B-Time with Beth Bierbower

Virtual Reality and Physician Training with Osso VR Co-founder and CEO, Justin Barad, MD

Osso VR is a company that uses virtual reality to teach surgeons how to use medical devices and perform surgeries and assessment. Imagine being able to practice many times over before performing on a live patient. Imagine what this level practice will do prevent medical errors and save lives.   With me is Dr. Justin Barad, a pediatric orthopedic surgeon who also has a passion for gaming. Originally interning to become a game developer at Activision-Blizzard, Justin decided to find a way ...

Population Health, An Employer’s Perspective with Quest Diagnostic’s Chief Population Health Officer, Steve Goldberg, MD

The term Population Health is widely used in this industry. We’ve talked about it from a health plan perspective and today I would like to look at population health from an employer/employee perspective. And I am thrilled that an accomplished physician and former colleague is with me today to share his deep expertise.   On today’s episode, Steve Goldberg, MD, Chief Health Officer of Employee and Population Health at Quest Diagnostics shares his perspective on population health from an em...

Measuring and Improving Health in everyday life with Evidation Health Co-founder and CEO Christine Lemke

: Have you ever wondered what happens to the health data that you collect on your phone or wearable device? Who uses it, how is it used and how does your data stay private? To answer these questions, I asked Christine Lemke, co-founder and co-CEO at Evidation Health to join me.   Evidation is a health tracking platform that rewards users for healthy actions while contributing real-world data to important research projects. As part of my due diligence, I enrolled and it was a simple and e...

"Between Visit Care" with Omada Health Co-founder and CEO, Sean Duffy

Many healthcare startups are launched each year and it isn’t easy to get traction.  When a company does thrive in this complex industry, you know it has a solid value proposition and Omada Health has just that. Omada Health began almost 12 years ago with a focus exclusively on pre-diabetes. They wanted to get ahead of the problem by helping individuals make lifestyle changes that would help keep them from becoming a diabetic.   Omada health has since expanded into a platform that offers ...

Book Review: Thinking in Bets By Annie Duke

I wasn’t sure that I would enjoy the book Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All The Facts because its author is a former poker champion and trust me, I am not good at poker. I was pleasantly surprised. Duke tells us that to deal with uncertainty, acknowledge the uncertainty and then rely on a good process to help guide you through the decision. The ultimate outcome may still not be what we want or expect but knowing that we thought the situation through gives us ...

Untapped Needs in Pelvic Health with Marta Cardeano, General Manager, Bloom Health

Just when you think we have identified all the conditions that warrant significant attention by employers and health plans, along comes another issue that requires a solution. Pelvic Health fits into this category. I had never heard the term until recently and now it seems that pelvic health is a real issue.   The fact is that pelvic issues have long plagued women and the symptoms were something that we just didn’t talk about. I may make some of you uncomfortable when I say that pelvic h...

Tech + Touch for Better Social Outcomes with Reema Health Co-founder & CEO Justin Ley

Medicare and Medicaid programs have recognized the importance of social determinants on health and have stepped up to covering services that help individuals with everything from financial to food insecurity and in between. This week’s episode with Justin Ley, Co-founder and CEO of Reema Health details how companies are ensuring that Health Plan members can access these very important benefits. Reema Health uses local community guides to close the gap for Health Plan members with social ne...

Choice and Clinical Decision Making with Arrive Health CEO, Kyle Kiser

Have you ever been in a situation where a physician orders a drug and when you ask, “How much will that cost?,” the response you received was, “I don’t know, you’ll have to call your health plan.” Or you are surprised at the pharmacy when you pick up your prescription and the cost is really high and you ask for an alternative and then deal with that hassle. Arrive Health is changing all that. They are providing real-time, drug pricing data to the physician in the office, at the time the scri...

