Podcast appearances and mentions of Patrick Conway

Over 160 million Americans are served by Optum, yet many still don't fully understand what it actually does—or why it matters.Dr. Patrick Conway, newly appointed CEO of Optum and former head of CMS Innovation Center and Blue Cross NC, joins Steve for a wide-ranging discussion on the state of healthcare delivery, affordability, and the potential of value-based care at a national scale. With experience spanning the frontlines of medicine to top government and corporate leadership, Conway breaks down how Optum aims to improve care while controlling costs—and why he continues to practice as a pediatric hospitalist on weekends.We cover:

This week, host Kathy speaks with Patrick Conway, Director of the Boston College Prison Education Program. He previously worked as a criminal defense investigator at public defender offices in Washington, DC and Boston before transitioning to prison rehabilitation. From Portland, Maine, Conway came to BC and earned a doctorate from the Lynch School of Education and Human Development in 2022. In his publication on the Harvard Educational Review, Conway highlights the transformative power of education for people in prison, aiming to expand the reach of BC's Prison Education Program and enhance its impact on both incarcerated students and the broader community. For today's episode, Patrick brought along his former student Markeese Mitchell, who shares his story participating in the prison program and life at BC. Tune in to hear about their experience in BC's Prison Program and the impact they hope to have on people in the Boston community. Check back next week for new episodes!

Optum Rx serves more than 62 million people, processes 1.6 billion prescriptions and generates more than $110 billion of revenue annually. Dr. Patrick Conway, CEO of Optum Rx, is the third and final guest in a series of Healthcare is Hard episodes exploring the transformation of the pharmacy business – following conversations with Mark Cuban and Dr. Troyen Brennan.Dr. Conway brings an expansive view of the healthcare system to this discussion and his role leading one of the most influential organizations in the pharmacy space. He became CEO of Optum Rx in August 2023 and before that, served as CEO of Care Solutions at Optum for more than three years. He was president and CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina for two years and spent more than six years at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services where he held several positions including Chief Medical Officer, Director of CMMI, and Deputy Administrator for Innovation and Quality. Before joining CMS, he oversaw clinical operations and quality improvement at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, and he is still a practicing pediatrician in Boston where he occasionally works at an area medical center on weekends.Some of the topics Dr. Conway discussed with Keith Figlioli in this episode of Healthcare is Hard include:VBC – A way or THE way. As someone who has spent a significant portion of his career focused on improving cost and quality in the U.S. healthcare system, Keith starts the interview asking Dr. Conway for his perspective on value-based care. Dr. Conway says we can either figure out VBC, or raise taxes and reduce benefits, noting that the American public would not be happy about the latter. He firmly believes that VBC is THE way through. He discussed the positive impacts he's witnessed from VBC, and how he believes it's been a major contributor to slowing the growth of healthcare costs over a significant period of time. However, he's concerned about how the transition to VBC has slowed.Affordable innovation. When discussing the extremely high cost of new specialty drugs, Dr. Conway points out that innovation is useless if it's unaffordable and inaccessible to people. He shared personal stories contrasting very difficult conversations he's had with parents in the past about the failing health of their children, and a more recent experience where Optum Rx delivered a new gene therapy to a child with a rare disease who will now live a full life. With therapies like that one costing $3 million, Dr. Conway discussed his views on some of the public and private financing options that could help improve access to life-changing therapies while still rewarding the innovators.Choice and transparency. Dr. Conway explains some of the solutions Optum Rx has brought to market to serve its customers, and areas where the company is exploring new solutions to keep customer satisfaction high. While customers are happy with Optum Rx, he makes it clear that continuously developing new solutions to stay ahead of a fast-evolving market is essential. During this discussion, customer choice – for both patients and the employers who fund their benefits – is a recurring theme and a major focus.To hear Dr. Conway and Keith discuss these topics and more, listen to this episode of Healthcare is Hard: A Podcast for Insiders.

Patrick Conway, CEO of Optum Rx, sits down with Venrock partners Bryan Roberts and Bob Kocher to discuss his first few months on the job. Conway also shares his views on the best early metric indicators of success, the effectiveness of Medicare Advantage Star Ratings, the role of technology in value-based care and more.

