Tuning In to The C-Suite

In this week's episode, Editor of Managed Healthcare Executive, Briana Contreras, had the pleasure of speaking with Chief Clinical Officer of WellSky, Tim Ashe, about the issue of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services cutting rates for Medicare home health. Tim addressed the solutions that are either underway or those that can potentially preserve access to these services. 

In this episode of Tuning In to the C-Suite, Briana Contreras, editor with Managed Healthcare Executive spoke with Dr. Yuri Fesko, oncologist and vice president of Medical Affairs at Quest Diagnostics. In the conversation, Dr. Fesko addressed the ongoing issue of long gaps of times between receiving a diagnosis for a type of cancer and finally getting the treatment for it. Dr. Fesko shared the benefits a number of sectors receive when treating patients sooner and the steps to get there.

In this episode of Tuning In to the C-Suite, Managing Editor of Managed Healthcare Executive, Peter Wehrwein, speaks with President of Value Evolutions and MHE Editorial Advisory Board Member, Doug Chaet, FACHE, about value-based care's current standing, the status of various payment models and more. 

In this week's episode, MHE Editor Briana Contreras and Managing Editor Peter Wehrwein met with CIO of Prime Therapeutics, Jim Graham to discuss the process of an organization’s digital transformation from a traditional Pharmacy Benefit Manager to a complete data-driven drug management system. Graham addressed the risks an organization may come across to successfully transition to this system, but also mentioned the benefits to come. 

Hi everyone, I’m Briana Contreras and I’m an editor for Managed Healthcare Executive. Back from a brief hiatus, MHE brings you a brand new episode of Tuning In to the C-Suite podcast where I had the pleasure of speaking with Lissy Hu, President of Connected Care Networks at WellSky. Lissy and I discussed the shift to home-based care and where it stands after becoming much more of a norm three years into COVID-19. We also addressed the benefits and challenges of home-based care from a payer and patient’s perspective, as well as the cost of this service as its demand rises.

This week welcomes Managed Healthcare Executive's 100th podcast episode featured on "Tuning In to the C-Suite" podcast! Guests on this episode are members of 1upHealth, CEO Joe Gagnon and Chief Strategy Officer, Don Rucker. The two were featured on the latest episode of "Tuning In to the C-Suite's" podcast series "MHE Talks: Improving Patient Access" to discuss the adoption of FHIR, or Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resource, in healthcare and how it’s not only simplifying healthcare through care quality, outcomes and costs, but how it’s providing further access to health data for patients and payers. The guests of the 100th episode also shared some strategies for payers and providers in using FHIR to implement and scale modern data, and more.

Briana Contreras, editor of Managed Healthcare Executive, spoke with Nancy Lurker, CEO and president of EyePoint Pharmaceuticals. Nancy shared a bit about EyePoint and how the organization’s innovative therapies are addressing patient needs through eye care, and most importantly, she addressed C-Suite positions like the CEO role. Nancy shared advice for those seeking to reach the CEO level, especially toward women in healthcare and other roles, and what it takes to run a biopharma company. 

In this week's episode, Briana Contreras, editor of Managed Healthcare Executive, spoke with Dr. Paige Kilian, chief medical officer at Inovalon. In the discussion, Dr. Kilian broke down the current issues health plans are facing when it comes to risk adjustment and how it’s affecting members of these plans. She also shared some solutions that can help plans improve risk adjustment and quality programs with one in particular being health plans identifying care gaps through data and analytics. 

Briana Contreras, editor of Managed Healthcare Executive spoke with Emad Rizk, M.D., chairman, president, and CEO of Cotiviti in this week's episode of Tuning In to the C-Suite. In the discussion, they talked about the issues of risk in healthcare and how they have led to inequalities in care. They also addressed how adopting risk assessment tools that expand access to data around social determinants of health can help reduce bias and improve care. 

In this latest episode of the "Meet the Board" podcast series, Briana Contreras, editor of Managed Healthcare Executive, spoke with Managed Healthcare Executive Editorial Advisory Board Member Ateev Mehrotra, who is professor of Healthcare Policy and Medicine at Harvard Medical School; and a hospitalist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. In the discussion, Briana gets to know Ateev more on a personal level and picks his brain on some of his research interests like telehealth, alternative payment models and price transparency.