The Business of Healthcare Podcast Center for Healthcare Leadership and Management

Craig Antico, co-founder of RIP Medical Debt, joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser for a discussion about medical debt — its root causes, what his nonprofit does to help people who are burdened with it and solutions for fixing the problems that cause it.

Host Dr. Bob Kaiser speaks with telemedicine pioneer Dr. Dan Carlin, founder and CEO of WorldClinic, for a discussion about how virtual healthcare delivery has evolved and what the future holds for it in the age of COVID-19 and smart technology.

Vivian S. Lee, MD, PhD, MBA, joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser for a discussion about her new book, The Long Fix, out May 26. Lee, a magnetic resonance imaging radiologist, is president of Health Platforms at Verily Life Sciences, an Alphabet company. Discussion topics include moving the healthcare paradigm from paying for action, also known as fee-based care, to paying for results, also known as value-based care, and how the patient can play a role as co-producer.

Dr. Christopher Hutson, EMBA’20, a graduate of the Alliance for Physician Leadership’s Healthcare Management Executive MBA program at the Naveen Jindal School of Management, joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser for a discussion about why he decided to return to school after successful careers as a military officer in the United States Army and a clinical anesthesiologist. They also discuss why transformation leadership skills for physicians are more important now than ever.

In this episode, Dr. Thomas Shanley, president and CEO of Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, speaks with host Dr. Bob Kaiser about taking the organization’s helm in December 2019. Other topics include Lurie’s vision and strategy going forward, its philanthropic efforts and how the hospital is able to maintain high standards across a wide range of pediatric specialties.

Daniel Karnuta, a senior lecturer in the Organizations, Strategy and International Management Area at the Naveen Jindal School of Management, joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser and co-host Dr. Britt Berrett to discuss how hospitals and other healthcare organizations are adjusting to the negative impacts related to their revenue cycles during the shutdowns necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic.