RISE Radio

Liz Haynes, director of risk adjustment and stars for government programs at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, and Melissa Smith, executive vice president of consulting and professional services at HealthMine, join us for the latest episode of RISE Radio, our podcast series that focuses on issues that impact our three communities: Quality & Revenue; Member Acquisition & Experience...

Angela G. Huskey, PharmD, CPE, senior vice president and chief clinical officer at Millennium Health, joins us for the latest episode of RISE Radio, our podcast series that focuses on issues that impact our three communities: Quality & Revenue; Member Acquisition & Experience; and Social Determinants of Health. During this 21-minute podcast, we talk to Dr. Huskey about her work on identify...

During this 15-minute podcast, Dr. Abdullah Albeyatti, a family physician in the UK and an advocate for digitalization in health care, talks about practicing medicine during the pandemic, audio-only visits, the challenges and opportunities of telemedicine, and how to get the most from the technology. Dr. Albeyatti is the CEO and cofounder of Medicalchain, a company that uses blockchain technology...

Our latest episode of our new podcast series, RISE Radio, explores the positive aspects of working from home as well as the challenges of managing a remote workforce. During this 18-minute podcast, Colleen Gianatasio, director, ambulatory CDQI at Devoted Health in Waltham, Mass., and Dean Ratzlaff, director, actuary/revenue management for Sentara Health Plans in Virginia Beach, Va., share tips on...

During this 30-minute podcast, Kristy Smith, HEDIS program manager, and Joshua Edwards, Stars program manager, explain how they’ve been continuing to build a culture of quality and service excellence at Martin’s Point that has helped them achieve and maintain a 5-Star rating.  Martin’s Point is a not-for-profit organization with primary care health centers in Maine and New Hampshire as well as hea...

During this 36-minute podcast, we talk to Heather O’Toole, M.D., chief medical officer at Innovation Care Partners, a clinically integrated network and an accountable care organization in Arizona. Dr. O'Toole, this year’s recipient of RISE’s Martin L. Block Award,  discusses the quality initiatives that have inspired her, including opioid safety in the ambulatory setting and training physicia...

Our guest is Ana Handshuh,  principal of CAT5 Strategies and the chair of the RISE Association's Quality and Revenue Community.  Handshuh, who served as the chair of this year's RISE National, shares her key takeaways from the virtual event, and thoughts on COVID, behavioral health, and why broadband access should be a social determinant of health. 

In this podcast, we talk to RISE Managing Director Ellen Wofford about the evolution of RISE during COVID, converting live events to virtual ones, and upcoming plans to host hybrid events that offer both a live-stream option and in-person learning. We also discuss RISE Association communities and opportunities to network via user groups. 

RISE Editorial Director Ilene MacDonald talks to members of the RISE Risk Adjustment Policy Committee about the Biden administration's health care priorities, mechanisms the administration can use to achieve these priorities given a split Senate, and regulatory issues that Medicare Advantage plans need to watch in 2021.

In this podcast, we explore some of the regulatory issues that commercial ACA plans needs to watch in 2021. Our guests are Gabriel McGlamery of Florida Blue's marketplace business and Josh Weisbrod of Network Health in Wisconsin, both members of the RISE Risk Adjustment Policy Committee.