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In a recent interview, Ed Yurcisin, Chief Technology Officer of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), shed light on key advancements that aim to streamline quality measurement, improve interoperability, and accelerate the shift toward value-based care (VBC).Healthcare IT Today caught up with Yurcisin at the 2024 NCQA Health Innovation Summit in Nashville, TN.Learn more about NCQA athttps://www.ncqa.org/Find more great health IT content athttps://www.healthcareittoday.com/

What data and quality related policy changes are on the horizon for healthcare? And is TEFCA really having a breakthrough moment? Healthcare IT Today sat down with Eric Musser, Vice President of Federal Affairs at the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) to find out. NCQA operates in the space between government, payers, plans, and providers. As such, they are uniquely positioned to both influence policymakers and help the healthcare industry adapt to policy changes. Healthcare IT Today jumped at the opportunity for an exclusive sit-down interview with Musser at the 2024 NCQA Health Innovation Summit that was held in Nashville, TN. You don't want to miss Musser's response when we ask him to explain his statement that “TEFCA is having a breakthrough moment”. Learn more about NCQA at https://www.ncqa.org/ Find more great health IT content at https://www.healthcareittoday.com/

In this episode, we explore the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model with our guest, Liz Pierce, MD, pediatric regional medical director for the Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network. With over 30 years of experience in pediatrics, Dr. Pierce shares her invaluable insights into how this physician-led, team-based care model can enhance patient outcomes.   The PCMH model, rooted in the principles of coordinated and comprehensive care, seeks to centralize the patient's medical journey and make health care more accessible and effective. Because implementing the model can be a challenge, Dr. Pierce discusses the pivotal role of PCMH champions within organizations and highlights state programs that offer financial aid and coaching to ease the transition.   For those eager to embark on the journey toward PCMH designation, Dr. Pierce walks us down the path of achieving and maintaining PCMH certification, a designation granted by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). We also invite listeners to use the resources from this episode to learn more. 

Tune in to this episode of Health Views featuring Margaret E. O'Kane, founder and president of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). Margaret delves into the fascinating NCQA origin story, her commitment to embedding quality in healthcare, and how NCQA is pioneering new approaches to evaluate virtual care, mental health and advance health equity.

In this special bonus episode, YBT deep dives into the world of online therapy platforms, such as Better Help (which YBT accidentally calls better ‘health' due to health on the brain, sorry!), Talkspace, and others. YBT sheds light on the dark side of the online therapy business, such as ethical issues including HIPAA violations. YBT outlines pros/cons for both patients AND practitioners, and shares many anonymous testimonials from people who have been negatively impacted by these platforms.YBT shares resources by outlining excellent platforms that are certified and accredited by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), Utilization Review Accreditation Commission (URAC) and are Hitrust-certified. In addition, YBT provides resources for inclusive and reputable online therapy finder services, to help ALL people access they help they need and deserve.  Therapy should help, not harm. YBT loudly advocates for patients and providers and sends love and support to those who have been negatively impacted.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/your-bish-therapist--6065109/support.

This is a special publication of the first season of the new Health Affairs podcast, Research and Justice For All. The first season, "Private Sector Solutions," is sponsored by CVS Health. Guest: Bryan O. Buckley, Director of Health Equity Initiatives at the National Committee for Quality AssuranceCVS Health's Sree Chaguturu and Joneigh Khaldun interview Bryan O. Buckley of the National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA) about health equity accreditation and why collaboration with communities is key to improving health equity.This season is sponsored by CVS Health.Related Links:  Private Sector Companies Must Partner With Communities To Advance Health Equity (Health Affairs Forefront)  Community Trust And Relationships: The Key For Strengthening Public Health Systems (Health Affairs Forefront)  NCQA's Health Equity Accreditation Programs (NCQA) HEDIS and Performance Measurement (NCQA) Explore the CVS Health-sponsored Health Affairs Forefront short series, “Private Sector Solutions for Health Equity.”

Listen to Research and Justice For All podcast from Health Affairs. The first season was sponsored by CVS Health.This is a special publication of the first season of the new Health Affairs podcast, Research and Justice For All. The first season, "Private Sector Solutions," is sponsored by CVS Health. The six-episode season will publish Wednesdays.Guest: Bryan O. Buckley, Director of Health Equity Initiatives at the National Committee for Quality Assurance CVS Health's Sree Chaguturu and Joneigh Khaldun interview Bryan O. Buckley of the National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA) about health equity accreditation and why collaboration with communities is key to improving health equity.This season is sponsored by CVS Health.Related Links:   Private Sector Companies Must Partner With Communities To Advance Health Equity (Health Affairs Forefront)   Community Trust And Relationships: The Key For Strengthening Public Health Systems (Health Affairs Forefront)   NCQA's Health Equity Accreditation Programs (NCQA)  HEDIS and Performance Measurement (NCQA)  Explore the CVS Health-sponsored Health Affairs Forefront short series, “Private Sector Solutions for Health Equity.”

Dr. Craig Liebenson is the first health care provider in California to receive a Certification of Recognition from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) on Achievement of Recognition for Delivery of Quality Back Pain Care. He is the founder of First Principles of Movement which is dedicated to promoting health span and preventing disability by addressing the worldwide inactivity crisis. Learn more at https://firstprinciplesofmovement.com/ Connect with Dr. Liebenson @craigliebenson

In this episode, I engage in a thought-provoking conversation with Dr. Bryan O. Buckley. Currently, Dr. Buckley is the Director of Health Equity Initiatives at the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). We discuss the importance of creativity, passion, and collaboration in public health, and how to inspire and uplift others in both professional and personal realms. Tune in to learn about Dr. Buckley's unique approach to public health, the value of questioning the status quo, and the power of being angry about unresolved problems in society.Show Notes:00:00 - Introduction02:10 - Dr. Bryan O. Buckley's Background and Journey into public health08:15 - The importance of mental health and self-care in public health professionals15:20 - How coaching and public health intertwine in Dr. Buckley's life21:40 - The need for creativity and passion in public health initiatives28:00 - Dr. Buckley's mantra: Be hungry, be curious, and be humble35:00 - Connecting with Dr. Bryan O. Buckley on social media36:30 - Outro"Public health is a team sport; you cannot do it without other people. So you got to be humble to know that you contribute to this one area, but you're gonna need to create your tribe that is also thinking about this with the same energy and bringing their energy to this work so we can actually make change happen in society." - Dr. Bryan O. BuckleyAbout the Guest:Dr. Bryan O. Buckley is a dedicated public health professional and life coach with a passion for empowering and uplifting others. He believes in the importance of questioning the status quo and advocating for creative solutions to the world's most pressing public health problems. Dr. Buckley is also an avid horror movie fan and enjoys cycling and spending time in nature. Connect with Bryan:InstagramYouTubeTikTokTwitterLinkedinConnect with me:LinkedinInstagramFacebookYouTubeTwitterWebsiteLoved this episode? Leave us a review and rating here: Apple ★ Support this podcast ★

