in Marketing. Gunter has consulted with numerous companies in the private sector, principally focused on the healthcare vertical market, but also including insurance and other industries. His expertise is in the domains of marketing and persuasion. In practice he most often consults in personal selling and sales management, but also develops go-to-market strategy, pricing, integrated marketing communication tactics, and value proposition tools. Mr. Wessels has an extensive background in professional selling and was a consistent top performer in a number of large and small sales organizations. His expertise stems from direct experience in Radiology, GI, Surgery, Anesthesia, Respiratory Therapy, Clinical Laboratory, Molecular Diagnostics, Facilities and Security, as well as Insurance and Financial services. Recently Mr. Wessels has consulted with policy makers in the United Kingdom and Canada, and, on numerous occasions, has been an invited speaker on sustaining behavior change within organizations and value proposition within organizations. Join us for an informative exchange on ACOs, health reform and 'Dr. Bieber.'
On the Wednesday June 30th broadcast I'll chat with two industry veterans from the the Health IT and alternative practice market, i.e., IPA world, Nate Di Niro aka #openaffairs & @unclenate and Tony McCormick aka @tonyMI2, respectively. With the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act there are multiple provisons which advance the innovation agenda. One little know provision opens the door to the 'direct practice', membership, or retainer medicine world as 'medical homes' to demonstrate eligibility to be listed on health insurance exchanges as qualified health plans. Much is happening in this non traditional world. Examples include: Qliance, CarePractice, OneMedical and MedLion, and now we at the 'Patient/Physician Cooperative' (PPC) to the managed healthcare acronym soup. On this braodcast we'll get insight into both the IT issues and opportunities for indpendent physicians whether tethered to an IPA or not, as well as what's happening of interest to Indepdent Practice Associations. Join us!
A CMS Conference Call on ACO's was held May 17th, 2011 to discuss the press release issues this morning. To review complete details, click here. [PROGRAM NOTE: CMS conference call is marginal audio & our recording ends prematurely; we'll record and upload complete call shortly!]. Drs. Berwick & Gilfilan detailed three updates to the NPRM, including the issuance of a 'request for information' (RFA) on the 'Pioneer Model', designed to fast-track mature IDN's entry into ACO certification, a request for comment on the 'idea of an Advance Payment ACO Model' and the Innovation Center will offer new, free Accelerated Development Learning Sessions to teach providers interested in becoming ACOs what steps they can take to improve care delivery and how to develop an action plan for moving toward providing better coordinated care. Four Accelerated Development Learning Sessions will be held in 2011, with the first session scheduled for June 20-22, 2011 in Minneapolis, MN.'
On the Wednesday May 11th 2011 broadcast, at 11AM Pacific/2PM Eastern, consultant, blogger, noted speaker, and soon to be published author, Vince Kuraitis is my special commentator on the always 'tender' subject of physician/hospital alignment. Given the current scramble to position traditionally independent, siloed or discontinuous provider relationships into a coordinated tapestry of 'accountable care', if not a 'per se' ACO, the question arises: Is the marriage of two often troubled allies possible, or might there be a more suitably aligned partner(s)? In a recent blog post at e-Care Management Blog several noted thought leaders (including former guest commentator William DeMarco) chime in on the subject, see: 'Is Hospital-Physician Integration Sustainable?' Join us!
On the Thursday, April 28th 2011 program at 11AM Pacific and 2PM Eastern, my guest commentator is thought leader, author, blogger, lecturer and consultant on health care quality, and related transformational initiatives Michael L. Millenson. We'll discuss his piece: 'ACO Fairy Tale Faces a Rumpelstiltskin Moment' and more. Millenson is president of Health Quality Advisors LLC, and a nationally recognized expert on improving the quality of Americanhealth care. He is the author of the critically acclaimed book, Demanding Medical Excellence: Doctors and Accountability in the Information Age, and he holds an adjunct appointment as the Mervin Shalowitz, M.D. Visiting Scholar at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. For more information, see: http://www.healthqualityadvisors.com/ Please join us!
