In the universe of value-based care transformation, there has been one disease that represents a metaphorical black hole, where the gravitational pull of fee-for-service is so strong that nothing can …
Data enablement has the power to transform American Healthcare. It can foster trust between patients and clinicians and make healthcare more accessible, affordable and equitable. This future of an open …
Dr. Stephen Klasko is a transformative leader and advocate for a revolution in our systems of health care and higher education. He has been a university president, a dean, a CEO, and …
In rural communities, the transformation towards value-based care is an ongoing journey rather than a fixed destination. Rural healthcare faces unique challenges such as geographic barriers, limited resources, and reduced …
This week is National Nurses Week, and it is a time to honor the contributions and sacrifices of nurses who perform some of the most difficult and heartbreaking tasks in …
Medication adherence remains an important yet vexing issue in American health care. According to the World Health Organization, medication adherence can have a more direct impact on patient outcomes than …
In value-based care, we have both an economic and a moral imperative. What’s at stake is so much more than saving our healthcare system. It is about ensuring the continued …
Three perfect storms in recent years – the health storm produced by the COVID-19 pandemic; the economic storm that resulted from its disruptions; and the social storm that followed the …
It is Black Maternal Health Week, and this week’s episode provides context and value-based solutioning on how to address the alarming rise of maternal mortality in the U.S. We have …
A large wooden ship encased in glass sits prominently in the lobby of Humana’s Louisville headquarters. Its placement seems out of the ordinary, until you understand its symbolic purpose. The …
This week we have the honor of being joined by a world-renowned family physician and health equity expert, with deep experience in value-based care transformation, technology and innovation, and health …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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.” …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Oprah Winfrey began her crusade to change the healthcare system when COVID-19 elevated our national awareness of health inequities in our …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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). …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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” …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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, 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
