Primary Care Cures: Recent Episodes
Ron Barshop
Reversing burnout. Physician Shortages. Bad models. Forced buyouts. Meet those making a difference with host Ron Barshop
In this episode of Primary Care Cures, Ron is joined by Korb Matosich, Founder & CEO of Asserta Health. Together, they delve into the innovative strategies Asserta Health is employing to revolutionize the healthcare payment system. Korb shares insights on how his company aims to simplify payments, enhance transparency, and reduce costs for patients and providers alike. Tune in to hear about the future of healthcare finance and how Asserta Health is leading the charge towards more efficient and patient-centered solutions.
Korb Matosich – Co-Founder and CEO of Asserta Health. Korb has an unusual depth of experience managing all sides of health care payment. He oversaw both Revenue Cycle Management and Payment Integrity businesses at Ingenix, now known as Optum, at UnitedHealth Group. He also served as the CEO of AAPC, an organization that certifies medical billers and coders. He has a BS in Accounting from Brigham Young University and an MBA from Stanford University.
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In this episode, Ron sits down with Morris Miller, Managing Partner at Tectonic Ventures and CEO of Xenex Disinfection Services. Here, Miller shares his insights on the cutting-edge innovations in disinfection technology and the critical role it plays in healthcare setting, especially in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. They discuss the challenges and triumphs of leading a company at the forefront of healthcare sanitation, the future of infection control, and how Xenex is revolutionizing the industry with its unique solutions. This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in healthcare innovation and technology.
Morris Miller is a managing partner at Tectonic Ventures as well as the Chief Executive Officer at Xenex Disinfection Services. Morris co-founded and provided the initial funding for Xenex, which produces a Robot used to help reduce pathogen transmission in hospitals. Previously he co-founded Rackspace Managed Hosting (NYSE:RAX) (brought private by Apollo for $4.3 billion). Morris also founded Curtis Hill Publishing, the first company to publish Texas case law on CD-ROM, which he successfully sold to Thomson Legal Publishing. Originally from San Antonio, Morris is a graduate of the Dedman School of Law at Southern Methodist University, The University of Texas at Austin, and Phillips Exeter Academy.
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In this episode Ron interviews Gary Taubes, a renowned journalist, author, and Co-Founder of the Nutrition Science Initiative. Here Gary dives into his most recent book “Rethinking Diabetes: What Science Reveals About Diet, Insulin, and Successful Treatments”. In this interview Taubes also delves into the controversial world of dietary science, discussing the myths and misconceptions about nutrition that have shaped public perception for decades. He shares insights from his groundbreaking books, exploring the flawed science behind common dietary guidelines and the impact of sugar and carbohydrates on health. This conversation is essential listening for anyone interested in understanding the true science of nutrition and how it affects our well-being.
Gary Taubes is an investigative science and health journalist and co-founder of the non-profit Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI.org). He is the author of Rethinking Diabetes (2024), The Case Against Sugar (2016), Why We Get Fat and What to Do About It (2011) and Good Calories, Bad Calories (2007), published as The Diet Delusion in the UK. Taubes is the recipient of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award in Health Policy Research, and has won numerous other awards for his journalism. These include the International Health Reporting Award from the Pan American Health Organization and the National Association of Science Writers Science in Society Journalism Award, which he won in 1996, 1999 and 2001. (He is the first print journalist to win this award three times.) Taubes graduated from Harvard College in 1977 with an S.B. degree in applied physics, and received an M.S. degree in engineering from Stanford University (1978) and in journalism from Columbia University (1981).
If high healthcare costs are weighing you down…* Redirect Health will save 40%+ with their plans. * Under 5% increases annually. * 90% participation rates vs 35-45%. * Thousands of Google 5 star ratings.
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In this episode of Primary Care Cures, Ron dives into the world of healthcare inefficiency with special guests Ashok Subramanian CEO of Centivo and Dr. Jane Sailer, Medical Director of Centivo. The crux of the issue? The glaring inefficiencies that leave clinicians with only a fraction of the compensation they rightfully deserve while large corporations rake in the majority. As we unravel the intricate web of healthcare economics, we discover how benefits and costs have become unfavorable for everyday Americans. Tune into to learn how these innovators are revolutionizing the healthcare landscape and paving the way for a more equitable and efficient system that puts patients and their well-being at the forefront.
Ashok Subramanian
Ashok Subramanian, Founder/CEO of Centivo, a new type of health plan for self-funded employers is working with some of the largest insurance providers like Mount Sinai, Penn Medicine, Ascension and Cigna to bring affordable, high-quality healthcare to the millions of workers who struggle to pay their medical bills and its all through a curated plan and user-friendly app.
Ashok started Centivo after observing the inefficiency in the healthcare system and lack of free primary care, predictable copays and zero deductibles.The companies that offer Centivo are now paying an average of only $409 per year in out-of-pocket costs, compared to the national average of over $1,600 per year. And employers are saving 21% on total medical costs through Centivo, when compared to industry benchmarks.
Prior to Centivo, Ashok founded Liazon, operator of the nation’s industry-leading private benefits exchange for active employees, and also held positions at McKinsey and Co., a global management consulting firm, where he served as leader of the firm’s healthcare and private equity practices.
Dr. Jane Sailer
Dr. Sailer is the Medical Director and a physician in Centivo’s Virtual Primary Care practice. Jane brings over 25 years of experience in Family Medicine to the practice.
She has spent most of her career practicing in medically underserved settings where she enjoyed building relationships with families and their communities. She has had the opportunity to create and manage two outpatient clinics and has served as medical director of a community health center and a nursing facility.
Previously, Jane served as chief medical officer and sole provider for 2,000 patients at the Rockbridge Area Health Center. She also was the founder and co-owner of Tidewater Family Medicine, where she created and managed the outpatient primary care office. Additionally, Jane was co-owner and administrator for Maury River Family Practice, which brought care to medically underserved areas of Rockbridge County, Virginia.
Jane holds an M.D. from The Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University.
If high healthcare costs are weighing you down…* Redirect Health will save 40%+ with their plans. * Under 5% increases annually. * 90% participation rates vs 35-45%. * Thousands of Google 5 star ratings.
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In this episode, Ron chats with AI in healthcare expert, Dr. Harvey Castro. Here, Harvey discusses how AI is currently being used in healthcare and what he thinks some of the most practical uses in healthcare are in the future. He also does a deep dive into how he thinks AI can help supplement physicians by helping them cut down on time in front of a computer and thus spending more face time with patients. They discuss how AI will impact jobs in the healthcare industry as well as the industry as a whole.
With over 20 years of experience as a physician, entrepreneur, former CEO of a medical health care system and author, Dr. Harvey Castro is passionate about leveraging AI to transform healthcare delivery and outcomes as a Strategic advisor of ChatGPT & Healthcare. He works with healthcare professionals and AI developers to create and implement AI adoption plans, identify innovative AI applications, and drive the integration of AI solutions.
His aim is to bridge the gap between AI technology, healthcare services, and strategic decision-making. He focuses on ensuring the alignment of AI with clinical needs, data integrity, technological compatibility, and staff training. He also shares his insights and vision through his books, publications, and public speaking engagements to increase awareness and inspire action on AI’s transformative potential.
If high healthcare costs are weighing you down…* Redirect Health will save 40%+ with their plans. * Under 5% increases annually. * 90% participation rates vs 35-45%. * Thousands of Google 5 star ratings.
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This episode features Ali Hashemi, the Co-Founder of meta[bolic] and Glucare.Health. Here he does a deep dive into his two companies. meta[bolic] is a hybrid digital therapeutics company that tackles the global metabolic health crisis head-on from a first-principles basis and synthesizes the human and machine in the pursuit of enduring behavior change and lasting outcomes. GluCare is a tech-enabled comprehensive diabetes care platform, incorporating the latest innovations in wearables and IoT devices, ML, and AI to enable its clinicians to be compassionate humans. Ali also dives into how diabetes is a disease of habit and lifestyle and how his platform empowers caregivers to be data-driven coaches in changing human behavior. He also shares the amazing results patients are seeing while using these platforms.
Ali Hashemi is the Co-Founder of meta[bolic] and Glucare.Health and an investor in early-stage ventures at the intersection of health and techno- logy, with a particular focus on the application of deep learning and complex algorithms to solve challenging problems in healthcare. Ali was previ- ously the founder of Amana Healthcare, the benchmark and fastest growing continum-of-care hospital platform in the Middle East, acquired by Mubadala Healthcare in 2018 in what was among the largest deals in regional healthcare M&A. Ali previously founded and led the Middle East Healthcare Practice at Booz & Company, based out of Dubai.
Prior to joining Booz&Co, Ali was a member of the Healthcare Practice and the Private Equity Practice at Bain & Company, based in New York City. Ali studied Medicine and received his MBA concurrently from McGill University. He received a B.S.E. with Distinction from Duke University with a dual major in BioMedical Engineering and Religion and a minor in Chemistry.
If high healthcare costs are weighing you down…* Redirect Health will save 40%+ with their plans. * Under 5% increases annually. * 90% participation rates vs 35-45%. * Thousands of Google 5 star ratings.
Click here to learn more about Redirect Health!The post Episode # 221 – Ali Hashemi, Founder of meta[bolic] and Glucare.Health in Dubai, Has Published Impressive Outcomes Reversing Metabolic Disease Like T2D in 5 Nearby Countries with the Worst Problem Globally. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with John Lufburrow Chief Revenue Officer at ReviveHealth. ReviveHealth is a virtual healthcare subscription service that offers online primary care, urgent care, mental health care, pharmacy services and various specialists – all available on demand. Here they discuss the frustration with the current healthcare system and how inconvenient it is for employers, providers, and patients. They also do a deep dive into how ReviveHealth works and the kind of cost savings their clients are experiencing. John also shares some success.
John Lufburrow is a distinguished business executive and visionary leader with a career spanning over two decades in the dynamic world of healthcare. His unwavering commitment to innovation, combined with a deep-rooted passion for healthcare, has solidified his reputation as a transformative force in the industry. Contributions include several business turnarounds and exponential new business growth at both early development firms and large national organizations.
In his current role as Chief Revenue Officer at ReviveHealth, John Lufburrow leads the charge in growing the company’s cutting-edge healthcare technology solutions and services, with a primary emphasis on virtual care and pharmacy services. Under his visionary leadership, ReviveHealth has positioned itself as a trailblazer in the rapidly evolving landscape of healthcare technology growing rapidly to over 2 million subscribers.
Before joining ReviveHealth, Mr. Lufburrow held a series of pivotal executive positions at one of the nation’s leading healthcare organizations. His tenure was marked by several accomplishments in developing, leading, and nurturing sales and marketing teams and organizations.
John’s journey in healthcare has been a testament to his unparalleled dedication to improving patient outcomes, enhancing healthcare accessibility, and fostering growth innovation.
John is well known for his strategic acumen, unwavering commitment to excellence, and an unshakable belief in the power of innovation to drive positive change in the healthcare landscape. His leadership philosophy revolves around fostering a high-performing culture of collaboration, transparency, and development of the individual.
If high healthcare costs are weighing you down…* Redirect Health will save 40%+ with their plans. * Under 5% increases annually. * 90% participation rates vs 35-45%. * Thousands of Google 5 star ratings.
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In this episode, Ron has a conversation about physician democratization with Dr. Sandeep Palakodeti, the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Mishe.co Health & the Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Rebel Health Alliance. Throughout their discussion, Dr. Palakodeti delves into his work with Rebel & Mishe, the goals & missions of the two organizations, how they differ from the typical primary care infrastructure, and much more!
Dr. Sandeep Palakodeti is a practicing internal medicine physician, experienced healthcare executive, and a passionate innovator looking to bring much needed change across our broken American healthcare system. Sandeep is a native of Ohio where he earned his MD and MPH with a focus on population health and physician leadership. He trained in internal medicine at Kaiser Permanente in San Francisco, followed by a fellowship in Healthcare Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Palakodeti started his career as a hospital-based physician at the storied Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, but soon became disillusioned with our current “sick care” system which focuses so much energy at the end-state of disease, when someone is already suffering significant complications from chronic issues. He then spent the next part of his career as a physician and leader in various value-based organizations. He served as Chief Clinical Design Officer at CareMore Health, a premier risk-bearing organization serving a diverse Medicare and Medicaid population. He also served as Chief Population Health Officer at University Hospitals in Cleveland, OH, one of the largest health-systems in the country, where he oversaw the Accountable Care Organization (which served over 600k patients) and the self-insured employee plan which covered over 35k commercial beneficiaries.
As an entrepreneur and advocate of startup disruption in healthcare, Sandeep is drawn to the possibilities of reimagining our system through new company formation, and currently serves in two prominent leadership roles, as Co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Mishe.co, the first fully-integrated specialty savings plan, and as Co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of Rebel Health Alliance, a national specialty cloud clinic focused on longevity, wellness, optimization, and metabolic health.
Dr. Palakodeti is a staunch supporter of patients over profits and the need for more courage and creativity in the healthcare space. He currently resides back in Ohio with his wonderful wife, Abigail, their two children, 3 dogs, 10 chickens, and a cat in an idyllic rural setting.
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In this episode, Ron chats with Dr. Douglas Farrago, Author, Keynote Speaker, Retired Medical Doctor and Inventor of the Knee Saver which is currently in the Baseball Hall of Fame and the CryoHelmet used by athletes for head injuries as well as migraine sufferers. Throughout their chat Dr. Farrago and Ron discuss their differing opinions on DPC and where they align as the ‘rebel alliance’ against the status quo of today’s healthcare and insurance systems.
Douglas Farrago MD is board certified in the specialty of Family Practice. He is the inventor of a product called the Knee Saver which is currently in the Baseball Hall of Fame. The Knee Saver and its knock-offs are worn by many major league baseball catchers. He is also the inventor of the CryoHelmet used by athletes for head injuries as well as migraine sufferers. From 2001 – 2011, Dr. Farrago was the editor and creator of the Placebo Journal which ran for 10 full years. Described as the Mad Magazine for doctors, he and the Placebo Journal were featured in the Washington Post, US News and World Report, the AP, and the NY Times. Douglas Farrago, MD received his Bachelor of Science from the University of Virginia in 1987, his Masters of Education degree in the area of Exercise Science from the University of Houston in 1990, and his Medical Degree from the University of Texas at Houston in 1994. His residency training occurred way up north at the Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine. In his final year, he was elected Chief Resident by his peers. Dr. Farrago has practiced family medicine for twenty-three years, first in Auburn, Maine and now in Forest, Virginia. He founded Forest Direct Primary Care in 2014, which quickly filled in 18 months. Dr. Farrago still blogs every day on his website Authenticmedicine.com and lectures worldwide about the present crisis in our healthcare system and the effect it has on the doctor-patient relationship. Dr. Farrago’s has written three books on direct primary care: The Official Guide to Starting Your Own Direct Primary Care Practice, The Direct Primary Care Doctor’s Daily Motivational Journal and Slowing the Churn in Direct Primary Care (While Also Keeping Your Sanity) are all best sellers in this genre. He is a leading expert in direct primary care model and lectures medical students, residents, and doctors on how to start their own DPC practice. He retired from clinical medicine in October, 2020.
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This episode features Mary Talley Bowden, Owner of BreatheMD. Here she discusses her recent legal cases with the federal government and Houston Methodist, her experience being deplatformed on social media, Ivermectin, vaccine injury, and more. She also does a deep dive on how she stood up for herself and her patients against the medical establishment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Bowden completed her residency at Stanford University and is board-certified in both Otolaryngology and Sleep Medicine. In 2003, she moved to Houston and worked with Drs. Kyle McCutcheon and Alasdair Gilchrist at Memorial Northwest Otolaryngology. She specializes in sinus, sleep and allergy disorders and treats both children and adults.
As a mother of four boys, Dr. Bowden has spent many years being on the other side of the doctor-patient relationship. Her frustrations with the traditional medical system inspired her to open BreatheMD in 2019, with the goal to simplify and improve patients’ office visit experiences. To optimize efficiency, she has included multiple therapeutic diagnostic modalities on-site so patients can leave her office with a treatment plan and feeling better. Access to her clinic is easy with ground-level parking and online appointment scheduling. Patients are expected to leave the visit feeling better, with medications and procedures available in her clinic.
