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The HealthBiz podcast is moving to the CareTalk: Healthcare Unfiltered Channel. From now on, when you want to listen to HealthBiz, head over to one of these links:Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2GTYhbNnvDHriDp7Xo9s6ZApple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/caretalk-healthcare-unfiltered/id1532402352YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@CareTalkPodcastCareTalk website  https://www.caretalkpodcast.com/ I launched the Health Business Blog exactly 20 years ago, on March 1, 2005 to provide my perspectives on healthcare business and policy. I wrote thousands of posts and started sprinkling in audio interviews with healthcare CEOs in 2007 –long before the podcast boom.  My blog became very popular and as a result I even switched the name of my healthcare consulting firm to Health Business Group to take advantage of the blog's brand equity.The biggest podcast highlight of that era came in 2014, when I interviewed all 9 candidates for Governor of Massachusetts about their plans for healthcare. It was my goal to help elevate the political debate.In 2017, I started co-hosting the CareTalk podcast with John Driscoll, then CEO of CareCentrix and now Chairman of the UConn Health System. We recorded monthly, in-person and experimented with a variety of formats.When the pandemic arrived, John and I switched to remote recording and began taping weekly. There was so much to discuss about COVID-19 and we made the most of it. Our producer, Vincent Grippi masterfully built up our show to one of the top few on Apple Podcasts and YouTube.Meanwhile, I also shifted the Health Business Blog to an all-podcast format in September 2020, about six months into the pandemic, with Dafna Williams taking over as producer. I called it the HealthBiz podcast and we released a new episode every week on all the major audio channels plus YouTube. We're now well over 200 episodes.In 2024, we tested out the idea of melding HealthBiz and CareTalk by adding HealthBiz Briefs to the CareTalk channel. The experiment was a success, generating substantial engagement.In 2025, we're going all the way by moving all of HealthBiz over to CareTalk. You can listen or subscribe using the links in the show notes.You'll now have the chance to experience HealthBiz along with a bunch of great CareTalk content, including one -on-one shows with John and me, plus John's own interviews with executives and policy leaders.So that's it for the first 20 years of the Health Business Blog and HealthBiz Podcast. I'd like to thank you, my listeners and viewers, and my producer, Dafna Williams.I'm looking forward to the next podcast chapter. I hope you'll join me for it.Meet me on CareTalk! https://www.caretalkpodcast.com/ As of March 2025 HealthBiz is part of CareTalk. Healthcare. Unfiltered and can be found at the following links: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2GTYhbNnvDHriDp7Xo9s6Z Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/caretalk-healthcare-unfiltered/id1532402352 YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@CareTalkPodcast CareTalk website https://www.caretalkpodcast.com/ Host David E. Williams is president of healthcare strategy consulting firm Health Business Group. Episodes through March 2025 were produced by Dafna Williams.

Are you on the board of directors of a company? Or are you a shareholder of a publicly traded company? Or are you a CEO or a CFO or in-house counsel who reports to a board of directors or these shareholders? Well, this show is for you. And it's about how the healthcare industry has become financialized at the same time that providing health benefits has become the second-biggest line item after payroll for most companies. We talked about that in a recent encore with Mark Cuban (EP418) also, as well as the show with Cora Opsahl (EP452) and Claire Brockbank (EP453) from 32BJ. For a full transcript of this episode, click here. If you enjoy this podcast, be sure to subscribe to the free weekly newsletter to be a member of the Relentless Tribe. So, this encore with Andreas Mang is really timely. And even if you've listened to the show when it originally aired a year ago, you may want to take another listen, because in the context of these recent shows, this one really slots right in there. And also, by the way, the one with Julie Selesnick (EP428) from last year talking about the legal jeopardy currently in play. So, this show isn't really about health benefits; it's about the business that these health benefits have become and how, if the CEO or CFO of an employer is not intimately involved in the financial layer wrapping around health benefits, then the company is getting really taken advantage of by those entities who are intimately familiar with the financial layer surrounding those healthcare benefits. And the employees of that company also are getting equally taken advantage of. This is not a case where paying more or less results in better or worse employee health or healthcare. It is a case where not minding the shop in the C-suite means that financial actors just take more of the pie and nobody wins but them. Employer loses; employee loses. Andreas Mang, my guest today, kicks off this interview talking about the conversation that will go down between himself and any CEO whose company gets bought by Blackstone. So, if you're a CEO and you're aspiring for this to happen, yeah … heads up. But he says it's kind of an unnatural act to dig into anything that smells like health benefits or health insurance. Some may not even realize that this whole financial layer has developed that sits above the healthcare benefits themselves. And they also may not think that there's anything that's possible that can be done. As far as both of these points are concerned, Andreas Mang gives a list of, as he calls them, easy things a C-suite can do to save 10% while improving employee satisfaction and health. Saving 10% or more, this can be a really big number. A lot of this is just enforcing purchasing discipline that is being used elsewhere. Here's Andreas's list recapped: 1. Have CFO engagement throughout the year. (We talked about that with Mark Cuban also.) 2. Be self-insured once you have reached a certain size. (Andreas gets into this in more detail during the show itself.) 3. Be very, very careful who you hire as your broker or benefits consultant. There are five things that need to be true: ·      They have the experience to do the job. ·      Flat-fee model compensation ·      No product pushing ·      Fees at risk (30% or more) ·      Simple termination provisions 4. Do carrier/ASO/TPA RFPs once every three years or thereabouts. 5. Do dependent eligibility audits. (Cora Opsahl talked a lot about this also in an earlier episode [EP372].) 6. Leverage pharmacy coalitions and stop-loss collectives. (In the show itself, Andreas offers some warnings because some of these coalitions and collectives are great and some are not.) But bottom line, just keep in mind, as Mark Cuban said (EP418), those that are taking your money, your company's money, are advantaged when you are confused. Where there's mystery, there's margin. If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em and all that. This is a business strategy. Healthcare should not be this complicated. But yet, it has become so; and anyone who doesn't realize that is letting themselves and their employees really get taken advantage of. Unknown unknowns are not benign. As I have said several times already, Andreas Mang is my guest today. He is a partner at Blackstone, the private equity and alternative asset manager. His job is helping portfolio companies manage their U.S. healthcare benefits for their employees. Also mentioned in this episode are Blackstone, Mark Cuban, Cora Opsahl, Claire Brockbank, Julie Selesnick, Lauren Vela, and Tom Nash.   You can learn more at Blackstone and by connecting with Andreas on LinkedIn.   Andreas Mang is senior managing director, portfolio operations, and chief executive officer of Equity Healthcare, where he is involved in managing medical benefits spend across the Blackstone portfolio. Andreas brings 20 years of healthcare experience to Equity Healthcare, having held various roles in healthcare finance, operations, and strategy. Prior to joining Blackstone, Andreas was the vice president responsible for national provider network operations at CareCentrix, a PE-backed, leading home health benefit-management company. At Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, he held a variety of roles, including a leadership role identifying and implementing administrative cost savings opportunities throughout the organization and ultimately designing a new corporate business model. In addition, he held roles as the manager of strategic financial planning at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and was a senior consultant with Deloitte Consulting's Strategy and Operations group in Boston. Andreas has a bachelor's degree in healthcare management and policy from the University of New Hampshire and an MBA from the University of Rochester's Simon School of Business Administration. He currently serves on the board of DECA Dental.   04:55 Why Andreas starts every conversation with the question, “How's your healthcare company?” 07:38 Why is it important, as a self-insured employer, to treat your business as a small healthcare company? 09:16 Why is it unnatural for companies to be providing health insurance? 10:47 What can be achieved when there is alignment between employers and insurers? 12:41 What things can a company do to reduce spend by 10%? 14:14 Why is it better to have CFO engagement in the benefits plan throughout the year? 16:25 Why does self-insurance save 5% to 9% for companies automatically? 18:14 “The funding isn't a healthcare thing; it's a CFO thing.” 18:27 Why is it vital to have a reliable, trustworthy broker? 25:12 When is the last time your company has RFP'd their health plan? 27:39 Why does changing a health plan feel scary but is necessary? 28:31 What is a dependent eligibility audit? 31:20 Why are employers better together? 34:34 How do employers truly get a flat-fee model with brokers?   You can learn more at Blackstone and by connecting with Andreas on LinkedIn.   Andreas Mang of @blackstone discusses the financialization of #healthcarebenefits in our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthcareleadership #healthcaretransformation #healthcareinnovation   Recent past interviews: Click a guest's name for their latest RHV episode! Dr Komal Bajaj, Cynthia Fisher, Stacey Richter (INBW40), Mark Cuban and Ferrin Williams (Encore! EP418), Rob Andrews (Encore! EP415), Brian Reid, Dr Beau Raymond, Brendan Keeler, Claire Brockbank, Cora Opsahl

I did this interview with John Driscoll, co-author of Pay the People! Why Fair Pay is Good for Business and Great for America, earlier this week, assuming that Harris would lose the election. And let's be clear: she did lose an election that should have been eminently winnable. Driscoll spelt it out clearly in a powerful The Hill article last week about how raising the minimum wage is the key to the White House for Harris. The problem with Harris, and most of the Democratic party, is their failure to offer a coherent and politically sellable economic alternative to Trumpism. John Driscoll and his group of successful business leaders at Patriotic Millionaires offer that alternative. It's not socialism, but it is an undisguised and unapologetic attempt to recognize the economic predicament of the American working class and to resurrect the American Dream by leveling the playing field. That's the way to defeat Trumpism. Not by smiling inanely and saying nothing.John Driscoll chairs the Waystar Corporation and is a senior advisor at Walgreens Boots Alliance. Previously, he was CEO at CareCentrix, president of Castlight, group president at Medco, and SVP at Oxford Health Plans. John also served as a captain in the U.S. Army Reserve and is a longtime board member of the Alliance for Hunger and The Patriotic Millionaires. The co-author, with Morris Pearl, of Pay the People! (The New Press), he lives in Stamford, Connecticut.Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.Keen On is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

