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Buyers and sellers are avid users of open marketplaces. They can apply to any product or service, including healthcare. I Don’t Care host Kevin Stevenson spoke with Scott Carson, Founder and CEO of Powered by MRP, on the topic. Carson’s backstory includes work as the lead inventor of eBay Healthcare Marketplace. After that venture, he saw an opportunity to create a fair marketplace for clinic...

This week on I Don't Care, Host Kevin Stevenson sits down with an author that has made it his mission to teach people how to navigate the healthcare system and to be armed with the proactive education needed to be able to shop around for the best healthcare options and prevent uneccessary or overly costly treatments. After 28 years working within the American healthcare system, Dr. David Wilcox ha...

Clinical trials can save lives and provide new ways to treat disease. The industry estimates that 85% of all clinical trials face delays due to patient enrollment. Understanding that challenge and finding ways to minimize it is the pursuit of Jeeva Informatics. The company’s founder and CEO, Dr. Harsha Rajasimha, joined Kevin Stevenson on I Don’t Care to discuss the issue. Dr. Rajasimha...

When the legend becomes fact, print the legend. In the case of Branislav Vajdic, Ph. D., CEO, and Founder of HeartBeam, this legend truly is fact. Vajdic arrived in the US in the late 1970s and got his Ph. D. in electrical engineering. He then worked for Intel, designing the first flash memory and eventually the design manager for Intel’s Pentium chips. I Don’t Care’s Kevin Stevenson spoke with Va...

The world-renowned Thoracic Oncologist, Dr. Gerold Bepler, joined I Don’t Care’s Kevin Stevenson for a conversation that was no less than inspirational. Dr. Bepler, President and CEO of the Karmanos Cancer Institute, has a mission; to eradicate cancer. It’s more than a dream for Dr. Bepler; he believes it will be a reality one day. Dr. Bepler arrived from Germany to the United States in 1983. Foll...

U.S. insurance is privatized, which presents a host of challenges. Michelle Zettergren, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer of Brighton Health Plan Solutions and Nick Stefanizzi, CEO of Northwell Direct, spoke with Host Kevin Stevenson about opportunities to eliminate the standard middleman of health insurance. Direct contracting is when employers partner with organizations that provide care for emp...

On this episode of I Don’t Care, Host Kevin Stevenson talked with Dr. Dean Mitchell, a board-certified allergist specializing in food allergies. Mitchell has been in practice for 30 years and became well regarded around the country as one of the first board-certified allergists to embrace sublingual allergy immunotherapy, also called allergy drops. Mitchell did his medical residency in Internal Me...

Challenges in healthcare impact every player—payers, providers, and patients. What’s the modern-day answer to rising costs and better care? It’s a complex answer, and Steve Neeleman, Founder & Vice Chairman of HealthEquity, spoke with I Don’t Care host Kevin Stevenson on the topic. After working for Southwest Airlines, Neeleman graduated from medical school and served as a trauma surgeon....

On this episode of I Don’t Care, Host Kevin Stevenson talked with Dr. Moira Scheike, Founder of Cubismi and a board-certified radiologist specializing in cancer imaging. She invented 5D medical imaging technology. Cubismi is an interactive digital diagnostics pioneer who personalizes actionable visualizations and precision insights to transform and empower each professional interaction and patient...

Cancer treatment has evolved dramatically in the last decade. With new and innovative ways to fight this disease, patients have options, but only a select few are NCI-designated. Discussing what NCI means and how it influences her organization’s care, Lauren Lawrence, Vice President at Karmanos Cancer Institute joined I Don’t Care host Kevin Stevenson. Karmanos, based in Detroi...

The genetic testing industry is booming. Consumers want to trace their lineage, but there are more exciting applications since genes can point to health issues as well. Discussing the evolution of the field, I Don’t Care host Kevin Stevenson spoke with Alex Mulyar, CEO of CRI Genetics. “We started in the genealogy route, building up databases, and then began to get into health-oriented report...

