HealthLeaders Podcast

HealthLeaders Finance Editor Jack O'Brien speaks with Ann Duffy, MHA, at the HealthLeaders Spring CFO Exchange in Naples, Florida about the challenges facing rural healthcare organizations. Music used: Track: Nice View, Artist: Crowander, Attribution license: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

Candice Powers, Chief Revenue Cycle Officer for Mon Health System in West Virginia, tells HealthLeaders about how the system is using its preaccess center to reach its rural population.

HealthLeaders Strategy Editor Melanie Blackman speaks with Carladenise Edwards, PhD, executive vice president and chief strategy officer at Henry Ford Health System, who shares Henry Ford Health System's initiatives around healthcare equity, her accomplishments as a healthcare leader, and advice for future leaders. Music used: Track: Pixies, Artist: Ketsa, Attribution license: Attribution 4.0 Inte...

In this Bank of America sponsored podcast, HealthLeaders Strategy Editor Melanie Blackman speaks with Kevin Crain, head of workplace solutions integration for Bank of America, about a new HealthLeaders survey sponsored by Bank of America which found a great need for financial wellness program offerings for hospital, health system, and health care organization employees.

HealthLeaders Finance Editor Jack O'Brien speaks with Richard Powell, MD, section chief of vascular surgery at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, about the financial opportunities for health systems related to the vascular surgery line. Music used: Track: Nice View, Artist: Crowander, Attribution license: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

Seth Cohen, Co-CEO and Co-Founder at OODA Health and Midori Uehara, co-founder and head of provider partnerships at OODA Health tell us how the OODA technology platform reimagines the payer-provider relationship.

In this debut episode, HealthLeaders Strategy Editor Melanie Blackman speaks with Mimi Liu, chief technology officer of Firefly Health, where she shares her experience starting a new role during the pandemic, what she's accomplished during her career, and advice for future leaders. Music used: Track: Pixies, Artist: Ketsa, Attribution license: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

HealthLeaders Finance Editor Jack O'Brien speaks with Allyson Y. Schwartz, former congresswoman and CEO of Better Medicare Alliance, about the Biden policy agenda and what healthcare executives should expect from Capitol Hill this year. Music used: Track: Sector Vector, Artist: Little Glass Men, Attribution license: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

HealthLeaders is excited to announce the upcoming launch of our Women in Healthcare Leadership Podcast! Debuting on April 7, the Women in Healthcare Leadership Podcast will release on the first Wednesday of every month, and feature the voices of inspiring women leaders in the healthcare sector. Music used: Track: Pixies, Artist: Ketsa, Attribution license: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)...

Paola Turchi, a revenue cycle consultant who is a Certified Professional Coder through AAPC, a Fellow Healthcare Financial Professional through HFMA, and a Certified Medical Practice Executive through MGMA, reflects on the COVID-19 crisis and talk about how it's changed the revenue cycle forever.

HealthLeaders Finance Editor Jack O'Brien speaks with Akash Madiah, CFO of MGMA, about the long-term strategies that medical group executives should follow to be more resilient and less vulnerable if another pandemic or life-changing calamity occurs. Music used: Track: Sector Vector, Artist: Little Glass Men, Attribution license: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

Gerilynn Sevenikar, vice president of revenue cycle at Sharp HealthCare, describes how they've "gamified" their revenue cycle by turning employees' everyday tasks into opportunities to earn points, badges, and compete with each other.

HealthLeaders Finance Editor Jack O'Brien speaks with Mike Jasperson, senior vice president of provider network strategy at Priority Health, about how the insurer community has responded to the changing dynamics related to the pandemic and how COVID-19 will affect payer-provider relations in the future. Music used: Track: Sector Vector, Artist: Little Glass Men, Attribution license: Attribution 4....

In this Bank of America sponsored podcast, HealthLeaders Strategy Editor Melanie Blackman speaks with Dana Alligood, Senior Vice President and the Global Commercial Banking Market Executive for Healthcare, Education, and Not-for-Profit in the West for Bank of America, about Amplifying Her Voice: Women in Healthcare Leadership, a roundtable discussion HealthLeaders hosted, and Bank of America spons...

Becky Greenfield, JD, MPH, partner, Wolfe Pincavage, provides an early temperature check on hospital compliance with CMS' price transparency mandate for hospitals.

HealthLeaders Finance Editor Jack O'Brien speaks with Dawn Bulgarella, CFO of UAB Health System, about how the academic medical center sector has been affected by COVID-19 and what business opportunities will be available after the pandemic. Music used: Track: Sector Vector, Artist: Little Glass Men, Attribution license: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

Kimberly Scaccia, vice president of revenue cycle for Mercyhealth, discusses how to cut through the industry noise and build a comprehensive denials management program.

HealthLeaders Finance Editor Jack O'Brien speaks with Matthew Cox, CFO of Spectrum Health, about reigniting the revenue engine and maintaining financial solvency going into an uncertain winter. Music used: Track: Sector Vector, Artist: Little Glass Men, Attribution license: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

Listen to audio from the oral arguments in the case of California v. Texas.

Steve Scharmann, System VP of Revenue Cycle for CommonSpirit Health discussions automation and artificial intelligence for the revenue cycle

In this Deloitte sponsored podcast, HealthLeaders Finance Editor Jack O'Brien speaks with Christi Skalka, a managing director in the Life Sciences and Health Care practice at Deloitte, about the upcoming federal price transparency rule and how providers are preparing for the market to shift towards more consumer-centric pricing.

HealthLeaders Finance Editor Jack O'Brien speaks with Kent Lehr, chief of business development at Sanford Health about managing the dual threat of flu season and the pandemic along with driving in healthcare innovation. Music used: Track: Sector Vector, Artist: Little Glass Men, Attribution license: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

HealthLeaders Revenue Cycle Editor Alexandra Pecci speaks with David Ralston, assistant vice president of revenue cycle at Jackson Hospital in Alabama, about why price transparency is a business imperative.

HealthLeaders Finance Editor Jack O'Brien speaks with Hayley Hovious, president of the Nashville Health Care Council, regarding the top priorities on the minds of healthcare finance leaders as they head into the fall. Music used: Track: Sector Vector, Artist: Little Glass Men, Attribution license: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

HealthLeaders Revenue Cycle Editor Alexandra Pecci speaks with Derek Dudley, senior director of revenue cycle for Memorial Health System in Ohio about why managing the remote revenue cycle depends on data analytics.