PopHealth Week
309 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWe track, report, inform and engage thought leaders, entrepreneurs and disruptive companies or health systems in the emerging field of Population Health Management. This Week in Population Health will foster an ongoing conversation on the convergence vendor supplied and provider hatched population health strategies and harmonizes these efforts towards an industry Zeigeist that optimizes the role of vendors, providers and the community at large to deliver on the promise of the triple aim and a sustainable health[care] ecosystem.
Join thought leaders Fred Goldstein (@fsgoldstein) and Gregg Masters, MPH (@GreggMastersMPH) for an informative and even entertaining exchange.
Each week we'll feature an authoritative voice in the health care transformation conversation.
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Jaan Sidorov, MD, MHSA
October 16, 2013 19:00 - 29 minutes - 6.54 MBPROGRAM NOTE: we have a slight audio delay upfront but the program recorded in it's entirety. Nonetheless, we're rescheduling another chat with Dr. Sidorov shortly. On the Thursday, October 16th 2013 broadcast my special guest is Harrisburg, PA based Jaan Sidorov, MD, MHSA of Sidorov Health Solutions. Jaan is a physician active in social media and the publisher of the popular 'Disease Care Management Blog". More about Dr. Sidorov, he: '...has the web persona of a blogvocateur with a wide r...
Leslie Kernisan, MD & Michael Millenson
October 09, 2013 19:00 - 32 minutes - 7.17 MBOn the October 9th, 2013 broadcast at 12 noon Pacific/3PM Eastern my special guests are Leslie Kernisan, MD and Michael Millenson, both thought leaders in health innovation through from slighly different points of view. Leslie is 'a practicing geriatrician in San Francisco with a particular interest in helping family caregivers'. She author's the blog GeriTech; whereas Michael is a quality health author, blogger, and activitist who writes from the perspective of health policy vs. the granula...
ACO Market Update with William De Marco
August 07, 2013 19:00 - 31 minutes - 6.89 MBOn the Wednesday, August 7th 2013 broadcast my special guest is WillIam De Marco who is making an encore appearance on "This Week in Accountable Care'. A seasoned veteran in the managed care space having pioneered the early development of HMOs post HMO Act, Bill is the President at Pendulum HealthCare Development Corporation, and President and CEO at DeMarco and Associates Inc. A Certified Management Consultant ( CMC) in HealthCare he specializes in new health care ventures and growth stra...
Leonard Kish On Accountable Care and the 'New OS'
July 24, 2013 19:00 - 45 minutes - 10.2 MBOn the Wednesday July 24th 2013 broadcast at 12 noon Pacific/3PM Eastern my special guest is thought leader and advocate for patient centric healthcare Leonard Kish, aka @LeonardKish progenitor of the 'Patient Engagement is the Blockbuster Drug of Century' characterization by Dave Chase. In a recent blog post Leonard equated the push into ACOs as the equivalent of the new, new thing i.e., the 'new OS' in moving the needle forward in our quest for the 'triple aim'. Tying comments from Jam ...
The Pioneer Results Are In
July 17, 2013 19:00 - 31 minutes - 6.94 MBOn the Wednesday, July 17th, 2013 broadcast at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern our special guests are Jim Hansen, VP of Lumeris 's Accountable Delivery System Institute and Dr Jerry Penso Chief Medical and Quality Officer the American Medical Group Associaton (AMGA). We'll discuss the recent announcement by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid of the results from the first year of participation in the Pioneer ACO program. Depending on who you speak with, there is a different take on how to int...
Martie Ross, J.D., Principal PYA Healthcare
May 08, 2013 19:00 - 38 minutes - 8.5 MBOn the Wednesday May 8th, 2013 broadcast at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern time our special guest is Martie Ross of PYA. We'll chat about PYA's recent release of their 'Medicare ACO Roadmap', and get an update via her lens on the ACO market. More on Marty Ross click here, and PYA click here. Join us.
