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As facilities continue to grapple with staffing shortages and financial distress, an unprecedented number of skilled nursing facilities are cutting beds or shutting down entirely. And, there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight. Despite misconceptions about the value of skilled nursing facilities, these closures impact the entire healthcare ecosystem, and leaders can no longer ignore what is happening. In this episode, host Rachel (Rae) Woods invites post-acute care experts Monica Westhead and Blake Zissman to discuss the reasons behind these closures and the impact this has on the entire delivery system.


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4 predictions for post-acute care
Why might 400 nursing homes close this year?
[ahcancal.org] Nursing Home Closures: By the Numbers
Delays in transitions to post-acute care

Host Rachel (Rae) Woods passes the microphone to equity and behavioral health expert Darby Sullivan to guest host a conversation on behavioral health solutions. Darby sits down with provider expert Sophia Duke-Mosier, health plan expert Sally Kim, and lifesciences expert Amanda Okaka to share tactics for advancing behavioral health and discuss how different stakeholders can come together to address this shared challenge.


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The behavioral health crisis won't change — unless we do
Ep. 122: The 5 root causes of behavioral health inequity
Tactics to build a stronger behavioral health system
CareOregon’s 3 partnerships to reduce the behavioral health workforce shortage

U.S. hospitals are the biggest emitters of carbon per square foot than any other building in the world, contributing to a climate crisis that poses serious risk to human health. But in today's healthcare landscape, it's easy for reducing carbon emissions to fall off leaders' list of top priorities. In this episode, host Rachel (Rae) Woods talks with Neal Hogan, chairman of Healthcare Climate ActionWorks and author of Leading on Climate Change: How Healthcare Leaders Stop Global Warming. Neal discusses the role the healthcare industry plays in addressing climate change and why health systems should lead the charge.


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Healthcare Climate ActionWorks
Ep. 119: How health leaders can address climate change
Three ways your climate change inaction will hurt your bottom line
Addressing cognitive biases in climate change

When we look outside the U.S. healthcare system we're finding more similarities with other countries than ever before when it comes to industry challenges. Globally we are seeing more health system operations converging, bigger pushes for diversification, and rising staffing costs (and shortages). In this episode host Rachel (Rae) Woods invites international healthcare experts Alex Polyak and Paul Trigonoplos to discuss universal healthcare challenges and possible solutions to the workforce shortage.


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The 5 things we're watching in international healthcare in 2023
The Worldwide Nurse Staffing Crisis Intensifies (NEJM Catalyst)
Our Clinical Workforce playlist
Providers outside the U.S. Landing Page
Michael Garron Hospital's Structured Approach to Care Team Redesign





Learn how healthcare competition is transforming (www.advisory.com/healthcarecompetition)

Fifty to seventy percent of provider-vendor partnerships fail. Both sides often describe these arrangements as "chaotic," "bureaucratic," and "burdensome" but does it have to always be this way? In this episode, host Rachel (Rae) Woods invites health system expert Paul Trigonoplos and digital health expert John League to talk about why these relationships fail so often and what leaders can do to cultivate strategic alignment and common goals with their partners.


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What health systems need to know about technology vendors
What technology vendors need to know about health systems
9 brutally honest quotes from health systems and tech vendors on partnering with each other
The research questions we are—and aren't—asking about tech vendor-health system partnerships





Learn how healthcare competition is transforming (www.advisory.com/healthcarecompetition)

Medicare Advantage (MA) is a public-private hybrid health plan that allows eligible seniors to receive health insurance through a commercial insurer. It has a high satisfaction rate among enrollees and is projected to crest fifty percent of all Medicare enrollment this year. In part two of Radio Advisory's senior care series, Host Rachel (Rae) Woods talks with senior care expert Aaron Hill and health plan expert Max Hakanson about why Medicare Advantage is so popular, its impact on industry stakeholders, and why MA will likely be subjected to more oversight and regulatory scrutiny in the near future.


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Health insurance 101: Medicare Advantage
Achieving sustainable growth in Medicare Advantage
Special Needs Plans (SNPs)
9 data-driven insights on senior preferences when selecting a Medicare Advantage plan
What seniors want when shopping for Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits
Ep. 149: Senior Care (Part 1): Specialized primary care for an aging population
Ep. 109: Senior care: Why the next 10 years are critical





Learn how healthcare competition is transforming (www.advisory.com/healthcarecompetition)