Helping The Elderly Age In Place With CarePredict Founder & CEO, Satish Movva

With me is Satish Movva, Founder and CEO of CarePredict which offers senior living facilities, home healthcare companies and families a comprehensive solution that helps individuals live as independently as possible as they age. Satish is a seasoned healthcare executive with experiences in physician, hospital, and home healthcare. During his career, Satish has used technology to help streamline the provider and customer experience and now, he is leveraging technology and analytics to help pe...

Helping patients with renal diseases live their best lives with Monogram Health Co-founder & CEO Michael Uchrin

Our episode today focuses on a disease that’s a significant problem in the US. 15% of US adults or 37 million people, are estimated to have this disease and as many as 9 in 10 adults with this disease do not know they have it. This disease is prevalent in the 65+ population. As of 2018 Medicare was spending $70B annually on the treatment of this disease which represents almost 24 % of spending for this age group. If you haven’t yet figured out which disease I am referring to, its Chronic Kid...

A Discussion On Interoperability with Particle Health CEO & Founder, Troy Bannister

Data is at the heart of healthcare. Without data, we would not have the myriad of treatments and cures that help people live longer and better lives. Without data, the healthcare system would be subject to more administrative complexity and duplication. Today we’re going to discuss data platforms and interoperability and with us is Troy Bannister, CEO & Founder of Particle Health. Particle Health is a company that offers an API platform that allows organizations to develop innovative solut...

Dermatology Reimagined with K’ept Health Founder & CEO Sheena Franklin

Dermatology is a specialty that has been plagued by a shortage of providers resulting in long wait times and little leverage for health plans for fee negotiations. The need for dermatologists is increasing as the population ages and conditions such as skin cancer become more prevalent.   Today we are speaking with an entrepreneur who is broadening the value of dermatology by focusing on increased access and improving the patient experience and health outcomes. With me is Sheena Franklin,...

How a Blues Plan is addressing Affordability and Access with Charles Ritz, CEO Anthem CO

I am excited to have a friend and former colleague with me today on the B-Time Podcast. Our guest is Charles Ritz, the CEO of Anthem BCBS of Colorado. When I think of Colorado, I see beautiful mountains and plains and the opportunity to enjoy nature. While this idyllic picture is true, from a health and health insurance perspective, Colorado has many challenges and many initiatives underway to address these challenges. Today, Charles will outline some of the issues and the proposed solutio...

The Impact of SDOH on health with UniteUs Co-founder & CEO Dan Brillman

Description: Today we are diving on Social Determinants of Health with Dan Brillman, Co-founder & CEO of UniteUs, an organization that connects health and care. We’ll gain an understanding of SDoH and understand the impact on health and healthcare costs with Dan sharing quantifiable data and outcomes. We’ll learn how UniteUs is delivering on its promise to truly connect the community. Show Notes: Book: The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building A Business When There Are No Easy Answers by ...

The Startup Community and Moonshots with StartUp Health Co-founder and CEO Steve Krein

You’ve likely heard of accelerators or incubators – organizations that help entrepreneurs in the early stages of developing their products or services. Once a company begins to raise larger amounts of capital or reach a minimum revenue threshold, the company “graduates” from the accelerator or incubator program. In other words, the company gets resources and assistance for a limited time frame. There is a unique model that sticks with the entrepreneur well beyond the early stages of format...

Book Review: The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim DeFede

The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim DeFede is an inspirational book that will leave you feeling all that is good and right in the world. As the title implies, the book recounts the air traffic redirections on 9/11, when 38 planes carrying over 6,000 passengers and 470 crew members were instructed to land in Gander, Newfoundland. Gander, Newfoundland has long served as a pitstop for planes traveling across the Atlantic Ocean. For many years, planes were force...

A discussion of Consumer Transformation with Forward Shift Health Founder, Jared Johnson

With us today is Jared Johnson the Founder of Shift Forward Health which is a media company that delivers thought leadership content through the use of podcasts, blogs, videos and more. Each week, Jared talks with individuals to learn more about who is attempting to transform healthcare and how. Jared’s career experiences have helped shape his thinking and developed his expertise on consumers and digital transformation as he has worked with well-known medical organizations such as St. Jude...