This Week in Accountable Care with Tom Doerr, MD
May 01, 2013 19:00 - 40 minutes - 9.06 MBOn the Wednesday, May 1st 2013 broadcast at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern, my special guest is Tom Doerr, MD. Dr. Doerr is a primary care physician practicing geriatric medicine in St. Louis and director of innovation research for Lumeris aka @Lumeris. He is also the vice president of clinical strategy for an IPA and a faculty member of the Accountable Delivery System Institute (ADSI), aka @adsinst. According to their website, Lumeris is: '...is an accountable care delivery innovation comp...
This Week In Accountable Care with J.D Kleinke
April 24, 2013 19:00 - 44 minutes - 9.9 MBOn the Wednesday, April 24th, 2013 broadcast my special guest is pioneering health care information entrepreneur, medical economist, author, business strategist, a former resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and recent author of the novel “Catching Babies". J.D has been instrumental in the creation of four health care information organizations; helped hospital systems, insurers and physician groups prepare for medical computerization and health reform; provided business, pro...
Nicole Bradberry, CEO of Florida Association of ACOs
April 17, 2013 19:00 - 33 minutes - 7.5 MBOn the Wednesday, April 17th, 2013 broadcast at 12PM Pacific/3PM Eastern my special guest is Nicole Bradberry, CEO at Florida Association of ACOs (FLAACOS) and President and COO at Orange Health Solutions. About the Florida Association of ACOs: The Florida Association of ACOs is a community of Accountable Care Organizations within Florida that come together regularly to share ideas and best practices. Our goal with this community is to help member ACO’s build and manage successful organizati...
This Week in Accountable Care with Jane Sarasohn-Kahn
November 28, 2012 20:00 - 34 minutes - 7.56 MBWednesday, November 28th at noon PT/3PM ET, my special guest is the talented Jane Sarasohn-Kahn aka @HealthyThinker. We'll discuss the ACO market from her global and in some respects granular take of a rather frenetic development pace. Jane is a health economist and management consultant that serves clients at the intersection of health and technology. In addition to her twitter presence, she also publishes the popuilar blog HealthPopuli. A frequent speaker and moderator on the healthcare in...
This Week in Accountable Care with Charles Kennedy, MD
November 14, 2012 23:30 - 34 minutes - 7.57 MBOn the Wednesday, November 14th, 2012 broadcast at 3:30PM Pacific and 6:3oPM Eastern, our special guest is Charles Kennedy, MD, CEO Accountable Care Solutions at Aetna. Dr. Kennedy charge at Aetna is to focus on collaborating with high quality health systems to implement new accountable care models that are designed to drive higher quality, greater coordination, and an overall better patient health care experience. We caught up with Dr. Kennedy at the recently concluded 3rd National ACO Con...
This Week in Accountable Care with Leigh Hutchins
October 19, 2012 17:30 - 33 minutes - 7.5 MBOn the Friday, October 19th, 2012 broadcast my special guest is: Leigh Hutchins, MBA, President and Chief Operating Officer, of North American Medical Management, California, Inc. (NAMM) develops and manages provider networks. The title of the broadcast is ‘IPAs, ACOs and the Future of US Healthcare: The View from a Seasoned California MSO’. Ms. Hutchins has over 20 years of progressively responsible health care management experience. She joined NAMM in 1993 and has held various position...
This Week in Accountable Care with J.D. Kleinke
October 17, 2012 19:00 - 33 minutes - 7.49 MBOn the Wednesday, October 17th, 2012 broadcast my special guest is pioneering health care information entrepreneur, medical economist, author, business strategist and resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and recent author of the novel “Catching Babies”, JD Kleinke. Our paths crossed this June in Washington, DC at the Health Data Initiative III aka the 'health datapalooza' and then again last week at the Health 2.0 2012 Fall Classic in San Francisco. Nested inside a week's ...
This Week in Accountable Care with Charles Saunders, MD
September 18, 2012 19:00 - 33 minutes - 7.54 MBOn the Tuesday, September 2012 broadcast at 12 noon Pacific and 3PM Eastern, our special guest is Charles Saunders, MD, President, Strategic Diversification Aetna, where he is responsible for developing and operating non-insurance healthcare businesses that build on Aetna’s core strengths and address fundamental needs in healthcare. He has a broad background in healthcare business, operations and clinical care, crossing both payer and provider spaces in the U.S. and abroad. Before joining...
