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Geriatric Care / Health Value Strategy / Podcast

Ep 156 – Waking Up an Ecosystem: The Thesis for a Long-Term Care ACO, with Jason Feuerman

As the healthcare industry moves towards achieving CMS’s goal of having every Medicare beneficiary in an ACO or ACO-like model by 2030, we must focus on patients in institutional settings. …

Podcast / Primary Care Transformation

Ep 155 – Primary Care Empowerment: The Cure for Our Ailing Healthcare System, with Eric Lisle and Craig Worland

The healthcare system in the United States is ailing and in need of a massive value-based transformation. While we are increasingly polarized in our politics, there is one issue on …

Health Value Strategy / Podcast

Ep 154 – Climbing the Mountain: Reaching New Heights for a Transformative Future, with Debbie Welle-Powell

Are you ready to climb the mountain and reach new heights for a transformative future? In the “race to value”, the mountain climber must not be intimidated by the steep …

Consumerism / Health Value Strategy / Podcast / Primary Care Transformation

Ep 153 – Conquering Economic Dysfunction through Consumer-Centric Innovation (Why “True” Value-Based Care will Cause the Bankruptcy of Legacy Companies), with Thompson Aderinkomi

One of the most widely known and influential thinkers on management, Peter Drucker, once said, “The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.”  …

Bonus episode / Podcast

Ep 152 – Shamanic Healing, Ayahuasca, and the Q’ero Prophecy of the Eagle and the Condor, with Kevin (Puma Blanco) Johnson

Disclaimer: The information provided in this podcast is purely for educational purposes and should not be interpreted as a recommendation for a specific treatment plan, medicinal plant, or course of …

Behavioral Health / Podcast

Ep 151 – Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Research: The Emergence of a New Therapeutic Paradigm in Behavioral Medicine, with Dr. Charles B. Nemeroff

Implementing value-based care can help providers improve patient health and reduce care costs, but it also presents the opportunity to explore new and emerging areas of research in breakthrough treatments …

Clinical Integration / Health Value Strategy / Podcast / Technology and Innovation / Workforce

Ep 150 – Catalyzing Value in a Challenging Economic Environment, with Eric Gallagher and Dr. Sidney “Beau” Raymond

The healthcare industry is facing immense financial pressure. Staffing shortages, skyrocketing labor costs, continuing supply chain disruptions, inflation, rising interest rates, and volatile markets are pressuring both revenue and expenses …

Health Equity / Health Value Strategy / Podcast / Technology and Innovation

Ep 149 – The Moral and Business Imperative for Health Equity, with Dr. Jay Bhatt

The message from state and federal regulators, healthcare leaders, and our society-at-large is being heard loud and clear:  Health equity is a moral imperative. A cultural zeitgeist for health equity …

Health Value Strategy / Podcast / Primary Care Transformation / Technology and Innovation

Ep 148 – Helping Doctors Help Patients: Enablement for Population Health Success, with Dr. Keith Fernandez

Physicians are looking for novel solutions to streamline and improve care delivery in our ever-changing industry. They already don’t have enough time to do all that they want, and they …

Health Value Strategy / Lifestyle Medicine / Podcast / Technology and Innovation

Ep 147 – Innovations in Patient Engagement: Virtual Weight Loss Management in Value-Based Care, with Dr. Jamy Ard and Rich Steinle

Nearly 75% of Americans are overweight, including 42% who have obesity. The pandemic has heightened the problem, since many of us find comfort in food, and delivery services like Door …

Clinical Integration / Health Value Strategy / Patient Experience / Payer Strategy / Physician Leadership / Podcast / Quality Improvement / Technology and Innovation

Ep 146 – Bringing an Integrated All-In-One Solution to American Healthcare, with Dr. Neil Wagle

This week on the Race to Value you will hear from Dr. Neil Wagle, the Chief Medical Officer at Devoted Health. This is a company we have been wanting to …

Clinical Integration / Health Value Strategy / Physician Leadership / Podcast / Quality Improvement / Rural Healthcare

Ep 144 – Paying it Forward: Using One’s Gifts to Help Others in Value Transformation, with Dr. Shawn Griffin

Paying it forward begins in the heart. Leaders who use their gifts in the service to others are those who understand that value given is value added. By every measure …

Clinical Integration / Consumerism / Health Value Strategy / Lifestyle Medicine / Podcast

Ep 143 – Orthopedic Value-Based Care: Creating a Whole Health Model for Musculoskeletal Disease, with Drs. Kevin Bozic and Kian Raiszadeh

Did you know that musculoskeletal care is one of the biggest challenges facing the value transformation of healthcare?  Musculoskeletal healthcare spending is rising at an unsustainable rate – having doubled …

Health Equity / Health Policy / Health Value Strategy / Podcast

Ep 142 – Alternative Payment Model Innovation: Making Value Synonymous with Equity, with Dr. Dora Hughes

For all of you leaders out there on a value-based care journey, it is not lost on any of you that health value has become synonymous with health equity. We …

Physician Leadership / Podcast / Workforce

Ep 141 – Cultivation of Physician Wellbeing in the Value Journey, with Dr. Dike Drummond, Dr. Moshe Cohn, Dr. Amadeo Cabral

The Quadruple Aim of physician satisfaction is such an important aspect of value-based care. In the predominant world of fee-for-service reimbursement, physicians are struggling and burned out. Consequently, over half …

Health Value Strategy / Podcast / Technology and Innovation

Ep 140 – Preparing for the Risk-Based Tsunami on the Horizon, with Dr. Brian Silverstein and Dr. Yates Lennon