Join Health Affairs Insider.This week, the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) updated measures in the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS). This year, the organization included measures related to health equity for data and quality measurement.NCQA Executive Vice President Eric Schneider joins Health Affairs' Rob Lott on today's episode of Health Affairs This Week to discuss the measurement changes.  Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available — and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.Related Links: HEDIS MY 2023: See What's New, What's Changed and What's Retired (NCQA) A New Effort To Address Racial and Ethnic Disparities In Care Through Quality Measurement (Health Affairs Forefront) Subscribe: RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castro | Stitcher | Deezer | Overcast

Cost & quality. Compare & risk adjust. Measurement that serves people is complex, fraught, in its infancy. Chat with Dr. Bob Phillips to make some sense of it. Blog subscribers: Listen to the podcast here. Scroll down through show notes to read the post. Subscribe to Health Hats, the Podcast, on your favorite podcast player Please support my blog and podcast. CONTRIBUTE HERE Episode Notes Prefer to read, experience impaired hearing or deafness? Find FULL TRANSCRIPT at the end of the other show notes or download the printable transcript here Contents with Time-Stamped Headings to listen where you want to listen or read where you want to read (heading. time on podcast xx:xx. page # on the transcript) Proem.. 1 Introducing Bob Phillips 01:42. 1 Tension between accessibility and continuity 05:17. 2 Comparing and burnout 07:15. 3 Measuring what's important? 08:30. 3 Care Compare.gov. Primary care referral. 10:10. 4 Comparing quality in its infancy 11:54. 4 Trust, always trust 13:44. 5 Cost, always cost 15:26. 5 Risk adjustment for payment 18:02. 6 Risk adjustment for quality 22:39. 7 Census tracts 23:45. 7 Risk adjustment controversy - one hand gives, and the other takes away 25:36. 8 Measures across time 26:47. 8 Reflection 29:56  9 Please comment and ask questions at the comment section at the bottom of the show notes on LinkedIn  via email DM on Instagram or Twitter to @healthhats Credits Music by permission from Joey van Leeuwen, Drummer, Composer, Arranger Web and Social Media Coach Kayla Nelson @lifeoflesion The views and opinions presented in this podcast and publication are solely the responsibility of the author, Danny van Leeuwen, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute®  (PCORI®), its Board of Governors or Methodology Committee. Sponsored by Abridge Inspired by and grateful to Bill Lawrence, Matthew Hudson, Matthew Pickering, Robyn Tiger, Cheryl Damburg, Adam Thompson, Jennifer Bright Links Center for Professionalism & Value in Health Care at the American Board of Family Medicine Foundation  COGME (the Council on Graduate Medical Education) Population Health on the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics Relationship Between Physician Burnout And The Quality And Cost Of Care For Medicare Beneficiaries Is Complex Care Compare Yelp for physicians Person-centered Primary Care Measure hospital price transparency Risk adjustment: what is it and how does it impact Healthcare for 2022. Census tracts The Joint Commission certifies hospitals and health care facilities, National Commission for Quality Assurance (NCQA) certifies health plans The Joint Commission certifies healthcare providers Related podcasts https://health-hats.com/pod145/ https://health-hats.com/pod163/ https://health-hats.com/pod160/ About the Show Welcome to Health Hats, learning on the journey toward best health. I am Danny van Leeuwen, a two-legged, old, cisgender, white man with privilege, living in a food oasis, who can afford many hats and knows a little about a lot of healthcare and a lot about very little. Most people wear hats one at a time, but I wear them all at once.  I'm the Rosetta Stone of Healthcare. We will listen and learn about what it takes to adjust to life's realities in the awesome circus of healthcare.  Let's make some sense of all this. To subscribe go to https://health-hats.com/ Creative Commons Licensing The material found on this website created by me is Open Source and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution. Anyone may use the material (written, audio, or video) freely at no charge.  Please cite the source as: ‘From Danny van Leeuwen, Health Hats. (including the link to my website). I welcome edits and improvements.  Please let me know. danny@health-hats.com.

This episode demystifies clinical medical care ‘best practices' — clinical guidelines & outcome measures. These are regularly created, validated & updated, by expert teams and organizations. This rigorous, evidence-based process provides the USA with a quality and up to date clinical health care system.  [261 characters].   Guest:  John L. Gore, M.D. Professor of Urology, Professor of Surgery, Health Services Researcher, University of Washington. Urologist, surgeon, clinician, researcher, educator and expert in clinical care guidelines and outcomes. Dr. Gore is the PI of a large pragmatic trial in bladder cancer, and a quality of care expert. He previously served as the American Urological Association (AUA) representative to the National Quality Forum, which endorses national health care performance measures, and has been on guidelines panels for the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) for kidney cancer, and the AUA for bladder cancer.   Resources: Avedis Donabedian — author of a classic core framework for evaluating the quality of medical care, laid out 50 years ago; the basis of our system today. This link is to a recent article about Donabedian and his work, and is helpful for understanding how and why outcome measures and clinical guidelines are needed and beneficial for quality health care. American Urological Association (AUA) Guidelines for Urology Care — find current health care guidelines for prostate conditions, bladder cancer, erectile dysfunction, etc. National Quality Forum  (NQF)— nonprofit US organization that sets standards for quality health care, and provides other services that advance quality health care. National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)— nonprofit US organization that works to improve health care quality through the administration of evidence-based standards, measures, programs, and accreditation. Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ) — lead US Federal agency charged with improving the safety and quality of healthcare for all Americans. AHRQ develops the knowledge, tools, and data needed to improve the healthcare system and help consumers, healthcare professionals, and policymakers make informed health decisions   Podcast Webstie & Social Media: Podcast Website: theoriginalguidetomenshealth.org Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/theoriginalguidetomenshealth/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/guide2menshlth LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-original-guide-to-mens-health/

