Listening In (With Permission): Conversations About Today's Pressing Health Care Topics Catalyst for Payment Reform

Tune into our latest episode of Listening In (With Permission) as Ashok Subramanian, CEO and founder of Centivo, and Ryan Olmstead dive deep into the critical issues of healthcare affordability and access. Discover groundbreaking insights from Centivo's recent guide, "Breaking Down and Breaking Through the Healthcare Affordability and Access Crisis," which highlights the alarming statistic that 43% of working Americans earning under $50,000 regularly skip necessary care due to cost. Ashok and Ryan explore the human side of these challenges, emphasizing the urgency for disruptive strategies in healthcare reform. Learn about innovative solutions and practical steps employers can take to improve healthcare access and affordability for their employees. Don't miss this engaging discussion on how to achieve radical affordability and ensure a healthier future for all. Listen In (With Permission) now to stay informed and inspired!

Ryan calls Chris Chan, Chief Value Officer of finHealth, to discuss the pitfalls many self-insured employers face related to their claims review as they try to meet their fiduciary responsibilities.

"We're seeing increased scrutiny and requests from employers to say, “Hey, we, we know we have this cycle in the past that we worked where we just automatically approve these things, but we need to be better stewards of our plan and really understand on a weekly basis whether the charges are appropriate or not.""

In this episode of Listening In (With Permission) Dr. Matthew Resnick, Chief Medical Officer at Embold Health, discusses with Ryan the evolution of quality measurement and improvement in healthcare, emphasizing the importance of aligning care with evidence-based guidelines.

He highlights the need for integrating quality and cost considerations to drive progress in the healthcare system and addresses the disparities in access to high-quality care, particularly in rural areas, and suggests short-term and long-term solutions to address these challenges.

The episode underscores the significance of purchaser engagement in prioritizing healthcare quality alongside cost considerations to drive meaningful improvements in patient outcomes and reduce unnecessary care.

In this podcast episode Dayne and Tim Huke, Chief Growth Officer for Cedar Gate Technologies, explore firsthand the core of CPR's latest case study, Unlocking Value: Diabetes Care Management Vendors' Impact on Quality and Clinical Outcomes for Self-Funded Employers. What are the challenges faced by employers as they navigate the expansive ocean of point solution vendors, seeking answers to the ever-growing health care cost dilemma? Find out in this podcast episode!

On our latest podcast episode the tagline is, "Value-Based Contracting: It's Not Magic, It's Math." 🏥 Andréa Caballero calls the co-founding team at Syntax Health, Rachael Jones, Chief Executive Officer, and Emily Walker, Chief Analytics Officer, to demystify the complexities of value-based contracting, and encourage employers to stop treating it as a sideshow, and instead to make it the main event.

Rachael and Emily break down the math behind value-based contracting and share anecdotes from the trenches of healthcare negotiations. Tune in for an enlightening discussion on how math, trust, and transparency intersect in the healthcare industry.

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In our latest episode of Listening In (With Permission), Guy calls Rob Andrews, founding CEO of the Health Transformation Alliance (HTA) and former U.S. Congressperson.

Listen in as Rob and Guy discuss the challenges and triumphs in healthcare, and how the HTA is bridging the gap between providers and patients, bringing about a new era of convenience and trust in primary care.

Listen to how HTA, through their advanced primary care program, is knitting together a network of primary care doctors across the nation so that their plan members are never more than five miles from one of these providers. With virtual care options as support, this approach will ideally lead to more problems solved at the primary care level without referrals, and when referrals are made those referrals are based upon data, sending the patient to the highest-value doctor.

"If I had one wish for American health care, I think it would be that we figure out a way to dramatically increase the salaries of primary care physicians, increase their compensation and reduce their student debt. If you did that, I think we would get more really able people going into that profession and you get better care outcomes for consumers."

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