On the Wednesday, April 13th broadcast, at 11AM Pacific and 2PM Eastern, my special guest commentator is Alan Gilbert, Vice President, Business Development, AxSys Health Corp, a unit of AxSys Group founded in 1997. AxSys Health's goal is to utilize information and communications technology to improve the delivery of healthcare. For details see: http://bit.ly/eQEDg6
Gilbert recently published the thoughtful piece titled: 'Today’s McGyver Approach to Coordinated Care Technology Falls Short', we'll discuss his thoughts in this piece as well as the trends in the move towards collaborative, patient centered care coordination.
Quoting Alan:
'Aetna's acquisition of Medicity, Ingenix's acquisition of Axolotl, and the IBM/ActiveHealth Management partnership are three recent indicators of the changing healthcare IT vendor landscape - one that is in the process of consolidating to more sharply focus on the needs of collaborative and coordinated care. These merger and partnership agreements validate the need for an overall technology platform to support the rapid rise of healthcare models like Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and the revitalization of established approaches such as Patient-Centered Medical Homes (PCMHs).'
The market is consolidating, while the 'proposed rules' governing ACO's have only recently entered the 60 day comment period. We expect some of those comments to be rather 'lively'.
For the complete article, see: http://bit.ly/gj6UOG
Please join us for insights from Alan Gilbert.
On the Thursday, April 7th broadcast, at 11AM Pacific and 2PM Eastern, my special guest commentator is health care industry analyst, Sheryl Skolnick, Ph.D., Senior Vice President of CRT Capital Group, LLC, a Stamford, Connecticut based institutional brokerage. Dr. Skolnick recently published as report titled: 'First Glance at Proposed Medicare ACO Rule: We Must Be Missing Something'.
For a repost of her work, see: http://bit.ly/eAN3io
In Sherly's words: 'Our concern is this: we must be missing something major because, for the life of us, we can’t understand why any rational provider would incur the burdensome costs of establishing and operating an ACO, only to then be at risk for the major moral hazard inherent in the proposed ACO structure: providers who form ACOs (doctors, hospitals and post-acute providers) would be at risk for the cost of health care chosen by patients, yet would be expressly prohibited from requiring that patient to obtain that care within the ACO'.
On Friday, April Fools Day, at 4PM ET/1PM PT, join us for a special edition broadcast of ACO Watch: A Mid-Week Review. We'll do a preliminary first pass, 'deep dive' into the hot off the press notice of proposed rules released, Thursday, March 31st, 2011 by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
For the complete published rule, see: http://bit.ly/i0YxhZ
Roundtable guests to include 'fellow healthtweeps' Mark Browne, MD, @consultdoc, Vince Kuraitis, @VinceKuraitis, and David Harlow, @healthblawg.
We'll dig into the regs and have some fun, too! Join us...
This is a rebroadcast of the context piece offered to the press prior to the release of the proposed rule on Accountable Care Organizations, published in the Federal Register, Thursday, March 31st, 2011.
The call begins with Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, followed by Dr. Don Berwick, Administrator, of CMS, with participation from FTC, DOY, and Treasury.
A very informative overview of what's inside the regs!
On the Wednesday, March 30th 2011 program at 11AM Pacific and 2PM Eastern, my special guest commentator is Jeffrey L. Cohen, Esq. Jeff is back for an encore appearance on ACO Watch.
With over 20 years of healthcare law experience. Jeff is board certified by The Florida Bar as a specialist in healthcare law and is a self decribed 'frustrated comedian'. As Founder of The Florida Healthcare Law Firm, he can be reached via jcohen(at)floridahealthcarelawfirm(dot)com. In this broadcast, we'll discuss the ACO industry in general and more particularly his recent blog post: 'IPAs Again' See: http://bit.ly/figPnF, for context. Jeff gets straight to the point on the potential 'there's value in them hills' if only IPA morph into the very entities that the ACO conversation has hosted to date. Key claims made include the 'messenger model is dead' in the new and improved IPA. In a play on Jeff's reasoning, I tweeted today 'The 'messenger model' of contracting is 'dead'. IPA 2.0 = ACO 1.0'
Please join us for an entertaining and informative exchange with counselor extraordinaire and ever present comedian, Jeff Cohen !