My guest this week is national healthcare leader Dr. Jack Cochran. As CEO of the Permanente Federation, he was the top national leader for over 20,000 physicians who cared for more than 10 million people in their Kaiser Permanente medical practices. In this animated conversation, the inspiring and articulate Dr. Cochran describes his non-linear and unexpected path to executive leadership and international activism on behalf of excellent and accessible healthcare.In his early days as a practicing plastic surgeon, Jack encountered the healthcare system in a different way when his parents became ill. As he says, “four years of medical school, six years of surgery residency, five years of practicing surgery, did nothing to prepare me to be the son of dying parents.” This pivotal time changed him. Jack's appreciation for all caregivers, especially nurses, led to the creation of nursing programs and a nursing scholarship that has endured for 33 years. We worked together when he was selected for his first CEO role which prompts Jack to recall both his trepidation and his gratitude during this initiation into leadership. Encouragement from well-respected leaders who had “courage, values and substance” inspired Jack to take on a role which he says he was not prepared for.Quick to call himself naïve at the time, Jack began his executive role with a listening tour, speaking personally with 500 physicians, 4-5 at a time throughout the region. What Jack heard, was shaped into the 3 constants: •Preserve and enhance the physician career•Streamline the care process•Optimize the care experienceDetermined to change a failing culture, Jack thoughtfully selected his executive team. This diverse group was made up of passionate, respected clinicians who were determined to keep the patient at the center of their decisions. The “Colorado turnaround” resulted in transformation of the organization's reputation, finances, quality, service—and at the root of it all—remarkably ramped-up physician engagement. When asked how important physician leadership in the C-Suite is he pauses before he responds:“I'm trying to find a way to be thoughtfully objective and I'm having trouble. I think it's essential. Essential.”Quotable Jack:•Physicians are not more important, but we are disproportionately impactful.•Medical education and the resulting MD and DO degrees are a “pluripotent professional preparation” for leadership.•Difference has to be a differentiator.•When you are offered a leadership role: Don't lean your ladder against the wrong wall.•Complexity has made specialty care more primary and primary care more special.•Be very, very careful when people tell you what cannot be done. Be very suspect of advice that tells you exactly why things can't get done or won't get done… or are impossible.Meet Jack Cochran, MD Dr. Jack Cochran is an innovative leader who has inspired countless physicians and healthcare workers, and driven health care transformation on a national level. He is a plastic surgeon, acclaimed leader, author, consultant, and international speaker.He led the Permanente Federation which represents the national interests of the regional Permanente Medical Groups, which employ 20,000 physicians caring for more than 10 million Kaiser Permanente members. During his tenure as CEO, Kaiser Permanente was recognized as a national leader in clinical quality by the Medicare Star program and the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). Prior to his national role, Dr. Cochran served as Executive Medical Director, President, and Chairman of the Board of the Colorado Permanente Medical Group (CPMG). He led physicians through the transformation of a culture faced with financial challenges as well as declining membership, and poor physician and patient satisfaction. Philanthropy has long been a part of Dr. Cochran's life. He has volunteered his reconstructive surgery and consulting services in Third World countries, aiding underserved populations in Nicaragua, the Philippines, Ecuador, Tanzania, and Nepal. He is also a past president of the Consortium for Community Centered Comprehensive Child Care (C6), a foundation that has built hospitals in East Africa. He is a vocal advocate for nurses and oversees the Lois and John Cochran Education Award, an annual scholarship given to oncology nurses at the Lutheran Medical Center in Denver, Colorado.Dr. Cochran earned his medical degree from the University of Colorado and served residencies at Stanford University Medical Center and the University of Wisconsin Hospital. He is board certified in otolaryngology (head and neck surgery) and in plastic and reconstructive surgery.Links:Website: https://jackcochranmd.com/Books: https://jackcochranmd.com/books/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackcochranmd/Twitter: https://twitter.com/JackHCochran

In this episode, we sit down with Peggy O'Kane, Founder and President of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). The conversation explores the power of data, how healthcare has failed its workers, health equity, and more.

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) collects information on the performance of health care service delivery from health plans covering more than 191 million people using its proprietary Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set, or HEDIS. One of health care’s most widely used performance improvement tools, HEDIS consists of more than 90 measures over six domains of care. In the behavioral health realm, HEDIS assesses depression screening and follow-up, medication adherence, access, care coordination, opioid overuse, and more.1 Join NCQA speakers Junqing Liu, PhD, and Lyndsey Nguyen as they provide an update on HEDIS behavioral health measures, the expansion of telehealth inclusion in HEDIS measures, the progress of and learnings from quality improvement projects, and relevant behavioral health programs. Junqing Liu, PhD, MSW, and Lyndsey Nguyen are paid consultants of Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. Hiten Patadia, PharmD, RPh, is an employee of Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. Disclaimer: NCQA owns the content contained in this presentation and such content cannot be reproduced or transmitted without our express written consent of NCQA.

Dan Pelino is an innovator, thought leader and author.  He is a regular contributor to the discussion on healthcare, citizen-based services and Smarter Cities having appeared on CNN, Bloomberg, the BBC and other media outlets. He serves as a moderator and host to the current healthcare debate and is an adjunct professor lecturing on Leadership at Western Kentucky University. He has worked for IBM for 36 years, leading its global Healthcare and Life Sciences Business for 10 years. On behalf of IBM, Dan and Dr. Paul Grundy both accepted the 2012 National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) award for Leadership in Healthcare. Now Co-founder with Anne Altman of Everyone Matters, Inc., Dan has served on the Executive Committee for the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) and on the Board of Directors of the Healthcare Executive Network. His many honors include being an inaugural member of the IBM Industry Academy.  John Marchica, CEO, Darwin Research GroupJohn Marchica is a veteran health care strategist and CEO of Darwin Research Group, a health care market intelligence firm specializing in health care delivery systems. He’s a two-time health care entrepreneur, and his first company, FaxWatch, was listed twice on the Inc. 500 list of fastest-growing American companies. John is the author of The Accountable Organization and has advised senior management on strategy and organizational change for more than a decade. John did his undergraduate work in economics at Knox College, has an MBA and M.A. in public policy from the University of Chicago, and completed his Ph.D. coursework at The Dartmouth Institute. He is a faculty associate in the W.P. Carey School of Business and the College of Health Solutions at Arizona State University and is an active member of the American College of Healthcare Executives. About Darwin Research GroupDarwin Research Group Inc. provides advanced market intelligence and in-depth customer insights to health care executives, with a strategic focus on health care delivery systems and the global shift toward value-based care. Darwin’s client list includes forward-thinking biopharmaceutical and medical device companies, as well as health care providers, private equity, and venture capital firms. The company was founded in 2010 as Darwin Advisory Partners, LLC and is headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz. with a satellite office in Princeton, N.J.

During a major disruption to the healthcare system, gathering quality measurement data can prove challenging for payers and providers. Frank Micciche, vice president of public policy and external relations at the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), describes a system of digital quality measures that can make quality measurement data more accessible remotely in a crisis.