Benjamin Reigle, founder and host of the Revenue Cycle podcast "My Good Friends," shares his extensive experience in the healthcare industry, including co-founding Health Rise Consulting Firm and leading initiatives at companies like McKinsey & Company and Accredited Health (now R1). He is also the CEO of Tarpon Health, a community driving automation for healthcare providers. In this episode, Benjamin dives into the topic of healthcare change, emphasizing the importance of understanding industry shifts. Stay tuned to gain insights into the evolving landscape of healthcare. The Change Healthcare breach, as discussed in the podcast episode with Benjamin Reigle, has had a profound impact on the healthcare industry. The breach resulted in challenges with claim submission, cash flow, and data security, affecting not only the operations of Change Healthcare but also having a ripple effect on healthcare providers, payers, and patients. The breach led to issues with claim submission, as some payers who relied solely on Change as their intermediary were unable to process claims. This created a backlog of claims and disrupted the revenue cycle for many healthcare organizations. Some providers resorted to manual processes, such as printing and mailing claims, which added complexity and delays to the billing process. Cash flow was significantly impacted by the breach, especially for smaller healthcare entities like physician groups and community hospitals. With claims not being processed efficiently, these organizations faced financial strain due to delayed payments and uncertainty about when the situation would be resolved. The lack of cash flow threatened the financial stability of these smaller entities, highlighting the importance of having contingency plans and backup systems in place. Data security concerns arose as a result of the breach, with questions about the extent of the data compromised and the potential implications for patient privacy. The breach raised questions about the adequacy of security measures in place and the vulnerability of healthcare systems to cyber threats. The need for enhanced data security protocols and proactive measures to prevent future breaches became a pressing issue for healthcare organizations. Experian Health Client Communication February 23, 2024 Experian Health is aware of Change Healthcare's (Optum's) announcement on February 21 about a cybersecurity incident affecting its systems. Experian's Cyber Incident Response team and Cyber Threat Intelligence teams have been engaged and are closely monitoring the situation. We have not seen evidence of a threat to Experian. Out of an abundance of caution and consistent with Experian's security practices, Experian has temporarily severed connectivity to Change Healthcare. During the period of this severed connectivity, there will be an impact to batch and EDI authorizations, claims and remits, claim status, eligibility, and notice of care transactions that Experian Health sends to Change Healthcare. Experian will resume connectivity to Change when it receives assurances from Change Healthcare that it has adequately contained the threat. Payers work with a variety of clearinghouses to process data. In many cases, multiple payer connections are available although sometimes payer connectivity may be limited or even exclusive to a single clearinghouse. In the majority of cases, transactions from Experian Health route directly to the requestedpayer. When connectivity is limited or certain routes are unavailable, however, it is common to route traffic through another clearinghouse. Below is a list of potentially impacted payers. Our teams are actively evaluating and rerouting transactions when an alternative route is available and will provide an update to this list as soon as possible. BCBS-MA Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Claims 13162 1199 National Benefit Fund 93044 A & I Benefit Plan Administrators 37283 AAG-American Administravie Group 72467 ACS Benefit Services Inc. © Experian Health, Inc. Experian Confidential Information Page 2 of 28 83077 Advantek Benefit Administrators CB159 Advisory Health Administrators 65093 Advocate Physician Partners CB637 Aegis Administrative Services 128CA Aetna Better Health of California 128FL Aetna Better Health of Florida 68024 Aetna Better Health of Illinois 128KS Aetna Better Health of Kansas 128KY Aetna Better Health of Kentucky 128LA Aetna Better Health of Louisiana 128MD Aetna Better Health of Maryland 128MI Aetna Better Health of Michigan 46320 Aetna Better Health of New Jersey 34734 Aetna Better Health of New York 50023 Aetna Better Health of Ohio 23228 Aetna Better Health of Pennsylvania 38692 Aetna Better Health of Texas (Medicaid & CHIP) 128VA Aetna Better Health of Virginia 128WV Aetna Better Health of West Virginia 26337 Aetna Better Health Premier Plan MMAI 45221 Aetna OhioRISE 13334 Affinity Health Plan 46594 AFFINITY MEDICAL GROUP 37280 AGA 20048 Agate Resources Inc. (LIPA) 64158 Agency Services Inc ARA01 AgeRight Advantage AWNY6 Agewell New York 95422 AIDS Healthcare Foundation 12K01 Alabama Medicaid 91136 Alaska Carpenters Trust 44423 Alexian Brothers Community Services of TN 13550 ALICARE AHCA1 Alignment Healthcare 26160 AllCare Advantage 58234 Alliant Health Plans of Georgia 50749 Allianz Global Assistance 37308 Allied Benefit Systems A0701 Alta Bates Medical Group RP016 Alterwood Advantage 13343 Amalgamated Life - PA / Alicare 75137 AmeriBen Solutions Inc. TH095 American Family Insurance 62030 American General © Experian Health, Inc. Experian Confidential Information Page 3 of 28 31135 American Health Advantage of Mississippi 31125 American Health Advantage of Oklahoma 31130 American Health Advantage of Tennessee 31155 American Health Advantage of Texas 1066 American Healthcare Alliance 74048 American National Ins. Co. (ANICO) 44444 American Postal Workers Union Health Plan 48055 American Progressive Life and Health Insurance Company 56195 American Trust Administrators Inc. 54763 AmeriHealth Administrators 77799 AmeriHealth Caritas Delaware 77003 AmeriHealth Caritas Florida 27357 Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana (LACare) 47073 AmeriHealth Caritas Next - A Product of AmeriHealth Caritas VIP Next, Inc. 45408 AmeriHealth Caritas Next A Product of AmeriHealth Caritas Florida, Inc. 83148 AmeriHealth Caritas Next North Carolina 81671 AmeriHealth Caritas North Carolina 84243 AmeriHealth Caritas Ohio 22248 AmeriHealth Caritas Pennsylvania 77062 AmeriHealth Caritas VIP Care 87406 AmeriHealth Caritas VIP Care - Delaware DSNP 77013 AmeriHealth Caritus VIP Care Plus (Michigan) 77002 Amerihealth District of Columbia 77001 AmeriHealth NorthEast 64090 AmFirst Insurance Company (payer only accepts Secondary claims) 24818 Amida Care 79966 Amida Care Medicare 37105 Amita Health Medical Care Group 34192 Antares Management Solutions 29370 Anthem Ohio Medicaid 34196 Apex Benefit Services 83112 Apex Health 11081 Arcadia Healthcare Solutions - IPG 36364 Arcadia Healthcare Solutions - NPA 39185 ARISE 61184 Arkansas Superior Select 6603 ASAGEHA AAMG1 Asian American Medical Group 46156 Aspire Health Plan 36483 Aspirus Medicare Advantage 75068 Assurant Health Self Funded 74240 Assured Benefits Administrators 84320 Astiva Health 87020 Atlantic Coast Life © Experian Health, Inc. Experian Confidential Information Page 4 of 28 AVA01 Avalon Administrative Services 46045 Avera Health Plans 87098 Avesis (Vision) 59274 AvMed Inc. 65101 AXA Assistance_USA 77005 Bakersfield Family Medical Group 12X42 Banner Health SX145 Banner Health AZ 84323 Banner Medicare Advantage Prime HMO 81079 BayCare Select Health Plans 63100 Behavioral Health Systems 99320 Benefit & Risk Management Services 48611 Benefit Management Inc. of KS 37212 Benefit Management Systems Inc 88052 Benefit Plan Administrators 39081 Benefit Plan Administrators Co. (Eau Claire WI) 38238 BeneSys, Inc. 95606 Berkshire Lehigh Partners 62183 Better Health Plans Inc. CB987 Black Hawk 3036 Blue Benefit Administrators of MA 12B54 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama 77078 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Advantage SB580 Blue Cross Blue Shield of District of Columbia (Carefirst) 12000 Blue Cross Blue Shield of District of Columbia (Carefirst) SB971 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Hawaii (HMSA) SB690 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Maryland (Carefirst) 12011 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Maryland (Carefirst) 12B15 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri (Blue Cross) BCSVT Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont BOONG Boon Administrative Services 22286 BritCay 35182 Brodart 51037 Brokerage Concepts 94316 Brown & Toland Medical Group BTHS1 Brown and Toland Health Services 42020 Buckeye Ohio Medicaid 42150 Butler Benefit 23708 C&O Employees Hospital Association CAIPA California IPA 71057 Cannon Cochran Management Services Inc. Metairie LA 95399 CAP Management Systems 12X03 Capital District Physicians Health Plan 95112 Capital Health Plan © Experian Health, Inc. Experian Confidential Information Page 5 of 28 68011 Capitol Administrators 12K89 Care Access Health Plan (CAHP) 77082 Care Improvement Plus 66010 Care N' Care 57116 Care1st Health Plan of Arizona - Medicaid (DOS < 11/30/22) 11345 CareCentrix 14182 CareCore National 14180 CareCore National LLC (Oxford Radiology Claims) 14188 CareCore/WCNY RAD 75191 CareFirst Administrators/NCAS (Charlotte, NC) 75190 CareFirst Administrators/NCAS (Fairfax, VA) 93975 CareOregon Inc. 16307 CarePartners of Connecticut 31500 CareSource Ohio Medicaid 65391 CBHNP - HealthChoices 95167 Cedars-Sinai Medical Network Services 68063 Celtic Insurance 99111 Cencal Health 94312 Center for Elders Independence 13360 CenterLight Healthcare 23626 Central Pennsylvania Teamsters Fund 13193 Central Reserve Life Ins Co-Medicare Supplement 36215 Central States Health & Welfare Funds 84146 CHAMPVA - HAC CHERO Cherokee Nation Comprehensive Care Agency 34154 Chesterfield Resources Inc. 80141 Childhealth Plus by Healthfirst (CHP) 94321 Children First Medical Group 33065 CHOC - Children's Hospital Of Orange County Health Alliance 38308 Christian Brothers Services 59355 Christian Care Ministries 10629 Christus Health Medicare Advantage 52106 Christus Health TX HIX 38219 ClaimChoice Administrators (DOS >1.1.21) 11752 ClaimsBridge HPN 85468 Clear Spring Heath 13285 Clover Health 51579 Coastal Communities Physician Network 42049 Cofinity - Group Resources 22284 Colonial Medical 88091 Commercial Travelers/PHX 14315 Commonwealth Care Alliance 14316 Commonwealth Care Alliance - Medicare Advantage 60995 Community Care Inc. - Family Care (Wisconsin) © Experian Health, Inc. Experian Confidential Information Page 6 of 28 73143 Community Care Managed Health Care Plans of Oklahoma 35193 Community Health Alliance 48145 Community Health Choice 75261 Community Health Electronic Claims/CHEC/webTPA 37322 Companion Life 37363 Compsych 6105 ConnectiCare Inc 75284 Consolidated Associates Railroad 87843 Consolidated Health Plans 45321 Consumers Choice Health SC 99433 Contessa Health 46478 Continuum (formerly Marrick WRx) 55544 Conversion Plan-APWU THCP9 Cook Children STAR Plan 58231 Core Administrative Services 43160 Corizon Inc. 35202 Cornerstone Benefit Adminstrators CB268 Cornerstone Preferred Resources CMSP1 County Services Medical Program 58102 Covenant Administrators, Inc. 64068 Creative Medical Systems CC304 Curaechoice 38261 Dell Children's Health Plan (DCHP) 63740 DentaQuest Vision 84133 Denver Health and Hospital Authority DESRT Desert Medical Group 44006 Desert Oasis Healthcare 27133 Dignity Health MSO 12001 District of Columbia Medicaid 6102 Diversified Administration Corporation 74284 Driscoll Children's Health Plan 35186 Dunn and Associates Benefits Administrators Inc. TH084 Early Intervention Central 66122 Eastland Medical Group 31074 EBMC 31625 ElderPlan Inc. 4326 Element Care Inc. EMP01 Empire Physician's Medical Group 42149 Employee Benefit Systems 35112 Employee Plans LLC 20818 Essence Healthcare RP037 Eternal Health 35605 Everence I & P 32052 Everpointe © Experian Health, Inc. Experian Confidential Information Page 7 of 28 62160 eviCore 59313 Evolutions Healthcare Systems (New Port Richey FL) 22344 Exceedent LLC 12B38 Excellus - BCBS Utica Watertown 12B40 Excellus - Blue Cross Blue Shield Rochester Area 71412 ExclusiCare 22254 Fallon Community Health Plan 88055 First Agency FCC01 First Carolina Care 91131 First Choice Health Administrators 57103 First Choice Next (SC) 32456 First Choice VIP Care (SC - DSNP) 77009 First Choice VIP Care Plus by Select Health of South Carolina 59322 Florida Health Care Plan 48116 Florida Hospital Waterman 48117 FMH Benefit Services Inc. 64069 Fox-Everett Inc. 99660 Fresno PACE 34171 FrontPath Health Coalition 25169 Gateway Health Plan Medicaid PA 75273 Geisinger Health Plan 31140 Georgia Health Advantage 7205 Gilsbar Inc. 7689 Global Care Inc. GEM01 Global Excel Management GHOKC Global Health GMICC Global Medical Management 47083 GMS Inc. 76923 Good Shephard Hospice Inc. 45235 Government Employees Health Association (Multiplan) GRV01 Gravie Inc. 36338 Group Administrators Ltd. CB951 Group Benefit Services Inc. 39167 Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin 64246 Guardian Life Insurance Company of America 47738 Hamaspik Choice 59143 Harrington Health Non-EPO 62061 Harrington Health-Kansas (formerly known as Fiserv Health-Kansas) 4245 Harvard Community Health Plan 4271 Harvard Pilgrim 12K62 Hawaii Medicaid 62180 Health Change Pathway 62179 Health Choice Arizona 46221 Health Choice Insurance Co © Experian Health, Inc. Experian Confidential Information Page 8 of 28 62111 Health Cost Solutions 34158 Health Design Plus (Hudson OH) RP039 Health First Health Plans TH049 Health Management Administrators (HMA) 4286 Health New England SX030 Health Options Inc (FL - BCBS HMO) 80142 Health Partners of Philadelphia 20270 Health Payment Systems Inc. 83253 Health Plan of Michigan 68035 Health Plan of San Joaquin 44273 Health Plans Inc. 37290 Health Services for Children with Special Needs HCH01 Healthcare Highways 56731 Healthcare Resources NW 73147 Healthcare Solutions Group 71064 HealthChoice Oklahoma 85729 Healthcomp Inc. 56144 Healthgram Inc. 55204 Healthnow Division 94267 Healthpartners 59140 HealthPlan Services 75237 Healthsmart Accel 37272 HealthSmart Benefit Solutions 87815 HealthSmart Benefit Solutions fka Wells Fargo TPA.Inc. 75250 HealthSmart Preferred Care Inc. 60058 Hennepin Health 30862 Heritage Victor Valley Medical Group 95393 High Desert Medical Group 95461 Highmark Senior Solutions (WV) 46 Hill Physicians Medical Group HPIPA Hispanic Physicians IPA (Encounters Only) 12T11 HMA - Health Management Admin 86066 HMA Hawaii 75318 HMC HealthWorks aka Health Management Co 84555 HMO Louisiana Inc 91164 HMSO-Highline Medical Service Organization HLSTA Holista (Novant Health Direct to Employer) 88023 Hometown Health Plan Nevada 37224 HSBS Memphis 37256 HSBS Oklahoma City 31172 HSBS World Trade Center Health Program 37137 HSHS Medical Group IPA 61103 Humana Ohio Medicaid 94154 Humboldt-Del Norte Foundation for Medical Care © Experian Health, Inc. Experian Confidential Information Page 9 of 28 54750 Huron PACE 37279 IAA 19028 IBM Business Transformation Outsourcing Insurance Services Corporate 26054 iCare Health Solutions 97661 IEC Group - AmeriBen 41600 I'Mcare 40585 INDECS Corporation TA720 Independence Administrators MHM01 Independence Medical Group 12X01 Independent Health SX073 Independent Health INDPM Independent Physicians at Mercy 12X75 Indian Health Services SX171 Indian Health Services 35600 Indiana Childrens Special Health Care Services 35107 Indiana Teamsters Health Benefits Fund (Indianapolis IN) 95444 Indiana University Health Plan 26212 Indiana University Health Plan (Commercial) 30360 Individual Assurance Company 31053 Individual Health Insurance Companies 43471 Inetico Inc. 52196 Informed LLC 38343 Ingham Health Plan Corporation 31182 InnovAge TH012 Insurance Services of Lubbock 39182 InsuranceTPA.com 86304 Insurers Administrative Corp. 51020 Integra Administrative Group (Seaford DE) 31127 Integra Group 20050 Integrated Medical Solutions LLC 23287 Intergroup Services Corporation 93116 Interlink 11329 International Benefit Administrator RP075 Iowa Health Advantage 47262 IU Health Transplant Evaluation Program JLSFE JLS Family Enterprises 38310 JOHN MORRELL COMPANY CO. - AHPBA 68036 John Muir Mt. Diablo Health System 66003 Johns Hopkins Health Advantage 52189 Johns Hopkins Healthcare (EHP/PP) 52123 Johns Hopkins Healthcare (USFHP) 43178 Joplin Claims / Benefit Management Inc 34136 JP Farley Corporation 91617 Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado © Experian Health, Inc. Experian Confidential Information Page 10 of 28 94123 Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Hawaii 94135 Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Northern CA Region 52095 Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States Inc. 21313 Kaiser Permanente of Georgia 94320 Kaiser Self Funded 40137 Kalos Heath KCIPA Kane County BCBS 71066 Kansas Superior Select 95279 Keenan Associates (CA) 73100 Kempton Company 77039 Kern Health Systems 37217 Key Benefit Administrators (Indianapolis IN) 37321 Key Select 37323 Key Solution 23284 Keystone First 42344 Keystone First Community HealthChoices 77741 Keystone First VIP Choice 34145 Klais & Company KPS01 KPS-Kitsap Physician Services 72107 LA Blue Advantage Louisiana LACAR LA Care Health Plan 37116 Lake County Physicians Association 66125 Lakeside Medical Group LNDMK Landmark Healthcare Inc 52193 LBA Health Plans 37316 Leon Medical Center Health Plan LIB01 Liberty Advantage Health Plan (HMO SNP) 87071 Liberty Health Advantage 37281 Liberty Union 25181 LIFE Pittsburgh 41136 Life Trac 71498 LifeCircles PACE 76870 LifePath Hospice Inc LWA01 Lifeworks Advantage CB752 Lockard & Williams 37267 Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center Employee Health Plan 33036 Loma Linda University Healthcare SKLA2 Louisiana Medicaid - Ambulance claims 37175 Loyola Physician Partners 88056 Lucent Health Solutions 82694 Lucentis Copay Program 35183 Luminare Health (CoreSource OH) 35187 Luminare Health Internal (CoreSource-Internal) © Experian Health, Inc. Experian Confidential Information Page 11 of 28 75136 Luminare Health Little Rock (CoreSource Little Rock) 36334 MacNeal Health Providers- CHS 56139 Maestro Health Plan MCC01 Magellan Complete Care of Arizona MCC02 Magellan Complete Care of Virginia 1260 Magellan Health Services 11303 Magnacare 45341 Maine Community Health Options 35162 Managed Care Services LLC 52461 March Vision Care Inc. 53275 MARTINS POINT HEALTH CARE 83269 Mary Washington Health Plan 37121 Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation 86220 Mass Advantage 12T52 Masters Mates and Pilots Program TH111 Masters Mates and Pilots Program 88090 Mayo Clinic FL/GA 83028 MBA Benefit Administrators Inc (Salt Lake UT) 25160 MCA ADMINISTRATORS 88058 MED PAY 74323 MedBen (Newark OH) 56821 Medcost Benefit Services Bundled Billing 78857 Medica HealthCare Plan of Florida MAHC1 MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLAN L0170 Medical Card System ( MCS ) 62177 Medical Reimbursements of America L0210 Medicare y Mucho Mas ( MMM ) 95655 MediGold 35205 MedPartners Administrative Services RP062 Medstar Family Choice, Inc (DC) RP063 Medstar Family Choice, Inc (MD) 37050 Mental Health Consultants Inc. 86087 Merchants Benefit Administration 86052 Mercy Care Plan (AHCCCS) 33628 Mercy Maricopa Integrated Care 41124 Meritain Health Minneapolis 13265 MetroPlus Health Plan 23550 MFC & HealthPlus Peoria 47080 Midlands Choice Inc. 76079 Midwest Health Partners SKMS0 Mississippi Medicaid 12K17 Mississippi Medicaid SKMS1 Mississippi Medicaid 12K18 Mississippi Medicaid © Experian Health, Inc. Experian Confidential Information Page 12 of 28 64084 Mississippi Physicians Care Network 37233 Mississippi Public Entity Employee Benefit Trust MMS01 Missouri Medicare Select 13350 Moda Health 12X09 Molina Healthcare 38333 Molina Healthcare of California 51062 Molina Healthcare of Florida 61799 Molina Healthcare of Idaho 20934 Molina Healthcare of Illinois 38334 Molina Healthcare of Michigan 77010 Molina Healthcare of Mississippi MLNNV Molina Healthcare of Nevada 9824 Molina Healthcare of New Mexico - Salud 20149 Molina Healthcare of Ohio 46299 Molina Healthcare of South Carolina SX109 Molina Healthcare of Utah (aka American Family Care) 38336 Molina Healthcare of Washington ABRI1 Molina Healthcare of Wisconsin 73160 Molina Ohio Medicaid 7316V Molina Ohio Medicaid Vision 12M77 Montana Medicare 13174 Montefiore Contract Management Organization TLINS Monumental Life Insurance Company (AR) TRCLF Monumental Life Insurance Company (IA) TRP1E Monumental Life Insurance Company (IA, MD, PA) TRLTC Monumental Life Insurance Company (TX) SB941 Mountain State Blue Cross Blue Shield of West Virginia 20572 MSA Care Guard 80019 MSC (Medical Service Company) Group, Inc. RP036 Multicare Connected Care (MCC) 34080 Multiplan Wisconsin Preferred Provider Network 81883 Municipal Health Benefit Fund 27004 My Choice Wisconsin 65085 NAA (North America Administrators L.P.) (Nashville TN) 53011 NALC/Affordable 58182 NAPHCARE INC. ASHC1 National General 52104 National Telecommunications Cooperative Association (NTCA - Staff) 52103 National Telecommunications Cooperative Association (NTCA) SKNE0 Nebraska Medicaid 12K19 Nebraska Medicaid 12M19 Nebraska Medicare 96107 Neighborhood Health Partnership (NHP) 5047 Neighborhood Health Plan Rhode Island © Experian Health, Inc. Experian Confidential Information Page 13 of 28 96240 Neighborhood Health Plan Rhode Island - Exchange, Unity, Integrity 66055 Netcare Life and Health Insurance (Hagatna Guam) 77076 Network Health Insurance Corp-Medicare 39144 Network Health Plan of Wisconsin Inc. 95998 NEW AVENUES INC. 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About Andreas Mang:Andreas Mang serves as the CEO of Equity Healthcare, where he oversees the management of medical benefits spending across Blackstone's portfolio. With two decades of experience in healthcare, Mr. Mang has worked in various capacities in healthcare finance, operations, and strategy.Before joining Blackstone, he was the Vice-President responsible for national provider network operations at CareCentrix, a prominent home health benefit-management company backed by private equity. Earlier, at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, he played a leadership role in identifying and implementing cost-saving measures across the organization and played a key role in designing a new corporate business model. Mr. Mang also worked at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care as the Manager of Strategic Financial Planning and served as a Senior Consultant with Deloitte Consulting's Strategy and Operations group in Boston.Things You'll Learn:Healthcare is notably unhealthy in the US.It will take a considerable amount of time for value-based care to be distributed at scale.No problem is too big to solve.Tangible outcomes include lower readmission rates and improved care management for employees going through treatments like chemotherapy.The ease of getting carrier partners on board is attributed to Blackstone's size, scale, and growth trajectory, creating a win-win situation.Resources:Connect with and follow Andreas Mang on LinkedIn.Follow Blackstone on LinkedIn and visit their website.