On the Wednesday, March 23rd 2011 program at 11AM Pacific and 2PM Eastern, my special guest commentator is Wayne Pan, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Pacific Partners Management Services, Inc. (PPMSI); see: http://ppmsi.com/ for more information.
Dr. Pan's background spans clinical medicine as an orthopaedic hand surgeon, basic science research in the field of molecular biology, and executive leadership in managed care and health information technology. As CMO, he is responsible for providing professional medical direction to PPMSI and the IPAs including, but not limited to implementing, maintaining, and refining approved quality improvement and utilization management programs and keeping up to date with and ensuring compliance with federal regulation and NCQA requirements.
Please join us for a timely and informative exchange!
PROGRAM NOTE: Today, March 16th, 2011, we'll re-broadcast a prior segment on ACO Watch: A Mid-Week Review, featuring Jeffrey L. Cohen, Esq. There is some rumblings from an anonymous source that the eagerly anticipated but long delayed ACO proposed rules will be released by March 23rd, 2011 to coincide with the anniversary of the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. We'll see. It's getting rather late for a 1/1/12 go live date, and many are nervous. Given the House's efforts to block funding if not unwind the Act, we do live in interesting times! On the program, we may also poke around the news and drill into any interesting ACO headlines,a nd announce the upcoming schedule.
On the Wednesday, February 16th 2011 program at 11AM Pacific and 2PM Eastern, my special guest commentator is Jeffrey L. Cohen, Esq. Jeffrey has over 20 years of healthcare law experience. He is board certified by The Florida Bar as a specialist in healthcare law and is a self decribed 'frustrated comedian'. As Founder of The Florida Healthcare Law Firm, he can be reached via jcohen(at)floridahealthcarelawfirm(dot)com. In this broadcast, we'll discuss the ACO industry in general and more particularly his recent blog post: 'ACO’s: Now We’re Just Being Silly' See: http://bit.ly/i9tWss, for context. Please join us for an entertaining and informative exchange!
On the Wednesday, March 9th 2011 program at 12 Noon Pacific and 3PM Eastern, my special guest commentator is Steve Adams, Executive Vice President, Collaborative Care, and Health Improvement, Alere. Steve is a leader in the development and management of products and information systems in the converging Internet, healthcare, and personal computer industries. He founded ReachMyDoctor and RMD Networks, acquired by Alere in early 2010. RMD provides Collaborative Care Solutions® – a clinical groupware system that enables greater connectivity, clinical data transfer and collaboration among physicians, healthcare providers, patients and other business partners.
RMD’s application is among the first to be labeled as a “Clinical Groupware” solution and Steve has been instrumental in the development of the Clinical Groupware Collaborative, a non-profit trade organization for Clinical Groupware Companies, where Steve serves as Chairman and President. Steve is an active participant in a number of national health initiatives and organizations. For an excellent presentation at HIMSS 2011 in Orlando, see: 'You Don't Need a Complete EHR: The Impact of Clinical Groupware' http://www.himssconference.org/docs/sphandouts/73.pdf/ Since connectivity both with physicians and other providers, as well as patients and the community is an essential component of an emeging ACO, we thought it would be of considerable interest to get some of Steve's thoughts on the record.
Please join us for an entertaining and informative exchange with Steve Adams!
On the Wednesday, March 2rd 2011 program at 11AM Pacific and 1PM Central Time, my special guest commentator is noted author, speaker and consultant William DeMarco, see: http://www.pendulumhealth.com/. DeMarco is the President & CEO of DeMarco & Associates, Inc., a national, independent healthcare consulting firm specializing in healthcare delivery system redesign and transformation. Mr DeMarco is recognized as a leader in the research , design and implementation of community based healthplans. Since his involvement in several startup health plans in Minnesota in the early 1970s Bill and his team of management consultants clinical specialists and reimbursement analysts have assisted employers and physicians in developing better relationships with insurers up to and including developing local solutions to deliver and finance care. Using Health Services Research from its affiliate Pendulum HealthCare Development Corporation, DeMarco and Associates assists both provider and employer clients in addressing prospective payment approaches in order to build Pay for Performance models to develop direct employer/provider contracting entities, benchmarking collaboratives under the new value purchasing legislation as well as single specialty centers of excellence. Mr. DeMarco is a well-known author having written or contributed to over a dozen books on managed care topics. He holds a master’s degree in organizational development from DePaul University. He a past faculty member of Loyola Law School’s graduate program and was recently awarded the Follomer Bronze award from the Healthcare Financial Management Association for his outstanding service and contributions to HFMA chapters and members. He is a regular presenter for such audiences as Medical Group Management Association, HFMA, VHA, AHA, Quorum, NMHCC and AHIP. Please join us for an informative exchange!