A Discussion on Healthcare Consumers

This episode is a copy of the Innovation Accelerator podcast where Beth Bierbower serves as a panelist along with Gary Druckenmiller, Jared Johnson and Steven Ambrose and we discuss the healthcare consumer

Value Based Primary Care with Honest Medical Group CFO, Dave Mull

What does Value Based Care really mean? Is Value Base Care gaining momentum? Will Value Based Care be effective at improving outcomes and reducing costs? I’ve decided to pose these questions to our guest today because he and his team are in the thick of it. With me is Dave Mull, CFO of Honest Medical Group, an organization that assists independent physicians in participating in Value Based Care. Dave and I previously worked together at Humana where he had extensive leadership experience in...

Collaborative Care with Concert Health Co-founder & CEO Spencer Hutchins

Collaborative care allows for a principal physician, behavioral health case worker and psychiatrist to work together to manage patients with both behavioral and medical needs. Spencer Hutchins, CEO & Co-founder of Concert Health tells us what his organization is doing to engage primary care and OB/GYN physicians in this process. Show notes:  website: concerthealth.io.  Books: Aaron Slater, Illustrator by Andrea Beatty and The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs.

A Provider Perspective On The Changing MSK Landscape with Karen Simonton, Director of Strategic Alliances, OrthoForum

With us is Karen Simonton, Director of Strategic Alliances for the OrthoForum, an organization that connects the nation’s largest orthopaedic groups through benchmarking, advocacy, innovation, and networking. Karen shares the provider’s perspective as to how providers are reacting to or driving some of the trends and changes we are experiencing in MSK care delivery. Karen will share some of the challenges that these physicians face today, what their thinking is on value-based care and digita...

Care Access in Rural America with Homeward Health CEO & Co-founder Dr. Jennifer Schneider

With me is Dr. Jennifer Schneider, CEO & Co-founder of Homeward, an organization that brings primary and value-based care to rural communities. Dr. Schneider shares information on the lack of access to primary and specialty care in rural America and what her new company, Homeward, is doing to address the issue. Show Notes: Favorite Book: Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela by Nelson Mandela

Value Based Payment Models with Francois de Brantes, SVP, Signify Health

Francois de Brantes is a pioneer in measuring and improving healthcare outcomes. Francois began his career at GE Healthcare which provided him with a solid background in measuring what matters. While at GE, Francois helped create The Leapfrog Group focused on improving quality and safety. From there, Francois spent almost 11 years as the Executive Director of the Healthcare Incentives Improvement Institute before moving to Altarum and now Signify where he continues his focus on payment inn...

Tackling Stress, Anxiety and Practicing Self-Care with Headspace Health’s CEO Russell Glass

Stress and anxiety levels have risen dramatically over the last few years. Behavioral health providers were overwhelmed with requests over the last two years and utilization continues to be higher than pre-pandemic levels. Initially fueled by COVID concerns, stress and anxiety levels continue to climb due to inflation, supply chain issues and continued global uncertainty. According to a 2021 McKinsey report, psychological distress and substance use reached new levels. How can individuals get...

Culturally Sensitive Community Based Care with Clever Care CEO & Co-founder Myong Lee

Over the last several years, new Medicare Advantage plans have emerged, each one attempting to change the consumer experience.  Today we’re talking with Myong Lee, the CEO and Co-founder of a unique Medicare Advantage plan called Clever Care.  Based in the greater Los Angeles area, Clever Care incorporates Eastern Medicine into its benefit plan designs to better serve the members of the community.  Myong will share how he is integrating services that are important to his members into the Med...

Democratizing Healthcare Through Digital Delivery: A Discussion with Sword Health CMO, Dr. Vijay Yanamadala

Today we are going to discuss digital care delivery – specifically for musculoskeletal issues. With me is Dr. Vijay Yanamadala, who is the Chief Medical Officer of Sword Health and is also System Medical Director of Spine Quality and Surgical Optimization at Hartford Healthcare.  Dr. Yanamadala is a Board-certified Neurosurgeon.  We’ll hear how the digital MSK business is exploding because, in most cases, digital MSK therapy is equal to or better than traditional physical therapy.  And becaus...

