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On Part 2 of their conversation with Matthew Zachary, founder of Stupid Cancer and host of Out of Patients, they move from personal narrative to civic strategy. Zachary reflects on the upcoming launch of his book We The Patients, a manifesto and call to organize Americans affected by serious illness into a unified, nonviolent, bipartisan voter bloc focused on patient rights and consumer protection...

What Does Your AI Know? The Governance Framework for AI-Powered Pipeline Growth On this episode host Adam Turinas continues his series on using AI to grow your pipeline. In this episode, He is taking a deep dive into a topic that many marketers mistakenly treat as a boring compliance chore: governance and learning. In the high-stakes world of healthcare technology, where trust is our primary curre...

On this episode Justin records live at ViVE 2026 in LA. Stay tuned for the next few weeks to hear all his guests. This week, Chris Paravate, MBA, PMP, CHCIO, CDH, CPHIMS, SVP, Chief Information Officer, Northeast GA Health System and Michael Silverstein, Managing Partner of Healthcare IT & Life Sciences, DRI. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www. HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart D...

S4E1: What's Trending NOW is rethinking rural medicine by building physician pipelines through academic partnerships. On this episode Shahid is joined by Dr. Sherri Morgan, Chief Administrative Officer for the Morehouse School of Medicine Regional Medical Campus at Phoebe Putney Health System in Albany, Georgia. Rural healthcare across the US faces a growing crisis: physician shortages, hospital c...

On this special episode Dan announces an exciting new chapter: Lumina Health Partners has joined ECG Management Consultants. Dan is joined by Terri Welter, Partner and Leader of ECG’s Payer Strategy and Contracting Division. Together, they explore the evolving dynamics between payers and providers, the growing role of advanced analytics and transparency data in negotiations, and how reimbursement...

Host Matt Fisher talks to Alli Oakes, Chief Research Officer at Trilliant Health, about Identification of major 2026 healthcare trends; intersection of value and affordability issues with not focusing on fundamentals enough; incentivizing better behaviors and choices through dfferent structural decisions; changes in utilization and reflection on evolving means of access. To stream our Station live...

On this episode Jim records live at HIMSS 2026 in Las Vegas. Stay tuned for the next few weeks to hear all his guests. This week, Charlie Harp, CEO at Clinical Architecture, and Dr. Joel Salamon, Medical Director of Pain Management at ModMed. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www. HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts...

E&M coding performance rises or falls on ten predictable breakpoints that drive payment, denials, rework, audits, and compliance risk. Join our panel for a practical discussion on what fixes those breakdowns and how AI supports scalable oversight through pattern detection, documentation review, exception based workflows, and autonomous E&M coding with human specialist exception handling. F...

On this episode you will hear the live tapping of This Just In Radio at HIMSS26 in the Healthcare NOW Radio studio in Las Vegas. Host Justin Barnes along with his producer Roberta Mullin engage with industry leaders around trending topics from the conference. Guests include: Richard Atkin, CEO Greenway Health Matthew Unangst, Sr Director, AMD Enterprise Solutions, AMD Aneesh Chopra, Author, Innova...

Can Direct Primary Care Save Families $1,000/Month? Dr. Josh Umbehr, Founder of Atlas. MD, shares the financial benefits of direct primary care to both patients and providers, how Atlas’ insurance product works, and why he believes healthcare should be too inexpensive to insure in the first place.  All that, plus the Flava of the Week about Nourish offerings free lab work. What’s behind them now i...

On this episode host Raj Sundar explores how ⁠South Park Senior Citizens⁠ transformed from an institutional, siloed resource hub into a vibrant cultural community, using food as a powerful tool for healing and connection. They dig into the intentional redesign of their dining experience, creating a welcoming space where elders from diverse backgrounds gather around beautifully set tables to share...

Pipeline Optimization Revisited On this episode host Adam Turinas is revisiting one of our most popular and enduring discussions on pipeline optimization. Last year, guest host Mark Erwich led a deep dive into pipeline optimization and deal acceleration, featuring expert insights from healthcare tech marketing leaders Amy Swanson and Michael Passanante. Find all of our network podcasts on your fav...

