Inside Reproductive Health Podcast

By Fertility Bridge

Inside Reproductive Health is your source for information about the growing field of fertility. Inside Reproductive Health features an active blog and weekly interviews with leaders from the clinical,... more

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How many episodes does Inside Reproductive Health Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 267 episodes available.

Inside Reproductive Health Podcast episodes:

October 02, 2022What is Oma Fertility Doing With $37.5 Million?
This week, Griffin hosts Drs. Gurjeet Singh and Sahil Gupta, founders of Oma Fertility and Oma Robotics, to discuss their plans for utilizing $37.5 M in venture capital. Who will have access to the tech? How much automation can they bring to the industry? Tune in to the latest episode of Inside Reproductive Health, as Griffin Jones presses these entrepreneurs on their plans to scale their company.
Tune in to hear:
How Oma Fertility and Oma Robotics came to be, how they raised so much capital, and what role debt plays in their plans to scale their organization.

What Drs. Sahil Gupta and Gurjeet Singh have to say about the role of AI in increasing productivity and reliability in the labs.

Griffin ask about their growth, especially the pros and cons of purchasing clinics vs. beginning de novo, and where their footprint is expanding.
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1h 1min
September 25, 2022Elizabeth Carr: What is U.S. IVF’s First Born Working For and What Is She Doing Now?
This week on Inside Reproductive Health, Elizabeth Carr shares her experience from birth to where she is today, at Tomorrow, and everywhere in between. Born quite literally into the industry and its spotlight, Elizabeth has chosen to be an advocate for IVF, working to change public education, and further ‘industry’ advancements.
Tune in to hear:
What Elizabeth Carr is doing to give back to the community that made her existence possible.

How her relationship with Dr. Jones and his family contributed to her life and ultimate career path.

What she wishes people in the industry would push harder for.
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52min
September 18, 2022Pinnacle Fertility: Where’d They Come From?!
CEO Andrew Mintz shares the Pinnacle philosophy; will it scale?
Inside Reproductive Health guest, Andew Mintz, shares the evolution of Pinnacle Fertility on this week’s podcast episode with Griffin Jones. The fertility network which now owns ORM (Oregon Reproductive Medicine), SRM (Seattle Reproductive Medicine) and others, seemingly came out of nowhere. Is their model scalable? Will it stand the test of time?
Tune in to hear:
Andrew Mintz detail the Pinnacle Fertility model, including how they constructed their Medical Director and Lab Director Councils, and how they contribute to the overarching success and development of their network.

Griffin press Andrew on the efficacy of Pinnacle Fertility’s physician buy-in program, and how it could potentially implode.

Griffin question whether or not Pinnacle Fertility’s private equity backing equally beneficial to physicians across the board, or only those stepping into retirement.

Griffin ask how Andrew Mintz and his team approached the selection of the ever-challenging EMR system, and how they decided on just one.
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1h
September 11, 20223 REI Fellows Walk Into A Podcast…
What They Really Want Out of Their Future Permanent Position
This week on Inside Reproductive Health, Griffin Jones hashes out the goals, aspirations, and challenges of three prominent REI Fellows in their search for the right permanent placement. Dr. Megan Sax, Dr. Victoria Jiang, and Dr. Zoran Pavlovic share their experiences on recruitment, what factors weigh in on their decisions on job selection, and how much they’re willing to put at stake for their professional (and personal) success.
Tune in to hear:
What they are looking for in a partnership and/or position.

How factors such as location and politics have a huge impact on the appeal of job offers.

Griffin press all three and question how much accountability they are willing to take on in exchange for the autonomy they crave.

What you might say to a recruit to catch their interest.
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1h 17min
September 05, 2022EngagedMD’s Prescription For Reducing Fertility Center Pain Points, Featuring Co-Founder Jeff Issner
In this sponsored episode, Griffin Jones and co-founder of EngagedMD Jeff Issner discuss the unique ways the company provides added value for practice owners, employees, and their patients. How informed is your informed consent? Does your practice unknowingly carry added risk? EngagedMD’s education and informed consent solutions help to increase provable informed consent, reduce practice risk, increase and personalize provider-to-patient face time, increase patient education, save time, add to practices’ bottom lines, and ultimately increase access to care.
Tune in to hear:
Jeff and Griffin discuss ever-present nurse burnout, and what EngagedMD does to take some of the weight off of nurses’ shoulders.

Griffin question how EngagedMD’s program roll-out can be successful with varying practice size and demographics.

Griffin question how business advantage and patient standard of care can both be bolstered by partnering with EngagedMD.

