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At PopHealth Week on Wednesday, May 15th at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern our special guest was Rita Numerof, PhD, President and Co-founder at Numerof & Associates. More about RIta: "Her dedication, leadership, and passion have guided Numerof into its third decade of continuous growth and success. From the firm’s inception, Rita has focused on developing new business models for companies in industries undergoing major market changes. Her work has spanned industries that are critical to global economic growth – financial services, healthcare delivery, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, telecommunications, and major industrial manufacturing. Bringing experience, style, and boundless energy, Rita has applied her expertise to help organizations create and execute successful new strategies in the face of fundamental market shifts." "Rita has a deep understanding of the challenges executives face in sustaining growth and profitability in increasingly fluid markets. As a result, she’s become a trusted advisor to senior management teams across a wide range of leading companies. Her cross-industry perspective, combined with her expertise in executing strategy and optimizing corporate performance are the basis for objective counsel that leading executives rely on." Join us!
Wednesday, May 15th at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern our special guest is Rita Numerof, PhD, President and Co-founder at Numerof & Associates. More about RIta: Her dedication, leadership, and passion have guided Numerof into its third decade of continuous growth and success. From the firm’s inception, Rita has focused on developing new business models for companies in industries undergoing major market changes. Her work has spanned industries that are critical to global economic growth – financial services, healthcare delivery, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, telecommunications, and major industrial manufacturing. Bringing experience, style, and boundless energy, Rita has applied her expertise to help organizations create and execute successful new strategies in the face of fundamental market shifts. Rita has a deep understanding of the challenges executives face in sustaining growth and profitability in increasingly fluid markets. As a result, she’s become a trusted advisor to senior management teams across a wide range of leading companies. Her cross-industry perspective, combined with her expertise in executing strategy and optimizing corporate performance are the basis for objective counsel that leading executives rely on. Join us!
April 18th 2018 at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern our special guests are Theodore R. Willich and Matt Berseth of NLP Logix a behavioral analytics and predictive modeling company based in Jacksonville, Florida. Theodore R. Willich is CEO of NLP Logix with more than 20 years-experience founding and leading high-growth companies. Previous to NLP Logix, Ted was co-founder and COO of MDI, a start-up in the medical services industry that grew from zero to over $100 million in annual revenues over the course of 18 years. Matt Berseth is Lead Scientist at NLP Logix, he began his career working as an intern for Microsoft, which had recently acquired the Great Plains accounting software platform in Fargo, ND.Upon completing his masters in Computer Science, Matt moved to Jacksonville, Florida where he continued his software development career working for a number of healthcare, marketing and logistics companies, where his focus was in developing and deploying predictive modeling applications into a production environment. Topics will include: White Matter Hyperintensity (WMH) model co-developed with Mayo Join @PophealthWeek co-hosts Fred Goldstein, MS & Gregg Masters, MPH for a timely review of the impact of behavioral health on the social determinants of health, population health and the elusive pursuit of the triple aim.
Wednesday at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern our guest is Jamey Edwards, CEO of Cloudbreak Health a telehealth company that has been around for over 14 years. In the course of building out the technology powering our Martti video remote interpretation all of those years, we developed unparalleled understanding of networks, video traffic and the technology to enable them. This birthed our Carenection tools and the Cloudbreak ecosystem. Cloudbreak was formed by bringing together two industry leaders, Martti (the leading Video Remote Interpreting pioneer) and Carenection (the first Telemedicine market network) to deliver unified telehealth solutions to hospitals nationwide. Founded in 2003 to provide video remote interpreting services (VRI) and over the phone interpreting (OPI) to medical facilities around the country, Cloudbreak has been a pioneer and has driven the market's evolution. More about Jamey Edwards Prior to LAN & Carenection, Jamey was the CEO of Emergent Medical Associates. During his tenure, EMA grew into the leading multi-specialty group in the southwest US. He remains with EMA as a Board Member. He is also Board Member for Santa Monica Chapter of the American Red Cross, the Young President’s Organization & a Mentor at the LA Incubator Start Engine. Jamey has been a 3x Honoree for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award and a 2x Honoree for the LABJ Healthcare Leadership Awards. Jamey is also a proud member of the #PinkSocks Tribe of healthcare innovators, working to disrupt healthcare from the ground up and drive positive change for patients and providers. He received his MBA from Cornell’s Johnson Graduate School of Management. Join us!