For a full transcript of this episode, click here. Are you on the board of directors of a company? Or are you a shareholder of a publicly traded company? Or are you a CEO or a CFO who reports to a board of directors or these shareholders? Well, this show is for you. And it's about how the healthcare industry has become financialized at the same time that providing health benefits has become the second-biggest line item after payroll for most companies. We talked about that with Mark Cuban (EP418) also. So, this show isn't really about health benefits; it's about the business that these health benefits have become and how, if the CEO or CFO of an employer is not intimately involved in the financial layer wrapping around health benefits, then the company is getting really taken advantage of by those entities who are intimately familiar with the financial layer surrounding those healthcare benefits. And the employees of that company also are getting equally taken advantage of. This is not a case where paying more or less results in better or worse employee health or healthcare. It is a case where not minding the shop in the C-suite means that financial actors just take more of the pie and nobody wins but them. Employer loses; employee loses. Andreas Mang, my guest today, kicks off this interview talking about the conversation that will go down between himself and any CEO whose company gets bought by Blackstone. So, if you're a CEO and you're aspiring for this to happen, yeah … heads up. But he says it's kind of an unnatural act to dig into anything that smells like health benefits or health insurance. Some may not even realize that this whole financial layer has developed that sits above the healthcare benefits themselves. And they also may not think that there's anything that's possible that can be done. As far as both of these points are concerned, Andreas Mang gives a list of, as he calls them, easy things a C-suite can do to save 10% while improving employee satisfaction and health. Saving 10% or more, this can be a really big number. A lot of this is just enforcing purchasing discipline that is being used elsewhere. Here's Andreas's list recapped: 1. Have CFO engagement throughout the year. (We talked about that with Mark Cuban also.) 2. Be self-insured once you have reached a certain size. (Andreas gets into this in more detail during the show itself.) 3. Be very, very careful who you hire as your broker or benefits consultant. There are five things that need to be true: ·      They have the experience to do the job. ·      Flat-fee model compensation ·      No product pushing ·      Fees at risk (30% or more) ·      Simple termination provisions 4. Do carrier/ASO/TPA RFPs once every three years or thereabouts. 5. Do dependent eligibility audits. (Cora Opsahl talked a lot about this also in an episode [EP372] last summer.) 6. Leverage pharmacy coalitions and stop-loss collectives. (In the show itself, Andreas offers some warnings because some of these coalitions and collectives are great and some are not.) But bottom line, just keep in mind, as Mark Cuban said two weeks ago (EP418), those that are taking your money, your company's money, are advantaged when you are confused. Where there's mystery, there's margin. If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em and all that. This is a business strategy. Healthcare should not be this complicated. But yet, it has become so; and anyone who doesn't realize that is letting themselves and their employees really get taken advantage of. Unknown unknowns are not benign. As I have said several times already, Andreas Mang is my guest today. He is a partner at Blackstone, the private equity and alternative asset manager. His job is helping portfolio companies manage their US healthcare benefits for their employees.   You can learn more at Blackstone and by connecting with Andreas on LinkedIn.     Andreas Mang is senior managing director, portfolio operations, and chief executive officer of Equity Healthcare, where he is involved in managing medical benefits spend across the Blackstone portfolio. Andreas brings 20 years of healthcare experience to Equity Healthcare, having held various roles in healthcare finance, operations, and strategy. Prior to joining Blackstone, Andreas was the vice president responsible for national provider network operations at CareCentrix, a PE-backed, leading home health benefit-management company. At Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, he held a variety of roles, including a leadership role identifying and implementing administrative cost savings opportunities throughout the organization and ultimately designing a new corporate business model. In addition, he held roles as the manager of strategic financial planning at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and was a senior consultant with Deloitte Consulting's Strategy and Operations group in Boston. Andreas has a bachelor's degree in healthcare management and policy from the University of New Hampshire and an MBA from the University of Rochester's Simon School of Business Administration. He currently serves on the board of DECA Dental.   04:19 Why Andreas starts every conversation with the question, “How's your healthcare company?” 07:04 Why is it important, as a self-insured employer, to treat your business as a small healthcare company? 08:42 Why is it unnatural for companies to be providing health insurance? 10:13 What can be achieved when there is alignment between employers and insurers? 12:07 What things can a company do to reduce spend by 10%? 13:40 Why is it better to have CFO engagement in the benefits plan throughout the year? 15:51 Why does self-insurance save 5% to 9% for companies automatically? 17:41 “The funding isn't a healthcare thing; it's a CFO thing.” 17:54 Why is it vital to have a reliable, trustworthy broker? 24:38 When is the last time your company has RFP'd their health plan? 27:06 Why does changing a health plan feel scary but is necessary? 27:58 What is a dependent eligibility audit? 30:48 Why are employers better together? 34:02 How do employers truly get a flat-fee model with brokers?   You can learn more at Blackstone and by connecting with Andreas on LinkedIn.   Andreas Mang of @blackstone discusses the financialization of #healthcarebenefits in our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth Recent past interviews: Click a guest's name for their latest RHV episode! Karen Root (Encore! EP381), Mark Cuban and Ferrin Williams, Dan Mendelson (Encore! EP385), Josh Berlin, Dr Adam Brown, Rob Andrews, Justina Lehman, Dr Will Shrank, Dr Carly Eckert (Encore! EP361), Dr Robert Pearl