Friends, I have to tell you that each time I have the opportunity to speak with Dr. Patrick Conway, it's a treat. He is an erudite and accomplished healthcare executive ...

In the last two years, healthcare delivery has gone through a significant evolution. Telehealth services that were once rare, became the predominant method. In addition, with the growth of technology, other work is being done to deliver care at home or outside of the traditional setting of a hospital or clinic. We are joined by Patrick Conway, the CEO of Care Solutions at Optum to talk about this innovative work to provide patient care.

This week, we revisit a conversation on issues facing our mental health care system as a whole. Our guest, Dr. Patrick Conway, has experienced this system, “as an individual, as a family member, and as a practicing physician,” as well as at the top ranks of insurance companies. He is not satisfied with how the system does—and often does not—work, and has spent his career focused on mental health care reform.    "Our system doesn't get access to people when and how they need it. It doesn't measure and improve outcomes as it should. It doesn't integrate well with primary care and whole-person care… It affects everyone in America in some fashion. So how do we tolerate a system that is so dysfunctional?” -Dr. Patrick Conway   Patrick Conway, MD, MSc, is the CEO of Care Solutions at Optum, part of UnitedHealth Group, serving tens of millions of people across acute and post-acute care, care in the home in-person and virtually, mental and behavioral care benefits and delivery, broad population and complex disease health management, specialty care, and government health services. He previously served as President and CEO of Blue Cross North Carolina, Chief Medical Officer at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Director of Hospital Medicine at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, and as Chief Medical Officer for the Department of Health and Human Services.    Join Marjorie Morrison and Patrick J. Kennedy for an in-depth discussion with Dr. Conway on the importance of combining treatment of mental and behavioral health, the impact of the pandemic on the mental health space, what effect new bio-metric technologies will have on mental health, and how Dr. Conway's own experience with substance use inspires his work.    If you enjoy this podcast, be sure to follow or subscribe wherever you are listening, and share the show with your colleagues and friends. You can also subscribe to our YouTube Channel here, https://www.youtube.com/c/PsychHub.   Future Of Mental Health is a Psych Hub Podcast and is for educational purposes only. Visit https://psychhub.com to dig deeper and access the world's most comprehensive platform for behavioral health education.   Follow us on Social Media Twitter: https://twitter.com/FOMHshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/psychhubeducation  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/PsychHub

Show notes: https://www.valuecapturellc.com/he52 Welcome to Episode #52 of Habitual Excellence, presented by Value Capture. In today's episode, our guest is Patrick Conway, M.D. who became CEO of Care Solutions at Optum in June 2020. Prior to that, Patrick served as a senior executive in residence at United Health Group and Optum. From 2017-2019, he was President and CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina. Previously, Conway served as Deputy Administrator for Innovation and Quality at the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). In this role he also held the position of Director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI). Conway joined CMS in 2011 as the agency's Chief Medical Officer and served as Principal Deputy Administrator and Acting Administrator, the most senior non-political leader at CMS. In the episode, Patrick discusses the following with host Mark Graban: How and where did you first get introduced to Lean concepts and Lean management? What did Lean mean to you, specifically, as a pediatric physician? When you were Chief Medical Officer for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, you were a speaker at the Catalysis Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit, what messages were you sharing? What was the application of Lean within CMS? What's the role of role of payment systems and incentives as a driver of improvement in safety, quality, and cost? What was the role of CMS, HHS, and the federal government in encouraging improvements to patient safety & quality? In encouraging Lean or related methods? After CMS you went to BCBS of NC, tell me more about the work there. In your role as CEO of Care Solutions at Optum at UnitedHealth Group, what does Lean mean to you? What is your role in this? Tell us about going to the front line with home health care… Bringing Covid vaccination and testing to patients? Final reflection question - what do you wish others would learn sooner than later about leadership / improvement?