On this episode Justin invites Dr. Angela Shippy, Director, Senior Physician Executive at Amazon Web Services (AWS), Dr. Shippy shares insights on their Amazon Connect Health which handles patient scheduling, clinical documentation, and medical coding alongside teams, keeping providers informed and in control while delivering proven results across the care continuum. To stream our Station live 24/...

On this episode Fred and Gregg welcome Grace Terrell MD, MMM, Chief Medical Officer IKS Health, who discusses value based care (VBC) model transformation issues and opportunities to move beyond "box‑checking" to enabling better care (the triple aim, better care, better outcomes at lower per capita costs). To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www. HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to...

On this episode host Tom Foley invites Tom Leary, SVP and Head of Government Relations for HIMSS to discuss AI's role in healthcare and its implications ahead of the upcoming HIMSS 26 conference in Las Vegas. Tom shares insights into the conference's key themes, including AI's responsible use, federal versus state policy direction, and the need for legislative action to create a comprehensive fram...

February News You Can Use FDA, AI, and the Paris Café We Deserve Topics include: The FDA’s move to reduce drug approval requirements reignites hard lessons from thalidomide and raises fresh safety concerns; In medicine, every shortcut is a trade-off, speed to market vs. unintended consequences; AI tools like Doximity’s ChatGPT promise efficiency, but hallucinations, compliance risks, and workflow...

On this episode, host Adam Russo welcomes Caleb Parker, Chief Commercial Officer, Angle Health, a modern health insurance plan built to meet the needs of today’s employees. By combining technology, thoughtful plan design, and human support they make healthcare easier to access, easier to manage, and easier to understand. Adam and Caleb discuss the challenges of rising healthcare costs and the impo...

S3E2: Artificial Intelligence Continues to Reshape Healthcare -- But What if the Next Frontier Isn’t in Imaging or Genomics, But in the Human Voice? Host: Frank Cutitta Guest: Henry O’Connell, CEO of Canary Speech To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www. HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast pla...

On this episode host Tom Testa sits down with Nitin Natarajan, former Deputy Director of CISA and current principal at NN Global. Nitin share insights on cybersecurity threats to healthcare systems, particularly nation-state attacks and AI-driven vulnerabilities. He emphasized how healthcare organizations, especially rural hospitals, need to build resilience against sophisticated cyber threats. To...

Host Colin Hung and John Lynn take a Deep Dive Into Healthcare AI. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www. HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

Five Good Things: From ViVE to HIMSS — What's Worth the Hype (and What's Just Fun) Megan Antonelli and Janae Sharp are back with another round of Five Good Things — and this one covers a lot of ground. From standout moments at ViVE to the two-week sprint leading into HIMSS, they're cutting through the noise to spotlight what actually mattered, what surprised them, and what they're most excited to...

Building Trust: From Expanse Rollout to High Reliability Organization Host: Phil Sobol, Chief Commercial Officer at CereCore Guests: Ismelda Garza, Chief Information Officer, Cuero Regional Hospital; Lynn Falcone, Chief Executive Officer, Cuero Regional Hospital Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenow...

Jonathan Aguiar, Senior Solutions Engineer, walks through prior authorization verification and demonstrates how the Follow Up AI agent works within the workflow. You will see how cases move through entry and validation, triage, payer review, pending initiation outreach, exception handling, and final status. The demo highlights how the follow-up AI agent monitors payer portals, tracks authorization...

The Quest To Make Consumer Health Apps Sticky Stephen Rouse shares the gap in the market that led him to found Savva AI, why screenings play such a large role in engagement, and what’s possible when you unleash AI on your medical records.  All that, plus the Flava of the Week about Garmin’s meal tracking feature. What can we learn from the way that meal tracking has evolved, and why is it now cons...

AI-Enabled Growth – Execution and Acceleration On this episode host Adam Turinas is joined by Chris Marin, Associate VP of Digital Marketing at Inovalon, for a deep dive into how AI is moving from an experimental science project to a core piece of operational infrastructure. Chris brings a technologist’s perspective to marketing and shares practical ways his team is using integrated AI systems to...