Brooke Saunders, Chief Operating Officer for Kindred Healthcare’s California Hospital Division, discusses the critical importance of post-acute care in successfully managing Population Health, the value of long-term acute care (LTAC) hospitals in the healthcare continuum, and their role supporting recovery for the most critically ill patients.

Recently hospital leaders in case management and post-acute care from throughout the Greater Los Angeles area gathered for the National Readmission Prevention Collaborative’s Los Angeles ACO, Bundled Payment, and Readmissions Summit and served on a panel that was moderated by PopHealth Podcast host Gavin Ward.   The panelists took a moment to share their thoughts with PopHealth Podcast.  Organizations represented included UCLA Health, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Providence Health and Service, Kaiser Permanente, White Memorial Medical Center, and Fountain Valley Regional Medical Center

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.