Are you ready for the risk-based tsunami on the horizon?  If you are a frequent listener to this show, you understand just how seismic this shift to value-based care really …

Health Equity / Health Policy / Health Value Strategy / Podcast

Ep 139 – Accelerating Towards Action: Advancing Multi-Stakeholder Payment Reforms in Value Transformation, with Dr. Mark McClellan and Dr. Judy Zerzan-Thul

The Health Care Payment Learning & Action Network (HCP LAN or LAN) is an active group of public and private health care leaders dedicated to providing thought leadership, strategic direction, …

Clinical Integration / Health Value Strategy / Podcast / Workforce

Ep 138 – Comprehensive Medication Management: A Missing Ingredient In Value-Based Payment Models, with Dr. Michael Barr, M. Shawn McFarland, Pharm D., and Katie Capps

Equitable and accessible care must ensure appropriate and optimal use of medications since nearly 70 percent of clinician visits involve drug therapies. However, each year there are an estimated 275,000 deaths and $528.4 …

Physician Leadership / Podcast / Workforce

Ep 136 – A Balanced Value Strategy: Physician Leadership and Workforce Wellness, with Dr. Peter Angood

The need for physician leaders has never been greater. As the healthcare industry continues to undergo significant change, there is a clear opportunity for physicians with extensive administrative experience to …

Health Value Strategy / Podcast / Technology and Innovation

Ep 135 – Defining Your Transition Strategy to APM Success, with Terry Hush

Value-Based Care is at a tipping point.  But it’s not just about whether providers adopt alternative payment models (APMs) or ACOs. The real tipping point is whether traditional health systems …

Health Value Strategy / Podcast / Primary Care Transformation / Technology and Innovation

Ep 134 – Transforming Healthcare Through Physician Enablement, with Shawn Morris

How can primary care physicians retain their independence in planning for future success in value-based care?  A medical practice must have access to capital to optimize physician workflow and improve …

Clinical Integration / Podcast / Technology and Innovation

Ep 133 – Value as a Catalyst for COPD Care Delivery Innovation, with Geoff Matous and Dr. Abi Sundaramoorthy

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) afflicts 24 million adult Americans and represents the 3rd leading cause of death. COPD is also the 5th most costly chronic disease in the US …

COVID-19 / Health Equity / Health Policy / Podcast / Workforce

Ep 132 – Building a Community of Love and Equity: The Power of Workforce Development, Advocacy, and Community Partnerships, with Geoffrey M. Roche

As we look around to see what is enduring in our society, it is the work that was accomplished through loving relationships and mutual understanding.  The power of love-driven leadership …

Health Equity / Podcast / Quality Improvement

Ep 131 – Overcoming the Last Vestiges of Slavery: Patient Safety and the Elimination of Health Inequity, with Dr. Ronald Wyatt

In this episode, we are going to discuss the impact of diagnostic errors on health equity. For patients of color, the unequal medical care and quality of the diagnosis received …

Health Value Strategy / Medicare Advantage / Podcast / Primary Care Transformation

Ep 130 – “The Value Game”: Achieving Success with Capitated Risk and Patient-Centered Primary Care, with Dr. Bill Wulf

When you hear about value-based care, do you get tired of hearing about concepts without tangible best practices?  Do you ever wish you could just acquire insights from a leader …

Health Policy / Health Value Strategy / Podcast / Technology and Innovation

Ep 129 – Navigating True North: The Value Journey Guided by the Realities of the Digital Age, with Aneesh Chopra

In the uncertainty of today’s healthcare industry, we must continue to persevere towards our true north.  The moral imperative to improve the quality of care for patients through better care …

Consumerism / Physician Leadership / Podcast / Primary Care Transformation

Ep 127 – The Personalization of Primary Care Through Innovation and Grassroots Fundamentals, with Dr. David Pak

Fee-for-service healthcare has destroyed the physician-patient relationship by de-personalizing care delivery.  Patient encounters are looked at as transactions, instead of as opportunities to forge long-term healing relationships. Consequently, the healthcare …

Health Policy / Medicare Advantage / Podcast / Primary Care Transformation

Ep 126 – Accountable Physician Groups as the Superhighway to Value Transformation, with Susan Dentzer

Many roads will bring us to health value, but some roads will get us there faster than others. As we reimagine our nation’s healthcare system, we must build alternative avenues …

Health Equity / Health Value Strategy / Podcast / Primary Care Transformation / Technology and Innovation

Ep 125 – Value-Based Care as the Fuel for Virtual Care Delivery Transformation, with Dr. Carrie Nelson

One of the silver linings of the pandemic has, in fact, been, the expansion of telehealth services and virtual care delivery. The pandemic has also accelerated the healthcare industry’s transition …

Health Equity / Patient Experience / Podcast

Ep 124 – The Color of Care: How Healthcare Killed My Father Because of the Color of his Skin, with Keith Gambrell

                  Oprah Winfrey began her crusade to change the healthcare system when COVID-19 elevated our national awareness of health inequities in our …

Health Equity / Physician Leadership / Podcast / Primary Care Transformation

Ep 123 – The Calling: Family, Faith, and the Future of Healthcare, with Dr. Gordon Chen

For anyone following healthcare transformation in our country, you have undoubtedly heard about ChenMed – a family-owned, primary-care physician run organization that serves a challenging patient population under a full-risk …