On Pophealth Week, Wednesday, September 6th 2017 at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern our guest was Billy Berrios - Vice President of Corporate Wellness, We Are Wellness an innovative corporate wellness group. Per their website: WeAreWellness is a leader in helping employers vet and implement wellness programs that make financial sense for their employees and corporations alike. Partnering with the right corporate wellness company can make this an easy, affordable and pleasant experience that offers a value added benefit for your population. We understand the importance of helping employers build a benefits portfolio that allows their employees to thrive, while also strengthening their bottom line. At WeAreWellness, we strive to provide only the highest level of individualized and superior service for your corporate wellness needs including: wellness plans, biometric screening, health risk assessments, corporate health fairs, newsletters and health content, wellness incentive programs and so much more. Our corporate wellness consultants take the time to understand your situation and negotiate the best rates on your behalf. When we partner with your company, not only do we become your wellness consultant, we become your partner in inspiring healthy habits and positive change in your employees. Partnering with heavy hitters like Virgin Pulse and Humana, WeAreWellness is poised to be a leading full service firm assisting national corporations from 100 employees and up. A growing portfolio of clients lists Office Depot, Sonic Drive In and Wright State University as a few of their top names.
Wednesday, September 6th 2017 at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern our guest is Billy Berrios - Vice President of Corporate Wellness,We Are Wellness. Per their website: WeAreWellness is a leader in helping employers vet and implement wellness programs that make financial sense for their employees and corporations alike. Partnering with the right corporate wellness company can make this an easy, affordable and pleasant experience that offers a value added benefit for your population. We understand the importance of helping employers build a benefits portfolio that allows their employees to thrive, while also strengthening their bottom line. At WeAreWellness, we strive to provide only the highest level of individualized and superior service for your corporate wellness needs including: wellness plans, biometric screening, health risk assessments, corporate health fairs, newsletters and health content, wellness incentive programs and so much more. Our corporate wellness consultants take the time to understand your situation and negotiate the best rates on your behalf. When we partner with your company, not only do we become your wellness consultant, we become your partner in inspiring healthy habits and positive change in your employees. Partnering with heavy hitters like Virgin Pulse and Humana, WeAreWellness is poised to be a leading full service firm assisting national corporations from 100 employees and up. A growing portfolio of clients lists Office Depot, Sonic Drive In and Wright State University as a few of their top names. Join us!
Wednesday, June 14th 2017 at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern our special guest is James McGrigor, Managing Director, McGrigor Group. James founded McGrigor Group in early 2002, as a combination of his two careers in strategy consulting and healthcare ventures. He started work at Bain and Co, gaining experience from the London, Boston and Johannesburg offices. During his 6 years he was one of the first consultants to achieve a ‘Bain’ MBA involving finance, marketing, strategy and other courses at London Business School and Insead. Since 2002, James has run McGrigor Group, with personal involvement in almost 300 projects. He has established partner offices in Paris, Bahrain and continues to build the 25 strong associate-network from the US to China. In the UK he is joint the corporate finance partner of the Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries. Together with Mikael Garandeau, he has built McGrigor Speciality which has invested in several health services businesses. More on McGrigor: 'The McGrigor Group is a strategy and M&A advisory firm. Our global industry focus is health insurance and medical products and services. Periodically, we publish research and act as a co-investor and accelerator of innovative businesses within this industry. Our working model combines Europe-based consultants with a worldwide group of regional experts' For their recent work, (paywall) see: 'The global market for Population Health Management 2016'. join us for an informative global perspective!
Wednesday, June 7th 2017 at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern our special guest is Tom Chamberlain. Thomas M. Chamberlain, PharmD, has thirty years of experience designing innovative educational programs, drug information services, and patient care initiatives for healthcare organizations and the pharmaceutical industry. He is the CEO and Founder of EdLogics, a Virginia Beach based organization that develops interactive educational solutions designed to improve health literacy and empower consumers to take greater responsibility for managing their health. Previously, Dr. Chamberlain served as Executive Vice President for Stayhealthy where he was responsible for corporate development activities and oversight of the organizations’ business development strategies. Prior to joining Stayhealthy, he served as President of Managed Market Resources, a health care consultant firm that specialized in strategic planning, market research, product positioning strategies and sales force training for the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. In 1993, Chamberlain founded and served as the CEO of the Center for Health Information, an organization that designed and implemented comprehensive clinical support services, multidisciplinary educational programs, telephonic and Web-based drug information and call center support services for health care professionals and consumers. join us.
