In Practice

With so much reported violence on the news, in this week’s podcast the NextGen Advisors discuss a public health perspective on this issue.  Listen to them explore the implications of Dr. Gary Slutkin’s theory that violence is actually a contagious disease, just like COVID-19.   Listen here to learn more about this challenging and fascinating topic.

The Biden administration recently announced $6.1 billion in supplemental funding grants to the nation’s federally qualified community health centers (FQHCs). In this episode,Chris Emper, NextGen® Advisor and government affairs expert joins Advisors Graham Brown and Dr. Marty Lustick to discuss the implications and opportunities associated with this unprecedented funding.

Listen to this week’s podcast as the NextGen® Advisors explore the foundations of success in Israel and the United Kingdom’s coronavirus vaccination programs, and identify the obstacles faced by Canada and the European Union which have prevented them from achieving similar results.

Recently, NextGen Healthcare partnered with XtelligentMedia to conduct a national survey of provider organizations who offer behavioral health and primary care services.  Listen here as the NextGen® Advisors reflect on provider reported experiences and challenges in the journey to whole person care.

In this episode, the NextGen Advisors discuss a recent policy paper published in the Annals of Internal Medicine written for the American College of Physicians.  The podcast explores the shift to value-based care and physician employment models and looks at how providers balance ethical principles and professional values about the patient-physician relationship.

This week’s podcast is devoted to a conversation with NextGen® Advisor, Chris Emper about the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 aid bill, the “American Rescue Plan Act of 2021”, that was just passed into law. Emper provides deep expertise and a unique ability to simplify, summarize and analyze even the most complicated pieces of legislation. He reviews components of the bill that pertain directly to the...

In this episode, the Advisors discuss challenges in tracking who has been vaccinated and highlight some of the new guidance released this week from the Centers for Disease Control for those who have been vaccinated.

On this podcast we host a special guest, Jo Ann Pugh, the founder and president of  50 Yard-Line Mom, who joins us to discuss the Harvard University Football Players Health study. Jo Ann is a registered nurse who is on the advisory board of the Harvard University Football Players Health study, and the board of directors of the professional football players mothers’ association. Jo Ann is...

In this week’s podcast, the NextGen® Advisors delve into the concept of herd immunity and its implications for getting us to a new normal. Their review and discussion of recent articles in the Lancet and the Wall Street Journal sheds light on our progress in combatting the COVID-19 pandemic.

he COVID-19 pandemic discussion has often covered the implications and impact of this devastating pandemic.  In this episode, Dr. Betty Rabinowitz guides a conversation with the NextGen® Advisors to identify the silver linings that have come about as a result of the pandemic.

In this episode, the NextGen Advisors discuss vaccine hesitancy related to the vaccines for SARS CoV-2, or COVID-19 and some of the strategies healthcare providers are using with their colleagues and patients to engage in an informed discussion about getting vaccinated.

The last few months have seen the identification of a number of new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.  In this podcast, the NextGen Advisors discuss the status of vaccination campaigns, the implications of these new variants on efforts to control the pandemic and how pharmaceutical companies and researchers are responding to this challenge. 

Over the past decade, growth in Medicaid enrollment has outpaced all other sectors.  In this week’s podcast, the NextGen® Advisors discuss the impact of Medicaid on health disparities. Listen here to learn more.

In this week’s podcast, NextGen’s government policy expert, Chris Emper, joins the conversation to discuss the likely impacts of the Biden administration and the new Congress on the healthcare landscape. Listen now.

With so many of today’s chronic health challenges driven by nutrition, physical activity, and stress, the need to effectively support behavior change with patients is greater than ever. As a prequel to a webinar on this topic on Jan. 27, the NextGen® Advisors will discuss various approaches used to help patients change their behaviors to improve their own health status.  Listen now. Register...

In 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic had broad and deep impacts across the globe. In this podcast the NextGen Advisors discuss what we’re likely to see play out in the healthcare landscape for 2021. To learn more, listen here.

Recent emergency use authorization of vaccines offer a light of hope to people around the globe as the phase of mass inoculation campaigns begin. Meanwhile, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to strain the resources of healthcare systems and puts thousands of frontline workers at risk under incredibly stressful, exhausting and disruptive circumstances. In this episode, the NextGen® Advisors disc...

Last week the NextGen Advisors and Executives met with healthcare leaders from provider groups across the country to hear about their strategic priorities, concerns and hopes for the future. In this podcast, the Advisors discuss strategic themes that emerged from those meetings.

In this episode, the NextGen Advisors are joined by James Vesper, PhD, MPH, Director of Learning Solutions for ValSource, former President of LearningPlus and an advisor to the World Health Organization to discuss the anticipated distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. During the podcast, Dr. Vesper discusses some of the unique attributes of the vaccines, as well as the challenges that w...

In this episode, Graham Brown and his colleagues are joined by government affairs expert Advisor, Chris Emper to discuss the recent U.S. Elections and how those results may affect healthcare policy and regulatory matters in the months and years ahead.

In this podcast, the Advisors discuss a recent Science magazine article which exposed how commonly used population health algorithms introduce racial bias into many clinical decisions. They review the underlying reasons for these algorithm shortcomings and discuss the ways in which these problems can be mitigated.

In this podcast the NextGen® Advisors provide a sneak preview of topics they will be addressing during UGM: Nov. 10-12, 2020 . Listen now!

In this episode, NextGen Advisor Dr. Martin Lustick speaks with NextGen Healthcare’s oral health experts, Carlos Vallecillo and Brian Peterson about the division between oral health (dentistry) and medical health and how these healthcare services can become more integrated through technology and business practices. They discuss how interoperability, collaboration, communication and training for or...

In their October 12 blog, the NextGen Advisors discussed the CDC report that confirmed the beneficial impact of public health mitigation measures including social distancing and wearing masks. In this episode, the Advisors discuss the impact of the ongoing pandemic overlapping with flu season.

Health plans employ a variety of incentive programs in an attempt to influence provider behavior. In this podcast, the NextGen® Advisors explore some of those approaches and offer thoughts on the pros and cons of these various strategies.