Consumerism / Health Value Strategy / Podcast

Ep 122 – Reimagining Pharmacy Benefits to Rebuild Trust and Create Enduring Social Change, with A.J. Loiacono

If you are looking for the most egregious profiteering and fleecing of American consumers of healthcare, there is no better example than that of the giant industry of middlemen called …

Clinical Integration / Consumerism / Health Value Strategy / Podcast

Ep 121 – Moving to Value in Connecticut: Creating a Transformed Healthcare Ecosystem through Industry Collaboration, with Jeffrey Hogan and Lisa Trumble

Creating a value-based healthcare ecosystem with the highest quality outcomes at a reasonable cost for employers and their healthcare consumers requires collaboration. In the state of Connecticut, a grassroots community …

Health Value Strategy / Podcast / Primary Care Transformation

Ep 120 – Primary Care Transformation as the Path Forward to Save American Health Care, with Don Crane JD

The need to strengthen and empower primary care, like the drive towards health equity, is one of the great causes célèbre of American healthcare. As David Blumenthal and Lovisa Gustafsson …

Health Value Strategy / Podcast

Ep 119 – Hope and Innovation in the Delivery of Value-Based Oncology Care, with Brad Hively and Dr. Dan Virnich

There is a need for hope and innovation in the delivery of value-based oncology care.  Cancer costs are on an alarming trajectory due to the aging and growth of our …

Health Value Strategy / Medicare Advantage / Podcast / Primary Care Transformation

Ep 118 – A New Primary Care Model for the Future, with Steve Sell

Primary Care in the United States is flawed, especially for our most complex patients in the Medicare program.  We have built this incredibly expensive primary care model around a fee-for-service …

Health Policy / Health Value Strategy / Podcast / Primary Care Transformation

Ep 117 – Democratizing Value in Primary Care, with Dr. Sanjay Doddamani and Valinda Rutledge

Democratization of value can only happen through the replication of full-risk APM adoption in primary care.  As a country, we must accelerate primary care progression towards fully-capitated risk by thoughtful …

Health Value Strategy / Lifestyle Medicine / Podcast / Primary Care Transformation

Ep 116 – Evolution of Medicine: Community-Based Health Transformation and the Reduction of Chronic Disease, with James Maskell

Community-based health transformation can be unleashed by uniting traditional allopathic medicine with lifestyle medicine.  To achieve a vision for population health, we will never change things by fighting the existing …

COVID-19 / Health Equity / Health Value Strategy / Podcast

Ep 115 – How COVID Crashed the System: A Guide to Fixing American Healthcare, with Dr. David Nash

The COVID pandemic has taken the lives of 1 million Americans in two years (more than twice the amount of Americans who lost their lives in WWII in four years). …

Health Equity / Health Value Strategy / Podcast / Workforce

Ep 114 – Preparing the Workforce for the Future of Population Health Equity, with Dr. Jim Walton, Christina Severin, Dr. Joy Doll, and Dr. Richard Walker

While there have been meaningful improvements in healthcare delivery over the last decade, they have not catalyzed the transformation necessary to advance health value and equity. The promulgation of health …

Health Equity / Lifestyle Medicine / Podcast / Primary Care Transformation

Ep 113 – Black Health Matters: Improving Population Health Equity within African American Communities, with Dr. Richard W. Walker

It’s no secret that the Black community tops the list of groups afflicted by hypertension, stroke, diabetes, heart disease, kidney failure, and cancer. What the statistics do not show is …

Health Equity / Lifestyle Medicine / Podcast / Rural Healthcare

Ep 112 – Reclaiming Trust: Addressing Cardiovascular Health Disparities in Rural, Underserved Communities through CHW-Led Interventions, with Dr. Jessica Barnes and Chip Purcell

A bright future for the nation depends on the health and prosperity of rural America, and unfortunately, we are at a moment in time where life is not ideal in …

Health Policy / Health Value Strategy / Podcast

Ep 111 – Bending the Arc of the Future Towards Person-Centered, Value-Based Care, with Dr. Mark McClellan

The arc of the future bends in the direction of person-centered care. While payment reform is critical, our nation must also deliver whole-person care models that are exquisitely attuned to …

Health Policy / Podcast / Technology and Innovation

Ep 110 – Defeating Political Sectarianism to Achieve Analytics-Based Value Innovation, with Michael Millenson

As we talk about the current zeitgeist moving us towards value and equity, we also have to think about how polarized our country is politically. Democrats and Republicans live in …

Clinical Integration / COVID-19 / Podcast

Ep 109 – Effective COPD Management to Achieve Value-Based Care Goals, with Dr. MeiLan Han

Healthcare costs due to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is in excess of $32 billion due to high rates of re-hospitalizations and ED visits, complex and inefficient clinical pathways during …

Health Value Strategy / Podcast / Workforce

Ep 108 – The Hero’s Journey to Health 3.0, with Dr. Zubin Damania (“ZDoggMD”)

This week we are talking about how value-based care transformation is related to the “Hero’s Journey” monomyth that was initially described by Joseph Campbell, an intellectual known for his work …

Health Equity / Health Value Strategy / Medicare Advantage / Podcast

Ep 107 – The Truth Agenda: Overcoming Tribalism for a Better World and the Superiority of Medicare Advantage for Value-Based Care, with George C. Halvorson

George Halvorson is a retired American healthcare executive who served as CEO of six health plans over the last 30 years.  From 2002-2013, he was the CEO of Kaiser Permanente and …