BreatheMD is a cash-pay facility, and Dr Bowden has opted out of all insurance plans but keeps her prices fair and transparent. All prices for clinic appointments and surgeries are listed on our website. Patients are given an itemized receipt to submit to their insurance companies for reimbursement. If you are an employer who self-insures, please talk to us – we love working directly with businesses to help them provide affordable high-quality care to their patients.
Dr. Bowden is also interested in research and is currently working to publish her findings from recent COVID-19 testing. For a list of Dr. Bowden’s publications, please click here.
She is on the advisory team of FLCCC and a member of the AAPS. She recently found the Coalition for Health Freedom, a grassroots effort to bridge 1300+ like-minded health organizations to take collective action.
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In this episode, Ron is joined by Nathan Houghton, Manager of DPC Solutions at One Medical & the Business Development Analyst for PeakMed LifeCenters. Here, they discuss direct primary care at One Medical, Nathan’s work with PeakMed – a membership-based medical practice with a flat monthly membership for unlimited access to health services, how they are retaining providers & consumers, specific statistics including ROI, and more.
Nathan Houghton has a background in accounting and finance. He has a passion in driving change in the healthcare industry through better access and lower plan costs.
He works with large employers to develop a strategy of incorporating Direct Primary Care into employee benefit offerings.
The post Episode # 216 – We Finally Get One Medical on the Show. With Nathan Houghton We Learn NPS, Renewal Rates, Pricing, ROI for Employers, Engagement, Physician Retention All Before the Amazon Purchase. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode of Primary Care Cures, Dave DeBronkart, Speaker, Author, Analyst, & Owner of e-PatientDave LLC joins Ron to discuss the power of the patient. Dave shares his experience surviving stage 4 kidney cancer, emphasizes the importance of ‘participatory medicine’, and how it helps healthcare achieve its potential while saving countless lives in the process
Dave deBronkart, known on the internet as e-Patient Dave, is the author of the highly rated Let Patients Help: A Patient Engagement Handbook and one of the world’s leading advocates for patient engagement. After beating stage IV kidney cancer in 2007 he became a blogger, health policy advisor and international keynote speaker. An accomplished speaker in his professional life before cancer, he is today the best-known spokesman for the patient engagement movement, attending over 650 conferences and policy meetings in 26 countries, including testifying in Washington for patient access to the medical record under Meaningful Use.
A co-founder and chair emeritus of the Society for Participatory Medicine, e-Patient Dave has appeared in Time, U.S. News, USA Today, Wired, MIT Technology Review, and the HealthLeaders cover story “Patient of the Future.” His writings have been published in the British Medical Journal, the Patient Experience Journal, iHealthBeat, and the conference journal of the American Society for Clinical Oncology. In 2009 HealthLeaders named him and his doctor to their annual list of “20 People Who Make Healthcare Better,” and he’s appeared on the cover of Healthcare IT News and the Australian GP magazine Good Practice.
Dave’s TED Talk Let Patients Help went viral, and for years was in the top half of the most viewed TED Talks of all time with over a half million views; volunteers have added subtitles in 26 languages, indicating the global appeal of his message. In 2012 the National Library of Medicine announced that it’s capturing his blog in its History of Medicine Division, and he was the Mayo Clinic’s 2015 Visiting Professor in Internal Medicine.
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In this episode Ron chats with Taylor Coffman and Susannah Fox. Here, Taylor discusses her difficult journey battling with a rare disease while being a new mother with an infant. She also dives into the importance of sharing her healthcare challenges with others as a way to give hope and advocate for people similar healthcare issues. Susannah discusses the patient lead revolution she explores in her book “Rebel Health: A Field Guide to the Patient-Led Revolution in Medical Care”. She also elaborates on the 4 archetypes she mentions in her book and the different roles they play in the revolution. Susannah offers hope and a roadmap for the way patients can revolutionize the way patients seek and receive care in America.
Taylor Coffman is a multi-hyphenate creative from the east coast. She is the author of the Substack Rare Disease Girl. Her article in the Huffington Post on patient empowerment trended to Number 1 on Apple News. As an actor, Coffman has recurred on HBO’s Silicon Valley directed by Mike Judge, CBS’s Life in Pieces, Rachel Dratch’s Late Night Snack, and has appeared in Ryan Murphy’s FEUD. Behind the scenes, she worked for many years at Jimmy Kimmel Live, one of the nation’s most listened-to NPR stations, KPCC, and in podcasting at LAist Studios. She lives in Santa Monica with her musician husband, Dustbowl Revival’s Zach Lupetin, daughter, and a very needy rescue dog named Sunny.
Susannah Fox is a health and technology strategist. Her book, Rebel Health: A Field Guide to the Patient-Led Revolution in Medical Care, was recently published by MIT Press. She is a former Chief Technology Officer for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where she led an open data and innovation lab. She has served as the entrepreneur-in-residence at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and she directed the health portfolio at the Pew Research Center’s Internet Project.
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In this episode Ron welcomes back Matt Ohrt, Co-Founder and Chief Healthcare Officer at Self Fund Health. Here they do a deep dive into Matt’s thoughts on ideal plan designs, the importance of on-site or near-site clinics, the biggest barriers to adoption and engagement, the tribalism in health plans, and more.
Matt Ohrt and Jon Baran cofounded Self Fund Health to help brokers and employers be able to write their own healthcare success stories. Self Fund Health combines traditional TPA, PBM, Direct Primary Care, and Direct Contracts under a single technology platform to dramatically simplify what’s needed for employers to succeed. By implementing similar approaches, progressive employers across Wisconsin have saved 10-30% on overall healthcare costs.
Growing up on a farm in Iowa, Matt learned the value of hard work, integrity, and problem-solving. Throughout his career, Matt has served as an influential executive leader, working for companies such as Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Badger Mining (#1 Great Place to Work in America awards), and recently, as the Vice President of HR & Medical Services for Merrill Steel in Schofield, WI. He is a proven transformational leader in areas of employer healthcare, lean manufacturing, and work culture.
Matt first became known in Wisconsin for his work at Merrill Steel as the VP of HR, in which he led the company on a five-year healthcare improvement journey to implement a number of healthcare services at no cost to employees and their families, such as onsite clinics, a mobile clinic (converted ambulance), physical therapy, chiropractic, MRI, bundled orthopedic surgeries, and a world-class wellness program.
Outcomes included frozen premiums for 6 consecutive years, $5.5M in total cost savings (employees and their families saved $1.7M), reduced pharmacy costs, and reduced STD/LTD/Life costs. Additionally, these efforts had very favorable effects on recruiting and retention.
In 2018 Matt founded the Healthcare Best Practice Group and in 2022, he began holding events across the state to promote a healthcare movement in Wisconsin. Today, there are about 1,000 employers and 3200 free-market-minded individuals who participate.
For his success in providing healthcare solutions for employers:
- Matt was chosen as the HR Professional of the Year in 2019 by the Central Wisconsin Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM);
- In 2020, Matt received the Healthcare Transformation Award for Wisconsin;
- Also, in 2020, Matt was given the National Employer/Purchaser Healthcare Award, an award previously won by Disney, Boeing, and Walmart.
- In 2022, Matt was selected by the Free Market Medical Association to receive the “Be the Beacon” Award.
Matt wrote a book called: “Save Your Company, Don’t Feed the Beast – The Employer Healthcare Success Formula.” Based on his research of the 6 mature employer healthcare success stories in which employers saved millions of dollars, while greatly improving their health plan, Matt developed a practical and understandable guide for all employers to transform their health plans.
Matt and his wife Denise live in Mosinee, Wisconsin, and serve as Champion Foster Parents for Marathon County. They currently have 5 children, ranging from 25 to 5, and are actively adopting children out of the social services system. In 2018, they founded NOAH; a nonprofit foster closet that freely collects, stores, and gives supplies, equipment, toys, and clothing to foster parents in Wisconsin.
- In 2020, Matt and Denise were selected to receive the Governor’s Foster Parents of the Year award.
Matt’s education includes an AS degree from Highland Community College, a BS degree in Psychology from Western Illinois University, a MA degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Tulsa and he has completed half of the course credits toward a Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership. Additionally, Matt holds a Healthcare Certification from the Validation Institute, a Lean Manufacturing Certification from the University of Michigan, a Six Sigma Black Belt certification, a Martial Arts Black Belt certification, and he is a graduate of Zappos Culture Camp.
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Ever wish there was a sort of Kelly Blue Book for hospitals? Here, Ron has a chat with Linda Komisak, the COO and Co-Founder of CareLuminate Inc – ‘a safe place for nurses to report on the quality and safety of care in their organizations’. Throughout their conversation, they discuss why she feels interviewing nurses for feedback about their facility is a more relevant quality metric than Leapfrog or CMS star ratings, where she sees CareLiminate growing in the next few years, and much more!
Linda Komisak co-founded CareLuminate with Taylor Davis in late Spring 2023, bringing with her an impressive portfolio of delighted healthcare clients. She has an impeccable reputation for creating great experiences for healthcare systems, partners and ultimately, patients.
As an RN herself, she knows that every nurse has an important story to tell. Linda leads CareLuminate operations and creatively drives meaningful new insights into the way both hospitals and healthcare workers perceive quality in their work environments.
Linda has worked for some of the big name EHR vendors, several small privately held digital health/revenue cycle companies, and has run her own successful consultancy, most recently helping large healthcare systems find, onboard, and retain temporary/contract staff.
She lives in Frisco TX and in her free time enjoys volunteering, reading, Pilates, walks with her husband, cooking meals with five or fewer ingredients (spices don’t count), the Oxford comma, and traveling.
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This episode features Matt Ohrt, Co-Founder and Chief Healthcare Officer at Self Fund Health. Here he discusses his career background and how when he was the VP of HR at a steel company in Wisconsin, he implemented numerous game-changing improvements to employee healthcare benefits. He dives into how these changes saved $5.5M in total costs, improved employee health, and positively impacted employee retention. Matt shares how these experiences, along with a personal health issue he faced, inspired him to create Self Fund Health. Self Fund Health simplifies what is needed for employers to succeed when it comes to employee health benefits.
Matt Ohrt and Jon Baran cofounded Self Fund Health to help brokers and employers be able to write their own healthcare success stories. Self Fund Health combines traditional TPA, PBM, Direct Primary Care, and Direct Contracts under a single technology platform to dramatically simplify what’s needed for employers to succeed. By implementing similar approaches, progressive employers across Wisconsin have saved 10-30% on overall healthcare costs.
Growing up on a farm in Iowa, Matt learned the value of hard work, integrity, and problem-solving. Throughout his career, Matt has served as an influential executive leader, working for companies such as Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Badger Mining (#1 Great Place to Work in America awards), and recently, as the Vice President of HR & Medical Services for Merrill Steel in Schofield, WI. He is a proven transformational leader in areas of employer healthcare, lean manufacturing, and work culture.
Matt first became known in Wisconsin for his work at Merrill Steel as the VP of HR, in which he led the company on a five-year healthcare improvement journey to implement a number of healthcare services at no cost to employees and their families, such as onsite clinics, a mobile clinic (converted ambulance), physical therapy, chiropractic, MRI, bundled orthopedic surgeries, and a world-class wellness program.
Outcomes included frozen premiums for 6 consecutive years, $5.5M in total cost savings (employees and their families saved $1.7M), reduced pharmacy costs, and reduced STD/LTD/Life costs. Additionally, these efforts had very favorable effects on recruiting and retention.
In 2018 Matt founded the Healthcare Best Practice Group and in 2022, he began holding events across the state to promote a healthcare movement in Wisconsin. Today, there are about 1,000 employers and 3200 free-market-minded individuals who participate.
For his success in providing healthcare solutions for employers:
- Matt was chosen as the HR Professional of the Year in 2019 by the Central Wisconsin Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM);
- In 2020, Matt received the Healthcare Transformation Award for Wisconsin;
- Also, in 2020, Matt was given the National Employer/Purchaser Healthcare Award, an award previously won by Disney, Boeing, and Walmart.
- In 2022, Matt was selected by the Free Market Medical Association to receive the “Be the Beacon” Award.
Matt wrote a book called: “Save Your Company, Don’t Feed the Beast – The Employer Healthcare Success Formula.” Based on his research of the 6 mature employer healthcare success stories in which employers saved millions of dollars, while greatly improving their health plan, Matt developed a practical and understandable guide for all employers to transform their health plans.
Matt and his wife Denise live in Mosinee, Wisconsin, and serve as Champion Foster Parents for Marathon County. They currently have 5 children, ranging from 25 to 5, and are actively adopting children out of the social services system. In 2018, they founded NOAH; a nonprofit foster closet that freely collects, stores, and gives supplies, equipment, toys, and clothing to foster parents in Wisconsin.
- In 2020, Matt and Denise were selected to receive the Governor’s Foster Parents of the Year award.
Matt’s education includes an AS degree from Highland Community College, a BS degree in Psychology from Western Illinois University, a MA degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Tulsa and he has completed half of the course credits toward a Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership. Additionally, Matt holds a Healthcare Certification from the Validation Institute, a Lean Manufacturing Certification from the University of Michigan, a Six Sigma Black Belt certification, a Martial Arts Black Belt certification, and he is a graduate of Zappos Culture Camp.
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In today’s episode, Ron chats with Sam Moen, Co-Founder, President & COO of MDDirect and Michelle Golden, the Interim Executive Director for Administration for the Eau Claire Area School District. They talk about how MDDirect is transforming specialty care by producing faster outcomes with lower cost of care. They also share insights into Michelle’s former organization’s experience partnering with MDDirect, how lessening the amount of unnecessary surgeries has tremendously helped lower costs, and much more.
Sam Moen
Sam is a recognized leader and published author on innovative healthcare solutions. He currently leads the industry’s first direct to specialist company’s operations MDDirect.
He engages with organizations to reduce their overall healthcare costs by getting employees to the clinical expert immediately reducing unnecessary care.
Sam is focused on making healthcare a better experience and delivering higher quality (quality = outcomes / cost + time). MDDirect brings tools such as a web-based platform, evidence-based medicine, bundled payments contracts, and results oriented employee training.
He helps organizations improve employee care for Orthopedics (musculoskeletal), Workers Compensation Injury, Gastrointestinal, OB/Maternity, ENT, while continuing to add additional services.
He has built and taken to market several innovative solutions for some of the nation’s largest healthcare stakeholders. He has worked with over 50+ organizations such as Stanford Health Care, Intermountain Health System, Ascension, United Health Care, Optum, Twin Cities Orthopedics, Dignity Health and many more reducing healthcare’s overall expense. He has worked on the surgical bundled payment model with some of the largest orthopedic groups totalling in over 10,000 completed bundled surgeries. His work spans leadership of all facets in implementing a bundled solution: employer, payer and provider partnerships, contracting, clinical management, physician buy in, care coordination and management, patient optimization and complication reduction.
Sam was born, raised and educated in the Twin Cities. He loves spending time with his family, friends a. He enjoys the process of learning whether it be downhill skiing, reading, coffee, traveling, golfing, meditation, the body’s production of energy and somehow most conversation turns back to the family business of healthcare.
Michelle Golden
Michelle Golden recently retired from the Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District in June of 2023, as the Executive Director of Human Resources & Public Relations. She became the Executive Director of WASPA (Wisconsin Association of School Personnel Administrators) in July 2023. She is also the Interim Executive Director for Administration for the Eau Claire School District. She has a master’s degree in educational leadership, as well as Human Resource Management.
She lives in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, with her husband, Tim, and has two daughters, Hannah and Hailey who are off pursuing their dreams.
While in the Chippewa Falls School District, she and her team planned and implemented an onsite clinic, which saved the district over $18 million over six years. Michelle presented this information in various venues, such as a local SHRM group, an insurance group, and other direct primary care providers. Her primary goal was to help other companies save money by providing high quality health care that does not cause financial hardship to schools and other businesses.
Michelle Golden has spent 30 plus years in public education, including teaching, coaching, principal, and administrative leadership in human resources. Her expertise is in Employee Relations, coaching and mentoring, performance improvement, risk management, leadership development, strategic planning, compliance, compensation analysis, and insurance.
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In this episode, Ron chats with Stu Clark, the Chief Executive Officer at Premise Health – the world’s leading direct healthcare company and one of the largest digital providers in the country. Throughout their conversation, they discuss the reasons why the press isn’t interested in direct primary healthcare, the importance of incorporating behavioral health into a primary care model, how Premier Health recruits doctors, and much more!