Staggering statistics on the EngagedMD analysis of ROI on just a two-practitioner clinic, and how these results increase patient access to care.
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1h 9min
August 29, 2022Extend Fertility’s Lessons From The Market For Egg Freezing
Dr. Joshua Klein, REI, Chief Clinical Officer, Medical Director, and Co-founder of Extend Fertility in NYC joins Griffin this week on Inside Reproductive Health to discuss the business of getting into business. Listen as they share perspectives on risk tolerance, people-management, financial backing, and the potential to lose -or gain- it all on the path to entrepreneurial leadership.
Tune in to hear:
Dr. Joshua Klein share how he successfully cornered an underdeveloped segment of the fertility market, and what steps he took to get there.

Griffin question Dr. Klein on how he knew when to time the change in his career path, and what others in the same position should consider before making a move.

Griffin question Dr. Klein when he says “people are the hardest part.”

How to not get way over your head in overhead before you even start.
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1h 11min
August 21, 2022Physicians Are Bad Business People, And The MedikalPreneur Author Who Says That’s A Lie
This week on Inside Reproductive Health, Griffin hosts MedikalPreneur author, board-certified REI and OBGYN, and Inside Reproductive Health fan-favorite, Dr. Francisco (Paco) Arredondo to discuss the misguided concepts of physicians as business owners and operators, and what it takes to make it as both a healthcare provider as well as a successful proprietor. https://medikalpreneur.com/product/medikalpreneur/
Listen to hear:
Dr. Arredondo’s 5 H’s for hiring success.

Griffin point out that doctors can get away with bad business techniques because their trade is so high in demand.

Griffin press on the tension between employee satisfaction and client retention, and question who really comes first, and why it matters.

How much culture influences business success, and what to ask yourself about your own clinic operations.

Dr. Arredondo’s crash course in business success as a practicing physician.
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1h 12min
August 15, 2022The Fertility Private Equity Playbook: The Players And The Payors. As Analyzed by David Stern, CEO of Boston IVF
Boston IVF CEO David Stern describes some of the challenges of private equity-backed businesses. Griffin grills David on the models of Boston IVF and their parent companies.
Listen to the latest episode of Inside Reproductive Health to hear
David Stern talk about how little of their own money private equity firms typically use

Griffin press David Stern on whether business decisions and clinical decisions are always separated

David Stern and Griffin discuss the meaning of “trapped equity”

What happens when Private Equity doesn’t flip at the right time, who pays for clawback provisions and what about those hidden fees?

David Stern talk about Boston IVF’s model for partnership
CTA: Do you see the corporate fertility model as different from the private equity model?
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1h 14min
August 08, 2022Held Over The Coals: Fertility Insurance Not Created Equal
This week on Inside Reproductive Health, Griffin gets to the root of the insurance debacle in the fertility industry with Holly Hutchison, managing partner of Reproductive Health Center in Tucson, Arizona. Are cash pay patients subsidizing insurance companies’ poor coverage? How can practice owners survive when insurance authorizations are exceedingly slow, reimbursements are laughable, time to pay is unpredictable, and patients don’t understand their own coverage- or lack thereof? Who is left holding the bag when insurance doesn’t cover what it claims to, and can anything be done about it?
Listen to hear:
The evolution of insurance in the fertility space: how it began, when it was successful for a hot second, and where it is today.

Griffin question which is more beneficial to the provider- employer benefit groups or insurance companies- and why.

Griffin question why fertility clinics haven’t cut out the insurance companies who are draining their bottom line.

Griffin discuss the cost-benefit analysis: (Reimbursement, time to authorization, time to payment, volume to practice, patient cost sharing) and how to bring more leverage back to the provider.
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1h
August 01, 2022Two Founders Trying to Flip The Script in The Challenging Fertility Start-up Space: Abby Mercado and Kristyn Hodgdon
On Inside Reproductive Health this week, Griffin Jones chats with Rescripted founders, Abby Mercado and Kristyn Hodgdon about their business model, how it came to be, and what risks they have in this space. How has Rescripted’s capital been invested? How do they keep content fresh? Will they survive and thrive in this space, even though so many others before them have failed- despite having massive capital? Listen now and join the conversation, with Griffin Jones on Inside Reproductive Health.
Listen to hear:
Griffin point out that pharmacies missed the boat- they could’ve seized the direct to consumer route, but did not.

Abby and Kristyn break down their business model, why it works, and what they won’t allow in their space.

Griffin discuss raisers of capital who had the cash, but ultimately failed, and question whether or not Rescripted has what it takes to beat the odds.

Abby and Kristyn explain why, and how, Rescripted was founded, and where it hopes to go in the future.
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1h 6min

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