About Caitlin Donovan:Caitlin Donovan is the Global Head of Uber Health. She joined Uber most recently from MyOrthos, an Orthodontic Services Organization, where she served as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to that, Caitlin developed her knack for tackling obstacles to patient care as Chief Operating Officer of Circulation and Executive Vice President of Operations at LogistiCare (now ModivCare), specialty benefit managers in the non-emergency medical transportation space. She also served as the Vice President of Operations at CareCentrix with a focus on home health and post-acute care. Early in her career, she worked in finance as an investor at Bain Capital and as a member of the internal consulting group at Summit Partners. She earned her bachelor's degree in Economics from Harvard University and lives in Dover, Massachusetts with her husband and two boys. Things You'll Learn:Medicaid has had transportation as a covered benefit since 1966, but it's not a benefit many know how to access.Health plans are increasingly looking to include transportation within their benefits portfolio.According to a recent study, within 5.1 million employees under self-insured employers, 27% live at 200% of the poverty line or below. The above-mentioned population uses preventative services 50% less, resulting in four times more avoidable admissions.To register for WIC, it is required to go in person to an office before getting groceries delivered.Logistics and value-based care will not solve healthcare's problems on their own; It is important to think about the underlying issues to address them in a scalable way while they align with the system's incentives. Resources:Connect with and follow Caitlin Donovan on LinkedIn.Follow Uber Health on LinkedIn.Visit the Uber Health Website.

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Check out the Greensboro College Analytics Apprenticeship program here: https://learn.silvertoneanalytics.com/apprenticeship/Check out the Silvertone Analytics Career Services Program here: https://learn.silvertoneanalytics.com/career-services/In this podcast episode John David talks to his student about her journey of landing an analytics job. Abby joined the Silvertone Analytics Career Services program in January and just landed a job as a Reporting Analyst at CareCentrix.Welcome to the How to Get an Analytics Job channel. Discover how you fit into the analytics marketplace, what skills you should build, and how to land your analytics dream job. Analytics agency owner John David Ariansen and his team will give you tips and tricks to land your dream job and level up your analytics career.Check Out Our PlaylistsHow to Get an Analytics Job Podcast:https://lnkd.in/dMv987nmGreensboro College Analytics Lecture Series: https://lnkd.in/dH66tJixLooking to land an analytics job? Sounds like you need a solid resume... Sign up for our email list to get a free analytics resume guide: https://lnkd.in/dSqBSwQgFollow us on LinkedIn:John David Ariansenhttps://lnkd.in/dXFrGHqh

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This week on the Pro-Life America podcast, we discuss the recent changes to the regulations for chemical abortions and telemed abortions made by the FDA and how this fits in with the abortion industry's vision for the future. But in an interesting twist, could CVS, Walgreens, and others be trying to squeeze out the abortion industry in the telemed abortion business?  Topics Discussed:Washington reveals a ‘reproductive rights complaint form'FDA allows abortion pills to be offered at retail pharmacies and onlineDangers of the abortion pillCould CVS, Walgreens, and others be trying to squeeze out the abortion industry? Links Mentioned:Washington state's ‘reproductive rights complaint form' will target pro-lifers - Live Action NewsAbortion Pills Can Now Be Offered at Retail Pharmacies, F.D.A. Says - NY TimesPeople Are Getting Creative Obtaining Abortion Pills Online - Ms. MagazinePro-Life America Podcast Episode 87: Plan B Vending Machines & Other CrazinessWalgreens And CVS Aren't Done With Primary Care Buying Binges - ForbesWalgreens Boots Alliance Makes Majority Investment in CareCentrix - GlobeNewswireHealthcare plays by CVS, Walgreens and Amazon will drive more partnerships, tech investment, experts say - Fierce HealthcareMifeprex LabelRate & Review Our Podcast Have a topic you want to see discussed on the show? [Submit it here.]To learn more about what Life Dynamics does, visit: https://lifedynamics.com/about-us/Support Our Work Be Sure To Follow Life Dynamics:Our WebsiteFacebookTwitterInstagramYouTubeRumble  

The S&P500 and Nasdaq extended declines into a fifth consecutive session following choppy trading, pulled lower in part by the announcement from the Bank of England (BoE) that it would end its emergency intervention in the UK bond market by Friday (14 October) - Dow added +36-points or +0.12%, paring an earlier session rally of as much as +400-points. Amgen Inc paced gains for the Dow with a +5.72% gain, with the biotechnology company buoyed by an upgrade to an “overweight” recommendation (US$279 target price) by analysts at Morgan Stanley. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc rose +2.42% after the company said it has accelerated its plans to buy full ownership of CareCentrix, acquiring the remaining 45% stake for US$392M. The broader S&P500 fell -0.65% to 3,588.84, settling within 0.1% of its 30 September 2022 closing low of 3,585.62. Communication Services (down -1.64%) and Information Technology (-1.52%) both fell over >1.5% to lead seven of the eleven primary sectors lower. Real Estate (up +1.02%) and Consumer Staples (+0.93%) were the leading primary sector performers overnight. The Nasdaq dropped -1.10% to 10,426.19, logging its lowest close since 28 July, 2020. Meta Platforms Inc (down -3.92%) and Netflix Inc (-6.82%) were both under notable pressure, with both stocks having dropped more than >60% year to date. Chipmakers also saw fresh selling, with the PHLX Semiconductor Index dropping -2.5%. Advanced Micro Devices Inc lost -0.31%, and Nvidia Corp -0.72% The small capitalisation Russell 2000 inched +0.06% higher.

