MedCity Pivot

SUMMARY Arundhati Parmar speaks with Jill Schwartz-Chevlin, Chief Medical Officer at Vinca, about the evolution of palliative care from a hospital-based, end-of-life service to a community and home-based model for patients living with serious illness. Jill explains how Vinca grew from an advanced care planning platform into a value-based palliative care company serving patients across five states,...

Episode Summary Particle Health CEO Jason Prestinario joins MedCity Pivot to assess the state of U.S. healthcare interoperability with clear-eyed candor. He grades the technical infrastructure a B — data can move — but gives access governance a C, because the rules around who uses data, and how, remain murky and poorly enforced. Jason draws a direct line between true interoperability and the viabi...

Episode Summary In this episode of the MedCity Pivot Podcast, host Arundhati Parmar sits down with Javier Gonzalez (Abarca Health) and Tanvi Patel (Amazon Pharmacy) to unpack one of healthcare's most frustrating processes: prior authorization. The conversation explores how outdated systems, lack of transparency, and fragmented communication are eroding patient trust and delaying care. From policy...

Summary In this episode of the Med City Pivot Podcast, host Arundhati Parmar speaks with Lars Petersen about one of the most remarkable corporate transformations in modern business history. Facing a catastrophic collapse of its core film business in the mid-2000s due to the rise of digital photography, Fujifilm executed a bold and strategic pivot into healthcare and life sciences. The company dive...

EPISODE SUMMARY In this episode, Arundhati Parmar interviews Shalin Shah, CEO of Marius Pharmaceuticals, about Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT) and the long-standing regulatory classification that places testosterone as a Schedule III controlled substance. Shah explains that testosterone was scheduled in 1990 following Olympic doping scandals — despite opposition at the time from the FDA, DE...

Summary  Tune into MedCity Pivot Podcast with host Arundhati Parmar as three healthcare tech leaders—Serge Perras, Ton Roelandse, and Bertil Chappuis—decode AI's true potential in healthcare. Explore its role in enhancing efficiency and busting myths about AI supremacy.   Episode Highlights 00:00:19 - The high bar for AI safety in healthcare. 00:01:29 - AI's current hype and exaggerated promises....

During the episode, MedCity News Associate Editor Katie Adams interviews Dr. Hamad Husainy, chief medical officer at PointClickCare, and Dr. Barbara Bond, a physician at Sutter Health, about how AI can help improve patient outcomes in the emergency department.   Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com   https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/...

I interviewed Adriana Ramirez and Matt Gibbs, and we spoke about how a new approach to pharmacy benefits management.   Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com   https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Adriana Ramirez and Matt Gibbs hans.amalia@abarcahealth.com   matt.gibbs@lark.com     Review, Subscribe and Share If you like what...

I am interviewing Dr. Iftach Dolev, co-founder and CEO of QuantalX a neurodiagnostics company that has just received FDA clearance for its device.   Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com   https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Dr. Iftach Dolev iftach@quantalx.com     Review, Subscribe and Share If you like what you hear please...

This episode was sponsored by Quantum Health. Katie Adams, associate editor at MedCity News, interviewed Shannon Skaggs, chief AI officer at Quantum Health, about how AI is reshaping the care navigation and benefits guidance world.   Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com   https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Shannon Skaggs h...

I interviewed Dr. Rowland Illing, Chief Medical Officer of AWS (Amazon Web Services) about its Health Data Lake and how those data are being powered into innovations transforming healthcare. Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com     https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Rowland Illing danielle.rowe@longjump.agency   Review, Su...

I interviewed two healthcare executives and we talked about the importance of price transparency in pharmacy benefits management to make life easier for patients taking prescription medications and for providers who use e-prescribing.   Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com     https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Javier Gonz...

I interviewed Jeremy Delinsky, CEO of Smarter Technologies, about AI-driven clinical documentation improvement and RCM revenue cycle management.   Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com   https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/   Review, Subscribe and Share If you like what you hear please leave a review by clicking here   Make sure you're su...

This is an episode sponsored by Zelis, in which Katie Adams (assistant editor, MedCity News) interviews Yusuf Qasim (president of payments optimization, Zelis). He speaks about how a better healthcare payment experience can lead to better payer-provider relationships, as well as how his company's tech platform assists both of these players.   Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar...

I interviewed Aimee Garza about her startup, CoraVie Medical. I also interviewed Dr. Michael Bloch, who is one of the startup's clinical partners.   Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com   https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/   Review, Subscribe and Share If you like what you hear please leave a review by clicking here   Make sure you're...

I interviewed Dr. Roxana Dronca and Dr. Jeremy Jones who are both oncologists and are leads of Mayo Clinic's Cancer Care Beyond Walls program. Dr. Dronca had the idea of trying to find a way to deliver care of cancer patients in their home and Dr. Jones is responsible for bringing this model to other sites and even partner hospitals.   Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcit...

I interviewed James Lu, CEO of Helix, about precision medicine and whether it has been successful in terms of practical applications that improve patients' lives.   Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com   https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with James Lu https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-lu-m-d-ph-d-8450334/     Review, Subscribe...

This is a sponsored podcast interview with Megan Zakrewsky, vice president of product at Veradigm. We talked about how the company is using tech to drive behavior change among providers, payers and patients.   Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com   https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Megan Zakrewsky  https://veradigm.com/ab...

I interviewed the CEO of Immuneering and talked with him about how traditional approaches toward treating certain cancers may be missing the mark in terms of not only survival but also quality of life. Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Ben Zeskind https://www.linkedin.com/in/bzeskind  ...

I spoke with Bryan Marlatt, Chief Regional Officer at CyXcel, a business advisory focusing on cybersecurity. Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/   Review, Subscribe and Share If you like what you hear please leave a review by clicking here Make sure you're subscribed to the podcast so you get the lat...

I interviewed David Bardan, VP of Healthcare at Clear, who explained how the company can help health systems boost their cybersecurity standards. Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Review, Subscribe and Share If you like what you hear please leave a review by clicking here Make sure you're subscribe...

This episode focuses on healthcare cybersecurity and a new set of standards established by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers). MedCity News Assistant Editor Katie Adams interviewed Florence Hudson, who serves as chair of the IEEE working group that created this new framework. The pair discussed the new framework, as well as talked about the state of healthcare cybersecuri...

Heather Cox, President of Insights & Empowerment at Zelis, talked about the company's care coordination tools with MedCity News Reporter Katie Adams. She also shared how the company works with health plans to communicate with members to help them make proactive healthcare decisions, such as getting a flu shot or what to do in acute care situations, such as when they've had a bicycle accident. Epis...

I interviewed Dr. Shantanu Nundy, EVP and Chief Health Officer of Accolade about how Accolade can help self-insured employers manage and lower their healthcare costs. Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Dr. Shantanu Nundy ksheppard@rhstrategic.com   Review, Subscribe and Share If you lik...

I interviewed Jeff Jacques, chief medical officer of Personify Health about how employers are looking at GLP-1s as part of their overall employee benefits package. Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Jeff Jacques https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-jacquesmd    Review, Subscribe and Share I...