This Week in Accountable Care with William J. DeMarco
September 05, 2012 19:00 - 32 minutes - 7.3 MBOn the Wednesday, September 5th 2012 broadcast at 12PM Pacific/3PM Eastern my special guest commentator is author, consultant and long term HMO and managed care industry advisor William J. DeMarco. For more about Bill and Pendulum Health, click here. Our topic is titled: ACOs, Are We There Yet? We'll hear from Bill given several rounds of ACO CMS submissions with which he or his firm had either direct or indirect involvement. Clearly those chosing to sit on the sidelines notwithstanding, ...
This Week in Accountable Care | Headline in the News
August 29, 2012 19:30 - 32 minutes - 7.11 MBWe're poised to resume our programming after a 'semi summer' break (actually no such thing for the self employed) and have many worthwhile interviews in store for you. On the Wednesday, August 29th broadcast at 12:30PM Pacific/3:30PM Eastern, we'll review headlines in the news and preview an upcoming 'deep dive' into the Pioneer Class of ACOs operating in California. These include many familiar faces, though branded ACO from the Group Health Association of America (GHAA) days (GHAA was prede...
The Affordable Care Act Post SCOTUS Ruling
June 29, 2012 19:00 - 28 minutes - 6.27 MBOn a special edition of 'This Week in Accountable Care' we're hosting a post SCOTUS reflections session to consider the implications of their ruling. On Thursday, June 28th, 2012 the Supreme Court of the United States handled down their 5/4 ruling on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. On the Friday, June 29th 2012 at 12PM Pacific/3PM Eastern, our show will review the decision and the implications for health reform in general and accountable care in part...
This Week in Accountable Care with Leonard Kish
June 20, 2012 19:00 - 33 minutes - 7.55 MBOn the Wednesday, June 20th, 2012 broadcast at 12 Noon Pacific and 3PM Eastern, my special guest is Leonard Kish, a Denver based consultant at the intersection of healthcare, Biotech, IT, marketing and product development who is the Marketing and Communications Group Chair, and Co-producer for the eCollaboration Forum, a Collaborative Health Consortium, a healthcare contributor at OpenSource.com, and advisor to the Innovation Center of the Rockies. We'll discuss a recent piece he wrote ti...
This Week in Accountable Care
March 21, 2012 19:00 - 32 minutes - 7.31 MBOn the Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 broadcast at 11AM Pacific and 2PM Eastern, we'll examine headlines in the news and drill into some of the more interesting developments. While we do in fact live in 'very' interesting times by anyone standards, clearly the 'elephant in the room' narrative of the Supreme Court's consideration of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, coupled with the frontal and oblique challenges to the efficacy of the 'accountable care organization' model and ...
This Week in Accountable Care with L Gordon Moore, MD
March 07, 2012 19:00 - 43 minutes - 9.74 MBOn the Wednesday, March 7th 2012 broadcast at 11:30AM Pacific/2:30PM Eastern, my special guest is L Gordon Moore, MD. We'll discuss the current state of accountable care especially as it relates to the role and involvement of primary care physicians. Dr. Moore is a national leader in improving health care in primary care and medical office practices. He is the president of Ideal Medical Practices (for details click here) a non-profit supporting adoption of ideal practices in health care se...
This Week in Accountable Care with Gary Thompson
February 10, 2012 19:00 - 43 minutes - 9.75 MBOn the Friday, February 10th 2012 broadcast, at 11AM Pacific and 2PM Eastern time, my special guest is Gary Thompson, CEO of CLOUDinc.org, a 'Consortium for the Local Ownership and Use of Data', aka on Twitter as @CLOUDhealth. Gary's very powerful and personal story about his wife's illness as the source of his gravitational pull into healthcare can be viewed via his preso to TEDx Austin here. As an advocate and thought leader in the open though secured access to health information, inclu...
