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Hey therapist-turning-coach, ready to discover what to say and how to say it to magnetically attract your dream clients? Then you need Marisa Corcoran in your corner... In addition to writing the words that get landing pages converting at 60% (or higher!) and crafting personality-filled emails, Marisa helps coaches and creatives craft their uncopyable message inside her signature program, The Copy Confidence Society. She's also the creator of the wildly popular summit, The Copy Chat which has raised over $130K for organizations like Soul Fire Farm, The Headstrong Project, and Sage USA. When not click-clacking on her laptop, you can find this Harvard grad analyzing a Real Housewives episode like it's government policy and consuming inappropriate amounts of Nutrageous candy bars. This is ESPECIALLY tricky with Brainspotting, amIright? It's such a must-experience, and if you're like me, putting it into words is a strug.gle. at first. Nevermind the struggle of "what's too much to self-disclose with my coaching clients when I'm a therapist?" Great news! I've found the solution, and it's in the fun-filled, sassy, hooker with a heart of gold package of Marisa Corcoran, and she did me the enormous honor of coming here to talk about it! In this episode we cover: Why it's acceptable for me to straight up call Marisa a hooker in this writeup (nay, encouraged) The Rapport Trap that sucks in therapists, especially if you're a coach on the side (and Marisa's advice to get out of that trap) Why your website needs a Meet Cute PLUS the inside scoop on Marisa's upcoming (FREE!) masterclass that I join every.single.time.its.offered. Links and resources: Pick which of Marisa's Masterclass options you'll attend, and let me know in case we'll be at the same one! I wanna say hi! Email me your top takeaway at hello@carolynrobistow.net I'll even get you started. Copy/paste/fill-in-the-blank: OMG Carolyn I just listened to Ep 81 and my brain is swimming after hearing ____________________ Or DM me the above line on Instagram @carolynrobistow Secret Podcast for Therapists who want to take more Paid Time Off from 1:1 work this year! Get a Daily Brain Block Buster delivered right to your inbox everyday to nudge you from Hourly Service Provider to Out of Office Therapist! Subscribe for free at https://carolynrobistow.net/daily Brainspotting by Dr. David Grand https://amzn.to/3AvtiNK Other Brainspotting Resources and Provider Directory: www.brainspotting.com
Miss me? It's been a hot minute, and the story (stories!) will unfold over time, so stick around (ahem, subscribe/follow). In this episode, catch up with the ways I've been using Brainspotting in my own life, and how you can apply these strategies to your own mindfulness practice(s). Links and resources: Private Podcast for Therapists ready to scale back a successful 1:1 caseload without compromising income by adding group coaching/intensives: The Therapist's Travel Fund Get a Daily Brain Block Buster delivered right to your inbox everyday to nudge your mindfulness practice as a creative (made for more) therapist and coach. Subscribe for free at https://carolynrobistow.net/daily DM me on Instagram (yes I mean it, come say hi and let me know you listened): @carolynrobistow Email Me: https://carolynrobistow.net Brainspotting by Dr. David Grand https://amzn.to/3AvtiNK Other Brainspotting Resources and Provider Directory: www.brainspotting.com
Dr. Habib Rizk, MD is a Neurotologist and Associate Professor at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). He joins Dr. Abbie Ross, PT, NCS, and Dr. Danielle Tolman, PT to discuss his experience not only as an expert clinician in the field of treating vestibular dysfunction, but also as a person who has experienced vestibular dysfunction first hand following an episode of Vestibular Neuritis! Where to find Dr. Rizk: MUSC Health: https://providers.muschealth.org/sc/mount-pleasant/habib-rizk-md-msc Email: rizkh@musc.edu The Vestibular Disorders Association: https://vestibular.org/ VeDA's Provider Directory: https://vestibular.org/healthcare-directory/ Hosted by Dr. Abbie Ross, PT, NCS, and Dr. Danielle Tolman, PT For Episode Recommendations or Requests, email us info@balancingactrehab.com Where to find us: https://link.me/balancingactrehabwww.BalancingActRehab.com Facebook: @BalancingActRehab Instagram: @BalancingActRehab Twitter: @DizzyDoctors TikTok: @BalancingActRehab Check out our self guided self help courses! How to Live with Dizziness How to Treat Positional Dizziness https://balancing-act-rehab-s-school.teachable.com/courses/
Several of our experts from our Provider Directory have come together in our fourth Roundtable discussion of 2024. This is Part 2 of our discussion on mothers' main worries and strategies to address them. In this episode, the experts discuss the importance of balancing extracurricular activities. They discuss managing children's anxiety in extracurricular activities and the need for healthy, non-toxic extracurricular environments. The experts talk about a mother's concern over the health and well-being of their children when it comes to particular milestones and how it can become an overwhelming worry. Make sure you listen to Part 1 where we discuss the difference between typical worries and more serious mental health concerns like anxiety disorders and OCD. We also discuss maintaining physical stamina over time when parents need a lot of physical energy to handle the daily tasks of raising children, such as requiring constant energy, resilience, and flexibility. This HER Health Collective Roundtable features the following HER Provider Directory Experts: Erin Jones, LCMHC Chasta Hamilton, Coach/Entrepreneur/Author Dr. Brook Orvis, PT Dr. Priscilla Hidalgo, MD Dr. Mbong Henry, PT Kristin Baker, PCC Dr. Katherine Hutchinson, PhD To connect with any of our experts, please go to our website directory. Today's episode includes a discussion of the following topics: Expert Introductions Discussion on Extracurricular Activities and Toxic Achievement Culture Managing Children's Worries and Rumination Balancing Health and Well-being Concerns Balancing Work and Family Life Closing Remarks and Acknowledgments Episode Resources: Erin Jones, LCMHC - Bull City Anxiety and OCD Treatment Center Chasta Hamilton, Coach/Entrepreneur/Author - Stage Door Dance Productions and Girls Geared for Greatness Dr. Brook Orvis, PT - Flora Physical Therapy Dr. Priscilla Hidalgo, MD - Lux Psychiatry Dr. Mbong Henry, PT - Radiance Physical Therapy Kristin Baker, PCC - KB Coaching and Lumo Dr. Katherine Hutchinson, PhD - Peak City Psychology Support Mama Needs a Moment! Become a patron through our Mama Needs a Moment Patreon. HER Circle by HER Health Collective --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herhealthcollective/support
Several of our experts from our Provider Directory have come together in our fourth Roundtable discussion of 2024. In part one of our Roundtable, we are distinguishing between typical worries and more serious mental health concerns like anxiety disorders and OCD. We also discuss maintaining physical stamina over time when parents need a lot of physical energy to handle the daily tasks of raising children, such as requiring constant energy, resilience, and flexibility. The roundtable discusses mothers' main worries and strategies to address them. Experts highlight the importance of distinguishing between normal worries and serious mental health issues like anxiety and OCD, emphasizing self-compassion and professional help. They address physical challenges such as pelvic pain, prolapse, and leaking during exercise, advocating for personalized care and realistic goals. The conversation also covered the emotional toll of parenting, including despair and resentment, and the need for support and self-awareness. Practical tools were recommended to manage invisible labor in relationships. This HER Health Collective Roundtable features the following HER Provider Directory Experts: Erin Jones, LCMHC Chasta Hamilton, Coach/Entrepreneur/Author Dr. Brook Orvis, PT Dr. Priscilla Hidalgo, MD Dr. Mbong Henry, PT Kristin Baker, PCC Dr. Katherine Hutchinson, PhD To connect with any of our experts, please go to our website directory. Today's episode includes a discussion of the following topics: Introduction and Expert Introductions Expert Introductions Continued Discussion on Normal Worry vs. Serious Mental Health Concerns Managing Physical Demands of Parenthood Closing Remarks Episode Resources: Erin Jones, LCMHC - Bull City Anxiety and OCD Treatment Center Chasta Hamilton, Coach/Entrepreneur/Author - Stage Door Dance Productions and Girls Geared for Greatness Dr. Brook Orvis, PT - Flora Physical Therapy Dr. Priscilla Hidalgo, MD - Lux Psychiatry Dr. Mbong Henry, PT - Radiance Physical Therapy Kristin Baker, PCC - KB Coaching and Lumo Dr. Katherine Hutchinson, PhD - Peak City Psychology Fair Play - book by Eve Rodsky Support Mama Needs a Moment! Become a patron through our Mama Needs a Moment Patreon. HER Circle by HER Health Collective --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herhealthcollective/support
In our November episode, we were joined by renowned chef Marcus Samuelsson, who offered some simple ideas to give your holiday meals a healthy twist. In this month's Key Note, Chef Marcus shares a simple recipe for injera, a super-nutritious bread that makes a great go-with for any meal. Bonus: For a chance to win Chef Marcus's book The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food – complete with injera recipe – just share your favorite tip for making the holidays healthier at instagram.com/1199SEIUBenefitFunds or facebook.com/1199SEIUBenefitFunds. But hurry: Our book giveaway ends Saturday, November 30. The Takeaway Start your health journey by making an appointment with your primary care physician. Don't have one? Find one at our Provider Directory: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/find-a-provider. Visit the Healthy Living Resource Center for wellness tips, information and resources; www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/healthyliving. Join WeightWatchers at a discounted rate of just $8 a month; $0 if you are living with diabetes or prediabetes: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/ww. If you are living with type 2 diabetes, find out more about our partner Virta's diabetes reversal program: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/news/virta. Get inspired by fellow members through our Members' Voices series: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/healthyliving/membervoices. Stop by our Benefits Channel to view webinars on building healthy meals, managing stress and more: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/videos. Find a greenmarket near you by visiting grownyc.org/greenmarket/ourmarkets. Visit our YouTube Channel to view a wide collection of cooking demos and healthy living videos: youtube.com/@1199SEIUBenefitFunds/playlists Sample our wellness classes to exercise body and mind: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/wellnessevents. To order one of Chef Marcus's books, visit marcussamuelsson.com/shop. Guest Bio Marcus Samuelsson, award-winning chef, restaurateur, author and activist, is the esteemed chef behind many restaurants worldwide, including Red Rooster in Harlem and Red Rooster Overtown in Miami; Hav & Mar in the Chelsea Arts District; Metropolis at the Perelman Performing Arts Center in lower Manhattan; and several international locations, including the Bahamas, Canada and Ethiopia. Samuelsson was the youngest person ever to receive a three-star review from The New York Times. He has won eight James Beard Foundation Awards and was the guest chef for the Obama Administration's first state dinner. In 2023, Marcus earned an Emmy Award for the Short Form Program “My Mark.” He is a longstanding judge and TV personality on the hit Food Network show Chopped, head judge of Top Chef Family Style, and an Iron Chef on Netflix's rebooted Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend. Samuelsson served as host and producer of the Seat at the Table audio series on Audible and co-host of the This Moment podcast with Swedish rapper Timbuktu on Acast. He is the author of multiple books, including The New York Times bestseller Yes, Chef: A Memoir, as well as the critically acclaimed The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food. To complement his professional commitments, Samuelsson is co-chair of Careers through Culinary Arts Program (C-CAP), which focuses on helping underserved youth. An active public speaker, Marcus hosted his first TED Talk at the world-famous Apollo Theater in 2012. He was invited back in 2024, when he was joined in conversation by renowned curator Thelma Golden to discuss the intersection of food, culture and community. He participates in lectures globally, most recently with the Gates Foundation and The New York Times during Climate Week NYC 2024. Follow Samuelsson on Instagram, Facebook, and X at @MarcusCooks and on TikTok at @Marcus_Cooks
Ready or not, the holidays are coming – along with the challenge of eating healthfully. To help us navigate the season's menus, we are joined this month by a special guest – Marcus Samuelsson, award-winning chef, restaurateur, author and activist. Chef Marcus shares cherished holiday memories, simple cooking techniques to make your holiday meals healthier and some not-so-common – and inexpensive – ingredients to boost the nutrition in your favorite recipes. Happy cooking! The Takeaway Start your health journey by making an appointment with your primary care physician. Don't have one? Find one at our Provider Directory: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/find-a-provider. Visit the Healthy Living Resource Center for wellness tips, information and resources; www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/healthyliving. Join WeightWatchers at a discounted rate of just $8 a month; $0 if you are living with diabetes or prediabetes: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/ww. If you are living with type 2 diabetes, find out more about our partner Virta's diabetes reversal program: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/news/virta. Get inspired by fellow members through our Members' Voices series: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/healthyliving/membervoices. Stop by our Benefits Channel to view webinars on building healthy meals, managing stress and more: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/videos. Find a greenmarket near you by visiting grownyc.org/greenmarket/ourmarkets. Visit our YouTube Channel to view a wide collection of cooking demos and healthy living videos: youtube.com/@1199SEIUBenefitFunds/playlists Sample our wellness classes to exercise body and mind: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/wellnessevents. To order one of Chef Marcus's cookbooks, visit marcussamuelsson.com/shop. Guest Bio Marcus Samuelsson, award-winning chef, restaurateur, author and activist, is the esteemed chef behind many restaurants worldwide, including Red Rooster in Harlem and Red Rooster Overtown in Miami; Hav & Mar in the Chelsea Arts District; Metropolis at the Perelman Performing Arts Center in lower Manhattan; and several international locations, including the Bahamas, Canada and Ethiopia. Samuelsson was the youngest person ever to receive a three-star review from The New York Times. He has won eight James Beard Foundation Awards and was the guest chef for the Obama Administration's first state dinner. In 2023, Marcus earned an Emmy Award for the Short Form Program “My Mark.” He is a longstanding judge and TV personality on the hit Food Network show Chopped, head judge of Top Chef Family Style, and an Iron Chef on Netflix's rebooted Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend. Samuelsson served as host and producer of the Seat at the Table audio series on Audible and co-host of the This Moment podcast with Swedish rapper Timbuktu on Acast. He is the author of multiple books, including The New York Times bestseller Yes, Chef: A Memoir, as well as the critically acclaimed The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food. To complement his professional commitments, Samuelsson is co-chair of Careers through Culinary Arts Program (C-CAP), which focuses on helping underserved youth. An active public speaker, Marcus hosted his first TED Talk at the world-famous Apollo Theater in 2012. He was invited back in 2024, when he was joined in conversation by renowned curator Thelma Golden to discuss the intersection of food, culture and community. He participates in lectures globally, most recently with the Gates Foundation and The New York Times during Climate Week NYC 2024. Follow Samuelsson on Instagram, Facebook, and X at @MarcusCooks and on TikTok at @Marcus_Cooks
In our October episode, we talked to 1199ers Sal Oliveri and Joanne Rosso about how they support each other on their health journeys. In this month's Key Note, Joanne shares how a co-worker's tough-love advice helped her get through a rough patch. Bonus: You'll also hear from the Benefit Funds' own dedicated WeightWatchers coach Angelica McQuade, who shares an inspirational message and explains why that peer-to-peer support is so important. The Takeaway Start your health journey by making an appointment with your primary care physician. Don't have one? Find one at our Provider Directory: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/find-a-provider. Visit the Healthy Living Resource Center for wellness tips, information and resources; www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/healthyliving. Join WeightWatchers at a discounted rate of just $8 a month; $0 if you are living with diabetes or prediabetes: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/ww. If you are living with type 2 diabetes, find out more about our partner Virta's diabetes reversal program: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/news/virta. Get inspired by fellow members, like Sal and Joanne, through our Members' Voices series: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/healthyliving/membervoices. Stop by our Benefits Channel to view webinars on managing stress, building healthy meals and more: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/videos. Visit our YouTube Channel to view a wide collection of healthy living videos: youtube.com/@1199SEIUBenefitFunds/playlists Sample our wellness classes to exercise body and mind: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/wellnessevents. Guest Bios Sal Oliveri is a radiology imaging associate at Long Island Community Hospital, where he works with Joanne Rosso, a unit secretary in the emergency department. Friends for nearly 10 years, both Sal and Joanne began their health journeys on WeightWatchers to lose weight, feel better in mind and spirit, and ensure that they're around for a long time to enjoy all of life's pleasures with their families and friends. View their Healthy Living story in our Members' Voices series. Angelica McQuade is a National Virtual Coach at Weight Watchers International, as well as a fitness trainer certified through several organizations, including Les Mills International and AFFA-Athletics and Fitness Association of America™. Angelica's Instagram presence (angelica_real.life.wellness) captures her philosophy with respect to weight health: Actions that lead to feelings of deprivation, guilt or worthlessness have no place in a sustainable healthy lifestyle.
