Latest Medical equipment Podcast Episodes
More Categories Added in Building a Case for Medicare and Medicaid Investment
Industry Matters - Powered by VGM - August 01, 2022 15:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode of Industry Matters, John Gallagher, VP of Government Relations and Mark Higley, VP of Regulatory Affairs for VGM & Associates talk with Brian Leitten, CEO of Leitten Consulting about a recent study looking at three additional categories for building a case for additional Medicar...
Young Hearts Run Free | Dealing with Congenital Heart Disease
Health Charcha - July 05, 2022 00:30 - 21 minutesIn this episode, host Deepti Ahuja spoke with Dr. R. Krishna Kumar, Head of Department | Professor, Department of Paediatric Cardiology, School of Medicine, Kochi about Congenital Heart Disease and how prevalent it is. Tune in to know more!
Heart Health in the times of Corona | How safe is TAVI
Health Charcha - July 03, 2022 01:30 - 22 minutesIn this episode of Health Charcha, host Deepti Ahuja spoke with Dr Harinder K Bali, MBBS, MD(Medicine) and DM (Cardiology) about the special kinds of safety measures after the minimally invasive procedure that the patients and their families need to keep in mind during the pandemic. Tune in to kn...
I am Ironman | What is TAVI?
Health Charcha - July 01, 2022 07:32 - 22 minutesIn this episode of Health Charcha, host Deepti Ahuja spoke with Dr Kaushal Pandey, Sr. Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, P.D Hinduja Hospital and Research Centre, Mahim about what does a TAVI procedure involve and what happens after one undergoes the TAVI procedure? Tune in to know more!
Listen to your heart, they say | Diagnosis & Treatment of AS
Health Charcha - June 29, 2022 07:44 - 31 minutesIn this episode of Health Charcha, host Deepti Ahuja talks to Dr. Ashwin B. Mehta, HOD & Director Cardiology, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai about the kind of tests that are performed to diagnose Aortic Stenosis and what if our loved ones have had the prognosis of having AS. Tune in ...
All about Aortic Stenosis
Health Charcha - June 29, 2022 07:40 - 19 minutesA healthy heart beats around 100,000 times a day. Your heart’s job is to supply oxygen-rich blood to the rest of the body. It does that by pumping blood through four heart chambers with the help of four heart valves that open and close with every heartbeat. The aortic valve controls blood as it f...
Brain Tumor Recovery | Will I ever be myself again?
Health Charcha - June 28, 2022 08:02 - 18 minutesIn this episode of Health Charcha, host Deepti Ahuja talks to Dr. CE Deopujari, Neurosurgeon in Bombay Hospital Marine Lines, Mumbai about how can a patient improve his quality of life with the available modern techniques and what are some of the therapeutic ways that can help the patient after s...
Precautions to take before Surgery
Health Charcha - June 27, 2022 15:42 - 11 minutesIn this episode, host Deepti Ahuja talks to Dr. Dwarakanath Srinivas, Professor and Head, Neurosurgery, NIMHANS about how has Covid impacted brain tumour treatment and how can one mentally prepare himself for this surgery? Tune in to know more!
Brain Tumor Surgery: Robots have arrived !
Health Charcha - June 21, 2022 07:18 - 24 minutesHow has neuronavigation and cranial robotics evolved the management of brain tumours and how does that apply to you? We will find out in this episode with Dr. Manas Panigrahi, HOD Neurosurgery at KIMS Hospital, Hyderabad. Tune in to know more!
I have Brain Tumor. What should I do next?
Health Charcha - June 15, 2022 13:19 - 12 minutesIn this episode, host Deepti Ahuja talks to Dr. Sudhir Dubey, Director and Head of Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery at Medanta, The Medicity Hospital, Gurgaon about things, situations or environments that increase the risk factor of getting a brain tumour. She also discusses whether all brain tumo...
