1 hr 17 min
Ep 150 – Catalyzing Value in a Challenging Economic Environment, with Eric Gallagher and Dr. Sidney “Beau” Raymond The Race to Value Podcast
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The healthcare industry is facing immense financial pressure. Staffing shortages, skyrocketing labor costs, continuing supply chain disruptions, inflation, rising interest rates, and volatile markets are pressuring both revenue and expenses for provider organizations. These economic challenges, however, are an opportunity to catalyze value-based care. The promise of value in health can lift up communities through improved clinical outcomes, reduced disparities, financial rewards associated with population health, and emerging opportunities for upskilling the workforce. Now is the time to prioritize value-based care as a key strategic priority for long-term success and sustainability. There are few other health systems in the country that have demonstrated more of a longstanding commitment to transformation than Ochsner Health through its population health enterprise.
A leader in innovative healthcare delivery, Ochsner Health Network (OHN) is the accountable care network of the massive Ochsner Health system – the largest nonprofit, academic healthcare system in Louisiana (and one of the largest health systems in the Southeastern region of the US). Ochsner has 47 hospitals and more than 370 health and urgent care centers across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and the Gulf South. Ochsner Health Network – the value-based care arm of the health system --has 277 affiliated physician practices with nearly 3,500+ physicians spanning 625 locations. They are responsible for managing 406,000 lives across six risk-based, accountable care contracts in their value-based care portfolio. Through its collaborative efforts, OHN is making a difference for the nearly 1 million patients throughout Gulf South communities each year.
In this week’s episode of the Race to Value, we are engaging two incredible leaders from Ochsner Health Network (OHN). As Chief Executive Officer for OHN, Eric Gallagher is responsible for directing network and population health strategy and operations, including oversight of value-based performance management operations, population health services and care management programs, post-acute and home care strategies, value-based analytics, and OHN network development and administration. Joining him is Dr. Sidney “Beau” Raymond, the Chief Medical Officer for OHN who is board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and has been on staff at Ochsner since 2016 and practicing medicine since 2000. These two leaders discuss what it takes to transform a health system in the “race to value” and how to ultimately improve the health for an entire state in the process!
Episode Bookmarks:
01:30 Ochsner Health Network (OHN) is the value-based care arm of the Ochsner Health system – the largest nonprofit, academic healthcare system in Louisiana.
02:30 Through its collaborative efforts with patients, communities and employers, OHN is caring for nearly 1 million patients in Gulf South communities.
04:00 Introduction to Eric Gallagher (CEO, OHN) and Dr. Sidney “Beau”Raymond (Chief Medical Officer, OHN)
05:00 Support Race to Value by subscribing to our weekly newsletter and leaving a review/rating on Apple Podcasts!
06:00 A recent Kaufman Hall report on the mounting pressures facing providers (e.g. staffing shortages, labor costs, supply chain disruptions, inflation, rising interest rates, volatile markets).
07:30 Eric Gallagher discusses the critical challenges of staffing shortages and the skyrocketing cost of labor.
08:30 “Staffing shortages and rising costs of labor is a critical challenge. It serves as a catalyzing environment for value-based care.”
09:30 Investments in value-based infrastructure has forged collaborative relationships within the entire system.
11:00 Dr. Raymond on how post-pandemic workforce pressures have impacted primary care access and care delivery innovation.
The healthcare industry is facing immense financial pressure. Staffing shortages, skyrocketing labor costs, continuing supply chain disruptions, inflation, rising interest rates, and volatile markets are pressuring both revenue and expenses for provider organizations. These economic challenges, however, are an opportunity to catalyze value-based care. The promise of value in health can lift up communities through improved clinical outcomes, reduced disparities, financial rewards associated with population health, and emerging opportunities for upskilling the workforce. Now is the time to prioritize value-based care as a key strategic priority for long-term success and sustainability. There are few other health systems in the country that have demonstrated more of a longstanding commitment to transformation than Ochsner Health through its population health enterprise.
A leader in innovative healthcare delivery, Ochsner Health Network (OHN) is the accountable care network of the massive Ochsner Health system – the largest nonprofit, academic healthcare system in Louisiana (and one of the largest health systems in the Southeastern region of the US). Ochsner has 47 hospitals and more than 370 health and urgent care centers across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and the Gulf South. Ochsner Health Network – the value-based care arm of the health system --has 277 affiliated physician practices with nearly 3,500+ physicians spanning 625 locations. They are responsible for managing 406,000 lives across six risk-based, accountable care contracts in their value-based care portfolio. Through its collaborative efforts, OHN is making a difference for the nearly 1 million patients throughout Gulf South communities each year.
In this week’s episode of the Race to Value, we are engaging two incredible leaders from Ochsner Health Network (OHN). As Chief Executive Officer for OHN, Eric Gallagher is responsible for directing network and population health strategy and operations, including oversight of value-based performance management operations, population health services and care management programs, post-acute and home care strategies, value-based analytics, and OHN network development and administration. Joining him is Dr. Sidney “Beau” Raymond, the Chief Medical Officer for OHN who is board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and has been on staff at Ochsner since 2016 and practicing medicine since 2000. These two leaders discuss what it takes to transform a health system in the “race to value” and how to ultimately improve the health for an entire state in the process!
Episode Bookmarks:
01:30 Ochsner Health Network (OHN) is the value-based care arm of the Ochsner Health system – the largest nonprofit, academic healthcare system in Louisiana.
02:30 Through its collaborative efforts with patients, communities and employers, OHN is caring for nearly 1 million patients in Gulf South communities.
04:00 Introduction to Eric Gallagher (CEO, OHN) and Dr. Sidney “Beau”Raymond (Chief Medical Officer, OHN)
05:00 Support Race to Value by subscribing to our weekly newsletter and leaving a review/rating on Apple Podcasts!
06:00 A recent Kaufman Hall report on the mounting pressures facing providers (e.g. staffing shortages, labor costs, supply chain disruptions, inflation, rising interest rates, volatile markets).
07:30 Eric Gallagher discusses the critical challenges of staffing shortages and the skyrocketing cost of labor.
08:30 “Staffing shortages and rising costs of labor is a critical challenge. It serves as a catalyzing environment for value-based care.”
09:30 Investments in value-based infrastructure has forged collaborative relationships within the entire system.
11:00 Dr. Raymond on how post-pandemic workforce pressures have impacted primary care access and care delivery innovation.
1 hr 17 min