If you know anything about higher education in prison, it's that these programs "pay off" for taxpayers in the form of tax savings and lower rates of recidivism. But the economic justification for college behind bars misses a far more profound value, says Patrick Conway, winner of the 2021 Have You Heard Graduate Student Research Contest. Conway's research raises essential and relevant questions - about who is entitled to be educated at tax-payer expense, what kind of education they should receive, and how we view crime. The financial support of listeners like you keeps this podcast going. Subscribe on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HaveYouHeardPodcast or donate on PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/haveyouheardpodcast

In our interview with Patrick Conway, MD, MSc, CEO of Care Solutions at Optum (part of UnitedHealth Group), he will share the work being done to drive change faster.  Because of his time spent at the bedside as a physician, he is always looking at what Optum can do to make things easier for the patient.  From first-hand experience, he'll admit navigating the mental health care system as a family member, a physician, and patient, is complex. And, if it's hard for him, that's a very bad sign.

Patrick Conway discusses how he started in the healthcare industry, his time as the President and CEO of Blue Cross North Carolina, how value is one of the most important metrics for patient care and more!

With tracks from WestBam And Nena, Patrick Conway, Dorothys Fortress, Janeret, Free Love, Iori, Phasis, Ede, Vortice Mortale, Kendal and LOST SCRIPTS. Follow Daniel Kelsan here: https://soundcloud.com/danielkelsan

In this week’s Our Take, we’re covering the proposed rules to ease restrictions imposed by Stark Law, anti-kickback statute. To sign up for the weekly email brief, click here. Other briefs include:Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health and GraniteOne Health signed an agreement to merge.Walmart is testing new health benefits to help employees receive appropriate care.ICER pulled a draft evidence report it released in late September on three new rheumatoid arthritis drugs.UPS is set to expand its drone delivery service to hospital campuses nationwide.Civica Rx’s first drug has been administered to patients.Dr. Patrick Conway has stepped down as CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina. About Darwin Research GroupDarwin Research Group Inc. provides advanced market intelligence and in-depth customer insights to health care executives, with a strategic focus on health care delivery systems and the global shift toward value-based care. Darwin’s client list includes forward-thinking biopharmaceutical and medical device companies, as well as health care providers, private equity, and venture capital firms. The company was founded in 2010 as Darwin Advisory Partners, LLC and is headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz. with a satellite office in Princeton, N.J.

In this week’s Our Take, we’re covering the latest results from the Medicare Shared Savings Program ACO data, just released last week. To sign up for the weekly email brief, click here. Other briefs include:Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health and GraniteOne Health signed an agreement to merge.Walmart is testing new health benefits to help employees receive appropriate care.ICER pulled a draft evidence report it released in late September on three new rheumatoid arthritis drugs.UPS is set to expand its drone delivery service to hospital campuses nationwide.Civica Rx’s first drug has been administered to patients.Dr. Patrick Conway has stepped down as CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina. About Darwin Research GroupDarwin Research Group Inc. provides advanced market intelligence and in-depth customer insights to health care executives, with a strategic focus on health care delivery systems and the global shift toward value-based care. Darwin’s client list includes forward-thinking biopharmaceutical and medical device companies, as well as health care providers, private equity, and venture capital firms. The company was founded in 2010 as Darwin Advisory Partners, LLC and is headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz. with a satellite office in Princeton, N.J.

Memo released describes the conversation between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, The political debate continues as whether Trump committed an impeachable offense, and the Blue Cross NC CEO, Patrick Conway, resigns after State Insurance Commissioner, Mike Causey, demands his resignation in the wake of a damning police report after Conway's DUI arrest in June

Episode 17 with our special guest Patrick Conway, Bassist from Stealin' The Farm.

There's been a lot of talk about the need for our healthcare system to shift away from volume and fee-for-service, where you pay by appointment, procedure, etc, to value-based care, where you pay for both quality and outcomes—essentially, good health. But there's also been a real dearth of seeing how that might work in action, or concrete models for how to implement it at scale. In this episode, CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina Patrick Conway dives deep into how exactly we can make the move towards this kind of healthcare a reality, in conversation with a16z's General Partner Jorge Conde, Venkat Mocherla and Hanne Tidnam.Conway—also a pediatrician, and formerly Deputy Administrator at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI)—gets into what value-based care really means; different ideas for how payors can implement the shift away from fee-for-service and volume-based care towards outcomes; as well as the critical role social determinants (food insecurity, transportation, and more) play in our health—and how tech can be a driver of change. And finally, Conway shares thoughtful analysis from an insider’s point of view from the Hill on how to actually effect change in policy and regulation in healthcare to move the entire system in this direction.This podcast was recorded on April 10, 2019. As of September 25, 2019, Patrick Conway is no longer CEO and President of Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina.

Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 13:34) > Patrick Conway, MD, President and CEO, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina shares his perspective on embracing challenges and disruptions in healthcare, improving the patient experience, and preparing for the future with Celia Huber, Senior Partner, McKinsey and Company in a June 2018 conversation.See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information

Patrick Conway, MD, President and CEO, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina shares his perspective on embracing challenges and disruptions in healthcare, improving the patient experience, and preparing for the future with Celia Huber, Senior Partner, McKinsey and Company in a June 2018 conversation. Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 13:34) >

Patrick Conway, MD, President and CEO, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina shares his perspective on embracing challenges and disruptions in healthcare, improving the patient experience, and preparing for the future with Celia Huber, Senior Partner, McKinsey and Company in a June 2018 conversation. Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 13:34) >

Patrick Conway, MD, President and CEO, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina shares his perspective on embracing challenges and disruptions in healthcare, improving the patient experience, and preparing for the future with Celia Huber, Senior Partner, McKinsey and Company in a June 2018 conversation. Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 13:34) >

Think about these five guiding leadership principles: family first, health impact, people and culture, learning, and joy in work, that is what this week's First in Future guest, Dr. Patrick Conway, President and CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina strives towards. He recently had a conversation with a 75 year old woman, who appreciated BCBS for being with her through the high and low points of her entire life. It reminded him that health care has a lasting effect on the lives of all North Carolinians. In the conversation we had with him, we talked about opioid addiction prevention, affordable housing, food insecurity and why some health care companies are building trails and investing in free gym memberships. Dr. Conway is also launching a plan to prevent and cure diabetes. If he gets it right, it could make a difference in the lives of more than 10,000 people.

Thanks for waiting! It's EPISODE FOUR OF THE SOLVED MYSTERY UNSOLVED STORY THING OR WHATEVER! In this episode, we talk about how a guy definitely Florida'd his wife in story 1. Story 2 has us look at a old guy and how he gave his money to some people. The number 3 story has us look for the explanation of how a lady was found in a burning car nowhere near her home. Story 4 is all about rumors and bullshit about a Grand Canyon trip from the 1920's that left a couple missing. Story 5, the finale, is the longest thing I've ever written and deals with a man who only wants to love his bugs and his wife who disappears. People Profiled: Shannon Mohr, David Davis, Glen and Bessey Hyde, Jule Caylor, Dottie Caylor, Patrick Conway, and Aileen Conway. This episode of the podcast covers Season 1 Episode 1 of Unsolved Mysteries as it was presented on Amazon Prime. I know the story order is mixed up, I address it and apologize. Website: www.destructoblog.com E-Begging: https://www.patreon.com/destructoblog *Unsolved Mysteries is property of its rights holders and is not affiliated with this show in any way. Its subjects and brief clips are used for commentary and review only. This is not an episode of Unsolved Mysteries, and this program is designed to be a fan-made companion piece to each actual episode of the show. So support the show by watching the episode first, then checking in here after!* MUSIC CREDITS THREE CHAIN LINKS, Album: PHANTOMS, Tracks: Magic Hour, Shadows, Architects Link: www.threechainlinks.bandcamp.com/ Used under CC3.0 ATTRIBUTION "Dark Walk" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Thank you Kevin MacLeod for letting us amateur creators to use your huge music library. Thank you THREE CHAIN LINKS for making rad shit and releasing it on CC3.0...please answer my fan mail.

