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Reverification at Scale Without the January Bottleneck Brittany Lemoi, Revenue Cycle Director of Authorizations and Verifications at Ivy Rehab, will share how her team approaches reverification across a nationwide therapy network. She will discuss the operational challenges Ivy faced, how its collaboration with Infinx has evolved, and what both teams have learned about building a more scalable and consistent process. Brought to you by www.infinx.com Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

Limited Six Part Series: Straight Talk, Better Benefits with The Phia Group Join Dr. Nick and Adam Russo, CEO of The Phia Group for Part 5: AI Isn't the Enemy, But Opaque Use Might Be AI use in healthcare is creating a growing trust divide. Patients increasingly self‑diagnose through chatbots while suspecting that insurers use the same technology to deny claims. Even the term “preferred provider” network is misleading, “contracted doctors” would be more accurate, since these networks reflect negotiated pricing rather than quality, fueling cynicism and confusion. Quick AI searches often amplify the Dunning‑Kruger effect, making patients feel like experts while lacking critical context. The real solution lies in embracing “augmented intelligence,” using AI to eliminate mundane tasks so humans can focus on strategy. Transparency, ethics, and equity,, while keeping people firmly in the loop, are essential to transform AI from a feared weapon into a trusted tool that serves patients and professionals alike. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

On this episode, host Carol Flagg talks with Megan Antonelli, founder and CEO of HealthIMPACT Live. Megan joins the show to discuss the rise of curated, community-driven events and gives a preview of the HealthIMPACT Fall Forum set for October in NYC. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

On this episode hosts Fred and Gregg welcome David Shulkin, MD who served as U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs under President Trump and before that as VA Under Secretary for Health under President Obama. In this conversation Secretary Shulkin makes a counterintuitive argument: the VA's government-run, globally budgeted healthcare system is a model the private sector should be learning from, not dismissing. The discussion spans the VA's landmark hepatitis C elimination campaign, its AI-powered suicide prevention program, the structural case for population health over fee-for-service, and why Shulkin believes incremental reform has run its course. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

Industry Organizations and Associations with AMCP On this episode host Tom Testa continues his series on industry organizations that are making a difference for their members with Susan Cantrell, CEO of the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP). With a diverse membership and history dating back to 1988, AMCP strives to ensure patient access to affordable medication and shape healthcare policy. Take a listen and learn more about AMCP. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”.

Five Good Things Join us for Five Good Things with Janae Sharp and Megan Antonelli: A rapid-fire segment highlighting positive developments in digital health. Janae and Megan share insights on recent innovations, successful implementations, and emerging trends that are driving progress in healthcare technology. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

What's Holding Healthcare AI Back? To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

On this episode Jim welcomes George Bosnjak, co-founder of Morph Services and Dale Brown, MediVix CEO. Their recent partnership addresses the persistent challenges seen in the pharmaceutical space that particularly affect vulnerable patients. It is rare when best practices meets government mandates but this is a case study of when one plus one can equal three. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

Host Adam Russo invites Garrick B. Hunt, Director of Business Development for The Phia Group to discuss challenges in self-funded healthcare with renewal season approaching. Adam and Garrick share insights on rising healthcare costs and NSA/IDR disputes as major pain points, with plan sponsors increasingly seeking independent claims reviews and considering benefit trimming while maintaining plan value. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

Stop-Loss Beyond the Policy: Why Partnership Matters More Than Price On this episode join host Tom Testa and Joe Dore, President and CEO of USBenefits discussing what separates a great stop-loss partner from an average one. According to Joe, it's not just pricing; it's proactive collaboration. Hear insights on how early intervention, strategic partnerships, and a consultative approach can help employers avoid costly surprises, reduce high-dollar claims, and make smarter decisions in an increasingly challenging healthcare environment. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

Episode 5: Payment Automation and Buffalo Bills w/ Emily Smythe On this episode hosts Angie Shin and Dave Smith explore insights from the ECW conference, compare Luma's offerings with competitors, and highlight the importance of financial transparency and automation in enhancing patient experience. The discussion also addresses challenges in implementation and the cultural shifts within healthcare organizations as they adapt to new technologies. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