Several of our experts from our Provider Directory have come together in our third Roundtable discussion of 2024. This is Part 2 of our Roundtable conversation and we are discussing healthcare through the different stages of motherhood and what Moms need to pay attention to during the perimenopause and postmenopause stages. Make sure you listen to Part 1 of our conversation which covered what moms need to pay attention to in healthcare through the different stages of motherhood during preconception, pregnancy, & postpartum. In Part 2 of the Roundtable, the experts discussed the various stages of motherhood, focusing on healthcare needs and the importance of understanding perimenopause. They emphasized the need for education and support, suggesting resources. The conversation also covered the emotional aspects of transitions, advocating for self-compassion, reconnecting with oneself, and leveraging support networks. Practical tips were offered. This HER Health Collective Roundtable features the following HER Provider Directory Experts: Dr. Courtney Hinton, DO, MBA Brittni Winslow MS, OTR/L Kate Williams Stone, Non Diet Perimenopause Coach Rachel Jerozal, PT Brook Orvis, PT Ally Raven, Doula Christy Lowry, Parenthood Transition Coach Megan Davis, LCSW, PMH-C Stephanie Opper, Esthetician To connect with any of our experts, please go to our website directory. Today's episode includes a discussion of the following topics: Introduction and Expert Introductions Discussion on Perimenopause Navigating Aging and Skin Changes Grieving and Transitions in Motherhood Conclusion and Final Thoughts Episode Resources: www.katewilliamsstone.com/guide www.menopause.org Life is in the Transitions by Bruce Feiler Dr. Courtney Hinton, DO, MBA - Founder and CEO of The Snatch Back LLC Brittni Winslow MS, OTR/L - eMERGE Pediatric Therapy, The Therapeutic Edge Collective Kate Williams Stone, Non Diet Perimenopause Coach Rachel Jerozal, PT- Durham Pelvic Brook Orvis, PT- Flora Physical Therapy Ally Raven, Doula Christy Lowry, Parenthood Transition Coach - Founder of The Parents Table Megan Davis, LCSW, PMH-C Stephanie Opper, Esthetician - Skinsational Esthetic Skin Spa Support Mama Needs a Moment! Become a patron through our Mama Needs a Moment Patreon. HER Circle by HER Health Collective --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herhealthcollective/support
This month, 1199 members Sal Oliveri and Joanne Rosso from Long Island Community Hospital join us to share their WeightWatchers secret to success. Spoiler alert: It's each other! For nearly two years, Sal and Joanne have supported one another throughout their weight-loss journeys on WeightWatchers – and they show no signs of stopping. Whether they're celebrating successes or navigating challenges, these two friends and co-workers truly demonstrate the power of “strength in members.” The Takeaway Start your health journey by making an appointment with your primary care physician. Don't have one? Find one at our Provider Directory: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/find-a-provider. Visit the Healthy Living Resource Center for wellness tips, information and resources; www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/healthyliving. Join WeightWatchers at a discounted rate of just $8 a month; $0 if you are living with diabetes or prediabetes: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/ww. If you are living with type 2 diabetes, find out more about our partner Virta's diabetes reversal program: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/news/virta. Get inspired by fellow members, like Sal and Joanne, through our Members' Voices series: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/healthyliving/membervoices. Stop by our Benefits Channel to view webinars on managing stress, building healthy meals and more: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/videos. Visit our YouTube Channel to view a wide collection of healthy living videos: youtube.com/@1199SEIUBenefitFunds/playlists Sample our wellness classes to exercise body and mind: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/wellnessevents. Guest Bio Sal Oliveri is a radiology imaging associate at Long Island Community Hospital, where he works with Joanne Rosso, a unit secretary in the emergency department. Friends for nearly 10 years, both Sal and Joanne began their health journeys on WeightWatchers to lose weight, feel better in mind and spirit, and ensure that they're around for a long time to enjoy all of life's pleasures with their families and friends. View their Healthy Living story in our Members' Voices series.
Several of our experts from our Provider Directory have come together in our third Roundtable discussion of 2024. In part one of our Roundtable, we are discussing healthcare through the different stages of motherhood, preconception, pregnancy, & postpartum and what moms need to pay attention to. Perimenopause and postmenopause will be discussed in Part 2 of our Roundtable conversation. Experts in this roundtable discussed healthcare through different stages of motherhood, focusing on preconception, pregnancy, postpartum. Experts emphasized the importance of early preconception care, including medication management and thyroid disease. They highlighted the significance of pelvic floor health during pregnancy, addressing issues like pelvic pain and diastasis. Mental and emotional health was a key concern, with experts stressing the need for support systems and self-compassion. The postpartum phase was discussed, noting the importance of grieving unmet expectations and the need for shared household responsibilities to manage mental health. This HER Health Collective Roundtable features the following HER Provider Directory Experts: Dr. Courtney Hinton, DO, MBA Brittni Winslow MS, OTR/L Kate Williams Stone, Non Diet Perimenopause Coach Rachel Jerozal, PT Brook Orvis, PT Ally Raven, Doula Christy Lowry, Parenthood Transition Coach Megan Davis, LCSW, PMH-C Stephanie Opper, Esthetician To connect with any of our experts, please go to our website directory. Today's episode includes a discussion of the following topics: Introduction and Expert Introductions Preconception Care Pelvic Floor Health Preconception Mental and Emotional Considerations Preconception Prenatal Care and Pelvic Floor Changes Mental Health During Pregnancy Sensory Changes During Pregnancy Postpartum Care and Mental Health Grief and Postpartum Adjustment Sensory Management Postpartum Shared Responsibility and Mental Health Episode Resources: Postpartum Support International Dr. Courtney Hinton, DO, MBA - Founder and CEO of The Snatch Back LLC Brittni Winslow MS, OTR/L - eMERGE Pediatric Therapy, The Therapeutic Edge Collective Kate Williams Stone, Non Diet Perimenopause Coach Rachel Jerozal, PT- Durham Pelvic Brook Orvis, PT- Flora Physical Therapy Ally Raven, Doula Christy Lowry, Parenthood Transition Coach - Founder of The Parents Table Megan Davis, LCSW, PMH-C Stephanie Opper, Esthetician - Skinsational Esthetic Skin Spa Support Mama Needs a Moment! Become a patron through our Mama Needs a Moment Patreon. HER Circle by HER Health Collective --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herhealthcollective/support
In our September episode, Dr. Chiti Parikh joined us to explore how setting a health intention and focusing on four basics of well-being – nutrition, sleep, exercise and stress management – can support you on your health journey. In this month's Key Note episode, Dr. Parikh shares a brief overview of her book, Intentional Health, and the inspiration behind it. The Takeaway Start your health journey by making an appointment with your primary care physician. Don't have one? Find one at our Provider Directory: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/find-a-provider. Visit the Healthy Living Resource Center for wellness tips, information and resources; www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/healthyliving. Join WeightWatchers at a discounted rate of just $8 a month; $0 if you are living with diabetes or prediabetes: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/ww. If you are living with type 2 diabetes, find out more about our partner Virta's diabetes reversal program: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/news/virta. Get inspired by fellow members through our Members' Voices series: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/healthyliving/membervoices. Stop by our Benefits Channel to view webinars on managing stress, building healthy meals and more: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/videos. Visit our YouTube channel to view a wide collection of healthy living videos: youtube.com/@1199SEIUBenefitFunds/playlists Sample our wellness classes to exercise body and mind: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/wellnessevents. For more information about the Integrative Health and Wellbeing program, visit www.nyp.org/integrative-health-program To find Dr. Parikh's book, visit www.intentionalhealth.io. Guest Bio Chiti Parikh, MD, is the Executive Director of Integrative Health and Wellbeing at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medicine. She is board certified in Internal Medicine and Integrative Medicine, with additional training in Functional Medicine, Medical Acupuncture and Ayurveda. To provide the highest level of compassionate and individualized care, Dr. Parikh combines cutting-edge Western medicine with Eastern traditions into a truly holistic approach. She has co-founded the Integrative Health and Wellbeing Program, the leading integrative center in the country, which offers modalities such as acupuncture, meditation, yoga, nutrition and psychotherapy. Dr. Parikh's focus on prevention helps her address not just the physical but also psychological, social and environmental influences on health and healing. She recently published her first book, Intentional Health. Dr. Parikh has been featured on NBC News and Vice news, and in Rolling Stone, The New York Times, Women's Health and The Wall Street Journal.
When Dr. Chiti Parikh meets a new patient, the first question she asks is “What is your health intention?” In the Integrative Health and Wellbeing program at NewYork-Presbyterian, Dr. Parikh treats each patient as a whole person, not just a collection of symptoms – a philosophy the Benefit Funds have long embraced. In this episode, Dr. Parikh explains how setting a health intention and focusing on four basics of well-being – nutrition, sleep, exercise and stress management – can support you on your health journey. The Takeaway Start your health journey by making an appointment with your primary care physician. Don't have one? Find one at our Provider Directory: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/find-a-provider. Visit the Healthy Living Resource Center for wellness tips, information and resources; www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/healthyliving. Join WeightWatchers at a discounted rate of just $8 a month; $0 if you are living with diabetes or prediabetes: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/ww. If you are living with type 2 diabetes, find out more about our partner Virta's diabetes reversal program: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/news/virta. Get inspired by fellow members through our Members' Voices series: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/healthyliving/membervoices. Stop by our Benefits Channel to view webinars on managing stress, building healthy meals and more: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/videos. Visit our YouTube channel to view a wide collection of healthy living videos: youtube.com/@1199SEIUBenefitFunds/playlists Sample our wellness classes to exercise body and mind: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/wellnessevents. For more information about the Integrative Health and Wellbeing program, visit www.nyp.org/integrative-health-program To find Dr. Parikh's book, visit www.intentionalhealth.io. Guest Bio Chiti Parikh, MD, is the Executive Director of Integrative Health and Wellbeing at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medicine. She is board certified in Internal Medicine and Integrative Medicine, with additional training in Functional Medicine, Medical Acupuncture and Ayurveda. To provide the highest level of compassionate and individualized care, Dr. Parikh combines cutting-edge Western medicine with Eastern traditions into a truly holistic approach. She has co-founded the Integrative Health and Wellbeing Program, the leading integrative center in the country, which offers modalities such as acupuncture, meditation, yoga, nutrition and psychotherapy. Dr. Parikh's focus on prevention helps her address not just the physical but also psychological, social and environmental influences on health and healing. She recently published her first book, Intentional Health. Dr. Parikh has been featured on NBC News and Vice news, and in Rolling Stone, The New York Times, Women's Health and The Wall Street Journal.
In our August episode, Dr. Harly Greenberg explained the mysteries behind sleep – and the secrets to getting a good night's rest, one of which is meditation. In our Key Note episode, we share a soothing sleep meditation, led by the Benefit Funds' own Lupe Flores, an LMSW in the Wellness Member Assistance Program, to help you wind down and ease into a gentle sleep. Sweet dreams! The Takeaway Practice these good-sleep habits: www.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/special/get-good-night-sleep.pdf If you consistently have trouble sleeping, make an appointment with your primary care physician. Don't have one? Find one at our Provider Directory: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/find-a-provider. Visit the Healthy Living Resource Center for wellness tips, information and resources: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/healthyliving. Join WeightWatchers® at a discounted rate of just $8 a month or $0 if you are living with diabetes or prediabetes: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/ww. Get inspired by fellow members through our Members' Voices series: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/healthyliving/membervoices. Stop by our Benefits Channel to join webinars on managing stress, building healthy meals and more: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/videos. Visit our YouTube channel to view a wide collection of healthy living videos: YouTube.com/@1199SEIUBenefitFunds/playlists. Sample our wellness classes to exercise body and mind: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/wellnessevents. Guest Bio Harly Greenberg, MD, FCCP, FASM Dr. Greenberg is Chief of the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine at North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center and Associate Director of the Northwell Lung Institute, Medical Director of the Northwell Sleep Disorders Center and Professor of Medicine Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra-Northwell. Dr. Greenberg is a recognized expert in sleep medicine and has helped advance the field of sleep medicine as an investigator or co-investigator in multiple clinical research trials. His research has contributed to our understanding of the cardiovascular consequences of obstructive sleep apnea. Dr. Greenberg was a co-investigator in a major international clinical trial that established the efficacy of continuous positive airway pressure therapy as an important treatment for patients with milder forms of obstructive sleep apnea. His work has contributed to the development of new therapies for sleep apnea and other sleep disorders.
In this episode of The Vegan Gym Podcast, Dr. Daphne Bascom shares her professional insights on how vegans can best navigate their relationships with healthcare providers.Many vegans face pressure to question their lifestyle, especially when doctors and healthcare professionals express skepticism. This episode aims to empower vegans to stay confident in their decisions, effectively communicate, and advocate for themselves and their families in the healthcare system.ACLM Find a Provider Directory: https://www.lifestylemedpros.org/homeDr. Yami Resources: https://www.doctoryami.com/freeHealth Screenings: https://medlineplus.gov/ency/encyclopedia_H.htmLove.Life: https://telehealth.love.life/PCRM Find a Physician: https://www.pcrm.org/findadoctor/search-distanceNourish: The Definitive Plant-Based Nutrition Guide for Families--With Tips & Recipes for Bringing Health, Joy, & Connection to Your Dinner Table Paperback – Nov. 17 2020Plantrician Providers Directory: https://plantrician.org/Women's Health Checkup: https://medlineplus.gov/womenshealthcheckup.htmlCONNECT WITH THE VEGAN GYM:WebsiteInstagramFacebookYouTubeNEW TO THE VEGAN GYM?We're on a mission to help 1,000,000 vegans get into the best shape of their lives because we believe that the more healthy, fit vegans there are in the world, the faster veganism will spread. Let's work together to inspire change, spread compassion, and challenge the status quo.Support the Show.
Sleep: It's something we all crave but can't seem to get enough of. Regular, restful sleep boosts brain health and mood and protects against a wide range of conditions, including heart disease, obesity and dementia. But a recent survey found that most of us don't get the recommended seven hours a night. In this episode, Dr. Harly Greenberg explains the mysteries behind sleep – and the secret to getting a good night's rest. Chief of the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine in the Department of Medicine at North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Dr. Greenberg explains all things sleep: why we need it, what messes with it and what we can do to improve it. The Takeaway: Practice these good-sleep habits: www.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/special/get-good-night-sleep.pdf If you consistently have trouble sleeping, make an appointment with your primary care physician. Don't have one? Find one at our Provider Directory: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/find-a-provider. Visit the Healthy Living Resource Center for wellness tips, information and resources: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/healthyliving. Join WeightWatchers® at a discounted rate of just $8 a month or $0 if you are living with diabetes or prediabetes: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/ww. Get inspired by fellow members through our Members' Voices series: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/healthyliving/membervoices. Stop by our Benefits Channel to join webinars on managing stress, building healthy meals and more: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/videos. Visit our YouTube channel to view a wide collection of healthy living videos: YouTube.com/@1199SEIUBenefitFunds/playlists. Sample our wellness classes to exercise body and mind: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/wellnessevents. Guest Bio Harly Greenberg, MD, FCCP, FASM Dr. Greenberg is Chief of the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine at North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center and Associate Director of the Northwell Lung Institute, Medical Director of the Northwell Sleep Disorders Center and Professor of Medicine Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra-Northwell. Dr. Greenberg is a recognized expert in sleep medicine and has helped advance the field of sleep medicine as an investigator or co-investigator in multiple clinical research trials. His research has contributed to our understanding of the cardiovascular consequences of obstructive sleep apnea. Dr. Greenberg was a co-investigator in a major international clinical trial that established the efficacy of continuous positive airway pressure therapy as an important treatment for patients with milder forms of obstructive sleep apnea. His work has contributed to the development of new therapies for sleep apnea and other sleep disorders.
Healthcare leaders have called type 2 diabetes “a national health crisis,” but our guest this month has good news to share. Jessica Vatel, a registered dietitian and certified diabetes care and education specialist at the Brooklyn Hospital Center, is excited by the latest approaches to treating diabetes, including education, coaching and personal empowerment. Working with people living with the condition to develop healthy habits and problem-solving skills, Jessica discusses how putting the power in patients' hands—along with medical advances—is helping more people manage their diabetes. The Takeaway: Did you know your Benefit Fund plan allows you three visits with a registered dietitian each year? Find one at our Provider Directory: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/find-a-provider. Get started on your health journey by making an appointment with your primary care physician. Don't have one? Find one at our Provider Directory: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/find-a-provider. Visit the Healthy Living Resource Center for wellness tips, information and resources: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/healthyliving. Get to know your numbers: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/healthyhearts. Join WeightWatchers® at a discounted rate of just $8 a month or $0 if you are living with diabetes or prediabetes: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/ww. If you are living with diabetes and get your primary care from a physician at the Brooklyn Hospital Center, learn more about their Diabetes Care Program by calling (718) 250-6433. If you are living with type 2 diabetes, find out more about our partner Virta's diabetes reversal program: www.virtahealth.com/join/1199. Get inspired by fellow members through our Members' Voices series: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/healthyliving/membervoices. Stop by our Benefits Channel to join webinars on managing stress, building healthy meals and more: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/videos. Visit our YouTube channel to view a wide collection of healthy living videos: www.YouTube.com/@1199SEIUBenefitFunds/playlists. Sample our wellness classes to exercise body and mind: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/wellnessevents. View Jessica in action, counseling Home Health Aide Lavern King: https://youtu.be/19slcdFvH7w. Guest Bio: Jessica Vatel is a registered dietitian and certified diabetes care and education specialist with the Brooklyn Hospital Center, where she has been employed as an 1199SEIU member since 2015. Jessica specializes in all aspects of support for people living with diabetes, including nutrition and lifestyle counseling, diabetes technology (continuous glucose monitoring and insulin pump therapy), medications, weight management, monitoring/preventive screenings, and developing healthy coping skills/problem solving skills to better manage and live with diabetes. Jessica feels passionate about empowering patients to manage their health and increase their knowledge surrounding disease management to ultimately improve their quality of life.