This Week in Accountable Care | HIMSS 2012 Countdown
January 25, 2012 19:00 - 34 minutes - 7.58 MBOn the Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 program at 11AM Pacific/2PM Eastern time, my special guest is Steve Adams, EVP, Collaborative Care, Alere. We'll discuss the role of platforms in the ecosystem of accountable care. For our last interview with Steve, click here. For the clip at HIMSS 2011, HITx0 series, click here. Join us for a timely update and preview on the Collaborative Health Consortium which is partnering with HIMSS, the premier association focused on providing leadership for th...
This Week in Accountable Care with William DeMarco
January 04, 2012 19:00 - 46 minutes - 10.3 MBOn the Wednesday, January 4th 2011 program at 11AM Pacific and 1PM Central Time, my special guest commentator is noted author, speaker and consultant William DeMarco, see: http://www.pendulumhealth.com/. DeMarco is the President & CEO of DeMarco & Associates, Inc., a national, independent healthcare consulting firm specializing in healthcare delivery system redesign and transformation. Recognized as a leader in the research , design and implementation of community based healthplans since h...
This Week in Accountable Care with Brian Ahier
December 28, 2011 19:00 - 43 minutes - 9.68 MBOn the Wednesday, December 28th, 2011 broadcast at 11AM Pacific/2PM Eastern my special guest is blogger, health Informatics and government 2.0 guru and fellow healthtweep Brian Ahier. For more information on Brian, click here. This episode will close out 2011 for ACO Watch: A Mid Week Review. We'll consider the state of the accountable care industry both from an health informatics and analytics perpective as well a review of the Wyden/Ryan approach to preserving Medicare. For an overview, c...
This Week in Accountable Care with Jeffrey L Cohen
December 21, 2011 19:00 - 34 minutes - 7.65 MBOn the Wednesday, December 21st 2011 broadcast at 11AM Pacfiic/2PM Eastern, my special guest is Jeffrey L. Cohen, Esq., who returns for an encore appearance. We'll consider the following question: 'Are ACO's 'SMART' (Sensible, Meaningful, Appropriate, Responses to Trouble) or 'STUPID' (Simplicity, Troubling, Unlimited flexibility, Patient accountability, Inexpensive, Direct and demonstrative)? The latter was authored pre-release of the final rule on ACOs, so we'll see if counselor Jeff has ...
This Week in Accountable Care with Eugene Lindsey, MD
December 07, 2011 19:00 - 43 minutes - 9.78 MBOn the Wednesday, December 7th 2011 broadcast at 11AM Pacific/2PM Eastern my special guest commentator is H. Eugene Lindsey, MD of Atrius Health, an alliance of six leading medical groups who joined together as a non-profit alliance, dedicated to transform the delivery of health care in eastern and central Massachusetts. For more information, see: http://www.atriushealth.org/ Dr. Lindsey has been President and CEO of Atrius Health and also of its largest affiliate, Harvard Vanguard Medic...
This Week in Accountable Care: The Leavitt Partners Report
November 30, 2011 19:00 - 43 minutes - 9.71 MBOn the Wednesday, November 30th, 2011 broadcast at 11AM PT/2PM ET my special guests include two principal co-authors of the recently released Leavitt Partners study titled: Growth and Dispersion of Accountable Care Organizations'. For an abstract and link to download the full report, click here. More about the guests: Andrew Croshaw is Managing Director, Health Care Practice, at Leavitt Partners. Founded by former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary and EPA Administrator Michael O. Le...
This Week in Accountable Care: ACO/MSSP FInal Rule
October 20, 2011 18:00 - 42 minutes - 9.46 MBThis is a rebroadcast of the live feed from Thursday, October 20th 2011 conference call to discuss the release of the final rule on ACOs, the Medicare Shared Savings Program and related activities. For complete press release, click here. Also for two superb background pieces, read Dr. Berwick contextual intro, here, and Kaiser Health News summary, here. The call, absent our commentary and intermittent technical challenges, will be rebroadcast via a phone number to be added shortly as wel...
This Week in Accountable Care with Justin T. Barnes
August 17, 2011 18:00 - 49 minutes - 11 MBOn the Wednesday, August 17th 2011 broadcast at 11AM Pacific/2PM Eastern my special guest commentator is Justin T. Barnes, Vice President of Greenway Medical Technologies. As a healthcare software executive and public policy expert Barnes manages Greenway’s Marketing, Industry Affairs and Government Affairs departments. In addition, Mr. Barnes is Chairman Emeritus of the HIMSS Electronic Health Record (EHR) Association where he supports the EHR Association’s industry strategy and leadership...