In this session, Stuart Newsome will share common themes emerging from real radiology practice conversations and explore the operational breaking points that are slowing down revenue, frustrating staff, and creating patient access delays. Radiology revenue cycle teams are being stretched by prior authorization complexity, staffing shortages, payer policy changes, fragmented systems, and denials that often begin long before the claim is submitted. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

Host Ericka Adler is joined by Dennis Thornton, health care real estate advisor at CARR, to discuss how physicians and other health care practitioners can make informed real estate decisions when leasing, purchasing or expanding their practices. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

S2E1: Why Healthcare AI Success Starts With Governance, Not Technology, with Ben Scharfe, Executive Vice President of AI Initiatives at Altera Digital Health On this episode, host Dr. Heather Bassett welcomes Ben Scharfe, Executive Vice President of AI Initiatives at Altera Digital Health, to make the case that the biggest lever in healthcare AI isn't the model — it's the foundation underneath it. Ben traces his unconventional path from accounting and financial leadership into healthcare AI, and argues that the same continuous-learning mindset that got him there is what teams need most as the technology keeps shifting. He walks through Altera's approach to building a care intelligence platform grounded in data quality, provenance, and access controls before layering on more sophisticated AI capabilities, and explains why transparency and citations to curated clinical sources matter for earning clinician trust rather than operating as a black box. Ben and Dr. Bassett dig into a risk-based approach to agentic autonomy — giving AI more latitude on low-risk administrative tasks while keeping tighter, deterministic guardrails around higher-acuity decisions. They also cover the real economics of scaling agentic AI, from understanding the cost of a ""unit of work"" to avoiding technically impressive but needlessly expensive architectures, and discuss how ambient AI's biggest wins — clinician satisfaction, reduced burnout, retention — often show up before the financial ROI does. Throughout, Ben's message is consistent: start with the problem you're trying to solve, not the AI you want to use. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

The Borderless Healthcare Revolution Is Already Here Dr. Sarah Matt discusses themes from her book The Borderless Healthcare Revolution, what consumer-centered health means from a surgeon's point of view, and why we can't burn down the system even when we see so many flaws.  All that, plus a recap of the Rap Community's June Think Tank chat about the ongoing move to preventive health. Join the free community at https://healthcarerapcommunity.com to attend our monthly chats.  Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

When Doing the Right Thing Pays: Community Health Centers and the Future of Value-Based Care Host Dr. Robert Murry, CMO at NextGen Healthcare talks with Bob Theis, chief executive officer of Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center, about why health centers are uniquely positioned to lead the shift toward value-based care. Community health centers have long delivered the kind of whole-person, outcomes-focused care that value-based models are designed to reward. They discuss how accurate risk capture, attention to social needs, and proactive Medicaid outreach help patients stay connected to care. Theis also shares how one patient-centered program reduced emergency room visits among a group of 250 patients from approximately 1,500 per year to fewer than 400. The conversation also explores how data, AI and automation can reduce administrative burden, strengthen documentation and give care teams more time to focus on patients. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

Building an AI Lead Scoring System That Boosted Conversion by 70% Your marketing engine is generating leads, but how do you know which ones are actually worth handing to sales? That is the question at the heart of this episode, and it is one that gets harder to answer the bigger your funnel gets. On this episode, host Adam Turinas sits down with Nick Panayi, a technology marketing veteran who most recently led marketing at Inovalon. If you listened to the episode with Nick last year, you know he has spent his career at the intersection of marketing and AI. This time he is back to walk Adam through something he built with his partner Chris Marin: an AI-powered lead scoring system that moved his team's MQL-to-opportunity conversion rate from 10 percent to 17 percent in a single quarter. That is a 70 percent improvement in lead conversion. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

S1E8: Caris Life Sciences Series - Part 2 of 3: The Access: Liquid Biopsy and Expanding Access to Precision Oncology Host Shahid Shah with his guest Joseph C. Murray, MD, PhD, is Senior Medical Director at Caris Life Sciences. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