Health Equity / Nurse Leadership / Podcast / Workforce

Ep 106 – Speaking for Those Who Can’t: The Role of Nurses in Advocating for Vulnerable Populations, with Sharrica Miller, Ph.D., RN

This week is Nurses Week – a time for all of us to reflect on the contributions that nurses make to our society. During this important time of observance for …

Lifestyle Medicine / Podcast

Ep 105 – Transforming “Sick Care” to Health Care through Lifestyle Medicine, with Dr. Sean Hashmi

As leaders in the value-based care movement, we must think about the synergism between lifestyle medicine and traditional Western medicine. The tenets of lifestyle medicine force us to think more …

Podcast / Technology and Innovation

Ep 104 – Leveraging Autonomous AI to Close Care Gaps and Improve Quality and Equity, with Dr. Michael Abramoff and Seth Rainford

Have you ever had an idea that you just had to make real? No matter what it took… no matter what obstacles were in your way… no matter how many …

Health Value Strategy / Podcast

Ep 103 – Private Equity Investment for Value Transformation: Magnificent or Mephistopheles?, with Don McDaniel

The impact of investment activity on our industry cannot be overstated, with the velocity of capital pouring into the health sector reaching stratospheric proportions. The valuation of private equity deals …

Health Value Strategy / Podcast

Ep 100 – The Long Road to Health Care Transformation: Aligning the Public and Private Sector in Value, with Jeff Micklos

Jeff Micklos is the Executive Director of the Health Care Transformation Task Force, an industry consortium that brings together patients, payers, providers and purchasers to align private and public sector …

Patient Experience / Podcast / Quality Improvement / Rural Healthcare

Ep 99 – The Enablement of Localized Solutions to Improve Care Outcomes, with Dr. Tim Peterson and Kendall Cislo

The Physician Organization of Michigan Accountable Care Organization (P.O.M. ACO) is a statewide ACO in the Medicare Shared Savings Program that has saved the Medicare Trust Fund more than $199 …

Health Value Strategy / Podcast

Ep 98 – Analyzing the New ACO REACH Model, with Rick Goddard and Joe Satorius

On February 24th, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) revealed the highly-anticipated fate of the Innovation Center’s (CMMI) Direct Contracting model options, announcing a redesign of the Global …

Health Value Strategy / Physician Leadership / Podcast / Technology and Innovation

Ep 97 – Breaking the Rules to Reshape Healthcare in the Post-Pandemic Era, with Dr. Robert Pearl

This week, we have as your guest the legendary Dr. Robert Pearl, a Stanford University professor, Forbes contributor, bestselling author and former CEO of The Permanente Medical Group.  Coming off …

Consumerism / Health Value Strategy / Podcast / Primary Care Transformation

Ep 96 – Solving for Population Health: The New Era of Consumer-Centric Care Delivery, with Dr. Clive Fields

Joining us on the podcast this week is Dr. Clive Fields, the Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer for VillageMD. Dr. Fields is a leader of high influence in the value …

Health Value Strategy / Podcast / Technology and Innovation

Ep 95 – Unlocking the Digital Front Door: Patient Relationship Management in Driving Value-Based Outcomes, with Dr. Anil Jain and Alex Lennox-Miller

Patient Engagement is of paramount importance in value-based care.  Healthcare organizations are increasingly turning to solutions that promise more targeted patient outreach, more coordinated care management, and more potential for …

Health Equity / Podcast / Workforce

Ep 93 – Culturally Competent Leadership to Eliminate Disparities in Healthcare, with John W. Bluford, III, MBA, FACHE

This week we are honored to have as our guest, the legendary John W. Bluford III. Mr. Bluford is a nationally known healthcare innovator who has been recognized by Modern …

Health Value Strategy / Podcast / Technology and Innovation

Ep 92 – “Health Equity by Design”: Recasting a Vision for Health IT and Interoperability, with Micky Tripathi

Our guest this week is Micky Tripathi, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where he leads the formulation of the …

Health Equity / Podcast

Ep 91 – Genocide by Bureaucracy: The Healthcare Plight of Native Americans, with Dr. Terry Knapp

This week on our show we have Dr. Terry Knapp – Founder, Director, and Chief Medical Officer of CareSpan Holdings, Inc.  Dr. Knapp has a storied 50-year record of achievement …

Health Value Strategy / Podcast / Primary Care Transformation

Ep 90 – The Crusade for Global Health Value: Insights from a Trusted Healer and ‘Godfather’ of the PCMH Movement, with Dr. Paul Grundy

In a career focused on improving global health value through systems transformation, relationship-based primary care has been at the heart of Dr. Paul Grundy’s crusade.  Dr. Grundy is a data …

Health Value Strategy / Podcast / Workforce

Ep 89 – A Legacy of Leadership in Value-Based Care and Competency-Based Education, with Michael O. Leavitt

This week we have the great honor of hosting one of the most respected American political leaders over the last few decades, a visionary who ushered in a new era …

Health Value Strategy / Podcast

Ep 88 – Driving Health Value Transformation: A Strategy for the CMS Innovation Center’s Second Decade, with Elizabeth Fowler

As it is entering its second decade, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) has launched a bold new strategy for achieving equitable outcomes through high quality, affordable, person-centered …

Lifestyle Medicine / Podcast

Ep 87 – The Future of Value: Lifestyle Medicine and the Reversal of Chronic Disease, with Dr. Dean Ornish

Joining us this week, we have the legendary Dr. Dean Ornish who will be discussing his most recent book, “Undo It! How Simple Lifestyle Change Can Reverse Most Chronic Conditions” …