Stu Clark has served as CEO of Premise Health since its inception in 2014. He has held executive roles for more than 20 years.
Stu and his teams have helped lead the evolution of the direct healthcare industry, also known as employer-sponsored healthcare, from the early days of occupational health-only programs to today’s fully integrated, advanced primary care models. Premise operates more than 800 wellness centers across 45 states and Guam, delivering high-quality primary care, pharmacy, behavioral health, care navigation, and care management services, alongside many other types of care.
With 1 billion in annual revenue, Premise is the seventh largest private company in Nashville. It is consistently recognized as an employer of choice in our city and in the communities where it operates. Premise employs 6,000 team members.
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In this episode, Ron chats with David Goldhill, Founder and CEO at Sesame, a new healthcare system for uninsured Americans and those with high-deductible plans. In their conversation, they delve into net promoter scores, the convenience and pricing of Sesame, and more. They also dive into David’s books “Catastrophic Care: Why Everything We Think We Know about Health Care Is Wrong” & “Catastrophic Care: How American Health Care Killed My Father–And How We Can Fix It”.
David Goldhill is the Founder and CEO of Sesame, which operates an innovative direct pay marketplace for the full range of health care services. Sesame launched its service in Kansas City in 2019. Goldhill has been a leading voice of market-based health care reform since publication of “How American Health Care Killed My Father” as the cover story of the September 2009 issue of The Atlantic.
Goldhill is the author of “Catastrophic Care: Why Everything We Think We Know about Health Care is Wrong” (Knopf, January 2013) and of “The Real Costs of American Health Care” (Vintage 2016). He is co-editor of New York’s Next Health Care Revolution (Manhattan Institute, 2015). Goldhill is chair of the Board of Directors of the Leapfrog Group, an employer-sponsored organization dedicated to hospital safety and transparency.
In his business career, Goldhill was president and CEO of GSN, which operates a US cable television network seen in 80 million homes and one of the world’s largest digital games companies. He previously served as president and COO of Universal Television Group, the largest division of Universal Studios. In this capacity, he oversaw all operations at the company’s domestic and international cable television networks, cable and network television studios, first-run syndication business and worldwide television distribution.
Goldhill was also chairman and CEO of Independent Network Holdings, Ltd. (INTH), which created and operated the TV3 television network in Russia. Prior, Goldhill was the CFO of Act III Communications, a privately-owned holding company with interests in television stations, movie theaters, magazines, and film/television production. He has served as Director of Commerce Hub (CHUBA), Expedia (EXPE), eLong (LONG), and numerous private companies.
Goldhill graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. degree in history and holds a M.A. degree in history from New York University.
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This episode features Joe Murad, President & CEO at Vida Health. Vida Health offers its members personalized care programs for diabetes, obesity, depression, anxiety, hypertension, and more. Here, he does a deep dive in to what makes Vida Health special, what outcomes they are seeing with their members, how their program offers weekly virtual visits with providers to help ensure patient success, and more.
Joe Murad, a seasoned digital health executive, currently leads Vida Health as CEO. Joe was previously CEO of WithMe Health, driving personalized medication guidance. He also helmed PokitDok, a pivotal player in healthcare interoperability, leading to its acquisition by Change Healthcare. Joe‘s strategic impact extends to Willis Towers Watson, Extend Health, and eHealth, where he played key roles in reshaping the health benefits landscape. Joe holds a BA from the University of Southern California and resides in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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This episode features Guy Benjamin, Co-CEO & Co-Founder of Healthee. Here, he discusses how Healthee’s AI driven App simplifies healthcare navigation, providing fast, accurate guidance on plans, providers, costs and more. He also does a deep dive in to the importance of their app being user friendly and how it helps eliminate some of the confusion around benefits coverage. Their AI healthcare virtual assistant, Zoe, works to answer’s employee’s questions around what is covered, where it is covered, costs, and even reminds patients about upcoming needed screenings and appointments.
Guy Benjamin is an accomplished speaker and entrepreneur with a unique background that combines military, academic, and business experience. Born and raised in Israel, Guy spent 12 years as an F16 Fighter Pilot in the Israeli Air Force and earned a BA in Information Technologies and Physics from Ben Gurion University. After leaving the Air Force, Guy graduated from Yale School of Management and worked as an Associate Partner at McKinsey & Co., where he focused on Digital and Analytics. Guy’s passion for transforming the healthcare experience led him to co-found Healthee, a company that empowers people to take control of their health benefits and live healthier lives.
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This episode features Rebecca Love, Chief Clinical Officer at IntelyCare. Here she discusses how the pandemic put a spotlight on many of the issues in nursing, the importance of having the correct nursing ratio, why so many nurses are leaving the profession, and more. She also does a deep dive into what needs to be done to address the nursing shortage and how to encourage more people to enter the profession.
Rebecca Love, RN, BS, MSN, FIEL is an experienced nurse executive and first nurse featured on Ted.com, and recognized as one of Modern Healthcare’s most influential people in healthcare in 2022. By day, Rebecca serves as Chief Clinical Officer at IntelyCare, a leading app-enabled workforce management platform helping solve the nursing crisis. IntelyCare’s solution gives nurses the ability to find the right shifts at the right facilities, while giving facilities access to trained, top-quality nurses.
Rebecca, was the first Director of Nurse Innovation & Entrepreneurship in the United States at Northeastern School of Nursing – the founding initiative in the Country designed to empower nurses as innovators and entrepreneurs, where she founded the Nurse Hackathon, the movement has led to transformational change in the Nursing Profession. In early 2019, Rebecca, along with a group of leading nurses in the world, founded and is President of SONSIEL: The Society of Nurse Scientists, Innovators, Entrepreneurs & Leaders, a non-profit that quickly attained recognition by the United Nations as an Affiliate Member to the UN. Rebecca is an experienced Nurse Entrepreneur, founding HireNurses.com in 2013 which was acquired in 2018 by Ryalto, LTD UK, where she served as the Managing Director of US Markets, until it’s acquisition in 2019. Currently, Rebecca serves as the Chief Clinical Officer of IntelyCare,
Inc. Rebecca is passionate about empowering nurses and creating communities to help nurses innovate, create and collaborate to start businesses and inventions to transform healthcare. In 2023, she is now Co-Chair and Co-Founder of the Commission for Nursing Reimbursement working to respond to the nationwide concerns of nursing staffing shortages.
Rebecca holds a M.S. in Nursing from Northeastern University, B.A. in International Relations/Spanish from Boston University, an, sits on the board of NextGen Ventures, Health Science Entrepreneurs at Northeastern University & the Host Committee for the Massachusetts ACLU. She currently lives in Marblehead, Massachusetts with her husband and 3 children.
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In this episode Ron chats with Dr. Zeev Neuwirth. Zeev is a healthcare executive, author, and host of the “Creating a New Healthcare” podcast. Here, he delves deep into the innovative realms of employee health and the transformative potential of digital technology in healthcare. Zeev also shares insights from his book “Beyond the Walls: MegaTrends, Movements and Market Disruptors Transforming American Healthcare”.
Zeev Neuwirth, MD is a healthcare executive with over 15 years of clinical practice in Internal Medicine and another 15 years in clinical operations, quality improvement, care redesign, population health and innovation. He has served as an industry adviser to numerous digital health companies. His work to improve and transform healthcare delivery have been featured in Newsweek, Forbes, Fast Company, WebMD, The Yale School of Management Journal, and two Harvard case studies.
In 2017 Dr. Neuwirth launched a podcast entitled Creating a New Healthcare. It was named as one of the most popular healthcare podcasts of 2018 and awarded “Healthcare Podcast of the Year” in 2019 by the Healthcare and IT Marketing Community. It continues to be one of the leading healthcare podcasts.
In 2019, Dr. Neuwirth published his first book, Reframing Healthcare – A Roadmap for Creating Disruptive Change. which achieved Amazon #1 New Release status in the domain of healthcare administration and policy. Based on in-depth interviews with hundreds of healthcare leaders and entrepreneurs, it outlines the market trends re-shaping healthcare, and a comprehensive and scalable approach to transforming healthcare delivery.
In September 2023, Dr. Neuwirth published a second book, Beyond The Walls – Megatrends, and Market Disruptors Transforming American Healthcare. This book achieved Top New Release on Amazon, in the category of Hospital Administration. It outlines a 3-part strategy for the transformation of American healthcare and documents dozens of examples of the visionary, courageous entrepreneurs and leaders who are transcending the constraints of our legacy past.
Dr. Neuwirth is an alum of Tufts University and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He received a Masters in Healthcare Management from the Harvard School of Public Health, where he continues to lecture. He is also a lecturer at the Yale School of Public Health, and a frequent speaker at national symposium and board retreats.
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On this episode Ron has an engaging conversation with Dr. Gordon Chen, Owner, former Chief Medical Officer, and current Board Member, ChenMed Inc. He is also Co-author of “The Calling: A Memoir of Family, Faith and the Future of Healthcare.” Here, Gordon answers the hard-hitting questions of why everyone isn’t going full risk in value-based care, what differentiates ChenMed from other practices, why some physicians are willing to be put on waiting lists to work for ChenMed, and much more!
Gordon Chen, MD is leading a healthcare revolution. He created and oversees a world class physician development culture that empowers doctors to be the change they want to see in healthcare while fulfilling their purpose and creating personal opportunities.
Dr. Chen believes doctors can fulfill the moral imperative needed to create a healthcare delivery system that produces social justice through better health. He has developed programs to create world-class physician leaders with the influence required to spread value-based, preventive care beyond a medical center, city or even a state. His approach transforms doctors, patients, and entire communities.
After graduating from Brown University with a bachelor’s degree in economics as part of Brown’s Program of Liberal Medical Education, Dr. Chen followed family tradition and accepted a scholarship to attend the University of Miami School of Medicine. He remained in Miami for his internal medicine and cardiology training.
Dr. Chen is also the president of Nicaragua Medical Missions, a Christian non-profit organization that strives to create medical mission opportunities to meet the needs of multiple underserved Nicaraguan communities. Dr. Chen is married to his medical school sweetheart, Dr. Jessica Chen, ChenMed’s Chief Clinical Officer. They have four children.
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In this episode Ron chats with Andrew Thompson, COO of Pediatric Associates. Here they discuss whether the large health systems deliver better or worse outcomes than independent physicians. They also examine the influence of big healthcare systems, the rise of value-based care, and the monopolies that dominate the industry. Throughout the episode, Andrew and Ron explore the pivotal role of primary care in our healthcare system and discuss the pervasive corruption in the world of big healthcare systems.
Andy Thompson joined Pediatric Associates as the practice’s Chief Operating Officer in November of 2022. As Pediatric Associates continues to grow its footprint nationally, he will provide operational leadership across the national pediatric practice. As COO, Thompson will collaborate across the executive leadership team and a diverse market stakeholder base to drive operational efficiency and performance while building a continuously scalable organization.
Andy has dedicated his over 20 year career in physician practice management. Previously, Thompson held the same role at VillageMD, a national provider of value-based primary care services. Prior to Pediatric Associates and VillageMD, Thompson has excelled in several COO roles for both traditional and private equity backed organizations including Mercy and Bon Secours. At VillageMD, he built the operating model and created the structure for operations using analytics and other mechanisms to drive rigor.
Thompson has a BA in Psychology from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, and a master’s in healthcare administration from Missouri State University. He currently lives in Dallas, TX. Outside of work Andy is an avid tennis player, father, and husband.
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In this episode, Ron chats with Leon Wisniewski, Founder of Health Cost Labs & Co-Founder of Billy – a consumer focused healthcare payment tool. Here, Leon discusses how Billy works, how it takes price transparency to a whole new level, how it creates hospital competition that will ultimately bring prices down, and much more!
Leon worked at large Blue Cross for over 15 years as an actuarial analyst, contract analyst, in payment integrity and in informatics. In these roles he modeled claims data to project spend, created fee schedules, supported contract negotiations with doctors and hospitals, identified recoveries by finding claims that did not pay correctly and modeled payment policy impact changes. More recently he worked at a population health company making benchmarks to inform companies of opportunities to make better decisions. With full experience in the managed care space he believes nothing is more effective to lowering cost and reducing doctor abrasion than knowing the price for treatment and creating data fluidity which will greatly reduce over-utilization and misdiagnosis.
He has a BA in Information Management from Holy Family University, lives in the Philadelphia area, is married, has two kids, and belongs to his church.
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A lot has changed in healthcare since Ron Barshop started the podcast in 2019. On this 200th episode of Primary Care Cures, Ron reflects on the multitude of conversations he’s had with thought leaders from across the country, the growth of the podcast, the … Continue reading →
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In this episode Ron brings Dr. Cristin Dickerson back on the show. Here, she discusses the Green Imaging business model, how they focus on providing fairly priced imaging, her thoughts on what the ideal health plan would be, and more. … Continue reading →
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In this episode Ron chats with Paula Muto, Founder & CEO of UBERDOC. UBERDOC is where direct-pay patients go to find the care they need without the barriers that limit choice, cause delay, and cost more. They are building a … Continue reading →
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In this episode Ron chats with Donald Trigg, CEO of apree Health. Here he discusses how apree health is building the first integrated health network that combines data-driven personalization, a coordinated care model, and aligned incentives which aims to unlock … Continue reading →
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In this episode Ron brings Keith Smith, Medical Director at Surgical Center of Oklahoma back on the show to discuss the importance of transparent pricing in healthcare and how he helped to pioneer that movement. He also discusses how other … Continue reading →
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In this episode Ron chats with Dr. Mark Potts, President of Transformational Consulting, LLC. Here, Mark discusses his previous role as the Superintendent of the Ashtabula Area City Schools and how he discovered that that his employees did not have … Continue reading →
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In this episode Ron chats with Sharon Pearce, Co-Chair of the Commission for Nurse Reimbursement. Here she discusses how nursing compensation has changed since hospitals have cut costs in nursing, how to improve compensation for nursing while improving nursing ratios, … Continue reading →
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In this episode Dr. Frank Dumont returns to the show. Frank is the Commercial Medical Director at Virta Health. Here, he discusses reversing Type 2 diabetes, how Virta has been able to replicate the success they have seen in their clinical … Continue reading →
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In this episode, Ron has a discussion with Preston Alexander, Founder & President of One Degree Medical. Here, Preston chats about the winners of DPCs and why they aren’t as prevalent as they should be, what’s wrong with monopolized health systems, the problem with non-profit health systems, and much more.
Preston Alexander is a healthcare entrepreneur currently serving as an advisor and consultant to healthcare companies of all stages. His passion for healthcare is lies in helping to create a more affordable, accessible, and equitable system. Prior to becoming a founder, Preston worked for large, global medical device companies as a product manager, responsible for over $100M in portfolios. It was through this experience that Preston gained a deeper understanding of how healthcare and specifically large integrated hospital systems worked.
Preston also writes extensively about health systems and companies, breaking down the business and finance basics to equip more people, especially clinicians with the tools and resources they need to get into the business of healthcare. He believes that clinicians are key to saving healthcare and must take back the business to restore the practice of medicine.
Preston currently lives in Atlanta, GA with his wife and two daughters. Outside of obsessing about healthcare and working to find better solutions, he spends as much time as he can with his family and occasionally finds time to go rock climbing.
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In this episode, Ron chats with Dr. Brian Fretwell, President and CEO of Direct Primary Care Associates and myDPCrx – a DPC provider driven pharmacy program that sells over 1,000 generic prescriptions for pennies on the dollar. Here, he answers the questions of what led him to start myDPCrx, where his 5 clinics are located, how this is changing the face of pharmacy, and more.
Mr. Fretwell calls Cleveland home. He is a former field and flight Paramedic. He attended University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. His medical education was completed at Nova Southeastern University with a dual degree in PA studies and Masters in Public Health. He has over 27 years experience in Emergency, Family, and Occupational Medicine. As CEO of Direct Primary Care Associates, Mr. Fretwell has created and continues to develop a team of like-minded, forward thinking individuals who share his unique vision for improving access to quality affordable healthcare through innovative solutions for individuals and businesses throughout the region.
Brian enjoys spending quality time with his children. He also spends most fall weekends watching Tennessee football. An avid conservationist and outdoorsman he also spends much time hunting, fishing, surfing, and boating.
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In this episode, Ron talks DPCs with Dr. Kenneth Qiu, Founder of EuDoc, & Associate Clinical Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. Here, Kenneth discusses what he sees the outlook for DPCs in the next year, what it is like to be a DPC practitioner himself, his work educating med students on DPCs, and much more.
