Regional health leaders are being asked to do the impossible right now: deliver on systemwide strategy while staying deeply responsive to the realities on the ground. In rural markets especially, the pressures around access, staffing, and infrastructure are forcing health systems to rethink what “care delivery” looks like in practice. 

Natalie Baggio, President, Corewell Health South joins Health Care Rounds host John Marchica, CEO of Darwin Research Group, to discuss balancing local priorities with system strategy, strengthening workforce pipelines to improve retention and reduce burnout, and expanding access through partnerships and new care models. 

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🎙 ABOUT NATALIE L. BAGGIO Prior to joining Corewell Health, Baggio served in multiple health care leadership roles at Mercy Health South in St. Louis, Missouri. Natalie earned a bachelor’s degree in organizational leadership from Greenville College, a bachelor of science in nursing from Chamberlain College of Nursing, a master of business administration from Webster University, and a doctor of nursing practice from Baylor University. Natalie is currently enrolled in the Johnson & Johnson Nurse Innovation Fellowship Program 
 

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Independent community health systems are under increasing pressure as health care continues to consolidate. What does it really take to remain independent while continuing to deliver high-quality care at scale? 

Dr. Allen Smith, President & CEO, and Dr. Sam Ash, CIO of South Shore Health join Health Care Rounds host John Marchica, to discuss maintaining independence as a community health system, building connected infrastructure across care settings, and approaching technology adoption with discipline and purpose.

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🎙 ABOUT ALLEN L. SMITH, MD, MS 
Allen L. Smith is President and CEO of South Shore Health. Previously Dr. Smith was President of the Brigham and Women’s Physicians Organization (BWPO), a faculty practice plan for over 1,800 physicians. Earlier in his career, Dr. Smith served as Assistant Vice President for Strategy and Business Planning at Tufts Health Plan. He began his medical career as a primary care physician at North Shore Medical Center. 

Dr. Smith earned his Master of Science degree in Health Administrative Medicine and Population Health from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He earned his Medical Degree at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He has a BA from Dartmouth College, graduating magna cum laude. 

🎙 ABOUT SAMUEL ASH, MD, MPH 
Samuel Y. Ash, MD, MPH is Chief Information Officer and Vice President of Information Technology Operations and Innovation at South Shore Health, where he also practices as a critical care physician. At Tufts University School of Medicine, Dr. Ash serves as an Assistant Professor of Medicine, blending clinical expertise with leadership in health technology. His work focuses on creating innovative solutions that enhance patient safety, improve clinician experience, and advance interoperability across care settings. 

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We’re ringing in 2026 with Mark Cuban!  

Prescription pricing remains one of the most opaque and frustrating parts of the health care system, leaving employers, providers, and patients struggling to understand where costs come from and who truly benefits.  

Mark Cuban joins Health Care Rounds to talk about why prescription pricing became so complex, how a lack of transparency drives higher costs, and how his company Cost Plus Drugs is stripping away unnecessary layers and markups to deliver simpler, more predictable pricing built on trust.

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🎙 ABOUT MARK CUBAN
Mark Cuban is a self-made billionaire entrepreneur known for his early tech ventures like Broadcast.com, his ownership of the Dallas Mavericks, and his role as a "Shark" on ABC's Shark Tank, investing in numerous startups and expanding into media, film, and healthcare, always championing innovation and disruption. 

In 2019, Mark co-founded Costplusdrugs.com with the aim of lowering generic drug prices for end consumers in the U.S., starting the company after receiving an email from a radiologist named Alex Oshmyansky, who pitched the idea of an online-based pharmacy. He often refers to Cost Plus Drugs as a critique and disruptor of the US health care system, including offering transparent, direct-to-consumer pricing and reducing the role of pharmacy benefit managers. 

Mark has earned a number of accolades including being named to the Texas Business Hall of Fame, the Horatio Alger Award, the SXSW Hall of Fame, Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year, and GQ Man of the Year.

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Health systems are facing unprecedented pressure as physician burnout, workforce shortages, population growth, and rapid technology adoption collide. Leaders are being asked to improve care quality, support clinicians, and transform delivery models all at once.

Dr. Sowmya Viswanathan, Chief Physician Executive at BayCare Health System, joins Health Care Rounds podcast to discuss physician engagement and burnout, BayCare’s shift toward academic medicine, how technology and AI can restore joy in practice, and why flexible physician alignment models are critical for the future of care.

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🎙 ABOUT THE DR. SOWMYA VISWANATHAN
Dr. Sowmya Viswanathan, MD, MHCM, MBA, FACP, is the chief physician executive for BayCare Health System and president of BayCare Medical Group. BayCare is one of the nation’s top-performing academic health systems, serving West Central Florida through 16 hospitals, 400+ care centers, and a network of over 6,000 physicians. Dr. Viswanathan oversees enterprise-wide clinical operations, strategy, and innovation, driving high-quality, value-based care across hospitals, ambulatory services, graduate medical education, research and digital health. 

An internal medicine physician with over 20 years of clinical experience, Dr. Viswanathan has held leadership roles at major health systems including Dartmouth Hitchcock, UMass, and Tenet Health, and has taught at Harvard School of Public Health. She earned her MHCM from Harvard and is a nationally recognized speaker and mentor for emerging physician leaders. In 2025, Becker’s Hospital Review named her a “CMO to Know.”

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Primary care sits at the center of American health care, yet clinicians face mounting burnout, shrinking margins, and a system that often rewards procedures over prevention. With physician shortages growing and patient needs rising, the future of primary care is at a crossroads. 

Dr. Greg Whisman, Chief Medical Officer at CareMore Health, joins Health Care Rounds to discuss the pressures driving the primary care crisis, why reimbursement and workforce models need a reset, and how team-based care, tech enablement, and value-based strategies can restore sustainability and meaning to frontline medicine.

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🎙 ABOUT DR. GREG WHISMAN MD, MBA

Chief national clinical leader for Advance Primary Care responsible for comprehensive care delivery. Leading population health innovation over CareMore's chronic and complex patients.  Oversees the Medical Services Organization including the Case Management, Medical Management and Pharmacy.  Develops, implements, and directs the clinical activities that impact health care quality and cost outcomes across the continuum.

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Behind every headline about rising premiums is a deeper truth: our health care system is structurally unsustainable. 

In this episode of Health Care Rounds Podcast, former US Secretary of Veteran Affairs, Dr. David Shulkin, explains why real reform requires more than subsidies and payment tweaks. We cover everything from misaligned incentives to lessons from the VA’s population-based model and what it’ll take to actually fix U.S. health care.

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🎙 ABOUT THE DR. DAVID SHULKIN 

The Honorable David J. Shulkin was nominated by President Trump to serve as the ninth Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) and was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 13, 2017. 

Prior to his confirmation as Secretary, Dr. Shulkin served as VA’s Under Secretary for Health for 18 months, leading the Nation’s largest integrated health care system, with over 1,700 sites of care serving nearly nine million Veterans. 

Before he began his service with VA, Dr. Shulkin held numerous chief executive roles at Morristown Medical Center, and the Atlantic Health System Accountable Care Organization. He also served as President and CEO of Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City. 

Dr. Shulkin has held numerous physician leadership roles including Chief Medical Officer of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, Temple University Hospital, and the Medical College of Pennsylvania Hospital. He has also held academic positions including Chairman of Medicine and Vice Dean at Drexel University School of Medicine. 

As an entrepreneur, Dr. Shulkin founded and served as Chairman and CEO of DoctorQuality, one of the first consumer-oriented sources of information on quality and safety in healthcare. A board-certified internist, Dr. Shulkin is also a fellow of the American College of Physicians. He received his medical degree from the Medical College of Pennsylvania, and he completed his internship at Yale University School of Medicine and a residency and fellowship in General Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Presbyterian Medical Center. He also received advanced training in outcomes research and economics as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania. 

Dr. Shulkin has been named as one of the “50 Most Influential Physician Executives in the Country” by Modern Healthcare. He has also previously been named among the “One Hundred Most Influential People in American Healthcare.” He has been married to his wife, Dr. Merle Bari, for more than 30 years. They are the parents of two grown children. 

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Specialty pharmacy plays a critical role in patient outcomes, but health systems often struggle to manage operations effectively while maintaining continuity of care. 

In this episode of Health Care Rounds, host John Marchica talks with Jigar Thakkar, PharmD, CEO of Longitude Rx, about how his company is helping leading health systems reimagine specialty pharmacy through technology, data integration, and partnership.

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🎙 ABOUT JIGAR THAKKAR, PHARMD
Jigar is leading Longitude Rx, the first launched solution from Longitude Health. Previously, he built a $470 million specialty pharmacy at OU Health, served as Managing Director at FTI Consulting, and led engagements with health systems and Fortune 100 companies. He holds advanced degrees from Midwestern University, Dartmouth College, and Northwestern University. 

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Across the country, health systems are chasing the promise of value-based care, but few have figured out how to make it work. 

