This Week In Health Innovation

Tuesday, February 20th at 11:30 AM Eastern/8:30AM Pacific our special guests on Pophealth Week include Niki BuchananPhilips Population Health Management Business Leader, Wellcentive. and David Nash, MD, MBA, Dean, Jefferson College of Population Health. Niki Buchanan serves as  A dynamic and versatile healthcare executive, Niki uses her distinctive customer focused methodology to align solutions organizations towards products and services that meet healthcare’s business transformation needs. Recognized for her strategic approach to driving ROI for her customers through superior account management, operational deployment, and a focus on commercial and government compliance and reimbursement opportunities, that maximize Value Based Care initiatives. Niki’s teams are known for improving KLAS scores and aligning towards both profitability and customer satisfaction. She uses her experience in serving on the Emory Rollins school of Public Health Advisory board and adjunct professor in the Informatics Master’s pr

Thursday, February 7th 2018 our guest on This Week in the Arts is artist Lori Hammond. More about Lori: My background is multi-faceted and has allowed me to experience being a creator. When I began to draw at a young age I had no idea it would  lead me to New York where I would receive my MFA in Digital Art with a focus on 3D Animation from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.  Over the years I have been lucky enough to work in the education, fashion, events and entertainment. I got my first real job in entertainment a few years back as a  Training Specialist for Walt Disney Animation Studios.  This job gave me the experience I needed to progress not only as an artist but as a educator and it opened doors to a multitude of other experiences not to mention working with the most talented people in the industry. More about Lon Levin: Lon is a talented and multifaceted illustrator whose artwork is "witty, beautiful and poignant". He is an award winning graphic designer to boot and I highly recommend to anyone seeki

Tuesday, February 6th 2018 on This Week in Accountable CareDon Crane, CEO of America's Physician Groups (follow on twitter via @AmerPhysGrps) makes his second appearance weighing in on accountable care, Medicare Advantage and the latest developments emanating from Wasington, DC. More about Don: Don Crane is the President and CEO of America's Physician Groups, a national professional association composed of physician groups dedicated to coordinated, accountable care. It is the nation’s largest trade association that explicitly promotes capitation as the payment model for its members, all of whom accept various forms of risk-based capitation or other population-based payment. These groups are in the forefront of national healthcare reform and represent the care model and payment methodologies adopted by federal legislation for the entire nation.  Full bio here. Join APG at their annual meeting April 19-21st, 2018 in San Diego. For more information or to register, click here.  

On @PophealthWeek with @fsgoldstein 1/31/18 we put a lens on the Population Health industry David Nash, MD, MBA, (@nashpophealth) the founding and current Dean of the Jefferson College of Population Health will provide his thoughts on the current state of the science and best practices prevailing in population health management including what to expect at the 18th Population Health Colloquium in Philadelphia, March 19th - 21st. More about Dr. Nash: Dr. David B. Nash was named Founding Dean of the Jefferson College of Population Health (JCPH) in 2008. This appointment caps a 25-year tenure on the faculty of Thomas Jefferson University. He is also the Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Professor of Health Policy. Dr. Nash is a board-certified internist who is internationally recognized for his work in public accountability for outcomes, physician leadership development and quality-of-care improvement.  

Wednesday, January 31st we close out the first Month in 2018 with a roundtable conversation of blockchain applications for the 3 trillion plus healthcare ecosystem. Transaction intensive and ripe with security, portability, affordabiity, access and quality issues via both siloed and centralized databases whether legacy server hosted or more recently via the cloud, the healthcare space seems a likely candidate for disruption given the promise or ‘hype of its disintermediation upside. In this session we'll explore blockchain technologies’ upside potential and attempt  to vet the signal from the noise. My guests include: Ted Tanner, Jr., co-founder and CTO of PokitDok, Dan Munro, a writer who lives outside of Phoenix, Arizona. He is authored and writes about technology, cybersecurity, and policy for a variety of online and print publications, and Tatyana Kanzaveli, investor, entrepreneur, CEO Open Health, TEDxBayArea organizer, creative thinker who likes technologies,cooking, hiking chess, arts, good people a