Kenneth Qiu, MD is a board certified family physician with a strong passion for direct primary care and interest in primary care innovation. He has been an active member of the DPC community since he learned about the model during his fourth year of medical school and started his own DPC practice, EuDoc, straight out of residency. His involvement has led him to be a member of the DPC Alliance Board and DPC Coalition Steering Committee. His interest in primary care innovation has led to the creation of X = Primary Care, or XPC for short, where he and his friend and co-founder Paulius Mui, MD dive into all sorts of primary care innovation. Dr. Qiu currently also advises health tech companies and teaches at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, where he completed medical school.
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In this episode Katy Talento, Epidemiologist, Executive Director at Alliance of Health Care Sharing Ministries, & CEO of AllBetter Health rejoins the show for a third time. AllBetter Health is a next-gen health benefits advisory firm that saves employers & other groups money while offering benefits great benefits including zero deductibles. Here, she discusses what healthcare sharing ministries are, how many people are enrolled in this type of model, how the consumer wins with this model, and much more.
Katy Talento, President of KFT Consulting, Epidemiologist, Executive Director at Alliance of Health Care Sharing Ministries, & CEO of AllBetter Health is a licensed health benefits consultant, veteran health policy advisor and epidemiologist. She recently left the White House as the top health advisor to President Donald Trump on the Domestic Policy Council, where her job was to advance the president’s agenda to increase health care price transparency and price competition, end surprise medical bills, lower prescription drug prices, expand affordable options in the individual and group/ERISA markets, reduce the burdens of the Affordable Care Act, promote innovative employer sponsored coverage models, expand health IT interoperability, combat the opioids and other drug addiction crisis, eliminate domestic HIV/AIDS, and promote bioethics in life sciences.
Prior to her White House appointment, Katy served five U.S. Senators over a 15-year period, including as top health advisor and manager of legislative staff and oversight investigators. She also worked in the private sector helping multinational energy companies protect their global workforce from infectious diseases such as malaria, dengue and the largest community-based HIV/AIDS service organization in the US. On the faculty at Georgetown University Medical School, Katy managed the Washington site of a multi-site NIH-funded pulmonology study.
A compelling communicator, Katy has delivered speeches to large audiences, served as Director of Speechwriting for the Republican National Committee during the successful 2010 election cycle, and has written a number of published opinion pieces, web copy, and video scripts. She spent two years as a Catholic nun and has worked with the poorest of the poor from East Africa, to industrial Russia and inner-city America. Katy received a Master of Science degree in Infectious Disease Epidemiology from Harvard School of Public Health and an undergraduate degree in Sociology from the University of Virginia. She lives in suburban northern Virginia with her husband and two children.
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In this episode, Ron chats with Jonathan Spero, CEO at InHouse Physicians – the powerhouse behind the disruptive innovation he founded – Asterias Health. Asterias Health is a next-gen virtual & in-person direct primary care model that addresses the physical, behavioral, emotional, and social needs for its patients. Here, they discuss all of the benefits Asterias offers – including, Rx home delivery, chronic condition management, wellness programs, and more. Here he discusses how Asteria’s 1,000,000+ members are winning, why ~95% of these members continue to renew their contracts year after year, what the care model will look like in 3-5 years, and more.
Founder and CEO of InHouse Physicians and Asterias Health, Jonathan Spero, M.D. is an expert on medical risk management in the meeting industry, healthcare cost containment in the employer space, and in the field of neurobiology of human performance. Dr. Spero grew up in Arizona and completed his education at the University of California. He completed a residency in Internal Medicine at Scripps Mercy San Diego and practices both Internal and Emergency Medicine. His passion is creating disruptive innovation in providing a Direct Primary Care solution for employers across the country.
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In this episode, Ron is joined by Viral Patel, Founder and CEO at Radish Health – a highly rated NYC based digital first primary care platform giving employers access to primary care, mental health services, a registered dietician, and a care navigator. Here, Viral discusses the cost per month for employers. He also answers questions around how clinicians, employers, & patients are “winners” in using this service, how many providers are currently employed at Radish Health, and more.
Viral Patel is the founder and CEO of Radish Health, a platform that keeps organizations healthy, happy, and productive by providing accessible primary care and mental health services. Prior to Radish, Viral was an emergency medicine physician and Medical Director at Oscar Health where he helped build their in-house telehealth practice.
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In this episode, Ron chats with Wayne Orchard, Partner & Executive Vice President at Lyric Health, MyTelemedicine, and GoLexi. Here, they discuss Lyric Health, a fully integrated virtual primary care platform that provides instant access to a “doc in your pocket”. Wayne also discusses how the pandemic helped him and his partner realize that they needed to focus more on day-to-day care rather than episodic care. He also answers the questions of how he recruits & retains clinicians, what the internal metrics of Lyric look like, how they are saving employers’ money, and more.
Wayne Orchard has over 15 years of experience in the Virtual Healthcare space. He and 3 other partners started MyTelemedicine in 2015 with the mission to deliver telehealth in a different way. In a way that people want to consume their healthcare. With ease of use, little administration, and effectiveness. MyTelemedicine has grown to over 4 million users and rebranded the service to Lyric Health in 2022 as it is now a Head-to-Toe Virtual Care service provider that covers Urgent and Primary Care, along with integrated labs and behavioral health. Lyric is leading the charge into the Virtual Primary Care services that are uncovering the underlying conditions to help mitigate the risk of unnecessary hospitalization claims.
The post Episode # 186 – Wayne Orchard with Lyric Health is the Largest DPC Provider with 4M Members. Retention of Docs, Members, and Employers are All Impressive. Get Why Here. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode, Ron chats with Satish Srinivasan, Founder & Chief Executive Officer at DiRx, a digital pharmacy platform that provides savings for thousands of FDA-approved generic drugs – with no insurance requirement. Satish went into starting DiRx knowing the real cost of medicine because … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 185 – Satish Srinivasan with DiRx is Showing Us How to Buy Meds at a Fraction of the Costs. Often at Only $3-4 a fill. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode, Ann M. Richardson, a Healthcare Systems Transformation & Operations Consultant with 25+ years of hospital leadership experience, chats with Ron about her work increasing awareness around the silencing that goes on in medicine. Her patient advocacy work … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 184 – Ann Richardson Is the DocWhisperer. She is Letting the Bigs Know a Frontline Exodus is Hitting Them in 2023. Here’s Why and What to Do. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode, Ron is joined by power couple Dr. Renee Dua & Nick Desai, Co-Founders of Renee, a recently launched digital health assistant and generic medication delivery AI generated platform. With Dr. Dua’s 16 years of experience as a … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 183 – Our First Power Couple, Renee Dua and Nick Desai Founded and Lead Renee – A New Offering for Consumers and Employers for Generic Medication Access at a Cost of $25/mo. Also Built In is a Medical Personal Assistant in Your Pocket for Appointments, Labs, Tests, and More. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode, Ron is joined again by thought leader Lee Gross, Co-Founder of Epiphany Health Direct Primary Care, President of Docs 4 Patient Care Foundation, & Chairman of DPC Action. Lee discusses seeing firsthand just how much care delivery … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 182 – Lee Gross MD Back for Another Round. A DPC Pioneer for 20 Years. Advocate at the Highest Levels of State and Federal Government. He Explains Cheaper, Faster, Better Primary Care where Everyone Wins in Hurricane Aftermaths and Pandemics as the Ultimate Stress Tests. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
This episode, Ron is joined by Eric Starkman, an investigative journalist that uses his experience in crisis counseling, public relations, and financial reporting to help bring to light the threatening practices done by the BIGS in healthcare. Here, he answers … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 181 – Eric Starkman is Among the Best Investigative Reporters in Healthcare Today. He Shines a Bright Light on the Massive Cracks in Regulation and Delivery of Care in America. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Dutch Rojas returns to the show for a third time to discuss what he has been up to and how healthcare has changed since the last time he was on the show. Dutch is the Senior Vice … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 180 – Dutch Rojas Just Sold Two of His Companies and Now is Offering Everyone Health – A Free App to Easily Contract in 300 Metros and 48 States Labs, Imaging, Surgery and Specialists for Cash Pay Customers. About 30-60M of Us. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Dr. Michael Botta, Co-founder and President at Sesame, a healthcare marketplace that works with patients that are uninsured or priced out of care by connecting them with high quality physicians at the best price. … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 179 – Mike Botta of Sesame Introduces Healthcare Shopping into an Expedia-Like Marketplace. Fair Pricing Meets Care Slots Open and Available. Consumer Navigation Made Easy to Find Independent Docs, Imaging, and More. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Michael Bechtol, Vice President of Membership at Redirect Health, returns to the show. Redirect Health provides employers & individuals with affordable healthcare plans. Here, Michael shares the ways they can provide simple to use & affordable access … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 178 – Mike Bechtol with Redirect Health is a National Expert in Patient Assistance Programs – A Secret Way to Pay for Much of Your Care – Your Employee’s Too – and Half of Us Qualify? True! Round 2. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Dr. Daniel Paull, Orthopedic surgeon, Founder and CEO of Easy Orthopedics. He is bringing the clinic to your house and keeping insurance out of it. He’s disrupting healthcare in a way that values your … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 177 – Dr. Daniel Paull is an Orthopedic Surgeon. Founder of America’s First Mobile Cash Based Orthopedic Practice… Whaaat? Here’s a Model to be Happier, Make More, and Stay True to Your Calling. Surgeons, PCPs Already Get This. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Brad Kirkpatrick, Chief Commercial Officer at Hydrogen Health. Here, Brad does a deep dive into the founding and mission of Hydrogen Health. They offer virtual primary care that focuses on chronic condition management, urgent … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 176 – Brad Kirkpatrick is CCO of Hydrogen Health – A Partnership of Anthem, Blackstone and K Health with Upside Engagement Potential of 9 million Employees. 500,000 Engaged Today. 250 Providers. Advanced Primary Care Designed for Employers and Carriers Never Had Deeper Pockets Nor a Better Rolodex. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode, Ron has chats with Grady Gibbs, Product Manager & Strategic Relationship Development at Evolve Medical Consulting, a consulting company that assists healthcare companies engage more doctors and helps doctors sell more products and procedures. Here, they dive … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 175 – The Jefferson Network Allows DFW and North Texas Employers a Significant Direct Primary Care Offering. Grady Gibbs is Growing It. He Has Interesting Takes on ACOs as Dinosaurs, Bigs as Self-Referrers, Not Consumer Centric, and More. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Peter Hayes returns to the show to do a deep dive into his thoughts on the current state of CMS, hospitals, and more. He also discusses with Ron how purchasing alliances work and his thoughts on the … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 174 – Peter Hayes is Back to Tell Us What Purchasing Alliances are Best At and How an Ideal Plan Design Shapes Up. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Scott Haas & Erik Davis, Senior Vice Presidents at USI on their Healthcare Operational Risk Consulting Team. USI has served over 500,000 clients meeting their property & casualty, employee benefit, personal risk and retirement … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 173 – Scott Haas and Erik Davis are SVPs at USI, a Top 10 National Health Benefits Firm. They Have Vast Experience Designing Plans for Larger Employers Using DPC and Advanced Primary Care as the Center of a Future Where Everyone Wins. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
This episode features Randa Deaton, Vice President of Purchaser Engagement at Purchaser Business Group on Health (PBGH). PBGH is a nonprofit coalition representing nearly 40 private employers and public entities across the U.S. that collectively spend $350 billion annually purchasing … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 172 – PBGH is the Largest Employer Healthcare Purchasing Alliance with $350 Billion in Spend. Meet Randa Deaton, Who Leads Member Value and Engagement and Where Primary Care Indicates a 10:1 ROI. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Benjamin Clinton, Deputy Superintendent of Raymondville ISD. Here, they discuss Raymondville ISD’s journey to find the right benefits for their district. Benjamin discusses how now that they found a super affordable and innovative package … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 171 – Dr. Benjamin Clinton as the Assistant Superintendent Has Taken the Poorest School District in Texas with 1/3 of its Employees Uninsured to Fully Insured at a Fraction of the Cost by Opting Out of the State Provided Legacy System. 130 School Districts are Following Their Model. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron brings Dutch Rojas back on the show. Here, they do a deep dive into the current state of healthcare benefits, digital health, venture backed healthcare startups, and many other aspects of American healthcare. Dutch Rojas is … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 170 – Dutch Rojas of Sanos Surgery has a New Offering for Consumers. Buckle Up for a Big Dose of Wisdom From a Direct Contract Thought Leader. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Doug Aldeen, General Counsel and ERISA Health Care Attorney, returns to the show. Here they do a deep dive into the current state of the healthcare industry and the impact COVID-19 has had on it. They also … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 169 – Welcome Back Doug Aldeen, an ERISA Healthcare Attorney Serving Self-Funded Employers Who Speaks Plainly and Tells the Truth About New Transparency Regs That will Expose Big Broker Gaming of Employers and More. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
This episode features Sean K Mehra, Founder & CEO at HealthTap. Here they discuss HealthTap and their focus on being a virtual primary care platform that gives patients long term relationships with their doctor so that the doctor can focus … Continue reading →
The post Episode #168 – Sean Mehra is Founder & CEO at HealthTap, a Nationwide Virtual Primary Care Clinic with a Focus on the Consumer Experience. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Mary Talley Bowden, Owner of BreatheMD. Here, they do a deep dive into how Mary stood up to the healthcare establishment and the Bigs to treat COVID-19 patients how she felt they should be … Continue reading →
The post Episode #167 – Dr. Mary Talley Bowden is a Shy, Humble, Double Boarded ENT Who Graduated Top of Her Medical School Class. She Logged 3,900 COVID-19 Treatment Success Stories in Her EHR-99.7% Effective with Her Panel in Houston. Yet She is in 4 Lawsuits – Primarily Because Bigs and Federal Agencies Interfered with this Immensely Successful Care Plan. “My Dad says They Stepped on the Wrong Hornet When They Met Me…” Meet a Courageous Heroine to Millions. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode, Ron chats with Zach Zeller, Co-Founder and President of ScriptCo Pharmacy. Here, Zach returns to the show to discuss subscription-based wholesale pharmacy and the incredible value it offers to employers and patients. They also discuss the issues … Continue reading →
The post Episode #166 – ScriptCo is in 47 States. 4.9 Stars. Same Day Shipping. Average 90 Day Fill is About $4, Under $.04 a Pill! Subscription Fee Less Than Spotify. Zach Zeller, ScriptCo’s Co-Founder & President Returns to The Show. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron talks to Chris Habig, Co-Founder and CEO of Freedom Healthworks. Here they discuss the Freedom Healthcare model and how they help providers start their dream practice. Chris does a deep dive into how their practices focus … Continue reading →
The post Episode #165 – Chris Habig created a 100% success model providing branding and marketing muscle,budgetary discipline ,network affiliation and capital for today 80 PCPs in 30 states wanting to start Direct Primary Care. Then supports with back end ops and group purchasing and vendor selection. Hello Freedom Healthworks. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
This episode features Dr. Jeff Wells, CEO and Co-Founder of Marathon Health. Here Ron and Jeff do a deep dive into Marathon’s model, what makes it different, and the savings it creates for its members, and more. Jeff shares his … Continue reading →
The post Episode #164 – Meet Jeff Wells MD, Co-Founder and CEO of Marathon Health. 800,000 Members; 40 States; Pushing 200 Employers; Over 700 Providers; 89 NPS and an ROI to Employers of 2:1 EOY 3 appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Dr. John Abramson, Author of the book “Sickening: How Big Pharma Broke American Health Care and How We Can Repair It”. Here, they discuss John’s new book and discuss the problem that is Big … Continue reading →
The post Episode #163 – Dr. John Abramson, Who Teaches at Harvard is an Expert Witness Who Has Seen Millions of Insider Documents in 15 Big Pharma Trials. His New Book “Sickening” Lays it All Out Why We Pay so Much For so Few True Benefits in Overmedicated America – and Why We Are The #1 Pill Poppers by a Factor of 10x. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode, Ron chats with Christin Deacon, Principal Owner at VerSan Consulting, LLC. Here she discusses her career journey, how corporate America has woken up to the benefits of direct primary care, her new consulting firm, how she is … Continue reading →
The post Episode #162 – Chris Deacon Found the State of NJ 800,000 Employees/Retirees $1.5 Billion with Health Benefit Redesign and Left Early with Another $3 Billion on the Table. A hero Here Speaks with Clarity and Deep Conviction. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