David Carmouche, MD, Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Transformation Officer at Lumeris, joins host John Marchica to discuss what it really takes to make value-based care work at scale. 

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🎙 ABOUT DAVID CARMOUCHE
David Carmouche, MD, is the Executive Vice President & Chief Clinical Transformation Officer at Lumeris. Dr. Carmouche is a visionary leader in transformational healthcare delivery, with a unique blend of provider, payer, retail, and integrated delivery network leadership experience.

Prior to joining Lumeris, Dr. Carmouche served as Walmart’s Senior Vice President of Healthcare Delivery, where he led the fleet of Walmart Health centers, Walmart Health Virtual Care, a value-based care partnership with Optum, and Walmart’s work to address Social Determinants of Health. Dr. Carmouche has also held significant leadership roles with Ochsner Health, the largest nonprofit academic healthcare system in the Gulf South, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana, where he introduced the company’s first value-based care contracts. Earlier in his career, he built and led a multidisciplinary internal medicine and preventive cardiology practice. 

Dr. Carmouche attended Tulane University and LSU Medical School in New Orleans. Board-certified in Internal Medicine, he completed his residency at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he later served as Chief Resident. He serves as President of the Board of the Consortium for Southeastern Healthcare Quality and on the advisory board at Stellar Health. He has served on the board of the National Association of Accountable Care Organizations. 

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Burnout among health care workers remains a critical issue years after the height of COVID-19. 

In this episode of Health Care Rounds, Dr. Adele Webb, Executive Dean of Healthcare Initiatives at Strategic Education, Inc. shares insights from a national survey of health care workers, revealing what’s really driving nursing burnout and how education can help retain talent.

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🎙 ABOUT DR. ADELE WEBB 
Adele Webb earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from the University of Akron, her Master’s in Nursing from The Ohio State University, and her Ph.D. in Nursing from Wayne State University. She began her nursing career as a NICU nurse and transitioned into the emergency room in a pediatric setting. 

In the early 1990s, Adele began focusing on HIV in underdeveloped countries. Over the last 25 years, Adele’s focus has been on international nurse capacity building as it relates to both communicable and non-communicable diseases. She has received extensive funding for her international work and has published her findings in several refereed journals. She has contributed to WHO guidelines, testified to the Institute of Medicine, and given testimony to the White House on nursing workforce issues. 

A sought-out speaker on international nursing care issues, Adele continues to collaborate with the World Health Organization as well as the World NCD Congress. This work has resulted in Adele’s contributions to nurse capacity building in 56 countries. In recognition of her body of work, Adele has received not only the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care Lifetime Achievement Award she has also received the Nicholas Andrew Cummings Award for Excellence in Interprofessional Practice from the National Academies of Practice. Adele is an International Council of Nurses Global Health Fellow, a Fellow in the National Academies of Practice, and a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing. 

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What does it take to lead 100,000 health care workers through constant disruption? 

In this episode of Health Care Rounds, host John Marchica sits down with John D’Angelo, MD, FACEP, President & CEO of Northwell Health, to discuss his journey from physician to chief executive. Dr. D'Angelo shares critical lessons learned from managing COVID-19 surges, his vision for maintaining organizational culture across 100,000 employees, and where he sees the greatest opportunities in healthcare delivery.

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🎙 ABOUT JOHN D’ANGELO, MD, FACEP 
A physician first and foremost, Dr. John D’Angelo leads with compassion. With over 25 years of practical experience, he continues to transform health care operations with his recent appointment as president and CEO of Northwell Health, the Northeast’s largest nonprofit health system.

Dr. D’Angelo oversees a complex network of 28 hospitals and 104,000 employees, including over 1,000 outpatient facilities, 22,000 nurses and over 20,000 physicians with an operating budget of $22.6 billion. Northwell cares for more than 3 million people annually in the New York metro area, including Long Island, the Hudson Valley, western Connecticut and beyond. 

His background in emergency medicine informed his leadership in Northwell’s operational response to COVID-19, expanding his role to become the chief of integrated operations for the entire health system. He also co-led an innovative, award-winning data solution, Real-Time Actionable Data, to enhance operational visibility. Previously, he oversaw all of Northwell’s emergency departments and was instrumental in the health system’s lifesaving sepsis prevention initiatives. A Long Island native, Dr. D'Angelo received his medical degree from SUNY Stony Brook and subsequently completed a residency in emergency medicine at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA. He also served as medical director to numerous EMS agencies throughout his career and served in the United States Army Reserve from 2001-2011. 

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