PopHealth Podcast

By Gavin Ward

What's PopHealth Podcast about?

PopHealth Podcast is here to provide various thought leaders of population health the opportunity and platform to discuss the different dynamics of population health, care transitions, and readmission prevention

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PopHealth Podcast episodes:

04.29.2024
Valerie Martinez- Blue Shield of California (BSC) Promise Health Plan's Chief Health Equity Officer
Beginning no later than 2024, the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) required all Medi-Cal managed care organizations to have a chief health equity officer (CHEO). Valerie shares how BSC Promise Health Plan gave her the opportunity in 2022...
04.09.2024
California Medical Association Partner Heath Tech 4 Medicaid's Adimika Arthur on Medicaid IT Impact
The California Medical Association has partnered with Health Tech 4 Medicaid (HT4M) at its upcoming 2nd annual CMA HIT Summit, "Health IT In the Safety Net." HT4M's founder Adimika Arthur, whose career has been instrumental in ensuring access to care,...
03.25.2024
CalAIM Leaders' 2023 Highlights & Future Outlook: DHCS' Michel Huizar & HC² Strategies Dora Barilla
From the highlights and challenges in 2023 to what to expect in 2024 and beyond, Gavin discusses CalAIM with guests Michel Huizar, Branch Chief, DHCS Managed Care Quality and Monitoring Division, and Dora Barilla, Co-Founder, HC² Strategies.
02.27.2024
Michael Costa- Executive Director of California Association of Area Agencies on Aging (C4A)
Michael's history with health plans and advocacy played a key role in his recruitment to lead C4A, an organization established to advocate and collaborate on behalf of California's "Triple As." Michael shares how his organization supports older adults throughout the...
01.30.2024
California's Office of Healthcare Affordability with Director Elizabeth Landsberg
Under the California Department of Health Care Access and Information, Elizabeth shares how the newly created Officer of Healthcare Affordability is helping the most populous state to manage healthcare costs through growth targets and other efforts for 40M Californians.
12.22.2023
Medi-Cal Eligibility with Lisa Ramsey, Founder of Medi-Cal Consulting Services
Over 15M Californians are Medi-Cal beneficiaries, yet there are so many misceptions about Medi-Cal and very few Californians truly understand Medi-Cal eligibility. Lisa shares how she went from an entry level Medi-Cal worker to an expert, where she now leads...
11.27.2023
Anthem Regional Vice President Beau Hennemann: California's Long Term Supports and Services, CalAIM
Beau shares how an initial stint as a temporary worker landed him a role with California's In-Home Supportive Sevices that became a springboard into his career as he ultimately become well versed in California's long term supports (LTSS) and services...
10.30.2023
L.A. CARE Chief Medical Officer Dr. Sameer Amin on His First Year and What's To Come in 2024
L.A. CARE is one of the largest health plans in CA, serving millions in L.A. County, primarily Medi-Cal beneficiaries. L.A. CARE CMO Dr. Sameer Amin joins host Gavin Ward to share some of the highlights of his first year and...
09.25.2023
California Association of Health Plans President/CEO Charles Bacchi- Initiative & Annual Conference
Charles joins the show and shares about the latest CAHP initiatives and what to expect at the annual 2023 conference where over 1,000 leaders from DHCS, Health Plans, and providers gather in the desert.
08.28.2023
WellSpace Health's Greater Sacramento Impact with Leaders Christie Gonzalez and Cordia Losh
WellSpace Health has been serving the Greater Sacramento area for many decades, and the CalAIM initiative is only going to increase its impact. Wellspace leaders Christie Gonzales and Cordia Losh join the show to share about the impact WellSpace has...
07.24.2023
CA Department of Health Care Services' Susan Phillip Updates Us on 2024 Manged Care Plan Contracts
Susan Phillip joins the show to discuss the process and results of DHCS' procurement and results for the 2024 managed care plan contracts. Susan, who serves as DHCS' Deputy Director, Health Care Delivery Systems, shares how she came into the...
06.26.2023
