BRight Minds in Healthcare Delivery

In this episode of BRight Minds in Healthcare Delivery, host Eric Tower speaks with Tom Sundlof , a former attorney in the FDA's Office of the Chief Counsel and a recent addition to Blank Rome, about the shifting regulatory landscape at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") and what it means for healthcare innovation in 2026. Tom shares insights from more than a decade at the FDA, discussi...

In this episode of  BRight Minds in Healthcare Delivery , host Eric Tower speaks with Jack Hill, Senior Vice President of Enterprise Development at Nomi Health, about how direct contracting, data transparency, and zero–out-of-pocket plan designs are reshaping healthcare delivery for employers, providers, and patients. Jack shares how Nomi is partnering with health systems, including its recent col...

Join host Eric Tower and his guest Rob Monahan, Managing Director at Triangle Healthcare Advisors, for an insightful conversation on the BRight Minds in Healthcare Delivery podcast. In this episode, Eric and Rob dive deep into the evolving landscape of healthcare delivery, focusing on the business of infusion care, mergers and acquisitions ("M&A"), and the strategies driving innovation in patient...

Join host Eric Tower for a thought-provoking episode of the BRight Minds in Healthcare Delivery podcast as he welcomes Rick Goddard, Senior Vice President, Market Alliances at Lumeris, and Alex C. Nisenbaum, a data privacy and information security attorney at Blank Rome, to explore how intelligent technologies are reshaping the future of healthcare in the United States. The conversation delves int...

In this episode of the BRight Minds in Healthcare Delivery podcast, host Eric Tower is joined by Danielle Bangs of VMG Health for a dynamic conversation on the evolving landscape of American healthcare. Together, they dive into timely topics shaping today's health system universe, including the impact of neutral site payments and the ways health systems are reorienting themselves—whether by reduci...

Curious about how habits shape successful businesses, especially in a rapidly changing healthcare landscape? In this episode of BRight Minds in Healthcare Delivery, host Eric Tower welcomes Andrew Sykes , a professor at the Kellogg School of Management and the CEO of Habits at Work. Eric and Andrew dive into the power of habits to drive positive outcomes, discuss the challenges of organizational t...

In this episode of BRight Minds in Healthcare Delivery, host Eric Tower engages in a thought-provoking conversation with guest Dr. David Schreiner , former president and CEO of Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital, which merged with OSF Healthcare in January 2025 to create OSF Saint Katharine Medical Center. Dr. Schreiner shares insights on the changes that drove the hospital's board to reconsider its t...

On this episode of BRight Minds and Healthcare Delivery , Dan Yunker , SVP of Risk and Compliance at Kodiak Solutions, joins host Eric Tower as they explore innovative strategies and trends in healthcare. Dan offers a brief overview of Kodiak Solutions, a technology-driven firm established by Crowe LLP. He outlines the range of services provided to clients, which include the automation of financia...

In this episode of Bright Minds in Healthcare Delivery , host Eric Tower interviews Michael Stamatinos, who has nearly 20 years of experience in the healthcare sector. They discuss the importance of innovation in healthcare, focusing on creating access to care, food, and housing, as well as the leadership and collaboration needed to drive innovation. Michael emphasizes the need for building relati...

In this episode of BRight Minds in Healthcare Delivery, host Eric Tower interviews Dr. Vishnukamal Golla, the medical director for value transformation at Evolent, a specialty and primary care enablement company. They discuss evolution and innovation in value-based care ("VBC"), and the headwinds impacting implementation of VBC in multi-specialty groups. Key challenges in operationalizing VBC are...

In this episode of BRight Minds in Healthcare Delivery, host Eric Tower interviews Robert Aprill, a partner at Physician Growth Partners. They discuss consolidation in the healthcare industry and how physician consolidation can create value for investors, owners, physicians, patients, and payers. Eric and Robert examine private equity ("PE") investment in physician services, including various mode...

In this episode of BRight Minds in Healthcare Delivery, host Eric Tower, a partner at Blank Rome, interviews Luis Argueso, partner and co-founder at InHealth Advisors. They discuss physician engagement and alignment with value-based care ("VBC") and explore the opportunities for successful provider group participation. Key topics include strategies for transitioning to VBC, introducing VBC to phys...

In this episode of BRight Minds in Healthcare Delivery, Blank Rome partner Alex C. Nisenbaum talks with Rajni Natesan, MD, MBA, Chief Executive Officer of Clarified Precision Medicine, about how technology is rapidly changing healthcare delivery. They discuss the use of machine learning ("ML") algorithms and artificial intelligence ("AI") to improve health outcomes, as well as the challenges impac...

In this episode of BRight Minds in Healthcare Delivery, host Eric Tower interviews Larry Elisco, a partner in Wipfli LLP's health care practice who focuses on accounting, audit, and valuation services for physician practices. They explore how the shift from fee-for-service to value-based care models impacts the valuation of physician practices, how to assess quality of earnings ("Q of E") reports...

In this episode of BRight Minds in Healthcare Delivery , Eric J. Muehlbauer joins host Eric Tower for a conversation about his storied career at the North American Spine Society ("NASS") and his new book titled "Roadmap to Innovation." The podcast covers how spine health has shifted over time, medical device innovation and what it takes to bring new medical devices to market—including securing FDA...

In this episode of BRight Minds in Healthcare Delivery , Donna Cooper joins host Eric Tower for a conversation about her career and how her prior experience has influenced her current role as an operating partner. Donna explains the role of an operating partner at a private equity firm, describes how the role of an operating partner differs from the executive team overseeing a portfolio company, a...

Join Hector Torres and Aaron Newman, healthcare investment bankers, as they discuss current market trends with host Eric Tower in the latest episode of BRight Minds in Healthcare Delivery . Hector and Aaron explore burgeoning signs of activity, the effects of private equity investment scrutiny on deal-making, delve into the state's regulatory role in healthcare transactions, and innovative growth...

In this episode of BRight Minds in Healthcare Delivery , Blank Rome partner Barak A. Bassman joins host Eric Tower to talk about how to legally and practically structure value-based care arrangements, and how to navigate those arrangements if they go south. Eric and Barak discuss the critical components to structuring a value-based care program, how to get the program accepted by payers, and what...

In this episode of BRight Minds in Healthcare Delivery , Dr. Aric Coffman, joins host Eric Tower for a conversation about the road to value-based care, aligning incentives with goals to set health systems up for success, combating physician burnout by improving engagement, payer relationships and their role in value-based care, and managing relationships up and down the continuum of care.   Aric,...

In this episode of BRight Minds in Healthcare Delivery , Dan Juberg joins host Eric Tower to discuss emerging healthcare technologies, innovation in the surgical and specialty care fields, and the driving forces behind them. Eric and Dan dive in to how to make surgery smarter and improve surgical outcomes for patients, providers, and payers using data-driven technology like artificial intelligence...

In this episode of BRight Minds in Healthcare Delivery, Josh M. Berlin, JD, joins host Eric Tower to talk about five key areas to watch in the healthcare industry today: (1) the refresh in the delivery model of care, (2) moving into Medicare Advantage, (3) disruption through the lens of the new "Big 4" in healthcare, (4) private equity dollars and how they are innovating and disrupting, and (5) em...

In the inaugural episode of BRight Minds in Healthcare Delivery, Dr. Soujanya "Chinni" Pulluru joins host Eric Tower to discuss disruptions in healthcare, the move toward value-based care, the importance of technology and data infrastructure, traction in retail health, creating better access to care, and incentivizing changed behavior in the industry.      Dr. Chinni Pulluru is a family medicine p...