Consider this podcast a crash course on credit union lobbying, 2019 style. Our instructor: Patrick Conway, CEO of the Pennsylvania Credit Union Association, a very large league with upwards of 370 members.PCUA lobbies both in Harrisburg, the state capital, and in Washington, DC.A lot of what PCUA does however could be considered credit union education. For instance, PCUA has played a lead role in the new Philadelphia ID card - designed to give Philadelphia residents a low cost ID card. Will it be adequate for opening a new account at a credit union? That's still being sorted out and PCUA is in the mix, offering education and counsel to its members.PCUA is doing likewise with cannabis banking, a topic of significant interest to Pennsylvania credit unions.Along the way we also talk about credit unions haves and the have nots and, in Pennsylvania, assured Conway, the big credit unions offer plenty of assistance to smaller institutions.Other topics on the agenda: credit union tax exemption, the CUNA-league relationship, and what credit union can do to win greater consumer acceptance.This is a rich podcast.  Give it several listens.Find the full CU2.0 Podcast archives here -- Blogger: The McGarvey Credit Union Podcast - All posts http://bit.ly/2UhZd1HLike what you are hearing? Find out how you can help sponsor this podcast here. Very affordable sponsorship packages are available.Find out more about CU2.0 and the digital transformation of credit unions here. It's a journey every credit union needs to take. Pronto

Think about these five guiding leadership principles: family first, health impact, people and culture, learning, and joy in work, that is what this week's First in Future guest, Dr. Patrick Conway, President and CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina strives towards. He recently had a conversation with a 75 year old woman, who appreciated BCBS for being with her through the high and low points of her entire life. It reminded him that health care has a lasting effect on the lives of all North Carolinians. In the conversation we had with him, we talked about opioid addiction prevention, affordable housing, food insecurity and why some health care companies are building trails and investing in free gym memberships. Dr. Conway is also launching a plan to prevent and cure diabetes. If he gets it right, it could make a difference in the lives of more than 10,000 people.

It’s no secret that healthcare costs in North Carolina and across the country are on the rise. But what can be done to lower healthcare costs? On this week’s episode of “The Cost of Health,” we get an insider look on the real ways to keep costs down. We chat with Dr. Patrick Conway, President and CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC), for his take on what’s driving the spike and how it can be combatted.Patrick Conway's executive profile on bluecrossnc.comPatrick Conway on Twitter @PatrickConwayMDFollow the coalition and Michael on Twitter @fiscalhealthnc and michaelck and FacebookAnd be sure to join the coalition to help fight for lower health care costsThe North Carolina Coalition for Fiscal Health is a 501(c)(4) corporation, organized as a nonpartisan group focused on economic issues and the rising cost of healthcare in North Carolina. We’re here to talk about improving the fiscal health of all North Carolinians.

Trevor and Steve talk with Patrick Conway, President and CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina.

Sponsored by Dell EMC Times are changing when it comes to the never-ending storage refresh cycle. By moving to a flexible consumption-based storage model, you can avoid spending too many resources on the yearly refresh, lower expenses and gain efficiencies. So, how can companies get moving on a hyperconverged storage model? We spoke with industry-expert Patrick Conway to learn how to build a roadmap to digital transformation by 2020. Listen to this episode to learn: What digital transformation means in terms of business transformation Why now is a critical time to shift to a hyperconverged storage model How to create and execute a vision for digital transformation by 2020 How real companies are taking advantage of their own digital transformations [Webinar] Top Storage Trends that Will Impact Your Data Center – Get yourself out of the old, draining refresh cycle and make a shift that will help position your IT team as strategic business partners. Hyperconvergence Installation: How to Make Yours a Smooth Operation – From configuration to implementation, we take a look at how to smoothly deploy a hyperconverged infrastructure. Forsythe Technology, A Sirius Company - For more than 40 years, Forsythe has helped companies succeed by working to optimize, modernize, and innovate enterprise IT. We develop solutions that make practical business sense from idea to implementation. We help champion innovation and deliver bottom-line results. We serve as the bridge, moving you from traditional to new IT. Whatever your business needs, we make it happen.

David Cutler asks Patrick Conway what worked and what didn't at CMS, advice he'd give to the Trump administration, and his predictions on Medicare and Medicaid.