In this health care podcast, seven thought leaders talk about the areas of promise they see in health care in 2020. Seven thought leaders include: Kimberly Noel, MD, from Stony Brook Medicine Eric Weaver, from Innovista Health Solutions Suzanne Delbanco, from Catalyst for Payment Reform Sue Schade, from StarBridge Advisors Naomi Fried, from Health Innovation Strategies Joe Grundy, from Grundy Consulting Adrian Rubstein, from Merck Just a couple of comments up front here. I don’t want to further my reputation for dropping major spoilers, however, so I’ll keep this short. Many of the thought leaders today talk about AI in various contexts. Are you rolling your eyes right now? If so, let me remind everyone about the Gartner Hype Cycle. The first step is wild-eyed enthusiasm. The next step in the hype cycle is anger, the old trough of disillusionment. I’d suggest that as far as AI is concerned, we are coming out of that trough and AI—be it artificial intelligence or augmented intelligence or machine learning or deep learning or whatever you choose to call it—it is being used, for reals, for various applications. Other corroborations among our thought leaders include the importance of exalting primary care, in the form of what some may call direct primary care and Zeev Neuwirth calls complex-condition care or condition-specific care—a relationship model, if you will. Another idea that comes up in various ways is the idea of breaking down silos and getting everyone with a stake in patient health to the table and focused on achieving better patient outcomes using all the technology and wherewithal available to us in 2020. By all the stakeholders, I mean going beyond the usual suspects of providers and insurance carriers—meaning employers. Also meaning Pharma, in the sense of Pharma taking the opportunity to collaborate more deeply toward outcomes their medications can potentially confer … IRL with RWE. Today’s episode features the following guests: Kimberly Noel, MD, MPH, is a board-certified, preventive medicine physician. She serves as the telehealth director and deputy chief medical information officer of Stony Brook Medicine, where she provides leadership to all telehealth activities of the health system. Dr. Noel is also the chief quality officer of the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) for the family medicine department, working on quality improvement and population health management for National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) designation. She practices occupational medicine clinically and provides digital solutions for employee wellness programs. She is an appointee the New York State Department of Health Regulatory Modernization Initiative Telehealth Advisory Committee and has won many service and innovation awards for health care. In academia, her research areas are in machine learning, risk models, and remote patient monitoring. Dr. Noel has developed several educational curriculums, including a 40-hour telehealth curriculum for the School of Medicine, as well as interprofessional educational curriculums with the School of Health Technology and Management, Nursing, Dentistry, and Social Work. Dr. Noel is a graduate of Duke, George Washington, and Johns Hopkins Universities. She is a proud graduate of the Stony Brook Preventive Medicine program, whereby she is now working collaboratively with the residency program leadership on development of a telehealth preventive medicine service. Eric Weaver, DHA, MHA, is nationally recognized for his work in primary care transformation and value-based care. As a corporate vice president for Innovista Health Solutions, he oversees enterprise strategy and technology adoption for a fast-growing population health management services organization. Dr. Weaver has been recognized for his contribution to the health care industry by receiving the ACHE Robert S. Hudgens Award for Young Healthcare Executive of the Year and the Modern Healthcare “Up & Comers” Award in 2016. Prior to joining the Innovista leadership team in 2015, he was the president and CEO of Austin, Texas–based Integrated ACO—one of the more successful physician-led accountable care organizations in the country. Suzanne Delbanco, PhD, is the executive director of Catalyst for Payment Reform (CPR), an independent, nonprofit corporation working to catalyze employers, public purchasers, and others to implement strategies that produce higher-value health care and improve the functioning of the health care marketplace. In addition to her duties at CPR, Suzanne serves on the advisory board of The Source on Healthcare Price & Competition at the University of California–Hastings and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Institute. Previously, she was the founding CEO of The Leapfrog Group. Suzanne holds a PhD in public policy from the Goldman School of Public Policy and an MPH from the School of Public Health at the University of California–Berkeley. Sue Schade, MBA, is a nationally recognized health IT leader and Principal at StarBridge Advisors providing consulting, coaching, and interim management services. She recently served as the interim chief information officer (CIO) at Stony Brook Medicine in New York. She was a founding advisor at Next Wave Health Advisors and in 2016 served as the interim CIO at University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio. Sue previously served as CIO for the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers and, prior to that, as CIO for Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Her previous experience includes leadership roles at Advocate Health Care in Chicago, Ernst & Young, and a software/outsourcing vendor. Naomi Fried, PhD, is an innovative and digital health thought leader and founder and CEO of the boutique advisory firm, Health Innovation Strategies, which focuses on innovation program design and digital health strategy. Naomi was the first vice president of innovation and external partnerships at Biogen, the first chief innovation officer at Boston Children’s Hospital, and vice president of innovation and advanced technology at Kaiser Permanente. She served on the board of directors of the American Telemedicine Association and the Governor of Massachusetts’ Innovation Council. Joe Grundy has firsthand experience with nearly every aspect of primary care transformation. He has led policy and product development for the American Academy of Family Physicians, led in-the-trenches transformation of a primary care group, and served as national faculty for Medicare’s Comprehensive Primary Care Plus transformation project. He cofounded Grundy Consulting to work with stakeholders across the industry in order to accelerate the rate of effective transformation in primary care. Adrian Rubstein is a medical adviser and innovation manager at Merck KGaA, where he works to bring cutting-edge technologies to improve patients’ lives. He also helps new biotech companies in strategy development, investment, and business analysis.   02:41 Dr. Kimberly Noel and her thoughts on areas of promise. 02:53 Advocacy for inclusive innovation. 04:01 Why inclusive innovation is an area of promise in the advent of artificial intelligence (AI). 04:52 “Who is most likely to be disadvantaged?” 05:27 Eric Weaver’s thoughts on areas of promise. 05:42 Relationship-driven, team-based primary care. 07:14 What investors are focused on right now. 07:34 Where the tipping point is in value-based care. 08:03 AI as another trend that will help improve health care. 08:48 Incorporating social determinants into primary care and the transformative potential of AI. 11:07 Suzanne Delbanco of Catalyst for Payment Reform and her thoughts on areas of promise. 11:26 Employers making the health care space work better for them as an area of promise. 11:52 Employers seeking out high-value health care in nontraditional ways. 13:10 Where to look to seek high-value health care. 14:37 Employers bringing in really good data. 16:15 Sue Schade’s thoughts on areas of promise. 16:32 How leveraging electronic health records is an area of promise. 16:58 Why eliminating clinician burnout is also part of this area of promise. 17:26 Patient engagement and the patient journey as another area of promise. 18:08 “You have to approach all of these from a partnership between digital, IT, and operations.” 18:30 Enterprise resource planning (ERP) as a third area of focus/promise. 19:01 AI as an area of promise and an area of hype. 19:48 Naomi Fried’s thoughts on areas of promise in health care. 20:02 Digital health developments from the pharma perspective. 22:15 The digital health start-up world as another area of interest and promise. 22:37 The importance of data and the importance of validating those data for digital health solutions. 23:02 Personalized medicine and digital health. 24:32 More jobs in digital health within clinical-grade solutions. 25:01 Joe Grundy’s thoughts on areas of promise in health care. 25:06 The direct primary care model as an area of promise. 26:08 “Questioning the very validity of our understanding of ‘quality’ in health care.” 28:01 Adrian Rubstein’s thoughts on areas of promise in health care. 28:08 AI in emergency medicine as an area of promise. 28:53 CRISPR gene editing as an area of promise. 29:59 Virtual reality/augmented reality as another area of promise in health care. Check out our newest #healthcarepodcast where @SuzanneDelbanco of @CPR4healthcare, @adrianrubstein, @DrKimNoel, @NaomiFried, @Eric_S_Weaver, and @sgschade of @StarBridgeHIT give their thoughts on #areasofpromise in #healthcare. #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech #healthIT #AI Why #inclusiveinnovation is an #areaofpromise in the advent of #artificialintelligence? @DrKimNoel explains on our #healthcarepodcast this week. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech #AI “Who is most likely to be disadvantaged?” @DrKimNoel discusses on our #healthcarepodcast this week. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech #AI #inclusiveinnovation Why does @Eric_S_Weaver believe relationship-driven, team-based #primarycare is an upcoming #areaofpromise in #healthcare? Listen to our #healthcarepodcast to find out! #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech #AI Where’s the tipping point in #valuebasedcare? @Eric_S_Weaver discusses on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech #AI What’s the transformative potential of #AI in #healthcare? @Eric_S_Weaver discusses on our #healthcarepodcast. #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech #AI Why is #employers seeking out #highvaluehealthcare in nontraditional ways an #areaofpromise in #healthcare to @SuzanneDelbanco of @CPR4healthcare? Find out on our #healthcarepodcast. #digitalhealth #healthtech #AI Where should #employers be looking to seek out #highvaluehealthcare? @SuzanneDelbanco of @CPR4healthcare discusses on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech How can leveraging #EHRs be an #areaofpromise? @sgschade of @StarBridgeHIT discusses on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #digitalhealth #healthtech #AI How does eliminating #clinicianburnout also play into #areasofpromise in #healthcare? @sgschade of @StarBridgeHIT discusses on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthtech #digitalhealth #AI #podcast “You have to approach all of these from a partnership between digital, IT, and operations.” @sgschade of @StarBridgeHIT discusses on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #healthtech #digitalhealth #AI Where do #areasofpromise in #healthcare play into #digitalhealth developments from the #pharma perspective? @NaomiFried explains on our #healthcarepodcast. #podcast #healthtech #AI Why is the #digitalhealth start-up world an #areaofpromise in #healthcare? @NaomiFried explains on our #healthcarepodcast. #podcast #healthtech #AI “Questioning the very validity of our understanding of ‘quality’ in health care.” Joe Grundy discusses on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech #AI Why is #AI in #emergencymedicine an #areaofpromise in #healthcare to @adrianrubstein? Find out on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech #GeneEditing and #VR/#AR as #areasofpromise in #healthcare. @adrianrubstein discusses on our #healthcarepodcast. #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech #AI