Host Dan Marino welcomes Dr. Suzanne Brixey, Executive Director of Fortify Children's Health, to explore how value-based care can transform pediatric healthcare. While value-based care has gained traction in adult medicine, pediatric care has often been left out of the conversation. Dr. Brixey discusses how Virginia's statewide pediatric clinically integrated network is advancing a new approach designed specifically for children and families. She explains why pediatric payment models and quality measures must differ from those used in adult care, how early intervention and preventive care can improve lifelong health outcomes, and why addressing behavioral health, social drivers of health, and family well-being is essential to creating healthier children, stronger communities, and a more sustainable healthcare system. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

The Healthcare Challenge for 20% of Americans who prefer languages other than English On this episode host Tom Foley invites Dipak Patel, CEO of Globo, a healthcare interpretation company to dicuss language barriers and access to healthcare. There is a need for language services across all patient touchpoints, not just during clinical visits and the role of AI in interpretation should complement human interpreters rather than replace them, particularly for clinical conversations. Meeting language barriers can also bring financial benefits to health systems with reduced readmissions and length of stays. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

Recorded live from BIO 2026 in San Diego, Gil sits down with Sam Chung, Senior Vice President of Government Relations and External Affairs at California Life Sciences (CLS), to examine a stark and urgent question: Is America's leadership in biomedical innovation still a given? Against the backdrop of NIH funding cuts, a 34% drop in San Diego venture capital, California's post-2030 R&D tax credit rollback, and China's explicit, government-backed commitment to dominating the global life sciences sector, Chung delivers a data-driven, candid, and at times sobering assessment of the headwinds threatening what he calls the "crown jewel" of the California economy. The conversation covers clinical trial timelines, IP migration, talent flight, and what policymakers at both the state and federal level must do to preserve American biomedical leadership before it becomes a historical footnote. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

Host Matt Fisher talks to Eirini Schlosser, CEO and Founder of Dyania Health, about strategies for unlocking value from data; normalizing data to enable insight from use of technology including AI; realizing the key components for enabling beneficial use of AI and coupling AI with humans to enhance capabilities. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

From Undervalued to Unavoidable: Treating Women's Health as Infrastructure Host: Megan Antonelli Guest: Marissa Fayer, CEO, DeepLook Medical Women's health isn't a cause, it's infrastructure. Join host Megan Antonelli and her guest, Med tech founder Marissa Fayer, CEO of DeepLook Medical as she breaks down why closing the women's health gap is worth a trillion dollars a year, and why capital still isn't following. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

Sticking the Landing in Healthcare's AI Era: Turning Innovation Into Operational Impact Host Russ Branzell, President and CEO of CHIME, sits down with Vivek Swaminathan, CEO of Cardamom Health, for a thoughtful conversation on what it takes to succeed in healthcare's next era of transformation. As health systems navigate accelerating AI adoption, mounting operational pressures, and evolving patient expectations, leaders are being challenged to move beyond innovation for innovation's sake and focus on measurable outcomes. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

The Skin Microbiome Revolution: Personalized Skincare Without the Guesswork Hosts Jared Johnson and Zain Ismail talks to Nathan Shatz, founder of SuperBiome, who reveals the results of Jared's skin microbiome test live on the air, explains how germs are good, and shares how it motivated him when people told him he was too young to be a founder.  All that, plus the Flava of the Week about whether GLP-1's will be more disruptive than AI. Does it mean that we can sometimes get lost in the current ways that healthcare grows its profits and forget that society's better off with less chronic disease?  Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

What We Heard at the Infinx Thought Leadership Executive Forum Couldn't attend the Infinx Thought Leadership Executive Forum? Or joined us and want a practical recap of the biggest themes and takeaways? This Office Hours episode will provide a high-level summary of the major conversations from across the forum, focusing on what leaders in finance, RCM, and transformation are thinking about now. This is not a session-by-session replay or a commercial event recap. Instead, it is a practical reflection on the conversations, challenges, and priorities shaping the next phase of revenue cycle transformation. Brought to you by www.infinx.com Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

