“Healthcare is about more than just living as long as possible. It’s also about helping people figure out what makes life worth living, and helping them achieve their goals.” Says Healthcare and business leader Suelin Chen PHD, who is dedicated to creating a more human-centered end-of-life experience for all. Having a balanced system focusing on living life well, and family support in planning for future loss is lacking as a whole, but a human-centered approach can make for a better experience.&...
Jun 23, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 142
Being in the MedMal insurance industry for 20 years, Jennifer Wiggins breaks down the daunting rabbit hole dive that private practices face when starting to search for insurance. Questions like which company is best? Which type of insurance should they buy? How much coverage do they need? And how to ensure they’re getting good coverage without overpaying? And what can physicians do to protect themselves with risk management strategies and techniques that providers can employ to try and prevent l...
Jun 16, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 141
One of America's most prominent pulmonologists; Professor of medicine and chief of pulmonary and critical care at the University of Michigan, a spokesperson for the American Lung Association and the author of Breathing Lessons: A Doctor's Guide to Lung Health. Meilan K. Han discusses the need to have lung health as more of a focal point topic in the doctor’s office. Twitter Instagram LinkedIn More on Freedom Healthworks More on Meilan K. Han Subscribe at https://healthcareamericana.com/epi...
Jun 09, 2022•33 min•Season 1Ep. 140
Navin Goyal, Co-Founder & CEO of LOUD Capital, OFFOR Health, and Author of Physician Underdog dives into how For-Profit models can indeed help everyone from healthcare workers to facilities, to patients. Finding a sustainable model that will be future proof is difficult, but Dr. Goyal helps hash it out with his experience and current actions and undertakings, bringing healthcare to this new level of entrepreneurship. Twitter Instagram LinkedIn More on Freedom Healthworks More on Physic...
Jun 02, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 139
Kara Richardson Whitely is helping brands connect with the 67 percent of women who are size 12 and above, an often underserved, ignored, misdiagnosed group, who if thoughtfully approached and cared for can help shift the tide of culture and healthcare. Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro not once, but 3 separate times, is not all she battled, but also the culture of plus-sized communities in healthcare. ...
May 26, 2022•30 min•Season 1Ep. 136
James Eischen, Founder & Owner at Eischen Law Office & Lofty Learning, breaking down medicare insurance streams within practices, how to apply legal compliant solutions to help create next-level practice models, and how to create efficient healthcare reimbursement models.
May 19, 2022•42 min•Season 1Ep. 138
Join Chris as he discusses this years FMMA Annual Conference with Founders Keith and Jay. The FMMA Annual Conference brings together free market entrepreneurs & enthusiasts, pioneers, and innovators to share ideas, build meaningful new relationships, and celebrate the impact of free market models—all to grow the #DirectCare movement making it the new standard in US healthcare. Sign up today to watch the LIVESTREAM event on May 13-14 where you can view all sessions live OR replay any session ...
May 10, 2022•21 min•Season 1Ep. 137
Matthew Mawby is the co-founder of StaffHealth.com which is currently facilitating employment for 97,000 nurses. He is a graduate of the University of Florida and attended nursing school but ultimately decided to head into a career in staffing in which he has 10 years of experience. With his experience, Matthew talks about the nursing shortage and the infrastructure damage that the shortage affects. Creating solutions in this industry is highlighted throughout Matthew’s work, such as nurs...
May 05, 2022•34 min•Season 1Ep. 135
John Wendling breaks down alternative payment models of care. Though these models have been around for decades, why are Healthcare Providers just now implementing them in the past few years? Looking at the details of proactive care vs reactive care and gaining insights on how to get in front of the issues of whole person care. Is education the only missing link for Value Based Care models or are there other support systems that can be added?...
Apr 28, 2022•33 min•Season 1Ep. 134
When you hear about crypto or blockchain, we doubt healthcare comes to mind. Jacob Beckley , Founder & CEO of CURE Token , EVP of Technology, Product and Innovation at Fusion92 , and Chairman at Beckley Foundation , is bringing innovation, through technology and the blockchain , into healthcare. Beckley shares how CURE is developing a blockchain through Web3 specifically targeted at the sharing of agnostic and anonymous research data from research silo's globally, and at the same time p...