Health Value Strategy / Podcast

Ep 85 – How and Why Physicians Must Lead Change Within Our Evolving Healthcare Economy, with Dr. Ellis “Mac” Knight

In a time of great need for our nation during the pandemic, Americans saw and celebrated an army of physician heroes. And in doing so, they overlooked an unforeseen reality …

Podcast / Workforce

Ep 84 – Awakening through Meditation: Finding Equanimity to Transcend Suffering in Life (and in Healthcare), with Dr. Angelo Dilullo

Healthcare worker burnout has reached crisis proportions, and we must find real solutions to address the intense psychological suffering of our workforce. The seemingly endless intensity of work, the mounting …

Patient Experience / Podcast / Technology and Innovation

Ep 83 – Cancer Survivorship and the Power of Relationship-Based Care, with Sydney Townsend and Dr. Kathryn Hudson

Sydney Townsend was diagnosed with cancer in June 2018, three months after giving birth to her first child.  As a former boxer, she realized she was in the fight of …

Health Equity / Podcast / Primary Care Transformation

Ep 82 – Care Beyond Medicine: Addressing SDOH and Health Inequities in Marginalized Communities, with Mike Radu and Dr. Greg Foti

Mahatma Gandhi once said, “The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members.”  The same can be said of healthcare organizations serving patients within their local communities.  In …

Patient Experience / Podcast / Primary Care Transformation

Ep 81 – Finding Scale in Population Health through Retail-Based Primary Care, with Dr. David Nash, Marcus Osborne, and Darrell Moon

In recent years, the role of retail in health care has grown beyond the co-location of clinics and pharmacies, with many large retailers now expanding their care delivery practices to …

Patient Experience / Podcast

Ep 79 – Grief and Empathy: A Health System’s Role in Supporting Patients, Families, and Caregivers, with Lisa Keefauver, MSW

Grief support and empathy education is so important in the context of value-based health care as it connects us to our own humanity.  It speaks to why we entered into …

Health Value Strategy / Medicare Advantage / Podcast

Ep 78 – Taking Full Advantage of Medicare Advantage (…and How I Sold My Practice for $132M), with Dr. Tom Davis

How does a 3-physician practice sell for over $100 million dollars? The answer is simpler than it seems – full-risk contracting is better for providers and patients. Aligned incentives promote …

Health Value Strategy / Podcast

Ep 76 – Thriving in the New Era of Value-Based Oncology Care, with Dr. Debra Patt

The financial stats of healthcare are all too familiar – the 18% of GDP, $3 trillion spend, and the $11k per capita cost are frightening to consider. We are on …

Health Value Strategy / Podcast

Ep 75 – Improving Lives (and Saving $450M) with an Employer-Led Health Ecosystem, with Harris Rosen, Kenneth Aldridge, and Ashley Bacot

You are about to be inspired and challenged about how you think about value-based care. Since 1991, Rosen Hotels & Resorts has offered an innovative in-house healthcare program called RosenCare …

Consumerism / Podcast

Ep 74 – Consumer Empowerment in the Fight for Value, with Marshall Allen

Every year, millions of Americans are overcharged and underserved while the health care industry makes record profits. We know something is wrong, but layers of complexity make it confusing and …

Clinical Integration / Health Equity / Podcast / Workforce

Ep 73 – The Powerful Impact of the Pharmacy Profession on Value, Equity, and Public Health, with Melissa Murer Corrigan and Dr. Jacinda Abdul-Mutakabbir

This week on Race to Value, we are excited to celebrate Pharmacy Week – it is a time to recognize the invaluable contributions pharmacists and technicians make to patient care …

Health Equity / Physician Leadership / Podcast

Ep 72 – Equity and Patient-Centeredness: The Reordering of the Healthcare Solar System, with Dr. Tamarah Dupervahl-Brownlee

Our guest this week is Dr. Tamarah Dupervahl-Brownlee, Chief Health Officer for Accenture, and recently, Chief Community Impact Officer for Ascension. A Physician leader with 20+ years of experience practicing …

Health Equity / Podcast

Ep 71 – The Truth and Beauty of Gender-Affirming Care, with Dallas Ducar

Gender-affirming care offers a model for all of health care, one that is patient-centered and based on the human story.  In this episode, you will learn about “The Truth and …

Clinical Integration / Health Value Strategy / Podcast

Ep 70 – The Geisinger Value Journey, with Dr. Jaewon Ryu

As one of the leading integrated health systems in the country  — serving more than 3 million residents throughout 45 counties in Pennsylvania and New Jersey with 30,000 employees, nine …

Health Equity / Nurse Leadership / Podcast / Workforce

Ep 69 – The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity, with Susan Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN and Janelle Sokolowich, PhD, RN

In this week’s episode, we spotlight the recently released Future of Nursing report, “Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity.” The report is a landmark consensus …

Health Value Strategy / Podcast / Primary Care Transformation

Ep 68 – Value-Based Care: A Superior Technology to Create Trusting Relationships, with Dr. Griffin Myers

  Oak Street Health has an amazing vision to rebuild Health Care as It Should Be: Personal, Equitable, and Accountable. The business was launched with a belief in value-based care …

Consumerism / Podcast

Ep 67 – The Path of Hope for Human-Centered Care Delivery, with Dr. Zeev Neuwirth

Let’s face it – the healthcare system is broken. It will never be fixed unless we fundamentally redesign our industry towards a more consumer-centric model. That will require courageous leadership, …