December 14th 2016 at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern we chat with David B. Nash, MD, MBA the Dean of the Jefferson College of Population Health. 'Repeatedly named to Modern Healthcare’s list of Most Powerful Persons in Healthcare, Nash’s pro bono national activities cover a wide scope. He is on the VHA Center for Applied Healthcare Studies Advisory Board and he is a member of the Board of Directors of The Care Continuum Alliance (formerly DMAA). Dr. Nash is a principal faculty member for Quality of Care programming for the American Association of Physician Leaders (AAPL) in Tampa, Florida, and leads the academic joint venture between AAPL and the JCPH. He is on the NQF task force on Improving Population Health and is on the John M. Eisenberg Award Committee from the Joint Commission. He also is a founding member of the AAMC-IQ Steering Committee, the group charged with introducing the tenets of quality and safety into medical education. Finally, Dr. Nash has chaired the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) of the Pennslyvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (HC4) for more than 15 years and he is widely recognized as a pioneer in the public reporting of outcomes.' Join co-hosts Fred Goldstein, MS and Gregg Masters, MPH as we chat with this thought leader in population health and health reform. Produced for PopHeath Week by Gregg Masters, MPH for Health Innovation Media.
On the Wednesday, Februart 3rd, 2016 broadcast at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern our special guest is Brian Klepper, Ph.D. (follow on twitter via @bklepper1). Dr. Klepper: 'is a health care analyst, commentator and entrepreneur who has specialized on health care market dynamics and the drivers of the cost crisis. He is President of Health Value Direct, a benefits brokerage connecting high performance, high impact health care organizations with organizational health care purchasers. He is a former CEO of the National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH), representing 52 regional business health coalitions, about 5,000 employer and union health benefits purchasers and some 35 million people.' Join co-hosts Fred Goldstein (@fsgoldstein) and Gregg Masters (@2healthguru) as we glean insights from this disruptive innovator. Enjoy!
On our first broadcast of the new year at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern on January 6th 2016, we chat with Scott Reid, co-founder and CEO of Alignment Healthcare, whose mission is to: "Relentlessly focus on improving health care value for patients and partners." For recent news and announcements click here, and follow on Twitter via @AlignmentHealth. Join Pophealth Week co-founders Fred Goldstein and Gregg Masters for a deep dive into the many moving parts of a successful population health management strategy.
On Wednesday, August 26th 2015 broadcast at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern join the Hosts of PopHealth Week Gregg Masters, Doug Goldstein and Fred Goldstein for their month end review. This month's focus is on Population Health and Accountable Care. We'll review what we learned from our first two ACO guests, Farzad Mostashari of Aledade and Gerry Meklaus of Accenture (more on tap for September as the interest level has been quite substantial). We’ll also discuss a recent interview of Ronald Bayer where he had some pretty strong thoughts on Precision Medicine versus Population Health- see: 'Precision Medicine a Threat to Population Health'. And as is typical Doug (@efuturist) is gallavanting around the world and we’ll get an update from him on his travels, connections and insights from of 'Digital Health España' aka Digitalhealth.es. Innovation is NOT limited to the domestic conversation. Doug will fill us in on his discoveries to date.
On the Wednesday, August 12th 2015 broadcast at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern our special guest, making an encore appearance, is Farzad Mostashari, MD (@Farzad_MD), Founder and CEO of the innovative ACO management company Aledade (@AledadeACO). In this series my co-host and co-founder of PopHealth Week Fred Goldstein, Founder and President of Accountable Health, LLC explores Farzad's progress at Aledade and drills into the touch points between population health and accountable care. We're featuring the following core perspectives in the series, speaking with thought leaders and pioneers in accountable care from each of the following ACO types: physician led, hospital sponsored and health plan enabled. Join us for an informative chat.
On Wednesday July 22, 2015 at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern our special guest on PopHealth Week in the Global Director of Healthcare Transformation at IBM Healthcare, Dr. Paul Grundy. Follow Dr. Grundy via @Paul_PCPCC and @IBMHealthcare. Paul’s work at IBM is directed towards shifting healthcare delivery around the world towards data driven, accountable, consumer-focused, primary-care based systems through the adoption of new philosophies, primary-care pilot programs, new incentives systems, and the information technology required to implement such change.
On the Wednesday May 28th 2014 broadcast at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern time my special guest is John Lynch publisher of the blog 'Our Healthcare Sucks'. John Lynch was founder and CEO of Medical Diagnostics, inc. - twice named to Business Week's "Best Small Companies" in America. He's since founded MedSmart Members to publish consumer health education publications. More about John here. We'll talk about the ACA, accountable care and the status of health reform. Join us!