This Week in Accountable Care with Benjamin Miller, PsyD
July 27, 2011 18:00 - 49 minutes - 11.1 MBOn the July 27th, 2011 broadcast at 11AM Pacific/2PM Eastern I am delighted to have the opportunity to chat with fellow 'healthtweep', Benjamin F. Miller, PsyD, aka @miller7 on Twittter, who is an Assistant Professor, in the Department of Family Medicine, and Associate Director of Primary Care Outreach and Research at the University of Colorado Depression Center in CU School of Medicine. Dr. Miller is also the Administrative Director of the Collaborative Care Research Network (CCRN) and a...
This Week in Accountable Care with Vince Kuraitis
July 20, 2011 18:00 - 1 hour - 13.7 MBOn the Wednesday July 20th 2011 broadcast at 11AM Pacific and 2PM Easten my guest commentator is industry veteran Vince Kuraitis, JD, MBA. We'll discuss 'Payer Enabled Accountable Care' aka 'PEAC'. A recent article titled: 'The Quiet Takeover: Insurers Buying Physicians and Hospitals' will provide the opening context for our chat. Vince is Principal and founder of Better Health Technologies, LLC (BHT), and publisher of the popular eCare Management Blog. BHT consults to companies in developi...
This Week in Accountable Care with Vince Kuraitis
July 20, 2011 18:00 - 1 hour - 13.7 MBOn the Wednesday July 20th 2011 broadcast at 11AM Pacific and 2PM Easten my guest commentator is industry veteran Vince Kuraitis, JD, MBA. We'll discuss 'Payer Enabled Accountable Care' aka 'PEAC'. A recent article titled: 'The Quiet Takeover: Insurers Buying Physicians and Hospitals' will provide the opening context for our chat. Vince is Principal and founder of Better Health Technologies, LLC (BHT), and publisher of the popular eCare Management Blog. BHT consults to companies in developi...
ACO Watch: A Mid Week Review with Gunter Wessels
July 06, 2011 18:00 - 47 minutes - 10.6 MBOn the Wednesday July 6th 2011 broadcast my guest commentator is consultant, lecturer Gunter Wessels partner, Total Innovations Group, Inc. (TIGI), Tucson, Arizona. We'll discuss Gunter's paper 'Clearer thinking on ACOs and Healthcare delivery polarization.' Gunter joined TIGI in 2006 after launching his own consultancy while completing a Ph.D. in Marketing. Gunter has consulted with numerous companies in the private sector, principally focused on the healthcare vertical market, but also i...
ACO Watch: A Mid Week Review on ACOs, IPAs and HIT
June 29, 2011 18:00 - 47 minutes - 10.7 MBOn the Wednesday June 30th broadcast I'll chat with two industry veterans from the the Health IT and alternative practice market, i.e., IPA world, Nate Di Niro aka #openaffairs & @unclenate and Tony McCormick aka @tonyMI2, respectively. With the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act there are multiple provisons which advance the innovation agenda. One little know provision opens the door to the 'direct practice', membership, or retainer medicine world as 'medical homes' ...
ACO Watch: A Mid Week Review and Update
June 23, 2011 21:00 - 9 minutes - 2 MBOn the Thursday, June 23rd program, I offer an brief update of activities.
CMS ACO Conference Call 5/17/11
May 17, 2011 17:30 - 29 minutes - 6.61 MBA CMS Conference Call on ACO's was held May 17th, 2011 to discuss the press release issues this morning. To review complete details, click here. [PROGRAM NOTE: CMS conference call is marginal audio & our recording ends prematurely; we'll record and upload complete call shortly!]. Drs. Berwick & Gilfilan detailed three updates to the NPRM, including the issuance of a 'request for information' (RFA) on the 'Pioneer Model', designed to fast-track mature IDN's entry into ACO certification, a r...
Is Hospital-Physician Alignment Sustainable?