It’s the question on everyone’s mind — at least those in health care — what’s wrong with our health care system and how do we fix it? This week, John sits down with Dr. Robert Pearl, host of the popular health care podcast, Fixing Healthcare, for a fascinating discussion. Dr. Pearl was formerly CEO of Permanente Medical Group, one of the largest physician practices in the U.S. and which consistently ranks in the top 10 programs for clinical quality by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).

Join Pharmacy Quality Solutions Director, Quality Programs, Jesse McCullough, PharmD and Nick Dorich, PharmD, Director, Pharmacy Relations for episode two of a podcast series Quality Corner that explains "How are Quality Measures Developed and Maintained?" In this episode PQS discusses an overview of the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) and the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), and where quality measures are utilized. There is also talk about the opportunity for pharmacy in using quality measures.

There are four pillars that contribute to readmissions: ensuring patients are equipped to self-manage and properly take their medications; follow-up (usually by PCPs); managing transitions of care and care coordination, which might be known as interoperability; plus avoiding medical errors. Dr. Kim Noel and I discuss each of these pillars and how telehealth and other digital tools can close gaps and help patients do what they need to do to stay out of the hospital. Dr. Noel is a clinical researcher, physician, and telehealth specialist. She is an appointee to the New York State Department of Health Regulatory Modernization Initiative Telehealth Advisory Committee and serves as the director of Stony Brook Medicine Telehealth and the deputy chief medical information officer there as well. Dr. Noel will be speaking at the Digital Medicine Conference sponsored by NODE.Health in New York City coming up in early December, so if you are intrigued by what you hear here, then definitely consider coming. By the way, NODE stands for Network of Digital Evidence; and I will also be at the Digital Medicine Conference in early December. So if you will be attending, too, please definitely let me know! Register here for the NODE.Health Digital Medicine Conference and get 20% off with our promo code: RELENTLESS20 You can learn more by connecting with Dr. Noel on Twitter at @DrKimNoel, or join her at the NODE.Health Digital Medicine Conference on December 9, 2019.  Kimberly Noel, MD, MPH, is a board-certified, preventive medicine physician. She serves as the telehealth director and deputy chief medical information officer of Stony Brook Medicine, where she provides leadership to all telehealth activities of the health system. Dr. Noel is also the chief quality officer of the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) for the family medicine department, working on quality improvement and population health management for National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) designation. She practices occupational medicine clinically and provides digital solutions for employee wellness programs. She is an appointee the New York State Department of Health Regulatory Modernization Initiative Telehealth Advisory Committee and has won many service and innovation awards for health care. In academia, her research areas are in machine learning, risk models, and remote patient monitoring. Dr. Noel has developed several educational curriculums, including a 40-hour telehealth curriculum for the School of Medicine, as well as interprofessional educational curriculums with the School of Health Technology and Management, Nursing, Dentistry, and Social Work. Dr. Noel is a graduate of Duke, George Washington, and Johns Hopkins Universities. She is a proud graduate of the Stony Brook Preventive Medicine program, whereby she is now working collaboratively with the residency program leadership on development of a telehealth preventive medicine service. 02:14 Medical errors and other health barriers that lead to readmissions. 04:24 How to better understand the problem and start synergizing health care. 05:35 “These patients are also ready to adopt technologies.” 05:58 Looking at the digital solutions themselves. 06:16 “It’s really a call for collaboration for several stakeholders.” 06:38 “Some of the problems that we have in health care are not unique to health care.” 08:54 “These shouldn’t be secrets that we only give to certain patients when they’re hospitalized.” 11:19 Overcoming myths in health care. 12:02 “Age alone doesn’t define.” 13:46 Helping patients navigate their disease and optimizing the technology for their treatment needs. 16:38 Looking at risk stratification as essential and central. 20:10 Optimizing patient self-management. 21:46 What other organizations can learn from what Dr. Noel has done. 23:20 The need for participation from the medical community. 23:38 “How do we best engage and optimize that self-efficacy?” 26:37 Dr. Noel’s advice to vendors with digital solutions. 28:11 Understanding who makes the decision. 30:03 You can see Dr. Noel speak at the NODE.Health conference in December. Register here for the NODE.Health Digital Medicine Conference and get 20% off with our promo code: RELENTLESS20 You can learn more by connecting with Dr. Noel on Twitter at @DrKimNoel, or join her at the NODE.Health Digital Medicine Conference on December 9, 2019.  Check out our newest #healthcarepodcast with @DrKimNoel as she discusses #readmissions, #patientoutcomes, #telehealth, and #digitalhealthtools, just in time for the @DigMedEvidence #DMC19 conference! #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech #Medicalerrors and other #healthbarriers that lead to readmissions. @DrKimNoel discusses. #healthcarepodcast #readmissions #patientoutcomes #telehealth #digitalhealthtools #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech @DigMedEvidence #DMC19 How can we better understand the problem and start synergizing health care? @DrKimNoel discusses. #healthcarepodcast #readmissions #patientoutcomes #telehealth #digitalhealthtools #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech @DigMedEvidence #DMC19 “These patients are also ready to adopt technologies.” @DrKimNoel discusses. #healthcarepodcast #readmissions #patientoutcomes #telehealth #digitalhealthtools #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech @DigMedEvidence #DMC19 Looking at the #digitalsolutions. @DrKimNoel discusses. #healthcarepodcast #readmissions #patientoutcomes #telehealth #digitalhealthtools #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech @DigMedEvidence #DMC19 “It’s really a call for collaboration for several stakeholders.” @DrKimNoel discusses. #healthcarepodcast #readmissions #patientoutcomes #telehealth #digitalhealthtools #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech @DigMedEvidence #DMC19 “Some of the problems that we have in health care are not unique to health care.” @DrKimNoel discusses. #healthcarepodcast #readmissions #patientoutcomes #telehealth #digitalhealthtools #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech @DigMedEvidence #DMC19 “These shouldn’t be secrets that we only give to certain patients when they’re hospitalized.” @DrKimNoel discusses. #healthcarepodcast #readmissions #patientoutcomes #telehealth #digitalhealthtools #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech @DigMedEvidence #DMC19 Overcoming #healthcaremyths. @DrKimNoel discusses. #healthcarepodcast #readmissions #patientoutcomes #telehealth #digitalhealthtools #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech @DigMedEvidence #DMC19 “Age alone doesn’t define.” @DrKimNoel discusses. #healthcarepodcast #readmissions #patientoutcomes #telehealth #digitalhealthtools #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech @DigMedEvidence #DMC19 How can we best help #patients navigate their disease? @DrKimNoel discusses. #healthcarepodcast #readmissions #patientoutcomes #telehealth #digitalhealthtools #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech @DigMedEvidence #DMC19 How can we optimize #healthtech for #patient treatment? @DrKimNoel discusses. #healthcarepodcast #readmissions #patientoutcomes #telehealth #digitalhealthtools #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth @DigMedEvidence #DMC19 Optimizing #patient #selfmanagement for better #healthoutcomes. @DrKimNoel discusses. #healthcarepodcast #readmissions #patientoutcomes #telehealth #digitalhealthtools #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech @DigMedEvidence #DMC19 “How do we best engage and optimize that self-efficacy?” @DrKimNoel discusses. #healthcarepodcast #readmissions #patientoutcomes #telehealth #digitalhealthtools #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech @DigMedEvidence #DMC19 What should vendors with #digitalsolutions be doing right now? @DrKimNoel discusses. #healthcarepodcast #readmissions #patientoutcomes #telehealth #digitalhealthtools #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech @DigMedEvidence #DMC19 Make sure to catch our host, Stacey, and this week’s podcast guest, @DrKimNoel, at this year’s @DigMedEvidence #DMC19 conference next month! #healthcarepodcast #readmissions #patientoutcomes #telehealth #digitalhealthtools #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech Make sure to catch our host, Stacey, at this year’s @DigMedEvidence #DMC19 conference next month! Use our promo code, RELENTLESS20, for 20% off your registration! #healthcare #digitalhealth #healthtech

Our focus in this episode is on healthcare quality & safety.  Quality - its measurement, reporting and accountability - is one of the most significant, impactful and lasting healthcare movements, literally spanning the past four decades.  It is a core element of the ubiquitously adopted “Triple Aim”. And yet, it continues to be one of the most challenging problems plaguing healthcare delivery in our country.Our guest this week is one of the pioneering leaders of the healthcare quality movement.  Peggy O’Kane is the Founder and CEO of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).  She founded the NCQA 29 years ago, at a time when the idea of measuring and reporting standardized quality & safety metrics was largely not accepted by the medical establishment. Through her visionary leadership and her dogged persistence to make healthcare safer and of higher quality, the NCQA has grown to be the largest healthcare quality accreditation organization in the country.  The NCQA currently impacts 190 million Americans through its quality measurement and accredits hundreds of organizations. Peggy O’Kane has been named by Modern Healthcare as one of the “100 Most Influential People in Healthcare” 12 times, and one of the “Top 25 Women in Healthcare” 3 times.In this interview, we’ll discuss:The core work of the NCQA -  identifying quality metrics and creating accountability around those metrics - and the challenges faced in its effort to do so.Why Peggy believes quality metrics are currently a tremendous burden for providers of care, and how we can change healthcare delivery to make quality reporting more sustainable for providers as well as for healthcare systems.Which specific mega-trends Peggy thinks are going to fundamentally transform healthcare delivery and how the NCQA is thinking about quality in the context of these seismic changes.Some of Peggy’s early thoughts regarding the new CMS ‘Primary Care First’ payment models which are set to launch in early 2020.  Listening to Peggy O’Kane is one of those extraordinary opportunities to hear from a visionary healthcare pioneer and entrepreneur.  I tried to imagine how 30 years ago, a young female respiratory therapist decides to redirect the entire medical establishment in order to create standardization, transparency and accountability around quality metrics in healthcare. Peggy was clearly part of a larger "movement"; but still, I cannot fathom the enormity of that personal and professional undertaking, and the courage it took.I also find it of immediate interest that, as Peggy points out, it was the employers and third party stakeholders who initially supported and promoted the launch of the NCQA quality improvement mission. I wondered, during the interview if, indeed, history is repeating itself. There is, I believe, a lesson to be learned from this history.  We are in a moment of profound and unprecedented transition in healthcare today and, once again, employers and third party payers are catalyzing transformative change - this time around value-based care. So, it does make me wonder. Do we have the luxury of time (decades) as we had in adopting the triple aim quality mission?  Or, is this new era of market-driven, consumer-oriented, value-based care going to demand a much more rapid response, with more negative consequences for those who delay? I’m curious as to how Peggy O’Kane would answer that question, and I’m also very interested in hearing your thoughts.Until next time, be well.Zeev Neuwirth, MD 

Excessive alcohol use is a leading cause of preventable death, but when it comes to screening for alcohol use and providing the right follow-up care, there is large gap in care. The National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA) researched this issue and found a shortage of screening for misuse of alcohol. But when screenings do […]

The Emory Transplant Center has been recognized as the first transplant center in the nation to receive the Patient-Centered Specialty Practice (PCSP) Recognition from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). For this episode of Inside Health Care, Matt Brock, National Committee for Quality Assurance’s (NCQA) Communications Director spoke with Chris Diasio and Dr. James […]

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) is proposing several new measures and measure changes for next year’s HEDIS® season. We examine how this would impact health plans with Jenna Fitcher, product director for Cotiviti's Quality and Performance Solutions, as well as product manager Jamison Gillitzer.

How do we develop quality measures that help improve care outcomes without creating more work for physicians? Dr. Michael Barr of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) discusses the drive to create measures that are timely and relevant.

Quality... What does that mean in healthcare? How can it be measured? Is it the same for everyone? Who gets to decide? These are just a few of the incredibly difficult questions that the healthcare industry is grappling with as we enter the age of value-based care. The decisions we make about quality in the coming years will have significant and lasting impact on the future of our industry. This is a conversation that's very much worth having. On this episode, we bring you another conference preview. Our intention is to help you find unique learning and networking opportunities that complement the normal programming on The #HCBiz Show! With our Quality Measure series just around the corner, this one is a particularly good match. The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) is bringing Quality Talks to Washington D.C. on October 16th, 2017. This 1-day event is designed to address some of the most difficult questions around healthcare quality.  NCQA will bring us 10 speakers across the following tracks: The Future's Not What You Think: In this contrarian track, the speakers will caution us that the headlines may not be the trend lines. Evidence, Ethics and Values: This track takes on the difficult task of defining, measuring and valuing care. Beside and Beyond Big Data: This track dives in to cognitive computing, open data and innovation. Our guest is Andy Reynolds, Assistant VP of Marketing and Communications at NCQA. Andy tells us about the tracks and speakers and explains what NCQA is trying to accomplish with the event. It's an interesting conversation that covers a range of topics including innovation, hype, end-of-life care, vulnerable populations and much more. I hope you enjoy it. And if you do attend, please track me down and say hi! Learn more about the conference and register here: http://www.qualitytalks.org/ ~ Don Lee Check it out on: http://bit.ly/HCBiz-iTunes  http://bit.ly/HCBiz-GooglePlay  http://bit.ly/HCBiz-Stitcher  About Andy Reynolds and NCQA Andy Reynolds, Assistant VP of Marketing and Communications at NCQA. NCQA is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving health care quality. NCQA accredits and certifies a wide range of health care organizations. It also recognizes clinicians and practices in key areas of performance. NCQA's Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS®) is the most widely used performance measurement tool in health care. NCQA's Web site (ncqa.org) contains information to help consumers, employers and others make more informed health care choices. twitter: @NCQA 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