What is Brain Tumour
Health Charcha - June 08, 2022 18:30 - 26 minutesIn this episode, we speak to Dr.Amitabh Chanda - Neurosurgeon at Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Kolkata. He talks about brain tumor, a mass or growth of abnormal cells in your brain. There are different types of brain tumors. Some brain tumors are noncancerous (b...
What is a Hernia | Symptoms and Treatments
Health Charcha - June 06, 2022 18:30 - 15 minutesIn this episode, host Deepti Ahuja talks to Dr. Ashwind Bawa, Associate Professor of Surgery, Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana about Hernia; a disease that occurs when an internal organ protrudes through the wall of a muscle or a tissue that normally contains it. If ignored, it could be fatal....
Women Leaders in O&P: Episode 3 - A Talk With Kelly Gies
Industry Matters - Powered by VGM - May 31, 2022 15:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode of Industry Matters we continue our series for our OPGA community. In this edition of “Women Leaders in O&P,” Ashlie White, OPGA’s O&P 2021 Woman of the Year and Director of Health policy and Strategic Alliances for AOPA, talks with Kelly Gies, COO and Partner of Cornerstone Pros...
Growing Opportunities in Long-Term and Post-Acute Care
Industry Matters - Powered by VGM - May 31, 2022 15:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode of Industry Matters Barry Thwaits, VP of Business Development for VGM & Associates talks with Adam Clark, Business Development Consultant for Post-Acute Care at Philips about long-term and post-acute care opportunities for providers. They analyze the business opportunity, reimbur...
Growing Opportunities in Long-Term and Post-Acute Care
Industry Matters - Powered by VGM - May 31, 2022 15:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode of Industry Matters Barry Thwaits, VP of Business Development for VGM & Associates talks with Adam Clark, Business Development Consultant for Post-Acute Care at Philips about long-term and post-acute care opportunities for providers. They analyze the business opportunity, reimbur...
The Importance of the Limb Loss and Preservation Registry
Industry Matters - Powered by VGM - May 10, 2022 16:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode of Industry Matters, OPGA president, Todd Eagen, talks with Dr. Kenton Kauffman of the Mayo Clinic about the Limb Loss and Preservation Registry. They discuss the importance of the outcomes program in providing evidence based care in the O&P profession.
What are some myths about Parkinson’s Disease?
Health Charcha - April 29, 2022 18:30 - 17 minutesPeople are diagnosed with Parkinson’s at an average age of 60, anything younger than 50 is considered young-onset Parkinson’s, or YOPD. Rarely, Parkinson’s disease may be diagnosed in people younger than 40 — current estimates are that about 2 percent of the 1 million people with Parkinson’s were...
Life after DBS. What next? | Post Surgery Care and Caregiver Support
Health Charcha - April 23, 2022 02:30 - 18 minutesIn this episode, host Deepti Ahuja talks to Dr Aditya Gupta, Director of Neurosurgery at Artemis Hospital, Gurgaon about the DBS surgery experience and how it feels after that. The host also asks about some of the things one needs to watch out for during the 1st couple of weeks.
What are the advanced treatment options for Parkinson’s? | DBS
Health Charcha - April 21, 2022 04:20 - 15 minutesIn this episode, host Deepti Ahuja talks to Dr. Ravi Gopal Varma, Lead – Consultant Neurosurgeon, Aster hospital, Bangalore about some of the advance treatment options available for a person affected by Parkinson’s and she is also intrigued to ask what does DBS do for a person who is Parkinson’s ...
Everything You Need to Know About Heartland Conference 2022
Industry Matters - Powered by VGM - April 20, 2022 16:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn today’s episode of Industry Matters we are talking about the upcoming Heartland Conference which is quickly approaching! June 13-15 VGM will hold its annual premier educational conference. And that is right here in our hometown of Waterloo, Iowa. Joining me to talk about Heartland Conference ...
How can I manage Parkinson’s Disease?