Sourced from DOCSF 2018 Health Innovation Media co-host Nick Adkins @NickisnPDX cathes up Eliav Shaked, M.Sc, CEO and Co-founder of Retispec (@retispec). Retispec's mission is 'to enable and promote widespread early detection of Alzheimer’s Disease pathology.' DOCSF is: Bridging: Technology + Orthopaedics and it's mission is: to unite innovators and health care leaders  to adopt and integrate digital health solutions in musculoskeletal care. The goal of  our alliance is to create meaningful and measurable improvements in quality, cost and access in musculoskeletal verticals. DOCSF’s vision is to create a movement that delivers digital health (lower cost, higher quality and better access) by focusing on technology within musculoskeletal care. Organized by the visionary Stefano Bini, MD (@sbiniMD) Founder and Chair, The Digital Orthopedics Conference, and Professor of Orthopaedics UCSF and hosted during the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference week in San Francisco, the conference brought together physicians, oth

Sourced from DOCSF 2018Health Innovation Media co-host Nick Adkins @NickisnPDX cathes up with Professor Shafi Ahmed PhD, Fellow Royal College of Surgeons. the 'Virtual Surgeon'.   DOCSF is: Bridging: Technology + Orthopaedics and it's mission is: to unite innovators and health care leaders  to adopt and integrate digital health solutions in musculoskeletal care. Further, the goal of  our alliance is to create meaningful and measurable improvements in quality, cost and access in musculoskeletal verticals. Finally,  DOCSF’s vision is to create a movement that delivers digital health (lower cost, higher quality and better access) by focusing on technology within musculoskeletal care. Organized by the visionary Stefano Bini, MD (@sbiniMD) Founder and Chair, The Digital Orthopedics Conference, and Professor of OrthopaedicsUCSF and hosted during theJP Morgan Healthcare Conference week in San Francisco, the conference brought together physicians, other clinicians, informaticists, entreprenuers, academics, th

The 'go-to' investor healthcare conference of the year is the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference held in San Francisco from January 8th = 11th 2018.  in this interview Andre Berger MD, CEO of National ACO a best in class performing Next Generation Model ACO chats with Stephen Bernstein, Global Head of the Healthcare Practice at McDermott, WIll & Emery LLP. Follow on twitter via @McDermottLaw. More about Stephen: Stephen W. Bernstein specializes in e-health, “big data,” deployment of electronic health record systems and health-related matters affected by the internet and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), as well as private equity investments, mergers, acquisitions, affiliations and joint ventures involving technology, hospitals and physicians. Stephen is the global head of McDermott's Health Practice. Stephen has particular experience working with regional electronic health record collaborations as well as pharmaceutical, biotech, device companies, technology companies, heal

November 4th - 7th 2017 the global community of innovators in medicine convened at the beautiful Hotel Del Coronado to share insights on topics ranging from blockchain applications in medicine and health services generally to robotics to the use of artificial (or 'augmented') intelligence and beyond. Moderated by the talented and boundlessly energetic Daniel Kraft, MD (follow @daniel_kraft) some refer to this annual pilgrimage as the 'burning man' equivalent for passionate innovators in the medical, healthtech, medical device, precision medicine and emerging 'omics' space. The faculty and schedule of events us available here, a conference mashup, here. For true addicts of the innovation impulse, prior talks are available here. This year Health Innovation Media's focus was on quality and depth of interviews vs. the prior years' focus on quantity of conversations logged. In this interview I chat with GynOncologist Stephanie Kuku, MRCOG MD, (@femhealthtech).