Today's guest is Dr. Craig Liebenson! We don't want to do the injustice of not introducing him properly, so here's a complete bio from his website!  Dr. Liebenson is the Director of L.A. Sports & Spine a pain management, rehabilitation & performance enhancement center providing one on one musculoskeletal care. He is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Chiropractic, Division of Health Sciences at Murdoch University, Perth Australia and consultant for the  the Anglo-European Chiropratic College M.Sc. programs in Chiropractic Rehabilitation. The first ever chiropractic member of the McKenzie Institute (U.S.) Board of Directors he serves on the editorial boards of numerous journals including the Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation; the PM&R  Journal of Injury, Function and Rehabilitation; the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapy; and Journal of Manual Therapy. Dr. Liebenson is the first health care provider in California to receive a Certification of Recognition from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) on Achievement of Recognition for Delivery of Quality Back Pain Care. He is actively engaged in ongoing research on the spinal stabilization system as a Visiting Scholar at Pr. Stuart McGill’s Spine Biomechanics Laboratory at the University of Waterloo. He began studying with both Dr. Karel Lewit and Pr Vladimir Janda beginning in 1987 and began hosting Pavel Kolar’s programs in the late 1990’s. Dr. Liebenson publishes extensively and is the editor of  the book/DVD Rehabilitation of the Spine: A Practioner’s Manual (2nd ed), 2007, DVD series Yoga & Ergonomics; Core Stability Training; & Functional-Performance Training and the The Functional Training Handbook (2014). He has had books published into Spanish, Greek, Korean, Chinese, and Japanese. He worked as team chiropractor for the N.B.A. Los Angeles Clippers from 2005-2009, consulted with the M.L.B. Arizona Diamondbacks, N.F.L. Seattle Seahawks, and Boston Sports Medicine and Performance Group. He serves on the Advisory Council for Equinox worldwide luxury fitness gyms.

"Function is that which is purposeful for the individual." "Most people are held hostage by mythology." "Many people have misconceptions about what pain is." "I find it ludicrous that pain science people speak like they live in a bubble." "I'm a skeptic with myself." About Dr. Liebenson from www.craigliebenson.com Dr. Liebenson is the Director of L.A. Sports & Spine a pain management, rehabilitation & performance enhancement center providing one on one musculoskeletal care. He is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Chiropractic, Division of Health Sciences at Murdoch University, Perth Australia and consultant for the  the Anglo-European Chiropratic College M.Sc. programs in Chiropractic Rehabilitation. The first ever chiropractic member of the McKenzie Institute (U.S.) Board of Directors he serves on the editorial boards of numerous journals including the Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation; the PM&R  Journal of Injury, Function and Rehabilitation; the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapy; and Journal of Manual Therapy. Dr. Liebenson is the first health care provider in California to receive a Certification of Recognition from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) on Achievement of Recognition for Delivery of Quality Back Pain Care. He is actively engaged in ongoing research on the spinal stabilization system as a Visiting Scholar at Pr. Stuart McGill’s Spine Biomechanics Laboratory at the University of Waterloo. He began studying with both Dr. Karel Lewit and Pr Vladimir Janda beginning in 1987 and began hosting Pavel Kolar’s programs in the late 1990’s. Dr. Liebenson publishes extensively and is the editor of  the book/DVD Rehabilitation of the Spine: A Practioner’s Manual (2nd ed), 2007, DVD series Yoga & Ergonomics; Core Stability Training; & Functional-Performance Training and the The Functional Training Handbook (2014). He has had books published into Spanish, Greek, Korean, Chinese, and Japanese. He worked as team chiropractor for the N.B.A. Los Angeles Clippers from 2005-2009, consulted with the M.L.B. Arizona Diamondbacks, N.F.L. Seattle Seahawks, and Boston Sports Medicine and Performance Group. He serves on the Advisory Council for Equinox worldwide luxury fitness gyms. Fb: https://www.facebook.com/craig.liebenson Twitter: https://twitter.com/CraigLiebenson Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cliebenson/?hl=en  