Healthcare leaders have called type 2 diabetes “a national health crisis,” but our guest this month has good news to share. Jessica Vatel, a registered dietitian and certified diabetes care and education specialist at the Brooklyn Hospital Center, is excited by the latest approaches to treating diabetes, including education, coaching and personal empowerment. Working with people living with the condition to develop healthy habits and problem-solving skills, Jessica discusses how putting the power in patients' hands—along with medical advances—is helping more people manage their diabetes. The Takeaway Did you know your Benefit Fund plan allows you three visits with a registered dietitian each year? Find one at our Provider Directory: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/find-a-provider. Get started on your health journey by making an appointment with your primary care physician. Don't have one? Find one at our Provider Directory: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/find-a-provider. Visit the Healthy Living Resource Center for wellness tips, information and resources: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/healthyliving. Get to know your numbers: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/healthyhearts. Join WeightWatchers® at a discounted rate of just $8 a month or $0 if you are living with diabetes or prediabetes: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/ww. If you are living with diabetes and get your primary care from a physician at the Brooklyn Hospital Center, learn more about their Diabetes Care Program by calling (718) 250-6433. If you are living with type 2 diabetes, find out more about our partner Virta's diabetes reversal program: www.virtahealth.com/join/1199. Get inspired by fellow members through our Members' Voices series: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/healthyliving/membervoices. Stop by our Benefits Channel to join webinars on managing stress, building healthy meals and more: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/videos. Visit our YouTube channel to view a wide collection of healthy living videos: www.YouTube.com/@1199SEIUBenefitFunds/playlists. Sample our wellness classes to exercise body and mind: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/wellnessevents. View Jessica in action, counseling Home Health Aide Lavern King: www.1199seiubenefits.org/jessica-vatel-and-lavern-king. Guest Bio Jessica Vatel is a registered dietitian and certified diabetes care and education specialist with the Brooklyn Hospital Center, where she has been employed as an 1199SEIU member since 2015. Jessica specializes in all aspects of support for people living with diabetes, including nutrition and lifestyle counseling, diabetes technology (continuous glucose monitoring and insulin pump therapy), medications, weight management, monitoring/preventive screenings, and developing healthy coping skills/problem solving skills to better manage and live with diabetes. Jessica feels passionate about empowering patients to manage their health and increase their knowledge surrounding disease management to ultimately improve their quality of life.
Meet Dr. Brook Choulet, known as The Performance Psychiatrist. Dr. Choulet's passion lies in helping high-achieving professionals, top executives, professional athletes, and their families reach their full potential through personalized, concierge mental health services. As a distinguished board-certified concierge psychiatrist, she specializes in working with children, adolescents, and adults. What sets Dr. Choulet apart is the high level of concierge care she delivers to a select group of patients through a modern approach to mental health treatment. Due to her work with many high-profile families, she maintains the utmost discretion by offering services such as in-home and on-site visits, including practice facilities, arenas, and office settings. Dr. Choulet has additional training in working with athletes, having earned the Certificate of Additional Training in Sports Psychiatry from the esteemed International Society for Sports Psychiatry. She is proud of her previous roles as the Consulting Team Psychiatrist & Licensed Mental Health Clinician for the NBA's Phoenix Suns, as well as the Team Psychiatrist for the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury. Additionally, she is a member of the NBPA's Mental Health & Wellness Program's Provider Directory. Dr. Choulet's commitment to excellence has not gone unnoticed. She was voted the Best Psychiatrist in the Valley for both 2022 and 2023 by the readers of AZ Foothills Magazine. Phoenix Magazine also recognized her as a Top Doc in Psychiatry in 2023. Her unwavering dedication to her patients sets her apart, as she provides a superior level of concierge care focused on optimizing performance in all aspects of life. She wants to see her patients thrive both personally and professionally. Dr. Choulet's concierge approach to mental health treatment is characterized by discretion, convenience, and excellence. She offers the flexibility of in-home and on-site visits, including practice facility and arena consultations. Her mission is to deliver direct, accessible, and evidence-based medical care, ensuring each client's unique needs are met with compassion and precision. Dr. Choulet coined the term Performance Psychiatry™ and created a one-of-a-kind concierge mental health program focused on improving personal and professional performance. As The Performance Psychiatrist™, she is an expert in elevating performance and maximizing the mental health and overall well-being of individuals, especially those in demanding, high-performance domains such as athletes, artists, musicians, executives, and other professionals who rely on peak mental acuity for their careers. Dr. Choulet is dedicated to empowering high-achievers, athletes, professionals, and even their children to reach their full potential through tailored mental health treatment and performance optimization strategies. In her role as The Performance Psychiatrist™, she frequently lends her expertise to areas such as goal-setting, sleep improvement, recovery planning, enhancing peak performance, and teaching stress management techniques. Her approach helps individuals manage stress, anxiety, ADHD, depression, and other mood disruptions that can affect their performance. A significant focus in sessions is on building resilience, so one can successfully face high-stress situations.
This episode complements Ep.110 and is the second part of our Roundtable discussion with several of our experts from our Provider Directory. The experts are exploring how to deal with Learning, Social, and Behavioral Struggles of Children (from both a neurotypical and neurodiverse lens). The speakers discuss collaborative care and working with professionals from different industries to provide a holistic model of care for neurodiverse children. They emphasize the importance of early evaluations and diagnoses for developmental delays and ADHD in preschool children, and highlight the role of private practitioners in providing clinical diagnoses and educational classifications. The speakers also discuss the importance of feeding therapy and early intervention, and emphasized the need for a comprehensive approach that considers various factors, including speech, language, and sensory needs. This HER Health Collective Roundtable features the following HER Provider Directory Experts: Dr. Emily King, Learn with Dr. Emily - Child Psychologist Kelly Smedley, MSN, PMHCNS-BC, PMH-C, Waypoint Counseling - Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist Kerry Lett, MPH, RDN, LDN, CLC, Milestones Pediatric & Maternal Nutrition - Registered Dietitian Dr. Priscilla Hidalgo, Lux Psychiatry - Psychiatrist Rebecca Rowe, MA, CCC-SLP, ACT Therapy Services - Speech Language Pathologist Sarah Parise, CPT, Great Days by Sarah - Wellness Specialist To connect with any of our experts, please go to our website directory. For more episodes on neurodiversity and/or supporting behavior struggles, please listen to the following episodes: 110, 108, 107, 102, 45, 33, 6. Today's episode includes a discussion of the following topics: Addressing social and behavioral struggles in children from neurotypical and neurodiverse perspectives. Wellness, mental health, and nutrition for moms and kids. Evaluations for autism, ADHD, and learning disabilities in children. Early childhood development and evaluation for ADHD. Child-led therapy and self-care for parents of neurodivergent children. Managing guilt and setting boundaries for moms of neurotypical and neurodivergent children. Episode Resources: Dr. Emily King - https://www.learnwithdremily.com/ Kelly Smedley - https://www.waypointcounselingnc.com/ Kerry Lett - https://www.milestonesnutrition.com/ Dr. Priscilla Hidalgo - https://www.luxpsychiatry.com/ Rebecca Rowe- https://acttherapyservices.com/ Sarah Parise - https://www.greatdaysbysarah.com/ Support Mama Needs a Moment! Become a patron through our Mama Needs a Moment Patreon. HER Circle by HER Health Collective --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herhealthcollective/support
In this month's episode, Dr. Hugo Ortega joins us as we take a look at lifestyle medicine – a fresh approach to healthcare that more and more physicians are embracing. Dr. Ortega, an associate program director for the Montefiore Einstein Internal Medicine Residency Program in the Bronx, shares his personal story of how he became interested in lifestyle medicine and how it informs the way he treats his patients and teaches his residents. He outlines the six basic pillars of lifestyle medicine and explains how paying attention to each can help get to the root causes of poor health and help us live our best lives. Keep the conversation going and tag us or comment on our Facebook or Instagram pages with your thoughts and questions. www.facebook.com/1199SEIUBenefitFunds www.instagram.com/1199seiubenefitfunds The Takeaway Get started on your health journey by making an appointment with your primary care physician. Don't have one? Find one at our Provider Directory: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/find-a-provider. Did you know your Benefit Fund plan allows you three visits with a registered dietitian each year? Find one at our Provider Directory: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/find-a-provider. Learn more about lifestyle medicine by visiting the American College of Lifestyle Medicine website: www.LifestyleMedicine.org. Get the basics on whole-food, plant-based nutrition at www.PlantPoweredMetroNY.org. Visit the Healthy Living Resource Center for wellness tips, information and resources; www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/healthyliving. Get to know your numbers at www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/healthyhearts Join WeightWatchers at a discounted rate of just $8 a month; $0 if you are living with diabetes or prediabetes: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/ww. If you are living with type 2 diabetes, find out more about our partner Virta's diabetes reversal program: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/news/virta. Get inspired by fellow members through our Members' Voices series: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/healthyliving/membervoices. Stop by our Benefits Channel to join webinars on managing stress, building healthy meals and more: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/videos. Visit our YouTube channel to view a wide collection of healthy living videos: www.youtube.com/@1199SEIUBenefitFunds/playlists Sample our wellness classes to exercise body and mind: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/wellnessevents. Guest Bio Dr. Hugo Ortega is an associate program director for the Montefiore Einstein Internal Medicine Residency Program in the Bronx and served on the American College of Lifestyle Medicine Board of Directors as Young Director. The college also awarded him the Health Equity Achieved Through Lifestyle Medicine (HEAL) Initiative Scholarship, which aims to support a diverse healthcare workforce. With a passion for medical education and a master's degree in health professions education, Dr. Ortega completed his residency in primary care and social internal medicine and has developed an expertise in lifestyle medicine. Believing education to be the cornerstone of changing the current landscape of healthcare, Dr. Ortega says teaching students and residents to be aware of the complex social systems that determine health allow for better adaptation to the system while also fighting to change it. Experienced in development, implementation and evaluation of undergraduate/graduate medical education curriculum, Dr. Ortega has also developed administrative and leadership skills during the creation and directing of the lifestyle medicine programs at Northwell Health. Dr. Ortega believes strongly in giving back to the community via education and mentorship, empowering people to take charge of their health and influence others.
Several of our experts from our Provider Directory have come together in our second Roundtable discussion of 2024. We are exploring how to deal with Learning, Social, and Behavioral Struggles of Children (from both a neurotypical and neurodiverse lens). Experts in this Roundtable discussed supporting neurodiverse children's social, behavioral, and emotional development. They emphasized understanding unique needs, nurturing resilience, and collaborating across industries. Speakers shared practical strategies for addressing challenges such as frustration tolerance, impulse control, and sensory overwhelm, and highlighted the importance of nutrition and movement in education. They also discussed collaborating with teachers and addressing behavioral differences between home and school, and acknowledged the role of anxiety in children's development. This HER Health Collective Roundtable features the following HER Provider Directory Experts: Dr. Emily King, Learn with Dr. Emily - Child Psychologist Kelly Smedley, MSN, PMHCNS-BC, PMH-C, Waypoint Counseling - Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist Kerry Lett, MPH, RDN, LDN, CLC, Milestones Pediatric & Maternal Nutrition - Registered Dietitian Dr. Priscilla Hidalgo, Lux Psychiatry - Psychiatrist Rebecca Rowe, MA, CCC-SLP, ACT Therapy Services - Speech Language Pathologist Sarah Parise, CPT, Great Days by Sarah - Wellness Specialist To connect with any of our experts, please go to our website directory. For more episodes on neurodiversity and/or supporting behavior struggles, please listen to episodes 108, 107, 102, 45, 33, 6. Today's episode includes a discussion of the following topics: Dealing with learning social and behavioral struggles in children from neurotypical and neurodiverse perspectives. Parenting, education, and mental health with experts. Understanding and addressing behavioral differences between home and school settings. Supporting children with anxiety in school. Parenting, homework, and testing anxiety in children. Nutrition and mealtime challenges for neurodiverse children, including sugar cravings and meal planning strategies. Importance of movement and exercise for children's physical and mental health, with suggestions for incorporating movement into daily life. Episode Resources: Dr. Emily King - https://www.learnwithdremily.com/ Kelly Smedley - https://www.waypointcounselingnc.com/ Kerry Lett - https://www.milestonesnutrition.com/ Dr. Priscilla Hidalgo - https://www.luxpsychiatry.com/ Rebecca Rowe- https://acttherapyservices.com/ Sarah Parise - https://www.greatdaysbysarah.com/ Support Mama Needs a Moment! Become a patron through our Mama Needs a Moment Patreon. HER Circle by HER Health Collective --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herhealthcollective/support
In this month's episode, Dr. Hugo Ortega joins us as we take a look at lifestyle medicine – a fresh approach to healthcare that more and more physicians are embracing. Dr. Ortega, an associate program director for the Montefiore Einstein Internal Medicine Residency Program in the Bronx, shares his personal story of how he became interested in lifestyle medicine and how it informs the way he treats his patients and teaches his residents. He outlines the six basic pillars of lifestyle medicine and explains how paying attention to each can help get to the root causes of poor health and help us live our best lives. The Takeaway Get started on your health journey by making an appointment with your primary care physician. Don't have one? Find one at our Provider Directory: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/find-a-provider. Did you know your Benefit Fund plan allows you three visits with a registered dietitian each year? Find one at our Provider Directory: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/find-a-provider. Learn more about lifestyle medicine by visiting the American College of Lifestyle Medicine website: www.LifestyleMedicine.org. Get the basics on whole-food, plant-based nutrition at www.PlantPoweredMetroNY.org. Visit the Healthy Living Resource Center for wellness tips, information and resources; www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/healthyliving. Get to know your numbers at www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/healthyhearts Join WeightWatchers at a discounted rate of just $8 a month; $0 if you are living with diabetes or prediabetes: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/ww. If you are living with type 2 diabetes, find out more about our partner Virta's diabetes reversal program: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/news/virta. Get inspired by fellow members through our Members' Voices series: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/healthyliving/membervoices. Stop by our Benefits Channel to join webinars on managing stress, building healthy meals and more: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/videos. Visit our YouTube channel to view a wide collection of healthy living videos: www.youtube.com/@1199SEIUBenefitFunds/playlists Sample our wellness classes to exercise body and mind: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/wellnessevents. Guest Bio Dr. Hugo Ortega is an associate program director for the Montefiore Einstein Internal Medicine Residency Program in the Bronx and served on the American College of Lifestyle Medicine Board of Directors as Young Director. The college also awarded him the Health Equity Achieved Through Lifestyle Medicine (HEAL) Initiative Scholarship, which aims to support a diverse healthcare workforce. With a passion for medical education and a master's degree in health professions education, Dr. Ortega completed his residency in primary care and social internal medicine and has developed an expertise in lifestyle medicine. Believing education to be the cornerstone of changing the current landscape of healthcare, Dr. Ortega says teaching students and residents to be aware of the complex social systems that determine health allow for better adaptation to the system while also fighting to change it. Experienced in development, implementation and evaluation of undergraduate/graduate medical education curriculum, Dr. Ortega has also developed administrative and leadership skills during the creation and directing of the lifestyle medicine programs at Northwell Health. Dr. Ortega believes strongly in giving back to the community via education and mentorship, empowering people to take charge of their health and influence others.
In this episode, the Benefit Funds' Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Van H. Dunn, discusses the importance of building a healthy relationship with a primary care provider. Putting the emphasis on prevention – catching small problems before they become big ones – Dr. Dunn details the ways in which healthcare providers treat the whole person. He also explores the reasons why many people avoid seeing a provider regularly (and how to overcome them) and offers tips on what to look for in a provider – and what to avoid. The Takeaway Find a provider by browsing the Benefit Funds' Provider Directory: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/find-a-provider. Visit our Healthy Living Resource Center for info on how to build a solid relationship with your healthcare provider: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/healthyrelationships. Talk to your doctor about any screenings you may need: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/healthbodies. Know your numbers to know where you stand: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/healthyhearts. For additional support, call our Wellness Member Assistance Program: (646) 473-6900. Guest Bio Van H. Dunn, MD, MPH, FACP, is the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of the 1199SEIU Benefit Funds. As CMO, he oversees the Funds' clinical, care management and analytics functions, and is responsible for pursuing health and wellness initiatives and value-based strategies. Prior to joining the Funds, Dr. Dunn served as Senior Vice President for Medical and Professional Affairs and CMO at NYC Health + Hospitals, and as CMO for MetroPlus Health Plan. He also served as Deputy Commissioner at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and as Senior Health Policy Advisor to Senator Edward M. Kennedy, advancing policy and legislation relating to healthcare reform, health promotion, disease prevention, women's and minorities' health, disparities in healthcare and biomedical research, among other critical initiatives. Dr. Dunn holds a Bachelor of Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Doctor of Medicine from Cornell University Medical College (now Weill Cornell Medical College) and a Master of Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health (now the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health).