Apr 13, 2022•32 min•Season 1Ep. 133
Dr. Eric Inman and Dr. Ron Piniecki , Co-Founders of WellBridge Surgical , are expanding the hub of healthcare innovation in Central Indiana. Dr. Inman and Dr. Piniecki are empowering patients and buyers of surgical services to take back control and get a fair price for high quality care. The two share how Wellbridge Surgical is the first of its kind to combine quality, transparency, and value in outpatient surgical care with a patient-centric approach to care delivery. Support the show (https:/...
Apr 07, 2022•42 min•Season 1Ep. 132
Folia Health is on a mission to ensure that each individual person gets the care that's suited to their specific situation. Folia Health believes that great care must be individualized, and not focused on broad concepts of "average patients". Nell Luo , Founder and CEO of Folia Health, spoke about the need for better information to drive truly precise care for each individual patient, and the value of individual observations toward building a better picture of what each person nee...
Mar 31, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 131
Direct primary care physician Dr. Clara Krebs was once employed by a big hospital. While employed, she became inspired by her patients. They inspired her to want to educate them, as well as to connect with them. Eventually, she had to choose between the matrix and her patients. She chose her patients. Now, she is a direct primary care physician at Clear Medical Clinic . Support the show (https://healthcareamericana.com/sponsors/)...
Mar 23, 2022•37 min•Season 1Ep. 130
Doug Geinzer , Founder and President of High Performance Providers , specializes in high-cost, steerable surgeries. During the episode, Geinzer and host Chris Habig discuss the direct alignment between the specialty care community and the direct primary care community, as well as Geinzer ’s job as a consultant to surgeons. Support the show (https://healthcareamericana.com/sponsors/)...
Mar 17, 2022•34 min•Season 1Ep. 129
Joseph Templin , Author of Every Day Excellence , dives into the mental health crisis in the United States. He opens up about how his divorce and speaking career disappeared because of the pandemic, and how those situations impacted his mental health. He shares advice on how little changes on a daily basis can create big results. Support the show (https://healthcareamericana.com/sponsors/)...
Mar 11, 2022•30 min•Season 1Ep. 128
Healthcare is about 20 years behind other industries when it comes to utilizing technology effectively and intelligently. Since the COVID-19 pandemic started, the healthcare industry has learned that not keeping up with artificial intelligence or utilizing it properly, has hurt not only the industry as a whole but society. Sachin Patel , CEO of Apixio , explains how AI could’ve improved the pandemic response. Support the show (https://healthcareamericana.com/sponsors/)...
Mar 02, 2022•30 min•Season 1Ep. 127
Dr. James Hawkes grew up in a large family. His father was a U.S. diplomat, which exposed him to different models of healthcare. In addition to exposure, his grandmother encouraged him to become a doctor. He followed her recommendation, but to his surprise the definition of a good doctor wasn’t about improving patients’ quality of life, it was about hierarchies, documentation, administrative requirements, and quality measures. Shortly after saying goodbye to the traditional healthcare model, he ...
Feb 21, 2022•39 min•Season 1Ep. 126
Since 2020, the healthcare industry has lost half a million workers. The stress and burnout of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused workers to flee the industry, leaving physicians short-staffed and scrambling. Hadi Chaudhry , CEO of CareCloud , shares how medical practices are managing employee turnover, especially small businesses trying to stay afloat amidst COVID and the labor shortage. Support the show (https://healthcareamericana.com/sponsors/)...
Feb 16, 2022•33 min•Season 1Ep. 125
Susan Conover , Co-Founder and CEO of Piction Health, is helping physicians better address skin conditions through computer vision and AI, which is resulting in the empowerment of patients with skin disease. Conover shares her personal story of how her diagnosis of Melanoma while in school resulted in the creation of Piction Health . Listen to her unique story. Support the show (https://healthcareamericana.com/sponsors/)...
Feb 08, 2022•29 min•Season 1Ep. 124
Dr. Roxie Mooney , Healthcare Commercialization Strategist & Fractional CMO at Legacy DNA: Strategy for Health Innovators , shares how research indicates that 95% of innovations brought to the healthcare market fail. To lower the percentage of innovations that fail in healthcare, she invented COIQ™ . It is an evidence-based framework that takes healthcare innovation from an idea to full market adoption. Dr. Mooney says the key ingredient to success is to create new value for customers within...