The Hidden Inventory in Healthcare with ZocDoc Chief Legal Officer Bruce Gottlieb

ZocDoc was founded in 2007 to help consumers find and book provider visits online. Over the last 15 years ZocDoc has persevered in the helping providers keep their schedules full.  ZocDoc Chief Legal Officer, Bruce Gottlieb joins B-Time to share ZocDoc’s journey and how it has made strategic decisions around its business model that has enabled it to scale.   Show notes: Book Recommendations: Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe; Postwar: A His...

Powering Care In The Home With MedArrive CEO & Co-founder Dan Trigub

We’ve mentioned “the race to the home” numerous times on this podcast.  Today, our guest will help us understand what it means to deliver care in the home.  With us is Dan Trigub, Co-founder and CEO of MedArrive, a company that is delivering preventive care in the home. Dan will share MedArrive’s approach and how and why it has been successful not only in preventing unnecessary admissions and trips the ER, but also how MedArrive has been successful in engaging marginalized individuals.   ...

Healthcare after COVID with Dr. David B. Nash, Founding Dean Emeritus of the Jefferson College of Population Health

Today we are going to talk about a variety of topics from AI to care after COVID and Social Determinants of Health.  With me is one of the nation’s most well-known healthcare thought leaders.  David B. Nash is the Founding Dean Emeritus, and he remains on the full-time faculty as the Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon Professor of Health Policy, at the Jefferson College of Population Health (JCPH).  A board-certified internist, Dr. Nash is internationally recognized for his work in public a...

Leveraging Analytics for Enrollment with Reclaim Health CEO & Co-founder, Nataly Youssef

Value Based Primary Care With P3 Health Partner’s Chief Strategy Officer, Rich Powers

In today’s episode, Rich Powers educates us on the status of value based care in the industry today.  Rich has deep expertise in provider contracting, managing risk-based relationships and value based care.  He spent the bulk of his career at Humana and worked at Alignment Health before joining P3 Health Partners.  Rich will provide his perspective on the role of primary care and will introduce us to P3 Health Partners as well.   Show Notes:  Books: The Bad Guys Won: A Season of Brawling...

B-Time Podcast with Beth Bierbower An Interview with Dr. Caroline Carney President Behavioral Health and CMO Magellan Health 1

We have a special episode today recorded live at Quest Analytic's annual conference -- Vision Quest.  Dr. Caroline Carney, Chief Medical Officer of Magellan Health joins me to discuss networks, behavioral health, collaborative care and more. 

Strategic Business Transformation: 7 Deadly Sins with Mohan Nair, CEO Emerge, Inc

Our guest today is an accomplished senior healthcare executive, an innovator, and business transformation leader.  With me is Mohan Nair, CEO of Emerge Inc.,a company that help’s companies find the Innovator’s Mojo, the driving force for business transformation.   Mohan is the former SVP/ CINO (chief Innovation officer) Of Cambia Health Solutions in Portland, Oregon and is an Edmund Hillary Fellow, New Zealand where he helps others bring cause-centered ideas to practical solutions .  Mohan w...

Leaning into Digital Therapeutics in Healthcare: A Discussion with BehaVR Founder & CEO Aaron Gani

You have heard the term “Digital Therapeutics” which the Digital Therapeutics Alliance defines as medical interventions delivered directly to patients using evidence-based, clinically evaluated software to treat, manage, and prevent a broad spectrum of diseases and disorders. Digital therapeutics is offered across a growing number of medical conditions with demonstrated success.  Our guest today is Aaron Gani, Founder and CEO of BehaVR a company that uses virtual reality to help individual...