On the Wednesday, February 16th 2011 program at 11AM Pacific and 2PM Eastern, my special guest commentator is Jeffrey L. Cohen, Esq. Jeffrey has over 20 years of healthcare law experience. He is board certified by The Florida Bar as a specialist in healthcare law and is a self decribed 'frustrated comedian'. As Founder of The Florida Healthcare Law Firm, he can be reached via jcohen(at)floridahealthcarelawfirm(dot)com. In this broadcast, we'll discuss the ACO industry in general and more particularly his recent blog post: 'ACO’s: Now We’re Just Being Silly' See: http://bit.ly/i9tWss, for context. Please join us for an entertaining and informative exchange!
On the Wednesday, February 9th 2011 program at 11AM Pacific and 2PM Eastern, we are re-broadcasting portions of the February 1, 2011 Brookings Institution Event 'Achieving Better Care at Lower Costs through Accountable Care Organizations‘. The link reference for the entire program is: http://www.brookings.edu/events/2011/0201_accountable_care.aspx / The faculty include: Mark McClellan, Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, The Brookings Institution, Donald Berwick, Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Elliott Fisher, Director, Center for Population Health, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice, and Francis J. Crosson, Associate Executive Director, The Permanente Group, Inc., among other thought leaders. Additionally, we are blessed to also have access to a complete transcript of the conference via: http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/events/2011/0201_accountable_care/20110201_accountable_care.pdf / NOTE: ACO Watch: A Mid Week Review is not affiliated, nor a representative of The Brookings Insitution. For commentary on the event and the ACO industry, see: ACOWatch.com.
On the Wednesday, February 2nd 2011 broadcast at 11AM Pacific and 2PM Eastern, my special guest commentator is Jaan Sidorov, MD, a self-described 'blogvocateur', publisher of the Disease Management Care Blog, and former medical director of the Geisinger Health Plan. We'll review several of Dr. Sidorov’s recent blog posts on the ACO market, and focus specifically on attracting 'independent physician' participation into ACOs. Other than mature IDN's such as Mayo, Kaiser and Geisinger, et al, who have risen to the head of the class when discussing ACO potential, there is a second tier of ACO candidates that includes the likes of Advocate Health Partners (see: http://bit.ly/gvJSeY) and Monarch Healthcare. We'll consider their cultural standing, nature and strategies to appeal to the independent physician market, while also exploring the ability of physician leadership sourced from voluntary medical staff culture to add value to the ACO development conversation. Please join us for an ACO exploration with some commentary along the way!
On the Wednesday, January 19th 2011 program at 11AM Pacific and 2PM Eastern, my guest commentator is thought leader, nationally known blogger, health care analyst, business development consultant, writer and speaker on health care cost and quality issues Brian Klepper, Ph.D. For more information, see: http://careandcost.com/
Over many years, Brian Klepper has developed a national reputation for thoughtful, reasonable perspectives on complex health care issues.
Dr. Klepper consults with health care organizations and business groups to create market visibility that leverages performance, and to take advantage of emerging trends that promise to positively transform both health care quality and cost.
Dr. Klepper serves as Editor for MedPedia, as Editor-at-Large for Community Oncology, and as one of only three non-physicians on the International Editorial Board of Medscape General Medicine, and is also a regular columnist on several of the best-respected and most widely-read expert health care blogs - The Health Care Blog, Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review, Health Commentary and Health Wonk Review.