Jan 31, 2022•27 min•Season 1Ep. 123
Sonia Hunt , food allergy activist, TEDx speaker, and best-selling author , is a first-generation Indian-American, who healed a lifetime of severe food allergies by reclaiming her native foodways and exploring Ayurveda and functional medicine as alternative paths to healing. After hundreds of visits to the ER, including four that nearly took her life, Sonia spent ten years examining the root cause of her allergies, and in 2020 was proclaimed in remission by her doctors, which is virtually unhear...
Jan 24, 2022•28 min•Season 1Ep. 122
Steve Nevral , Director of Business Development at DisclosedRx , and Zack Robinson, Managing Partner at DisclosedRx, discuss how the company is the first fully disclosed PBM. The fully disclosed model prohibits them from receiving revenue from any source other than their clients. The company’s goal is to return trust between the advisor, TPA, and PBM relationship. Nevral and Robinson break down their model and explain how it’s possible to become a fully disclosed PBM. Support the show (https://h...
Jan 17, 2022•28 min•Season 1Ep. 121
Josh Itano , CEO and Co-Founder of CareCar , discusses a problem in the healthcare system that his company is solving. Some seniors or patients with physical limitations find transportation a barrier when they have a doctor’s appointment. CareCar is solving the problem by providing transportation for those who simply need a ride! Support the show (https://healthcareamericana.com/sponsors/)...
Jan 10, 2022•29 min•Season 1Ep. 120
Bettina Hein , CEO of Juli , is a serial tech entrepreneur who has founded several successful companies. One of her most recent companies is Juli , which is an AI powered health app and startup that helps people with chronic health conditions. Typically, it takes people years to learn how to manage and understand their condition, but with Juli, people are able to look at a dashboard and analyze their personalized data about their health and condition. Support the show (https://healthcareamerican...
Jan 03, 2022•30 min•Season 1Ep. 119
To all of our supporters, listeners, sponsors and guests, we'd just like to say thank you for a great 2021. We hope you enjoy this time with your friends, family and loved ones, and we'll be back with more Healthcare Americana in January 2022. Happy holidays from all of us at Healthcare Americana! Support the show (https://healthcareamericana.com/sponsors/)
Dec 17, 2021•2 min•Season 1Ep. 118
Panna Sharma , CEO of Lantern Pharma , discusses how his company is bringing cancer therapies to the market faster, cheaper and at a lower cost than other biotechs through artificial intelligence, machine learning and genomic data. He emphasizes that it shouldn’t cost $2 billion to make medicine. He shares it costs this much because Big Pharma is artificially inflating pricing. Lantern Pharma is changing healthcare because it is developing new medicines significantly cheaper than big pharma, in ...
Dec 06, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 117
Dr. Fasiha Kanwal , Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Baylor College of Medicine , has assisted in developing a new clinical care pathway for PCPs to easily identify and manage patients at risk of NASH. Dr. Kanwal is on a mission to raise awareness and improve understanding among physicians. She wants physicians to understand the importance of what it is and how together through proper education, physicians can change this disease. Support the show (https://healthcareamericana.com/spon...
Nov 29, 2021•21 min•Season 1Ep. 116
Andrew Richburg , CEO at C3LX, Inc. , shares how his company has developed an advanced remote monitoring and patient engagement solution for value-based care. The technology platform provides physicians data to fully understand patient behavior outside of the doctors office. Some of the data includes food, mood, activity, weight, sleep and remote monitoring data like blood pressure. The data is then sent back to the physician using smart dashboards. Listen to learn how Andrew’s company is disrup...
Nov 24, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 115
In this episode Chris talks with Mark Pinsley , Lehigh County Controller and Candidate for Pennsylvania State Senate. Mark's role as a controller in Lehigh County is to look at all of the money his county spends and receives. He essentially audits payroll to make sure people are getting paid properly and that there is nobody on the payroll that shouldn’t be on the payroll. During an audit, he learned his county was spending $30 million on healthcare. This discovery turned into curiosity, wh...
Nov 16, 2021•33 min•Season 1Ep. 114
This episode is a Veterans Day 2021 special that features Dr. Isaac Engholm , Medical Director of Magnus Veterans Wellness Campus , and CEO/Physician of Deploy Health Family Practice , Brad Nylin , Executive Director of the Magnus Veterans Foundation , and Dr. Shawn Alderman , Founder and President of the Magnus Veterans Foundation . The three discuss the Magnus Veterans Foundation and how it is providing exceptional care for current and former U.S. military members and families. The foundation ...
Nov 11, 2021•27 min•Season 1Ep. 113
