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Work the Problem with West Point Woman author Sara Potecha
January 11, 2022 17:00 - 36 minutes - 33.9 MBWith me is Sara Potecha who is a leadership consultant, executive coach and speaker. Sara was not only in one of the first groups of women that were admitted to the United States Military Academy at West Point, she also graduated after four tough and life-changing years. Sara shares the leadership characteristics she learned and explains how they are relatable to life and leadership outside the military in her book, West Point Woman. I’ll be asking Sara to share some of these life lesson...
Book Review: Healthcare Without Walls: A Roadmap For Reinventing Healthcare
January 06, 2022 10:00 - 1 minute - 1.95 MBThe Book Healthcare Without Walls: A Roadmap For Reinventing U.S. Healthcare does what its title states – provides a roadmap for executives to use as they are rethinking healthcare delivery now. The book’s contributors include many of the nation’s brightest healthcare leaders and practitioners. The book consists of five chapters covering technology, reimbursement, regulatory approaches, workforce and human factors and states what can be done using many of the resources we have today or tha...
Supplemental Benefits in Medicare Advantage with Betsy Seals, CEO & Co-founder of the Rebellis Group
December 07, 2021 10:00 - 31 minutes - 29.6 MB: In October of this year, The Kaiser Family Foundation released a study that showed 7 in 10 Medicare Beneficiaries did not shop for new plans during the 2018 open enrollment period. If this is the case, then why all the focus on plan design enhancements each year? To help us understand what Medicare Advantage plans are currently doing to attract and retain members and what they might do better is Betsy Seals. Betsy is the CEO and Co-founder of Rebellis Group, a consulting firm with de...
Is the TV the Next New Healthcare Platform? A discussion with Independa CEO & Founder Kian Saneii
November 30, 2021 10:00 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MBOur guest today has created a simple, integrated platform that uniquely leverages the one piece of technology that is ubiquitous with the elderly – and that is the television. Kian Saneii is the Founder and CEO of Independa, a company that provides everything from video chat to reminders through the television. Kian is going to explain how Independa is helping reduce the angst of caregivers and the elderly and creating a foundation for bi-directional communication. Show notes: You ca...
A discussion on Use of Technology to Advance Care Delivery with Maia Hightower, MD, MPH, MBA
November 23, 2021 10:00 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBAdvances in creating a more effective and efficient healthcare system will be tied to digital transformation which requires changes in the way we use technology and data, the way we manage our workflows and reimagining the system from a consumer perspective. Our guest today, Dr. Maia Hightower spends a great deal of time thinking through these issues. Dr. Hightower is a physician is the former Chief Medical Information Officer for the University of Utah Health. During her career, Dr. Hig...
Archangels CEO & Cofounder Alex Drane on Creating a Caregiver Movement and Platform
November 16, 2021 10:00 - 40 minutes - 37.8 MBThere are more than 35 million unpaid caregivers who provide unpaid services to an adult age 50 or older in the US. According to the AARP Public Policy Institute, the economic value of unpaid caregiving exceeds $470B. According to the National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP, Family caregivers spend an average of 24.4 hours per week providing care and nearly 1 in 4 caregivers spends 41 hours or more per week providing care. And 24% of caregivers provide care for more than 5 years. These...
Book Review: Surrounded by Idiots
November 12, 2021 10:00 - 1 minute - 2.75 MBWhen I was perusing my library app for my next book, the title Surrounded By Idiots immediately grabbed my attention. The book was written by Thomas Erikson and explains the four types of human behavior through the use of the colors red, yellow, green and blue. When I took the test many years ago, it was called DISC which stands for Dominance, Influence, Submission and Compliance but the author also refers to the DISA system switching the term Compliance with Analytical. As for the human...
Reversing Type 2 Diabetes with Virta Health Founder & CEO Sami Inkinen
November 09, 2021 10:00 - 41 minutes - 38.5 MBEvery 17 seconds an American is diagnosed with diabetes. This statistic is from the American Journal of Managed Care (2018). Also, according to the CDC, 34 million Americans have diabetes which represents 11% of the population. And another 85 million Americans are considered “pre-diabetes” It’s no wonder that Diabetes continues to high in the rankings for healthcare spend. We have been told for decades that Type 2 diabetes can be prevented only through better diet and exercise. In re...
Health Policy and Healthcare Equity with Dr. Adaeze Enekwechi.
