Business of Healthcare

David B. Nash, MD, MBA is founding dean of the Jefferson College of Population Health, one of the first programs granting Master and Doctoral degrees in population health topics. Interview explores the value of population health graduate programs and advancing population health or, as Nash says, "Shut off the faucet, instead of mopping up the floor."

Cardiologist and Tryon Medical Partners CEO Dale Owen, MD led 88 physicians in separating their practice from a large health system.  He joins Business of Healthcare host Matthew E. Hanis to discuss why he and his partners sought to return to independent practice, his vision for taking on population health risk and the tactical challenges standing up a 75,000-patient practice in weeks.

Learn the most important traits being nurtured in future healthcare leaders by organizations leading the transformation of healthcare.  "Anyone going into healthcare leadership should know that we should be putting ourselves out of business," shares Kevin Mahoney of Penn Medicine.  "As we work with clients on mitigating risk, on how GE Healthcare can share in that risk, our leadership approach hel...

Gary Filerman, Ph. D., influential researcher and long-time advocate for formalized healthcare management education, argues the US middle class will ultimately vote for universal healthcare coverage as a means to lower out-of-pocket costs and waste. This would lead to massive disruption in the current healthcare sector and an enormous set of moral and ethical decisions for emerging healthcare lead...

Dr. Lloyd Sederer, a Professor, Columbia Public Health School, medical journalist, book/film/TV reviewer and the Chief Medical Officer for the $4 billion New York State Office of Mental Health advocates for his approach to the addiction and mental health crisis in our country. Sederer's public health approach is described in his recently published book, The Addiction Solution: Treating Our Depende...

The diagnostic laboratory industry is undergoing major change and innovation.  Lab business expert Andy Olen (Siemens Healthineers) joins Business of Healthcare host Matthew Hanis to discuss current trends and the emerging 'fee-for-value' lab business model.  He also discusses his new book, The Trilogy of Yes, in which he observes that great sales people apply 'Communication, Connection, and Coope...

 Guests Joe Wilkins (Atlantic Health) and Joe Gasque (GE Healthcare) share the leadership characteristics and innovations supporting the Healthy Communities movement, an effort to target persistent barriers to people living the healthiest life possible wherever they live.  Both organizations have proven commitment to this effort through formal innovation programs and through the traits they seek a...

Shelly Buck (WellSpan Health) and Joe Gasque (GE Healthcare) discuss ways they nurture inclusiveness in emerging leaders.  As healthcare continues to rapidly evolve, inclusiveness is critical for emerging leaders.  Inclusive leadership seeks not so much to guard against discrimination as it does to harness differences in age, culture, origin, and experience as competitive advantage.  This intervie...

Captive insurance is an alternative to commercial insurance for professional liability, property, workers comp, etc.  In addition to self-insuring risks, Captives also invest to reduce losses. Providers now use captives for other risks such as employee health plans and managed care risk.  Guests explore why Cyber risk may be suited for captives. Rebecca Cady, Esp., BSN Vice President and Chief Ris...

"I never set out to work in addictions, but I lost my best friend to a heroin overdose," shares Omar Manejwala, MD in his BOH interview. That tragedy ultimately led Manejwala to his current role as Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Catasys, Inc. which he describes as "solving the hidden problem of untreated behavioral health conditions." Manejwala describes his journey and the Cat...

As health systems take on more 'fee-for-value' arrangements, their strategic suppliers may share the risk.  Joe Gasque, a senior leader from GE Healthcare North America, shares GE's shared risk arrangements in their journey to be a "leading provider of outcomes" and impact on hiring and training field team members.  Brad Ansley, Founder and Director of SPI Health, returns to talk about preparing s...

Scott Green (Netsmart) and Tom Petrizzo (Tri-County Mental Health Services) to learn about emerging outcomes, and innovation, from Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHC) pilots.

Digital is disrupting pharmaceutical companies at their very core: product development and commercial operations.  We explore this with two leaders deep in the thick of transforming this key healthcare segment . . . 10% of the overall healthcare spend in the US . . . as digital innovation destroys and recreates the industry.

Digital is changing almost every aspect of healthcare including pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution.  Join Daniel J. Gandor, Director of Digital Innovation for Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. and Brad Ansley, Director of SPI Health as they look at the ways digital is changing pharma and the impact on commercial functions.

"No outcome, no income," says Dr. David Nash, founding dean of the nation's first graduate school of population health. He joins Brad Ansley of SPI Health to explore the emergence of population health and the implications for healthcare suppliers.  They cover the buyer's perspective on changing health system needs, shared-risk contracting and new selling dynamics.

Empathy for the patient, helping providers improve efficiency, adjusting to new buying paradigms . . . the work and competencies of a sales representative is undergoing just as radical change as other stakeholders.  But do we even need salespeople in healthcare?  Is the portion of healthcare dollars spent on sales wasteful or productive? What drives a sales person and how can healthcare leaders en...

TouchCare, an employee/patient advocacy service and Namely, an HR automation and insurance brokerage firm, are in the business of helping employers maximize employee happiness. What is employee happiness, how is it measured, and what value does it create? 

Patrick J. Kennedy, former U.S. Representative (D - RI) and Founder of the Kennedy Forum, describes treating his own addiction as "an acute episodic situation".  Son of Senator Edward "Ted" Kennedy and nephew of John F. Kennedy, he led sponsorship of the Mental Health Parity & Addiction Equity Act of 2008.  He now focuses his attention advocating for brain disease and uniting the mental health com...

Chuck Stokes was a key voice in ACHE prioritizing patient safety. Medical error has now risen to be the third leading cause of death in the United States: the equivalent of a fully loaded 737 airplane crashing every 7 hours.   While the business case for patient safety is compelling in a fee-for-service world, the journey to fee-for-value will better align incentives. Stokes believes the journey t...

David A. Olson, FACHE was named Chairman of the American College of Healthcare Executives during its recent Congress in Chicago.  The organization acts as an affinity group and credentialing body for its more than 40,000 members. With its members leading one third of the $3.6 trillion US healthcare industry, ACHE has a profound impact on how healthcare delivery changes in our country.  Olson speak...

Becky Havlisch (Banner Health) and Bob Chaput (Clearwater) lead their respective organization's search for better cyber risk management.  Havlisch has an unusual title: vice president of business health.  That title reflects her organization's innovative approach to cyber risk.  Chaput describes why the 2009 HITECH Act led to the explosion of healthcare-related cyberattacks.  He describes a vision...