On this episode host Justin Barnes continues his series at the Moffitt Cancer Center exploring oncology of today. Part 5, Personal Keys to Success and the Importance of Mentoring with Nainesh Parikh, MD, Moffitt VP Chief Expansion & Partner Officer. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

Host Adam Russo invites Phil Martin, VP of Stop-Loss at Benefits All In, a company offering a client focused solution which combines individualized benefits expertise with best-in-class technology to ensure employees and their families make well-informed decisions on their benefit choices. Philip predicts that younger, more educated workers will demand better information and transparency from healthcare providers. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

Host Colin Hung and John Lynn discuss Healthcare AI Pet Peeves. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

Finding Your True Customer Profile with Bruce Brandes In this episode, host Adam Turinas sits down with Bruce Brandes, a 35-year healthtech veteran. Together with his longtime friend and business partner Brian Shulman, he is building WhaleHawk, which they call the first agentic sales accelerator built specifically for healthcare. We dig into why go-to-market in healthcare is so uniquely hard, why generic prompting in Claude or ChatGPT will not solve it, and what it actually takes to combine AI with deep healthcare-specific data to find the right accounts, at the right time, with a warm path in. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

On this episode Jim Tate welcomes Dr. Gary Wietecha, Chief Medical Officer of Med Tech Solutions. Med Tech provides services to align EHR, IT, and AI‑enabled workflows to improve operations, support clinicians, and enhance patient care efficiency. He leads clinical strategy at MTS and helped launch ProviderCare, a one-on-one EHR adoption coaching program for NextGen and eClinicalWorks customers aimed at reducing clinician burnout. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

Female Founders Series: When the EHR Goes Down: Building Real-Time Resilience Before the Next Outage Host: Janae Sharp Guests: Chao Cheng Shorland When the EHR goes down, care doesn't stop, but the chart, the meds, and the allergies do. Chao Cheng Shorland explains why EHR downtime is a patient safety problem, not just an IT one, and how her team is working to end pen-and-paper charting during outages. In this conversation: Why EHR downtime belongs under patient safety, and how mortality risk climbs when systems go dark The difference between continuity during failure and disaster recovery after failure How ransomware turned downtime from a two-hour event into a 24-day average What a lightweight downtime system needs to do: charting, orders, medications, ADT, and ED tracking with no user training How a passive, read-only system flips to active over HL7 and syncs back when the primary EHR returns Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

On this episode host Justin Barnes continues his series at the Moffitt Cancer Center exploring oncology of today. Part 4, Personal Keys to Success and the Importance of Mentoring with Dr. Kamal Jethwani, Moffitt VP Digital Ventures & CEO of AccelerOnc. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

AI in Healthcare: A Practical Discussion for Executives On this episode of The Dish on Health IT, Brian Dwyer, Business Strategist at Point-of-Care Partners, is joined by Sam Schifman, Principal Engineer for AI at Red Hat and Consultant at Point-of-Care Partners, and Kendra Obrist, Senior Consultant and Payer Interoperability Subject Matter Expert at Point-of-Care Partners, for a practical discussion about how healthcare leaders can evaluate AI opportunities without needing to become technical experts. Together, they explore where AI is delivering measurable value today, why many initiatives struggle to achieve expected outcomes, how to evaluate vendors and risk, what emerging policy and governance trends mean for healthcare organizations, and why strong data quality and interoperability remain essential to AI success.

Beyond Extraction and Into Trusted Revenue Cycle Action The goal is not just to extract data from documents, but to make it actionable and seamlessly connected to the next step in the revenue cycle. Join us for a thought leadership discussion on reducing manual document work, building confidence in AI-enabled workflows, and understanding why trusted technology partners are essential for reliable, scalable automation. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

Where do Patient Experience & Consumer Centricity Intersect? Jared and Adam Cherrington started cooking up the idea for this episode while sitting in the back of a shuttle bus at Swaay.Health Live. The two discuss how to keep the voice of the patient a priority, where patient experience and consumer centricity overlap, and what they're both seeing in these areas that give them hope … and frustration.  All that, plus the Flava of the Week about whole-body scans. How do they work, who are the main players, and what's their true value in a consumer's constellation of care?  Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

The Art of Making a Room Feel Human with Mike Mosquito and Maureen Nylin Have you ever wondered why the smaller, more intimate industry events on your calendar seem to generate more real business than the massive trade show floors? On this episode, part two of their series The Intimacy Shift, host Adam Turinas sits down with Mike Mosquito and Maureen Nylin, the duo behind the Buzz podcast, to find out exactly what happens once buyers are in the room. If you are planning your 2027 event strategy and trying to figure out where your budget should actually go, this conversation gives you the answer. Mike and Maureen have built their careers on being the people event organizers call when they want a room to feel less like a trade show and more like a reunion, and they pull back the curtain on how they do it. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

The conversations at this year's HFMA Annual Conference made one thing clear: value-based care is no longer just about reimbursement; it's becoming the foundation for how healthcare organizations operate. On this episode host Daniel Marino is joined by Katie Gilfillan, Director of Healthcare Finance Policy at HFMA, to discuss four themes from the conference: the transition from value-based contracting to enterprise-wide performance management, capital allocation toward scalable care delivery and digital infrastructure, the practical use of AI to improve access and operational efficiency, and affordability as a key indicator of value-based care success, reflecting the need to improve outcomes while reducing unnecessary cost. Whether you're a healthcare executive, finance leader, physician leader, or payer, this conversation offers practical insights into where the industry is headed and how organizations can prepare for the next phase of value-based care. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

S1E7: Caris Life Sciences Series - Part 1 of 3: The Science: Advancements in molecular profiling (WES + WTS) and impact on cancer care Host Shahid Shah with his guest James Hamrick, MD, MPH, Chairman of the Caris Precision Oncology Alliance™ (Caris POA). To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

July News You Can Use Skynet, Stretchers, and Sticker Shock Topics include: Increasingly capable models push the boundaries of their "sandbox" environments; AI safety is starting to look less like The Terminator and more like a real engineering challenge; A $13,000 ambulance ride highlights the broken economics of emergency care; Patients are paying for the wrong thing and need to pay for readiness rather than just the trip itself; Healthcare rationing already in play but done opaquely through costs, insurance networks, and access; Transparent healthcare rationing is long overdue and needs to be equitable; AI-powered full-body screening may sound great, but more data often means more false alarms & higher costs; Just remember the plural of anecdote is not data; An a nod to this years World Cup, celebrating brilliant football while wondering why fixing healthcare is so much harder than deciding a match on penalties. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

Day in the Life: Leading through Change Host: Phil Sobol, Chief Commercial Officer at CereCore Guest: Judy Krupala, CNO, Cuero Regional Hospital CNO Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

Host Matt Fisher talks to John Bou, Co-Founder and President of Modio Health, about the history of credentialing process; scope of information needed to proceed with credentialing; why credentialing can take so long; original purpose for credentialing and how it evolved; opportunity available if centralized system can be created. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

Recorded live from BIO 2026 in San Diego, Gil captures a conversation with Craig Martin, Founder and CEO of Orphan Therapeutics Accelerator and Amber Freed, Founder & CEO of the Non-profit, SLC6A1 Connect that is equal parts heartbreak, science, economics, and stubborn optimism. Gil engages two of the rare disease world's most energized advocates immediately following a panel they participated in together on ultra-rare diseases. What emerged was a wide-ranging discussion about the gap between breakthrough science and patient access, the systemic failures that leave life-saving molecules on a shelf, and the personal cost of building a movement from grief.