The S&P500 and Nasdaq extended declines into a fifth consecutive session following choppy trading, pulled lower in part by the announcement from the Bank of England (BoE) that it would end its emergency intervention in the UK bond market by Friday (14 October) - Dow added +36-points or +0.12%, paring an earlier session rally of as much as +400-points. Amgen Inc paced gains for the Dow with a +5.72% gain, with the biotechnology company buoyed by an upgrade to an “overweight” recommendation (US$279 target price) by analysts at Morgan Stanley. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc rose +2.42% after the company said it has accelerated its plans to buy full ownership of CareCentrix, acquiring the remaining 45% stake for US$392M. The broader S&P500 fell -0.65% to 3,588.84, settling within 0.1% of its 30 September 2022 closing low of 3,585.62. Communication Services (down -1.64%) and Information Technology (-1.52%) both fell over >1.5% to lead seven of the eleven primary sectors lower. Real Estate (up +1.02%) and Consumer Staples (+0.93%) were the leading primary sector performers overnight. The Nasdaq dropped -1.10% to 10,426.19, logging its lowest close since 28 July, 2020. Meta Platforms Inc (down -3.92%) and Netflix Inc (-6.82%) were both under notable pressure, with both stocks having dropped more than >60% year to date. Chipmakers also saw fresh selling, with the PHLX Semiconductor Index dropping -2.5%. Advanced Micro Devices Inc lost -0.31%, and Nvidia Corp -0.72% The small capitalisation Russell 2000 inched +0.06% higher.

Natalie Davis joins CareTalk to discuss how her organization, the United Stated States of Care, is building a better and more equitable healthcare system in the wake of the pandemic.TOPICS:(1:10) Why does a united approach to the United States of Care matter?(3:05) How are people from the left and right agreeing on healthcare policy?(4:23) Why is it important to be bipartisan when it comes to healthcare policy?(8:50) How do you turn the frustrating experiences of people with US healthcare system into policy?(11:27) How do you go about making healthcare policy change at the federal level vs. the state level? (13:25) Lowering prescription costs and eliminating out-of-pocket costs for basic health care services.(17:09) Can we actually make progress on drug pricing?(21:41) What can US of Care accomplish for the average American patient within the next 12 months?ABOUT CARETALKCareTalk is a weekly podcast that provides an incisive, no B.S. view of the US healthcare system. Join co-hosts John Driscoll (CEO, CareCentrix) and David Williams (President, Health Business Group) as they debate the latest in US healthcare news, business and policy. ABOUT NATALIE DAVISNatalie Davis has nearly two decades of experience shaping and implementing health care policies to improve the lives of all Americans. She spent close to 10 years at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), with the final two years of her tenure serving as Senior Advisor to former acting CMS Administrator Andy Slavitt. Besides co-founding the United States of Care, Natalie is on the founding team of Town Hall Ventures, as well as The Medicaid Transformation Project. She currently serves on the board of directors of the Preeclampsia Foundation.GET IN TOUCHBecome a CareTalk Podcast sponsor: https://www.caretalkpodcast.com/work-with-us Guest appearance requests: https://www.caretalkpodcast.com/contact-us Visit us at https://www.caretalkpodcast.comFOLLOW CARETALK Spotify Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Follow John on Twitter Follow David on Twitter#healthcarepodcast #healthcareindustry #healthcarebusiness #healthcarepolicy #ushealthcare #news #healthcarenews #unitedstatesofcare 

Starting in 2023, Medicare Part B premiums are set to decrease for most beneficiaries. While this may seem like good news at first glance, it's important to understand why the premiums are decreasing.On this episode of CareTalk, John and David explore the reasons why Medicare Part B premiums will drop in 2023.TOPICS:(0:36) With the cost of life going up, how much are premiums going up in Medicare?(1:00) Why are the Medicare Part B premiums dropping in 2023?(1:48) What does Aduhelm have to do with premiums dropping?(3:17) What ever happened to Aduhelm?(3:52) How does Medicare work?(6:26) Is the drop in Medicare Part B premiums good news?(9:41) How much will the Medicare Part B premiums decrease? (13:47) How will the changes in Medicare premiums affect the mid-term elections?  ABOUT CARETALKCareTalk is a weekly podcast that provides an incisive, no B.S. view of the US healthcare system. Join co-hosts John Driscoll (CEO, CareCentrix) and David Williams (President, Health Business Group) as they debate the latest in US healthcare news, business and policy. GET IN TOUCHBecome a CareTalk Podcast sponsor: https://www.caretalkpodcast.com/work-with-us Guest appearance requests: https://www.caretalkpodcast.com/contact-us Visit us at https://www.caretalkpodcast.comFOLLOW CARETALK Spotify Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Follow John on Twitter Follow David on Twitter#healthcarepodcast #healthcareindustry #healthcarebusiness #healthcarepolicy #ushealthcare #medicare #medicarepartb #healthinsurance #aduhelm #medicine

Between the closure of Amazon Care and the recent acquisition of One Medical, Amazon has been making significant moves in healthcare this year. Inspired by the buzz, John and David take the opportunity to reflect on Amazon's shaky healthcare strategy: What worked? What didn't? And what's next?TOPICS:(0:37) How big is Amazon's opportunity in healthcare?(1:53) What does Amazon do in healthcare?(2:33) Why is Amazon closing Amazon Care?(3:01) Is Amazon's acquisition of One Medical a big deal?(4:18) Where has Amazon had success in healthcare?(7:38) What can the healthcare industry learn from Amazon? (8:26) What is Amazon's biggest healthcare opportunity from a tech perspective?(10:07) What is Amazon's biggest healthcare opportunity from a retail perspective? (13:30) How does Amazon's healthcare ambitions impact patients? ABOUT CARETALKCareTalk is a weekly podcast that provides an incisive, no B.S. view of the US healthcare system. Join co-hosts John Driscoll (CEO, CareCentrix) and David Williams (President, Health Business Group) as they debate the latest in US healthcare news, business and policy. GET IN TOUCHBecome a CareTalk Podcast sponsor: https://www.caretalkpodcast.com/work-with-usGuest appearance requests: https://www.caretalkpodcast.com/contact-usVisit us at https://www.caretalkpodcast.comFOLLOW CARETALK Spotify Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Follow John on Twitter Follow David on Twitter#healthcarepodcast #healthcareindustry #healthcarebusiness #healthcarepolicy #ushealthcare #amazon #amazoncare #amazonhealthcare #healthcaretechnology #primarycare #doctors #nurses #medicine

A Texas judge ruled that the government could not compel private insurance companies to cover the costs of PrEP, a medication that can greatly reduce the risk of HIV infection. The ruling was based on the argument that PrEP is not "medically necessary" for people who are not already HIV-positive. However, many experts believe that this ruling could ultimately hamper efforts to prevent new infections. On this episode of CareTalk, John and David discuss the broader implications the ruling could have on preventative care. Is it a big deal or is it a nothing burger? TOPICS:(01:00) Judge rules government can't compel PrEP coverage under ACA(2:14) What is PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis)?(6:00) Who is Judge Reed O'Connor and why did he rule this way on PrEP?(10:51) What are health disparities and how do mandates impact them? (12:56) Is this case going to make it to the Supreme Court?ABOUT CARETALKCareTalk is a weekly podcast that provides an incisive, no B.S. view of the US healthcare system. Join co-hosts John Driscoll (CEO, CareCentrix) and David Williams (President, Health Business Group) as they debate the latest in US healthcare news, business and policy. GET IN TOUCHBecome a CareTalk Podcast sponsor: https://www.caretalkpodcast.com/work-with-us Guest appearance requests: https://www.caretalkpodcast.com/contact-us Visit us at https://www.caretalkpodcast.comFOLLOW CARETALK Spotify Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Follow John on Twitter Follow David on Twitter#healthcarepodcast #healthcareindustry #healthcarebusiness #healthcarepolicy #ushealthcare #news #healthcarenews #preventativecare #HIV #prepruling #prepcoverage #healthequity 

America's favorite nurse, Nurse Alice Benjamin, joins the show to discuss everything from making a career in nursing to the importance of medical literacy. TOPICS:(1:00) What inspired Nurse Alice to pursue a career in nursing(4:48) What is the most important piece of advice you give patients?(6:51) What does it take to become a nurse?(9:30) Nurse Alice reflects on her own journey in nursing(11:47) How the COVID-19 pandemic impacted nurses(15:15) How can nurses build resilience?(17:34) Nurse Alice on the importance of mentors(19:20) What is the impact of travel nurses on the nursing field?(24:14) Is it worse to be a nurse right now?Watch our episode “Is It Getting Worse to Be a Nurse?” on YouTube: https://youtu.be/yZEqCmbML8cABOUT CARETALKCareTalk is a weekly podcast that provides an incisive, no B.S. view of the US healthcare system. Join co-hosts John Driscoll (CEO, CareCentrix) and David Williams (President, Health Business Group) as they debate the latest in US healthcare news, business and policy. ABOUT NURSE ALICE BENJAMIN:Alice Benjamin is a board-certified Clinical Nurse Specialist and Family Nurse Practitioner. She has extensive nursing experience specializing in cardiovascular health, critical care, and emergency medicine. She has worked at some of the world's most prestigious academic tertiary centers as well as some of the most underserved community hospitals taking care of some of the sickest patients on the planet. GET IN TOUCHBecome a CareTalk Podcast sponsor: https://www.caretalkpodcast.com/work-with-usGuest appearance requests: https://www.caretalkpodcast.com/contact-usVisit us at https://www.caretalkpodcast.comFOLLOW CARETALK Spotify Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Follow John on Twitter Follow David on Twitter#healthcarepodcast #healthcareindustry #healthcarebusiness #healthcarepolicy #ushealthcare #nursealice #nursing #travelnursing #nurses #nurse #nursingcareer #doctors #hospitals #mentors #healthcareworker 

Dr. Peter Hotez joins CareTalk to discuss the anti-science culture that has developed in recent years and how it's impacting our response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Hotez explains how the anti-vaccine movement is based on misinformation and fearmongering. The result is a dangerous impact on public health that puts everyone at risk, not just those who are unvaccinated.Dr. Hotez also talks about how social media is playing a role in spreading this misinformation. Platforms like Facebook and Twitter are amplified the voices of those who peddle conspiracy theories and false information. This makes it difficult for people to know what to believe, and it's contributing to the spread of COVID-19.TOPICS:(0:21) What is anti-science?(1:45) What is the history of the anti-vaccination movement?(6:28) What is Corbevax and when will it be available?(12:12) Why is the anti-vaccination movement dangerous to public health?(14:24) What can we do to combat vaccine misinformation?(18:27) When it comes to COVID-19, what can we learn from our response to HIV?(21:36) Will anti-science get better or worse?ABOUT CARETALKCareTalk is a weekly podcast that provides an incisive, no B.S. view of the US healthcare system. Join co-hosts John Driscoll (CEO, CareCentrix) and David Williams (President, Health Business Group) as they debate the latest in US healthcare news, business and policy. ABOUT DR. PETER HOTEZDr. Peter Hotez is an American scientist, pediatrician, and advocate in the fields of global health, vaccinology, and neglected tropical disease control. He serves as founding dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine, Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine, where he is also Director of the Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development and Texas Children's Hospital Endowed Chair in Tropical Pediatrics, and University Professor of Biology at Baylor College of Medicine.GET IN TOUCHBecome a CareTalk Podcast sponsor: https://www.caretalkpodcast.com/work-with-us Guest appearance requests: https://www.caretalkpodcast.com/contact-us Visit us at https://www.caretalkpodcast.comFOLLOW CARETALK Spotify Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Follow John on Twitter Follow David on Twitter#healthcarepodcast #healthcareindustry #healthcarebusiness #healthcarepolicy #ushealthcare #misinformation #peterhotez #vaccine #covid19 #science #medicine #pediatrics #publichealth #coronavirus 