November 4th - 7th 2017 the global community of innovators in medicine convened at the beautiful Hotel Del Coronado to share insights on topics ranging from blockchain applications in medicine and health services generally to robotics to the use of artificial (or 'augmented') intelligence and beyond. Moderated by the talented and boundlessly energetic Daniel Kraft, MD (follow @daniel_kraft) some refer to this annual pilgrimage as the 'burning man' equivalent for passionate innovators in the medical, healthtech, medical device, precision medicine and emerging 'omics' space. The faculty and schedule of events us available here, a conference mashup, here. For true addicts of the innovation impulse, prior talks are available here. This year Health Innovation Media's focus was on quality and depth of interviews vs. the prior years' focus on quantity of conversations logged. In this interview I chat with John Brownstein, PhD, (follow @JohnBrownstein), Chief Innovation Officer, Boston Childrens Hospital. 

Tuesday, December 19th, 2017 our featured guest is June Simmons, President,Partners in Care Foundation, who's mission statement notes: 'Changing health care systems, changing communities, changing lives.' More about June (full bio here): 'Ms. Simmons is nationally recognized for her leadership in the administration of health care organizations. Since founding Partners in Care in 1997, June Simmons, MSW, has led the organization’s pioneering role in developing and scaling evidence-based care models, leading to innovative and effective interventions for the management of chronic conditions, the challenges of aging, and better coordinated care to improve health care outcomes. Throughout her distinguished career, she has been instrumental in envisioning, creating, funding, and operating, forward-looking health and social services research, and programs that meet the mutual needs of patient populations, providers, and health care delivery networks. These initiatives are designed to encourage implementation of c

On Pophealth Week December 14th 2017 Health Innovation Media co-hosts Fred Goldstein, M.S.,President, Accountable Health, LLC, and Gregg Masters, MPH engage Dan Foltz, Managing Director of Parnassus Consulting for an informative session on 'Healthcare Data Liquidity'.  Listen in as they explore: What is healthcare data liquidity and why has it been difficult to achieve?What is the difference between data liquidity and interoperability?How data liquidity sets the stage for so many key healthcare initiatives such as Preparing for new payment modelsClinical integrationPhysician engagementCare management and population healthHow St. Luke’s University Health Care reached data liquidity and the impact they achieved  Broadcast sponsored by Information Builders.

November 4th - 7th 2017 the global community of innovators in medicine convened at the beautiful Hotel Del Coronado to share insights on topics ranging from blockchain applications in medicine and health services generally to robotics to the use of artificial (or 'augmented') intelligence and beyond. Moderated by the talented and boundlessly energetic Daniel Kraft, MD (follow @daniel_kraft) some refer to this annual pilgrimage as the 'burning man' equivalent for passionate innovators in the medical, healthtech, medical device, precision medicine and emerging 'omics' space. The faculty and schedule of events us available here, a conference mashup, here. For true addicts of the innovation impulse, prior talks are available here. This year Health Innovation Media's focus was on quality and depth of interviews vs. the prior years' focus on quantity of conversations logged. In this interview I chat with Malind Kamkolkar (follow @milindkam), Chief Data Officer, Sanofi a company focused on empowering lives throu

December 12th on This Week in Accountable Care at 5PM PT/8PM ET our featured guest is Julian Malinak, President of Canvas Medical (follow @CanvasMedical).  Topics include: Evolution of ACO benchmarking methodologies including the major issues with benchmarkingCenter for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) vision for how different ACO models (i.e., Next Generation ACOs, and various Medicare Shared Savings Program tracks) fit togetherDay-to-day life at CMS: how issues are prioritized, interaction with model participants, what type of feedback to CMS tends to be most effectiveRole of EMR and population health platforms for ACO success More About Julian: Canvas offers a completely different type of EMR for independent primary care practices focused on usability, clinical quality, and success in value-based payment models. Prior to Canvas, Julian was Technical Advisor for Financial Policy at the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI). At CMS, Julian led teams designing and implementing the financ