This episode features Tom Gentile, President & CEO at Spirit Aerosystems. Here, he discusses their organizations decision to adopt on-site primary care and join the direct contract movement. He does a deep dive into how this decision has greatly benefited … Continue reading →
The post Episode #161 – Tom Gentile is CEO of Spirit AeroSystems a 14,800 Employee Airframe Manufacturer Who Just Adopted On-Site Direct Primary Care, Labs, X-Ray, Pharmacy and Navigators. They’ve Bundled Volume Discounted Pricing on Surgery and More Too. He Won’t Ever Go Back. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
This episode features Peter Hayes, President & CEO of the Healthcare Purchaser Alliance of Maine. Here, he discusses how healthcare has evolved over the past 25 years, the increasing healthcare costs, and how employees are slowly taking their power back. … Continue reading →
The post Episode #160 – Peter Hayes is President & CEO of the Healthcare Purchaser Alliance of Maine and for 25 Years has Seen the Evolution of Jumbo and Small Employers Take Charge of the #2 Spend After Labor. He Explains Why Everything is About to Change Now.. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron continues his conversation with Dr. Malcolm Kendrick, Author of the new book “The Clot Thickens”. Here, they further explore his book and the truth about cholesterol and if it is the true culprit causing most of … Continue reading →
The post Episode #159 – Dr. Malcolm Kendrick Part 2 Dives into Mostly Free Cardiovascular Health Hacks, Counterintuitive but Solidly Backed by Science – More Sun/Salt/Nose breathing are a Few Essentials. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Dr. Malcolm Kendrick, Author of the new book “The Clot Thickens”. Here, he does a deep dive into his book and explores the truth about cholesterol and if it is the true culprit … Continue reading →
The post Episode #158 – Meet Dr. Malcolm Kendrick, Author of The Clot Thickens -a Master Class Solving the Greatest Scientific Mystery of our Time. He Demolishes Statins and the Cholesterol Hypothesis it’s Based on Replacing it with Overwhelming and Pure Data and a Logical Alternative. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Dr. Nirav Vakharia, VP/GM of US Operations at Babylon Health. Here, they discuss value-based care, Babylon Health’s mission, the importance of AI in healthcare, access, and more. They also do a deep dive into … Continue reading →
The post Episode #157 – Meet Dr Nirav Vakharia, a Practicing Internist Responsible as GM for Babylon Health North America. We Dive into the Metrics to See How Everyone Wins in the Babylonian Future. Seven Aims – Check! appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
This episode features Shawn Strash, Former CEO of Numerous Hospitals. Here, he discusses what he has learned from his years in healthcare, how COVID-19 has changed the healthcare landscape in America, and more. Shawn Strash is a seasoned healthcare executive … Continue reading →
The post Episode #156 – Shawn Strash is the Self-Proclaimed Reformed CEO of 20 Hospitals. Here, He Discusses the Good, Bad, and Ugly that a Leader of a Big Has to See and Implement Daily. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
This episode features Dr. Ron Piniecki, Co-Founder at WellBridge Surgical. Here, he discusses what inspired him to launch WellBridge, being mentored & inspired by Keith Smith, the future of free market surgery centers in the US, the importance of competition … Continue reading →
The post Episode #155 – All-In Bundled Pricing Surgery at 10-20% Cost of the Bigs? 300+ Procedures? Infection Rates, Complication Rates, Readmits that Plunge to Nil? Yup, When the Very Best Team Up at the Newest Market Surgery Center like Wellbridge Surgical. Meet Dr. Ron Piniecki it’s Co-Founder. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with John Canion, a NP practicing Emergency Medicine in Texas. Here, they continue their conversation on the current state of Nurse Practitioners in the US, the role and responsibilities of NPs, working in the ER, … Continue reading →
The post Episode #154 – John Canion,NP Round 2. What’s Really Going on in the Most Trusted Profession 20 Years Running. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Robert Palmer, CEO at PotentiaMetrics. Here, Robert discusses what inspired him to start PotentiaMetrics, and how his firm works by providing trusted and actionable healthcare insights that uncover what works, for whom, under what … Continue reading →
The post Episode #153 – Meet Robert Palmer, CEO of PotentiaMetrics. Employers Can Now Offer Cancer Patients Wisdom Selecting the Best Treatment Options Based on 20 Years of Data on 2M Cancer Patients. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with John Canion, a NP practicing Emergency Medicine in Texas. Here, John discusses the current state of Nurse Practitioners in the US, how the growth in the field has not had enough quality control, and … Continue reading →
The post Episode #152 – John Canion Was a NP Instructor and With Great Passion and Insight into the Gaps in Nurse Training That No One is Openly Talking About but Should be. Chock Full of Insights, This Show. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Andy Schoonover, Founder & CEO of CrowdHealth. Here, he discusses what inspired him to start CrowdHealth, a new way to pay for healthcare with no premiums, no copays, no deductibles. Just one monthly total … Continue reading →
The post Episode #151 – CrowdHealth is GoFundMe Meets Uber 2 Way Ratings for Healthcare – A Next Gen Way to Pay. Meet Andy Schoonover – It’s Visionary Founder. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
Here is who and what is being fixed on the fringes in 2022 in Primary Care with Ron Barshop, Host of the Show. Here is the 2022 edition of the popular yearly “10 Lies” episode of Primary Care Cures. Read … Continue reading →
The post Episode #150 – These Ten Lies in Healthcare are Really the Ten Opportunities. Here is Who and What is Being Fixed on the Fringes in 2022 in Primary Care and by Extension, Healthcare with Ron Barshop, Host of the Show. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Omar Matuk-Villazon, Chief Medical Officer at UH College of Medicine. Here Omar discusses, what caused him to start a DPC clinic within the medical school, the importance of encouraging medical students to pursue primary … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 149 – Omar Matuk-Villazon Launched the First DPC Clinic Inside a Medical School for the 40% of People Underinsured in the Neighborhood. Rounding in Direct Primary Care – Never Easier. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
This episode features Darshan Kulkarni, Principal Attorney at Kulkarni Law Firm. Here, Ron and Darshan do a deep dive into the changing pharmacy ecosystem and the pros and cons that come with it. They explore pharmacies having more urgent care … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 148 – Darshan Kulkarni Has a Lot to Say About Pharmacy Trends —In Burnout, Bigs Playing Unfairly, and How PharmDs Work Closely with a PCP. DarshanTalks is a Highly Regarded Podcast and Source for the Pharmacist. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
This episode features Peter Cranstone, CEO of 3PHealth. Here, he discusses how his organization’s product enables a new movement in personalized health where every patient has a personalized, evidence-based, longitudinal care map on their phone. The longitudinal care map includes … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 147 – What is the Ultimate Business model that Can Deliver Free Healthcare to Every Consumer by Offering Friction Free Transactions? Ask Peter Cranstone. He Explains it all here. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
This episode features Sean Kelley, Founder & Managing Partner at Texas Medical Management, a Free Market Medicine solution for surgical procedures that offers competitive, transparent prices on surgical procedures across a broad range of specialties. Here he discusses being diagnosed … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 146 – Employers Save 30-60% Using Texas Medical Management for Surgery and More. The Surgeon Makes 2 to 4x the Norm. The Consumer Gets the Finest Docs and Quickly. Who Wins? Everyone! Meet Sean Kelley, it’s Founder & Managing Partner. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Dr. Frank Dumont, Commercial Medical Director at Virta Health. Virta Health helps people reverse type 2 diabetes. Their approach helps people lower blood sugar and lose weight, even while eliminating the need for medications, … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 145 – Type 2 Diabetes is Reversible. Virta Health is Eliminating or Reducing Insulin for 93% of Patients in the Largest & Longest Study of its Kind. Adopted by 200 Large Plans and Growing Fast. Dr. Frank Dumont, Virta Health’s Commercial Medical Director, Lays it Out. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Stacey Richter, Host of the Relentless Health Value Podcast. Here she discusses her biggest takeaways from the excellent guests she has had on her podcasts over the years. She does a deep dive into … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 144 – Stacey Richter Arranges Collaborations with Pharmacy, Pharma, Digital health, Health System and Professional Society Clients Through Aventria Health Group and Has an Award-Winning Podcast, “Relentless Health Value” to Sort it All Out. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode, Rom chats with Steve Tierney, Senior Medical Director of Quality Improvement at Southcentral Foundation’s Nuka System of Care. Here they discuss the unique and award-winning approach that Nuka takes when it comes to addressing the primary care … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 143 – Advanced World Class Primary Care That’s Free to Members Heavily Populated with Risk. At Half the Cost it Should Be. It Encompasses Mental/Physical/Spiritual health for 65,000 Native Americans, All Owner Members. We are talking Southcentral Foundation’s Nuka System of Care. Meet Dr. Steve Tierney to Learn a Fresh Approach to Primary Care. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
Dr. Bill Wulf is the first physician Chief Executive Officer of COPC, assuming this position in 2013. Prior to this role, he served as the Corporate Medical Director of COPC for seven years. Bringing over 30 years of leadership in Primary Care delivery … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 142 – How to Move Physicians From Volume to Value Centric Care? Ask Dr. Bill Wulf, Who Chairs America’s Physician Group Representing 190,000 Docs and 45 Million Patients and Agilent Health in Central Ohio. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
This episode features Lester J. Morales, Founder & CEO of Next Impact. Here, Lester discusses his career journey and what inspired him to start Next Impact. He also discusses his frustration with the status quo, the kind of savings his … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 141 – Lester Morales Knows How Direct Contracting Healthcare Saves 20-60% on Employer Spend and He Benefit Advises in All 50 States. Hear Why Forbes Featured Him Last Year and How He Does It. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Dr. Bill Bestermann. Here, they discuss what Bill considers to be the best practices to provide healthcare. Bill believes if best practices are used and there is a heavier focus more on preventative care it … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 140 – Bill Bestermann MD is an Internist Practicing Preventive Cardiology. Optimal Medical Therapy Protocols Were Blessed by the Validation Institute for Reversing Heart Disease and Savings Tens of Thousands Per Patient. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
This episode features Dr. Frank Okosun JR, Medical Director and Attending Physician at Brazos Primary Care Associates. Here, he discusses his frustrations with how difficult is for foreign doctors to work in the US, especially while there is a shortage … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 139 – Frank Okoson is an Internal Medicine Doctor Who Attended a Well-Known Nigerian Medical School So He Understands the Journey of 1/3 of Our Physicians Who are Foreign Medical Graduates. 5,000 Annually Cannot Get a Residency Slot, So The Backlog is Tens of Thousands in an Era When 1/3 of PCPs are Retirement Age Within the Next 7 Years. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with John Collier, Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer of Proactive MD. Here, they discuss Proactive MD’s mission to innovate in the space of and elevate the standard of primary care while driving down healthcare … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 138 – John Collier, CEO of Proactive MD Teams Every DPC Doctor and Nurse with a Patient Advocate / Social Worker to Serve Social Determinants of Health and Primary Care for Employers and 100,000 Members in the Southeast, Midwest, and Soon Western US. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Gigi Foster about her new Book “The Great Covid Panic: What Happened, Why, and What To Do Next”. She does a deep dive to all restrictions and freedoms that were taken away in the … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 137 – Gigi Foster is an Award-Winning Economist and Professor who Co-Authored an Important New Book “The Great Covid Panic: What Happened, Why, and What To Do Next.” She Explains Which Nations Got Lockdowns Right -Taiwan, Japan, South Korea — and Why They Have Death Rates 1/50th of the US and UK and With Small Fractions of The US Budget. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
This episode features David Contorno, Founder and CEO of E Powered Benefits. In this episode he chats with Ron about the amazing work he is doing at his firm. They focus on offering employers, who are sick of not getting … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 136 – David Contorno is One of America’s Most Innovative Benefits Leaders Says Forbes. He Relentlessly Promotes Direct Contracting in Every Plan. Outcomes Rise and Costs Reliably Drop. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Leon Wisniewski Co-Founder and CIO at Health Cost Labs. Here he discusses the work Health Cost Labs is doing to empower the stakeholders of healthcare (doctors, hospitals, and patients) to discover the true cost … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 135 – Leon Wisniewski of Health Cost Labs Had Published Data this Summer from 2,400 Hospitals Complying with Transparency Mandates. He Came from the Inner Bowels of a Blue and Knows how to Shed and Clean up the Gaming and Intentional Confusion in Published Rates. He Gets how Bigs Play Ball and Has a Lot to Say. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Dr. Niran Al-Agba, Pediatrician and author of “Patients at Risk: The Rise of the Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant in Healthcare”. Here, Niran discusses why it matters that Nurse Practitioners and physician assistance are … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 134 – Dr. Niran Al-Agba is a Third Generation Pediatrician Who Saw a 100% Pass Rates at Too Many of the 850 Nursing Schools and Asks – Is this Good for Medicine? She Discusses Her New Book “Patients at Risk: The Rise of the Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant in Healthcare”. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron welcomes Dr. Marion Mass back on the show to discuss what has changed in her work and the industry as a whole since her last appearance. Here, she does a deep dive into the Medicare Advantage … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 133 – Dr. Marion Mass Speaks Plainly and Loudly About Abuses in Healthcare that do not Advance the Sacred Doctor Patient Connection. She Teaches Us All How to be Stronger and Fight for What’s Right in this Show. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Travis Christofferson, Author of the book “Curable”. Here Travis discusses his book and some of the ideas in it. He looks at utilizing AI to find trends as a way to help determine best … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 132 – Travis Christofferson is the Author of “Curable”. What Does Atorvastatin, Metformin, Ketamine, Restricted Eating Windows, Poop Milkshakes, Hand Washing, and Surgical Checklists Have in Common? They Have Massive Unexpected Benefits to Millions for Free or Pennies Per. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode, Ron chats with Christin Deacon, Assistant Director of Pensions and Benefits, Leader of Health Benefit Operations and Policy and Planning for New Jersey. Here they discuss the Montana Miracle and how it inspires Christina and others to … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 131 – Chris Deacon Managed to Shave $1.5 Billion from New Jersey’s Health Benefit Plan with a Reverse Auction Strategy on Medications, Using Direct Primary Care and More. So Much Savings that they Fully Funded their Pension Plan – First Time in Recent Memory. Schools Gave Employees a Month Vacation from Premiums. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Patrick Spain, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of First Stop Health. Here, Patrick discusses the first stop health telemedicine platform and how their goal as an organization is addressing two problems in healthcare: high costs … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 130 – Patrick Spain Founded First Stop Health and with 550,000 Members is Growing 60% Annually in all 50 States. Primary Care and Mental Health has Never Been this Easy for Employers. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
This episode Ron chats with Darshak Sanghavi, Global Chief Medical Officer for Babylon Health. Here, they discuss the Babylon health model of taking on full capitated risk for their patient population. He also does a deep dive into how their … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 129 – 24 Million Patients Globally – 3 Million US – Agree Babylon Health Deserves 5 Star Ratings Over 90% of the Episodes of Primary Care…Watch Them Go Public this Month. Chief Medical Officer Darshak Sanghavi Lays Out How “Babylonians” Accomplish this With Only 1,300 Primary Care Providers. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Dr. Paula Muto, Co-Founder & CEO of UBERDOC. Here she discusses the UBERDOC platform and how the organization’s mission is based on the philosophy of patient choice. She firmly believes in putting control of … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 128 – Dr. Paula Muto Established UBERDOC as a Nationwide Platform for Consumers and Employers to Pay Experienced Docs Directly at Fair Rates. 4,000 Doctors Agree. And So Do Many Employers. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Katy Talento comes back on the show for a third time to discuss her work on patient advocacy, surprise billing, and more. Katy talks about how healthcare has changed since the last time she was on the … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 127 – Talented Katy Talento Brings it on the New Transparency Breaking Out All Over (That She Drove), On this POTUS doubling Down, On Direct Contracting and its Power, and on Next Gen Benefits Advising. Round 3. Ding! She was a Nun, is a Harvard Trained Epidemiologist, and Advised 5 Senators and 1 President on Healthcare. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
This episode features Dr. Juliet Breeze, CEO at Next Level Urgent Care. Here she and Ron discuss Next Level Urgent Care’s business model and how they focus on providing immediate care for non life threatening injures. They are significantly quicker … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 126 – Meet Dr. Juliet Breeze of Next Level Urgent Care Who is Now Serving Texas Largest School District and Others with Directly Contracted Digital First care. She offers the Same for her 520 Employees. It is the Best Retention Tool Ever. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
This episode features AJ Loiacono, CEO of Capital RX. Here Ron and AJ discuss the unique way Capital RX is offering cheap prescription drug prices. AJ shares how their Clearinghouse Model pricing framework is inspired by the stock exchange. By … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 125 – AJ Loiacono runs Capital RX – A Transparent PBM Which Has the Highest Satisfaction Scores in the Industry. Hear Why on This show. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron welcomes healthcare journalist Marshall Allen back on the show. Here Marshall discusses his new book “Never Pay the First Bill: And Other Ways to Fight the Health Care System and Win”. He does a deep dive … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 124 – Marshall Allen is Back! His Outstanding Healthcare Reporting at ProPublica Led Him to Write “Never Pay the First Bill”. Here are His Tips on How to Take Control. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode, Ron chats with Elisabeth Rosenthal, Editor-in-Chief at Kaiser Health News. Here she discusses her career in healthcare journalism and what she views as the most important stories that she has ever covered. She also does a deep … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 123 – Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal is Editor-in-Chief at Kaiser Health News, Which Started a Press Snowball Effect by Outing UVA‘s Aggressive Legal Strategy Chasing Thousands for Bills they Generated. It is Over Now, but a Dozen Other Press Outlets did the Same. Hear What Will be Her Encore! Her Book “An American Sickness” Offers Strategies to Protect Yourself from the Bigs. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode, Ron chats with Zach Zeller, Co-Founder and President of ScriptCo Pharmacy. Here, Zach does a deep dive into the value proposition his company offers to both patients and employers. He shares how people can go on the … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 122 – Zach Zeller Created in ScriptCo Pharmacy, the First Membership Based Pharmacy Where You are Assured Access to Generic Meds at Wholesale Rates for $150/Year. This Changes Everything. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode, Ron welcomes back Dr. Dave Berg, Chairman of the Board & Co-Founder of Redirect Health. Here, Dave discusses the changes in the healthcare landscape since his last time on the show, specifically with how COVID-19 forced American … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 121 – We Welcome Back Dave Berg with Redirect Health. He Has Delivered Affordable Primary Care, Physical Medicine and Labs to Over 1,000 Businesses Nationwide. There is No One Better at Squeezing Wasteful Spending from Primary Care than They Are. Hear How. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Dave Chase, Co-Founder and CEO of Health Rosetta comes back on the show. Here Dave discusses the story of Forgotten Frank, the hypothetical middle America hardworking guy that has not seen a wage gain in over 20 … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 120 – Dave Chase is Back for Round 2 and We Discuss What is Actually Fixed Already Thanks to the Enlightened Advisors at Health Rosetta. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Dan Thompson, CEO of Clinical Wellness Network & Thompson Risk. Here they discuss the work Thompson Risk is doing developing direct contracting solutions for employers. He also does a deep dive into the benefits … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 119 – Dan Thompson is a Rare Advisor who has 1,500 PCPs on a Software Platform that Alows Them to Have Directly Contracted Patients Sign Up. 15,000 Have, in Just Two Years. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode, Ron welcomes Clinton Phillips back on the show. Clinton is the Founder & CEO of Medici and Founder of 2nd.MD. Here he discusses how the healthcare landscape has changed during the pandemic and how his organization was … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 118 – Welcome Back Clinton Phillips, Who Started Medici to Take Virtual Care to a New Level for What Now Has 4,000 Providers and Exceeds 13 Million Patients at 1 in 3 Fortune 100 Companies. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats about his experiences with direct contracting and his insights into how it is a better way to do healthcare in America. He discusses how direct contracting is better for the doctors, consumer, payer and how … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 117 – Direct Contracting is Much Larger than Anyone Thinks. Here’s The What, The Who and The Why it’s Inevitable and Unstoppable with your Host Ron Barshop. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Brad Newland, CEO and Co-Founder of Goldfinch Health. Here, Brad does a deep dive in to the work of Goldfinch Health and its mission to help patients better navigate surgery and recovery, saving healthcare … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 116 – Brand Newland Co-Founded Goldfinch Health to Bring Enhanced Recovery to Surgery – a 20-Year-Old Process with Over 4,000 Studies Being Used Only 5% of the Time. Listen to How it Works and Why it’s Critical in Avoiding Opioids, Complications, Time, and Expense. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Dr. Innocent Clement, Founder & CEO of Evolvd Health. Here he discusses his organizations whole body approach to healthcare that encompasses physical, mental, and sexual health. Innocent also does a deep dive into functional … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 115 – Dr. Innocent Clement Runs Evolvd Health, a Functional Medicine Direct Care Monthly Fee Platform That’s Making a Difference in Primary Care. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode, Ron chats with healthcare thought leader Dr. Robert Pearl. Here, Dr. Pearl discusses the importance of primary care and how adding 10 primary care physicians to a community increases life expectancy 2.5X more than adding 10 specialists. … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 114 – Dr. Robert Pearl lead Kaiser Permanente’s Medical Group of 10,000 Docs to #1 Nationally in Quality and Service. Hear What One of Our Great Thought Leaders has to Say About the New Movements That are Fixing Healthcare. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Thompson Aderinkomi, Co-founder and CEO of Nice Healthcare. Here Thompson does a deep dive into the Nice model and what makes them special. He also discusses what inspired him to start the business, his … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 113 – Nice Healthcare is a Venture Funded Virtual and Home Visit Primary Care Offering for Under $40/Family. Meet Co-founder and CEO, Thompson Aderinkomi. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Physician Executive, Author, Podcast Host, and Speaker, Dr. Zeev Neuwirth. Here, Zeev shares insights he has gained from his research into reframing American healthcare. He talks about how he looks at the top performers … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 112 – Dr. Zeev Neuwirth is the Chief Clinical Executive for Care Transformation & Strategic Services at Atrium Health – A Preeminent, Nationally Leading Healthcare System in the Southeast. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Dr. Scott Shreeve, CEO of Crossover Health. Here, he discusses Crossover’s new care delivery model and how it can be a game changer for employers. He discusses how they integrate health and wellness benefits … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 111 – Scott Shreeve MD Founded and Leads Crossover Health and Serves Employees of Amazon, LinkedIn, and More with a Direct Primary Care Model that Includes Mental Health, Physical Medicine, and More. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
This episode features Jami Doucette, President at Premise Health. Here, he discusses their approach to concierge direct primary care. He also dives into how their model keeps both providers and patients happier and healthier. Premise offers a wide variety of … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 110 – With 11 Million Members Premise Health is the Dominant Leader in Direct Primary Care. Jami Doucette, it’s President, Explains Why. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
This episode features Daniel Corliss, Chief Executive at Business Stimulus Partners, LLC. Here, he discusses how his firm works with different organizations to move to self-funded health plans and cut their health spend significantly. He also talks about how important … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 109 – Meet Dan Corliss, Part of the New Breed of Benefits Advisors Reducing Employers Costs by Up To 40%. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
This episode features Arup Roy-Burman, Co-Founder & CEO of Elemeno Health. Here, he discusses his journey and what lead him to focus on quality, safety, and consistency in healthcare. He dives into how his platform acts as on demand, training … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 108 – Dr. Arup Roy-Burman is a Pediatric Physician and an Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at UCSF. Arup is the Founder and CEO of Elemeno Health, a Mobile Platform that Helps Healthcare Organizations Engage Frontline Staff to Deliver Consistent Best Practices, and to Bring Quality, Safety, and Efficiency to the Point of Care. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Dr. Ashley Maltz. Here, she discusses her style of medicine and how people reach out to her when they are looking for an alternative to traditional medicine. She talks about how Americans are now … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 107 – Ashley Maltz Knows Integrative Medicine and Formed a Model Collaborative with Local Independent Caregivers. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Dr. Gaurov Dayal, President and COO of Paladina/Everside Health. Here he discusses how healthcare is changing and how the fee for service model is so damaging to the American healthcare system. He believes that … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 106 – Gaurov Dayal MD is the Only C-Suite Exec Who Has Led Full Risk Value Based Care at ChenMed and Now the Second Largest Direct Primary Care Group, Everside. Hear Why These Two Models Have Been Safe Havens from Burnout, Lost Autonomy, Factory Medicine, Coal Mine Conditions, Over Testing, and Messed Up Incentives. Here is a Future Where Everyone Wins. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
This episode features Shiv Rao, MD is the co-founder and CEO of Abridge. Here he discusses how is company’s revolutionary app can help simplify and contextualize medical conversations. He shares the many uses of the app such as between doctors, … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 105 – Shiv Rao is CEO of Abridge, Which is… Brilliant! It Transcribes Your Medical Appointment with Your Doc into a Report with Auto Links with Words Patients May Not Understand, Like Meds ,Conditions, Etc. It’s Free. Yeah, it’s Free! appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Ge Bai, PhD, CPA, an Associate Professor of Accounting at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and Associate Professor of Health Policy & Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Here … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 104 – Ge Bai is an Authority on Healthcare Abuses, Economics, and Transparency. She has Been Featured in ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News, Los Angeles Times, NBC, New York Times, NPR, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and More. She has Answers to the Questions We Are All Asking. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Brianna Greenspan, Genetics Consultant at Gene By Gene & Co-Author of “Miracle Morning Art of Affirmations”. Brianna has lived her whole life with a rare chronic illness that was not diagnosed until she was … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 103 – Brianna Greenspan is a Medical Miracle and is That for 1000’s of Others with Rare Conditions. Hear What She Did to Go from Wheelchair to Fully Functional. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode, Ron brings Dr. Anand Mehta back on the show. Since his last time on the show, Anand has gone on to start a new direct primary care clinic called Stand Up Family Medicine. Here, he dives into … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 102 – Dr. Anand Mehta Started his Own Direct Primary Care Clinic After Considering All Alternatives After Launching the First Walmart Health Clinic. The Hard Evidence Why to Make Such a Radical Move is Obvious After Hearing This. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Tim Raderstorf, Chief Innovation Officer at The Ohio State University College of Nursing and Chief Operating Officer at NursesEverywhere. Here, they have a lively discussion around the role of nurses in healthcare. Tim talks … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 101 – Meet Dr. Tim Raderstorf, The First Chief Innovation Officer from Nursing and the Chief Operating Officer for NursesEverywhere. Nursing Will be the Source of Innovation. Here’s How. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
These ten lies in healthcare are really the ten opportunities. Here is who and what is being fixed on the fringes in 2021 in Primary Care with Ron Barshop, Host of the Show. Ten lies 2021: Independent PCPs are soon dinosaurs. … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 100 – There are So Many Gold Nuggets That Guests Have Shared with Our Host, Ron Barshop. So, He Will Distill Them Down in the Annual Ten Lies in Primary Care (and by Extension Healthcare) Show. Here is What You Can Expect in 2021…. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with the Legendary Regina Herzlinger, Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. Here they do a deep dive into her thoughts on how to improve the American Healthcare System. They … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 99 – Dr. Regi Herzlinger has Taught Healthcare Economics for 5 Decades, Sat on Dozens of Boards of the Bigs and Writes About Solutions That Work. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron brings Dr. Leah Houston back on the show. Here she discusses the deeply personal story of her recent health journey with her mother and what she has learned from it. She explains how even as a … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 98 – We Welcome Back Dr. Leah Houston. She Teaches Us Docs are the Only Profession That Goes into $350,000 of Debt to Work 3 Years Plus at Janitor’s Wages for the Privilege to Help Others in their Most Dire Time of Need. And So Much More… appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Dr. Mike Magee, author of CODE BLUE: Inside the Medical-Industrial Complex. Here Mike discusses the medical industrial complex and how it has evolved in America since WWII. He states that scientific progress was not … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 97 – Dr. Mike Magee Rose to Senior Ranks at Pfizer, a Hospital System, and as a Surgeon. Now, as a Medical Historian and Podcaster, He Has a Broad Overview of National and State Solves That Work to Cure Primary Care and Healthcare Overall. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode, Ron chats with Praveena Jaidev, a Hospitalist at SwedishAmerican and Member of Physicians for American Healthcare Access, a group dedicated to increasing healthcare access in underserved communities. They advocate for legislative solutions to protect Immigrant Physicians. Here … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 96 – Praveena Jaidev MD is One of 127,000 Foreign Medical Graduates Who Struggle to Join the American Medical Workforce Despite Severe Shortages. She’s Doing Something About it in Congress. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Michael Akinyele, Former and Founding Chief Innovation Officer for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Here they discuss Michael’s time at the VA and how he brought innovation to the system and some of … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 95 – Michael Akinyele was the First Chief Innovation Officer for the VA with its 390,000 Employees and Offers his Perspective Where Primary Care is Going and Who is Driving the New Model. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Doug Aldeen, General Counsel and ERISA Health Care Attorney. Here they do a deep dive into how employers are changing they way they are looking at health benefits for their employees due to the … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 94 – Meet Doug Aldeen an ERISA Attorney and National Activist Bucking for Fundamental Change as More Self-insured Employers Turn to Their Health Spend to Uncover Buried Treasure of 20-60% Savings and Better Outcomes for Employees. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Katy Talento comes back on the show to discuss patient advocacy, surprise billing, and more. She talks about the financial difficulty patients face when faced with a medical problem. She also talks about how she is personally … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 93 – Round 2 with Katy Talento, Recent White House Senior Advisor, Epidemiologist, Benefit Engineer, and Former Nun Who Wins in the Transformational New Healthcare Economy. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Jeanine Thomas, President/ Founder of MRSA Survivors Network, National Spokesperson for MRSA, MRSA Expert and Consultant. Here, they discuss the evolution of her long battle with MRSA. She also goes into detail about how … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 92 – MRSA and C. diff Should Not Have Messed with Jeanine Thomas Who Leads the MRSA Survivors Network, Which is Outing the Bigs Who Prefer to Bury THIS Epidemic Much Worse than COVID-19 appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Morris Miller returns to explain how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed his business and made the demand for the disinfection robots his company makes to skyrocket. Last time Morris was on the show was 9 months ago … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 91 – Morris Miller, CEO of Xenex Disinfection Services Knows it Takes a Light Emitting Robot to Completely Eliminate in 2 minutes Pathogens like C-19 – Mayo, Waldorf Astoria, the Carolina Panthers, and Hundreds More Like Them Agree. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