Hi, I'm Tom Rhoads, CEO of Spencer Health Solutions. We are proud of the amazing work that pharmacies do to support patient health and wellbeing. The need for innovation in the clinical trial ecosystem has challenged traditional pharmacies to rethink their strategy since they are the ones with the greatest access to a diverse and underserved population. On this episode of People Always, Patients Sometimes, we hear from a member of the clinical trials team at Walgreens that recently announced a corporate launch into providing clinical trial services at neighborhood store locations. Adam Sampson, head of clinical delivery operations for Walgreens is one of the team members tasked with managing the plan at clinical trial services to brick and mortar locations by the end of the year. I hope you enjoy this conversation on People Always, Patients Sometimes.   Janet Kennedy: (00:53) Hi, I'm Janet Kennedy and a member of the Spencer Health Solutions team. I'm looking forward to speaking with today's podcast guest, Adam Samson on People Always, Patients Sometimes. Adam is the Head of Clinical Delivery Operations for Walgreens, and he has a really big project in front of him. Welcome to the podcast, Adam!   Adam Samson: (01:12) Thanks so much, Janet. I really appreciate you having me on the show.   Janet Kennedy: (01:15) Well, you know, we've heard a little bit about you from my CEO, Tom Rhoads, but I'd really like to figure out how you got where you are today, especially from your startup background. So do you mind giving us a little bit of a catch up with your career and how you ended up where you are today?   Adam Samson: (01:31) Yeah, I'd be glad to. So I started my career in clinical trials as many people do, you know the cliches - to say that we kind of fell into the industry. I was a registered dietician out of undergrad and very quickly found my way into interacting directly with patients as part of clinical trials and worked as a clinical research coordinator for a few years and transitioned from there about 10 years ago into the more business side of our industry. So I worked at a couple mid-size CROs, took a very standard path. I was a regional monitor, worked in project management in line management. And then about seven years ago, my wife and I moved out here to North Carolina and I worked at Duke Clinical Research Institute for a few years. While at Duke, I did a lot of work in government funded trials in the pediatric space and completed a master's degree through George Washington in clinical trials.   Adam Samson: (02:28) And then I moved to a large pharma company and was conducting global, late phase studies. And then the pandemic hit, like many of us, I was, scrambling to keep my study going. You know, it's a hundred sites in eight countries. And how do we, possibly kind of keep operations, running lots of challenges. It was an eye opening experience around how in this industry, we really are under utilizing technology. That's no surprise to anyone we've gotten a bit better, but especially at that time, the start of the pandemic, getting even things like e-consent and other things approved was very challenging. So I decided to kind of take a leap of faith and join a very small time startup that was in the decentralized clinical trial space and had a great software product, but wanted to really build out their services and operations.   Adam Samson: (03:22) I joined the team when there were about 15 people and was with the team until series B and about 130 people. It was a really exciting couple years and enjoyed working in that space of how do we bring trials into patients homes and give them additional options to participate in trials? The one thing that remains a pervasive challenge when we're trying to do decentralized trials is that technology of course, is not enough. Sometimes patients there's a lack of trust. If things come through via email or they see them on the internet, not everybody wants somebody in their home. Sometimes people want to, go to a trusted healthcare provider, that's local to them. So when I saw this opportunity open up at Walgreens recently, where Walgreens was getting into the clinical trials business kind of light bulb went off, I'd been watching what's happening just overall in the retail pharmacy space.   Adam Samson: (04:16) And, I saw this as just an incredible opportunity to be able to take what I had learned across my career and kind of running trials in the traditional site based model, as well as, more recently working in the decentralized trials model and saying, "What if, we can take the best of both?" And we've got the technology and Walgreens has 9,000 approximately stores in the US. So 78% of the, the us population is within five miles of the Walgreens. What if we can take and plug clinical trials into that, right? There's the existing trust within the Walgreens brand and with the pharmacists that these patients are seeing every day. And we can really build a model on a really strong foundation that Walgreens has started to build in the healthcare space. So I joined the team as Head of Clinical Delivery Operations, as you said. And my role here is really to operationalize our stores, our physical footprint. How do we make sure that we have the right people process and technologies to be able to start seeing clinical trial patients within some of Walgreen's locations?   Janet Kennedy: (05:26) All right. So let's go back a little bit to joining Walgreens in clinical trials. This is very new for them and you are in a very new group at Walgreens, are you not?   Adam Samson: (05:37) Absolutely. Yeah, you're correct. So about seven months ago, actually I might even take a step farther back than that and say spring of last year, we had our new - no longer new, I guess - CEO, Roz Brewer, joined. And Roz, very quickly - I believe it was by, by fall of last year - announced that we were moving into the healthcare space with the offering of Walgreen's Health. As part of that vision that she had, right? Overall moving to a more interoperable health type framework to ensure for our patients, our main constituents here at Walgreens, that we were not decoupling them from their healthcare providers, but really helping to bridge that care continuum. Part of that offering, they realized clinical trials could be part of this, right? So about seven months ago, my boss, Ramita Tandon, our Chief Clinical Trials Officer, joined the team, joined Walgreens Health, and she began to lay the framework for what this clinical trial business would look like. What services we might offer to begin with, what are the key roles that we needed leadership to get going?   Adam Samson: (06:50) And then Ramita, a couple months ago started bringing on other folks like myself. So I've been with Walgreens - I believe this is the end of week six for me - we've had some folks on a couple weeks longer, or a couple weeks less than me, but we're coming from different backgrounds. We have folks on the product side, we have folks who are really accustomed on digital optimization and how do we engage with patients in a meaningful way, making sure that we leverage our footprint to engage with folks in diverse communities. so really exciting to be part of this new and growing team.   Janet Kennedy: (07:29) I am both thrilled and awestruck for a huge company like that to make such a big move is amazing. And I keep thinking, you're trying to move a tank when the industry needs to be on motorcycles. That might be a horrible analogy, but it's a huge company you said over what, 7,000 locations within five miles of individuals. So how do you do that? Are you cherry picking certain markets or certain states where you already have some of those type of services in play or is this literally you're starting from a blackboard and you're just starting from the very beginning.   Adam Samson: (08:09) Yeah, it's a really good question. And honestly kind of going back to when I first saw the opportunity open up here for a position with Walgreens, my first thought similar to years I think was how could this possibly happen as a company so big, right? how could you possibly get something this big done, and after a call with Ramita, it was quite clear to me that Walgreens was very much invested in this, but also that they had the leadership team Ramita included to really make this happen. I've been blown away since I've joined at not just our small core group that is starting, but outside of that, in the Walgreens ecosystem, just a lot of excitement around Walgreen's health and clinical trials in particular. So obviously we're part of this larger company, but we are somewhat entrepreneurs, right?   Adam Samson: (08:54) We are being given the opportunity to start something new within a very large business and allowing some flexibility around how we might be able to make sure that we can do that in a way that is both effective and compliant, but also nimble. Now 9,000 stores - obviously we're not gonna try and open them all at once and, and activate them as clinical trial sites. The biggest thing on my mind right now is I'm traveling to a number of different locations. We have other folks on our team who are as well meeting with stores, understanding capabilities. We have identified already a number of stores that really are the ideal kind of first step, if you will, to be clinical trial sites. So we have a few investments, key investments that we've made, and some companies that I'll talk about that will really support that.   Adam Samson: (09:47) And also, I will say that Walgreens has, we've started building out what we call health corners. So this has already been happening for a year. Plus health corners are a place where there are a small physical footprint within a Walgreen store. That's staffed with a registered nurse or a registered pharmacist. They have private health rooms and they have places to interact with technology. And it's a place where our patients can go and they can have deep discussions that can help them with chronic care. They can have blood pressure drawn, maybe they could have, blood taken, these type of things to help with chronic disease management and others questions that might come up. Our idea first is to leverage these existing capabilities, as you can probably draw the connection there, right? We've already got nurses, we've got a private health space.   Adam Samson: (10:39) So we're gonna use that and make sure that we put trained clinical research professionals in place to support these activities within these spaces and support them with centralized staff as well. Now we don't wanna stop there. we don't wanna be limited. Now we are somewhere in the range of 200 health corners. I believe by the end of the year, we don't wanna only focus there. As I mentioned, we have some, some other key partners. One is village me medical or village MD. So village MD is actually a primary care offering in a community based setting. And these will be co-located with Walgreen. So this is actually 3,200 square feet of a Walgreen store that will be dedicated to primary care staffed with physicians and other clinicians. So this is another great opportunity for us to be able to leverage the existing Walgreens Health enterprise, to be able to plug clinical trials in make sure that we're doing it in compliant way, but utilizing the existing infrastructure.   Adam Samson: (11:38) There are some other exciting partnerships we have with Shields Health and specialty pharmacy, as well as CareCentrix in post-acute and, and home care. But as far as the physical space and building that out, that's where my focus is right now. How do we activate existing health corners and Village MD, but also looking at our our physical footprint that's out there that has private health rooms because of the immunizations. We administered approximately 63 million COVID vaccines. These spaces are already being used for healthcare purposes. How can we staff those stores and make sure that they are compliant to do certain clinical trial procedures, lots to think about long winded answer there, but really, really kind of cool work to start conceptualizing.   Janet Kennedy: (12:27) I've spent a little bit of time in the shopping center industry. So I feel like I've got a grasp of retail space issues and questions. And let me ask you this. A lot of the Walgreens, I would imagine in more rural or suburban areas have lots of space, but not necessarily in downtown Atlanta or downtown Raleigh or downtown New York city, are you gonna be able to find the space you need in those urban populations, which also are in areas that wouldn't be dealing with underserved populations?   Adam Samson: (12:58) Yeah. And I'm glad you mentioned that too, because this is as we've been very public about in our announcement, one of our biggest focuses right now is making sure that as we are opening up these type of health corners for healthcare purposes, but also our clinical trial purposes. So more than 50% of Walgreens stores are in socially vulnerable areas. And right now there is a huge push in industry and for very good reason to increase, diversity and inclusion within clinical trials, as we're looking at potential locations of where do we start doing this? We're not making it easy on ourselves. We're not, yeah. Let's, to your point, right, go to just the stores with the highest volume or anything. We're very much focused on going into places where there is not as much access to clinical trials or healthcare overall, and areas that are in communities that are overall just underserved. We have already started having these discussions with the the regional managers to identify those stores where, to your point there's only so much retail space or pharmacy space, and this is another thing that we're bringing into stores.   Janet Kennedy: (14:08) Well, you know, I'm wondering about how you're finding out what the needs are. Have you been in communication with some of the larger pharmaceutical companies in a, a, what if scenario, you know, if this were available, what kind of things could we bring to the table? What would you need to get from us? Obviously, patient records are a big part of what you have and also from the geographic location. I mean, so often now clinical trials are done where the principal investigators are. And a lot of the principal investigators are in larger city centers where there are medical centers and universities. How do you balance those needs with what do you actually have to have for the space to conduct a clinical trial?   Adam Samson: (14:51) Great question. And so, yeah, when it comes down to it and what I've spent a lot of the past two years prior to coming to Walgreens doing is trying to figure out how can we leverage some of these new models, right? So how can we leverage, not necessarily even fully decentralized hybrid type models. And we're looking at that with Walgreens too, right? How can we potentially have something at something like a Village MD where there's primary care and physicians and have kind of a hub and spoke model potentially right. Where we would have a PI within a certain region that might be conducting activities within a larger clinical type site, but then have within perhaps a 40 or 50 mile radius, we have X number of Walgreens locations and patients are able to go there for perhaps some of the follow up, right? They can meet with coordinators and have their blood drawn. They can have assessments done, and then if need be, they could come into the to the larger, location for certain procedures throughout the course of that trial. So looking at it in a very broad way and saying, we need to make sure that there's that PI oversight. How can we enable that though over a bit of a larger distance through centralized administrative support, as well as really best in class technology,   Janet Kennedy: (16:07) As I think about a Walgreen's on every street corner, what about the idea of the local Walgreen staff actually going to the patient to their home? Is that something you've discussed?   Adam Samson: (16:18) So we are absolutely looking at also as an option, not just in store, but also bringing this at home, in a doctor's office via mobile app. So we will be in addition to the existing Walgreen staff, which we very well are looking at opportunities for folks to be upskilled into clinical trials. We will be partnering with folks like, those that we have potentially over at CareCentrix and others that are accustomed to working within patients homes so that we can offer that as a service as well, where we could if it's permitted by the protocol, be able to, rather than have patients come all the way into a larger clinic or even to have to drive 10 minutes down the road to a Walgreens that we could potentially go out for certain things like blood draws and other things, and be able to see patients in their home, especially for those type of conditions patients might have where it makes access to clinical trials has decreased because of decreased mobility.   Janet Kennedy: (17:16) Now, the patient is obviously an important part of what we're talking about because that's one of the reasons that clinical trials do struggle that it isn't wrapped around what the patient needs, what the patient expects and how to support them best. Have patients been involved in these kinds of conversations, has Walgreen committed to any kind of patient advocacy committee group or focus group or anything of that sort?   Adam Samson: (17:41) Yeah, I mean, it's very early days, I will say, right. So we did launch just last month, but I am thrilled that we have on board, some folks like Kendal Whitlock who comes with just vast experience in this area, right? Working with patient groups and ensuring that we get that type of representative voice within our research program. we're also talking some other organizations right now that I can't share publicly just yet. but really positioning ourselves very early on. Like I said, we're only a month or so in since our launch to make sure that we are not assuming what our constituents and what our patients want, but making sure that we're hearing directly from people within the communities. Another thing just to kind of bridge off of that is we're looking at not just how do we inform Walgreen's patients and customers about clinical trials that, that might qualify for them, but also how do we kind of help the industry and our patients with this grassroots basic general clinical research, understanding and education, because as you well know, the barriers in a lot of these communities to clinical trials is either a lack of understanding or a lack of trust.   Adam Samson: (18:56) And if we just go in and, and start advertising clinical trials and every single Walgreens, I don't think that that's really gonna solve the problem. So we wanna be able to do some of that foundational clinical trial education through our pharmacist, through, through other staff to really start to build those connections with patients and hear from them so that that can help us inform our strategy.   Janet Kennedy: (19:21) Well, that's really exciting because aside from the two things you already mentioned, just awareness that a patient could be eligible for a clinical trial is a real challenge. So I think the opportunity that you have to make folks aware that it's happening on my street corner is a lot different than, you know, what a lot of patients experience. And certainly if there is at all, a silver lining to the pandemic is that I believe people became aware that clinical trials are an essential part of forwarding health and forwarding the learning about drugs and new ways to deal with illnesses and diseases. So hopefully people have also understood that it is a process that while doesn't happen overnight, we were able to escalate that during the pandemic, but that it's essential that we have patients a part of the process.   Adam Samson: (20:16) Absolutely. Yeah. And this idea of trying to assume what patients might want or to kind of do those checkbox activities of like, oh, well, we talked to a patient. I think, as an industry we're, we're moving past that. We're understanding that this is more than that, that we really need to engage in a meaningful way and that it's not a one and done kind thing. And I've been really glad to see that Walgreens very much is taking that approach to everything. And across the Walgreens health platform we have 160 million approximately lives that we service through Walgreens. And the trust that we have with those customers and those patients is something that is really first and foremost to Walgreen. So as we look at things like supporting, recruitment, as part of clinical trials, looking at insights gained through real world evidence, we have a really robust foundation around regulatory and privacy to make sure that we're not in any way violating that trust. And we're giving our patients, our customer the opportunity to opt in and opt out of these type of things. So that it's again seen as something that we can engage with them on, in a way that works for them, get their feedback. But if they're not interested also be able to not push the issue beyond the point where it should.   Janet Kennedy: (21:44) Absolutely. I think that should be the tenant of any healthcare organization patient first and what are they going to be comfortable with? Well, I'm really excited that I was able to capture you so early and fresh in your experience with Walgreens and at the very beginning of your more public announcements related to getting involved in clinical trials. And I'm not gonna put you on the spot per se, or hold you to this, but what does it really mean? What's it gonna take to get you up and running? And, and when will the first clinical trials be supported at a local Walgreens   Adam Samson: (22:19) We're shooting for this year, right. We, we want this to take months, not years to get off the ground. There's already, as I mentioned, been some groundwork done even before this initial team has started, there's been some really great work done by folks here at Walgreens to make sure that we're gonna be able to roll this thing out in a very compliant way. And now we got the folks on board that are needed to really start executing. And we're not starting from zero as well because we have as I mentioned, some physical locations that are very well staffed and set up to be able to support clinical trials. So we don't wanna rush, we do wanna walk before we run, but we anticipate that this year we will enroll patients within, a small number of clinical trials and start to get the wheels moving on this and then learn and, and build over time to be able to offer an increasing number of services and to be able to, service protocols of increasing complexity. So yeah, I would say, and expect by the end of the year to hear that we've had our first patient in store and certainly even before then, that we're, supporting recruitment in different ways as well.   Janet Kennedy: (23:27) Oh, that is very exciting. Well, I look forward to not only catching up with you in six months, or a year and finding out how things rolled out, but also speaking to other members of your team, hearing maybe a little bit more about how real world data and real world evidence will be incorporated into the programs; how patient engagement is going. So let's continue the conversation and thank you very much for being a part of People Always, Patients Sometimes.   Adam Samson: (23:54) Absolutely. Thanks so much, Janet for the opportunity. I look forward to reconnecting, and thanks so much everybody who listens.