November 4th - 7th 2017 the global community of innovators in medicine convened at the beautiful Hotel Del Coronado to share insights on topics ranging from blockchain applications in medicine and health services generally to robotics to the use of artificial (or 'augmented') intelligence and beyond. Moderated by the talented and boundlessly energetic Daniel Kraft, MD (follow @daniel_kraft) some refer to this annual pilgrimage as the 'burning man' equivalent for passionate innovators in the medical, healthtech, medical device, precision medicine and emerging 'omics' space. The faculty and schedule of events us available here, a conference mashup, here. For true addicts of the innovation impulse, prior talks are available here. This year Health Innovation Media's focus was on quality and depth of interviews vs. the prior years' focus on quantity of conversations logged. In this interview I chat with digital health pioneer and General Surgeon Rafael Grossmann MD (follow @ZGJR). Dr. Grossmann pioneered the c

November 4th - 7th 2017 the global community of innovators in medicine convened at the beautiful Hotel Del Coronado to share insights on topics ranging from blockchain applications in medicine and health services generally to robotics to the use of artificial (or 'augmented') intelligence and beyond. Moderated by the talented and boundlessly energetic Daniel Kraft, MD (follow @daniel_kraft) some refer to this annual pilgrimage as the 'burning man' equivalent for passionate innovators in the medical, healthtech, medical device, precision medicine and emerging 'omics' space. The faculty and schedule of events us available here, a conference mashup, here. For true addicts of the innovation impulse, prior talks are available here. This year Health Innovation Media's focus was on quality and depth of interviews vs. the prior years' focus on quantity of conversations logged. In this interview I chat with Healthcare Dive's 'Healthcare Executive of the Year' and Exponential Medicine's closing keynote Rasu Shresth

We begin our Exponential Medicine interviews with an upfront and personal chat with John Nosta who weighs in on a range of issues. More about John: First and foremost, John is a thinker. A thinker entrenched in the world of science, medicine and innovation. John is the founder of NOSTALAB—a digital health think tank. He’s generally regarded as one of the top global strategic and creative thinkers in this important and expanding area. He is also one the most popular speakers around the globe presenting his vibrant and insightful perspective on the future of health innovation. Unwilling to accept the status quo, he’s a contrarian with a focus the future of health and wellness. A leading voice in the convergence of technology and health, Nosta helps define, dissect and deliberate global trends in digital health. He is consistently ranked among the top names in almost every digital list and has sustained that position for several years. Beyond simply an influencer, John is also defined as “most admired” to “to

On a special edition of This Week in Accountable Care on Thursday, November 1st 2017 my special guests include Dan Munro and Fred Goldstein. We'll discuss recent developments in the health policy and reform space including the recent rumored acquisition interest by CVS Health to acquire the Aetna 'motherhouse'. For context see: 'Why the Potential CVS Acquisition of Aetna is Brilliant, The Law of Unintended Consequences' posted to the Healthcare Blog. For additional context check out our interview with Andy Slavitt on This Week in Accountable Care with National ACO co-founders Andre Berger, MD,CEO, and Alex Foxman, MD, President and Chief Medical Officer.      

October 31st on This Week in Accountable Care at 5PM PT/8PM ET our very special guest is Andy Slavitt. Andy Slavitt is the former Acting Administrator of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under the Obama administration who currently serves as Senior Advisor to the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC). More about Andy: Andy Slavitt is a senior advisor to BPC and is a member of its Future of Health Care Initiative. Slavitt has decades of private and public sector leadership in health care, business and technology. Over his career, Slavitt has led many significant and successful initiatives in health care impacting millions of Americans and the shape of the health care system. From 2015-2017, Slavitt served as the Acting Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).  Today, Slavitt remains dedicated to building a sustainable, high quality health care system that is available to all Americans and derives value from the private sector, health care providers, government an

From the Florida Association of Accountable Care Organizations (FLAACOs) fourth annual conference in Orlando, Accountable Health LLC, President Fred Goldstein weighs in on risk stratification best practices for ACOs. More details soon!