Civil Discourse hosted by Todd Furniss

Founder and CEO of Pratter, Inc. (www.pratter.us) a medical cost savings and transparency company sold as a member benefit with PMPM pricing. My prior background includes co-owning a physician medical billing company and private practice. Our Pratter solution includes three scalable IT platforms including our Pratter Report, Money Maps and Care Search and Save engine.

The Pratter Report is the only line-itemized health plan spend on the market where provider names and real prices paid are displayed. Money Maps permit members to "Tap the Map" to instantly identify low cost, in-network providers without reading a complicated health plan document. Pratter.us search and save engine has one billion claims with real prices paid per care item by provider name.

Pratter is 100% independent all health insurance companies, assuring our loyalty to our clients without a financial conflict of interest.

To learn more about Pratter visit: www.Pratter.us

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Brent Christopher serves as the President of Children’s Medical Center Foundation. He leads a team focused on fundraising in support of Children’s Health and its components: Children’s Medical Center Dallas and Plano, specialty centers, Our Children’s House physician services and the Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern.

Brent joined Children’s Health in July 2016 after 11 years of service as president and chief executive officer of Communities Foundation of Texas, one of the largest community foundations in the country. Prior to joining Communities Foundation of Texas, Brent served as director of development for the giving programs at Children’s Health during its successful we Promise Campaign.

Brent earned his law degree from The University of Texas School of Law. Previously, he earned his master’s degree in political economy and political culture at the University of Nottingham in England, and his B.B.A. in public administration and economics from Baylor University.

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Author of Turnaround and FARE CEO Lisa Gable has served four U.S. presidents and two governors, counseled numerous Fortune 500 CEOs, and represented global public-private partnerships and nonprofits with an end goal of moving organizations to higher levels of performance.

As the former President of the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation, Lisa created and led a coalition of food and beverage industry corporations and public health and government agencies resulting in the reduction of 6.4 trillion calories from the American diet. She was appointed the first female U.S. Commissioner General to the 2005 Aichi World EXPO, holding the personal rank of Ambassador, served as a U.S. Delegate to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women and served in the Reagan White House and Defense Department. Her corporate experience included serving as senior vice president of Global Public Policy at PepsiCo and 15 years in Silicon Valley. Among her varied volunteer activities, she has served on several boards including as a National Trustee for the Boys and Girls Club of America, a board member for Girl Scouts of the USA and as a member of the Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Obesity Solutions. A published writer, Gable also had recurring media appearances including four years as a regularly scheduled guest with Lifetime’s national morning program The Balancing Act.

To learn more about Lisa's new book 'TURNAROUND' visit: https://turnaroundbook.com/

Deborah is the founder, CEO and Strategy Architect of Content Pilot. Her vision has always been to elevate professional services organizations through smarter strategies, dazzling execution and a service ethic that starts with passion and ends with love and care.

As a former head of two large law firm marketing departments, Deborah brings a leader’s in-house perspective to every engagement with a professional services firm. Having conducted many hundreds of client interviews, she also brings the client’s voice to every design, content and technology assignment.

Deborah was inducted into the LMA Hall of Fame in 2008 and the College of Law Practice Management as a Fellow in 2007. She is also on the inaugural list of National Law Journal’s “2013 Top 50 Legal Business Trailblazers & Pioneers” and proud to be included in LawDragon’s Top 100 Legal Consultants every year since it began. In 2021, Deborah was recognized on LawDragon’s Global 100 Leaders in Legal Strategy and Consulting.

Watch Deborah's TED-style talk called #TheSunnySideofShame on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GmmX-RX4Rc

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In an era of increasing outcomes transparency, providers must define and demonstrate improved clinical and economic outcomes. PotentiaMetrics enhances medical evidence with proprietary AI platforms supported by real-world clinical and economic outcomes data.

PotentiaMetrics outcomes and insights products deliver information not available from other sources that enhance the current evidence base, by frequently revealing new information, and contradicting previous findings. As a result, our customers have actionable insights that improve patient outcomes, accelerate contribution margins, and decrease healthcare spending.

Payers, providers, employers and medical-technology companies use our platforms to compare effectiveness, adjust for risk, and track outcomes-based performance metrics.

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Dr. Dean Fanelli advises chemical, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies on patent portfolio creation and management, counseling, technology transactions, due diligence, and opinion work, including drafting novelty, freedom-to-operate and invalidity opinions. He regularly handles IP issues relating to mergers and acquisitions, including corporate governance and setup, drafting and negotiating asset purchase agreements, licensing agreements, shareholder rights agreements and financing for life sciences companies. Dean also has experience in patent litigation under the Hatch-Waxman Act, developing Paragraph IV litigation strategies as well as biosimilar market and patent assessments.

To learn more about Dean visit: www.cooley.com

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To read the article mentioned in today's podcast visit: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/watchdog/2021/08/19/if-north-texas-runs-out-of-icu-hospital-beds-doctors-can-consider-a-patients-vaccination-status/

To learn more about Todd Furniss or The Sixty Percent Solution visit: www.rethinking.healthcare

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To learn more about Todd Furniss or The Sixty Percent Solution visit: www.rethinking.healthcare

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A fifth-generation Montanan, Steve Daines brings 28 years of private-sector business experience to Washington, D.C. as he serves the people of Montana in the U.S. Senate.

Steve was elected to serve as Montana’s United States Representative in 2012. During his time in the House, Daines championed legislation to expand responsible development of Montana’s energy resources, move forward meaningful forest management reform, increase transparency and accountability in government, and require members of Congress to balance the budget – or see their pay terminated. Additionally, he passed the most significant public lands bill for Montana in over 30 years. He was ranked the most effective first-term House member in 2013 and again in 2014.

In the U.S. Senate, Daines is working on issues of critical importance to growing good-paying Montana jobs, developing our state’s energy resources, managing and protecting our public lands and supporting the needs of Montana’s veterans and tribes. He serves on the Senate Committees on Finance, Banking Housing and Urban Affairs, Energy and Natural Resources, and Indian Affairs.

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PlantTAGG delivers location-centric plant care tips, tasks and guidance for all of the plants a gardener has in their yard and home. Uniquely powered by AI, machine learning, proprietary PlantTAGG algorithms and mobile location services, with world class data sources from the US Department of Agriculture, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, NOAA, EagleView and global horticulture experts and enthusiasts, our ability to help residential gardeners is unique, precise and fun.

To learn more about Andrew or PlantTAGG visit: https://planttagg.com

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