Payvider’s: The New Face of Integrated Health with Banner Health Plan’s CFO Donna Sickler

The term “payvider” is being used with increasing frequency.  A “payvider” is a provider that also serves as the health plan, taking on risk directly from employers, Medicare, or state Medicaid agencies.  Banner Health is one such payvider.  Founded in 1999 as the result of a merger, Banner Health is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ and owns and operates thirty hospitals including three academic medical centers across six states.   Over the years, Banner Health has morphed into a fully integrated...

Health & Wellness ecommerce with Intrinsic Founder and CEO, Yadin Shemmer

Many of our guests on B-Time are focused exclusively on a B2B model.  Today, we are changing it up a bit and are focusing on the direct to consumer model.  Trillions of dollars are spend out of pocket by consumers on health and wellness goods and services.    One company, Intrinsic, is taking full advantage of this consumer spend and is buying smaller consumer wellness companies to become a Brand powerhouse.  With us is Yadin Shemmer, the founder and CEO of Intrinsic and he’ll share his ...

2022 Healthcare Trends with Oliver Wyman’s Global Leader, Health and Life Sciences, Sam Glick

Our guest today needs no introduction to most of you.  With us is Sam Glick, Global Leader of the Health & Life Sciences Practice at Oliver Wyman.  Many of us have spent time with Sam and his colleagues discussing everything from industry opportunities and challenges to new business models and more.  Today Sam is going to share his thoughts on where the industry is headed and how we, as leaders, should be thinking about these changes and their potential impact on our businesses. Sam has be...

The New Look of Employee Wellbeing with SoulBeing CEO Colleen Kavanagh

The pandemic placed a spotlight on employee wellbeing.  Many employees have been under increased stress and duress over the last two years.  In survey after survey, employers are sharing that they are altering their benefits programs to include services that move beyond traditional physical and mental health and into total wellbeing.    As with any market shift, there are players including new market entrants ready to fill in the gaps.  One such player is SoulBeing which offers complemen...

Home Based Treatment and Recovery for Eating Disorders with Equip Health’s Erin Parks.

With us today is the co-founder and COO of Equip Health –  Dr. Erin Parks.  Erin and her co-founder – Kristina Saffron, have created a home-based program (a real departure from the very traditional facility-based programs) to help people recover from eating disorders.  Today we’ll learn more about these devasting issues and how the Equip Health team is changing the treatment delivery and recovery in this area.   Show Notes:  Favorite Book:  Essentialism by GregMcKeown.  Podcasts:  The Es...

Healthcare Trends with Senior Policy Fellow Susan Dentzer

Susan Dentzer is one of the nation’s most respected health policy experts and thought leaders and is the Senior Policy Fellow at the Robert J. Margolis Center for Health Policy at Duke University.  Based in Washington, DC, she works on a range of health policy issues including health system transformation, the use of artificial intelligence and related technologies in health care, biopharmaceuticals policy, and improving cancer care as well as maternity and infant care. She is the editor and...

Book Review: Strategic Business Transformation: The 7 Deadly Sins To Overcome By Mohan Nair

Strategic Business Transformation: The 7 Deadly Sins To Overcome by Mohan Nair is a guidebook to help your business create a secret sauce for longer-term success.  Nair has a lot of business experience in Innovation and Operations.  He takes his direct experience and combines it with pieces of business strategy from well-known business gurus to present tangible and actionable tactics for success.  Nair uses examples of textbook companies like Southwest Airlines but manages to add some insigh...

Leveraging Benefits To Solve for SDOH, a discussion with Daryl Risinger, President & Co-founder of Soda Health

With me is Daryl Risinger, President & Cofounder of Soda Health, a healthcare technology company focused on building solutions that eliminate health inequities.  The team at Soda Health work with Health Plans to turn ideas around SDOH benefits into reality.  Daryl will share with us some learnings and insights around SDOH and how his company is making a difference in this area. Show Notes: Boos: Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge From Small Discoveries By Peter Sims.  Podcasts: B-T...

Specialty Drugs: Better Outcomes, Lower Costs with VIVIO CEO Pramod John.