May 11, 2011 18:00 - 1 hour - 17.4 MBOn the Wednesday May 11th 2011 broadcast, at 11AM Pacific/2PM Eastern, consultant, blogger, noted speaker, and soon to be published author, Vince Kuraitis is my special commentator on the always 'tender' subject of physician/hospital alignment. Given the current scramble to position traditionally independent, siloed or discontinuous provider relationships into a coordinated tapestry of 'accountable care', if not a 'per se' ACO, the question arises: Is the marriage of two often troubled allie...
ACO Watch: A Mid Week Review with Michael L. Millenson
April 28, 2011 17:00 - 1 hour - 15.9 MBOn the Thursday, April 28th 2011 program at 11AM Pacific and 2PM Eastern, my guest commentator is thought leader, author, blogger, lecturer and consultant on health care quality, and related transformational initiatives Michael L. Millenson. We'll discuss his piece: 'ACO Fairy Tale Faces a Rumpelstiltskin Moment' and more. Millenson is president of Health Quality Advisors LLC, and a nationally recognized expert on improving the quality of Americanhealth care. He is the author of the critic...
ACO Watch: A Mid-Week Review with Alan Gilbert
April 13, 2011 18:00 - 46 minutes - 10.3 MBOn the Wednesday, April 13th broadcast, at 11AM Pacific and 2PM Eastern, my special guest commentator is Alan Gilbert, Vice President, Business Development, AxSys Health Corp, a unit of AxSys Group founded in 1997. AxSys Health's goal is to utilize information and communications technology to improve the delivery of healthcare. For details see: http://bit.ly/eQEDg6 Gilbert recently published the thoughtful piece titled: 'Today’s McGyver Approach to Coordinated Care Technology Falls Short'...
A Mid-Week Review with Sheryl Skolnick, Ph.D.
April 07, 2011 18:00 - 46 minutes - 10.3 MBOn the Thursday, April 7th broadcast, at 11AM Pacific and 2PM Eastern, my special guest commentator is health care industry analyst, Sheryl Skolnick, Ph.D., Senior Vice President of CRT Capital Group, LLC, a Stamford, Connecticut based institutional brokerage. Dr. Skolnick recently published as report titled: 'First Glance at Proposed Medicare ACO Rule: We Must Be Missing Something'. For a repost of her work, see: http://bit.ly/eAN3io In Sherly's words: 'Our concern is this: we must be mi...
ACO Watch: A Mid Week Review | A Roundtable 'Deep Dive' of ACO Rule
April 01, 2011 20:00 - 1 hour - 21.9 MBOn Friday, April Fools Day, at 4PM ET/1PM PT, join us for a special edition broadcast of ACO Watch: A Mid-Week Review. We'll do a preliminary first pass, 'deep dive' into the hot off the press notice of proposed rules released, Thursday, March 31st, 2011 by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. For the complete published rule, see: http://bit.ly/i0YxhZ Roundtable guests to include 'fellow healthtweeps' Mark Browne, MD, @consultdoc, Vince Kuraitis, @VinceKuraitis, and David Harl...
Replay: HHS Conference Call on Accountable Care Organizations
March 31, 2011 18:00 - 39 minutes - 8.79 MBThis is a rebroadcast of the context piece offered to the press prior to the release of the proposed rule on Accountable Care Organizations, published in the Federal Register, Thursday, March 31st, 2011. The call begins with Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, followed by Dr. Don Berwick, Administrator, of CMS, with participation from FTC, DOY, and Treasury. A very informative overview of what's inside the regs!
ACO Watch: A Mid Week Review with Jeffrey L Cohen
March 30, 2011 18:00 - 46 minutes - 10.3 MBOn the Wednesday, March 30th 2011 program at 11AM Pacific and 2PM Eastern, my special guest commentator is Jeffrey L. Cohen, Esq. Jeff is back for an encore appearance on ACO Watch. With over 20 years of healthcare law experience. Jeff is board certified by The Florida Bar as a specialist in healthcare law and is a self decribed 'frustrated comedian'. As Founder of The Florida Healthcare Law Firm, he can be reached via jcohen(at)floridahealthcarelawfirm(dot)com. In this broadcast, we'll di...