What can be done about the medical debt crisis in the United States? In the United States, medical debt is a major financial burden for many families. In fact, one in five Americans has outstanding medical debt, and the average amount owed is nearly $6,000. Medical debt can have a devastating impact on a family's finances, leading to bankruptcy and negative credit histories. The problem is only getting worse, as the cost of healthcare continues to rise.On this episode of the CareTalk podcast, John and David explain why medical debt is b.s. and what should be done about it.TOPICS:(1:38) What is medical debt?(2:36) What makes medical debt different from other kinds of debt?(4:59) What country has the most medical debt? (8:30) What percentage of bankruptcies are caused by medical bills?(13:28) What are credit agencies doing to help medical debt?(16:18) Is medical debt a good issue for politicians to run on? ABOUT CARETALKCareTalk is a weekly podcast that provides an incisive, no B.S. view of the US healthcare system. Join co-hosts John Driscoll (CEO, CareCentrix) and David Williams (President, Health Business Group) as they debate the latest in US healthcare news, business and policy. GET IN TOUCHBecome a CareTalk Podcast sponsor: https://www.caretalkpodcast.com/work-with-us Guest appearance requests: https://www.caretalkpodcast.com/contact-us Visit us at https://www.caretalkpodcast.comFOLLOW CARETALK Spotify Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Follow John on Twitter Follow David on Twitter#healthcarepodcast #healthcareindustry #healthcarebusiness #healthcarepolicy #ushealthcare #healthcareeconomics #healthcarecosts #medicaldebt #digitalhealth #health #caretalk #besthealthcarepodcasts #news #healthcarenews #medicine

Why is healthcare so expensive in the United States? The rising cost of healthcare is one of the most pressing problems facing the United States today. According to a recent study, the average American family now spends more on healthcare than on housing or food. And this trend shows no signs of slowing down. Healthcare costs have been rising steadily for years, and there is no end in sight.  On this episode of the CareTalk podcast, John and David break down the real reasons behind why healthcare is so expensive in the United States and what we can do about them. TOPICS:(0:19) How much does the US spend on healthcare? (1:27) The United States healthcare system problems and solutions?(2:21) Why are drug prices so high?(0:40) What is to blame for high drug prices?(11:08) Why are hospitals so expensive? (13:07) Hospital price transparency (13:45) How much money does a nurse make?(18:05) Average doctor salary(19:02) Primary care vs. specialized care(21:00) Administrative costs in healthcare(22:40) Why are Americans unhealthy?(27:09) How to reduce healthcare costs in the USA(28:12) Should we be optimistic about the future of healthcare in the USA? ABOUT CARETALKCareTalk is a weekly podcast that provides an incisive, no B.S. view of the US healthcare system. Join co-hosts John Driscoll (CEO, CareCentrix) and David Williams (President, Health Business Group) as they debate the latest in US healthcare news, business and policy. GET IN TOUCHBecome a CareTalk Podcast sponsorGuest appearance requestsFOLLOW CARETALKSpotifyApple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsFollow John on TwitterFollow David on TwitterVisit us at https://www.caretalkpodcast.com#healthcarepodcast #healthcareindustry #healthcarebusiness #healthcarepolicy #ushealthcare #healthcareeconomics #healthcarecosts #costofhealthcare #drugpricing #pharma #digitalhealth #health #caretalk #besthealthcarepodcasts #news #healthcarenews #medicine

As the COVID pandemic continues to ravage the United States, healthcare professionals are beginning to grapple with a new and unexpected problem: the mental health of their patients. According to a recent study, depression rates have increased significantly in the past year, with nearly one in four adults experiencing an episode of major depression. And while depression is certainly the most common mental health concern associated with COVID, it is by no means the only one. Anxiety, PTSD, insomnia, substance abuse and addiction are all on the rise as well.Healthcare entrepreneur, Dena Bravata, joins CareTalk to discuss how COVID is affecting mental health in the U.S. and why we need to address this problem head-on before it spirals out of control.TOPICS(1:09) What is behavioral health?(1:55) How does COVID affect mental health?(3:10) The cost of mental health care(4:19) COVID mental health statistics (05:59) Is addiction a mental health issue? (07:20) Digital therapeutics. What are they? Can they help?(10:45) How to choose the right mental health therapy(14:33) Telehealth for mental health (17:55) Children's mental health(19:40) Cannabis and mental health(21:15) Mental health stigmas and how to overcome them(24:23) Ways to improve mental healthABOUT CARETALKCareTalk is a weekly podcast that provides an incisive, no B.S. view of the US healthcare system. Join co-hosts John Driscoll (CEO, CareCentrix) and David Williams (President, Health Business Group) as they debate the latest in US healthcare news, business and policy. GET IN TOUCHBecome a CareTalk Podcast sponsorGuest appearance requestsFOLLOW CARETALK SpotifyApple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsFollow John on TwitterFollow David on TwitterVisit us at https://www.caretalkpodcast.comABOUT DENA BRAVATADr. Bravata is the co-founder of Lyra Health where she also served as the Chief Medical Officer from 2015 to 2016. She was the Chief Medical Officer and Head of Products at Castlight Health from 2009 through 2014. Dr. Bravata was a practicing internist for 16 years in her own private practice and as an attending physician at Stanford University and the Palo Alto VA. As a senior research scientist in Stanford's Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research and a nationally recognized health services researcher, Dr. Bravata has published widely on the clinical effectiveness of a variety of key clinical and public health topics.#healthcarepodcast #healthcareindustry #healthcarebusiness #healthcarepolicy #mentalhealth #telehealth #anxiety #depression  #health #besthealthcarepodcasts