November 02, 2021 09:00 - 42 minutes - 39.4 MBDr. Adaeze Enekwechi is a leading voice in health equity and evidence-based health policy making who is committed to meaningfully improve access to equitable, quality healthcare for all Americans. Dr. Enekwechi is currently an operating partner with Private Equity firm Welsch, Carson, Anderson & Stowe and serves on the Boards of several companies. She is also currently a Research Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the Geo...
Book Review: The 5 AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life
October 29, 2021 09:00 - 1 minute - 2.67 MBI was a little surprised when I began reading The 5 AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life by Robin S. Sharma. I thought I was going to get a textbook like account of each of the steps required to becoming more productive. Instead, the reader gets a story about a spellbinder, a billionaire initially mistaken for a homeless person, a struggling entrepreneur and an artist who isn’t doing his best work. Initially, I wanted the story to end so I could get to the “good stuff.” From som...
Leveraging Telehealth To Optimize and Support Integrated Healthcare Delivery With eVisit CTO & Co-founder Miles Romney
October 26, 2021 09:00 - 31 minutes - 29.4 MBeVisit CTO Miles Romney shares his vision of how Telehealth can be leveraged to support and optimize the concept of Integrated healthcare delivery. The use of telehealth increased significantly during the pandemic but the need exists to ensure that this technology is used to support an integrated care team. Show Notes: Favorite Books: The Castrato by Martha Feldman; Hit Refresh by Satya Nadella; Cash & Dash: How ATMS And Computers Changed Banking by Bernardo Batiz-Lazo; The Everything...
The Value Of Remote Patient Monitoring with Health Recovery Solutions CEO & Cofounder Jarrett Bauer.
October 19, 2021 09:00 - 19 minutes - 18 MBRemote patient monitoring is the early monitoring concept that many are counting on to help providers get to the right patients faster and diagnose and treat issues earlier to improve health outcomes. Remote patient monitoring – or RPM for short - is one of those broad industry terms that can mean many things. I am looking forward to gaining a better understanding of what RPM is and how it can lead to better outcomes and lower costs in our discussion today with Jarrett Bauer the CEO & Co-f...
Book Review: Digital Minimalism By Cal Newport
October 15, 2021 09:00 - 1 minute - 2.3 MBIt’s a bit ironic that I used my iPad to listen to a book about digital minimalism. The book Digital Minimalism is by Cal Newport who is also the author of Deep Work. He’s an MIT educated computer scientist who believes that for most people, use of social media is an addiction that is ruining our ability to connect as a society. Newport reminds us that social media companies want to capture as much of our attention as possible – and at all costs. He tells us to refrain from “likes”, pu...
Pocket Health CEO & Cofounder Rishi Nayyar Helps Patients Be In Control Of Their Health
October 12, 2021 09:00 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBPocket Health is a Canadian based company that offers an online, automated process for transferring images. No CD burning. No physical transport of the CD required by the patient. Rishi Nayyar is the CEO and co-founder of Pocket Health. Rishi and his brother founded the company after his brother experienced an injury and encountered the labor intensive and cumbersome process I just described. Pocket Health wants to put patients in control of their images and in this episode Rishi expla...
Helping The Elderly Thrive At Home With David Greenberg And Dave Jacobs
October 05, 2021 09:00 - 39 minutes - 36.9 MBDid you know that more people are caring for an elderly loved one than are caring for a child? It’s tough to be a caregiver for an elderly loved one and many of you have firsthand experience with caregiving. Here’s a quote that says it all. “Everything is fine with your aging parent until it’s not. Then everything falls apart.” This quote is from one of the co-founders of Homethrive, and we are lucky to have both gentlemen with us today. Dave Jacobs and David Greenberg are not only the...
Book Review: Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
October 01, 2021 09:00 - 1 minute - 2.64 MBI had heard from several people that the book Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey was an excellent book, yet I was hesitant to read it. I have seen McConaughey in a few romantic comedies and his characters never won me over. As result, I never watched any of his more serious movies including the Dallas Buyers Club for which he won an Oscar. I devoured this book in audio format in a single day. I started listening while in the Salt Lake City Delta Sky Lounge early one morning and finishe...
