General Medicine and Primary Care

Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP

Guest: Katherine Schneider, MD

What does MACRA mean to the clinical practice environment, and how will it impact your own practice? Dr. Katherine Schneider, President and CEO of the Delaware Valley Accountable Care Organization, discusses how MACRA is affecting physician practices. Host Dr. Brian McDonough joins her to outline what physicians can do to prepare for the changing landscape of payment through Medicare.

Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP

Guest: Daniel Tropeano

Guest: Michael Freytag

An expert panel of health professionals representing hospital administration, technology, and medical education convene to discuss how their various career paths have led them in directions that were unexpected at times but ultimately fulfilling. They also talked about why being versatile and willing to embrace change became so important within the health care field.

The panel participants are:

• Jeanne Churchill: Professor of Nursing, Columbia University
• Robert McNally: President and CEO of GeoVax, Inc.
• Michael Freytag: Managing Director of BlackTree Health Consulting
• Daniel Tropeano: CEO of United Healthcare Services, Inc.

Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO

Guest: Vince Parry

In today’s digital world, the way that people interact with health care is very different than in the past. Guest Vince Parry, President and Chief Branding Officer at Parry Branding Group, says there are fundamental problems in the way healthcare companies and their advertising agencies currently market health and wellness brands across digital media. Host Dr. Jennifer Caudle will lead a discussion of the current brand “identity crisis” and how healthcare brands can better capitalize on the current digital landscape to improve outcomes.

Discover how hearing loss in the US is growing and how it affects young and older people alike. Protect your patients' hearing with these tips and resources in an increasingly noisy world from Dr. John Iskander and Dr. William Murphy in this session of Beyond the Data.

Visit Dangerousdecibels.org to learn how to protect your hearing. Discover “How loud is too loud?”

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD

This discussion is dedicated to helping clinicians understand the “Pick Your Pace” option for Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) participation.How should physicians navigate these new reporting options to avoid any payment penalties, and what are the most effective first steps?

Host Dr. Matt Birnholz welcomes Dr. Kate Goodrich, Director of the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Dr. Goodrich also serves as CMS's Chief Medical Officer.

Host: Rebecca Kaplan

Guest: Neil Nandi, MD

For patients with Crohn's and Colitis diseases, fecal matter transplants could be the therapy they have been waiting for. Dr. Neil Nandi, Director of the Center for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases at Drexel University College of Medicine, will discuss what fecal transplants are, outline the risks and benefits of treatment, and forecast upcoming research. He is joined by Rebecca Kaplan of the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation.

Host: Andrew Wilner, MD, FACP, FAAN

Guest: Lawrence Loh, MD

Almost two-thirds of medical students expect to join a medical mission during medical school and their medical early careers. Yet despite positive intent, such short-term experiences may exacerbate global health inequities and even cause harm.

Dr. Lawrence Loh, Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health, joins host Dr. Andrew Wilner to talk about the benefits and pitfalls of medical mission work for the communities being served.

Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP

Guest: Annalisa Scimemi

Hemorrhagic strokes account for about 200,000 strokes per year. Of those who survive, about 66 percent suffer some permanent brain damage. Our guest, biophysicist Dr. Annalisa Scimemi, has been studying the receptors in the brain that may contribute to brain damage immediately after hemorrhagic stroke. Alongside host Dr. Brian McDonough, she will discuss how to lessen the effects of brain damage following a stroke.

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD

From the Villanova Health Summit's Speaker Event, host Dr. Matt Birnholz speaks with Jeanne Vanella, Chief Nursing Officer at Bernoulli, Inc. about the challenges of adopting new, innovative technologies into nursing practices.

Host: Barnett Mennen, MD

Guest: Grace Wang, MD, FACS

Unclogging patient arteries is a key step to preventing stroke in patients with arterial disease. Whether it be preventing the operative stage, or surgery itself, advances in treatment at Penn Medicine are seeking to lessen the effects of arterial disease.

Host Dr. Barry Mennen welcomes Dr. Grace Wang, vascular surgeon and Director of the Vascular Laboratory at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Wang highlights the importance of early detection in arterial disease, as well as the symptoms and risk factors of the disease. She will also discuss the current and upcoming surgical intervention options at Penn Medicine.