VERSED: A VIUM Capital Podcast

Marquis Companies, Consonus Healthcare and AgeRight CFO, Steve Fogg joins VIUM’s Scott Tittle to discuss his family’s investment in the long-term care sector which spans five generations, the groundbreaking progress he’s had with their Institutional Special Needs Insurance Plan (ISNP), and his leadership in supporting value-based care developments nationally. This conversation highlights the importance of aligning Medicare payments with quality outcomes, as well as Steve’s thoughts on the potential for future alignment of Medicare and Medicaid, the increasing penetration of Medicare Advantage Plans, and the critical role of third party providers to achieve the best results in value-based care.

ATI Advisory CEO and Founder of Daughterhood Anne Tumlinson joins Scott Tittle on VERSED Podcast with insights into the world of value based care, including its benefits, downsides, and opportunities for savings in various communities. Anne also discusses how to go about implementing value based care into a community while assessing the risks and nuances that come along with it.

AHCA/NCAL President and CEO Mark Parkinson joins Scott Tittle on VERSED Podcast to discuss opportunities for the skilled nursing industry and regulatory agenda items facing the sector. Additionally, when discussing census and workforce challenges in a post-Covid world, Mark shares that despite ongoing obstacles, mortality and hospitalization rates are at an all-time low.

Seema Verma is the former Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). As the head of CMS, she sought to improve the lives of the nearly 100 million Americans that benefit from federal programs under CMS’ authority, and specifically long term care residents, by reducing unnecessary paperwork for providers and putting patients first, modernizing the survey and certification system, and, of course, leading the way through COVID.  

Tune in to hear about what those early COVID days were like at CMS, what she is up to now, and what she thinks about the Biden Administration's efforts to create a national minimum staffing ratio for SNF operators. This is an episode not to be missed!

We spoke with Derek Prince, CEO of HMG Healthcare out of Texas, about the issues he’s facing as an owner/operator in the long term care sector, as well as an advocacy leader at the highest levels in Texas and Washington, D.C.

Listen to this fascinating discussion about his career beginning on the front lines as a certified nursing assistant to now serving as the CEO of one of the largest operators in Texas.

Despite the numerous workforce, reimbursement, and regulatory challenges facing the sector, Derek remains very optimistic about its future.

Join Scott Tittle, host of Versed: A VIUM Capital Podcast, along with Bernie McGuiness, CEO of Majestic Care, as we hear about the incredibly innovative work Bernie and his team are doing to attract and retain high quality staff during these very difficult times. Bernie’s passion for his team members and residents is evident in his lifelong commitment to the profession in which he’s played so many important roles. As the CEO of Majestic Care, he’s perfectly positioned to share some very informative thoughts on President Biden’s Nursing Home Reform Proposal, especially the looming national minimum staffing standards, and CMS’s recent announcement that SNF Medicare payments could be cut by nearly 5%.

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A discussion with Zach Shamberg, President & CEO of the Pennsylvania Health Care Association, about the workforce crisis and agency staffing challenges

Heath Boddy, the former President of the Nebraska Health Care Association & the new Chief Business Development Officer for Vetter Senior Living. Heath shares his story of growing up in long-term care, his days as an operator himself, his time as an advocate for the sector in Omaha & in Washington D.C., & what he’s up to next in his new role with Vetter Senior Living.