The Scope with Dr. K

Host Dr. Lawrence Kosinski sits down with Laurie Keefer, PhD, a GI health psychologist at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, inventor of the GRITT Method and co-founder of Trellus Health. Hear about the mind-gut connection and the importance of resilience in caring for patients with IBD.

Dr. Lawrence Kosinski sits down with Melodie Narain-Blackwell, a passionate health advocate, educator, mobilizer, and the founder of Color of Crohn’s & Chronic Illness, a nonprofit dedicated to health equity and BIPOC communities that are challenged with digestive diseases and chronic illnesses. Hear her incredible personal story on battling childhood digestive symptoms to being diagnosed with Cro...

Host Dr. Lawrence Kosinski sits down with Donna Cryer, JD, the Founder, President and CEO of Global Liver Institute (GLI).

Host Dr. Lawrence Kosinski sits down with Laura Fox, Director of Payment Innovation at Blue Shield of California.

Host Dr. Lawrence Kosinski sits down with Dr. Amy McKenzie, Associate Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Clinical Partnerships at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Dr. Mckenzie joins Dr. K from the Healthcare Plan side to discuss the goals of health plans in value-based care.

Host Dr. Lawrence Kosinski sits down with Dr. Mark Jansen, Chief Medical Director of Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield. Previously a primary care physician, Dr. Jansen joins Dr. K from the payer side to discuss value-based payment models promoting digital health and telemedicine opportunities.

Dr. Lawrence Kosinski sits down with Dr. David Johnson, Medical Director of Value Transformation at Blue Cross NC, to discuss his experience implementing innovative care delivery models that are intended improve the value of specialty care delivery.

Host Dr. Lawrence Kosinski sits down with Florence Kariuki MHA BSN RN, Chief Clinical Officer at Health Recovery Solutions (HRS), to discuss her previous work building new models and episodes of care at Horizon BCBSNJ, and her current work leading clinical innovation and reimbursement strategies at HRS.

Host Dr. Lawrence Kosinski sits down with Dr. Cheryl Pegus, Executive Vice President of Health & Wellness at Walmart, to discuss disparities in health equity based on geography and ethnicity, as well as how Walmart is impacting the provider space.

Host Dr. Lawrence Kosinski sits down with Laura Wingate to discuss her work as Executive Vice President, Education, Support, & Advocacy for the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation (CCF.)

Host Dr. Lawrence Kosinski sits down with Dr. Scott Ketover, President and CEO of MNGI Digestive Health, to discuss MNGI’s evolution and ongoing value-based care efforts.

Host Dr. Lawrence Kosinski sits down with SonarMD's newest CEO Beth Houck to discuss her vision for the future of both SonarMD and value-based care.

Host Dr. Lawrence Kosinski sits down with Jen Horonjeff, Founder/CEO of Savvy Cooperative.

Host Dr. Lawrence Kosinski sits down with Praveen Suthrum, President of NextServices, Co-Founder of NovoLiver, and author of “Scope Forward”. Praveen is from the provider side but his companies provide support services to providers as well as advisory services.

Host Dr. Lawrence Kosinski sits down with Daniel Marino, Managing Partner at Lumina Health Partners. Tune in as the discuss working with hospitals and their journey to value based care and shifting to new delivery of care models.

Dr. K sits down with Dr. Glenn Littenberg, Chief Medical Officer of inSite Digestive Healthcare, to discuss how AI will affect gastroenterology, the future of his practice, and his work with American GI organizations/societies.

Dr. K sits down with Sandy Marks, Sr. Assistant Director, Federal Affairs at the American Medical Association, to discuss the barriers that physicians must overcome in order to transition to value-based care, and how the AMA is working to diminish those barriers.

Dr. K sits down with Dr. Roy Beveridge, Sr. Strategic Advisor at Avalere Health and former CMO of Humana, to discuss the pressing need for standardization of care, and how to enact more efficient management of chronic illnesses.

Dr. K sits down with Elizabeth Mitchell, President and CEO of the Pacific Business Group on Health (PBGH), who shares how self-funded employers are seeking improved access to higher quality care.

Dr. K sits down with gastroenterologist and CEO of the GI Alliance Dr. Jim Weber. Listen in as they discuss growing his single practice to the largest GI practice in the country with over 500 providers. And why practices would leave their independence and join the Alliance.

Host Dr. Lawrence Kosinski takes a look back on Season 1. Hear Dr. K as he discusses and replays some of the most insightful moments on The Scope in 2020.

Dr. K sits down with Dr. John Allen, Chief Clinical Officer, University of Michigan Medical Group, to discuss his career transition from private practice to academia, the scarcity of incentinized GI programs in value-based care, and the uncertain future of American GI societies.

Dr. K sits down with Lilly Stairs, Founder and Principal of Patient Authentic to discuss her passion for patient advocacy, the struggles of navigating a messy healthcare system, and the resilience of people living with chronic illnesses.

Dr. K sits down with Christina Ritter, Director, Patient Care Models Group at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), to discuss bringing forth value payment into the specialty space, and transforming how people think about value and care in the specialty space.

Dr. K sits down with Barry Tanner, Non Executive Chairman of Physicians Endoscopy, and Michael Weinstein, President & CEO of Capital Digestive Care to discuss aggregation strategies for independent gastroenterologists, and the ideal working model for physicians in consolidated practices.