Health Charcha - April 15, 2022 04:30 - 17 minutesIn this episode, host Deepti asks Dr. Vijayashankar Paramanandam.MD, DM (Neurology) if Parkinson’s can be cured or reversed. The host is also intrigued to know if Parkinson’s too has stages like cancer? Tune in to know more!
What is Parkinson’s Disease?
Health Charcha - April 11, 2022 12:02 - 17 minutesParkinson’s Awareness Month is observed in April. Parkinson’s Awareness Month is an opportunity to increase awareness about the ailment and its symptoms, as well as to support victims. More than 10 million people worldwide are living with Parkinson’s as per Frontiers in Neurology. So in this epis...
A Closer Look at Succession Planning with Mark Higley
Industry Matters - Powered by VGM - March 30, 2022 16:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode of Industry Matters Mandi Joyner, Director of Marketing Strategy and Communications for VGM & Associates, talks with Mark Higley, VP of Regulatory Affairs for VGM Government about succession planning. Mark recently wrote a guide, “Succession Planning: Identifying What is Next for...
Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month | A revision
Health Charcha - March 30, 2022 13:19 - 17 minutesWe lost one of our favourite Bollywood actors, Irrfan Khan to Colorectal Cancer disease. And do we really need a reason to better inform ourselves about the kind of cancer that is increasingly beginning to affect young adults and is the 3rd most common amongst men worldwide? So, to give us a d...
Women Leaders in O&P: Episode 2 - A talk with Lesleigh Sisson
Industry Matters - Powered by VGM - February 28, 2022 16:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsOn today’s episode of Industry Matters we continue our series for our OPGA community. In this edition of “Women Leaders in O&P,” Ashlie White, OPGA’s O&P 2021 Woman of the Year and Director of Health policy and Strategic Alliances for AOPA, talks with Lesleigh Sisson, owner of O&P Insight. They ...
A Review of 'Lists' and What you Need to Know About Codes for Reimbursement
Industry Matters - Powered by VGM - February 14, 2022 16:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode of Industry Matters, Senior Director of Payer Relations for VGM Government, Ronda Buhrmester, and Dan Fedor, Director of Reimbursement and Education for U.S. Rehab, talk about lists - the master list, prior authorization, face to face, and written order prior to delivery. They co...
New Series: Women Leaders in O&P
Industry Matters - Powered by VGM - February 04, 2022 21:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWe are very excited to be launching a new podcast series on Industry Matters for our OPGA community, “Women Leaders in O&P.” In this series, Ashlie White, OPGA’s O&P 2021 Woman of the Year and Director of Health policy and Strategic Alliances for AOPA, interviews other women leaders in the ortho...
Combating Cost of Doing Business Increases, Stale Reimbursement, and Workforce Shortages
Industry Matters - Powered by VGM - January 31, 2022 20:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode of Industry Matters, VP of Payer Relations for VGM Government Relations, Craig Douglas, talks with Market Sales Director for VGM Vendor Partner, Medline, Sal Grillo, about the impact from supply chain challenges, rising costs and stagnant reimbursement rates, shipping delays, wo...
Oxygen Talk with Ronda Buhrmester - All things NCD Memos and PHE Waivers
Industry Matters - Powered by VGM - January 19, 2022 23:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode, Mandi Joyner, Director of Marketing and Communications at VGM & Associates talks with Ronda Buhrmester, Senior Director of Payer Relations and Reimbursement at VGM Government Relations about the changes coming to the oxygen equipment medical policy and how the renewed PHE contin...
A Deep Dive into the “Competitive Bidding - A Decade Focused on the Wrong Prize the Case for Medicare Investment in DME in 2021” Study
Industry Matters - Powered by VGM - January 03, 2022 17:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn today’s episode of Industry Matters we talk with Brian Leitten, CEO of Leitten Consulting, John Gallagher, VP VGM Government Relations, and Mark Higley, VP VGM Regulatory Affairs about an updated study, “Competitive Bidding - A Decade Focused on the Wrong Prize the Case for Medicare Investmen...
Related Medical equipment Topics