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The gap between billion-dollar EHRs and the reality of life at the patient bedside has never been wider. While healthcare systems race toward AI and automation, nurses are often left fighting the very systems meant to support them. Join host Beth Friedman and DJ Tucker, Managing Director of Healthcare Informatics at Healthcare IT Leaders, for a conversation about technology and human-centered nurs...

Interoperability's New Era: The Technologies Reshaping Healthcare Data Exchange Host Jenna Hagan talks to with Muhammad “Mo” Chebli, VP of product management, interoperability, at NextGen Healthcare, about the evolving landscape of healthcare interoperability. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowra...

How Intimate Events Drive Deeper Pipeline On this episode host Adam Turinas sits down with two guests who are doing something genuinely different in the world of healthcare events, and they represent two very different moments in the buyer journey. First, Jane Bogue, SVP and Chief Growth Officer at CHIME, gives a refreshingly honest take on how to get real value from a CHIME membership so that tom...

On this episode Justin records live at HIMSS26 in Las Vegas. Stay tuned for the next few weeks to hear all his guests. This week, Erika Kim, Ph. D.,Program Manager, Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) and Leah Gabbert, Marketing Director, Global Industry Solutions, Nutanix. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www. HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healt...

Costly Care – Why Healthcare is So Expensive Series Part 3 of 5. Host Adam Russo continues his special series with Scott Bennett, Esq., EVP, Provider Relations at The Phia Group continuing their discussion on the No Surprises Act (NSA). In this part, Scott discusses the independent dispute resolution (IDR) processes and how the NSA has shifted costs from patients to employers, particularly in self...

Hosts Colin Hung and John Lynn discuss Health IT Mount Rushmore - Part 1. 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

AICareStandard.com – Taming the Wild West of Health AI What will it take for ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot and others to adopt industry standards that preserve consumer safety? Aaron Patzer, Founder of Vital and Mint.com, dives deep into the need for a standard in patient-facing health AI, the effects of not having one, and his advice for consumers when using AI applications to answer health questions....

Part I: Cognitive Atrophy Is a Leadership Crisis: Mohan Nair on Why Healthcare's AI Obsession Is Costing Us Our Best Thinking Host: Megan Antonelli Guest: Mohan Nair, CEO, Emerge Inc Join host Megan Antonelli, CEO of Health Impact Live, and guest Mohan Nair, innovator, author, and former Chief Innovation Officer at Cambia Health Solutions, to explore what it truly means to stay human in an AI-obse...

MS Looks Like Me: Diagnosis Delays, Disparities, and the Real Cost of Being Misdiagnosed On this episode guest host Steve Kheloussi, PharmD, MBA, FAMCP, speaks with Blair and Dallas Burleson about delayed MS diagnosis, the realities of living with an unpredictable disease, and the impact on caregivers. The conversation also examines where managed care can better support patients, through more flex...

Live Demo: How RCM Plus Prioritizes Denials by Predicted Reimbursement Listen to how RCM Plus uses AI to predict denial recoverability, prioritize work by expected reimbursement, and orchestrate human teams around the claims most worth pursuing. 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 podca...

On this episode hosts Angie Shin and Dave Smith engage with Roger Neal of Duncan Regional Hospital to unpack what it actually takes to modernize patient access in rural healthcare, without losing the human, community-first culture that makes local care work. Roger traces his “ping-pong” career path from aspiring physical therapist and pre-med student at University of Oklahoma into healthcare IT an...

HIMSS ’26: CMS Health Tech Ecosystem Updates from Ryan Howells Live from the Healthcare Now Radio studio at HIMSS, Jared speaks with Ryan Howells, Principal at Leavitt Partners. Ryan recaps a series of recent announcement from CMS about their Health Tech Ecosystem, what’s coming next, and why it’s significant for anyone paying attention to the consumer experience space.  All that, plus our newest...

