Podcasts about principal deputy administrator

In this Future Series episode, Kris Osborn and Captain William Ostendorff discuss the critical aspects of nuclear deterrence, focusing on warhead modernization, technological advancements, and the importance of reliability in nuclear weapons. Captain Ostendorff shares insights from his extensive experience in the Navy and his roles in various nuclear security programs, emphasizing the complexities of today's geopolitical landscape and the need for a robust nuclear strategy. The discussion also highlights the role of digital engineering and advanced computing in enhancing weapon performance and reliability, as well as the integration of non-nuclear components in nuclear systems.Captain William Ostendorff served as Principal Deputy Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration from 2007 to 2009 and as a commissioner of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission from 2010 to 2016.Captain Ostendorff is an advisory council member for the Institute for Nuclear Power Operations, a member of the Board of Directors for Information Systems Laboratories, Chairman of the Energy Solutions Decommissioning Nuclear Safety Review Board for Three Mile Island Unit 2, Independent Manager on the Board of Global Laser Enrichment LLC and Co-Chair of the Committee of Risk of Nuclear War and Nuclear Terrorism of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.He graduated the U.S. Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science in systems engineering and was an officer in the U.S. Navy from 1976 until his retirement in 2002. During his naval career, he served as Commanding Officer of the USS Norfolk, Director of the Submarine Force Commanding Officer School, Commander of Submarine Squadron Six and finally Director of the U.S. Naval Academy Math and Science Division. He returned to the Naval Academy as Distinguished Visiting Professor of National Security from 2016 to 2021.As counsel for the House Armed Services Committee from 2003 to 2007, Captain Ostendorff was staff director of the Strategic Forces Subcommittee, with oversight responsibilities for the Department of Energy's Atomic Energy Defense Activities and the Department of Defense's Missile Defense, Space and Intelligence Programs which totaled more than $50 billion in the annual defense authorization bill. He also worked as Director of the Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy and Director of the Board on Global Science and Technology from 2009 to 2010 and research staff member for Institute for Defense Analyses from 2002 to 2003.Socials:Follow on Twitter at @NucleCastFollow on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/nuclecastpodcastSubscribe RSS Feed: https://rss.com/podcasts/nuclecast-podcast/Rate: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nuclecast/id1644921278Email comments and topic/guest suggestions to NucleCast@anwadeter.org

WEDI Chair Elect Merri-Lee Stine of Aetna CVS Health speaks with Jonathan Blum, Principal Deputy Administrator and Chief Operating Officer with CMS. The two discuss CMS' plans for the rest of the year, success stories during this administration and success stories surrounding the No Surprises Act and the Interoperability and Prior Authorization Rule. 

Description: Alison Barkoff, JD, Principal Deputy Administrator and Acting Administrator of the federal Administration for Community Living, and Acting Assistant Secretary for Aging, discusses Home and Community Based Services. Interviewer: Jaime Zahid, BA, Training & Consultation Specialist at The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities and Amanda Chirelli, Advocate and Outreach Coordinator at MOCEANS Center for Independent Living Click for Full Transcript of Episode 15

Ryan Gorman hosts an iHeartRadio nationwide special featuring Alison Barkoff, Acting Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging and Principal Deputy Administrator at the Administration for Community Living. Alison Barkoff explains the role of ACL in assisting older adults and those with disabilities, along with the importance of COVID-19 vaccines for those specific groups of individuals. Brian Hooks, Chairman & CEO of Stand Together, also joins the show. Brian Hooks discusses the work Stand Together does as a philanthropic community tackling the root causes of America's biggest problems. Brian also highlights the 1 Million Strong campaign, an initiative that seeks to transform how people think about addiction and recovery.

Episode 13 of NucleCast features the Honorable William C. Ostendorff! Bill Ostendorff has a distinguished career as an engineer, legal counsel, policy advisor, and naval officer. He currently serves as a nuclear industry adviser for several companies. In addition, he co-chairs a National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine Committee on Risk Analysis for Nuclear War and Nuclear Terror. He also serves as a member of the Intelligence Community Studies Board at the National Academies which advises the Director of National Intelligence on Science and Technology. He served as Principal Deputy Administrator at the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) in the Bush administration (2007-2009) and as a Commissioner at the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (2010-2016) in the Obama administration.

HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer interviews Jonathan Blum, principal deputy administrator and COO at CMS. In this interview, Blum discusses how CMS plans to phase out the public health emergency, how price transparency and surprise billing legislation are being received by provider organizations, and the effect the pandemic will have on CMS's value-based care strategy.

2022 Legislative Seminar Day 2 Originally Aired March 15, 2022 on ACB Media 6 Welcome and Opening General Session Leads: Clark Rachfal, Director of Advocacy & Governmental Affairs, American Council of the Blind Swatha Nandhakumar, Advocacy & Outreach Specialist, American Council of the Blind Alison Barkoff, Principal Deputy Administrator, Administration for Community Living, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Advocacy Related to COVID-19 Accessibility Presenters: Kim Charlson (Moderator) Dan Spoone, President, American Council of the Blind Meet Matt Handley: ACB Advisory Board Member and Partner, Handley Farah & Anderson PLLC (5 minutes) Legal Advocacy Landscape Leads: Clark Rachfal Swatha Nandhakumar Panel Presenters: Matt Handley, Partner, Handley Farah & Anderson PLLC Margaret Hart, Counsel, Washington Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs Christina Brandt-Young, Supervising Attorney, Disability Rights Advocates Find out more at https://acb-events.pinecast.co

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?

In this episode of AHLA's monthly series on fraud and abuse issues, Matthew Wetzel, Partner, Goodwin Procter, speaks to Kim Brandt, Partner, Tarplin Downs & Young LLC, about her path to public service, some of the lessons she's learned from her different positions within the government, the importance of good mentors and large networks, and her thoughts on some of the current hot topics in health care. Kim's long career in government has spanned leadership positions at CMS, OIG, and Capitol Hill, and culminated in her position as Principal Deputy Administrator for Operations and Policy at CMS from August 2017 to December 2020, where she ran the agency's day-to-day operations. From AHLA's Fraud and Abuse Practice Group. Sponsored by BRG.Read more about Kim's journey and experiences in the September 2021 issue of Health Law Connections magazine.Listen to the July 2021 episode, which discusses career journeys to compliance.

Today's edition is titled "Medicare Open Enrollment: What You Need to Know." Kim Brandt, Principal Deputy Administrator for Operations, outlines what Medicare beneficiaries should know for this year's open enrollment season, share what's new and different, and provide some important fraud prevention tips.

In this episode, we discuss... Bill Ostendorff’s 26 year career as a Navy nuke and how it prepared him for the rest of his career Bill’s responsibilities as Principal Deputy Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration and Commissioner for the Nuclear Regulatory The importance of government investment in the nuclear industry today

By Adam Turteltaub adam.turteltaub@corporatecompliance.org Kim Brandt, Principal Deputy Administrator for Operations at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shared with the attendees at the 2019 HCCA Compliance Institute what the latest is from CMS, and what to expect in the coming months. For those who missed her talk, she was kind enough to sit down for a podcast and provide us with an extensive look at what CMS has done and will be doing.  Listen in as she shares: The vast number of comments received on provider burdens, and how extensively CMS is actively addressing them The comprehensive review of Medicare Conditions of Participation with the goal of removing obsolete, duplicative or unnecessary requirements Progress on the Patients Over Paperwork initiative CMS’s efforts to make data more transferable and accessible for patients What CMS is doing to stem the opioid epidemic, including for new opioid prescriptions Exploration of new value-based models The new Medicaid program integrity strategy, and the audits that followed There’s a lot to learn.  Don’t miss the chance to learn directly from her.