In this month's episode, we talk heart health with Dr. Gbenga Ogedegbe, renowned cardiologist and founding director of the Institute for Excellence in Health Equity at NYU Langone Health. Dr. Ogedegbe provides an overview of how exactly the heart works and shares the good news and the not-so-good news about heart disease. He reviews the target numbers we should all aim for and offers simple steps we can take to keep our hearts in good working order. And because stress is a major risk factor for heart disease, Dr. Ogedegbe shares some of his own stress-busting strategies he practices daily. The Takeaway Find out where you stand heart-wise by making an appointment with your primary care physician. Don't have one? Find one at our Provider Directory: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/find-a-provider. Visit the Healthy Living Resource Center for wellness tips, information and resources; www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/healthyliving. Get to know your numbers at www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/healthyhearts. Join WeightWatchers at a discounted rate of just $8 a month; $0 if you are living with diabetes or prediabetes: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/ww. If you are living with type 2 diabetes, find out more about our partner Virta's diabetes reversal program: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/news/virta. Get inspired by fellow members through our new Members' Voices series: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/healthyliving/membervoices. Stop by our Benefits Channel to join webinars on managing stress, building healthy meals and more: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/videos. Visit our YouTube channel to view a wide collection of healthy living videos: www.youtube.com/@1199SEIUBenefitFunds/playlists. Sample our wellness classes to exercise body and mind: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/wellnessevents. Guest Bio Gbenga Ogedegbe, MD, MPH is the inaugural and founding director of the Institute for Excellence in Health Equity (IEHE) at NYU Langone Health. He is the Dr. Adolph & Margaret Berger Professor of Medicine and Population Health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. He is a leading NIH-funded scientist in health equity research. He has led numerous NIH-funded studies for cardiovascular disease risk reduction with a focus on developing and evaluating clinic-community linkage models of care to address inequities in health outcomes. Dr. Ogedegbe is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and the United States Prevention Services Task Force (USPSTF). He is a Fellow of many scientific organizations including the American Heart Association, American College of Physicians and the Academy of Behavioral Medicine. After obtaining his MD degree in Ukraine, Dr. Ogedegbe completed his residency in internal medicine at Montefiore Medical Center, followed by a fellowship training in Health Services Research and Clinical Epidemiology at Cornell University, during which received his MPH from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Prior to his current position, he was a faculty member at both Cornell Weill Medical College and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Several of our experts from our Provider Directory have come together in this first Roundtable discussion of 2024 to talk about the topic of Strategies for Healthy Conflict Resolution. This is part two of our conversation. Part one (Ep. 97) discussed Toxic Individuals and Setting Boundaries. In this episode we discuss specific methods of handling conflict resolution, exploring parts work and how it can help in navigating family conflict, setting boundaries around negative comments about food around children and more! This HER Health Collective Roundtable features the following HER Provider Directory Experts: Melanie Yukov - Herbalist and a Health Coach focusing highly on digestive health Erin Baute - Behavior and Business Strategist for female small entrepreneurs, small business owners Sarah Szymanowski - Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Natasha Harvey - Massage Therapist To connect with any of our experts, please go to our website directory. For more information about setting boundaries, please listen to episodes 87 & 88. Today's episode includes a discussion of the following topics: Handling toxic family members and conflict resolution. Conflict resolution and parts work in mental health. Conflict resolution strategies for Enneagram types. Setting boundaries with toxic family members during meals. Episode Resources: Melanie Yukov: https://root2risewellness.org/h-o-m-e Erin Baute: https://livingtheenneagram.com/ Natasha Harvey: https://www.massagebook.com/Raleigh~Massage~natasha-l-harvey Sarah Szymanowski: https://www.fermata-counseling.com/ Support Mama Needs a Moment! Become a patron through our Mama Needs a Moment Patreon. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herhealthcollective/support
Several of our experts from our Provider Directory have come together in this first Roundtable discussion of 2024 to talk about the topic of Toxic Individuals and Setting Boundaries. Our conversation in this episode discusses identifying exactly what is meant when we say a person is toxic, signs/ characteristics we should be looking out for, how to hold space for empathy while still creating boundaries with loved ones, and more! This HER Health Collective Roundtable features the following HER Provider Directory Experts: Melanie Yukov - Herbalist and a Health Coach focusing highly on digestive health Erin Baute - Behavior and Business Strategist for female small entrepreneurs, small business owners Sarah Szymanowski - Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Natasha Harvey - Massage Therapist To connect with any of our experts, please go to our website directory. For more information about setting boundaries, please listen to episodes 87 & 88. Today's episode includes a discussion of the following topics: Handling toxic family members and conflict resolution. Toxic family members and their impact on moms. Recognizing and dealing with toxic people in various relationships. Toxicity, humanity, and nervous system regulation. Managing toxic relationships and its physical effects. Setting boundaries and toxic relationships. Setting boundaries with toxic relatives. Setting personalized boundaries with empathy and love. Setting boundaries and overcoming guilt. Setting boundaries, emotional regulation, and self-love. Episode Resources: Peaceful Living Daily Meditations for Living with Love, Healing and Compassion by Mary McKenzie Louise Hay (Books) Support Mama Needs a Moment! Become a patron through our Mama Needs a Moment Patreon. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herhealthcollective/support
Podcast Notes Today we talk burnout with Dr. Karinn Glover, an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Glover helps us examine what has become a burnout crisis among healthcare workers – and shares insights that can help prevent burnout or fight back if it already has a grip on you. She offers tips and strategies for getting the support you need, from DIY remedies like self-care to professional care and how to find it. Dr. Glover also runs down some outside influences that can contribute to burnout and what you can do to overcome them. The Takeaway Find a mental health therapist through the Benefit Funds' Provider Directory: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/find-a-provider. Connect with a therapist online through Teladoc: www.Teladoc.com or (800) TELADOC (835-2362). Visit the Healthy Minds section of our Healthy Living Resource Center for additional information and resources: www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/healthyminds/ For additional support, call our Wellness Member Assistance Program: (646) 473-6900. Contact our partners at the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) for a wide variety of community resources: www.naminycmetro.org. Reach out to the New York State Office of Mental Health Emotional Support Helpline at (844) 863-9314. Guest Bio Karinn Glover, MD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where she teaches psychopharmacology and aspects of psychotherapy to Psychiatry and Family Medicine residents. Her decade-plus experience as a psychiatrist and leader in the primary care division at Montefiore Health System has informed her approach to health equity, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEI+B), and the styles of leadership that produce organizational success. Dr. Glover attended SUNY Downstate College of Medicine and obtained a Master of Public Health from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health via the highly competitive Macy Scholars Program.
Are you a visual thinker struggling to wrap your mind around WTF Brainspotting actually means? Join me this week as Rebeca Gilbert shares her story, not only as a Licensed Professional Counselor open to giving BSP a try, but also as a wife supporting a partner with a terminal illness. You don't want to miss: Rebeca's on-fire analogies for visual thinkers to understand subcortical brain alarms and processes Her vulnerable story of “knowing” everything was fine but still feeling very out of control when her children got sick How a totally mundane experience (“is this even doing anything?!?”) can have life changing results. PLUS, Rebeca's fully open and honest description of her experience after having a “low bar” of expectations for Brainspotting. Links and resources: Connect with Rebeca: https://rebecagilbert.com/ How to Break Your Drinking Habit Without Feeling Like a Social Outcast or Party Pooper - free video training coming soon. Be the first to know https://www.carolynrobistow.net/optimizedaf Email me the word CALL at carolynrobistowconsulting@gmail.com if you'd like a free strategy session to discuss whether Self-led Brainspotting might be the missing piece in your business plan. Get a Daily Brain Block Buster delivered right to your inbox everyday to nudge you from Groundhog Day to Optimized AF Entrepreneur. Subscribe for free at https://carolynrobistow.net/daily Download your free body scan meditation so you can take the first step toward subcortical healing https://carolynrobistow.net/bodyscan Stuck on the Groundhog Day Drinker's Cycle of Shame? Download the free E-book: Mistaken Moderation now at https://carolynrobistow.net/mistakes Follow me on Instagram: @carolynrobistow Brainspotting by Dr. David Grand https://amzn.to/3AvtiNK Other Brainspotting Resources and Provider Directory: www.brainspotting.com
Whether you're using Brainspotting professionally or personally, with yourself or with others, it's critical to feel confident in what to do. If you're second-guessing yourself, you risk getting overwhelmed and stopping short of transformation. In this episode, I'll explain what a setup is, why you need to know multiple setups, and how to choose the “right” one. You don't want to miss: The 2 things to consider BEFORE you choose a setup How you can compromise the process if you skip this step What I recommend learning to simplify all the steps for different setups PLUS, I'll share which setups I use most commonly for some of the more present issues in my practice. Links and resources: Work with me as your consultant or as your coach: https://carolynrobistow.net/workwithme How to Break Your Drinking Habit Without Feeling Like a Social Outcast or Party Pooper - free video training coming soon. Be the first to know https://www.carolynrobistow.net/optimizedaf Follow me on Instagram: @carolynrobistow Get a Daily Brain Block Buster delivered right to your inbox everyday to nudge you from Groundhog Day to Optimized AF Entrepreneur. Subscribe for free at https://carolynrobistow.net/daily Brainspotting by Dr. David Grand https://amzn.to/3AvtiNK Other Brainspotting Resources and Provider Directory: www.brainspotting.com Email Carolyn: carolynrobistowconsulting@gmail.com
You've probably heard people say “when you know better, you do better.” But sometimes there's more to it than that. And if you're trying to “know” your way into a healthier relationship with alcohol by learning everything you can about it, but you're still stuck on the Groundhog Day Cycle of Shame, it means you're probably missing this critical piece of the puzzle. You don't want to miss: Why I asked to see the waiver after my last movie date with my husband. The reason the brain-body connection is actually a misnomer. The simple step to go from knowing to *knowing* PLUS, which Brainspotting setup I use to help my students embody the information that actually helps them do better. Links and resources: How to Break Your Drinking Habit Without Feeling Like a Social Outcast or Party Pooper - free video training coming soon. Be the first to know https://www.carolynrobistow.net/optimizedaf Email me the word CALL at carolynrobistowconsulting@gmail.com if you'd like a free strategy session to discuss whether Self-led Brainspotting might be the missing piece in your business plan. Get a Daily Brain Block Buster delivered right to your inbox everyday to nudge you from Groundhog Day to Optimized AF Entrepreneur. Subscribe for free at https://carolynrobistow.net/daily Download your free body scan meditation so you can take the first step toward subcortical healing https://carolynrobistow.net/bodyscan Stuck on the Groundhog Day Drinker's Cycle of Shame? Download the free E-book: Mistaken Moderation now at https://carolynrobistow.net/mistakes Follow me on Instagram: @carolynrobistow Brainspotting by Dr. David Grand https://amzn.to/3AvtiNK Other Brainspotting Resources and Provider Directory: www.brainspotting.com
You already know Brainspotting can get you out of old patterns and into consistent and focused action on your goals. But where do you even start? Especially if you only know one (or maybe even none) of the Brainspotting setups? In this episode, I'll give you a map for how to build an effective Self-led Brainspotting practice. You don't want to miss: The 4 vital issues you need to address in my opinion What happens if you skip just one of these recommendations The often-forgotten importance of using Brainspotting to clear and recharge your internal processing systems PLUS, how many setups do you need for the ideal Self-led Brainspotting practice? Links and resources: Email me the word CALL at carolynrobistowconsulting@gmail.com if you'd like a free strategy session to discuss whether Self-led Brainspotting might be the missing piece in your business plan. Get a Daily Brain Block Buster delivered right to your inbox everyday to nudge you from Groundhog Day to Optimized AF Entrepreneur. Subscribe for free at https://carolynrobistow.net/daily Download your free body scan meditation so you can take the first step toward subcortical healing https://carolynrobistow.net/bodyscan Stuck on the Groundhog Day Drinker's Cycle of Shame? Download the free E-book: Mistaken Moderation now at https://carolynrobistow.net/mistakes Follow me on Instagram: @carolynrobistow Brainspotting by Dr. David Grand https://amzn.to/3AvtiNK Other Brainspotting Resources and Provider Directory: www.brainspotting.com
Is it you or is it a brain block? People always ask me how to know if it's an issue to brainspot or just a time to tweak an external system (like a schedule or an environment). So in this episode, I'll dive into some simple ways to check any block to see if it's a brain block or not. You don't want to miss: The discipline lie The language of your automatic brain The two easy-to-remember tests you can give yourself anytime to identify a brain block PLUS, the simple step to take if you decide it IS a brain block. Links and resources: Email me the word CALL at carolynrobistowconsulting@gmail.com if you'd like a free strategy session to discuss whether Self-led Brainspotting might be the missing piece in your business plan. Get a Daily Brain Block Buster delivered right to your inbox everyday to nudge you from Groundhog Day to Optimized AF Entrepreneur. Subscribe for free at https://carolynrobistow.net/daily Download your free body scan meditation so you can take the first step toward subcortical healing https://carolynrobistow.net/bodyscan Stuck on the Groundhog Day Drinker's Cycle of Shame? Download the free E-book: Mistaken Moderation now at https://carolynrobistow.net/mistakes Follow me on Instagram: @carolynrobistow Brainspotting by Dr. David Grand https://amzn.to/3AvtiNK Other Brainspotting Resources and Provider Directory: www.brainspotting.com
S4 E1 - Host Dorothy Cociu interviews one of the Roundtable's favorite guests, Marilyn Monahan of Monahan Law Office. In part 1 of this two -part series, we discuss Federal & California State Leave Laws and how they inter-relate, updates on the current and future employer requirements for the Transparency in Coverage (TiC) rules, including Machine Readable File and online self-service tool requirements and need for vendor contracts, the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) updates, including the No Surprises Act, including changes to ID Card and Provider Directory requirements, NSA notices, good faith estimates, and the Independent Dispute Resolution Process. Join us for this informative and timely podcast! Show Notes https://advancedbenefitconsulting.com/podcast-s4e1-federal-state-legal-regulatory-updates-p1
The No Surprises Act intends to prevent patients from getting burned with huge, unexpected bills for medical services. It is a needed law – medical bills are the #1 cause of bankruptcy in the U.S. And it's certainly noble in its intentions. However, the healthcare machine works in unexpected and unintuitive ways. It has a way of moving surprises when we try to eliminate them. In this case, we may exchange surprise bills for new health access and health equity issues. And we will certainly create new surprises for the business. The law requires new and overhauled workflows, enhanced capabilities and technologies, and a solution to that pesky Provider Directory problem. Oh… did I mention it goes into effect on January 1, 2022? Giddy up! On this episode, I talk with Gail Zahtz, CEO at PropHealth, as part of our ongoing Value-based Payment in 2022 series about The No Surprises Act. We'll explore: What is the No Surprises Act? Who is affected? (Spoiler: The entire healthcare industry… especially providers… and around 221 million Americans) What is required to happen? What workflows are needed to support this? What unintended consequences could play out? Why and how providers will be left holding the bag. What providers, and the entire industry in general, needs to do right now. How this fits into our conversation on VBP in 2022. This may be about as negative as I've ever been on this show. I love the intent of the No Surprises Act, but I'm fearful for what's going to happen because of it. If you can explain this in a way that makes it ok, please reach out. For full show notes and links: https://thehcbiz.com/178-the-no-surprises-act-is-full-of-surprises-vbp-in-2022-with-gail-zahtz-part-4/
In this episode, Dr. Danielle Tolman, PT and Dr. Abbie Ross, PT, NCS are joined by Dr. Debby and Dr. Mark to discuss visual dysfunction and the impact it can have on vestibular patients. Dr. Debby Feinberg is an optometrist, and Dr. Mark Rosner is an Emergency Physician. They are Co-Founders and Co-Directors of the NeuroVisual Medicine Institute in Michigan, which trains other optometrists to become NeuroVisual Specialists. Dr. Feinberg has been performing pioneering work with Binocular Vision Dysfunction (BVD), which is a condition where a vision misalignment creates difficulties with the two eyes working together to create a single 3-dimensional image, as well as difficulties with the two eyes following that image as it moves. Dr. Mark Rosner is the Director of Education and Research at the NeuroVisual Medicine Institute. He has been actively involved in developing the specialty of NeuroVisual Medicine and in Binocular Vision Dysfunction (BVD) research since 2005. He has led the effort to validate the Binocular Vision Dysfunction Questionnaire, which is used to identify patients who most likely have BVD that will benefit from treatment. Episode Resources Where to find an encyclopedic amount of information: www.Vision-Specialists.com Access to take the Binocular Vision Dysfunction questionnaire: www.IsItMyEyes.com Do you know an optometrist that wants to become a NeuroVisual Specialist? www.NVMInstitute.org Provider Directory, find a specialist near you: https://www.vision-specialists.com/doctors/neurovisual-specialist-near-you/ 5 Minute Cover Test video: https://www.vision-specialists.com/educational/how-to-perform-the-5-minute-cover-test/ Follow the link to submit topic or guest requests: https://forms.gle/81vh89WKCX2kx6zg7l Hosted by Dr. Abbie Ross, PT, NCS and Dr. Danielle Tolman, PT Where to find us: www.Vestibular.Today www.BalancingActRehab.com Facebook: @VestibularToday / @BalancingActRehab Instagram: @ Vestibular.Today / @BalancingActRehab Twitter: @VestibularToday / @BalActRehab
Hey!!! Welcome! I'm so happy you're here. I've got some AMAZING news. We have released the searchable provider directory! It's ready for you to explore. It's brand new so we have to work out all the kinks as we grow it but it's better than nothing. https://lichensclerosuspodcast.com/searchable-lichen-sclerosus-provider-database/ We have some equally exciting news. We are turning Lichen Sclerosus Support Network into an official nonprofit! Our mission will be to prevent the negative emotional and mental health effects that can come with an LS diagnosis. That's right we are going to spread the message even further and help more people. So if you can help, please do your part because it's going to take the whole community. Check out our new webpage and read all about the exciting things we have coming. https://lichensclerosuspodcast.com/nonprofit Donate: https://fundly.com/lichen-sclerosus-support-network# I can't wait to hear your reaction. Let me know what you think and how you can help the community. Email me at kathy@lichensclerosuspodcast.com or DM me on IG @lichensclerosuspodcast.