California Commission on Aging Legislative Director Leza Coleman Explains CCOA and Its Initiatives
Leza joined the show and shares how her passion for older adults has led to her work wtih CCOAin the Golden State. CCOA's latest initiatives include efforts to ensure the aging population has access to legislative meetings as well as...
05.24.2023
Health Net VP Darrel Ng and Medi-Cal Redetermination or "Renewal"
Health Net's VP of Communications and Marketing joined the show to share how the end of the pandemic and Public Health Emergency (PHE) is making the annual Medi-Cal redetermination of eligibility unlike recent years before as Californians were automatically renewed...
04.27.2023
Kern Family Health Care's Dan Diaz: How CalAIM and ECM are Impacting Thousands of Lives
Dan discusses his journey as the son of immigrant parents that inspired Dan to make a difference in Kern County where he's spent his entire life. From ICU nurse to leading enhanced care management efforts of the 20th largest county...
03.24.2023
California's Caregiver Resource Centers (CRC) with Valley CRC Exec. Director Michelle Dibuduo
So many Californians provide care to their loved ones and often don't know where to turn for help and support. Michelle shares how her own journey as a caregiver led to her receiving support from Valley CRC. Now as the...
02.27.2023
Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) Chief Medical Officer Dr. Takashi Wada on Year 1 of CalAIM
Dr. Wada returns to PopHealth Podcast to share some of the initial results of IEHP's California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) efforts as well as what's to come next for IEHP, including how the end of the Covid-19 related Public...
01.25.2023
American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE)- Southern California Leader Jonathan Westall
Jon joins the show to give some insight into what the American College of Healthcare Executives is all about and how it has helped shape him into the leader he is today as VP, Ancillary Services, at MLK Community Healthcare....
12.19.2022
America's Physician Groups' President and CEO Susan Dentzer: The First 9 Months and 2023 Outlook
America's Physican Groups' New President and CEO Susan Dentzer joins the podcast to share about her first 9 months in the role as well as what's to come in 2023, including ACO Reach and direct contracting, for the organization that...
11.28.2022
California Medi-Cal Policy Expert Lisa Chan-Sawin, Founder of Transform Health
Lisa joins the show and shares how she's grown into a policy expert during the 2000s and how Transform Health got its start in Sacramento. Lisa typically is the facilitator of meetings and discussions, but it's great to have her...
10.17.2022
Contra Costa Health Plan's CMO Dr. Dennis Hsieh on CalAIM
CCHP Chief Medical Officer Dr. Dennis Hsieh discusses the inspiration behind his passion for his leadership role at Contra Costa Health Plan, the county operated health system serving the East Bay. We learn of his shared passion for soccer with...
09.26.2022
California Association of Health Plans' President and CEO Charles Bacchi
California Association of Health Plans' (CAHP) Charles Bacchi joins the show to give some background on the work of CAHP, including some of its memorable moments in his nearly 2 decades with CAHP. Charles also shares about his cowboy background...
09.12.2022
DHCS Chief, Benefits Division on California's New Community Health Worker Benefit
California Department of Health Care Services' Chief of the Benefits Division Lisa Murawski joined host Gavin Ward to provide details on the new Community Health Worker (CHW) benefit that has been years in the making. The new benefit delivery doesn't...
08.29.2022
CalAIM Facilitator Dora Barilla and HC² Strategies
Dora joins the show and shares how a combination of blessings, hard work as a healthcare leader (and mom), as well as a miracle have paved the way to today, where Dora and HC2 Strategies are leading large scale CalAIM...
08.15.2022
Dr. James Schultz, CMO of Neighborhood Healthcare, on Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs)
Dr. Schultz shares how his work serving individuals goes beyond just the Inland Empire and San Diego, but also to the Himalayas. He also shares how Federally Qualified Health Centers like Neighborhood Healthcare provide services for individuals that may otherwise...
