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Defining Clinical Utility in Managed Care On this episode guest host Steve Kheloussi, Principal Consultant with Kheloussi Consulting, sits down with Dr. John Fox, Senior Medical Director for the Americas at Illumina, to untangle the complexities of clinical utility. Drawing on his experience as a pediatrician and former health plan medical director, Dr. Fox explains why defining clinical utility r...

Smoother Schedules Start With Smarter Prior Authorization Lora Pada, VP of Customer Success at Infinx, host a practical conversation with Danelle Newman, Director of Patient Access at OSS Health, on how orthopedic practices can take a smarter approach to prior authorization workflows. The discussion will focus on the real operational grind patient access teams face every day, including payer compl...

Ron Books on Human-First AI & Arizona Becoming a Health Tech Hub Ron Books, CEO of Net Health, talks about how he believes that AI is the only thing that can save the human element in healthcare, examples from the wound care and rehab therapy spaces, and how Arizona is becoming a health tech hub.  All that, plus the Flava of the Week about the CMS Health Tech Ecosystem’s First Wave event. How...

AI in My Pocket: Stories of Real Doctors Using Clinical AI On this special episode hear a panel discussion from NextGen Healthcare's recent Commercial Growth Kickoff where physicians across specialties discussed how AI is shaping their day-to-day workflows, and why they’re not going back. From saving minutes on every patient visit to finally closing charts before leaving the office, the impact is...

How to Connect Marketing to Revenue On this episode host Adam Turinas is joined by two guests who have done the real work of building a model that clearly connects marketing to revenue. First, Paula Cobb, VP of Marketing at AvaSure, a private equity-backed virtual care platform. Paula brings over 30 years of healthcare marketing experience and runs what she calls a peanut butter and jelly go-to-ma...

S1E1: Welcome to The Shahid Shah Show and meet Shahid. On this inaguarl episode, learn more about his new show and how it will address the practical challenges of deploying technology in real healthcare organizations, particularly focusing on the complex buying processes, payment models, and operational realities that often prevent innovation from reaching patients. Successful healthcare technolog...

On this episode Justin records live in Tampa FL at the Moffitt Cancer Center for this special series during CancerX 2026. His guests from the Moffitt Center are Joanna Weiss, Moffitt CFO and Matthew Bednar, Moffitt VP Ambulatory & Virtual Care Operations.

This episode explores the 'What if' question of a scratch-and-sniff test mailed to your home could be your first step toward stopping Parkinson's disease, before motor symptoms ever appear? Host Fred Goldstein, MS, sits with Caitlin Kelliher, Director of Patient Engagement at The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, for a deep dive into the Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative...

On this episode host Tom Testa invites Joe Mundell, President of Sonicu to discuss automated compliance platforms, which helps healthcare facilities maintain audit readiness. Joe highlights how organizations are transitioning from reactive to proactive operations in environmental monitoring, and the importance of reliable and redundant monitoring platforms to prevent issues with medications and va...

On this episode Gil and Gregg welcome Dr. Sai Praveen Haranath, Senior Vice President for Medical and Strategy at Apollo HealthAxis and Senior Consultant in Pulmonary and Critical Care at Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad. Their conversation picks up where a chance green-room meeting at BioAsia 2026 left off. What follows is a candid, wide-ranging dialogue on the future of medicine: tele-critical care d...

Language barriers are a critical, yet often overlooked, social determinant of health, leading to poorer patient outcomes, readmissions, and increased cost of care. On this episode Jim welcomes Brian Rovito of Mango Languages to discuss solutions to the challenge of cross language communication. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www. HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play He...

Host Matt Fisher talks to Ed Hoffman, SVP of National Transportation/Mobility Operations and Strategy at Modivcare, about defining non-emergency medical transport and impact on access to care; necessity of coordinating all players across care spectrum to drive alignment; etablishment of broad ecosystem where each participant can get information it needs; opportunity for NEMT to become more fully i...