On today's episode Dawn interview Dr. Laurie Goldman, who is a medical doctor, psychiatrist, and functional medicine practitioner who's been in private practice since 1999. She had an interesting start to her career working at one of the country's largest county jails where she was hired to focus on the women population. While working in the public health sector, she realized that the word psychiatrist did not always have the best connotation. She decided to change that mindset and wanted to be a different kind of psychiatrist. She is trained in integrative and functional medicine which adds a completely different approach and level of normality to psychiatry. She dispels the stigma that psychiatrists overprescribe and she shares her philosophy and approach that works successfully in her integrative practice. She founded Clear Path Wellness to help her patients reach their maximum state of mental and physical health using a personalized, comprehensive approach powered by the principles of functional medicine, which treats the whole person, not just symptoms. Listening to Dr. Laurie will give you renewed hope that there are amazing health care professionals like her out there and that you can be treated holistically and achieve even better results. To reach Dr. Laurie her website is at lauriegoldmanmd.com. If you are in the LGBTQ+ community and are seeking a psychiatrist these are a few great resources for you The American Psychological Association (APA) provides countless educational and support resources on a range of LGBTQ topics- The Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists offers numerous resources for LGBT individuals experiencing mental health conditions and psychiatric professionals with LGBT clients-The Gay and Lesbian Medical Association's Provider Directory is a search tool that can locate a LGBTQ-inclusive health care provider.
It may seem cliché to say payers need to be more like Amazon, but the analogy provides fundamental, and surprisingly actionable insights for the health insurance industry. Think about your experience with Amazon (or Google or Zappos, or any other organization that provides a phenomenal customer experience). Whether they're helping you find the right product, or streamlining the purchase, or dealing with a delivery problem, or a return, these organizations have made the transactions feel easy... frictionless... natural. If you're a payer: Ask yourself, does your front-end member experience, or back-end provider experience even remotely resemble this? If you're a member or provider: Does your experience with health insurance companies even remotely resemble this? If we're being honest, approximately 100% of you are shaking your heads "No". The reason that Amazon can provide an awesome consumer experience is because, through telemetry and analytics, they know exactly what's happening in their business in real-time. They know how much each decision costs them, and they know it on the spot. That enables automation. And that enables the end-user experience we're trying to emulate. How is this relevant to payers? Well... that's what this interview is all about. Steve Krupa, CEO of Health Edge, explains that the adequacy and data sharing capability of a payer's underlying transaction systems will be the rate-limiting factor when it comes to improving the member and provider experience. And what could that experience look like? First-pass payment accuracy that reduces the need for "claw-backs", saving health plans money and reducing a key source of provider abrasion Point-of-Service Payments that provide members with transparent out-of-pockets costs and improve provider cashflows. Automatic claims adjudication that works as-well-as, or better than the current workflow, and does it in real-time. Additionally, Krupa very elegantly explains the transition of health insurance companies from underwriters of risk to managers of risk, and now increasingly, to participants in the delivery of care itself. We're always looking to expand our fundamental understanding of the business of healthcare. This section created some new and powerful connections for me, and I suspect it will for you too. Steve Krupa, CEO, HealthEdge Software, Inc. As the leader of HealthEdge, Steve has the unique opportunity to leverage the various aspects of his professional experience. He started out as a Mechanical Engineer and programmer for Johnson Controls, using software and digital interfaces to control large mechanical systems. Later, Steve became involved in the healthcare mergers and acquisitions business, where he worked on over $12BN of strategic acquisitions and recapitalizations, including the landmark acquisition of US Healthcare by Aetna. Prior to HealthEdge, spent 18 years as a healthcare venture capital partner at the Psilos Group. Today, Steve's professional passion is for the people and customers of HealthEdge, and its vision to build its substantial and unique intellectual property into the most innovative solutions partner in the HCIT marketplace. Steve holds an M.B.A. with Distinction from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated a Palmer Scholar; and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of South Florida where he was elected to Tau Beta Pi. About HealthEdge HealthEdge provides modern, disruptive healthcare IT solutions that health insurers use to leverage new business models, improve outcomes, drastically reduce administrative costs, and connect everyone in the healthcare delivery cycle. Its next-generation enterprise solution suite, HealthRules, is built on modern, patented technology and is delivered to customers via the HealthEdge Cloud or onsite deployment. An award-winning company, HealthEdge empowers health insurers to capitalize on the innovations, challenges and opportunities that await in the new healthcare economy. For more information, visit www.healthedge.com. LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/company/healthedge/ Twitter. https://twitter.com/HealthEdge Website. www.healthedge.com Relevant Links and Resources Episode #141 The State of Payer Data with Jordan Bazinsky of Cotiviti: Learn about the converging data management challenges that will change the payer industry forever, including clinical data integration and the CMS 2020 Final Rule. Episode 104: Why HIEs Will Lead the Way on Healthcare Quality Measurement w/ John D'Amore Episode 096: The CMS NPRM: Opportunities from the Payer Perspective Episode 094: The Path to Healthcare Interoperability Checkout #HCBiz's extensive coverage of the Provider Directory problem Providence Digital Innovation Group: Publications, research and perspectives on issues that are reshaping health care through digital innovation The #HCBiz Show! is produced by Glide Health IT, LLC in partnership with Netspective Media.
In this episode, you'll hear a bit about what's going on within the Online Learning team. First, Michelle Spisak tells us about the monthly learning newsletter. You can subscribe to the newsletter here! https://learning.intersystems.com/course/view.php?name=NewsletterSignUp Then, you'll hear from Jaising Pasten about his journey, his experiences since joining the team, and some of the items he's worked on recently. One of them, which he mentions, is a Provider Directory video about navigation and search. HealthShare customers can view it here: https://learning.intersystems.com/course/view.php?name=PDFirstView For more information about Data Points, visit https://datapoints.intersystems.com EPISODE TRANSCRIPT: Derek Robinson 00:00:02 Welcome to Data Points, a podcast by InterSystems Learning Services. Make sure to subscribe to the podcast on your favorite podcast app. Links can be found at datapoints.intersystems.com. I'm Derek Robinson. And on today's episode, we're chatting with Michelle Spisak and Jaising Pasten, two of my colleagues on the Online Learning team, for a look inside Online Learning. Derek Robinson 00:00:43 Welcome to Episode 13 of Data Points by InterSystems Learning Services. Today's episode is the first in what may be a recurring type of episode every once in a while, called What's New in Online Learning? The idea behind an episode like this one is to take a look behind the scenes of the Online Learning team as we build content and work on projects aimed to better equip learners of our technology. In the first half of the episode, I'll talk to Michelle Spisak, an Instructional Designer on the team, about the monthly learning newsletter. Then I'll chat with fellow course developer Jaising Pasten, about what his experiences have been since joining the Online Learning team after spending several years in the InterSystems Chile office, working on TrackCare, learning, and implementation. So without further ado, here's Michelle. Derek Robinson 00:01:26 All right, and welcome to the podcast, Michelle Spisak, Instructional Designer here at InterSystems. Michelle, how's it going? Michelle Spisak: It's good, Derek, how are you doing? Derek Robinson: I'm doing great. We're very happy to have you on for a little bit different of an episode today. We're really focusing within Learning Services and talking about some of the things that we have going on. So obviously you have, you know, a lot of different responsibilities in your role here at InterSystems in the Learning Services team as an Instructional Designer, but we're going to focus today on your role with the Learning Services newsletter. So first question kind of just for the audience that may not be familiar with it and may not know what it is, tell us what the Learning Services newsletter is and why we began offering it in the first place. Michelle Spisak 00:02:02 Yeah, so the newsletter is just basically a way for our clients and partners to stay up to date with what Learning Services is coming out with. So on the Online team, we're always coming out with new videos and learning paths, and other things like that. Documentation has been working really hard to modernize their website and make it even easier for people to find what they really need, really quickly. And so we
Picking up from Part I of our component model conversation with Kevin Bowling, current Chair of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Global Advisory Committee, we’re talking through the court’s biggest challenge post-pandemic: an urgent need for trusted court technology, and scarce funding. Join us as we journey with Kevin through the court manager’s gold-mine resource, – the Integrated Justice Information Systems Institute, or IJIS, – how the component model fits into your goals and your budget, and other creative workarounds for funding. Resources from the podcast are included below: IJIS (Integrated Justice Information Systems) Institute - The IJIS Institute is a nonprofit alliance working to promote and enable technology in the public sector and expand the use of information to maximize safety, efficiency, and productivity. The IJISCourts Advisory Committee developed a Provider Directory that includes vendors for the court components - https://icacprovdir.ijis.org CA Court Stack - a practical application of the court component model Ultimately, we need to leverage our resources (including technology) to improve access to justice and provide a better customer service experience. https://courts.michigan.gov/News-Events/press_releases/Documents/Justice%20for%20All%20Media%20Release%20FINAL-3.pdf https://courts.michigan.gov/News-Events/Pages/Justice-for-All.aspx
Sarah and Devlynn discuss: AOTA’s Vision 2025: “As an inclusive profession, OT maximizes health, well-being and quality of life for all people, populations, and communities, through effective solutions that facilitate participation in everyday living.": https://www.aota.org/AboutAOTA/vision-2025.aspx Role of incorporating inclusion into the vision Respect for identity and use of pronouns Overview and definition of the letters of LGBT+ Importance of identify, pronouns, and personal aspects Incorporating identity into our client’s occupational profiles Important statistics involving the LGBT+ community and healthcare Positives and challenges he has faced as a gay therapist and working in healthcare Advice for therapists experiencing difficulty with their identity within their clinical role Devlvynn’s discussion with Taelormade OT on OTea Time: https://www.facebook.com/TaelorMadeOT/videos/648430935609510/ @taelormadeot on Instagram Devlynn’s posts on Shannen Marie OT’s ABCs of OT: https://shannenmarieot.com/ @shannenmarieot on Instagram ADL specific tasks for the LGBT+ community Importance of access to appropriate public restrooms Resources for therapists National Alliance for Mental Illness: https://www.nami.org The Trevor Project: https://www.thetrevorproject.org LGBT Health Edcuation: https://www.lgbthealtheducation.org Gay and Lesbian Medical Association’s Provider Directory: http://www.glma.org/ Person Centered Care: https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn/2018-2-44-2/%7B4f46d2c3-4daf-4f4f-8950-70ea1093f985%7D/person-centered-care-for-lgbt-older-adults LGBTQ+ & OT: https://www.lgbtq-ot.com/ Healthcare Disparities: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5478215/ LGBTQ CCD: https://www.cdc.gov/lgbthealth/index.htm LGBTQ Task Force: https://www.thetaskforce.org/ Email: devlynnneu@gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therainbowot Website: https://www.therainbowot.com
Do Machine-Readable Directories Improve Provider Directory Accuracy? by Managed Care Cast
We've talked extensively about the problem with provider directories. It's a fundamental issue in healthcare administration and many of our processes are built on top of it. I've called it healthcare's ultimate death by paper cut. Now, we're starting to see new solutions in the market. Last week we looked at an open-source industry solution. This week we're looking at the statewide effort in California. California's Senate Bill 137 (SB-137), the "toothiest" provider directory law to date, set the stage for a state-wide collaboration that would have been otherwise difficult to attain. Today I'm joined by Jon McBride, CTO at Integrated Healthcare Associates and Rajan Shah, VP of Business Development at Gaine Healthcare to learn more about California's Provider Directory Utility and find out what happens when you get the entire healthcare industry rowing in the same direction to solve a well defined problem. 3:25 The Integrated Healthcare Association convenes diverse stakeholders to solve industry-wide inefficiencies in a non-competitive environment to find common ground solutions. 4:45 What is the California Provider Directory Utility (PDU) and how does it affect me? 7:13 How does Gaine Healthcare's data management solutions work with Availity and Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA)? 9:13 The plumbing of the data points, finding relevant data sources, and going to where the data already is. 11:44 Big launch or small pilots? How does IHA plan to take on such a big project? 14:35 How tough are the regulatory hurdles? Is California working with you or against you? 17:12 What are the key metrics to demonstrate that you're making progress? 19:10 Were there any difficult or surprising issues in bringing stakeholders together? What was your approach to solving a common problem without doing the same old thing that got us here in the first place? 22:15 Now that regulators are serious about enforcing this law, everyone is rowing the same direction. This is collaboration like we've never had before. We're building an industry utility that everyone will benefit from. 25:35 The money set aside to be used for this project was from the merger of Blue Shield and Care First. What's the plan to keep it funded as a utility in the long run? 27:55 An overview of the solution. What is the PDU? Architecture, components and points of interaction. 31:50 The integration model. Are you really going to go to every provider in the state 1-by-1? Do you have the staff for such a large operation? 34:00 How do you deal with over 300 large provider organizations, more than 50 different managed care plans and thousands of mom and pop practice with widely different EHRs and not a lot of technical support? 36:30 What are you doing that helps you manage mass integration with smaller staff? How do you scale high touch? The tech platform plays critical role. We do all the integration. Health plans and providers don't have to change their process and won't need additional staff. 43:01 The power of effective regulation. 44:41 Soft launch. What is it? The 3 phases are data integration, day to day operations, and attestation. 51:00 This was the right time to get the problem solved. We have 40M people waiting on us and the benefits of fixing this problem will be huge! The PDU is in soft launch through the end of 2018 and will be available to providers and health plans across California in early 2019. Sign up here to receive updates about our progress and launch. Check out this CMA webinar about the PDU About Jon McBride, MBA, Chief Technology Officer at Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA) Mr. McBride is a business-focused technology executive who has spent the last 25+ years working in technology endeavors, startups and innovative healthcare teams. Mr. McBride currently leads and builds mission critical systems as IHA's PDU CTO and as founder/CTO of Sunfish Health. Mr. McBride previously founded Sunfish Health and Afoundria - and currently serves on both Boards; and served as startup CTO and CIO of Availity, building a technology platform that, at the time, grew to over 2 billion annual healthcare transactions and averaged more than US$1 billion per day in electronic healthcare claim submissions. Previously technology executive and software developer at several companies and ventures, including Lockheed/NASA, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Johns Hopkins. Jon McBride on Twitter Rajan Shah, VP of Business Development at Gaine Healthcare Mr. Shah currently serves as the Vice President of business development at Gaine Healthcare. His primary focus is centered around healthcare organizations, both payer and provider alike, looking to expand upon master data principles and healthcare interoperability. In the past, Mr. Shah has served as an Information Technology Director over clinical applications and innovation within a payer/provider delivery system focusing on electronic medical record solutions as well as health information exchanges. As a part of that, he focused heavily on analytic solutions that helped manage the health plan's population base. Raj Shah on Twitter http://www.gainesolutions.com/hc About Integrated Healthcare Association Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA) is a nonprofit organization that convenes diverse stakeholders, including physician organizations, hospitals and health systems, health plans, purchasers and consumers committed to high-value integrated care that improves quality and affordability for patients across California and the nation. With the support of industry leaders across California, IHA is leading the development and roll-out of a statewide Provider Directory Utility (PDU) to simplify the provider data management process, reduce administrative work, and make it easier for healthcare providers and health plans to meet requirements. The California Provider Directory Utility Website IHA website IHA Twitter IHA Linkedin Upcoming events with IHA Related and/or Mentioned on the Show How to Tap Existing Processes for Provider Data | Martin Dunn | Gaine Healthcare A Provider-side Approach to Provider Directories plus SB-137 | Bill Barcellona (CAPG) Provider Data: What is Known and What is Assumed? | Mark Martin | Availity See all of The #HCBiz Show's extensive coverage of the Provider Directory problem Subscribe to Weekly Updates If you like what we're doing here, then please consider signing up for our weekly newsletter. You'll get one email from me each week detailing: New podcast episodes and blog posts. Content or ideas that I've found valuable in the past week. Insider info about the show like stats, upcoming episodes and future plans that I won't put anywhere else. Plain text and straight from the heart :) No SPAM or fancy graphics and you can unsubscribe with a single click anytime. 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We've talked extensively about the problem with provider directories. It's a fundamental issue in healthcare administration and many of our processes are built on top of it. I've called it healthcare's ultimate death by paper cut. Today we're going to talk about solutions. On this episode, I talk with Gunjan Siroya, Principal Partner at Netspective, about RosterSource. It's an open source industry platform that enables physician roster data exchange across systems and organizations, securely and in real-time. 0:00 Setting the stage for today's discussion on Provider Directories. 3:14 What is RosterSource? RosterSource enables you to communicate securely without additional burden to the provider or practice. 6:19 How do you send data from provider to payer without extra work? RosterSource created a platform for exchanging real time physician demographics through a centralized hub that can be accessed by whoever the provider allows. 8:37 Each practice or health system has a Node. This Node is software with a collector agent, extraction agent, aggregation agent, harmonization agent, and an access agent. Provider maintains complete control of their data. 11:30 Now, if everyone gets a node, everyone can communicate. Here is how the software works. 16:57 Aggregation is within that health system. There are many departments that require this data and each need different elements of the data within their own unique context. 19:38 Different health systems will have their data pulled in an EHR specific way. The harvesting agent is the only thing different in each Node. The software will send it to the node which then sends cleaned data to the database. The database sends contextualized data to whoever the provider has given access. 20:57 When your health system is Excel spreadsheet based, you're very reactive to fixing data entry errors and you're not going to correct the mistake unless a bill bounces or a patient complains. With RosterSource, you're alerted earlier and accuracy improves. Care coordination and care management will be much simpler. 27:03 What happens to this data when it arrives in the database? Distributed network approach. Version control. When update is complete, everyone gets access to it. 31:05 There's no central repository. It's more like a subscription model for updates. Only exchanged between partners. Blockchain concepts without being blockchain. This scalable architecture means you'll never have to reconfigure your data or change your software. 37:51 What makes sure data is as clean as it could be without guessing what context is needed? Providers can set rules and give feedback for which data goes where and can use algorithms to flag records or guess which option is best. 43:30 How do you pull data with appropriate context? System or provider can pick and, based on workflows, can decide what to do. Can also integrate with other data sources to figure it out. 46:12 The level of detail can help payers more confidently direct and navigate patients. 50:45 Can utilize algorithms to customize how we decide who to trust for our data sources and even get records certified by providers as being correct. 54:33 This is a tool set that enables organizations to trade data, track data, and tweak algorithms over time. Managers can use this data for additional analysis. 55:53 RosterSource is an open source solution, with a membership based organization to drive feature development. All are invited. Individual contributors who want to share or integrate code, you can find us at RosterSource.github.io to find open source code, download software and configure software. Release date set for late August or early September. About Gunjan Siroya Principal Partner at Netspective, Gunjan has 20+ years of experience as global business executive who blends innovative business development, technology, business operations, partner management, marketing and product management strategies to generate revenue and profit growth. Gunjan has helped build collaborative relationships, organizational capability, managed P&L and optimized bottom-line and has deep knowledge of technology services business applying multiple delivery models like Cloud / SaaS, Outsourced and staffing. Most recently, Gunjan was P&L head of Consumer Electronics vertical at HCL Technologies, a $4.5 B global organization, where he led the establishment of the Consumer Electronics business unit. Prior to that, Gunjan has led I.T., Engineering, Infrastructure and Business Process Outsourcing business units across Medical Devices, Payer and Healthcare, Retail, Financial Services and other industries. Gunjan has also ventured into entrepreneurship, leading product development and management of e-Commerce and online solution based business. Gunjan has an Engineering Degree in Digital Electronics. Gunjan Siroya on LinkedIn @gsiroya on Twitter --- About RosterSource RosterSource as an Open source industry platform, enables physician roster data exchange across systems and organizations, architected to provide universal secure integration capability in real-time. Healthcare Provider roster changes are difficult to capture and harder to share by a physician practice. Roster updates are done on EHR/EMR, RCM, HR system or maintained in a spreadsheet, but are not integrated with a physician practice website or with supported Health Insurance Plans. This lack of automation adds cost, reduces productivity and can lead to revenue loss or an unsatisfactory patient experience. Healthcare Insurance Plans are on the hook for CMS penalties, forcing manual cross checks for regular physician roster updates. Today's approaches are inadequate, as they are error prone and add significant cost overhead to Plans and Providers. RosterSource Platform solves this problem by bringing real-time provider roster data from various internal physician practice systems securely to authorized and practice approved RosterSource users on the RosterSource network. These users can be other peer physician practices or plans that individual providers have contracted with, for healthcare services. The history of all the roster changes including RosterSource address duplication, merger and conflict resolution of the physicians' roster is maintained. Learn more about RosterSource at their website Register for your free RosterSource demo today! RosterSource on GitHub @RosterSource on Twitter --- Related and/or Mentioned on the Show Explore our extensive coverage of Provider Directories --- Subscribe to Weekly Updates If you like what we're doing here, then please consider signing up for our weekly newsletter. You'll get one email from me each week detailing: New podcast episodes and blog posts. Content or ideas that I've found valuable in the past week. Insider info about the show like stats, upcoming episodes and future plans that I won't put anywhere else. Plain text and straight from the heart :) No SPAM or fancy graphics and you can unsubscribe with a single click anytime. --- The #HCBiz Show! is produced by Glide Health IT, LLC in partnership with Netspective Media. Music by StudioEtar
Patients are buying health insurance based on misleading information. Incomplete or incorrect provider directories can obstruct patients from accessing care. Additionally, the healthcare industry is building its administrative workflows on top of this bad provider data, creating all types of inefficiency. Today on the podcast I'm joined by Dara Price-Olsen and Tammy Weaver to discuss the LexisNexis and AMA collaboration on Provider Directories. We hear a story early on showing how easy it is to be fooled into purchasing a restrictive or needlessly expensive plan. We also get into the details on how claims data can give us new insights to help fix this problem. Check-out our extensive coverage of the problem with and attempts to fix the Provider Directory issue. 2:02 Background of the provider directory issue: patient access and administrative burden. 4:50 Consumers are having coverage issues making it hard to shop for healthcare due to incorrect info. 6:44 The patient perspective. Inaccurate and misleading options could have real consequences. 10:36 When consumers need answers and neither doctors or health insurers can help, how do you handle this? 12:40 A 2016 audit found 45% of directory information was deficient enough to effect access to care. In 2017, 52% was deficient. 15:44 Why is the problem getting worse if there is so much focus and effort trying to fix it? 17:15 What are the issues that CMS found? 2.4% of providers need to update their information each month. That's 28% a year. You can't just assume all 28% are going to call and update you. 21:45 What is Roster Inflation? How does this relate to Data Fidelity? 25:50 CMS enforcement actions are coming! Be able to demonstrate how you're working on this problem. 28:43 Health plans should be using all the data available to them to solve this problem. Look at claims data to validate or flag what providers are telling them. 30:00 The AMA - LexisNexis Collaboration 33:10 Instead of driving outreach that costs money and increases administrative burden, use that data you already have. 34:50 Insights derived by claims data. 39:04 Who is customer and who will benefit from the collaboration? 42:42 VerifyHCP will streamline keeping your directory up-to-date. 47:47 Start with the low hanging fruit and become more and more automated over time. 49:10 The Frictionless System About Dara Price-Olsen Dara Price-Olsen is the Senior Director of Product Management & Market Planning at LexisNexis. Dara is putting her 28 years of experience to use in developing a collaboration with the AMA to improve the dismal state of doctor directories. Dara received her BS in Computer Engineering from Iowa State University. https://www.linkedin.com/in/dara-price-olsen-01b7911/ About Lexis Nexis LexisNexis® Risk Solutions provides customers with solutions and decision tools that combine public and industry specific content with advanced technology and analytics to assist them in evaluating and predicting risk and enhancing operational efficiency. We use the power of data and advanced analytics to help our customers make better, timelier decisions. Our innovative solutions enable organizations to manage risks like identity theft, fraud, money laundering and terrorism, and prevent financial crimes, and insurance and government benefit scams. We help those without traditional credit histories obtain access to funds, assist agencies to find uncollected revenue, and research ways to improve business outcomes for healthcare companies. We also work with law enforcement to solve crimes. By bringing clarity to information, we ultimately help make communities safer, insurance rates more accurate, commerce more transparent, business decisions easier and processes more efficient. LexisNexis® Risk Solutions and its sister company LexisNexis® Legal & Professional are part of RELX Group, a global provider of information and analytics for professional and business customers across industries. The group serves customers in more than 180 countries and has offices in about 40 countries. It employs approximately 30,000 people of whom half are in North America. https://risk.lexisnexis.com/ https://www.twitter.com/lexisnexisrisk https://www.linkedin.com/company/lexisnexis/ https://www.facebook.com/LexisNexisRisk About Tammy Weaver Tammy Weaver is the Director of Database Products Portfolio at the American Medical Association. Tammy is a results-oriented professional with robust product management, marketing and client relationship management experience. Tammy is adept at analyzing market trends, developing and executing business strategies. Demonstrated ability to generate new business, and manage and expand existing customer bases within competitive industries. https://www.linkedin.com/in/tammy-weaver-a347b26/ About American Medical Association The American Medical Association is the powerful ally and unifying voice for America's physicians, the patients they serve, and the promise of a healthier nation. The AMA attacks the dysfunction in health care by removing obstacles and burdens that interfere with patient care. It reimagines medical education, training, and lifelong learning for the digital age to help physicians grow at every stage of their careers, and it improves the health of the nation by confronting the increasing chronic disease burden. For more information, visit ama-assn.org. https://www.facebook.com/AmericanMedicalAssociation https://www.twitter.com/AmerMedicanAssn https://www.linkedin.com/company/american-medical-association Related and/or Mentioned on the Show White Papers: Keeping directories up-to-date with VerifyHCPc Unlock the Potential in the Claims Data You Already Have Total Directory Resolution Provider data accuracy with ProviderPoint LinkedIn Articles: Three Quick Ways to Test the Real Accuracy of Provider Data The Doc is not in: The #1 problem with provider directories. Webinar recording on YouTube: Total Provider Directory Resolution | LexisNexis Risk Solutions Subscribe to Weekly Updates If you like what we're doing here, then please consider signing up for our weekly newsletter. You'll get one email from me each week detailing: New podcast episodes and blog posts. Content or ideas that I've found valuable in the past week. 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Healthcare is the most intermediated business in the history of the world. There's always someone, and usually several someones, in between the clinician and the patient. Similarly, while most of us working on the business of healthcare will enthusiastically agree that we do this for the patients, we spend very little time talking about them. Of course, I'm not referring to the "front-lines" of healthcare delivery (i.e. doctors, nurses, etc.) or even their immediate support team at the hospitals and clinics. I'm talking about those of us who are working in the background to enable "healthcare transformation". While we try to fix provider directories, calculate quality measures and otherwise streamline the business of healthcare, we're regularly focused on the complex, technical details of those problems. The concept of the patient is usually abstracted. Even when we talk about things like "covered lives", we tend not to discuss them as actual people; as our grandparents or brothers or children. That's not wrong, per se. We all need to focus on our part of the mission and trust that our "team" is giving us the right problems to solve. However, we may be selling ourselves short. It can be incredibly powerful to remind ourselves from time to time that we are, in fact, ultimately working for the patients. It's the "commander's intent" behind what we're doing and should guide us as we make 100s of seemingly unrelated micro-decisions throughout our day. The expanded perspective helps us to re-center our "why" and keeps us moving productively towards a healthcare system that works for all of us (i.e. patients, providers, health plans, administrators, entrepreneurs, government, etc.). That's why we talked to Tam Ma, Legal and Policy Director at Health Access California. Tam explains why provider directory accuracy is so important from the patient's perspective and why her organization was vocal in the crafting of California's SB-137 legislation. In doing so, she helped me realize that we're aiming way too low with our solutions in this space. We're still struggling with the basics: Where does the doctor work? How do I contact them? Are they accepting new patients? Will they accept my plan, or will I get nailed with dramatically higher out-of-network charges? Etc. We've demonstrated the reasons why these seemingly simple questions are so difficult to answer throughout this series. It's hard, but we shouldn't expect any pats on the back when we're done. Instead, we should expect a resounding "It's about time" from the patients. That's because we're still playing catch-up with their most basic expectations. I should know who's in a plan before I buy it. They should be able to tell me the doctor's correct phone number. By looking at this patient perspective, we can start to see why this isn't enough. It's a step on the path, but we need to aim higher so we can start to deliver real value and truly address the convenience and access issues that patients face. When a patient can reliably search for a dermatologist who participates in Medicaid, is accepting new patients, offers Saturday appointments and has an office (that they actually work at) on the 15 bus line, then we'll have arrived. Tam and I break down these ideas and much more including: What is Health Access California? Why did you get involved in SB-137? Where do provider directories fall short? Who's responsible for provider directory accuracy? Who should be held accountable? SB-137 has provisions that allow health plans to take action against non-compliant providers (i.e. de-listing). Are these viable options in the face of network adequacy regulations and other tangential pressures? Beyond having accurate information, how can we improve provider directories for the patients? What customer-facing tools can we adopt from other industries like retail? Bonus: Tam tells us about new regulations in California that protect patients against unexpected out-of-network bills. I hope this episode broadens your horizons on what a proper provider directory should look like. It did for me. Enjoy! - Don Lee Check it out on: http://bit.ly/HCBiz-iTunes http://bit.ly/HCBiz-GooglePlay http://bit.ly/HCBiz-Stitcher Prefer to read it? Grab the full transcription PDF here! About Tam Ma Tam M. Ma is Legal and Policy Director at Health Access California, where she represents the interests of health care consumers in the Legislature and before administrative and regulatory entities. Tam started her career as a California Senate Fellow and was previously senior staff to Senators Mark Leno and Sheila Kuehl, where she advised the Senators on policy and state budget issues relating to health and human services, consumer protection, housing, judiciary, and women's issues. She also advocated for the rights of low-income tenants when she was a trial attorney with Legal Services of Northern California's Sargent Shriver Civil Counsel Act project. Tam was honored by the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence and the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault for her work to strengthen protections for survivors of these crimes. She sits on the board of the Women's Foundation of California and has served as a trainer and mentor for the foundation's award-winning Women's Policy Institute since its inception in 2003. Tam also serves on the board of the Asian/Pacific Bar Association of Sacramento and is Past President of My Sister's House, a domestic violence shelter serving women throughout the Central Valley. Tam received her B.A. and J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. About Health Access California Health Access California is the statewide health care consumer advocacy coalition, advocating for quality, affordable health care for all Californians. As a coalition organization representing consumer groups, communities of color, immigrants, people with disabilities, children, seniors, women, people of faith, and organized labor. Health Access seeks to connect grassroots organizing to policy work, on-the-ground mobilization with savvy Sacramento strategy. Coalition member organizations can count on Health Access for timely analysis and tools so that whatever time and effort they have for health advocacy is spent in the most effective way possible. http://www.health-access.org/ @healthaccess Mentioned on the Show Secret Shoppers Find Access To Providers And Network Accuracy Lacking For Those In Marketplace And Commercial Plans (Health Affairs) DMHC Fines Blue Shield and Anthem for Provider Directory Inaccuracies About the Provider Directory Podcast Series This episode is part of our ongoing Provider Directory series that aims to dissect the issue from all perspectives, including provider, payer, patient, and regulator. Our goal is to help facilitate an expanded national conversation that drives us towards an open, collaborative industry solution. Check out all our Provider Directory posts and episodes here! Weekly Updates If you like what we're doing here, then please consider signing up for our weekly newsletter. 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How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. That may be the best advice I can give the healthcare industry at this point. On this episode, we talk with Dave Marotz, Director of Directory Services at Surescripts to break down the Provider Directory concept into its component parts... "capability style". We go deep on the technical and architectural hurdles that need to be overcome to progress Provider Directory. You'll learn about: The various standards-based approaches that have been/are being attempted. New wrinkles on provider context and how we may need to know what the truth was about them at a certain point in time (i.e. rights to dispense a prescription). What should be shared? Who should own the "shared data"? Why it's hard to get something as simple as proper provider names. Strategies for identity proofing and identity resolution. Decomposing the conceptual master provider directory into its component parts The various industry and commercial approaches to provider directory solutions. The wisdom of working prototypes over ideas for standards or approaches. How Surescripts evolved, why they're so interested in Provider Directory and why they're so supportive of collaborative solutions. Dave is a technical wizard when it comes to provider directory data and networks. Get ready for a mental workout! ~Don Lee Check it out on: http://bit.ly/HCBiz-iTunes http://bit.ly/HCBiz-GooglePlay http://bit.ly/HCBiz-Stitcher Prefer to read it? I don't believe you, but I'll still let you download the PDF here! About Dave Marotz Dave Marotz is Director of Product Innovation at Surescripts, responsible for provider directory services which enable e-prescribing and the electronic exchange of clinical information. He joined Surescripts in 2010 to lead the network expansion for E-Prescribing of Controlled Substances (EPCS) and supported EHR and Pharmacy during development and adoption of the technology (e.g., DEA IFR Part 1311 compliance, and Identity Proofing/Two Factor Authentication requirements). Prior to joining Surescripts Dave spent seven years with Accenture's Health and Life Sciences group leading delivery projects under FDA and CE regulations and involving cross-industry information exchange utilizing Health Level 7 v2 messaging and v3 modeling. Dave earned his undergraduate degree in Economics from St. Olaf College. In 2015, he received his MBA from Yale School of Management, focused on Leadership in Healthcare. Contact: Dave.Marotz@surescripts.com About Surescripts Surescripts purpose is to serve the nation with the single most trusted and capable health information network. Since 2001, Surescripts has led the movement to turn health data into actionable intelligence to increase patient safety, lower costs, and ensure quality care. Visit us at Surescripts.com and follow us at twitter.com/Surescripts. About the Provider Directory Podcast Series This episode is part of our ongoing Provider Directory series that aims to dissect the issue from all perspectives, including provider, payer, patient, and regulator. Our goal is to help facilitate an expanded national conversation that drives us towards an open, collaborative industry solution. Check out all our Provider Directory posts and episodes here! Weekly Updates If you like what we're doing here, then please consider signing up for our weekly newsletter. You'll get one email from me each week detailing: New podcast episodes and blog posts. Content or ideas that I've found valuable in the past week. Insider info about the show like stats, upcoming episodes and future plans that I won't put anywhere else. Plain text and straight from the heart :) No SPAM or fancy graphics and you can unsubscribe with a single click anytime. The #HCBiz Show! is produced by Glide Health IT, LLC in partnership with Netspective Media. Music by StudioEtar