On the Wednesday, April 30th 2014 broadcast at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern my special guest is Margalit Gur-Arie (follow her on twitter via @margalitgurarie). Margalit is a kindred sprit, twitter colleague and one who's work I have followed via the blog circuit (she publishes On Healthcare Technology), several white papers and of course on twitter. 'Margalit Gur-Arie is a founder of BizMed, a company devoted to supporting practicing physicians through software and services that simplify the business of medicine. Margalit has served in executive and consulting roles at various Health IT companies and her mission is to support and strengthen independent private practice, particularly in rural and underserved areas. Margalit blogs and writes in support of primary care. She is an Israeli born aeronautical engineer turned tech wiz, who helped build early portals and EMRs. Residing in rural Missouri, she watches as health becomes increasingly industrialized without improved results, and she inherently understands the needs of independent practices.' Join us for a fun and exporatory chat on the state of health reform, accountable care, the future of independent practice and the buiness of medicine!
On the Wednesday, February 5th, 2014 episode at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern time we kick off our 2014 coverage with an ACO Roundtable with three industry veterans who will dig into the headlines and discuss the meaning of the data. For a context piece on the episode, see: 'More than Half of ACOs "Save Money' Only 1/4 Bonus Providers' on ACO Watch. Following a rather robust conversation on twitter centered around the recently published 'start up costs for ACOs' published by the National Association of ACOs (NAACOs), we decided it was a good time to dig beyond the headlines and try to make sense of the growth and dispersion of ACOs both nationally and regionally. On the broadcast is Fred Goldstein, Jim Hansen and David Crais. Join us!
On the Wednesday, November 6th 2013 broadcast at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern my special guests are Jaan Sidorov, MD and Vince Kuraitis JD, MBA. We'll dive into the topic of 'clinically integrated networks' (CINs). For background on Jaan click here and Vince click here. These are encore appearances for both Jaan and Vince on this week in accountable care. Our earlier exchanges can be accessed here and here. Follow Vince on Twitter via @vincekuraitis and Jaan via @DisMgtCareBlog Considering all the discussion, exploration if not exploitation of the ACO or accountable care model - afterall once you've seen on ACO, you seen one ACO - and the heavy anchoring of accountable care in coordinated or seamless care coordination context,we thought we'd do a deeper dive into the definition of clinically integrated networks. Our chat today will cover: As the market evolves, what are the best routes to population health: ACOs? Clinically Integrated Networks? or Medicare Advantage? We'll also dive into whether: A population health clinical model is emerging as a consensus end game; andWhile the financial and delivery system model(s) to get us there are still unclear and up for grabs. Join us for an informative chat.
On the Wednesday, July 17th, 2013 broadcast at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern our special guests are Jim Hansen, VP of Lumeris 's Accountable Delivery System Institute and Dr Jerry Penso Chief Medical and Quality Officer the American Medical Group Associaton (AMGA). We'll discuss the recent announcement by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid of the results from the first year of participation in the Pioneer ACO program. Depending on who you speak with, there is a different take on how to interpret the movement within and out of the Pioneer program. For background see: Pioneers Take Arrows While Settlers’ Get the Land?’at @ACOwatch. Join us for a timely and informative exchange on this important development in the roll out of the Affordable Care Act. For additional context, check out the 'This Week in Health Innovation with Michael Millenson'. Join us!
On the Wednesday May 8th, 2013 broadcast at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern time our special guest is Martie Ross of PYA. We'll chat about PYA's recent release of their 'Medicare ACO Roadmap', and get an update via her lens on the ACO market. More on Marty Ross click here, and PYA click here. Join us.
On the Wednesday, May 1st 2013 broadcast at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern, my special guest is Tom Doerr, MD. Dr. Doerr is a primary care physician practicing geriatric medicine in St. Louis and director of innovation research for Lumeris aka @Lumeris. He is also the vice president of clinical strategy for an IPA and a faculty member of the Accountable Delivery System Institute (ADSI), aka @adsinst. According to their website, Lumeris is: '...is an accountable care delivery innovation company offering health systems, payers, and providers operational support, technology, and consulting services.' While, ADSI is: '...the premier resource for health systems, health plans, large physician groups, and self-insured employers seeking proven solutions and practical guidance on establishing successful models of accountable care.' Clearly Lumeris, with deep roots into the Medicare Advantage world as well as seasoned insights forged via its first mover advantage experience during the 'bleeding edge' (an idea ahead of it's time) of 'Healtheon era' has a lot to say about ACOs, accountable care and the effective re-engineering of our at risk healthcare delivery and financing non-systems. Join us for an informative session. For context, check out Dr. Doerr's informative piece on the Healthcare Blog, titled: 'The Nine C’s of Successful Accountable Primary Care Delivery.'