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Reducing Chronic Condition Readmissions
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Preventable hospital readmissions cost the healthcare system approximately $25 billion annually, and it is estimated that one of every five Medicare patients is readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge. Our panel of experts shares insights and best practices on lowering readmission rates for patients with chronic health conditions thr…
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How Digital Technologies are Advancing Health Equity
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Digital technology can give organizations more data, giving them more visibility not only into patients’ clinical profiles but also population health profiles and socioeconomic profiles. Our panel of experts will discuss how health plans can effectively tap the potential of digital technologies to improve care delivery, outcomes and equity for trad…
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Elevate Risk Adjustment by Activating Providing Participation
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Risk adjustment is much more than a regulatory requirement for Medicare Advantage plans – it can improve the quality of care by providing an accurate picture of each member’s health status and ensuring each member receives the right interventions and treatment. Providers play an important role in risk adjustment, too. An engaged partnership between…
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The Playbook for Local as a Healthcare Strategy
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Engaging high-needs Medicare and Medicaid members can be a huge barrier to better health and a consistent challenge for even the most innovative health plans. In order to successfully engage these members, health plans must meet them in the communities they live and work and provide the right solutions and resources. Our expert panel of leaders fro…
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How CareFirst and Socially Determined are Taking an Analytic Approach to Drive Precision
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Socially Determined Co-Founder and CEO Trenor Williams, MD, talks with Eric about the importance of accessing and unlocking the potential of member demographic data, including race, ethnicity and language, to identify social risk. Specifically, he shared details of his organization’s partnership with CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield to optimize inter…
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How Conquering Loneliness is A Key to Your Medicare & Medicaid Businesses
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Loneliness is associated with worsening health-related quality of life, increased mortality, higher risk for a variety of physical and mental health conditions, and other poor health outcomes. While loneliness is typically applied to seniors, it can apply at any age. Michelle Bentzien-Purrington, SVP, Senior Vice President, MLTSS, Molina Healthcare…
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SDOH and DE&I: Knowing Your Veteran Population
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Featuring: David Shulkin, MD, Former U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Kacey L. Serrano, MPA, CPC, CRC, Director, Medicare Stars and Risk Adjustment, Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield Sean Libby, President, BeneLynk Today, 22% of Medicare Advantage members are veterans of the United States Armed Forces and 5% of Medicare Advantage members use th…
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Creating a More Human, Holistic Approach to SDoH: Reaching the Unreachable with Anthem, Optima Health, UnitedHealthcare & Icario
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Reaching hard-to-reach populations takes heart, determination, and support. And it’s hard. Just because you’re communicating, doesn’t mean you’re connecting. Our panel explores ways health plans can make sure they meet their members where they're at and how to navigate the complicated outreach process. Panelists: Merrill Friedman, RVP, Inclusive Po…
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Your New SDOH Roadmap: Integrating Social Care into Healthcare
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In order to implement an effective SDOH strategy, healthcare organizations must develop an infrastructure to integrate both clinical and social interventions. Our panel of experts from Melanin & Medicine, MetroPlus Health, Priority Health, ProMedica, and Socially Determined shares best practices, lessons learned, and key considerations to help you …
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True Value-Based Care Starts with an Action
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Dr. Jonah Mink, Medical Director of Health.io discusses how health plans can convert data into actionable insights by leveraging focused chronic care service providers with at-home or last-mile care or diagnostics. Jonah also shares how health plans are generating clinical results and revenue from partnerships with service providers and offers guid…
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Health Equity and SDOH: Leveraging Data and Measures with Anthem, CareSource, Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Evolent
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Achieving health equity begins with an ability to identify health disparities and their causes Without adequate data and measures, inequities remain unseen and unaddressed. Our expert panel discusses the importance of leveraging data and analytics to understand, measure, and support equity improvement efforts. They will share successful strategies …
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Consumer Centricity and the Power of PAM®
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Eric goes one-on-one with Chris Delaney, Founder, and CEO of Insignia Health. During the episode, Chris talks about consumer centricity and the importance of the patient activation measure (PAM) for health plans and providers. He provides various case studies and overall guidance on how to successfully implement activation programs that work. This …
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NFL 2021 (wk 22 - Super Bowl - Best Bets & Multiple Likes)
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Medicare Advantage: Novel Approaches to Whole Person Care
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Experts from Cigna, SCAN Health Plan and UPMC Health plan share strategies and best practices for generating higher HEDIS and STAR ratings by advancing a holistic approach to their members’ care including “last mile” strategies and caregiver support coupled with physical, behavioral and social needs. Panelists include Ellen Bjeckford, PhD, MPH, Ass…
A Super Bowl special with Steve Fezzik (@FezzikSports) . Steve covers strategies to deploy and pitfalls to avoid as you consider your Super Bowl bets. He also educates us on how to consume handicapping insights shared on other podcasts. Below are the links Steve mentioned during the show: Chris Andrews book, Then One Day Logan Fields, 20/20 Sports …
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#203: Giancarlo Esposito and Ming-Na Wen- THE MANDALORIAN, BOOK OF BOBA FETT
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When Gustavo meets Gustavo in front of 12,000 people at LA Comic Con, it's destined to become a classic episode. And when Ming-Na Wen is there, it's the best Star Wars trio since Max Rebo set up a small combo at Jabba's Jazz club. (Don't ask, it's funnymatt's fan fiction.) If you want to hear about filming two epic TV series, why working with Grogu…
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A Conversation with Cynthia Brandt, PhD, Chief Executive Officer & President, Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health
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Dr. Cynthia Brandt joins Eric to discuss her mission to unlock philanthropy to improve health for children and mothers around the world through the foundation, which directs all fundraising for the Lucile Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford and for the maternal and child health programs at Stanford University School of Medicine. Cynthia sha…
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NFL 2021 (wk 21 - AFC NFC Championships - Best Bets & Multiple Likes)
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Leverage SDOH Outreach to Increase Dual Eligible Penetration
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Our panel of experts from Commonwealth Care Alliance, Molina Healthcare of Ohio and BeneLynk share best practices for addressing the SDOH needs of your dual eligible members. Walk away with ideas you can implement in your own organization to close gaps in care, improve outcomes, and reduce costs. Topics include: Topics include: Combining technology…
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NFL 2021 (wk 20 -Div Rd - Best Bets & Multiple Likes)
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NFL 2021 (wk 19 -Wild Card - Best Bets & Multiple Likes)
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A Conversation with Dr. Shantanu Agrawal, Chief Health Officer, Anthem
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Anthem’s Chief Health Officer Shantanu Agrawal, MD, talks to Eric about what the insurer is doing to lessen the effect of social determinants of health (SDOH). He shares the results from Anthem’s recently released report, Driving Our Health: A study exploring health perceptions in America, a national survey of 5,000 U.S. adults. Anthem conducted th…
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NFL 2021 (wk 18 - Best Bets & Multiple Likes
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NFL 2021 (wk 17 - Best Bets & Multiple Likes
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NFL 2021 (wk 16) - Best Bets & Multiple Likes
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NFL 2021 (wk 15) - Best Bets & Multiple Likes
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Health Plan Case Studies: Strengthen the Member Experience to Improve Quality Ratings
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Health plans today are facing simultaneous pressures to improve member experience, increase healthcare quality and reduce costs. Hear how leading health plans are designing and implementing exceptional member experiences, boosting quality rating and helping members achieve better health outcomes! Also, learn how looking at the member experience thr…
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Closing Gaps in Care: Innovative Approaches to Achieving Quality Goals
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As healthcare works toward value-based care, closing care gaps and engaging consumers in preventive health is a high priority among payers and providers as it reduces costs and improves health outcomes. In this podcast, leaders from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, Clover Health, Health.io and Humana share successful strategies for closing gaps …