ACO Watch: A Mid-Week Review with Wayne Pan, MD
March 23, 2011 18:00 - 45 minutes - 10.3 MBOn the Wednesday, March 23rd 2011 program at 11AM Pacific and 2PM Eastern, my special guest commentator is Wayne Pan, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Pacific Partners Management Services, Inc. (PPMSI); see: http://ppmsi.com/ for more information. Dr. Pan's background spans clinical medicine as an orthopaedic hand surgeon, basic science research in the field of molecular biology, and executive leadership in managed care and health information technology. As CMO, he is responsible for providing p...
ACO Watch: A Mid-Week Review with Steve Adams
March 09, 2011 20:00 - 46 minutes - 10.5 MBOn the Wednesday, March 9th 2011 program at 12 Noon Pacific and 3PM Eastern, my special guest commentator is Steve Adams, Executive Vice President, Collaborative Care, and Health Improvement, Alere. Steve is a leader in the development and management of products and information systems in the converging Internet, healthcare, and personal computer industries. He founded ReachMyDoctor and RMD Networks, acquired by Alere in early 2010. RMD provides Collaborative Care Solutions® – a clinical gro...
ACO Watch: A Mid Week Review with William DeMarco
March 02, 2011 19:00 - 45 minutes - 10.3 MBOn the Wednesday, March 2rd 2011 program at 11AM Pacific and 1PM Central Time, my special guest commentator is noted author, speaker and consultant William DeMarco, see: http://www.pendulumhealth.com/. DeMarco is the President & CEO of DeMarco & Associates, Inc., a national, independent healthcare consulting firm specializing in healthcare delivery system redesign and transformation. Mr DeMarco is recognized as a leader in the research , design and implementation of community based healthpla...
ACO Watch: A Mid Week Review with Jeffrey L. Cohen, Esq
February 16, 2011 19:00 - 46 minutes - 10.3 MBOn the Wednesday, February 16th 2011 program at 11AM Pacific and 2PM Eastern, my special guest commentator is Jeffrey L. Cohen, Esq. Jeffrey has over 20 years of healthcare law experience. He is board certified by The Florida Bar as a specialist in healthcare law and is a self decribed 'frustrated comedian'. As Founder of The Florida Healthcare Law Firm, he can be reached via jcohen(at)floridahealthcarelawfirm(dot)com. In this broadcast, we'll discuss the ACO industry in general and more par...
ACO Watch: A Mid-Week Review
February 09, 2011 19:00 - 1 hour - 24.2 MBOn the Wednesday, February 9th 2011 program at 11AM Pacific and 2PM Eastern, we are re-broadcasting portions of the February 1, 2011 Brookings Institution Event 'Achieving Better Care at Lower Costs through Accountable Care Organizations‘. The link reference for the entire program is: http://www.brookings.edu/events/2011/0201_accountable_care.aspx / The faculty include: Mark McClellan, Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, The Brookings Institution, Donald Berwick, Administrator,...
ACO Watch: A Mid-Week Review
February 09, 2011 19:00 - 1 hour - 24.2 MBOn the Wednesday, February 9th 2011 program at 11AM Pacific and 2PM Eastern, we are re-broadcasting portions of the February 1, 2011 Brookings Institution Event 'Achieving Better Care at Lower Costs through Accountable Care Organizations‘. The link reference for the entire program is: http://www.brookings.edu/events/2011/0201_accountable_care.aspx / The faculty include: Mark McClellan, Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, The Brookings Institution, Donald Berwick, Administrator,...
ACO Watch: A Mid-Week Review
February 02, 2011 19:00 - 46 minutes - 10.3 MBOn the Wednesday, February 2nd 2011 broadcast at 11AM Pacific and 2PM Eastern, my special guest commentator is Jaan Sidorov, MD, a self-described 'blogvocateur', publisher of the Disease Management Care Blog, and former medical director of the Geisinger Health Plan. We'll review several of Dr. Sidorov’s recent blog posts on the ACO market, and focus specifically on attracting 'independent physician' participation into ACOs. Other than mature IDN's such as Mayo, Kaiser and Geisinger, et al, wh...