08.02.2022
Medi-Medi/Dual Eligibles: California DHCS' Anastasia Dodson (Medicare Innovation & Integration)
California Department of Health Care Services' Anastasia Dodson helps give an overview of the "dual eligible" population in California and how upcoming changes will impact the delivery of care for Californians who have both Medicare and Medi-Cal (Mediciad in California),...
07.15.2022
Health Net Medi-Cal President Martha Santana-Chin
Martha, a Medi-Cal beneficiary as a child in Ventura County, shares how her journey in the managed Medi-Cal world has ultimately led her to help lead a team that manages the care of millions of lives in California, including many...
07.05.2022
Yingjia Huang from CA DHCS and Medi-Cal Eligibility: Changes After The Public Health Emergency
Yingjia, who serves in the role of Assistant Deputy Director, Health Care Benefits and Eligibility for California's Department of Health Care Services, joins the show to share how the significant eligibility adjustments shown during the pandemic (ie public health emergency)...
06.20.2022
Paige Brogan- CalAIM Principal, Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan, on CalAIM
Health plan and CalAIM expert Paige Brogan joins the show to share how the opportunity to make a big impact inspired her to join BSC Promise Health Plan. Paige gives some insight into the early days of CalAIM and while...
05.23.2022
California DHCS Chief Quality Officer Palav Babaria & 2023 Population Health Management Launch
Palav joins host Gavin Ward to discuss the new Popation Health Management efforts that DHCS is launching in 2023 in California. Before getting into the details, Palav reveals her competiveness in board games and where her passion for serving the...
05.09.2022
Partnership HealthPlan of California's Rebecca Boyd Anderson and Population Health
Rebecca shares how her journey to become a nurse and experience with worker's compensation set a foundation that allowed her to build a population health department at Partnership Health Plan of California.
04.26.2022
CalOptima CEO Michael Hunn, a Former Priest, Discusses Medi-Cal and CalAIM
Michael joins the show ande breaks down new opportunities for care and support that are available through California's new CalAIM initiative. CalOptima is the largest insurer in Orange County, caring for over 25% of the Orange County population, which may...
04.11.2022
L.A. Care's Cynthia Carmona Shares How CalAIM Commmunity Supports Benefit Medi-Cal Members
L.A. Care's Senior Director of Safety Net Initiatives' background in policy and community service helped prepare her to serve beneficiaries for California's largest managed Medi-Cal provider. Cynthia breaks down how the new CalAIM community supports are helping equip L.A Care...
03.25.2022
New SCAN Health Plan Initiatives: CalAIM and PACE (myPlace Health)
SCAN's Sr. VP of Healthcare Services Eve Gelb joins SCAN backed myPlace Health Founder and CEO Robbie Pottharst in a 2-part episode that explores how SCAN is leveraging innovative models of care (ie CalAIM, PACE) that bring together both health...
03.14.2022
Inland Empire Health Plan's (IEHP's) Dr. Takashi Wada and an Overview of CalAIM
Dr. Wada shares how both his parents and UCLA were inspirtation in his choice to become a public servant, but not until after a stint as a bartender in London. Dr. Wada gives an overview of IEHP and how CalAIM...
03.01.2022
Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care's Chris McLaughlin
Social workers, whether we know it or not, are in our lives direclty or indirectly on a daily basis, caring for us, our loves ones, and our community. Chris joins the show to share how the Society for Social Work...
02.14.2022
Providence St. John's Health Center Director of Case Management Debbie Pacheco
Case Management leaders help ensure hospitals are running smoothly and efficiently, while at the same time leading a team that equips patients for success once they discharge from a hospital, or what Providence may call a "ministry." Debbie joins the...
01.17.2022
Josh Luke- Ten Years of the Hospital Readmission Penalty: Lesson Learned & Best Practice Providers