This week's guest is Martin Dunn, CEO of Gaine Healthcare. Martin frames up the current state of provider data and directory issues quite well with this quote: "It doesn't matter how much you regulate the docs, It doesn't matter how much you've threatened the docs. It doesn't matter how much you incent the docs to pull this information together for you. If you ask questions that are difficult to answer, difficult to understand, impossible to keep up with because the doctors and the physicians and the provider organizations just don't have the systems in order to give you that information, you're not going to get it." Sticks Won't Fix Provider Data So, we can't just beat the doctors into submission (pun intended)? What about SB-137? That law has "teeth" to hold the providers accountable. Not so fast, says Dunn. The first provision is that payers can withhold payments for providers who don't respond in a timely manner with quality data (Bill Barcellona called this "the Hammer Provision" in episode PD-02). That's nice, but it's probably not a good way to do business nor to build collaborative relationships between providers and health plans. The other provision is that health plans can delist providers with out-of-date data. But, as Dunn points out, then you've got health plans breaking their own network adequacy. It's kind of like cutting off your nose to spite your face. Using Operationally Validated Provider Data Our position at The #HCBiz Show! has always been that this provider data exists, but it's all over the place and hard to find. More importantly, you have to find it and capture it without adding new work to the providers' plate. Anyone selling into healthcare knows new work is a non-starter. So, what can we do? Martin offers us a bit of genius on the matter: "Use the existing, trusted relationships". He points out that the providers have already self-selected the people they trust to keep track of their most important data. They've outsourced their credentialing to one vendor, their billing to another, and so on. Once you've identified the provider data you need, grab the provider's list of vendors and find out who's the source of truth for each element. The process dictates where the information is stored. According to Martin, we should: "Connect into existing business processes; existing trusted relationships. Get back to their system so that we can gather that new information. When we find a conflict we can report it out to the people, who in their normal course of business, would want to resolve that conflict. We didn't find the conflict and add it to someone else's "to-do list". We've used the network to identify things that these organizations want to do anyway." I like to refer to this as "Operationally Verified Provider Data". If you can identify a source, where the data absolutely, positively has to be correct in order for them to do their work, then you've found your source of truth. Will it always work? No. Of course not, but you're playing the odds that the billing vendor has the most operational opportunity to find and fix problems with... billing data. That sounds like a good bet to me. On this episode... I discuss these key topics in more detail and so much more with Martin Dunn, CEO of Gaine Healthcare, including: Why data quality should be defined as fitness for purpose (and therefore the importance of understanding your purpose). Why you should only trust the contract signatory to interpret the facts. How to use a practices vendor list to build a strategy for provider data collection. The challenge of tracking and balancing provider Full Time Equivalency (FTE) in support of provider directories and network accuracy (a new wrinkle that hadn't yet been discussed in our series). What the future holds for the healthcare industry as it pertains to provider directory and the many efforts and collaborations that are underway to address it. How Gaine Health uses its Sanator product to address these issues. Martin walks us through a few scenarios and use-cases. This episode turns out to be a key part of our series. I promise you'll learn something new. Enjoy! ~Don Lee Check it out on: http://bit.ly/HCBiz-iTunes http://bit.ly/HCBiz-GooglePlay http://bit.ly/HCBiz-Stitcher Prefer to read it? It's really long, but here you go! Download the full transcription as a PDF. About Martin Dunn Mr. Martin Dunn is an expert in the field of data management. He has founded several successful companies, on three continents focused on making information actionable for large corporations. Martin was the co-founder and CEO of Gaine Solutions, the first company to offer Master Data Management Software as a Service (SaaS) with clients across multiple industries. Martin is presently the CEO of Gaine Healthcare which is focused on addressing the critical unmet needs of healthcare delivery organizations. Previously, Martin was the co-founder and CEO of Delos Technology, the world's first Enterprise MDM Software provider. Delos merged with Siperian in 2003 before selling to Informatica in what remains, the largest ever acquisition by Informatica. About Gaine Healthcare Gaine Healthcare enables interoperability between disparate systems allowing clinical, administrative and analytic systems to exchange information relating to patients, health plan members, health care providers and facilities without the need for complex integration code. For more information go to www.gainehealthcare.com/about Gaine created the Sanator Provider Registry, a collaborative platform that enables provider organizations and health plans to exchange provider information in an efficient process that reduces administrative overhead for both parties. Sanator eliminates unnecessary outreach by phone and fax to medical offices and gives providers a trusted platform to collect and distribute information to health plans. For more information go to www.provider-registry.com About the Provider Directory Podcast Series This episode is part of our ongoing Provider Directory series that aims to dissect the issue from all perspectives, including provider, payer, patient, and regulator. Our goal is to help facilitate an expanded national conversation that drives us towards an open, collaborative industry solution. Check out all our Provider Directory posts and episodes here! Weekly Updates If you like what we're doing here, then please consider signing up for our weekly newsletter. You'll get one email from me each week detailing: New podcast episodes and blog posts. Content or ideas that I've found valuable in the past week. Insider info about the show like stats, upcoming episodes and future plans that I won't put anywhere else. Plain text and straight from the heart :) No SPAM or fancy graphics and you can unsubscribe with a single click anytime. The #HCBiz Show! is produced by Glide Health IT, LLC in partnership with Netspective Media. Music by StudioEtar
Friedrich Nietzsche argued that there are no facts, only interpretations. It seems that this idea holds true for provider data too. Today's guest is Andrew Kobylinski, Head of Platform at BetterDoctor. Andrew tells us that the provider directory issue is first and foremost a data quality issue. At the heart of data quality, he says, is metadata that explains where the information came from, what it means, when it was updated, and more. This metadata is the interpretation and without it, your facts are pretty much useless. According to Andrew, "collecting the data is one-half of the problem. It's actually the easier half. The other half of the problem is taking the data that you've collected and sharing it with all the stakeholders that need it in the format they can actually consume and trust". Andrew admits that there's a fair amount of complexity in the context (i.e. interpretation) of provider data and that it does make for an interesting challenge. However, he thinks the healthcare industry uses this complexity as an excuse for bad user interface design. With better user-interface design, many of the context issues go away. Another key idea from Andrew is that there's a consumer aspect to all of this. He's not talking about the patient, but rather the provider as a consumer. That is, many providers are paying to have their information kept up-to-date and propagated to sites like Yelp, Yext, and others. That, coupled with Andrew's real world experience in working with doctors, suggests that they do want this data to be correct and they want people to have access to it. So, we have the need, the desire, and the resources. It's time to give doctors the tools they need to get the job done. Andrew, co-host Shahid Shah and I discuss all of this and so much more. Here are some highlights: Why we should approach provider directory as a data quality problem (3:05) How did BetterDoctor get into the provider directory space? (4:20) How BetterDoctor's involvement in the AHIP Provider Directory Pilot solidified their pivot (8:25) How to know what the right data is and why it's important to share the metadata in support of quality and context (10:12) How the industry uses complexity as an excuse for bad user interface design (13:40) BetterDoctor's approach to collecting high-quality data (15:52) What's the provider's incentive to respond to information requests and keep their data up-to-date? (21:30) The often overlooked consumer aspect of this issue is that many providers pay to have their information updated and syndicated to sites like Yelp, Yext and more. They want it to be correct and they want everyone to have it (24:04) Why many innovation labs and coding camps are making use of BetterDoctor's API (26:03) Should we incorporate credentialing into the provider directory issue right now? (28:30) New innovation models like CPC+ and regulations like MACRA may require accurate provider network data as a pre-requisite for getting paid. Do these programs finally give us the incentives we need to solve this problem? (34:30) What do you say to providers who look at the BetterDoctor form as more work or another distraction? (38:13) BetterDoctor just closed an $11M investment round. What's next? (47:07) As usual, I had a lot of fun with this one and learned a ton. I hope you enjoy it! - Don Lee Check it out on: http://bit.ly/HCBiz-iTunes http://bit.ly/HCBiz-GooglePlay http://bit.ly/HCBiz-Stitcher Prefer to read it? That's a little weird, but we got you covered! Download the full transcription here About Andrew Kobylinski and BetterDoctor As Head of Platform, Andrew leads BetterDoctor's data and API business. Andrew has over ten years experience creating new products and bringing them to market at healthcare startups. Creating a solution to inaccurate provider data is his latest passion. BetterDoctor delivers accurate provider directory data to ensure health plans, health systems, provider groups, and doctors are regulation-compliant and can provide patients with the care they're looking for. Learn more on the web: http://betterdoctor.com/ Developers: http://betterdoctor.com/developers/ Email: hello@betterdoctor.com Twitter: @BetterDoctor About the Provider Directory Podcast Series This episode is part of our ongoing Provider Directory series that aims to dissect the issue from all perspectives, including provider, payer, patient, and regulator. Our goal is to help facilitate an expanded national conversation that drives us towards an open, collaborative industry solution. Check out all our Provider Directory posts and episodes here! Weekly Updates If you like what we're doing here, then please consider signing up for our weekly newsletter. 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On this episode, the fourth in our ongoing Provider Directory Series, we continue to unravel the "why" behind provider directory inaccuracies. One major theme that's emerged is that we have a context gap between health plans and providers. That is, even when we're asking the right people at the right time, we might be asking the wrong questions. Our guest, Ron Urwongse, a Senior Product Manager at CAQH, explains how adding a level of specificity to our questions can yield dramatically different results. For example, if you ask a provider if they work at an office, they may say yes even if there's only a slight chance they ever will (i.e. to cover for a colleague). The tendency, Ron explains, is that providers play defense - they don't want to have a claim denied if they ever do submit one from that office. By adding some specificity to our questions, we could cut down on the confusion. How often do you work at this office? Or, do you accept new patients at this office? Are bound to yield more accurate results. These follow-on questions help the providers to understand what they are truly being asked. We can add even more context by making sure they know how the information is going to be used. Where do you bill from so that our billing department can process your claims properly? Where should our provider directory list you as accepting new patients? Ron and I discuss this context issue and so much more, including: What is provider data? (2:00) Besides demographics, what else do we need to know about providers? (4:00) In addition to patients, who else is affected by bad provider data? (5:30) We're spending billions of dollars managing provider directories. Why are they still broken? (8:15) Is it fair to place accountability on the providers and put pressure on them to resolve this issue? (10:57) What are the proposed penalties from CMS for Medicare Advantage plans whose directories fall out-of-date? (11:50) Has anyone been fined yet? (12:10) Do health plans do a good job of sharing provider information across departments within their own organization? (12:10) Why can't I just go to NPPES? Why aren't the doctors keeping their data updated? (15:00) Why do providers (and their groups) report that they work at locations that they don't work at? (17:37) Why do providers feel that their data submissions fall into a black hole once submitted? (20:00) The typical 5 -doctor practice has 12 contracts and each of them requires 140 data points. That's 8,400 data points for a relatively small practice. (21:20) Are the regulators being reasonable in their demands? (23:30) How does contracting and reporting at the group-level cause problems for provider directories? (25:30) Is there any reluctance to share because of security/privacy/competitive concerns? (29:15) How does the expansion of the care team make this problem more complex? (31:40) What's happening on the solution side? (33:15) How can we foster safe collaboration among industry competitors? (34:10) A call to reduce provider burden, while simultaneously raising their accountability. (35:00) What is the minimum necessary data set for provider directories? (38:30) What is CAQH doing to solve the problem of bad provider data/inaccurate provider directories? (37:00) I hope you enjoy it! - Don Lee About Ron Urwongse and CAQH Ron Urwongse is a Senior Product Manager at CAQH. Ron guides the cross-functional team responsible for CAQH ProView. Previously, he led product development and operations at Tyrula LLC, focusing on risk adjustment and quality improvement solutions in managed care. At Vecna Technologies, Ron served as a product manager. He also led the development of a billing solution for the Massachusetts Commonwealth Connector, the first state health insurance exchange website. Ron received his MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management, Master's Degree in Information Systems Management from Carnegie Mellon University, and B.S. degree in Information Systems from Carnegie Mellon University. CAQH, a nonprofit alliance, is the leader in creating shared initiatives to streamline the business of healthcare. Through collaboration and innovation, CAQH accelerates the transformation of business processes, delivering value to providers, patients, and health plans. COB Smart® quickly and accurately directs coordination of benefits processes. EnrollHub® reduces costly paper checks with enrollment for electronic payments and electronic remittance advice. CAQH ProView® eases the burden of provider data collection, maintenance, and distribution. SanctionsTrack® delivers comprehensive, multi-state information on healthcare provider licensure disciplinary actions. DirectAssure® helps health plans increase the accuracy of provider directories. CAQH CORE® maximizes business efficiency and savings by developing and implementing federally mandated operating rules. CAQH Index® benchmarks progress and helps optimize operations by tracking industry adoption of electronic administrative transactions. Learn more: CAQH Home: https://www.caqh.org/ Provider Data Action Alliance: http://CAQHProviderData.org Provider Data Tools from CAQH: http://ProviderDataManagement.org Defining Provider Data Whitepaper: https://www.caqh.org/about/defining-provider-data-white-paper Twitter: @CAQH Mentioned on the Show JAMA: The Accuracy of Dermatology Network Physician Directories Posted by Medicare Advantage Health Plans in an Era of Narrow Networks Health Affairs: Secret Shoppers Find Access To Providers And Network Accuracy Lacking For Those In Marketplace And Commercial Plans CMS Online Provider Directory Review Report About the Provider Directory Podcast Series This episode is part of our ongoing Provider Directory series that aims to dissect the issue from all perspectives, including provider, payer, patient, and regulator. Our goal is to help facilitate an expanded national conversation that drives us towards an open, collaborative industry solution. Check out all our Provider Directory posts and episodes here! Weekly Updates If you like what we're doing here, then please consider signing up for our weekly newsletter. You'll get one email from me each week detailing: New podcast episodes and blog posts. Content or ideas that I've found valuable in the past week. Insider info about the show like stats, upcoming episodes and future plans that I won't put anywhere else. Plain text and straight from the heart :) No SPAM or fancy graphics and you can unsubscribe with a single click anytime. The #HCBiz Show! is produced by Glide Health IT, LLC in partnership with Netspective Media. Music by StudioEtar
There are two kinds of Provider Data Explicit provider data comes directly from the providers, their groups or even their IT systems (i.e. EMR, RCM, etc). Since this data is coming from the source, it's assumed to be up-to-date and accurate. However, as we learned in episode 11 (PD-02) there are subtleties and complexities to consider. For example, there are scenarios where it's best to go straight to the provider and others where you must talk to the group instead. You see, there are contractual complexities that change the context of the information. The context of the data is as important as the data itself. Implicit provider data comes from secondary activities that involve the provider. For example, we can use claims data to make certain assumptions. You should be able to look at claims data and see what facilities they work in. If they submit a claim for a procedure done at facility X, then they should be listed at facility X on our provider directory. Right? Riiiiight???? Not so fast! That provider was covering for her colleague who was away at a medical conference and may never work in that office again. She certainly won't be accepting any new patients there. If you add her to that location in your directory and later CMS tries to verify she works there... DING! That'll be $25K. Thank you. Come again! I'm being a bit dramatic to make my point, but once again, we need context. On this episode (part 3 in our ongoing provider directory series), Mark Martin, Director, Payer and Vendor Portfolio at Availity, tells us about the gap between what is known (explicit provider data) and what is assumed (implicit provider data) and the difficulty that lies between. It's a fascinating discussion that addresses this gap, and so much more. I hope you enjoy it! - Don Lee Prefer to read it? Transcription coming soon! About Mark Martin and Availity Mark Martin (@HIT_MMartin) is Director, Payer and Vendor Portfolio at Availity. As an industry-leading, HITRUST-certified health care information technology company, Availity serves an extensive network of health plans, providers, and technology partners nationwide through a suite of dynamic products built on a powerful, intelligent platform. Availity integrates and manages the clinical, administrative, and financial data needed to fuel real-time coordination between providers, health plans, and patients in a growing value-based care environment. Facilitating over 8 million transactions daily, Availity's ability to provide accurate, timely, and relevant information is vital to the financial success of its clients. For more information, including an online demonstration, please visit www.availity.com. Mentioned on the Show Lessons Learned from AHIP's Provider Directory Pilot Programs - Summary blog post Provider Directory Pilot Program Overview and FAQ - w/ link to Full White Paper 5 Reasons Accurate Directory Information Helps Providers by Mark Martin Inaccurate provider directories create barriers to care by Mark Martin, Dianne Wagner About the Provider Directory Podcast Series This episode is part of our ongoing Provider Directory series that aims to dissect the issue from all perspectives, including provider, payer, patient, and regulator. Our goal is to help facilitate an expanded national conversation that drives us towards an open, collaborative industry solution. Check out all our Provider Directory posts and episodes here! Weekly Updates If you like what we're doing here, then please consider signing up for our weekly newsletter. You'll get one email from me each week detailing: New podcast episodes and blog posts. Content or ideas that I've found valuable in the past week. Insider info about the show like stats, upcoming episodes and future plans that I won't put anywhere else. Plain text and straight from the heart :) No SPAM or fancy graphics and you can unsubscribe with a single click anytime. The #HCBiz Show! is produced by Glide Health IT, LLC in partnership with Netspective Media. Music by StudioEtar