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Author Patrick Conway talks about how The Garden of Eden was from a different Dimension, he believes that the Bible is a History Book and that the talk about Armageddon in the Bible has already happened and that human beings are trying to re-create our historical past. Very interesting man, check out our interview!! Check Out his Website: realists.com Please Support Out Sponsors! Get A Free best selling book and CD on How to be a Quick Turn Around, Real Estate in any Economy" Call today and get it for Free!! 1-800-970-6155. Please Subscribe to our newsletter at truthbetoldwebtv.com @OnAirWithTony @CaptainRonRadio

Ozark Highlands Radio is a weekly radio program that features live music and interviews recorded at Ozark Folk Center State Park’s beautiful 1,000-seat auditorium in Mountain View, Arkansas. In addition to the music, our “Feature Host” segments take listeners through the Ozark hills with historians, authors, and personalities who explore the people, stories, and history of the Ozark region. This week, Austin, Texas based fiddle driven folk pop and renowned Contra Dance band “The Lost & Nameless Orchestra” performs live at the Ozark Folk Center State Park. Also, interviews with this unique group of musicians. Mark Jones offers an archival recording of a much younger Mark Jones performing the song “Mountain Whippoorwill.” Author, folklorist, and songwriter Charley Sandage presents a portrait of Dr. Bill McNeil, the long time archivist at the Ozark Folk Center, focusing on Dr. McNeil’s attention to historical scholarship with regard to traditional music. They may call themselves Lost & Nameless, but all it takes is a few notes for listeners to recognize this foursome is anything but. With original compositions featuring complex, turn-on-a-dime arrangements and performing histories dating to childhood, the members of this Austin-based band are seasoned professionals who whip up an unforgettable sonic whirlwind wherever they play. Lost & Nameless can be traced to St. Louis, where Arkansas fiddle champion Chris E. Peterson met vocalist/guitarist Patrick Conway in 1993. They began jamming together and did some busking and recording in Europe, then went their separate ways. Peterson eventually moved to Austin to attend graduate school and in 2006, Conway followed. They decided to form “a great live band” and within a week, found keyboardist Nathan Quiring. Vocalist/fiddler Kimberly Zielnicki, winner of the 2012 Old Settler’s Music Festival Youth Talent Competition, became a full-fledged member in 2008, at age 11. Together, they imbue their music with a playful energy and soulfulness. Their sound simultaneously evokes Ireland and Appalachia, old-time folk and timeless pop, with an orchestral fullness. In this week’s “From the Vault” segment, musician, educator, and country music legacy Mark Jones offers an archival recording of a much younger Mark Jones performing the song “Mountain Whippoorwill,” from the Ozark Folk Center State Park archives. Author, folklorist, and songwriter Charley Sandage presents an historical portrait of the people, events, and indomitable spirit of Ozark culture that resulted in the creation of the Ozark Folk Center State Park and its enduring legacy of music and craft. This episode focuses on Dr. Bill McNeil, the long time archivist at the Ozark Folk Center. For thirty years, from 1975 until his untimely passing in 2005, Dr. Bill McNeil served as the Ozark Folk Center’s folklorist and all-purpose advisor on all things dealing with traditional Ozark culture. During his tenure at the Folk Center, Bill McNeil guided the establishment of the Ozark Cultural Resource Center, an archival and teaching facility on the Folk Center’s grounds. This installment focuses on Dr. McNeil’s attention to historical scholarship with regard to traditional music.

Shellac Stack No. 58 wishes you a “relaxing” Labor Day weekend with the usual eclectic mix of 78s, from stride pianist Cliff Jackson to Fred Elizalde, Helen Ward, Rex Stewart, Patrick Conway's Band, Henry Burr, and more.

Before he became a pediatric hospitalist and CMO at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Dr. Patrick Conway thought he would either go into the Peace Corps, Teach For America or consulting. In this episode of Before the White Coat, Drs. Wellikson and Conway trace his career path from the student union at Texas A&M University (where he booked popular country acts in order to finance alternative music bands like the Flaming Lips and R.E.M.) to being accepted as a White House Fellow. CORRECTION: The podcast introduction incorrectly states that the interview with Dr. Conway was recorded at SHM's annual meeting in March. It was recorded via phone in May 2015.