Wearables, AI, and the Future of Parkinson's Care Host: Megan Antonelli Guest: Amy Gordon Franzen, CEO, Rune Labs Join host Megan Antonelli who sits down with Amy Gordon Franzen, the new CEO of Rune Labs, to explore how the company is redefining Parkinson's care through its StrivePD app. Powered by FDA-cleared movement analysis and one of the largest real-world Parkinson's datasets in existence, S...

Stuart Newsome is joined by Lindsey Nelson, Gretchen Manica, Jeremie Gluckman, and Viveka Jagadeesan for a practical discussion about the subtle but important ways AI is changing everyday work, how that shift mirrors the same staffing and efficiency pressures healthcare organizations face, and what revenue cycle leaders should consider as they adopt AI without losing sight of governance, context,...

Ericka Adler is joined by Roetzel shareholder Christina Kuta to break down the anti-markup rule and what health care providers need to know to stay compliant. They discuss how the rule applies to diagnostic testing services billed to Medicare, when billing arrangements may raise compliance concerns, and share practical examples to illustrate how it works in real-world scenarios. They also cover th...

How Founders Can Partner With Medical Centers Frank McGillin returns to share key lessons for digital health founders to partner with academic medical centers, curated from his time leading The Clinic by Cleveland Clinic.  All that, plus the Flava of the Week about Rock Health’s newly minted research on consumers’ use of AI chatbots. How quickly are health-related AI searches growing, and what act...

On this episode host Raj Sundar explores the realities of caring for people with learning disabilities through a powerful conversation with ⁠Dr. Sara Ryan,⁠ whose lived experience and research shed light on the stigma, systemic failures, and everyday barriers faced by this community. Hear about the devastating concept of "social murder," where systems knowingly allow preventable harm, and discuss...

How Sales Leaders Cracked the ABM Code On this episode instead of talking to marketers about account-based marketing, host Adam Turinas sat down with two sales leaders who have built and executed ABM programs from the ground up. They bring sharp, practical views on what it actually takes to make ABM work. His guests are Clint Mooneyham, VP of Sales at Sagility, a healthcare operations company serv...

AI in Revenue Cycle: From Today’s Reality to Tomorrow’s Edge Host Jenna Hagan and her guest Sloan Clardy, a recognized thought leader in the revenue cycle management space, discuss the evolution of RCM over the past few decades. They unpack some of the industry’s most persistent challenges, separate hype from reality when it comes to AI’s impact on revenue cycle management, and explore how organiz...

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On this episode Justin records live in Tampa FL at the Moffitt Cancer Center for this special series during CancerX 2026. His guests from the Moffitt Center are Xavier Avat, Moffitt Chief Business Officer and Dr. John Cleveland, Moffitt Center Director & Chief Scientific Officer. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www. HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NO...

On this episode host Tom Foley invites Joe Campanella, an experienced healthcare advisor with over 30 years successfully automating over 58 health plans operations and clinical services leveraging both technology and services. He drove healthcare operations efficiencies within enrollment/billing, claims, authorization/medical management, customer service/CRM, sales process management, provider man...

April News You Can Use Your LDL Is a Horoscope, and Your Pancreas Isn't Lazy Topics include: AI turf wars with ChatGPT compete with "Open Evidence" for doctors’ attention; None of these AI tools are actually integrated with our clunky Electronic Health Records yet. Doctors aren't calculators: Obsessing over a single cholesterol reading is ridiculous. 20% of heart attack victims look perfectly heal...

Hosts Colin Hung and John Lynn discuss Health IT Mount Rushmore - Part 2. 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

S3E6: Pit Crews, Prompts, and Partnership: What a 22-Year Healthcare IT Marketer Really Thinks About AI On this episode Frank welcomes Larry Kaiser, Chief Marketing Officer of Optimum Healthcare IT, for a candid, floor-level conversation that covers everything from conference strategy and brand evolution to the real (and hyped) role of AI in healthcare marketing. Kaiser, a 22-year veteran and awar...