The national provider directory discussion is clearly focused on the patients and health plans. It focuses on the patients because they're the consumer of this information and without it, they can't make educated decisions when buying health insurance. The conversation focuses on health plans because they're the ones being held accountable for making the information available to consumers. To effectively address this issue, we also need to take a good hard look at things from the providers' point-of-view. That's what this episode is all about. We'll talk with Bill Barcellona, Sr. VP for Government Affairs at CAPG, which is a national association that represents physician organizations who practice capitated, coordinated care. Bill does an excellent job of sharing the providers point-of-view on the provider directory issue and shows us how provider groups can take the lead on cleaning things up. Bill also tells us about California's SB-137 and explains how it's putting pressure on both health plans and provider groups. It's a fascinating discussion that will expand your understanding of this increasingly complex issue. You'll learn: What is SB-137? (1:20) Where do all the provider directory errors come from? (3:19) Who's responsible for provider directory accuracy? Who's accountable? (5:00) What does SB-137 call for specifically? (7:45) How have providers responded to the accountability placed on them by SB-137? (11:00) What is the SB-137 timeline (12:45)? Why can't health plans pull accurate provider demographics from the claims? (13:25) Why is it beneficial to address this problem on the provider side? (17:30) How else are providers impacted by this problem? (19:30) When should the health plan go directly to the provider for info? When should they go to the group? Why is there a distinction? (20:40) How can inaccurate provider directories lead to FTC/anti-trust scrutiny? 24:50 How is CAPG working with Gaine Solutions (Sanator) to help providers address the issue? (26:45) What is the California Provider Directory Collaborative? (30:30) Can a California-based solution scale nationally, or are California's problems unique? (33:00) What are the risks associated with a state-wide or nation-wide solution? (34:27) How SB-137 and other rules have killed the idea that narrow network details are proprietary information (37:15) Defining a public API for master and metadata needed to share information about contracts, networks, products, and providers nationwide. Or, listen right here: Prefer to read it? Transcription coming soon! About Bill Barcellona Bill Barcellona serves as the Senior Vice President for Government Affairs for CAPG, overseeing state and federal legislative and regulatory activities for the association in Sacramento and Washington, DC. Bill is the former Deputy Director for Plan-Provider Relations for the Department of Managed Health Care in Sacramento. In that capacity, he oversaw health plan operational issues and handled policy matters for the DMHC. Bill has a Masters in Healthcare Administration from the University of Southern California and serves as an adjunct faculty member at USC and also holds a B.A. in political science and a J.D. He enjoys teaching and lecturing across the country on health care management, operations and policy matters. He has practiced law for 28 years in California and prior to his service at the DMHC he spent 16 years at two major law firms in Newport Beach and Sacramento, primarily as a civil litigator. His current legal experience includes general health law matters with an emphasis in Knox-Keene Act and managed care issues. Bill is a former Judge Pro Tem in the El Dorado County Superior Court and served as an appointed member of the California State Bar Association Insurance Law Committee. He was previously awarded the 2009 Alumnus of the Year by the USC Health Services Administration Alumni Association, and a 2-year term as a board member of the Health and Human Services Privacy and Security Advisory Board. He lives in Folsom, a small town in the foothills of the California Gold Rush. He has been active in the community for over 20 years, serving as a Planning Commissioner for the City of Folsom, chairing bond measure campaigns to build new schools, serving as an officer of the Folsom Economic Development Corporation and in the past as a Director of the Folsom Chamber of Commerce. Bill currently serves as a member of the USC Price School Health Advisory Board. About CAPG CAPG is the leading association in the country representing physician organizations practicing capitated, coordinated care. Their membership currently comprises close to 300 multispecialty medical groups and independent practice associations (IPAs) across 42 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Learn more: http://www.capg.org @CAPGVoice Register now for the CAPG Annual Conference 2017 - June 22-24 in San Diego, CA - CAPG's Annual Conference attracts national industry leaders from top medical groups, independent practice associations, hospitals, health plans, and government who come together to learn about the latest and greatest in capitated, coordinated healthcare. Also mentioned on the show: California Provider Directory Collaborative - The California Provider Directory Collaborative Community of Practice is an online forum dedicated to supporting a statewide dialogue on critical provider data and directory issues and to inform regulators as they implement SB 137. Please contact us at ProviderDirectory@manatt.com if you have any questions or would like to learn more. CAPG White Paper: Provider Directories - Driving Accurate Lists for Consumers Sanator Provider Registry by Gaine Solutions SB-137 California's SB-137, which took effect on July 1, 2017, is one of the most aggressive pieces of legislation addressing the provider directory issue at the state level. It also became the first legislation that holds providers directly accountable for reviewing and updating their records with the health plan. If providers fail to share updates in a timely manner then health plans can remove them from the directory, withhold full or partial payments for up to 1-month (the so-called "hammer provision"), or even terminate their contract. This bill has real teeth and it's gotten people's attention. About the Provider Directory Podcast Series This episode is part of our ongoing Provider Directory series that aims to dissect the issue from all perspectives, including provider, payer, patient, and regulator. Our goal is to help facilitate an expanded national conversation that drives us towards an open, collaborative industry solution. Check out all our Provider Directory posts and episodes here! Weekly Updates If you like what we're doing here, then please consider signing up for our weekly newsletter. You'll get one email from me each week detailing: New podcast episodes and blog posts. Content or ideas that I've found valuable in the past week. Insider info about the show like stats, upcoming episodes and future plans that I won't put anywhere else. The question of the week. Plain text and straight from the heart :) No SPAM or fancy graphics and you can unsubscribe with a single click anytime. The #HCBiz Show! is produced by Glide Health IT, LLC in partnership with Netspective Media. Music by StudioEtar
In 2016 we saw new provider directory regulations from CMS and several states, including the particularly "toothy" SB-137 in California. The new rules are intended to hold health plans accountable for any inaccurate and/or incomplete information in their provider directories. The national conversation is focused intently on the consumer side. That is, bad information makes it difficult for patients to make educated decisions when they select plans and can lead to access issues down the road. The consumer issues are real, but only scratch the surface of the overall provider data problems we face. Health plans and provider groups struggle to keep each other up-to-date making communication more difficult and less efficient. Even departments within the same organization have trouble staying in sync and that leads to all types of problems in our day-to-day operations. Government and regulatory bodies are hindered in their efforts to ensure appropriate access and coverage in our health plans. When you put this all together you'll begin to see why I call provider directories the ultimate death by paper cut in healthcare. This is not as simple as it sounds. Kicking-off the Provider Directory Series Over the next 6-8 weeks The #HCBiz Show! will be focused on the provider directory problem. We'll talk with experts who are dealing with this issue from all sides to understand what the issue is, why it exists today, and how we can fix it. For background, you can check out our video conversation and the accompanying post from last year. You may also enjoy our breakdown of CMS' first review of provider directory accuracy. On this episode, co-hosts Don Lee and Shahid Shah give an overview of the issues and talk about the upcoming series. You'll hear: Lessons learned from our Infection Prevention and Control Series (1:05) The difference between being Accountable and Responsible and how that can predict a solution's success or failure very early on (2:42) What is the Provider Directory issue? (9:15) Why narrow networks require accuracy and adequacy (11:30) Why half of the nation's health plans would be fined if CMS implemented them today (14:00) How inaccurate provider directories impact patients (15:00) How the fines are making someone accountable for the first time (18:00) Why it's hard to keep just 15-20 basic pieces of information up-to-date (19:00) How the need for health plans to let patients understand their narrow networks conflicts with their desire to keep their competitors in the dark (21:20) How the bad data affects health plans internal day-to-day operations (22:20) What can we learn from the internet's Domain Name System (DNS) (25:50) Who is responsible vs. who is accountable (26:40) How are provider groups and health systems impacted by bad provider data (27:25) How organizations like the AHIP Innovation Lab can help bring industry leaders together on problems like this (28:40) Why it's important to apply accountability at the right "height" within an organization (30:24) How a federated solution might work at the national level (34:00) How to enable collaboration in a competitive market (38:20) Why it makes sense that the accountability is being placed on the health plans today (40:25) Weekly Updates If you like what we're doing here, then please consider signing up for our weekly newsletter. You'll get one email from me each week detailing: New podcast episodes and blog posts. Content or ideas that I've found valuable in the past week. Insider info about the show like stats, upcoming episodes and future plans that I won't put anywhere else. The question of the week. Plain text and straight from the heart :) No SPAM or fancy graphics and you can unsubscribe with a single click anytime. The #HCBiz Show! is produced by Glide Health IT, LLC in partnership with Netspective Media. Music by StudioEtar
Hey Medicare Nation! How many of you have just found out your Doctor is leaving the Medicare Advantage Network you're in? I'm certain there are "Thousands of you." That is the #1 complaint I receive from clients, is that their "Doctor" is leaving or has left their Medicare Advantage Plan (MAPD) Network. Medicare has regulations about how a Medicare Advantage Organization (MAO) can "terminate" a Doctor contracted in their network and in reverse, there are regulations on how a Doctor can leave a MAO. There are also regulations on how a MAO publishes it's "Provider Directory" for their network. Chapter 4, Section 110.1.1 of the Medicare Managed Care Manual, titled, Provider Network Standards, lists in part.... "MAO's are required to establish and maintain provider networks that: ...... Are accurately reflected in up-to-date directories. Plans are responsible for verifying and regularly updating their network directories to ensure that providers included in the directories are available to their enrollees (ie, listed providers accept new patients who are enrolled in the plan). In section 110.2.2 labeled Provider Directory Updates, it states in part: ....MAO's must include information regarding all contracted network providers in directories at the time of enrollment. Directories must include information about the number, mix, and distribution of all network providers. MAO's may have separate directories for each geographic area they serve (e.g. metropolitan areas, surrounding county areas), provided that all directories together cover the entire service area. Provider Directories must be updated anytime the MAO becomes aware of changes. They have 30 days to update the changes or be non-compliant. When there is a change to the provider network (a provider is terminated or the provider is leaving the network), The MAO "must make a good faith effort to provide a written notice of a termination of a contracted provider at least 30 calendar days before the termination effective date to all enrollees who are patients seen on a regular basis by the provider whose contract is terminating." In regards to termination of "Primary Care Physicians," all enrollees who are patients of that primary care professional must be notified." So.....what's being done about all the inaccuracies to provider directories? CMS conducted it's first review of 54 Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAO's) online provider directories, between February and August of 2016. The finding......45% of provider directory locations listed in these online directories were inaccurate! About one-third of all MAO's with 5,832 providers were reviewed in total. Twenty-One MAO's received warning letters from CMS around January 6th, and they have 30 days to fix the errors or face possible fines or sanctions, which could include suspending marketing and enrollment of medicare beneficiaries. Here are the Medicare Advantage Plans that received warning letters from CMS to immediately fix the errors in their provider directories. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island - RI Rhode IslandBlue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan - FL MI, MO WI Catholic Health Partners - IA,KY, MI, OH CIGNA - IL, IA Community Health Plan of Washington - WA Emblem Health Inc. - CT, NY, RI Fallon Community Health - MA Gateway Health Plan, LP - OH, PA, WV Health Partners Plans, Inc. - PA Highmark Health - PA Humana Inc. - WI Indiana University Health - IA Magellan Health Inc. - NY Moda, Inc. AK, ID, MT, NM, OR, WA Molina Healthcare, Inc. - UT Piedmont Community Health Plan - VA Premera - WA Samaritan Health Services - OR SCAN Health Plan - CA UnitedHealth Group, Inc. - CO Wellcare Health Plans - IL Now.... if you are a member of one of these MAO plans that received a "warning letter," you may qualify for a "Special Enrollment Period," from Medicare. What should you do?........ 1. Call Medicare - 800-633-4227 2. Tell the Medicare employee that you are a member of the ________ Medicare Advantage Plan, that received a "Warning Letter" from CMS for non-compliance of their provider directory. 3. State (if it's true!) that you were not notified by your physician or the MAO of the termination of your doctor, and your directory wasn't updated. 4. VERY IMPORTANT TO STATE..... Tell the Medicare employee you RELY on the directory to locate an in-network provider, and by the Medicare Advantage Plan & the Doctor NOT informing you that he/she was LEAVING the network, it caused a SIGNIFICANT access to care barrier for you! Because now...... You can't see your doctor who has taken such good care of you..... due to the error. 5. Ask for a Special Election Period, so that you can choose a Medicare Advantage Plan where your Doctor is in-network. 6. If they grant you the Special Election Period, tell the Medicare employee which Medicare Advantage Plan you want to be on. 7. If they say "NO," Thank the Medicare Representative for their help and say goodbye. What do you do now???? See if you qualify for a different Special Election Period. Listen to my earlier episode on SEP's. Listen to Last Friday's episode on 5 STAR Plans. Listen to the episode on the Medicare Advantage Disenrollment Period. It also includes information on Special Need Plans. If NONE of these ideas offer you the opportunity to change your Medicare Advantage Plan to a better option, than you will have to remain on the Medicare Advantage Plan you are on until the Annual Enrollment Period to change plans. Do your Due Dilligence Nation! Don't enroll in another Medicare Advantage Plan.... just because the doctor who is leaving the network is on that one! Make sure the plan will fit your Medical, financial and prescription needs for 2017! Share Medicare Nation with someone! Teach your parents, your grandparents how to access this podcast! Buy them a smartphone. The more they know, the less they will ask you for help. It's not easy being the "Sandwich Generation." So...... do yourself and your parents a favor and help them listen to Medicare Nation!
We apologize to our listeners for our show being late this week. We are coming to you directly from the Exploring Psychedelics Conference at Southern Oregon University, and preparations and travel have slowed down the release of this week's episode. On Today's Episode of the podcast, Jonathan talks with Jon Bridge. Jon is a 34 year old father of two. from Canada. The two met through a Facebook Group, The Terence McKenna Experience, thanks to Jon's willingness to share his inspiring story of hope and healing. Jonathan felt called to respond almost immediately after the posting appeared on his feed, and the two connected to share Jon's story. Jon's experience of the failure of standard psychiatricpharmaceutical drugs and his journey back to health with the help of psilocybin mushrooms and a clear understanding that the conditions that ailed him for years did not have to be permanent, or simply "managed" with ill-understood collections of molecules. Jon [I was on] daily doses of high strength, high dose pharmaceutical garbage. I was supposed to be a customer for life. Although I have no credentials behind my name I have a story of healing and hope. I had been a long time sufferer of mental illness but thanks to psychedelic medicines I have discovered a new, better self. My journey into psychedelic healing has just begun and I hope to be able to inspire someone to help themselves. Jon's "before" picture, on the let, is dated March 20, 2010, exactly 6 years before the date of his Facebook post..Looking in the eyes, it feels possible to almost see the changed interior landscape behind them. This is a story that our listeners will not want to miss. (None of Jon or Jonathan's remarks should be interpreted as psychiatric advice. Neither is a licensed therapist. Changes in medicines should be done with the partnership of a qualified professional.) Thanks to everyone who "Liked" Psychedelic Parenting on Facebook and helped us reach our goal of 1000 page likes by the end of March. As of 3/31/16 at 11:59pm, we had 1017 page likes! Thanks again to all who clicked, shared or clickshared... And, as always, if you like what you see and hear, please consider a tax-deductible contribution to the work. Help us keep the podcast streaming and the website improving! Click the purple button below to contribute to Psychedelic Parenting via MAPS Click HERE to join our mailing list or become a part of our "Secret" Facebook discussion group. TOPICS AND WEBSITES DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: Exploring Psychedelics Conference Home Page Facebook Page Grateful Meds Dispensary, Talent, Oregon Home Page Oregon Cannabis Connections: "Third Grateful Meds Dispensary Opens in Talent" Pharmeceutical Products Cyprolex (Generic: Escitalopram) Tryptophan Lithium Seroquel (Generic: Quetiapine) Wellbutrin (Generic: Bupropion) Citalopram (Brand Names: Celexa, Cipramil) Divalproex (Valporate) Stopping Psychiatric Drugs For specific dangers and symptoms and helpful guidelines for coming off psychotropics, see Coming off Psychiatric Medication Ketamine Erowid.org page WebMD: "Ketamine: The Future of Depression Treatment?" ClinicalTrials.gov: "Rapid Antidepressant Effects of Ketamine in Major Depression" Vice.com: "I Used Ketamine to Treat My Depression" Ketamine Advocacy Network: "Provider Directory" Dextromethorphan ("DXM") Erowid.org: "DXM Vault" Psilocybin Erowid.org: "Psilocybin Mushroom Vault" Vice.com: "What it Feels Like to Treat Depression with Magic Mushrooms" New York Times: "Can Mushrooms Treat Depression?" The New Yorker: "The Trip Treatment" By Michael Pollan Mixing Psilocybin and Cannabis (as Jon describes in his story) Shroomery.org forums: "Cannabis and Mushrooms" Erowid Experience Vaults: "Rendered Eternal, Mushrooms and Cannabis" Santa as Shaman When Santa Was a Shaman: Ancient Origins of Santa Claus and the Christmas Tree by Tony van Renterghem NPR.org: "Did 'Shrooms Send Santa and his Reindeer Flying?" Reality Sandwich: "Shaman Claus: The Shamanic Origins of Christmas" Plenty of Fish (POF) Free Online Dating Service
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