This episode features Dr. Jamie Hope, Keynote Speaker, Bestselling Author and Attending Physician at Beaumont Health Royal Oak’s Level 1 Trauma Tertiary Care Center. Here she discusses the importance of helping patients to change their lifestyles so that do not … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 90 – Dr. Jaime Hope is a Master Teacher of Medical Students, an ER Doc, an Author Famous for Her Mantras. “The Answer is in The Patient.” “A Test is Always a Question.” More Nuggets Here – Listen Up. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Dr. Jay Parkinson, Chief Designer at Crossover Health. Here they discuss what inspired him to create a virtual primary care platform. They dive into how it combined the scalability and accessibility of telehealth with … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 89 – Wait! The Origin of Virtual Primary Care was Born the Day After the Birth of the iPhone? Meet Dr. Jay Parkinson the Original Creator and a Pediatrician Who Grew Sherpaa and Now as a Principal at Crossover Health Serve Up Primary Care and More at Amazon, LinkedIn and More at Their Places of Business. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Dr. Trent Talbot. Trent is the Founder of The MediSearch Institute. Here they discuss how Trent and his grandfather both suffered from chronic conditions for which they thought were untreatable. Trent discovered that through … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 88 – Dr. Trent Talbot Overcame his and his Grandfather’s “Irreversible” Conditions by Deep Diving into Non-Traditional Solutions. Hear how The MediSearch Institute was born. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with brilliant healthcare journalist, Marshall Allen. Here they do a deep dive into the insights Marshall has gained into some of the shadier practices in the healthcare industry from his journalistic work. Marshall talks about … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 87 – Marshall Allen of ProPublica is as Respected as Healthcare Journalists Come. Shortlisted for the Pulitzer, He Exposes the Egregious Behavior of the Bigs. Learn What Drives Him Here. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode, Ron chats with Dr. Clive Fields, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer at VillageMD. Here they discuss Clive’s career and how VillageMD was founded with the sole purpose of helping independent physicians succeed in the transition from fee … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 86 – Dr. Clive Fields of VillageMD and Walgreens Agreed to a Billion Dollar Partnership in July. 500-700 Clinics Over 5 years. Meet the Visionary Who is Taking Primary Care to the Next Level. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Mark Henderson Leary, an Entrepreneurial Operating System expert. Here they discuss how EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System) works as a system of tools to help businesses run better and more efficiently. It focuses on areas … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 85 – Mark Henderson Leary is an EOS (Entrepreneur Operating System) Ninja who can Help you Take your Practice Back with Tools, Scorecards, and Systems That Just Make Sense. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Dr. Anand Mehta, Medical Director for the Flagship location for Walmart Health in Dallas, GA. Here they do a deep dive into the new Walmart Health and Wellness model. They offer Primary Care, Dental, … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 84 – Wait! Dr. Anand Mehta was the First Medical Director at Walmart Health’s Pilot Clinic in Dallas, Georgia. Hear How They Offer Transparently Priced Affordable Care for What Might Someday be Their 2 Million Daily Customers. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Katie McCurdy, the Founder of Pictal Health. Here she discusses her journey with her own autoimmune disease and how it inspired her to create Pictal Health. Her platform enables patients to share invisible symptoms, … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 83 – Over 91 Million Americans Have a Rare Condition or Genetic Disorder that Lands Them in the Cracks and Crevices of Misdiagnosed Care. Today, They can Have a Graphic Timeline Thanks to Katie McCurdy of Pictal Health. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Dr. Amy Altman. Amy is the COO of Reliant Immune Diagnostics. Here, they dive into world of COVID-19 testing. They discuss the three different main types of testing along with the pros and cons … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 82 – Which COVID-19 Test is the Best? Here is a Tour de Force. Meet Dr. Amy Altman, a Former DOD Consultant for Biodefense with a PhD and a Master’s in Microbiology, Now at Reliant Immune Diagnostics as its Chief Operating Officer. She has answers. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Nora Belcher, the Executive Director of the Texas e-Health Alliance, joins the show again. Here she does a deep dive into telehealth policy. Telehealth has changed significantly since her last time on the show. The COVID-19 pandemic … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 81 – Nora Belcher Founded the Largest e-Health Alliance in the Country and Speaks the Recent Truth and Lessons a Pandemic Teaches about Digital and Telehealth. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode, Ron chats with Jeanne Teshler, CEO of Wellsmith. Here, they discuss how Wellsmith works as a digital health platform. The platform enables people to make smart decisions regarding their health. It also provides doctors with important data … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 80 – Jeanne Teshler, CEO of Wellsmith has “Run the Three Minute Mile” by Reversing Type 2 Diabetes 30% in Several Clinical Trials. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Gil Addo and Carlos Reines, Co-Founders of RubiconMD. Here they do a deep dive into their platform and how it is changing primary care. RubiconMD helps to alleviate unnecessary visits to specialists by providing … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 79 – HuffPost called it! RubiconMD is One of the Five Companies Redefining Healthcare. Meet its Co-Founders Gil Addo and Carlos Reines, and hear why. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode, Ron chats with John Sculley, Chairman and CMO of RxAdvance. John is also the former CEO of Apple and President of Pepsi. Here, they do a deep dive into the world of PBMs and what makes RxAdvance … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 78 – John Sculley, Former CEO of Apple & President of Pepsi is now Chairman of the Board and CMO of RxAdvance, a Tech Driven PBM that Outlines who Wins as Technology Replaces and Restores our Creaky and Broken Sickcare System appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with the physician advocate, Dr. Marion Mass. Marion is an Urgent Care Pediatrician and Co-Founder of the Practicing Physicians of America. Here they discuss how she got into advocacy, and how many physicians justifiably feel … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 77 – Dr. Marion Mass is an Urgent Care Pediatrician who Collaborated to Lead a Movement with 8M Followers Today. She is a Living Prescription for Doc Led Activism and Courage. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Jamie Lagarde, CEO of Sedera, a medical cost sharing organization. Medical cost sharing is non-insurance where all members share funds for medical care. There is no provider network, and there is no insurance company. … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 76 – Wait! You are One of 500,000 Members with a Direct Primary Care Doc and You Don’t Know about Sedera? Learn How Medical Cost Sharing is the Perfect Pairing for DPC with Jamie Lagarde, its CEO and Why This was the Fastest Growing Company in Fast Growth Austin Last Year. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode, Ron chats with Dr. Lee Gross, the Founder of Epiphany Direct Primary Care. Here they do a deep dive into a more affordable and more effective model of healthcare. This model is built around direct primary care … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 75 – Dr. Lee Gross is the Voice of Direct Primary Care in the White House, Congress, CMS, HHS, and IRS. Hear the games Bigs play. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron welcomes back Ashley Bacot and Kenneth Aldridge of Rosencare. Here, they do a deep dive into what makes the Rosencare model special. They discuss how their healthcare model gives them a financial, recruiting, and retention advantage … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 74 – Ashley Bacot and Kenneth Aldridge Get Real and Right Down to the Metrics that Make Rosencare a National Model that Changes Everything. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
This episode features Rachel Means, CEO of Employee Benefits Consulting (EBC) & Charlie Cano, CEO at Etex Telephone Cooperative. Here they discuss the U.S. health care system and how it is becoming increasingly complex and confusing to employees and employers … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 73 – Meet a Top National Benefits Advisor who Engineers 30-60% Savings for her 215,000 Person Block of Business and a Local CEO Who Could Never go Back to Legacy Health Benefits or Factory Medical Care. Rachel Means is That Genius Advisor and Charlie Cano is CEO of ETEX, Her Local Wireless Provider. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode, Marni Jameson Carey returns to the show for a third time. Here she puts nonprofit hospitals and health systems under a microscope and investigates the fact that they are not behaving the way people expect nonprofits to … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 72 – Marni Jameson Carey Represents Independent Docs and is Outing the Bad Behaving Nonprofit Bigs with Skyboxes, Stadium Naming Rights, and Billions in Offshore Cayman Accounts. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Carl Schuessler, Managing Principal, BenefitStrategies, LLC. and Mitigate Partners, LLC. Here they discuss how to bring back “neighborhood healthcare” to communities, eliminating the counterproductive barriers, getting back to to the “Marcus Welby, M.D.” way … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 71 – Save a Rural Hospital, Save a County Says Carl Schuessler, an Uber Creative Benefit Advisor with Mitigate Partners Who Teaches Nearly Broke but Highly Rated Rurals Exactly How to Save Millions Building Their Own Local High Value Network with the Stakeholders – County, School and Local Pharmacy, Local Doc – Brick by Brick. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Dr. Marty Makary, Johns Hopkins surgeon, thought leader and Professor of Public Health. Here they discuss primary care in a sea of change during COVID-19 and what it will look like after the pandemic. … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 70 – Dr. Marty Makary is the Bestselling Author of Game Changing “Unaccountable” and More Recently “The Price We Pay”. What is Next in Healthcare Post COVID-19? What is Working Today? appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with James Dunavant, the Executive Director of the Free Market Medical Association. James is a champion for price transparency and the free market medical movement. Here they discuss the rising costs and worsening benefits in … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 69 – James Dunavant of the Free Market Medical Association is at the Cutting Edge of Transparency and Entrepreneurial Alternatives that Repair Healthcare One Employer at a Time. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron talks to Cathryn Jakobson Ramin. Here she does a deep dive into her book, “Crooked: Outwitting the Back Pain Industry and Getting On the Road to Recovery”. Cathryn struggled with backache and sciatica for years. She … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 68 – Everything you Thought you Knew About Back Pain is and was Wrong. Meet Cathryn Jacobson Ramin who Wrote the Definitive Book on the Industry. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Tom Banning, CEO of the Texas Academy of Family Physicians. Here, they do a deep dive into how COVID-19 is affecting family physicians and their practices. Primary care physicians are being hit hard financially … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 67 – Tom Banning, CEO of the Texas Academy of Family Physicians, has a Broad Perspective on How COVID-19 is Decimating 4000 Members. Here is What’s Happening on the Ground. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Al Lewis, the CEO of Quizzify. Here they discuss how the Quizzify platform enables employees to become more educated in healthcare and their healthcare spending. Their platform has even received endorsement from Harvard! Al … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 66 – Al Lewis, CEO of Quizzify has a 100% Renewal Rate for Major Employers Subscribing to his Healthcare Quizzes. Educated Employees Spend Less by Knowing More from the Guy who has Written 50,000 Questions Endorsed by Harvard appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with the famous author and Co-Founder of Scribe Media, Tucker Max. Here they discuss his writing career and how it has evolved since his college years. He talks about the depression he felt after the … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 65 – Wait! Tucker Max is Giving Away his Book Writing Workshop? Meet One of Only Four American Authors Who Had 4 Simultaneous NYT Best Sellers. Cooped Up but Writing your Signature Book is all About Using this Time well. Here’s How. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Dr. Gordon Chen, the Chief Medical Officer of ChenMed. Here they discuss the growth of ChenMed and what makes it so special when it comes to senior care. They also cover the importance of … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 64 – Wait! Chen Medical Panel Size is 400-500 and in Soon is in 10 States with Over 70 Providers Serving Mostly Medicare. Yes, I’m Talking Medicare! Learn How with Dr. Gordon Chen, Chief Medical Officer of ChenMed. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Italian entrepreneur Rene Wiertz. Rene is the Founder and CEO of 3T Cycling. Here they discuss how the coronavirus impacted Italy and what it is like living there as well as being a business … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 63 – Time Travel? Milan, Italy is Only Weeks Ahead of the US on the Pandemic Curve. Here is Where we are Headed Explains Rene Wiertz, the CEO of 3T Cycling Who Pivoted in 3 days to Making PPE. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Dr. Brad Younggren, the Chief Medical Officer at 98point6. 98point6 is a text first based Primary Care that meets patients where they are at, on their own phone. Here they discuss the importance of … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 62 – Wait! A Near Perfect C19 Solution? A Virtual Primary Care Giving People the Right Care at the Right Time. Meet Dr. Brad Younggren, Chief Medical Officer at 98point6. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Andrew Poles, Co-Founder of Impact Speaking Lab. Here they discuss communication in the world of healthcare, especially when it comes to the current COVID-19 pandemic. He dives into the importance of communication when we … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 61 – Wait! I Can Learn from a World Class Communications Expert How to Best Relate While Cooped Up? Andrew Poles has Coached Tens of Thousands in the Art of Clear Authentic Communications in Tough Times appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with author, interviewer, and keynote speaker, Cal Fussman. Here they talk about the big questions in healthcare. Cal shares numerous anecdotes about healthcare while sharing stories from is extremely interesting career. He also emphasizes how … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 60 – Wait! I Change my Questions, Change my Life? Meet an American Treasure Cal Fussman, Who Has Interviewed for Esquire your Favorite Pols, Celebs, and Sports legends. If They Go by One Name (Oprah) He has Interviewed Them. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Dr. Brian Forrest. Here they discuss the effect coronavirus is having on the healthcare and primary care community. They also discuss what makes Direct Primary Care so special and popular among primary care docs, … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 59 – Meet Dr. Brian Forrest, The Original Direct Primary Care Doc Who for 20 Years Has Trained Hundreds in 34 States and Offers his Best DPC Practices appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Clinton Phillips, CEO of Medici. Here they discuss a wide variety of topics such as why he founded Medici, the evolution of his career, the importance of a second virtual opinion, the importance of … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 58 – Medici Now Has 13 Million Members, 1/3 of F100. 2nd Opinion is a Virtual 2nd Opinion Platform that has 20,000 Docs on its Platform and Specialists from the Top 17 Hospitals. Meet Clinton Phillips Medici’s Visionary CEO and Founder. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Dr. Bertalan Mesko, PhD. Here they discuss the future of healthcare! They dive into such topcis as wearables, A/I, 3D printing, and more! They discuss how these technologies and more will change the future … Continue reading →
The post Episode # 57 – Meet the Medical Futurist! Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Singularity University NASA Ames lecturer. WHO, too. He advises 10 Big Pharmas and was featured on CNN, National Geographic, Forbes, Time, BBC, New York Times, and more. Meet Dr. Bertalan Meskó. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Dr. Eric Bricker, Chief Medical Officer at AHealthcareZ. Here he discusses the platform of AHealthcareZ, which provides healthcare finance training videos with up to 80,000 views per month. Eric also dives into what is … Continue reading →
The post Episode #56 – AHealthcareZ is a Phenomenon on LinkedIn for Hundreds of Short 4-5 Minute Healthcare Deep Dive Videos. Infotainment at its Best, Meet Dr. Eric Bricker, Chief Medical Officer at AHealthcareZ appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with the brilliant expert in aging Dr. David Sinclair. Here David discusses is work into understanding aging and how to slow it down. He also discusses the safety of different approaches, the importance of eating … Continue reading →
The post Episode #55 – Aging is Actually a Disease, Not a Natural State. It is Likely Reversible. WHO Agrees Thanks to NYT Best-Seller and Harvard researcher, Dr. David Sinclair appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Ashley Bacot and Kenneth Aldridge. Ashley is the President at ProvInsure and Kenneth is the Director of Health Services for Rosen Medical Center. Here they discuss RosenCare. Since 1991, Rosen Hotels & Resorts has … Continue reading →
The post Episode #54 – Rosen Hotels by The Numbers has Half the Healthcare Costs of Peers Since the 90s. Employee Turnover is 1/5th the Industry Average. Why? Free Healthcare (Less a $5 Copay) and a 12,000 sf Free On-site Primary Care Clinic and Workout Gym. Meet Ashley Bacot and Kenneth Aldridge, Master Disruptors and Leaders of RosenCare. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Morris Miller, CEO of XENEX. Xenex is a world leader in automated room disinfection. Through the use of Xenon technology and innovative hospital disinfection protocols, the company has helped hospitals achieve significant infection reduction … Continue reading →
The post Episode #53 – Robots Emitting Broad Spectrum UV Light Bathe Hospital Surfaces, Stopping Pathogens that can Cause Hospital Associated Infections in their Relentless Tracks. Meet Morris Miller, CEO of Xenex. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Bill Hennessey. Here they do a deep dive into healthcare price transparency. Healthcare consumers are upset that every year health insurance costs are increasing at an exponential rate, while they get bills in the … Continue reading →
The post Episode #52 – Simple Q: Who offers the best healthcare at the fairest cost? Bill Hennesy answers that 30,000 times a day. Learn here how Pratter Reports are ultimate transparency. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
This episode features the brilliant Katy Talento. Here she discusses her incredibly fascinating and unique career path. She also dives into what it is like being a healthcare policy advisor and share some fascinating stories from her time in that … Continue reading →
The post Episode #51 – From Nun in Urban Africa to Senior White House Policy Advisor on All Matters Healthcare, This Guest Knows What Works from the Bottom Up and Top Down with Katy Talento appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron reflects on what he has learned from the first year of the show. This episode is a can’t miss deep dive featuring musings and thoughts from talking to the real change agents in primary care. He … Continue reading →
The post Episode #50 – These Ten Lies in Healthcare are Really the Ten Opportunities. Here is Who and What is Being Fixed on the Fringes in 2020 in Primary Care and by Extension, Healthcare with Ron Barshop , Host of the Show. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Dutch Rojas. Dutch is a healthcare entrepreneur dedicated to making medical treatments affordable and accessible to all. Currently, he is the Chief Executive Officer of Sano Surgery, a bundled priced network as well as … Continue reading →
The post Episode #49 – Employers and Patients Want the Best surgeon Regionally at the Fairest Price. That’s Where Sano Surgery Steps In. That’s All They Do. Nationwide. Dutch Rojas, their CEO Knows his Way Through the Maze and After This Interview you Will too Have That Confidence with a Call to Dutch. appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Rebecca Love. Rebecca Love, RN, BS, MSN, FIEL is a nurse entrepreneur, inventor, author, TEDx Speaker and first nurse featured on Ted.com. Here they discuss the importance of nurses. Their role can and should … Continue reading →
