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25: How To De-Stigmatize Mental Health w/ Matt Marek

Healthcare Simplified - June 26, 2018 09:00 - 30 minutes
There is still a stigma surrounding mental health. Americans are quick to dismiss and slow to empathize with those who have mental health struggles. But the reality is that many more of us will deal with a similar struggle at some point in our life than we realize. Matt Marek is the CEO of G...

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25: How To De-Stigmatize Mental Health w/ Matt Marek

Healthcare Simplified - June 26, 2018 09:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
There is still a stigma surrounding mental health. Americans are quick to dismiss and slow to empathize with those who have mental health struggles. But the reality is that many more of us will deal with a similar struggle at some point in our life than we realize. Matt Marek is the CEO of G...

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24: Disrupting the Healthcare Supply Chain w/ Gary Becker

Healthcare Simplified - May 01, 2018 09:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
Are healthcare costs stealing the American dream? According to today’s interview with ScriptSourcing CEO Gary Becker, they are. Though historically benefits have provided employers a means of attracting and retaining employees, now healthcare costs alone are second only in expense to payroll...

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24: Disrupting the Healthcare Supply Chain w/ Gary Becker

Healthcare Simplified - May 01, 2018 09:00 - 18 minutes
Are healthcare costs stealing the American dream? According to today’s interview with ScriptSourcing CEO Gary Becker, they are. Though historically benefits have provided employers a means of attracting and retaining employees, now healthcare costs alone are second only in expense to payroll...

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23: How Employers Can Encourage Whole Patient Care w/ Paige Cooke

Healthcare Simplified - April 24, 2018 09:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
Employers want the workforce to be as healthy as possible—but health doesn’t always seem like something the American healthcare system is set up to provide. We recently interviewed Paige Cooke, Assistant Director of Customer Engagement at NCQA (National Committee for Quality Assurance) in Wash...

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23: How Employers Can Encourage Whole Patient Care w/ Paige Cooke

Healthcare Simplified - April 24, 2018 09:00 - 28 minutes
Employers want the workforce to be as healthy as possible—but health doesn’t always seem like something the American healthcare system is set up to provide. We recently interviewed Paige Cooke, Assistant Director of Customer Engagement at NCQA (National Committee for Quality Assurance) in Wash...

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22: Stakeholder Insights Into Healthcare’s Evolution and Future w/ Rick Gonzalez

Healthcare Simplified - April 17, 2018 09:00 - 32 minutes
We know more now than we ever have about what makes us healthy. Why then do healthcare costs continue to rise? Today we interview Rick Gonzalez from CommuniCare about the evolution of healthcare and the obstacles and solutions facing stakeholders. When it comes to our health, Rick knows that...

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22: Stakeholder Insights Into Healthcare’s Evolution and Future w/ Rick Gonzalez

Healthcare Simplified - April 17, 2018 09:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
We know more now than we ever have about what makes us healthy. Why then do healthcare costs continue to rise? Today we interview Rick Gonzalez from CommuniCare about the evolution of healthcare and the obstacles and solutions facing stakeholders. When it comes to our health, Rick knows that...

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21: Understanding Healthcare Payment Methodology w/ Peter Gallitano

Healthcare Simplified - April 10, 2018 09:00 - 36 minutes
How does healthcare payment methodology work in light of the four stakeholders of healthcare finance? How can self-funded employers make the art and science of medicine valuable for themselves and their employees? We recently interviewed Peter Gallitano, a healthcare executive with an academic...

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21: Understanding Healthcare Payment Methodology w/ Peter Gallitano

Healthcare Simplified - April 10, 2018 09:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
How does healthcare payment methodology work in light of the four stakeholders of healthcare finance? How can self-funded employers make the art and science of medicine valuable for themselves and their employees? We recently interviewed Peter Gallitano, a healthcare executive with an academic...

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20: Getting to Know Medical Captive Underwriters w/ Donald McCully

Healthcare Simplified - March 13, 2018 09:00 - 24 minutes
Is there a way to save money from insurance? Will taking a risk end up saving money in the long run? Today we interview Don McCully from Medical Captive Underwriters, and he has a goal to have captive underwriting be as transparent as possible. When it comes to captive underwriting, Don know...

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20: Getting to Know Medical Captive Underwriters w/ Donald McCully

Healthcare Simplified - March 13, 2018 09:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
Is there a way to save money from insurance? Will taking a risk end up saving money in the long run? Today we interview Don McCully from Medical Captive Underwriters, and he has a goal to have captive underwriting be as transparent as possible. When it comes to captive underwriting, Don know...

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19: How Cross-Cultural Sensitivity Leads to a Better Healthcare Experience w/ Lisa DeRoche

Healthcare Simplified - March 06, 2018 10:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
We’re all just asking for a little respect. We all have different backgrounds, cultures, income-levels, and experiences. Our co-workers, bosses, and customers all have different ways of seeing the world than we do. Those differences can divide us and make it harder to work together, or they ...

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19: How Cross-Cultural Sensitivity Leads to a Better Healthcare Experience w/ Lisa DeRoche

Healthcare Simplified - March 06, 2018 10:00 - 19 minutes
We’re all just asking for a little respect. We all have different backgrounds, cultures, income-levels, and experiences. Our co-workers, bosses, and customers all have different ways of seeing the world than we do. Those differences can divide us and make it harder to work together, or they ...

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18: Report Cards for Healthcare w/ Beatriz Coningham

Healthcare Simplified - February 20, 2018 10:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
If your healthcare provider got a report card, what would it say? Beatriz Coningham from the National Committee on Quality Assurance has the information at her fingertips, but do the decision makers in your Human Resources department? In this episode we interview Beatriz, who is the NCQA’s A...