Klepper is a Principal in three firms. Healthcare Performance provides market analyses and strategic services to the industry. Health 2.0 Advisors counsels health care firms on ways to use the Web to facilitate knowledge exchange, patient engagement, pricing and performance transparency, transactional streamlining and decision support. WeCare TLC develops and manages onsite clinics for employers and other organizations. Please join us for an informative exchange!
On the Wednesday, January 12th 2011 program at 11AM Pacific and 2PM Eastern, my guest commentator is thought leader, author, blogger, lecturer and consultant on health care quality, and related transformational initiatives Michael L. Millenson. Millenson is president of Health Quality Advisors LLC, and a nationally recognized expert on improving the quality of American health care. He is the author of the critically acclaimed book, Demanding Medical Excellence: Doctors and Accountability in the Information Age, and he holds an adjunct appointment as the Mervin Shalowitz, M.D. Visiting Scholar at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. He also consults on Web-based interactive health care as a principal of Health 2.0 Advisors. For more information, see: http://www.healthqualityadvisors.com/
On this program we will discuss the state of the ACO development and deployment industry and particularly what lessons we need to carry forward in perhaps this final effort by the private sector to get a handle on the relentless expansion of the health care services industry. Please join us!
On the Wednesday, January 5th 2011 program at 11AM Pacific and 2PM Eastern, my guest commentator and co-host is Mark Browne, MD, of PYA (Pershing Yoakley & Associates). Dr. Browne is a consultant, health innovation thought leader, and blogger, and healthtweep in good standing via @consultdoc. While in the pre-release period of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid rule process, we'll focus on the known fundamentals of Accountable Care Organizations (ACO’s) of interest to physicians. Specifically we’ll address: (1) What are ACO's? Absent regulatory guidance, we have primarily a 30 thousand foot view with some pilot and demonstration exceptions. (2) What are the known or proximal models in operation to date? How are they structured? (3) How will ACO’s impact medicine and my practice in particular? Is this Medicare and Medicaid only? Or will its influence extend to the private or commercial (employer sponsored) market? (4) Why are ACO’s seen as a centerpiece in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act? Why the optimism? (5) What ‘go to’ resources are available, including related industry experience garnered from HMO’s, PPO’s and prior integrated delivery systems, to facilitate my education? (6) Why do ACO’s hold promise for taming the thirst of a seemingly insatiable health care financing and delivery ‘non’ system? (7) What does ‘physician leadership’ look like during the ACO consideration process? Your advanced comments and questions are invited and welcome, and can be posted on ACOwatch.com. In a post on ACOwatch.com, we supplied links to 3 timely and informative reports well worth your review. Please join us.
PROGRAM NOTE: We've re-scheduled Dr. Mark Browne for January 5th, 2010! On the Wednesday, December 29th 2010 program at 11AM Pacific and 2PM Eastern, my guest commentator and co-host is consultant, health innovation thought leader, and blogger, Mark Browne, MD of Pershing Yoakley & Associates. While in the pre-release period of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid rule process, we'll focus on the known fundamentals of Accountable Care Organizations (ACO’s) of interest to physicians.
Specifically we’ll address:
(1) What are ACO's? Absent regulatory guidance, we have primarily a 30 thousand foot view with some pilot and demonstration exceptions. (2) What are the known or proximal models in operation to date? How are they structured? (3) How will ACO’s impact medicine and my practice in particular? Is this Medicare and Medicaid only? Or will its influence extend to the private or commercial (employer sponsored) market? (4) Why are ACO’s seen as a centerpiece in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act? Why the optimism? (5) What ‘go to’ resources are available, including related industry experience garnered from HMO’s, PPO’s and prior integrated delivery systems, to facilitate my education? (6) Why do ACO’s hold promise for taming the thirst of a seemingly insatiable health care financing and delivery ‘non’ system? (7) What does ‘physician leadership’ look like during the ACO consideration process?
Your advanced comments and questions are invited and welcome, and can be posted on ACOwatch.com.
In a post on ACOwatch.com, we supplied links to 3 timely and informative reports well worth your review.
Please join us.
A preview and audio test strip for the Wednesday 12.29.10 broadcast segment with Mark Browne, MD, titled 'ACO 101: A Physician Primer'.