Pediatric AI at Scale: How Valley Children's Is Closing the Care Gap in California's Central Valley Host: Janae Sharp Guests: Joe Egan, CIO of Valley Children's Healthcare AI in pediatric healthcare is often talk, not delivery. Joe Egan, CIO of Valley Children's Healthcare, walks through the three layers of AI his team runs today, and how each one turns clinician time back into access for kids. In this conversation: • The three-layer AI model Valley Children's uses: assist, inform, and act, sorted by risk and human oversight • Why ambient documentation earned a clinician wait list, and the metrics that prove it (pajama time, time in notes) • How Epic Cosmos and shared de-identified data help with rare pediatric disease • Why an adult-trained AI model can't be assumed safe for children • The governance and ownership model that makes technology actually stick Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

On this episode, Carol Flagg is joined by Saul Marquez, Founder and CEO of Outcomes Rocket. Saul recently led a survey of more than 800 marketing professionals to better understand how organizations are using podcasts as part of their marketing strategy, what's driving results, where challenges remain, and how podcast content may play a growing role in an AI-driven future. He joins Carol to discuss the findings from that research and explore why podcasts continue to emerge as a powerful tool for thought leadership, audience engagement, and business growth. Access the survey here: https://www.outcomesrocket.com/insights/podcasts-as-a-marketing-powerhouse-strategies-impact-and-future-outlook-2026

SiPhox Health's Michael Dubrovsky on the Future of Home Blood Testing SiPhox Health Co-Founder and CEO Michael Dubrovsky joins Jared at Nourishing Change to discuss the future of at-home blood testing, preventative health, and how AI is transforming health analysis. They explore how accessible testing can empower individuals to live longer, healthier lives and the innovations driving this movement.  Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

Building RCM Automation Around the Realities of Tribal Health Host Jenna Hagan, vice president of revenue cycle national sales at NextGen Healthcare, talks with Carmen Lovato, clinical informatics coordinator at Kewa Pueblo Health Corporation, about what it takes to make revenue cycle automation work in tribal health settings. At Santo Domingo Health Center, billing was complicated by patterns tribal health centers encounter often: patients seeing multiple providers in one day, specialty-specific coding requirements, payer rules, and claims that needed the right insurance attached from the start. Carmen shares how her team used standard and custom rules to reduce manual review, catch issues earlier, and help clean claims move through faster. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

Host Ericka Adler is joined by Craig Castelli, Founder and CEO of Caber Hill Advisors, to discuss the current market for selling physician and health care practices. The episode explores what buyers are looking for, how valuations and deal structures have shifted, and which areas of health care are attracting investor interest. Ericka and Craig also discuss physician retention, succession planning, and the importance of having the right advisory team in place when preparing for a sale. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

Curated Not Crowded – How to Win with Community-driven Events If you're a B2B healthcare marketer wondering whether your trade show budget is actually buying you anything real, this episode is for you. Host Adam Turinas sit down with Megan Antonelli, Founder and CEO of HealthIMPACT, to kick off a two-part series he's calling The Intimacy Shift, a look at why healthcare technology marketers are pulling money out of massive trade shows and putting it into smaller, curated, community-driven events instead. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

On this episode host Justin Barnes continues his series at the Moffitt Cancer Center exploring oncology of today. Part 3, Inside the CancerX Accelerator 2026 Cohort with Kamal Jethwani, MD, Moffitt VP Digital Ventures & CEO AccelerOnc and Nainesh Parikh, MD, Moffitt VP Chief Expansion & Partner Officer of the Center.

The Ticking Time Bomb in Your Health Plan Fiduciary duty means acting in the plan's best interest, but many employers don't realize their company and their health plan are legally separate entities. Responsibility for claims rests with designated plan fiduciaries, not executives, brokers, or TPAs, a fact that often catches plan sponsors off guard. There are conflicting incentives among brokers, TPAs, and stop-loss carriers. This means no one is financially motivated to make tough claim decisions, leaving employers exposed. The solution is full transparency, clearly identify fiduciaries, document vendor selection processes, and cap incentive-based compensation to prevent abuse. Know who your fiduciaries are, have a repeatable process, and ensure all compensation models are defensible to avoid costly legal and financial fallout. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen