Leading national in-home care attorney Bob King, featured in the Wall Street Journal, CNN, and many other media, discusses various laws and changes in California that are impacting healthcare services in the home.  The discussion focuses on homecare licensure in California that is taking place for the first time in 2016.  Bob also shares about some of the risks of hiring directly or through a registry compared with a professional caregiving organization that employs the care staff.

HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital leadership in the greater Phoenix area focus discussion on inpatient rehab.  Director of Case Management Natasha Buhrman-Kleier and Director of Marketing Operations Diana Fischer discuss some of the work HealthSouth is doing in the area, including their processes on discharge planning and patient success stories.

A compilation of sound bytes from leaders in population health and case management at the National ACO, Bundled Payment, and Readmissions Summit held in Dallas on October 22nd, 2015.  Hear from the founder of the NRPC, Dr. Josh Luke, as well as other leaders from Baylor Health, Texas Regional Medical Center, and other providers in Dallas County.

Caridovascular health leaders from Stanford Health Care joined us to discuss best practices in working with individuals with heart failure.  Heart Failure Program Manager Christine Thompson, RN, MSN, and Medical Director Dr. Dipanjan Banerjee will share some of the challenges they face in their role as well as some of the success stories they have had at Stanford.

President of GeriNet Medical Associates and Health Essentials Physician Network, Brad Hively, joined the podcast with a focus on palliative and end of life care.  Brad has a wealth of experience in the managed care world.  Brad spent 5 years with Heritage Provider Network including his role of IPA Administrator that oversaw 40,000 lives.  Brad’s education includes a BA from UCLA in Business Economics and an MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.

Movember’s Country Director Mark Hedstrom sat down with us to discuss Movember’s initiative and efforts in raising awareness for Men’s Health in the month of November.  If the topic of mustaches, men’s physical health, and men’s behavioral health is of interest, you want to tune in!

A compilation of sound bytes from leaders in population health and case management at the National ACO, Bundled Payment, and Readmissions Summit held in Oakland on September 10th, 2015.  Hear from the founder of the NRPC, Dr. Josh Luke, as well as other leaders from Blue Shield, Dignity Health, John Muir, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, and others.

Dr. Bob Slay, an emergency physician with Providence Health and Services and media personality seen in Discovery’s “Untold Stories of the ER” joined us to discuss emergency medicine.  Dr. Slay, an author and comedian who recently won the “Best Storyteller in Long Beach” competition, shares a bit of humor while also discussing some of the challenges that emergency departments can see and their role in population health.

Dr. Josh Luke, Founder of the National Readmission Prevention Collaborative, former hospital CEO and national thought leader in readmission prevention took time out of his vacation to share his thoughts on the current state and future of care coordination and population health.  Dr. Luke isn’t afraid to mince words and challenge the status quo if organizations are going to be successful as healthcare changes.

CMS’ Regional Administrator David Sayen welcomed us to his home while on vacation to share about jazz music, the current and future state of CMS role with the acute and post-acute community.  Hear about some of the successes CMS has had as well as some of the challenges CMS sees in the next few years.