Hospital Readmissions Guru and Healthcare Futurist Dr. Josh Luke takes a look back over the past 10 years to share what strategies have worked with readmission prevention. Josh also shares about how he became known as a expert in the...
01.03.2022
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation's Dr. Liz Fowler
Liz shares how the Center for Medicare and Medicaid's (CMMI's) "Innovation Center" tests care and reimbursement models that often become the norm, including accountable care models and much of what we've have seen in the value movement.
12.20.2021
Kaiser Permanente's Angel Vargas, Vice President, Care at Home, Southern CA & Hawaii
Angel shares his story of going from "unemployed dad" to becoming an executive leader that oversees the delivery of care in the home for one of Kaiesr Permanente's largest regions. In our episode, Angel reveals how earlier chapters in his...
12.17.2021
Home Health Leaders Paul VerHoeve (Mission Healthcare), Josh Proffitt (LHC Group), and Bob Holly (Home Health Care News)
Josh, Paul, and Bob joined us at our first all-star event to touch on the latest in home health and post-acute care, including the Choose Home Act and workforce shortage.
12.16.2021
Providence's System CNO Sylvain Trepanier and Keck Medicine of USC's CEO of Care and Ambulatory Services Smitha Ravipudi
Syl and Smitha joined our first live All-Star event, where they discussed their expertise on ambulatory care, nursing, and the workforce shortage.
12.16.2021
Uber Health's Caitlin Donovan with Dispatch Health's Kevin Riddleberger (All-Star Event)
Caitlin and Kevin joined us at our first ever live All-Star event to share how mobility and speed are changing the way healthcare is accessed and delivered.
12.16.2021
SCAN CEO Sachin Jain on Expansion, Action, & the Homeless (All-Star Event)
Kicking off our first ever All-Star Event, Sachin shares about SCAN's growth into other states, it's new initiative to sustainably seve the homeless population, and how action speakers louder than words.
12.06.2021
Humana's Dr. Amal Agarwal- VP Home Solutions
Dr. Agarwal joins the show and shares about his journey from frontline emergency department physician (he still does 2 shifts per month) to a leader focused on robust care in the home at one of the nation's largest health plans.
11.29.2021
Dr. Jamie Sharp, VP/CMO for Medicare at Aetna, a CVS Health Company
As part of our Open Enrollment Series, Dr. Sharp shares how at an early age she developed a passion for serving others, which served as a catalyst into some of the work she is leading today at Aetna. Dr. Sharp...
11.09.2021
SCAN Group: SCAN's 2022 Outlook wtih SCAN Health Plan's Jill Selby and SCAN's New Homeless Initiative CEO Dr. Michael Hochman
SCAN Group, mostly known for SCAN Health Plan, is expanding not just on the Medicare Advantage side in 2022, but also through it's Healthcare in Action medical group, addressing care for the homeless population. Our episode checks out what's new...
11.02.2021
HLTH Conference Part 2: Google Health's Care Studio VP, Sutter Health's Chief Design & Innovation Officer, Ernst and Young's Global Health Sector Leader, Paytient's Chief Commercial Officer
With over 7,000 leaders from around the world coming together in Boston, I had the privilege of sitting down with leaders from a variety of impactful organizations. Part 1 includes: • Paul Muret- Google Health's VP and...
10.25.2021
HLTH Conference Part 1: National Coordinator for Health IT, Fitbit, BlueJeans by Verizon, Braingrade
With over 7,000 leaders from around the world coming together in Boston, I had the privilege of sitting down with leaders from a variety of impactful organizations. Part 1 includes: • Micky Tripathi- US Dept of Health and Human Services'...
10.11.2021
Dignity Health, St. John's Camarillo Hospital Chief Medical Officer Dr. Lynn Jeffers & The Integrated Breast Center
Dr. Jeffers discusses how getting admitted to med school while in high school prepared her to become a CMO and also lead the Integrated Breast Center, a free resource by St. John's in Ventura County where Dr. Jeffers now practices...
09.27.2021
National Association For Home Care and Hospice's President Bill Dombi
One of the nation's leaders of the post-acute industry (home health, hospice, caregiving), Bill Dombi, joins the show and shares about his journey, as well as the journey of care in the home, over the past few decades and...