What Actually Makes Event Marketing Work in Healthtech Big events like HIMSS and VIVE are the biggest single investment for many health tech marketing companies. They serve many needs, but there is always an expectation of a positive ROI from them. On this episode host Adam Turinas goes deep with two highly experienced and brilliant health tech marketers on their strategies for creating highly eng...

Making Sense of the $50 Billion Rural Health Transformation Fund: Timelines, Eligibility, and What's Next Host Dr. Robert Murry talks to Chris Emper, Government Affairs Advisor for NextGen Healthcare, about the newly launched $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program administered by CMS. Given rising operational costs and flat/declining reimbursements, this program presents a significant and...

As the CMS Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) launched on January 1, 2026, healthcare organizations are now facing the realities of implementation and the pressure to perform. On this episode Dan speaks with healthcare strategist Heather Flynn Kearney about what organizations are experiencing during the early stages of this mandatory model. They discuss TEAM’s goals, why CMS targeted...

Host Justin Barnes records live at HIMSS26 in Las Vegas. Stay tuned for the next few weeks to hear all his guests. This week, Simon Philip Rost, Chief Marketing Officer, GE HealthCare and Charles Barkey, Vice President Information Technology – Northern Panhandle WVU Medicine Hospitals. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www. HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare...

On this episode hosts Fred and Gregg welcome David Nash MD, Dean Emeritus, Jefferson College of Population Health, and Doug Romer, MD, Chief Medical Officer, MedsEngine. The wide ranging conversation spotlights high blood pressure as the world's number one killer, and in the United States, fewer than one in four people with hypertension have it under control. They examine why decades of guidelines...

On this episode host Tom Testa continues his series on industry organizations that are making a difference for their members with Robert Tennant , Executive Director of Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI). With a rich history in the start of HIPAA, WEDI now has a diverse membership including health plans, providers, vendors, and government agencies,working through 17 workgroups addres...

S3E3: Healthcare Hacktivism-How the Iran War Has Expanded CyberSecurity Attack Surfaces Host: Frank Cutitta Guest: Denise Anderson, President, Health-ISAC 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...

Host Matt Fisher talks to Dr. Steve Buslovich, Chief Medical Officer Senior Care PointClickCare, about operational challenges in healthcare in post-acute settings; need for development and implementation of data standardization for post-acute; integrating technology to drive more actionable behavior that is predictive; keeping workflow in mind during development by involving all interested parties...

Host Jim Tate interviews Dr. Yana Aznavour, the founder of Endometrics. Endometrics is developing a non-invasive method for the early detection of endometriosis. 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 m...

HIMSS '26: Omega, LDA, Certilytics, Med Tech Solutions, Cellhub, 86Borders, Minitab & Solventum Live from ViVE '26, we wrap up our coverage from Las Vegas with a full lineup of health IT and health tech thought leaders on solving some of healthcare’s legacy data challenges with emerging tech. Including: Anurag Mehta, CEO and Co-Founder of Omega Healthcar, Shawn Fichter, CEO of Legacy Data Acce...

Host Dr. Jay Anders welcomes John Lynn, founder and chief editor of Healthcare Scene, which includes Healthcare IT Today and Swaay. Health. With more than 20 years covering health IT, Lynn brings a panoramic view of the industry. Together they discuss the CIO conundrum of shrinking budgets paired with board-level demands for AI innovation, why ambient clinical voice and revenue cycle management ar...

Health data should tell a patient's complete story. That’s where the ICD-11, ICF and ICHI classification systems combine to move beyond basic diagnosis codes to capture a person's daily functioning and the vital interventions they need to thrive. On this episode, we unpack these systems with global health leader Dr. Patricia Saleeby. She explores how they enhance care and outcomes and shares a mov...

Mastering LTC Pharmacy Billing Complexity Derek Taylor, PharmD, Senior Director of Pharmacy Client Services, breaks down the real-world complexity behind LTC pharmacy billing and why it demands a more tailored operational approach. From residents entering and exiting nursing facilities to shifts in coverage and payment classification, even small changes in patient circumstances can create signific...