On the Wednesday, December 22nd 2010 program at 11AM Pacific and 2PM Eastern, thought leader, blogger, lecturer and consultant Kent Bottles, MD, returns for an encore conversation.
We'll highlight key points in several of the recent reports issued, here(http://bit.ly/idB1Fr), here (http://bit.ly/g2Lw3a) and here (http://bit.ly/hmH88S), by the Center for American Progress, the California Healthcare Foundation, and Health Affairs, respectively on ACOs, and provide somewhat of a primer for physicians who may not be familiar with the PPACA's ('ACA') provisions and the enabling language defining Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) in the ACA. We'll highlight key points in several of the recent reports issued, here, here and here, by the Center for American Progress, the California Healthcare Foundation, and Health Affairs, respectively on ACOs, and provide somewhat of a primer for physicians who may not be familiar with the PPACA's ('ACA') provisions and the enabling language defining Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) in the ACA.
We'll also discuss the pros and cons of physicians working with or without a hospital partner.
Please join us!
On the Wednesday, December 15th 2010 program at 11AM Pacific and 2PM Eastern, my guest commentator is L. Gordon Moore, MD, aka @lgordonmooremd on Twitter. Dr. Moore is a medical practice innovator, status quo disruptor, and thought leader in the field of direct medical practice, pioneering the 'exemplary primary care model' via Ideal Medical Practices. For more information, see: http://www.idealmedicalpractices.org/index.html. Dr. Moore is a compelling keynote speaker with a timely message, who previously directed the HelloHealth University, and selectively managed certain professional medical corporations. Much of the conversation around Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) tends to focus on the intentions of the more mature integrated delivery systems, i.e., Kaiser, Mayo, Geisinger, et al, the establishment health plan community as well as hospital or institutional health systems, yet due to some modest language written into the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, there is room for niche or even 'marginal' players up to step up an organize direct primary care practices as participants in the ACO industry. Some call it the 'Qliance clause', but bottom-line, the issue is about gaining eligibility (as a patient centric, albeit alternative delivery system) to be listed as an option in the emerging health insurance exchanges (HIE's) - though not a 'insurance product' per se. Please join us!
On the Tuesday December 7th 2010 program at 10AM Pacific and 1PM Eastern, my guest commentator is Kent Bottles, MD, aka @kentbottles on Twitter. Dr. Bottles is a compelling keynote speaker who grabs and holds the attention of his audience the moment he takes the podium. He has vast knowledge of healthcare systems, technology, change through conflict, and the future of healthcare. His ability to convey complex information in down-to-earth terms — combined with mind-opening delivery — promotes new ideas and attitudes while energizing listeners and facilitating transformation and growth.
Dr. Bottles will discuss the role of physician leadership, and the 'culture of collaboration' imperative amidst a soon-to-be very competitive Accountable Care Organization (ACO) market. For more information on Dr. Bottles, see: http://kentbottles.com Please join us!
We provide a weekly round-up of Accountable Care Organization (ACO) activities, in the run-up to the January 2012 'go live' date. For example, in November alone we witnessed: (1) the AMA Interim Meeting of House of Delegates publishing 'New Principles for ACOs', see: McDermott, Will & Emery summary here: http://bit.ly/hHryR1, (2) the Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services (CMMS) issued a request for information on ACO's, see: http://bit.ly/elTaNs, and (3) we reached the NCQA's deadline for comment submission, see: http://bit.ly/ddJFOW
Our special guest for the inaugural program is J. Peter Rich, Esq., of McDermott, Will & Emery, LLP. Rich is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery (MWE) LLP, and is based in the Firm’s Los Angeles office. Rich co-chairs MWE’s 'Insurance/Payors Affinity Group'.
For more than 30 years, Rich has practiced almost exclusively in the health law field, and routinely advises hospitals, medical groups, health plans and other health insurers, as well as other health industry clients, in negotiating and structuring managed care and other health industry transactions, including major Medicare Demonstration Projects, and on a wide variety of other transactions and health regulatory matters. Consider joining us on our inaugural broadcast!