The build back better plan was initially proposed as a way to improve infrastructure and create jobs in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the plan has since evolved into a healthcare bill that would provide financial assistance to states for the expansion of Medicaid. The bill would also establish a new health insurance program for low-income Americans,In this episode of the CareTalk podcast, John and David explore explore the transformation of the build back better plan and debate what its impact on healthcare will be. TOPICS:What happened to the Build Back Better Plan? Why is Build Back Better a Healthcare Bill Now?What's in the Build Back Better Bill?Will Build Back Better reduce insulin prices?What will happen if build back better is passed? What are the benefits? Will Build Back Better help Democrats win in the midterms?ABOUT CARETALKCareTalk is a weekly podcast that provides an incisive, no B.S. view of the US healthcare system. Join co-hosts John Driscoll (CEO, CareCentrix) and David Williams (President, Health Business Group) as they debate the latest in US healthcare news, business and policy. GET IN TOUCHBecome a CareTalk Podcast sponsor: https://www.caretalkpodcast.com/work-with-us Guest appearance requests: https://www.caretalkpodcast.com/contact-us Visit us at https://www.caretalkpodcast.comFOLLOW CARETALK Spotify Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Follow John on Twitter Follow David on Twitter #healthcarepodcast #healthcareindustry #healthcarebusiness #healthcarepolicy #ushealthcare #healthcareeconomics #digitalhealth #health #caretalk #besthealthcarepodcasts #ushealthcare #news #buildbackbetter #medicare #vaccines #democrats

The FCC voted to designate 988 as the new suicide prevention hotline number. This came as a welcomed change for mental health, as the current National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number (1-800-273-8255) is hard to remember and can be easily misdialed. The 988 hotline will be easier to remember and will help to connect those in need with the resources they need more quickly.In this episode of the CareTalk podcast, John and David discuss the new 988 suicide prevention hotline and how it will make it easier for people to get the help they need.TOPICSWhat is the 988 hotline?What happens when someone calls the suicide hotline?Why call the suicide hotline?What impact will the 988 hotline have on mental health and suicide?How is the suicide prevention hotline being funded?Is this 988 hotline a big deal or just incremental?What is the U.S. suicide rate?ABOUT CARETALKCareTalk is a weekly podcast that provides an incisive, no B.S. view of the US healthcare system. Join co-hosts John Driscoll (CEO, CareCentrix) and David Williams (President, Health Business Group) as they debate the latest in US healthcare news, business and policy. GET IN TOUCHBecome a CareTalk Podcast sponsor: https://www.caretalkpodcast.com/work-with-us Guest appearance requests: https://www.caretalkpodcast.com/contact-us Visit us at https://www.caretalkpodcast.comFOLLOW CARETALK Spotify Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Follow John on Twitter Follow David on Twitter#suicideprevention #suicidepreventionmonth #988hotline #suicidepreventionhotline #suicideawareness #healthcarepodcast #healthcareindustry #healthcarebusiness #healthcarepolicy #ushealthcare #healthcareeconomics #digitalhealth #health #caretalk #besthealthcarepodcasts #ushealthcare #news

In this episode of CareTalk, Danny Warshay, author of "See, Solve, Scale" joins the show to discuss the method of unlocking the power of entrepreneurship and why he believes that entrepreneurs can help solve healthcare reform.ABOUT DANNY WARSHAYDanny Warshay is the founding Executive Director of the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship and Professor of the Practice at Brown University. He also runs workshops on Entrepreneurship in corporate, nonprofit, academic, and governmental contexts in countries around the world. He began his entrepreneurial pursuits while an undergraduate at Brown as a member of the Clearview Software startup leadership team. Apple acquired Clearview, and since then, he has co-founded and sold companies in fields ranging from software and advanced materials to consumer products and media. Danny received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.Learn more about See, Solve, Scale here: https://read.macmillan.com/lp/see-solve-scale/This episode is sponsored by Provider Solutions & Development. Visit www.info.psd.connect.org/caretalk to learn how Provider Solutions & Development can help you hire better, faster and for good.  ABOUT CARETALKCareTalk is a weekly podcast that provides an incisive, no B.S. view of the US healthcare system. Join co-hosts John Driscoll (CEO, CareCentrix) and David Williams (President, Health Business Group) as they debate the latest in US healthcare news, business and policy. GET IN TOUCHBecome a CareTalk Podcast sponsor: https://www.caretalkpodcast.com/work-with-us Guest appearance requests: https://www.caretalkpodcast.com/contact-us Visit us at https://www.caretalkpodcast.comFOLLOW CARETALK Spotify Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Follow John on Twitter Follow David on Twitter #healthcarepodcast #healthcareindustry #healthcarebusiness #healthcarepolicy #ushealthcare #healthcareeconomics #digitalhealth #health #caretalk #besthealthcarepodcasts #ushealthcare #news #entrepreneur #business #entrepreneurship #businessschool 

In 1973, the Roe v Wade decision was handed down by the Supreme Court and abortion became legal in the United States. Now, nearly 50 years later, the decision has been overturned and abortions will consequently become illegal in many states. In episode 146 of CareTalk, John and David discuss the devastating implications overturning Roe V Wade can have on women's healthcare, including: unsafe abortions, maternal mortality rates, as well as significant changes to birth control and reproductive rights.This episode is sponsored by Provider Solutions & Development. Visit info.psdconnect.org/caretalk to learn how Provider Solutions & Development can help you hire better, faster and for good.  ABOUT CARETALKCareTalk is a weekly podcast that provides an incisive, no B.S. view of the US healthcare system. Join co-hosts John Driscoll (CEO, CareCentrix) and David Williams (President, Health Business Group) as they debate the latest in US healthcare news, business and policy. GET IN TOUCHBecome a CareTalk Podcast sponsor: https://www.caretalkpodcast.com/work-with-us Guest appearance requests: https://www.caretalkpodcast.com/contact-us Visit us at https://www.caretalkpodcast.comFOLLOW CARETALK Spotify Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Follow John on Twitter Follow David on Twitter #healthcarepodcast #healthcareindustry #healthcarebusiness #healthcarepolicy #ushealthcare #healthcareeconomics #digitalhealth #health #caretalk #besthealthcarepodcasts #ushealthcare #news #roevwade #womenshealth #healthcarepolicy #healthcare #americanhealthcare #news #abortionrights #reproductiverights #abortion 

Allison Hoffman, Professor of Law at UPenn Law, joins CareTalk to discuss the 340B Program. The 340B drug pricing program requires drug companies to provide outpatient drugs to eligible healthcare organizations and covered entities at discounted prices. Hoffman discusses how the 340B program works and why it is so important. She also shares her insights on how the 340B program could be improved. This is a must-listen for anyone who wants to learn more about this significant program.This episode is sponsored by Provider Solutions & Development. Visit info.psdconnect.org/caretalk to learn how Provider Solutions & Development can help you hire better, faster and for good.  ABOUT CARETALKCareTalk is a weekly podcast that provides an incisive, no B.S. view of the US healthcare system. Join co-hosts John Driscoll (CEO, CareCentrix) and David Williams (President, Health Business Group) as they debate the latest in US healthcare news, business and policy.GET IN TOUCHBecome a CareTalk Podcast sponsor: https://www.caretalkpodcast.com/work-with-us Guest appearance requests: https://www.caretalkpodcast.com/contact-us Visit us at https://www.caretalkpodcast.comFOLLOW CARETALK Spotify Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Follow John on TwitterFollow David on Twitter #healthcarepodcast #healthcareindustry #healthcarebusiness #healthcarepolicy #ushealthcare #healthcareeconomics #digitalhealth #health #caretalk #besthealthcarepodcasts #ushealthcare #news #340bprogram

The third summer of the pandemic is upon us, and it is more important than ever to be prepared. In this episode of CareTalk, John and David help you navigate your summer plans by covering everything you need to know about the state of the pandemic.ABOUT CARETALKCareTalk is a weekly podcast that provides an incisive, no B.S. view of the US healthcare system. Join co-hosts John Driscoll (CEO, CareCentrix) and David Williams (President, Health Business Group) as they debate the latest in US healthcare news, business and policy.GET IN TOUCHBecome a CareTalk Podcast sponsor: https://www.caretalkpodcast.com/work-with-us Guest appearance requests: https://www.caretalkpodcast.com/contact-us Visit us at https://www.caretalkpodcast.comFOLLOW CARETALK Spotify Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Follow John on TwitterFollow David on Twitter#healthcarepodcast #healthcareindustry #healthcarebusiness #healthcarepolicy #ushealthcare #healthcareeconomics #digitalhealth #health #caretalk #besthealthcarepodcasts #ushealthcare #news #covid19 #pandemic #summer2022

It's Wednesday - which means it's #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy! Jim Joyce and I survived another week and had the pleasure of hosting John Driscoll, CEO of CareCentrix and aside from exploring the Irish heritage we talked:

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Today on Health in 2 Point 00, Noom launches a mental health offering, Noom Mood, Headspace partners with Waze to offer meditation while you drive, and we have one for the Press Release Hall of Fame where Dario Health announces a major partnership with a major national health plan— but doesn't say who it is. We have some massive deals on Episode 235: Walgreens launches Walgreens Health, acquires a controlling stake of VillageMD, AND acquires a majority stake of CareCentrix; Intelerad acquires Ambra Health for $250 million; Mindbody acquires ClassPass; and Sprinter Health gets $33 million – even though their business model makes no sense.

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The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are officially approved by the FDA. But the vaccination program isn't going as planned. In this episode, hosts John Driscoll (CEO, CareCentrix) and David Williams (President, Health Business Group), cover everything that is going wrong with vaccinations in the USA. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/MJgGiOsddqA

Have you ever wondered what the SOA exam pathway looks like for an ASA and FSA? Or even just wanted to learn about the opportunities and lifestyle of Life/Health Insurance actuaries? Today we had the pleasure of interviewing Troy Miskimins. Troy graduated UNL in 2015, and recently achieved his FSA. Specifically in this episode, we dive into why Troy wanted to become an Actuary, the lifestyle of a Life/Health Actuary and Troy's SOA exam tips and tricks.

"The same day Walgreens announced its $5.2B investment in VillageMD to snag a majority stake in the growing primary care clinic, it ALSO revealed it had made a $300M investment in CareCentrix that scored 55% of that company and another opportunity to expand its reach beyond the pharmacy – this time into the home. CareCentrix's CEO John Driscoll takes us behind the deal, which lands Walgreens into the world of post-acute care (home nursing, hospital discharge recovery, home infusion, palliative care, etc.) which he describes as the “long-form sexy-cool” segment of the healthcare market that's not only worth $75B annually now, but that's also set for massive growth over the next 20 years. This episode was originally released November 2021. To learn more about WTF Health, including how to become an underwriting sponsor of its fun, forward-looking conversations, please visit www.wtf.health. Video versions of all these interviews can be found on WTF Health's YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/wtfhealth"

John Driscoll, CEO of CareCentrix, discusses the power of home health care and the challenges around compensation, reimbursement and appreciation. CareCentrix coordinates health care services through post-acute facilities and home-based service providers, including home health, durable medical equipment, home infusion and home sleep.