Revolutionizing Digestive Health with Vivante Health CEO Bill Snyder
September 28, 2021 09:00 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBDid you know that 70M people in the US suffer from chronic digestive issues? And did you know that this is more than twice the number of people with diabetes? Over 8M ER visits happen each year due to digestive complaints. And the annual cost for digestive diseases is $136B which is more than the annual spend on heart disease, trauma or mental health. Digestive or “gut” health is getting quite a bit of attention these days as health experts are discovering more about the microbiome and...
Health Insurance With No BS: A discussion with Troy Medicare CEO Flaviu Simihaian
September 21, 2021 09:00 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBMedicare Advantage continues to be a hot market with new entrants emerging annually. Each new player is out to make its mark and take market share from the national health plans by offering a customer centric, simplified experience. Troy Medicare is one such player. Looking at the Troy Medicare website, you will see their tagline prominently displayed: “Health Insurance. No BS.” Now that is an intriguing proposition. Let’s see if our guest can share how Troy Medicare is delivering on t...
Book Review: The Wright Brothers By David McCullough
September 16, 2021 09:00 - 2 minutes - 3.27 MBSeveral people have shared with me how much they enjoyed The Wright Brothers book by David McCullough. After reading it, I would encourage everyone to read this book. Some people say it’s a book about perseverance and it surely is, but what I found most interesting was that the Wright Brothers understood that they needed to solve the challenge of a flying machine one small piece at a time. They knew success would be a long time in coming simply because they had to deeply understand and pe...
: Empowering People Through Recovery with Eric GastFriend, Co-founder & CEO of DynamiCare Health
September 14, 2021 09:00 - 30 minutes - 28.6 MBToday we are going to discuss a new approach to helping people with recovery from addiction. With us is Eric Gastfriend, CEO and co-founder of DynamiCare Health, a digital health company that helps people with recovery from addiction. DynamiCare helps people overcome addiction to drugs, alcohol, and tobacco. Centered around motivation and accountability, DynamiCare challenges and empowers individuals to change their lives for the better. DynamiCare Health was founded in 2016 in Boston, Ma...
Book Review: Elon Musk By Ashlee Vance
September 01, 2021 09:00 - 2 minutes - 1.97 MBI don’t drive a Tesla. I don’t have solar panels installed in my home, and I have no desire to go to Mars. Nonetheless, I really enjoyed reading the biography titled Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance. Musk is obviously a genius and his passion for doing things that he believes to be right for the planet and mankind shine through the pages of this book. Musk had a rough childhood. He was physically and emotionally bullied at school as a child and the bullying went well beyond being pushed a...
Stellar Health CEO, Michael Meng on Supporting Providers in Value Based Care
August 31, 2021 09:00 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBGaps in care exist when a member has not received care according to standard guidelines. The most recognizable gaps in care relate to the failure to receive certain preventive screening tests such as mammograms, eye exams and more. It’s important for Health Plans to close gaps in care to ensure the Plan is meeting regulatory requirements and achieving the highest possible STARS ratings. The challenge is that providers are bombarded with messages from a variety of Health Plans for many di...
Serving The Individual And Small Group Markets with Friday Health Plans CEO, Sal Gentile
August 24, 2021 09:00 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBMost major provisions of the Affordable Care Act took effect on January 1, 2014. Two core tenants of the Affordable Care Act were to expand Medicaid and to increase the availability of health insurance for individual consumers who purchased coverage on their own. We are now 7 years out; the ACA remains intact and several recent changes from President Biden’s administration have driven sizable growth this year. With us to discuss the state of the individual market is Sal Gentile, CEO of ...
Book Review: West Point Woman By Sara Potecha
August 20, 2021 09:00 - 1 minute - 2.44 MBWest Point Woman is a book by Sara Potecha about leadership and character development that was instilled in her during her time at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Sara was admitted to West Point in 1979 just a few years after the Academy was forced to admit women. While resentment to this coerced integration was still high, the author does not make this tension the exclusive focus of the book. Instead, she talks about the character-building principles she learned based o...
A Discussion with Sensely CEO & Co-founder Adam Odessky About Avatars In Healthcare
August 17, 2021 09:00 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBOur guest today is Adam Odessky, Co-founder & CEO of Sense.ly a conversational platform that drives patient and insurance member engagement. Sensely is unique in that it uses an avatar for interactions which proves to be more engaging than text messaging or chatbots. We’ll hear more about this exciting technology platform from Adam in a minute. Adam has worked for notable companies such as Motorola, Oracle and Microsoft and has expertise in telecom, speech recognition and augmented r...
Finding Your Leadership Rhythm with Quartet Health CEO, Puneet Singh
August 10, 2021 09:00 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MBQuartet Health CEO Puneet Singh is the son of immigrants that grew up in a very small town in Ohio. Puneet has held a number of diverse roles in healthcare including investment banking, RCM, and end of life. He has benefited from good advice and mentorship that he has received over the years and is with us today to share some of these learnings with us. Show notes: Leadership Book: Team Of Rivals: the Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln By Doris Kearns Goodwin. He also likes book...
Physician Leadership In Population Health with Dr. Miles Snowden, CGO & EVP Physician Strategy, Navvis
August 03, 2021 09:00 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBPhysicians are key to driving improvements in population health as well as transforming our health system to one that is based on value. Dr. Miles Snowden CGO & EVP at Navvis, shares his professional journey and tells us how physicians can help us transform the healthcare system. Show notes: Books: The Premonition: A Pandemic Story by Michael Lewis; The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons On Wealth, Greed & Happiness by Morgan Housel. Podcasts: B-Time with Beth Bierbower; A Healthy Do...
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery with Goldfinch Health Co-founder & CEO Brand Newland
July 27, 2021 09:00 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MBIf you have ever had surgery or helped a friend or loved one who has had surgery, you know if can be a challenging and frankly, terrifying experience. We often view surgery as the actual procedure performed by the doctor, but it is much more than that. You must prepare for a surgery physically as well as emotionally. And you must have support post-surgery. The length of time support is required depends on many different factors. Perhaps one of the most concerning issues with surgery is ...
Dean Health Plan President Les McPhearson on Community Based Healthcare
July 20, 2021 09:00 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBCompeting in the healthcare ecosystem is tough and it’s even harder for regional health plans. Despite the competitiveness, many regional health plans continue to thrive and Dean Health Plan is one of these gems. Dean Health Plan is 35 years old and is headquartered in Madison, WI. The Health Plan is an integrated, provider owned model. Dean Health Plan is part of the SSM Health based out of St. Louis, MO. With us today is Les McPhearson, President of Dean Health Plan and Board Chair o...
Book Review: Open: An Autobiography by Andre Agassi
July 15, 2021 09:00 - 2 minutes - 4.02 MBIn his autobiography, Andre Agassi takes us through his professional and personal journey during his career as an elite tennis professional. While on the surface it seemed that Agassi had it all, his story reinforces that you can’t judge a book by its cover. You can only judge Agassi after hearing his side of the story.
Glen Tullman: Continuing To Challenge The Status Quo
July 13, 2021 09:00 - 35 minutes - 33.1 MBGlen Tullman is a healthcare industry veteran who has worked across the ecosystem in companies such as EHR technology Allscripts and most recently as the Founder of Livongo a chronic condition management company. As Co-founder and CEO of Transcarent, Glen is determined to bring unbiased information, trusted guidance and access to high value care to the self-funded commercial market. Show Notes: Books: The Premonition: A Pandemic Story by Michael Lewis and Post Corona: From Crisis To ...
Precision Nutrition with Elo CEO & Co-founder Ari Tulla.
June 29, 2021 09:00 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBPrecision Nutrition is a term that is gaining traction. Today we are going to learn about precision nutrition and the impact of food on our health. With us today is Ari Tulla co-founder of Elo a precision nutrition company. Prior to starting Elo, Ari served as CEO of BetterDoctor and Quest Analytics and spent several years working at Nokia. Ari is of Finnish Heritage and Elo means “life” or “happiness” in Finnish. Show notes: Books: The Longevity Diet by Valter Longo; The Red Rising s...
Diagnostics: A Critical Tool In Value Based Care with Imagen CEO Alex Dresner
June 22, 2021 09:00 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MBProviders need tools and other support to operate successfully in these new models. Diagnostics including imaging can help providers compress the time in accessing care and determining a diagnosis. Alex Dresner, Co-founder and CEO of Imagen. Alex and the team at Imagen are rethinking how imaging and other diagnostics can reshape healthcare by improving access to and the quality of care, among other things. Show Notes: Books: The Wright Brothers by David McCullough. Podcasts: B-Time,...
Book Review: The Heart Of Business by Hubert Joly
June 18, 2021 09:00 - 2 minutes - 3.8 MBThe author focuses on 4 major themes for business leaders in what he believes to be a new era of capitalism. He speaks with humility about his experiences as CEO of Best Buy and how he unleashed Human magic to turn the company around.
Leadership With Heart, a Discussion with Mark Ganz, Former CEO Cambia Health Solutions
June 15, 2021 09:00 - 45 minutes - 42.3 MBMark Ganz is the former CEO of Cambia Health Solutions, one of the largest Blues Plans in the Pacific Northwest. Mark spent 25 years with Cambia and its predecessors and shares his leadership philosophy and talks about whole person health. Show notes: Podcasts: anything tied to women’s golf. Favorite Authors: C.S.Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkein (Lord of the Rings); Erik Larson (The Splendid And The Vile) , Timothy Eagan (and The Fish That Swallowed The Whale: The Life And Times Of America’s Bana...
Innovation at Dana-Farber with Senior Vice President Lesley Solomon
June 08, 2021 09:00 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBLesley Solomon is Senior Vice President of Innovation at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, MA which has been in existence for over 70 years and is widely known for its significant accomplishments in detecting and treating even the most complex cancers. Lesley will share with us what it means to support innovation at a world-famous institution and how Dana-Farber takes a collaborative approach in fighting cancer.
efamilycare CEO Naveen Kathuria On Supporting Family Caregivers
June 01, 2021 09:00 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBOur guest today is Naveen Kathuria, CEO of efamilycare which is addressing the issue of lack of support and tools for family caregivers. efamilycare offers a digital platform designed to connect caregivers to tools and experts that can advise the caregiver on urgent and nonemergent issues. The platform also connects family members so they can efficiently communicate and it uses telehealth to provide access to care. efamilycare is focused on helping to keep loved ones out of the hospital a...
The future of Home Care Delivery with Amedisys Chairman & CEO Paul Kusserow
May 25, 2021 09:00 - 31 minutes - 29.7 MBThe desire for elderly people or individuals with life-threatening conditions to remain in their homes for as long as possible without being a burden to their families is strong. Home is the future of healthcare and looking at recent acquisitions over the last 12 – 24 months, the race to deliver care in the home is on. Today’s guest had a vision for providing care in the home long before many others. Paul Kusserow, Chairman and CEO of Amedisys, a company that helps individuals remai...
Book Review: Creativity, Inc. By Ed Catmull & Amy Wallace
May 20, 2021 09:00 - 1 minute - 1.68 MBThe book Creativity, Inc. is written by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace. Catmull was the President of Pixar and then Walt Disney Animation. He also worked for LucasFilm so he has a good perspective on what it means to be creative. Catmull provides his view of how to create and sustain a culture of creativity. Catmull often references failing fast and speaking out. He acknowledges that all companies have problems regardless of culture and this rang true after the book was published as it bec...
Global thinking, Innovation and Leadership with Terry Stone, Managing Partner at Oliver Wyman
May 18, 2021 09:00 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MBOur guest is Terry Stone, Managing Partner of the Americas a Oliver Wyman which covers all the Oliver Wyman practices in North, South and Central America. Today we are going to talk with Terry about a variety of topics from global trends that are currently or soon will be making their way to the US to some highly visible leadership issues that most companies are dealing with. Show notes: favorite Books: White Fragility by Robin Diangelo and Michael Eric Dyson; The Coaching Habit by...
Osmosis.org Co-founder and CEO Shiv Gaglani on exceptional educational experiences
May 11, 2021 09:00 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MBOur guest is Shiv Gaglani, co-founder and CEO of Osmosis.org. Osmosis.org’s vision is to empower the world’s clinicians and caregivers with the best learning experience possible. Osmosis says it empowers over 1 million learners around the world with a better understanding of medicine and health topics. They do this using video tutorials that show and teach at the same time along with other tools. Show notes: favorite books: Atomic Habits by James Clear; The School of Life YouTube Chan...
Martin Ventures CEO Devin Carty
May 04, 2021 09:00 - 44 minutes - 41.4 MBThrough the course of this podcast, we have heard from many players in the healthcare ecosystem – payors, providers, technology companies and even the voice of the consumer. Today we will hear another important perspective and that is the view of the investor. Venture Capital and other firms fund healthcare startups with long term potential. In 2020 $17B was raised in healthcare venture capital alone. Today we are going to hear from a gentleman that knows this space well. Devin Carty i...
The Ride Of A Lifetime By Robert Iger
April 30, 2021 09:00 - 1 minute - 2.63 MBThe Ride Of A Lifetime is a book on leadership by Robert Iger, the former CEO of Disney. Serving as CEO of Disney for 15 years, Iger walks us through several pivotal and critical moments in his time at Disney and even goes back farther into his time at ABC/Capital Cities. I enjoyed two aspects of this book, the first which is an inside peak at Disney leadership. It’s always a bit comforting to know that all organizations have their politics and quirks. But Iger doesn’t tear down former ...
BCG’s Jon Kaplan Discusses the Future of Healthcare
April 27, 2021 09:00 - 57 minutes - 53.3 MBBCG’s Managing Director & Senior Partner Jon Kaplan joins us to talk about healthcare. Jon is a core member of BCG’s Strategy and Healthcare practices and has both national and global expertise with payers, providers and digital technologies He has helped organizations with everything from corporate strategies to digital transformations and more. Jon is a person that understands market forces and what’s driving demand in the industry. Today, we tap into his deep expertise today and get...
Cohere Health Co-founder & COO Duncan Reece On Improving The Patient’s Care Journey
April 20, 2021 09:00 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MBIn this episode we discuss episodes of care. An episode of care is looking across a condition or treatment and pulling all the related transactions together to get a holistic view of what has taken place. Health Plans like to look at episodes to identify total costs of care. Providers like to look at episodes of care to better anticipate the patient’s needs. This sounds like a good way to look at health care. Unfortunately, the actual member experience doesn’t happen this way. Eac...
DUOS CEO & Cofounder Karl Ulfers Helps The Elderly Age In Place.
April 13, 2021 09:00 - 34 minutes - 32.4 MBDescription: According to the US Census, the projected growth in the number of Americans living alone between 2016 and 2034 is 57%. In addition, an AARP study shows that between 1994 – 2014 there was a 46% reduction in the number of adults who live within 10 miles of an adult child. So we have more people living alone many of whom don’t have immediate family members living near them. What do these trends mean in the context of someone aging in place. Most caregiving is unpaid and provi...
Book Review: 2030: How Today’s Biggest Trends Will Collide and Reshape the Future of Everything By Mauro F. Guillen
April 09, 2021 09:00 - 55 seconds - 1.28 MBThe book 2030: How Today’s Biggest Trends Will Collide and Reshape the Future of Everything by Mauro F. Guillen is packed full of data and information about how differently the world will look in less than 10 years. Even though it contains a lot of statistics, it’s a compelling read. Guillen tells us who will hold most of the wealth, which countries will have the largest populations and where there will be a population drought. He tells us why retailers must pay attention to the el...
Oscar Health Co-founder & CEO Mario Schlosser Shares How a young upstart is challenging the status quo
April 06, 2021 09:00 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MBWhen the Affordable Care Act became effective in January 2014, a New York based startup called Oscar Health entered the fray with individual health plan products offered on the Federal Health Insurance Marketplace. Oscar Health was considered unusual for a few reasons including everything from its name to the fact that its cofounders, Mario Schlosser, Kevin Nazemi and Josh Kushner were not healthcare or insurance executives. While offering a High Deductible Health Plan, the team at Oscar c...
Quest Analytics CEO Steve Levin: Why a Better Architected Payer Network Will Drive a Better Member Experience
March 30, 2021 09:00 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBOne of the most valued components of a Health Plan’s offering is its provider network. At the same time, it’s also a major pain point for consumers. Over the years, the provider network directory has been a source of confusion for patients and providers alike. Determining whether a provider is participating in the network and at which office can be a challenge. Also, the issues of surprise billing looms large – the hospital is in network, but the anesthesiologist is not. Management of t...
The Healing of America by T.R. Reid
March 25, 2021 09:00 - 2 minutes - 3.05 MBOn Episode 35 of the B-Time podcast, Dr. Paul Grundy recommended a book titled: The Healing of America by T.R. Reid. While the book is 10 years old, it still provides valuable information on the workings of healthcare across the world. The premise of this book is twofold. Firstly, the author lays out a case that covering all citizens as a moral issue. Secondly, Mr. Reid believes that rather than replicating another country’s system exactly, that we can learn from the mistakes and best pr...