Pramod John is the CEO of VIVIO, a company that has built an autonomous solution that allows employers and other healthcare payers to take control over their specialty drug spend.   VIVIO is a Public Benefit Corporation that operates with a transparent business model.  Their only form of compensation is an administration fee allowing them to focus just on the question of cost benefit at the individual patient level. We’ll hear how VIVIO’s approach differs from that of the traditional PBM and...

Virtual Care for complex and chronic conditions with Myia Health CEO Simon MacGibbon

 Health plans and providers alike are focused on population health and ensuring that members are getting the care and support they need to keep chronic conditions in check.  However, often, these entities encounter challenges in obtaining actionable data or insights that allow the organization to intervene in the care process earlier.   Myia Health is tackling this issue and helping both providers and health plans better manage individuals with chronic conditions.  With us is Myia’s CEO ...

Leading Through A Turnaround with Benefitfocus CEO Matt Levin

How do you help a company pivot and emerge stronger?  How do you chose what to prioritize versus not?  How do you engage your employees in the company’s future vision?  We discuss these issues and more with Matt Levin, CEO of Benefitfocus as he talks about leading his company through a time of change.   Show Notes: Podcasts: Smartless; The Rewatchables with Bill Simmons; Hacks on Tap with David Axelrod & Mike Murphy; Hell & Highwater with John Heilemann.  Books:  Team of Rivals by Doris ...

Leading Through A Turnaround with BenefitFocus CEO Matt Levin

How do you help a company pivot and emerge stronger?  How do you chose what to prioritize versus not?  How do you engage your employees in the company’s future vision?  We discuss these issues and more with Matt Levin, CEO of BenefitFocus as he talks about leading his company through a time of change.   Show Notes: Podcasts: Smartless; The Rewatchables with Bill Simmons; Hacks on Tap with David Axelrod & Mike Murphy; Hell & Highwater with John Heilemann.  Books:  Team of Rivals by Doris ...

Putting The Consumer in the Driver’s Seat with Sidecar Health CEO Patrick Quigley

We are talking today with Patrick Quigley, the Founder and CEO of Sidecar Health, a company that is offering personalized, simplified coverage to individuals and equipping these consumers with cost information to help them make good decisions about their healthcare.  I am excited to learn more about what Sidecar Health is doing to simplify and create affordable coverage and provide price transparency that’s meaningful by removing the intermediary as we know it today.  Patrick is no stranger ...

The impact of Sunsetting 3G on Healthcare with Connect America CEO Janet Dillione

Today we are going to discuss the impact of cellular carriers sunsetting their 3G networks this year.  You may wonder why the sunsetting of 3G is an appropriate topic for a podcast focused predominantly on healthcare, so here’s the answer.  The sunsetting of 3G networks has a significant impact on the elderly and low-income populations.  Many devices such as older phones, personal emergency response systems and home alarm systems including carbon dioxide alarm systems will cease to work. M...

Digital Cardiac Rehab with Ade Adesayna, Co-founder & CEO Moving Analytics

:  Approximately 800,000 people in the US have a heart attack every year?  1 in 4 people have had previously had a heart attack.  When an individual is recovering from a heart attack or has a serious heart problem, Cardiac rehabilitation can be an instrumental part of not only the individual’s recovery, but also in preventing future heart attacks.   Today we are going to hear from Ade Adesanya, Co-founder and President of Moving Analytics, a company that offers Cardiac Rehabilitation in ...

Book Review: The Price We Pay: What Broke American Health Care And How To Fix It by Marty Makary, MD

The Price We Pay: What Broke American Health Care And How To Fix It by Marty Makary, MD is a book that takes a hard look at aspects of the US healthcare system that drive up the costs of premiums and other patient out-of-pocket costs.  Makary looks at PBMs, broker payments, hospital billing and financial recovery practices and inappropriate procedures to name a few.  Regardless of where you work in the healthcare system, you may find yourself getting defensive one moment and nodding your hea...