Moving to Value Unscripted

The MTVA team talks to Dr. James Caillouette, the visionary behind Hoag Orthopedic Institute, a joint venture orthopedic specialty hospital in Irvine, California, about the path to the establishment of a groundbreaking healthcare institution that prioritizes shared ownership and governance between hospitals and physicians. Jamie discusses the factors that drove the need for this innovative model,...

Jeff Hogan, Dr. Steven Shutzer, and Dr. John Rodis discuss Connecticut's evolving healthcare landscape -- how Connecticut serves as a national testbed for healthcare change, focusing on payment reform, care transformation, and the move toward value-based healthcare. The conversation touches on the influx of advanced primary care organizations, the role of data and transparency, the potential i...

Healthcare’s end users, better known as patients, rely on physicians to listen, care, and solve their healthcare problems. However, what might not be widely appreciated is the value physician leaders bring to large-scale successful strategies around care transformation and payment reform. In this episode from May 2023, Dr. Steve Shutzer talks to two physician leaders, one a primary care physician...

Taking agency over health plans may be new to employers who have been footing the healthcare bill for their employees for decades but previously have yet to have the know-how to do so. However, these employers have had success and share their experiences and the benefits of harnessing this control. This is the final episode, Part 4, of MTVA's Employer Series, "Taking Agency Over Your Heal...

Designing a health plan to meet the explicit requirements of your diverse employee population is challenging and traditionally has yet to keep up with their changing needs. Under the CAA, that is no longer an option. Plan sponsors now need to demonstrate an unbiased, repeatable process for procuring health services that meet the unique demands of their employees. In this episode, Part 3 of MTVA&#3...

In Part 2 of MTVA's Employer Series, "Taking Agency Over Your Health Plan," Jeff Hogan talks to Hugh O’Toole (Chief Executive Officer at Innovu, LLC) about the thought process and exercises around applying the unique, nuanced insights from your healthcare claims data to complement the distinct healthcare needs of your plan beneficiaries. This episode features: Jeffrey Hogan, MTVA Boa...

In Part 1 of MTVA's Employer Series, "Taking Agency Over Your Health Plan", Jeff Hogan talks to Cora Opsahl, a decade+ long strategic leader in utilizing health data insights to construct valuable benefit plans for employers and their employees. Cora talks in depth about the essential details around entitlement to your healthcare claims data, the critical first step in taking control...

The  Moving to Value Alliance (MTVA)  team talks with Sloan Saunders of IntelliHealth about the obesity crisis and the new class of prescription drugs, GLP-1s (Glucagon‐Like Peptide‐1 Receptor Agonists). This episode features: Steve Schutzer, MD, MTVA Founding Board Member & Co-Founder, Upswing Health Jeffrey Hogan, MTVA Founding Board Member & President, Upside Health Advisors John Rodis,...

The Moving to Value Alliance (MTVA) team talks to Chris Deacon about new legislation on price transparency, employer access to useful claims data, and what employers need to do NOW to be compliant with the requirements of the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) of 2021 by the end of 2023. Chris Deacon, VerSan Consulting, has devoted her career to speaking openly and honestly about the US Health...