Hosted by the ANU National Security College, the Women in National Security Conference is a forum on the participation of women in Australia’s future national security policy and practice – and the National Security Podcast is here to bring you the highlights. This jam-packed third episode is hosted by Gabrielle Kneipp and was recorded on the first day of the conference. First up, Chris Farnham hears from Matilda House, who opened the event with a Welcome to Country, before catching up with some of the conference attendees for some on-the-ground insights. Last but not least, the National Security College’s Jennifer Hunt chats with Madelyn Creedon about her long career in nuclear politics and the recent US decision to pull out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. Listen here: Matilda House is Chair of the Ngambri Local Aboriginal Land Council. She was instrumental in establishing the ANU Tjabal Indigenous Higher Education Centre in association with the Indigenous students on campus in 1989. Madelyn Creedon is the 2018 Alliance 21 Fellow at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. She has had a long and distinguished career in US government service, most recently as Principal Deputy Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) within the Department of Energy, a position she held from 2014 to 2017. Jennifer Hunt is a Lecturer at the National Security College and a Research Associate at the US Studies Centre. Her research portfolio examines the intersection between defence, energy, and economic security issues. Chris Farnham is the presenter of the National Security Podcast. He joined the National Security College in June 2015 as Policy and Events Officer. His career focus has been on geopolitics with experience working in and out of China for a number of years as well as operating in Australia and Southeast Asia. Gabrielle Kneipp is Executive Officer at the National Security College. She is currently on secondment from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and studying a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies/Communication in Journalism. We’d love to hear your feedback for this podcast series! Send in your questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes to podcast@policyforum.net. You can also Tweet us @APPSPolicyForum or find us on Facebook. This episode of the National Security Podcast was edited by Edwina Landale and Martyn Pearce. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Madelyn Creedon is the 2018 Alliance 21 Fellow, established by the US Studies Centre, Perth USAsia Centre and the US Department of State. Prior to this, Madelyn served as the Principal Deputy Administrator of the US National Nuclear Security Administration working on nuclear and space policy issues. In this podcast, Madelyn explores her work in the US Department of Energy and the National Nuclear Security Administration, provides an overview of the role of international treaties in nuclear non-proliferation and an analysis on nuclear countries in the Indo-Pacific region. SHOW NOTES: • The beginnings of a career in nuclear policy (1:40) • Working in the US Department of Energy (2:15) • Joining the Alliance 21 Fellowship (3:10) • Working in the National Nuclear Security Administration (3:52) • A typical day in the NNSA (4:42) • Where is the world today on nuclear non-proliferation? (5:40) • Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) Treaty and its role in nuclear non-proliferation (7:08) • The role of nuclear energy in a sustainable future (8:16) • Australia’s regional role in nuclear non-proliferation (8:48) • Thoughts on President Trump’s US Nuclear Posture Review (11:33) • The challenges faced by the US on implementing the US Nuclear Posture Review (13:15) • The nuclear threats in the Indo-Pacific region (14:15) • The North Korean nuclear situation (15:02) • An overview of China’s nuclear capabilities (17:10) • India and Pakistan’s frameworks to produce nuclear weapons (17:45) • The securitisation of the space frontier (18:28)

This week on TALK! with AUDREY: JONATHAN BLUM, Principal Deputy Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is my guest. Medicare Open Enrollment is the time when people with Medicare are encouraged to review their current health and prescription drug coverage and changes in costs and benefits that will take effect for 2014. This year’s annual Medicare Open Enrollment period, which began on October 15, is ending on December 7 so there isn’t much time left. If you want to change your health and prescription drug coverage for next year, doing it during this period will ensure your new coverage can begin without interruption on January 1, 2014.

This week on TALK! with AUDREY: JONATHAN BLUM, Principal Deputy Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is my guest. Medicare Open Enrollment is the time when people with Medicare are encouraged to review their current health and prescription drug coverage and changes in costs and benefits that will take effect for 2014. This year’s annual Medicare Open Enrollment period, which began on October 15, is ending on December 7 so there isn’t much time left. If you want to change your health and prescription drug coverage for next year, doing it during this period will ensure your new coverage can begin without interruption on January 1, 2014.