Healthcare’s end users, better known as patients, rely on physicians to listen, care, and solve their healthcare problems. However, what might not be widely appreciated is the value physician leaders bring to large-scale successful strategies around care transformation and payment reform. In this episode from May 2023, Dr. Steve Shutzer talks to two physician leaders, one a primary care physician and the other an orthopedic specialist, with a track record of success in creating patient-centered sustainable healthcare value.

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Steve Schutzer, MD, MTVA Founding Board Member & Co-Founder, Upswing Health

John Rodis, MD, President, MTVA and Founder and President, Arista Health, LLC

Frederic Liss, MD,

- President, Physician-Led Healthcare for America

- Board Member, TruNorth.Tech

- Medical Director, TEMPUS Work Environment & Risk Solutions, LLC

- Clinical Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Rothman Institute

- Associate Surgeon, Division of Hand Surgery The Rothman Orthopedic Institute

- Co-Founder, Member Board of Directors and Past Medical Director Physicians Care Surgical Hospital

Joe Quaranta, MD,

- Market President, Privia Health CT

- President, Community Medical Group, Inc.

- Primary Care Physician, Quinnipiac Medical of Branford

*This episode originally aired in a video/webinar format on May 19, 2023

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Taking agency over health plans may be new to employers who have been footing the healthcare bill for their employees for decades but previously have yet to have the know-how to do so. However, these employers have had success and share their experiences and the benefits of harnessing this control. This is the final episode, Part 4, of MTVA's Employer Series, "Taking Agency Over Your Health Plan."

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*This episode originally aired in a video/webinar format on April 21, 2023

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Designing a health plan to meet the explicit requirements of your diverse employee population is challenging and traditionally has yet to keep up with their changing needs. Under the CAA, that is no longer an option. Plan sponsors now need to demonstrate an unbiased, repeatable process for procuring health services that meet the unique demands of their employees. In this episode, Part 3 of MTVA's Employer Series, "Taking Agency Over Your Health Plan," Jeff Hogan talks to Lisa Trumble, fellow MTVA Board Member, Senior healthcare executive, and strategic leader of transformational change and driving performance in value-based care, and Dr. Marla McLaughlin, Associate Chief Medical Officer of apree health, about designing/redesigning a plan to meet employee healthcare concerns, improving their satisfaction and retention.

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*This episode originally aired in a video/webinar format on March 17, 2023

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In Part 2 of MTVA's Employer Series, "Taking Agency Over Your Health Plan," Jeff Hogan talks to Hugh O’Toole (Chief Executive Officer at Innovu, LLC) about the thought process and exercises around applying the unique, nuanced insights from your healthcare claims data to complement the distinct healthcare needs of your plan beneficiaries.

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*This episode originally aired in a video/webinar format on February 17, 2023

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In Part 1 of MTVA's Employer Series, "Taking Agency Over Your Health Plan", Jeff Hogan talks to Cora Opsahl, a decade+ long strategic leader in utilizing health data insights to construct valuable benefit plans for employers and their employees. Cora talks in depth about the essential details around entitlement to your healthcare claims data, the critical first step in taking control, understanding, and then using it effectively to build (or re-build) your health plan.

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*This episode originally aired in a video/webinar format on January 20, 2023

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The Moving to Value Alliance (MTVA) team talks with Sloan Saunders of IntelliHealth about the obesity crisis and the new class of prescription drugs, GLP-1s (Glucagon‐Like Peptide‐1 Receptor Agonists).

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The Moving to Value Alliance (MTVA) team talks to Chris Deacon about new legislation on price transparency, employer access to useful claims data, and what employers need to do NOW to be compliant with the requirements of the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) of 2021 by the end of 2023.

Chris Deacon, VerSan Consulting, has devoted her career to speaking openly and honestly about the US Health care system, specifically focusing on policy related to employer-sponsored health benefits in both the public and private sector and union/labor health benefit trusts.

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