The post Episode #48 – Nursing Can Rescue Healthcare Shortages. This Leader is on the Vanguard Rescuing Nursing with Rebecca Love appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Vinay Patel. Vinay is the Founder of Self Insured Pharmacy Networks (SIPN). Here Vinay discusses how he ended up in pharmacy, what a PBM is, how they work, and the pharmaceutical industry. He also … Continue reading →
The post Episode #47 – A PBM with Transparent Pricing for Employers with Vinay Patel appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Dr. Devi Shetty. Devi is the Chairman of Narayana Health and Founder of Health City Cayman Islands. Here he discusses working long hours for a job that you love, technology, volume, and specialization to … Continue reading →
The post Episode #46 – More famous in India than DeBakey and Cooley are in the US, meet India’s Finest Cardiologist, Now Available for You! With Dr. Devi Shetty appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Dr. Chris Crow. Here Chris does a deep dive into value based care and all of its different forms. Ron helps Chris to break it down in a way that healthcare outsidser, who only … Continue reading →
The post Episode #45 – Value Based Care Deconstructed with Dr. Chris Crow, CEO of StratiFi Health & President of Catalyst Health Network appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Michael Menerey. Senior Vice President and Benefits Consultant with Alliant Insurance Services and a partner in their Employee Benefits Practice. Here they do a deep dive into the problems with the business of healthcare … Continue reading →
The post Episode #44 – Benefits Advisors are Not All Alike – Gunning for Employer Savings, Meet Michael Menerey, Senior Vice President and Benefits Consultant with Alliant Insurance Services appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Dr. Dana Corriel. Dana is the Founder of SoMeDocs. Here she discusses the power of social media in medicine, her role as a social media influencer in healthcare. She also talks about the positives … Continue reading →
The post Episode #43 – This Doc Shows How Millions of Tweets Can be a Thing for You Too with Dr. Dana Corriel, Founder of SoMeDocs appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron talks to Kirk Umbehr is the Direct Care Transition Expert at Atlas MD. Kirk Specializes in helping doctors transition to an insurance free medical practice called direct primary care. Here they discuss the work of … Continue reading →
The post Episode #42 – Half of All Direct Primary Care Launches Start with a Surfer in Wichita, Kansas with Kirk Umbehr, Direct Care Transition Expert at Atlas MD appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron talks to Dr. Chris Crow. Chris is the CEO of StratiFi Health and President of Catalyst Health Network. Here he discusses what inspired to go into medicine and on his current path. He dives into why … Continue reading →
The post Episode #41 – Independent Physicians Can Now Surivive and Thrive with Dr. Chris Crow, CEO of StratiFi Health & President of Catalyst Health Network appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron talks to Dr. Alex Lickerman. Alex is the Founder, CEO, and a Direct Primary Care Physician at ImagineMD. Here he discusses why he left the large group model to be an independent physician and pioneer in … Continue reading →
The post Episode #40 – Why an Eminent Family Practice Teacher Converted to the DPC Model with Dr. Alex Lickerman, Founder & CEO of ImagineMD appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron gets the chance to chat again with Direct Primary Care expert, Dr. Paul Thomas of Plum Health DPC. In this episode he talks about how we went directly into primary care out of college and what … Continue reading →
The post Episode #39 – Dr. Paul Thomas of Plum Health DPC Part 2 appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron talked to Dr. Torie Sepah. Torie is the Medical Director of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health at Imperial Health Holdings Medical Group and Healthplan, Physician & Co-Owner at Pasadena Neuropsychiatry Center, and Assistant Clinical Professor at the … Continue reading →
The post Episode #38 – Healing the Practice of Medicine with Dr. Torie Sepah, Co-Founder of Physician to Physician appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron interviews Will Scott. Will is passionate about creating environments where people thrive so that they can be the best that they can be. A self-proclaimed Culture Czar, Will has studied, researched and adopted corporate culture strategies … Continue reading →
The post Episode #37 – Culture as a Ladder into the Treehouse of Success with Will Scott, Author and Culture Czar appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Uli K. Chettipally, MD., MPH. Uli is an emergency physician, researcher, author, speaker, and an innovator. He is passionate about delivering artificial intelligence-enabled solutions to physicians to improve patient outcomes. His work with CREST … Continue reading →
The post Episode #36 – Permanente Medical Group Innovation Double Award Winner on Clinical Decision Support with Dr. Uli Chettipally appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron talks to Michael Berg. Michael is the President and co-founder of Ancillary Medical Solutions. He has spent 13 years in the medical sector, 10 in medical ancillaries. He is also an expert in medical ancillaries, publisher … Continue reading →
The post Episode #35 – Ancillary Cornucopia with Michael Berg, President and Co-Founder of Ancillary Medical Solutions appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron talks to Ralph Weber Ralph Weber, REBC, CLU, GBA, Founder and President, MediBid Inc. Ralph has been a Healthcare Consultant since 1996 working primarily in the Canadian and US Markets. By 2009 Weber saw healthcare payers … Continue reading →
The post Episode #34 – Using a Fresh Platform to Reduce Surgical Costs 30-60% with Ralph Weber, President of MediBid appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Kristine Ashcraft, B.S., MBA. Kristine is a molecular biologist by training and is CEO and founder of YouScript. She has worked in the precision medicine space since 2000 and was recently named one of … Continue reading →
The post Episode #33 – PharmacoGenomics – The Wise Path to Prescribing with Kristine Ashcraft, CEO of YouScript appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode on chats with David Chung. David is the USA Head of Carewell Lepu. A patient turned AI technologist. Not a doctor or scientist. Just an average American citizen with an above average appetite on fixing the healthcare … Continue reading →
The post Episode #32 – AI Supporting Accurate Cardio Predictions for $2 with David Chung, USA Head of Carewell Lepu appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron talks to Dr. Cristin Dickerson. Cristin is the founder of Green Imaging. She initially practiced at Diagnostic Clinic of Houston where she served as two-term president of the 50 physician clinic and was a self funded … Continue reading →
The post Episode #31 – Transparent National Imaging Platform with Dr. Cristin Dickerson, CEO of Green Imaging appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Dr. Arlen Meyers. Arlen is an emeritus professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, a lecturer at the University of Colorado Denver Business School and President and CEO of the Society of … Continue reading →
The post Episode #30 – Teaching Docs How to Launch with Dr. Arlen Meyers, CEO of the Society of Physician Entrepreneurs appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Mike Bechtol. Mike is the Director of Membership for Redirect Health. He drives initiatives to educate employers and individuals nationwide about Redirect Health’s simple and affordable way of doing healthcare. He also innovates new … Continue reading →
The post Episode #29 – Patient Assistance Programs – Unlocking Deep Med Discounts with Mike Bechtol, Director of Membership for Redirect Health appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Dr. Clint Flanagan. Clint is Board Certified in Family Medicine and has over 14 years experience as an ER physician and maintains certificates in Advanced Cardiac and Advanced Trauma Life Support. He completed medical school … Continue reading →
The post Episode #28 – Blazing the Path for Direct Primary Care as an Employee Benefit with Dr. Clint Flanagan, CEO of Nextera Health appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Dr. Josh Umbehr. Josh is the founder of Atlas MD. Atlas MD is a Direct Primary Care Clinic that represents his ideal medical practice where he is able to shrug off the burdens and … Continue reading →
The post Episode #27 – Direct Primary Care Pioneer and Thought Leader with Dr. Josh Umbehr, Founder of Atlas MD appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron talks to the author of The Purple World, Dr. Joseph Jarvis. Born and raised in Arizona, Dr. Joseph Q. Jarvis received his college education at Brigham Young University and his medical and public health professional degrees … Continue reading →
The post Episode #26 – This Republican Embraces Single Payer Initiatives with Dr. Joseph Jarvis, Global Healthcare Consultant and Author appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron talks to Dr. Paul Thomas. He is a board-certified family medicine physician practicing in Southwest Detroit. His practice is Plum Health DPC, a Direct Primary Care service that is the first of its kind in Detroit … Continue reading →
The post Episode #25 – First of Three Direct Primary Care Thought Leaders with Dr. Paul Thomas of Plum Health DPC appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron talks to Dr. Keith Smith. Keith is a board certified anesthesiologist in private practice since 1990. In 1997, he co-founded The Surgery Center of Oklahoma, an outpatient surgery center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, owned by over … Continue reading →
The post Episode #24 – Surgical Transparency with Free Market Pioneer and Thought Leader Dr. Keith Smith, President of The Surgery Center of Oklahoma appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron talks to Ronald Riewold. Mr. Riewold has extensive experience in operating and developing both public (Amex and NASDAQ) and private companies. Specifically, his expertise is in field or practice-level health care company operations. He was a … Continue reading →
The post Episode #23 – Pioneering Simplicity in Medical Adherence with Ron Riewold, CEO of Averlent appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron talks to the President and CEO of Paul Johnson Drywall, Inc., Cole Johnson. Here they discuss how the use of Redirect Health helped Paul Johnson Drywall recruit and retain top talent. Paul Johnson Drywall, Inc. is … Continue reading →
The post Episode #22 – How Rethinking the Healthcare Spend Slashed Premiums and Worker’s Compensation Nearly in Half with Cole Johnson, CEO of Paul Johnson Drywall appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Dr. Paul DeChant, MD, MBA. Paul is an experienced physician executive, C-suite coach, and expert on physician burnout. He has years of experience as a practicing family physician and a physician executive leader in large … Continue reading →
The post Episode #21 – Burnout Macro Overview with Dr. Paul DeChant, Senior Advisor with Simpler Healthcare, an IBM Watson Health Affiliate appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron talks to Jeroen Tas, the Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer of Royal Philips. Jeroen is an experienced global executive and entrepreneur with a track record of leading innovation in the healthcare, information technology and financial services … Continue reading →
The post Episode #20 – Our Future Medtech is Here with Jeroen Tas, Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer of Royal Philips appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron chats with Nora Belcher. Nora is the Executive Director of the Texas e-Health Alliance, a non-profit advocacy group that she started in 2009 to give health information technology stakeholders a voice in public policy. The Texas … Continue reading →
The post Episode #19 – Telehealth 2019 Report with Nora Belcher, Executive Director of the Texas e-Health Alliance appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron talks to Ron Vianu. Ron is a serial entrepreneur and problem-solver by nature. He’s spent the last 20+ years founding ventures in the healthcare, technology, and insurance spaces. Currently, he is CEO at Covera Health, a … Continue reading →
The post Episode #18 – Surprising Problems in Radiology and the AI Solution with Ron Vianu, CEO of Covera Health appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron talks to Ches Williams. Ches is the Co-Founder and Partner of Frontera Strategies, LP. He is also the Co-Founder of Frontera Search Partners. Here they discuss a wide variety of issues around primary care and the … Continue reading →
The post Episode #17 – Patient-centric Ancillaries Offer High Value with Ches Williams, Co-Founder of Frontera Strategies appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron talks to Marni Jameson Carey. She is the executive director of the Association of Independent Doctors, a national nonprofit designed to support America’s independent doctors, stop the trend of health-care consolidation and, thus, reduce health-care costs. … Continue reading →
The post Episode #16 – The Incredible Value of the Independent Doc with Marni Jameson Carey, Executive Director of the Association of Independent Doctors appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron talks to the Managing Vice President of Clinical Development at Airrosti, Jason Garrett, DC. Airrosti, headquartered in San Antonio, is a health care group that employs and trains skilled providers who are expertly trained to deliver … Continue reading →
The post Episode #15 – Expert Rehab Ancillary for Pennies VS Surgery with Dr. Jason Garrett, Vice President of Clinical Development at Airrosti appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron talks to Marni Jameson Carey. She is the executive director of the Association of Independent Doctors, a national nonprofit designed to support America’s independent doctors, stop the trend of health-care consolidation and, thus, reduce health-care costs. … Continue reading →
The post Episode #14 – Big Healthcare is not the Answer for Patients with Marni Jameson Carey, Executive Director of the Association of Independent Doctors appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron talks to Janis Powers about a wide variety of topics including why health insurance is obsolete, Longitudinal Health Care plans, The Powers Report Podcast, and her new book Health Care Meet the American Dream. Janis is … Continue reading →
The post Episode #13 – Health Insurance is Obsolete with Janis Powers, Author & CEO and Founder of Longitudinal Health Care appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron talks to Dave Chase. Dave is the co-founder of Health Rosetta, which aims to accelerate the adoption of simple, practical, nonpartisan fixes to our health care system. He is also the author of “The CEO’s Guide … Continue reading →
The post Episode #12 – Nonpartisan Market-Based Fixes that Work with Dave Chase, Thought Leader & Founder of Health Rosetta appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode host Ron Barshop talks to Crystal Icenhour about how she and her company plan to disrupt healthcare. Crystal R. Icenhour, PhD received her PhD in Pathobiology and Molecular Medicine from the University of Cincinnati Medical School of … Continue reading →
The post Episode #11 – A New DNA Test for Microbes May Make Current Tests Obsolete with Dr. Crystal Icenhour, CEO of Aperionomics appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron Barshop talks to guest Robin Farmanfarmaian about the future of technology in healthcare. Robin is a professional speaker, entrepreneur, and angel investor, driving high-level business development for cutting-edge medical and biotech companies poised to impact 100M … Continue reading →
The post Episode #10 – The Future of Med Tech is Here and Now with Dr. Robin Farmanfarmaian, Author, Consultant, Speaker appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode host Ron Barshop talks to Dr. Josh Luke. He is a veteran hospital CEO, a ForbesBooks Featured Author, a leading international speaker and a faculty member at the University of Southern California. Dr. Luke’s is on a … Continue reading →
The post Episode #9 – What’s Wrong with American Healthcare and What’s Up with the Fixes with Dr. Josh Luke, Author, Podcaster, Main Platform Speaker, & 5X Hospital CEO appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron Barshop talks to guest Robin Farmanfarmaian about how to transform doctors into thought leaders and speakers. Robin is a professional speaker, entrepreneur, and angel investor, driving high-level business development for cutting-edge medical and biotech companies poised … Continue reading →
The post Episode #8 – Every Docs Guide to Being a Thought Leader wtih Dr. Robin Farmanfarmaian appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron talks to the Executive Vice President at Principle Health Systems, Chris Light. They do a deep dive in to the numerous ways adding ancillary services can improve primary care. They discuss things like improving outcomes, revenue, … Continue reading →
The post Episode #7 – Ancillaries that Solve Multiple Problems with Chris Light, EVP at Principle Health Systems appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode host Ron Barshop interviews the CEO of Arrowhead Health, Dr. David Berg. This is the final of a three-part series where they dive into physician burnout, fixing the business model, and the overall state of primary care. They … Continue reading →
The post Episode #6 – Solutions Actually Working in Primary Care with Dr. David Berg, CEO of Arrowhead Health & CEO of Redirect Health appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode Ron talks to Leah Houston, MD. Leah is a board-certified Emergency Physician. While practicing emergency medicine across the US for nearly 10 years she recognized a common problem: uncompensated administrative burdens related to physician employment and credentialing … Continue reading →
The post Episode #5 – Blockchain as a Waste and Burnout Eraser with Leah Houston, MD, Speaker and Thought Leader appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode host Ron Barshop interviews the healthcare futurist, technology expert, and CEO of Strategic Pathways, Dave Smith. They do a deep dive into the role technology plays in both the current state of primary care and its future. … Continue reading →
The post Episode #4 – Technology as a Bridge to Restoring Sanity with Dave Smith, Futurist & CEO of Strategic Pathways appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode host Ron Barshop interviews the CEO of Arrowhead Health, Dr. David Berg. This is the second of a three-part series where they dive into physician burnout, fixing the business model, and the overall state of primary care. They … Continue reading →
The post Episode #3 – Fresh Thinking of the Economics of Each Patient with Dr. David Berg, CEO of Arrowhead Health appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode host Ron Barshop interviews the President and Founder of Medcillary, Jon Boski. They discuss the importance of and value that can be had by adding ancillary services to a primary care clinic. This can help to reduce … Continue reading →
The post Episode #2 – Ancillaries Answer Burnout and Factory Medicine with Jon Boski, CEO of Medcillary appeared first on Primary Care Cures.
In this episode host Ron Barshop interviews the CEO of Arrowhead Health, Dr. David Berg. This is the first of a three-part series where they dive into health insurance, the inaccessibility of healthcare, and the overall state of primary care. … Continue reading →
The post Episode #1 – Redirect as a Model Primary Care Experience with Dr. David Berg, CEO of Arrowhead Health appeared first on Primary Care Cures.