Dr. Vijay Trisal joins the show to discuss City of Hope's historic work over the years, starting with TB treatments, to the creation of man-made insulin and other drugs that have saved millions of lives.  

In our special COVID-19 episode, leaders from one of the nation's fastest growing Medicare Advantage focused health plans join homecare industry experts to share why home is now, more than ever, the best place to prevent illness and receive care.   Our guests are:

• Alignment Healthcare's President, Consumer and Markets, Dawn Maroney and her colleague Dr. Arta Bakshandeh, Chief Medical Information Officer
• Cameron Akrami, VP of Oasis In-Home Care and President of the American Board of Home Care
• Sterling Miles, Founder and Managing Director, San Diego Home Caregivers

The team at DaVita in Denver welcomed me warmly as I sat down with DaVita's Group Vice President, Martha Wofford. Martha shares how DaVita is focusing significant efforts on preventing end-stage kidney disease and how dialysis in the home is becoming more common. 

Cindy joined us in our Carlsbad studio to share her journey of going from nurse to geriatric care manager, and how she has become a pillar in the San Diego Community in both geriatric care management and in-home care for nearly 30 years.

PopHealth Podcast was onsite during the multi-day conference that brings together AAA leaders from throughout the state, and we heard from a variety of leaders, including Kim McCoy Wade from the CA Dept of Aging as she discussed California’s Master Plan For Aging.

Those in the healthcare field are probably familiar with Encompass Health.  As one of the four largest home health & hospice providers in the nation, they care for thousands of lives each day all across the country.  What you might not know is that CEO, April Anthony, bought her first home health company at age 25...after being in the health care industry for only 58 days!  Fired from her own company 11 months after selling it for $40MM, she "got the band back together" to start Encompass Health and the rest is history.

In his last week as Executive Director for the Home Care Association of America, Phil joined us in our home studio to dish on the latest happening in the in-home care industry, including online match-making services not taking responsibility for care

HLTH took over the MGM Grand Conference Center at the End of October, bringing over 6,000 attendees and the biggest names in healthcare.  Hear what’s happening with some of the key players from FitBit, UberHealth, GoHealth, Vively, and others.

Anthem is one of the nation’s largest insurers and providers of Medicare Advantage Plans.  Martin gives an inside look at Anthem’s benefits for its senior population, while also sharing about his passion for video games.

SCAN Health Plan, based in Southern California, is a pillar in the Medicare Advantage Health Plan realm and now serves over 200,000 individuals.  Jill shares how SCAN has often been at the forefront when it comes to serving the aging population.