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NFL 2021 (wk 14) - Best Bets & Multiple Likes
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#202: Dan Povenmire- PHINEAS AND FERB, MILO MURPHY'S LAW, FAMILY GUY, THE SIMPSONS
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Whether you know him from playing Dr. Doofenshmirtz, contributing his talents to shows such as The Simpsons, Family Guy, and CatDog, or just for being a guy who owns a $10,000 fridge, Dan Povenmire seems to be everywhere these days. Listen in as we talk to him live at Los Angeles Comic Con, and if you listen closely enough, you can hear the cosplay…
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NFL 2021 (wk 13) - Best Bets & Multiple Likes
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NFL 2021 (wk 12) - Best Bets & Multiple Likes
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NFL 2021 (wk 11) - Best Bets & Multiple Likes
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NFL 2021 (wk 10) - Best Bets & Multiple Likes
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A Conversation with Cyrus Batheja, National Vice President, UnitedHealth Group
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In this episode, UnitedHealth Group National Vice President Cyrus Batheja joins Eric to share his inspirational personal story and how it motivates his desire to break down the barriers to healthcare. During the conversation, it becomes clear Cryus is a remarkable individual. He details his family’s journey to America and his experience growing up …
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NFL 2021 (wk 9) - Best Bets & Multiple Likes
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NFL 2021 (wk 8) - Best Bets & Multiple Likes
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A Conversation with the CIO of Blue Shield Of California, Lisa Davis
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In this episode, Lisa Davis, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Blue Shield of California (BSC) sits down with Eric to talk about BSC's overall Health Reimagined strategy, BSC's Portfolio Product Models, and their new partnership with Google Cloud. In addition, Lisa dives into criminal and counterintelligence and how the overall…
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NFL 2021 (wk 7) - Best Bets & Multiple Likes
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Banner Health, BCBSSC and SCAN Drive Engagement with Behavior-Focused Care
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Our panel of experts from Banner Health, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, SCAN Health Plan and other leading healthcare organizations share case studies and best practices for engaging consumers in decision-making and behavior change to improve health outcomes. Find out why a human-centric approach may help persuade consumers to actively par…
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NFL 2021 (wk 6) - Best Bets & Multiple Likes
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How Consumer Data and Activation Will Drive Future Profitability in Healthcare
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Leaders from Humana, ProMedica, Health Plan of San Mateo, Alliance of Community Health Plans, and Insignia Health share case studies and best practices for leveraging health data to drive consumer activation, improve health outcomes and reduce costs. Topics include: Using AI, machine learning, and language processing to drive more effective communi…
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NFL 2021 (wk 5) - Best Bets & Multiple Likes
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What’s Next in Behavioral Health - A Brighter Future for Mental Health Care
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Panelists: Cara McNulty, President, Behavioral Health & EAP, CVS | Aetna Claire Neely, MD, FAAP, President & CEO, Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement The mental health experience can be daunting and lonely with the stigma attached preventing many people from getting the care they need. With the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated mental health iss…
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NFL 2021 (wk 4) - Best Bets & Multiple Likes
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A Live Interview with Master Storyteller Cal Fussman
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Drawing on his decades of interviewing some of the biggest names in sports, business, politics and pop culture, author and Esquire Writer-at-Large Cal Fussman shares how the power of storytelling can help hospitals and health plans make better connections with patients and members.
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NFL 2021 (wk 3) - Best Bets & Multiple Likes
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Why Patient Engagement Doesn’t Work: Lessons Learned to Drive Consumer Empowerment
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Experts from Mass General Hospital, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, AvMed and Appnovation discuss bright spots in consumer engagement and how to reinvent your patient engagement strategies. Panelists: Ana Eberhard, Vice President, Member Experience, AvMed Susie Hume, Director of Digital Strategy, Experience and Delivery at Excellus BCBS Susan Edgman…