What's PopHealth Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

PopHealth Podcast episodes:

Valerie Martinez- Blue Shield of California (BSC) Promise Health Plan's Chief Health Equity Officer

California Medical Association Partner Heath Tech 4 Medicaid's Adimika Arthur on Medicaid IT Impact

CalAIM Leaders' 2023 Highlights & Future Outlook: DHCS' Michel Huizar & HC² Strategies Dora Barilla

Michael Costa- Executive Director of California Association of Area Agencies on Aging (C4A)

California's Office of Healthcare Affordability with Director Elizabeth Landsberg

Medi-Cal Eligibility with Lisa Ramsey, Founder of Medi-Cal Consulting Services

Anthem Regional Vice President Beau Hennemann: California's Long Term Supports and Services, CalAIM

L.A. CARE Chief Medical Officer Dr. Sameer Amin on His First Year and What's To Come in 2024

California Association of Health Plans President/CEO Charles Bacchi- Initiative & Annual Conference

WellSpace Health's Greater Sacramento Impact with Leaders Christie Gonzalez and Cordia Losh

CA Department of Health Care Services' Susan Phillip Updates Us on 2024 Manged Care Plan Contracts

California Commission on Aging Legislative Director Leza Coleman Explains CCOA and Its Initiatives

Health Net VP Darrel Ng and Medi-Cal Redetermination or "Renewal"

Kern Family Health Care's Dan Diaz: How CalAIM and ECM are Impacting Thousands of Lives

California's Caregiver Resource Centers (CRC) with Valley CRC Exec. Director Michelle Dibuduo

Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) Chief Medical Officer Dr. Takashi Wada on Year 1 of CalAIM

American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE)- Southern California Leader Jonathan Westall

America's Physician Groups' President and CEO Susan Dentzer: The First 9 Months and 2023 Outlook

California Medi-Cal Policy Expert Lisa Chan-Sawin, Founder of Transform Health

Contra Costa Health Plan's CMO Dr. Dennis Hsieh on CalAIM

California Association of Health Plans' President and CEO Charles Bacchi

DHCS Chief, Benefits Division on California's New Community Health Worker Benefit

CalAIM Facilitator Dora Barilla and HC² Strategies

Dr. James Schultz, CMO of Neighborhood Healthcare, on Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs)

Medi-Medi/Dual Eligibles: California DHCS' Anastasia Dodson (Medicare Innovation & Integration)

Health Net Medi-Cal President Martha Santana-Chin

Yingjia Huang from CA DHCS and Medi-Cal Eligibility: Changes After The Public Health Emergency

Paige Brogan- CalAIM Principal, Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan, on CalAIM

California DHCS Chief Quality Officer Palav Babaria & 2023 Population Health Management Launch

Partnership HealthPlan of California's Rebecca Boyd Anderson and Population Health

CalOptima CEO Michael Hunn, a Former Priest, Discusses Medi-Cal and CalAIM

L.A. Care's Cynthia Carmona Shares How CalAIM Commmunity Supports Benefit Medi-Cal Members

New SCAN Health Plan Initiatives: CalAIM and PACE (myPlace Health)

Inland Empire Health Plan's (IEHP's) Dr. Takashi Wada and an Overview of CalAIM

Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care's Chris McLaughlin

Providence St. John's Health Center Director of Case Management Debbie Pacheco

Josh Luke- Ten Years of the Hospital Readmission Penalty: Lesson Learned & Best Practice Providers

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation's Dr. Liz Fowler

Kaiser Permanente's Angel Vargas, Vice President, Care at Home, Southern CA & Hawaii

Home Health Leaders Paul VerHoeve (Mission Healthcare), Josh Proffitt (LHC Group), and Bob Holly (Home Health Care News)

Providence's System CNO Sylvain Trepanier and Keck Medicine of USC's CEO of Care and Ambulatory Services Smitha Ravipudi

Uber Health's Caitlin Donovan with Dispatch Health's Kevin Riddleberger (All-Star Event)

SCAN CEO Sachin Jain on Expansion, Action, & the Homeless (All-Star Event)

Humana's Dr. Amal Agarwal- VP Home Solutions

Dr. Jamie Sharp, VP/CMO for Medicare at Aetna, a CVS Health Company

SCAN Group: SCAN's 2022 Outlook wtih SCAN Health Plan's Jill Selby and SCAN's New Homeless Initiative CEO Dr. Michael Hochman

HLTH Conference Part 2: Google Health's Care Studio VP, Sutter Health's Chief Design & Innovation Officer, Ernst and Young's Global Health Sector Leader, Paytient's Chief Commercial Officer

HLTH Conference Part 1: National Coordinator for Health IT, Fitbit, BlueJeans by Verizon, Braingrade

Dignity Health, St. John's Camarillo Hospital Chief Medical Officer Dr. Lynn Jeffers & The Integrated Breast Center

National Association For Home Care and Hospice's President Bill Dombi