Health Value Strategy / Podcast

Ep 65 – Developing Human-Centered Health Systems in Low and Middle Income Countries, with Dr. Chintan Maru

Historically, health systems in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have taken a volume-based approach to health rather than a value-based one. The public sector has focused on coverage rates or …

Clinical Integration / Podcast

Ep 64 – Creating Optimal Post Acute Care Networks in the New Value Paradigm, with Ian Juliano

The traditional definition of post-acute care (PAC) represents the legacy of a fragmented approach to healthcare that segments care into “silos” and finances institutions to care for a “slice” of …

Podcast / Primary Care Transformation

Ep 62 – The Role of Direct Primary Care in the Value Movement, with Dr. Gaurov Dayal

Employers are on the frontlines in the battle against rising healthcare costs. Legendary investor Warren Buffett said that rising health care costs, not the tax system, are the number one …

Physician Leadership / Podcast

Ep 61 – The Convergence of Physician Independence and Prospective Payment, with Dr. Jim Walton

Our guest this week is Dr. Jim Walton, President and CEO of Genesis Physicians Group. Dr. Walton was drawn into medicine at an early age – he followed his dad making …

Clinical Integration / Podcast

Ep 60 – Cultivating Reverence Through Value-Based Payment, with Akil McClay

This is one of the most health challenging times in modern history. Healthcare systems and practitioners face dire circumstances in delivery of care to scores of citizens. A reverential ethic …

Behavioral Health / Podcast / Technology and Innovation

Ep 59 – Implementing a Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) to Improve Behavioral Health Outcomes, with Matt Miclette, RN

Our guest this week, Matt Miclette, is military veteran and a psychiatric and mental health board certified registered nurse. He is the Senior Director of Clinical Operations at NeuroFlow – a digital health …

Health Equity / Podcast

Ep 58 – Creating Impact at Scale to Transform Health in Communities, with Dr. Derek J. Robinson

Our guest this week is driven by an inner purpose to alleviate suffering for those in the poorest of communities, recognizing that health care can only truly be transformative in …

Consumerism / Podcast

Ep 56 – Aspirational Healthcare: Employer-Led Disruptive Change and the Nuka System of Care, with Darrell Moon

Only 25% of health is in the control of the healthcare system. So why does our country continue to pump the majority of its health care spending into a deficit-based …

Podcast / Technology and Innovation

Ep 54 – Building a Population Health Utility to Serve the Greater Good, with Jaime Bland, Larra Petersen-Lukenda, and Joy Doll

Health information exchange (HIE) is the mobilization of health care information electronically across organizations within a region or community. In 2009, Congress attempted to modernize HIE processes by passing the …

Podcast / Technology and Innovation

Ep 52 – From Cowboys to Quarterbacks: Optimizing Physician Workflow for Value, with Dr. Matt Lambert

The movement to value-based care will necessitate a major paradigm shift in how physicians practice medicine. They can no longer be “cowboys” in the wild west of fragmented, uncoordinated care …

Podcast / Technology and Innovation

Ep 51 – The Next Moneyball: AI in Value-Based Care, with Andrew Eye

When Billy Beane decided to employ a recent Harvard graduate to use advanced statistical analysis to build a championship major league baseball team, he changed the game forever. While Beane’s famous early …

Physician Leadership / Podcast

Ep 50 – The Moonshot for Population Health in Louisiana, with Dr. David Carmouche

Sixty years ago, May 1961, President John F. Kennedy challenged the American nation in a speech to Congress, asking them to commit to “landing a man on the Moon and …

Physician Leadership / Podcast

Ep 49 – Failing Forward for Success in Value, with Dr. Jesse James

The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure.  “Failing Forward” was a concept defined by John C. Maxwell several years ago, and …

Clinical Integration / Podcast

Ep 48 – Winning in Pediatric Value-Based Care, with Ginger Hines and Dr. Sheryl Morelli

Former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, made an important observation when he said, “There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it …

Health Value Strategy / Podcast

Ep 47 – The CFO’s Dilemma: Achieving Margin with Risk-Based Payment, with François de Brantes and Joe Fifer

The all-too-common visualization of balancing between the two canoes of fee-for-service (FFS) and value-based care (VBC) is an appropriate illustration of the pressure that providers feel, but maintaining balance is …

Health Policy / Podcast

Ep 46 – A Call to Serve: Improving the Health of our Veterans, with Dr. David Shulkin

This month is National Military Appreciation Month and with this week’s episode we take  opportunity to offer our solemn regard and deep gratitude to the brave men, women, and their families who …

Nurse Leadership / Podcast / Workforce

Ep 45 – Nurse-Led Innovation in a Value-Based World, with Dr. Bonnie Clipper

Nurses have been rightly recognized as heroes during the pandemic – on top of their consistently tireless effort, providing sustained caring and empathy over long hours, nurses stepped up to …

Physician Leadership / Podcast / Workforce

Ep 44 – How the Culture of Medicine Kills Doctors and Patients (Part 2), with Dr. Robert Pearl

This week’s episode is the second part of our conversation with Dr. Robert Pearl. In his book, Uncaring: How the Culture of Medicine Kills Doctors & Patients, Dr. Pearl asserts …

Physician Leadership / Podcast / Workforce

Ep 43 – How the Culture of Medicine Kills Doctors and Patients (Part 1), with Dr. Robert Pearl

In a year of great need, during the pandemic, Americans saw and celebrated an army of physician heroes. In doing so, they overlooked an uncomfortable reality. Doctors are humans who …