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18: Report Cards for Healthcare w/ Beatriz Coningham

Healthcare Simplified - February 20, 2018 10:00 - 24 minutes
If your healthcare provider got a report card, what would it say? Beatriz Coningham from the National Committee on Quality Assurance has the information at her fingertips, but do the decision makers in your Human Resources department? In this episode we interview Beatriz, who is the NCQA’s A...

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17: Solutions to the Primary Care Problem w/ Stephen Schimpff

Healthcare Simplified - February 13, 2018 10:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
Primary care physicians have a time deficit. Rising overhead costs due to the reimbursement system force physicians to take on too many patients. On top of that, unhealthy lifestyles cause massive health concerns that primary care physicians don’t have the time to address. So the problem is ...

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17: Solutions to the Primary Care Problem w/ Stephen Schimpff

Healthcare Simplified - February 13, 2018 10:00 - 20 minutes
Primary care physicians have a time deficit. Rising overhead costs due to the reimbursement system force physicians to take on too many patients. On top of that, unhealthy lifestyles cause massive health concerns that primary care physicians don’t have the time to address. So the problem is ...

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16: The Problem with Primary Care w/ Stephen Schimpff

Healthcare Simplified - February 06, 2018 10:00 - 19 minutes
Once upon a time, primary care physicians handled all but the most perplexing specialized cases. Those were the days in which a doctor wasn’t running from room to room for 12-minute (or less) visits. They had the time to actively listen to patient concerns and the familiarity with the patient ...

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16: The Problem with Primary Care w/ Stephen Schimpff

Healthcare Simplified - February 06, 2018 10:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
Once upon a time, primary care physicians handled all but the most perplexing specialized cases. Those were the days in which a doctor wasn’t running from room to room for 12-minute (or less) visits. They had the time to actively listen to patient concerns and the familiarity with the patient ...

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15: How to Not Lose Employees w/ Todd Tangeman

Healthcare Simplified - December 19, 2017 10:00 - 27 minutes
If you’re an employer struggling with this idea of improving retention and reducing turnover, you're not alone. You need to solve the retention puzzle, ASAP. You need to hear from Todd Tangeman, the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Human Resources Officer for Newton Medical Center. Retent...

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15: How to Not Lose Employees w/ Todd Tangeman

Healthcare Simplified - December 19, 2017 10:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
If you’re an employer struggling with this idea of improving retention and reducing turnover, you're not alone. You need to solve the retention puzzle, ASAP. You need to hear from Todd Tangeman, the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Human Resources Officer for Newton Medical Center. Retent...

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14: Self-Funded Employers: Quit Losing Money to Hospitals w/ John Glascott

Healthcare Simplified - October 17, 2017 09:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
Everybody in the healthcare continuum should care about AMPS. Because reference-based payment is the future, that’s why. Today’s episode of Healthcare Simplified features John Glascott, Chief Revenue Officer of Advanced Medical Pricing Solutions (AMPS), which offers medical bill review. “We ...

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14: Self-Funded Employers: Quit Losing Money to Hospitals w/ John Glascott

Healthcare Simplified - October 17, 2017 09:00 - 32 minutes
Everybody in the healthcare continuum should care about AMPS. Because reference-based payment is the future, that’s why. Today’s episode of Healthcare Simplified features John Glascott, Chief Revenue Officer of Advanced Medical Pricing Solutions (AMPS), which offers medical bill review. “We ...

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13: 3 Ways You Can Prevent Hospital Error w/ Leah Binder

Healthcare Simplified - October 10, 2017 09:00 - 27 minutes
Let’s get the bad news over with first. The number of people who die from hospital mistakes could be as high as 400,000 per year. On today’s episode of Healthcare Simplified, Tyler Willse interviews Leah Binder, President and CEO of the Leapfrog Group. She specializes in helping employers use ...

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13: 3 Ways You Can Prevent Hospital Error w/ Leah Binder

Healthcare Simplified - October 10, 2017 09:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
Let’s get the bad news over with first. The number of people who die from hospital mistakes could be as high as 400,000 per year. On today’s episode of Healthcare Simplified, Tyler Willse interviews Leah Binder, President and CEO of the Leapfrog Group. She specializes in helping employers use ...

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12: The Pros and Cons of Reference-Based Pricing w/ Karl Ahlrichs

Healthcare Simplified - September 26, 2017 09:00 - 26 minutes
Wouldn’t it be great to walk into a doctor’s office and have them tell you exactly how much a procedure is going to cost? Mechanics do it. Contractors do it. Even veterinarians do it. But, for the most part, doctors don’t. Or, it might be more accurate to say, they can’t. Our healthcare syst...

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12: The Pros and Cons of Reference-Based Pricing w/ Karl Ahlrichs

Healthcare Simplified - September 26, 2017 09:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
Wouldn’t it be great to walk into a doctor’s office and have them tell you exactly how much a procedure is going to cost? Mechanics do it. Contractors do it. Even veterinarians do it. But, for the most part, doctors don’t. Or, it might be more accurate to say, they can’t. Our healthcare syst...

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11: How Much is Your Lifestyle Costing You? w/ Jim Campbell

Healthcare Simplified - September 19, 2017 09:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
It shouldn’t surprise anyone that daily decisions and lifestyle choices affect health. The next step, of course, is that these decisions in turn affect healthcare costs. The main issue in combating prevalent problems like obesity and prescription costs has been figuring out how to quantify how...

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11: How Much is Your Lifestyle Costing You? w/ Jim Campbell

Healthcare Simplified - September 19, 2017 09:00 - 21 minutes
It shouldn’t surprise anyone that daily decisions and lifestyle choices affect health. The next step, of course, is that these decisions in turn affect healthcare costs. The main issue in combating prevalent problems like obesity and prescription costs has been figuring out how to quantify how...