On this episode of I Don’t Care, Host Kevin Stevenson talked with Dr. Dan Burnett, President, and CEO of Theranova, an experienced medical device developer with a track record of creating innovating and practical solutions to large markets with unmet needs. The duo dug into Theranova and spinning out companies after funding. Acting as a medical device incubator or venture studio, Theranova builds...

Treatment of diseases like cancer and HIV is hitting a new frontier with cell-based therapy. This new therapy invigorates the medical world, but it’s not widely accessible yet. Discussing the breakthroughs in these treatments, I Don’t Care host Kevin Stevenson spoke with immunologist Dr. Chris Xu, CEO of ThermoGenesis, a medical device company that’s a pioneer in the field. “Cell-based therap...

At one point in his career, I Don’t Care Host Kevin Stevenson spent some time on the pharma side of things, in between working at hospitals. Today he dives back into that world with Donovan Quill, President, and CEO at Optime Care, a nationally recognized pharmacy, distribution, and patient management organization that creates the trusted path to a fulfilled life for patients with rare and orphan...

Healthcare is a complex industry, and its processes often lag behind other sectors for a myriad of reasons, but its embrace of technology is rising. EHRs have been around for decades, but workflow management remained an untapped challenge. Not only did a solution need to create structure, adherence to HIPAA guidelines is also critical. I Don’t Care Host Kevin Stevenson spoke with Dr. Mic...

How is artificial intelligence changing the healthcare industry? Does using AI improve health outcomes and reduce costs? To discuss the use of this technology in healthcare, Carol McCall, Chief Health Analytics Officer for ClosedLoop.ai joined host Kevin Stevenson. “Healthcare is finally becoming a big-data industry,” McCall said, pointing out that there is now so much data in healthcare it’s almo...

Technology and healthcare are a marriage made in heaven. As technological advancements evolve, so does the ability to treat patients in a new and innovative way. These tech and healthcare innovations are conquering the toughest of tasks when it comes to patient care. On this episode of I Don’t Care, Host Kevin Stevenson talked with David Preiner, CEO of Medivolve, which seeks out disruptive techno...

On this episode of I Don’t Care, host Kevin Stevenson talked with Steve Loveless, President, and CEO, Regional Market Executive of St. Vincent Healthcare, about his career in healthcare, which began as a fellow working with Stevenson in Oklahoma. They also talked about leadership and taking risks. “Those early activities, as they pulled me out of the fellowship and into the role of value enhanceme...

Technologent is a Global Provider of Edge-to-EdgeTM Information Technology Solutions and Services for Fortune 1000 companies. They help companies outpace the new digital economy by creating IT environments that are fast, flexible, efficient, transparent, and secure. The duo talked about how the pandemic brought upon the need to cut costs and move to a digital environment more dire. The healthcare...

On this episode of I Don’t Care, host Kevin Stevenson talks with Ted Quinn, the CEO and Co-founder of Activate Care, a digital health company helping everybody engaged in the healthcare system - clinicians, patients, families, and communities - act together to make health happen, wherever they are. The duo dug into CIEs or a Community Information Exchange platform. During the pandemic around the c...

Rural hospitals took a major hit during the pandemic, with many closing or on the verge of it. These organizations are a lifeline for the community, and some are persevering and thriving. Sharing her hospital's story, Fairfield Memorial Hospital CEO Dr. Kathy Bunting joined I Don’t Care with Kevin Stevenson. Dr. Bunting started by telling Stevenson about Fairfield. “We have a staff of around 300 w...

There’s no denying the importance of technology in healthcare; in fact, it became even more critical in the last year. With so many opportunities to improve care delivery, it’s about getting the right products to market. That’s the focus on Aaron Call, Founder of Jaunt. He joined I Don’t Care and host Kevin Stevenson to talk about this dynamic. Call is a long-time med-tech startup pionee...