Podcast / Primary Care Transformation

Ep 42 – Servant Leadership in the Value Movement, with Dr. Farzad Mostashari

It’s not a secret, the broken healthcare system is exquisitely tuned to react after patients get sick. For the most part, profits are made after we FAIL patients. And it hurts all of the caregivers who …

Behavioral Health / Podcast / Technology and Innovation

Ep 40 – Digital Behavioral Health as a Gateway to Value, with Mark Redlus

Fixing the behavioral health crisis is an absolute imperative in the movement to value-based care. Currently, 1 out of 5 Americans (over 51 million) are living with a behavioral health …

Health Value Strategy / Podcast

Ep 39 – Overcoming Self-Interest to Build a Social Compact for Health and Equity, with David Smith

Achieving health value demands the formation of a new social construct, one that puts aside self-interest and builds systems of care for the common good. One that prioritizes health and …

Podcast / Primary Care Transformation

Ep 38 – Helping Communities Thrive with Primary Care for All, with Dr. Christopher Crow

When Thomas Edison created the electric light bulb, he didn’t stop with that one incredible invention. He took the next step and created the industry that would maximize the benefit …

Consumerism / Podcast

Ep 37 – Evaluating Hospitals on Health Value and Equity, with Dr. Vikas Saini and Shannon Brownlee

Decades of poor outcomes in terms of cost, quality, and access have not created societal commitment to confronting the issue of low-value care in hospitals. Despite medical errors serving as the #3 cause of …

Health Value Strategy / Podcast

Ep 36 – How to Win in Value-Based Kidney Care, with Robert Sepucha

Chronic kidney disease kills more people than breast or prostate cancer each year – it’s the 9th leading cause of death but you won’t see NFL players wearing socks and gloves …

Consumerism / Podcast

Ep 35 – Relocalizing Health and the Future of Value-Based Care, with Dave Chase

Last year, research at Johns Hopkins showed that healthcare consumes nearly half of all federal spending, which includes funding for Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, military health benefits, health benefits for federal employees and their dependents, plus interest. Our …

Health Value Strategy / Podcast

Ep 34 – Delivering the Future of Value-Based Care Today, with Stephen Nuckolls

Stephen Nuckolls grew up listening to his physician father talk about how healthcare could save money for Medicare if it was accountable for outcomes. It was with this intent that …

Health Equity / Podcast

Ep 33 – How Black Lives Matter in Value-Based Care, with Dr. Lerla Joseph

In this episode, reflect on the importance of Black History Month, an important time to recognize and honor the contributions and achievements of the millions of African Americans who have …

Palliative Care / Podcast

Ep 32 – Achieving the Triple Aim with Advanced Care Planning, with Dr. Stephen Bekanich

Our health care industry excels at rescue care – when a patient needs to be saved, our system has answers. However, we are not well suited to address the challenges …

Clinical Integration / Podcast

Ep 31 – Reaching Critical Mass in Value for the Triple Aim, with Travis Turner

An industry inflection point is coming in the transition to value: federal and state governments are feeling an insurmountable level of pressure as public debt and spending increase, large employers …

Podcast / Technology and Innovation

Ep 30 – Finding Inner Purpose to Lead a Digital Transformation, with Edward W. Marx

The health care industry is experiencing a digital transformation that has been decades in the making. In this era of COVID-19 disruption and heightened consumer expectations for care delivery, the …

Health Value Strategy / Podcast

Ep 29 – Choosing Your Path in Value: Direct Contracting vs. MSSP, with Rick Goddard

ACOs are increasingly moving into two-sided risk options with MSSP BASIC E and ENHANCED. The Direct Contracting model (with both Professional and Global options) introduces new opportunities and flexibilities that are not included in other CMMI models or through the …

Consumerism / Podcast

Ep 28 – Health Value Consumerism and the American Dream, with Janis Powers

The American Dream is the hallowed ideology that any individual can advance his or her state of being through ambition and hard work. It defines the American psyche. Historian James Truslow Adams wrote, …

Health Policy / Podcast

Ep 27 – The Future of Value-Based Care: 2021 and Beyond, with Andrew Croshaw

As we prepare for a new era in our government with President-Elect Biden’s administration and a Democratic-controlled Congress, we must be steadfast in our commitment to value-based care. Can soon-to-be President Biden capitalize …

Podcast / Primary Care Transformation

Ep 26 – Changing the World through a Full-Risk Value-Based Care Model, with Dr. Gordon Chen

ChenMed was created with a mission to provide care in such a way that it could alleviate suffering for those seniors in the poorest of communities, recognizing that full-risk primary …

Health Policy / Podcast

Ep 25 – Physician-Led Healthcare Reform and Medicare-For-All, with Ken Terry

In this episode, we interview Ken Terry, author of one of the best-researched books we’ve ever seen! The new book, Physician-Led Healthcare Reform: A New Approach to Medicare For All, …

Medicare Advantage / Podcast

Ep 24 – Global Risk Capitation in Medicare Advantage, with Dr. Kevin Spencer

Dr. Kevin Spencer, Medical Director, Texas at Agilon Health, is passionate about improving the health care delivery system. He believes that by enabling physician-led organizations with technology, proven processes, and …

Podcast / Rural Healthcare

Ep 22 – Building Economic Strength in Rural Communities with Value-Based Care, with Drs. Brent Staton and Ty Webb

A guiding principle of Cumberland Center for Healthcare Innovation, CCHI, is that communities and the state benefit from healthier families, and it’s not just about cost savings or longer lives. Better health means a more …

Health Policy / Podcast

Ep 21 – Post-Election Analysis and Implications for Value-Based Care and COVID Recovery, with Dr. Mark McClellan

Join us in this episode as we speak with Dr. Mark McClellan, former CMS Administrator and former FDA Commissioner during SARS – his understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic and options …

Health Value Strategy / Podcast

Ep 20 – Achieving High-Value Health Care Transformation, with Elizabeth Teisberg, Ph.D.

Dr. Elizabeth Teisberg is a leading figure in the value-based health care strategy movement and is the executive director of the Value Institute for Health and Care as well as a …

Patient Experience / Podcast

Ep 19 – The Healing Power of Gratitude: A Patient’s Story, with Sugandan Barathy

It was Thanksgiving 2016 and Sugandan (Su) Barathy was a normal college student in Texas, with finals and graduation in the weeks ahead. His future was bright with a comfortable …

Podcast / Technology and Innovation

Ep 18 – UnHealthcare: A Manifesto for Health Assurance (Part II), with Dr. Stephen Klasko

Welcome back for part 2! This episode further explores Klasko’s vision of health assurance, an industry that focuses on consumer’s health, and that is enabled through innovative partnerships between health …

Podcast / Technology and Innovation

Ep 17 – UnHealthcare: A Manifesto for Health Assurance (Part I), with Dr. Stephen Klasko

Dr. Stephen Klasko is the President and CEO of Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health. His newest book, co-authored with venture-capitalist Hemant Teneja, is a manifesto that advocates for bringing …

Clinical Integration / Podcast

Ep 16 – The New Frontier For Health Care Transformation, with Dr. Mark Gwynne

North Carolina seems like an unlikely laboratory for value-based care. It refused to expand Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act and ranks in the bottom third among states in measures of overall …

Podcast / Primary Care Transformation

Ep 15 – Establishing Health Value in the Safety Net, with Cheryl Lulias

The concept of “accountable care in the safety net” was introduced in a Dartmouth Study published by the Commonwealth Fund back in 2013.  In that study, there were 4 critical …

Podcast / Primary Care Transformation

Ep 14 – The Tipping Point for Value-Based Care, with Tyler Wilson

Today’s episode follows Austin Regional Clinic (ARC), a large multi-specialty medical group that serves over 500,000 patients in Austin, Texas. Founded in 1980 as an HMO, ARC is coming full-circle …

Health Equity / Podcast

Ep 13 – Bridging the Digital Divide and Advancing Health Equity, with Christina Severin

There are over 1,300 Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) in our country providing a healthcare lifeline for more than 28 million Americans living in underserved areas of the country. The vast majority of these …

Podcast / Technology and Innovation

Ep 11 – The Infinite Game in Healthcare Innovation, with Dan McMaster

Most people know that 3M as a massive industrial conglomerate, a Fortune 500 company with 60,000 products that include Post-It notes, Scotch tape, sandpaper, hanging hooks, band-aids and more. A …

Payer Strategy / Podcast

Ep 10 – Transitioning to Value during Unprecedented Times, with Mike Funk

The importance of Humana’s consumer focus, care in the home, technology, and other strategic imperatives related to value-based care have been amplified by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. As COVID-19 …

Clinical Integration / Podcast

Ep 9 – Clinical Integration is the Answer, with Lisa M. Trumble

Many industry insiders believe that health system-led ACOs are inherently disadvantaged to demonstrate value-based care in an environment where most revenue is still generated in fee-for-service. In moving to value, …

Clinical Integration / Podcast

Ep 8 – Creating a Culture of Improvement and Innovation, with Jen Moore

MaineHealth Accountable Care Organization (MHACO) serves a uniquely heterogeneous population that is spread across coastal, rural, and urban communities with multiple different cultural components. And they serve the oldest population …

Podcast / Primary Care Transformation

Ep 7 – Realizing the Vision of Advanced Primary Care, with Jed Constantz, DBA

Primary care is especially compromised in the ongoing pandemic crisis. PCPs are uniquely vulnerable to the deleterious economic effects of COVID-19, since most of their revenue still comes from in-person visits which have plummeted since March amid widespread stay-at-home orders and fears about in-office virus transmission. The pain …

Podcast / Quality Improvement

Ep 6 – Leading a Quality Improvement Revolution, with Stephanie Mercado

Quality in health care has been a hot topic for over 20 years, ever since the landmark report, To Err is Human, which declared that up to 100,000 people die …

Palliative Care / Podcast

Ep 5 – Overcoming the Limitations of Medicine with True Palliative Care, with Dr. Tim Ihrig

Palliative care, and the role it plays in health value, is difficult for many people to understand because it runs so contra to the linear algorithm that is allopathic medicine. Curative care – played …

Geriatric Care / Podcast

Ep 4 – Building a Legacy of Care for Seniors, with Carrie Coumbs

In health care, we excel in addressing problems in the human body that are fixable.  However, with regard to the two main un-fixables in life — aging and dying— we often inflict therapies on patients that shorten lives or increase suffering …

Podcast / Technology and Innovation

Ep 3 – Working Together to Care as One, with Dr. David Nace

How does an organization have a banner year in 2019, start 2020 with additional momentum, and then continue to grow despite COVID-19 making them change their whole approach? Because they …

Podcast / Primary Care Transformation

Ep 1 – The Magic of Physician-Led Value Based Care, with Edwin Estevez

Physician groups are becoming the dominant type of new entrant into the ACO space and have been most successful in achieving savings to date.  Many in our industry think that …

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