"It's so valuable to have a sustainable relationship with your body. Movement is medicine. People don't need doctors, chiropractors, or physical therapists. What they need is to become more active and that's when the personal trainer is the conductor of the locomotive system." - Dr. Craig Liebenson on how we can recover with the power of  functional movement   Join The Open Sky Fitness Podcast Group! That's right! We have a closed Open Sky Fitness Podcast group  on Facebook where you and everyone have the opportunity to talk about your health and fitness goals in a safe environment. We post workouts and start discussions about how to be strategic around finding a healthier you. Check it out!   The Power of Functional Movement with Dr. Craig Liebenson On this week's episode, chiropractor, Director of L.A. Sports & Spine, professor, and author, Dr. Craig Liebenson joined us to discuss how we can stabilize and strengthen our bodies. But before Rob got into the interview with Dr. Liebenson, Devon and him wanted to talk about an awesome app that one of our OSF Facebook group members mentioned called Meetup.   Meetup App: Get Motivated to Stay Healthy   If you're struggling to stay fit and healthy, one great method to try is using the Meetup App. Look up people who are interested in doing similar activities as you such as hiking, biking, yoga, CrossFit etc so you can all workout together. When you find a group of people who have similar interests as you, it can really boost your motivation.  Another great thing about the Meetup app is that it's not just for meeting up to do sports or physical activity. You can also use it to talk to people about topics in your field, about family, or education, etc. It's a great way to make connections and network with people in your area.   Benefits of Functional Movement Exercises By now you've probably noticed that a lot of exercises that are explained in health magazines or online videos only focus on isolated movements of one problem area. However, what we should be focusing on to help us avoid injuries and physical limitations are functional movement exercises. Why are functional movement exercises so important for our health? It's important because all of the different parts of the body are connected. Therefore, you may have to focus on healing one part of the body to be rid of the pain in a totally different area. Functional movement is about keeping our muscles strong as we go through life. It's about being able to bend, squat, and kneel without any pain as well as prevent falls, be spry, and move well when we're older   Investigate and Heal the Root of Your Pain   "Functional training is not a general thing. It's a very specific thing and is meaningful to the individual. There are different things that a tennis player needs to focus on compared to a runner." - Dr. Craig Liebenson   Just as our bodies are unique, so are our pains and injuries. To discover the root of your pain or ache, you have to look for hidden skeletons. The better you know your body, the more dependent you will be on yourself to find, treat, and heal any pain or soreness. If you seek out a chiropractor, physical therapist, and/or personal trainer, they should all be working together and cheer you on during the entire process. Don't be discouraged if you get to the point when you no longer believe that there is hope to healing your pain. We can turn our bodies around at any age. To begin feeling more active, just focus on simple movements and getting up during the day.   Recover with Functional Movement   "Everybody is an athlete in my mind. If you have a body, you're an athlete. I want everyone to develop a sustainable relationship with their body." - Dr. Craig Liebenson   To begin to heal his patients with functional movement, Dr. Craig Liebenson starts from the very beginning by looking at their chronological pasts. By learning what people have done in the past or their genetic history, he can understand what their body is capable of and what needs to be improved to boost their functional capacity. With that knowledge, Dr. Liebenson teaches his patients how they should be moving and how to improve their mobility by simply modifying their movements when performing physical activities.   Healing & Strengthening Your Body at Home   To get started with healing your body through functional movement, you don't even have to leave your home. Just spend some time with yourself  to think about where the root of your pain may be located in your body. After reviewing your history including pains, injuries, and stresses, focus on where your current pain is located. What have you done before to treat that area and what are your triggers? Triggers can be anything that irritates the body such as a movement or stretch. By just modifying your body's movements, you can naturally stabilize and strengthen tissues without any weight lifting.    Examples of Functional Movement Exercises   "Functional training is first about stability and then strength" - Dr. Craig Liebenson   When it comes to healing the body, don't do specific isolated movements or spot training. Instead, you want to retrain the body with functional movemnet patterns.  Examples of functional movements for the knee when you need to stabilize and strengthen it include: Lateral squats Single dead lifts Basic exercises that can help begin the process of including more functional movement in your workouts include: Hip thrusts Glute bridges   Don't Just Sit There, Get Up and Move To have an active body, we need to be continuously focusing on functional movement. The simplest way for us to get started is to stop staying in a sedentary position for so long and just walk around. This is very important if you have a desk job and let's face it, these days we're all glued to our computers at work. Try to find a way by adding movement to your day by either getting a Fitbit to motivate you, buy a standing desk, or take microbreaks during the day just to get up and walk around for awhile. It doesn't have to be difficult to be active during the day.    The Power of Functional Movement Each Day When we stay inactive during the day, it can lead to other health problems that can be even more difficult to reverse such as obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, dementia, Alzheimer's, heart disease, cancer, and more.   About Dr. Craig Liebenson Dr. Craig Liebenson is the Director of L.A. Sports & Spine which is a pain management, rehabilitation & performance enhancement center providing one on one musculoskeletal care. Dr. Craig Liebenson's Career He is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Chiropractic, Division of Health Sciences at Murdoch University, Perth Australia and consultant for the  the Anglo-European Chiropratic College M.Sc. programs in Chiropractic Rehabilitation. The first ever chiropractic member of the McKenzie Institute (U.S.) Board of Directors he serves on the editorial boards of numerous journals including the Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation; the PM&R  Journal of Injury, Function and Rehabilitation; the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapy; and Journal of Manual Therapy. Dr. Liebenson is the first health care provider in California to receive a Certification of Recognition from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) on Achievement of Recognition for Delivery of Quality Back Pain Care. He is actively engaged in ongoing research on the spinal stabilization system as a Visiting Scholar at Pr. Stuart McGill’s Spine Biomechanics Laboratory at the University of Waterloo. He began studying with both Dr. Karel Lewit and Pr Vladimir Janda beginning in 1987 and began hosting Pavel Kolar’s programs in the late 1990’s. Published works by Dr. Craig Liebenson Dr. Liebenson publishes extensively and is the editor of  the book/DVD Rehabilitation of the Spine: A Practioner’s Manual (2nd ed), 2007, DVD series Yoga & Ergonomics; Core Stability Training; & Functional-Performance Training and the The Functional Training Handbook (2014). He has had books published into Spanish, Greek, Korean, Chinese, and Japanese. He worked as team chiropractor for the N.B.A. Los Angeles Clippers from 2005-2009, consulted with the M.L.B. Arizona Diamondbacks, N.F.L. Seattle Seahawks, and Boston Sports Medicine and Performance Group. He serves on the Advisory Council for Equinox worldwide luxury fitness gyms.   Start Building Your Own Workouts and Meal Plan! Download Results Tracker here! Click To Download Home Workout Templates or text the word, "lifting," to 33444 to download the templates.  Download the OSF Food Journal Now!   Have a Question or Review for Rob or Devon? We love answering questions and getting feedback from you, our listener! If you have any questions to ask us, want to share a review of the show, or tell us any suggestions for guests/topics that you think would be great to have on the show, just email Rob at rob@openskyfitness.com or Devon at devon@openskyfitness.com or you can also leave us a review at www.openskyfitness.com/review and even text OSFreview to 33444 to get the link.   What You'll Hear on This Episode 00:00 Open Sky Fitness Introduction 1:15  Opening comments with Rob and Devon 3:20  Meet Up app: Struggles with Staying Motivated 9:15  Introduction to Craig 10:30  The beginning of Craig's interest with functional movement 13:00  Changes in the chiropractic world 15:45  How Craig helps his patients 19:30  Who are your clients? Are they mostly athletes or average people? We have an inactivity crisis- obesity, type 2 diabetes, 23:30  Craig's definition of functional training 26:20  How do you help patients from your first meeting 31:00  How can we treat pain on our own? 33:30  How inactivity can harm our bodies 34:30 Functional Movement 101 38:10  How can someone create more mobility in their shoulder via the back? 40:00 Easy exercises to stretch and relieve your body 44:00  How we evolved to stand and sit up-right 47:00  The medial collapse of the knee for women explained 50:00  What do women need to be doing for functional training? 51:45  The benefits of functional training 54:40  Craig's struggles with mobility: what he works on or wants to work on. 59:00  Connect with Craig 1:02:35  Closing comments with Rob and Devon 1:05:00  Open Sky Fitness Closing   RESOURCES MENTIONED DURING THE SHOW: The Open Sky Fitness Podcast Group on Facebook Dr. Craig Liebenson's official website Read Rehabilitation of the Spine: A Practitioner's Manual by Dr. Craig Liebenson Check out the Functional Training Handbook by Dr. Craig Liebenson Watch Dr. Liebenson's DVDs and read more of his books here Attend an upcoming seminar or course with Dr. Liebenson Read Movement-Functional Movement Systems: Screening, Assessment, Corrective Strategies by Gray Cook LA Sports and Spine official website Like the LA Sports and Spine Facebook page Learn more about using the Meetup App Listen to the OSF podcast episode no. 87 with Dr. Kelly Starrett: How to Prevent Injuries and Improve Performance Learn more about Pavel Tsatsoulineand and Kettlebell Training Listen to the OSF podcast episode no. 107 with Karen Smith: How to Become a Top Kettlebell Instructor Learn about the life and research done by Dr. Vladimir Janda, the Father of Rehabilitation Medicine Read The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease by Daniel Lieberman   To Download Rob’s FREE workout templates click below** Download Templates Ask Rob a Question or tell him what is working for you: Email Rob@OpenSkyFitness.com To leave a Review for Rob and the Open Sky Fitness Podcast CLICK NOW!  Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! 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