Face to face time with a primary care physician is invaluable. However, it isn’t always easy to get - that’s where pharmacists come in. During the height of the pandemic, pharmacists provided care that acted as the first line of defense. Pharmacists are more accessible, and while they’re not here to replace primary care providers, they can support your healthcare needs. So how is one company utilizing their pharmacists’ skills to provide more localized community care? On today’s episode of the H...
Jan 25, 2023•38 min•Ep. 9
Healthcare revenue cycle management is essential to keeping a business up and running, and it’s one beast of a topic. The Healthcare Financial Management Association lists the following components of the patient-centric revenue cycle roadmap: an 1) engaged consumer who has ease of access, improved customer service, and improved quality; an 2) engaged patient with coordination of care, coordinated financial and clinical care, and compliant clinical documentation; and a 3) satisfied customer with ...
Jan 11, 2023•37 min•Ep. 8
Physician rating sites are a common starting point for patients after a new diagnosis or referral. Unfortunately, many of them miss out on the whole-patient journey and focus on isolated stats. Embold Health uses sophisticated attribution models that allow them to start at the beginning of a patient’s journey. While evaluating physician performance is necessary and interesting, the basic standards are insufficient. Host Brian Urban talks to Embold Health’s CCO, Brad Kimler, about expectations an...
Jan 04, 2023•33 min•Ep. 7
Healthcare in the U.S. is a big business, and due to that, significant factors result in the type of healthcare the everyday American will receive. But in regard to Social Determinants of Health, better known as SDOH, plays a crucial role in overall healthcare. Investment in SDOH is equally vital to its improvement. Per Health Care Transformation Task Force, SDOH makes up 75 percent of the health outcomes people have access to. Investing in SDOH is of utmost importance in making the best and mos...
Dec 14, 2022•51 min•Ep. 6
The concept of healthcare in the world has seen some of the most rapid and ultra modern improvements over the centuries. In the U.S. in particular, healthcare is not only business, it is one of the most advanced and important areas in the average American’s life. In essence, for adequate services, a lot of money goes into healthcare and that means finances play an extremely critical role in its function. While providing healthcare was not intentionally meant to be a business per se, but in the U...
Nov 30, 2022•39 min•Ep. 5
Washington Health System is a small to medium-sized non-profit healthcare system twenty-five miles south of Pittsburgh, PA. Brook Ward, President & CEO of Washington Health System, joined FinThrive’s Jonathan Wiik to discuss the importance a regional health system brings to local communities. During the past decade, Washington Health System transformed its healthcare model to focus on value-based care. “If we can provide great satisfaction, high-quality, lower utilization, and lower costs, t...
Nov 16, 2022•45 min•Ep. 4
The world of U.S. healthcare may be slow in advancing health equity, but the movement is gaining popularity. Social determinants of health (SDOH) are more than a trending concept these days; providers are putting it into practice and seeing results. Geoffrey M. Roche, SVP, National Health Care Practice & Workforce Partnerships with Core Education PBC, joined host Brian Urban to share his thoughts on SDOH and how it can provide many benefits for community health. CMS (The Centers for Medicare...
Nov 02, 2022•30 min•Ep. 3
Twill, formally Happify Health, combines technology with humanity to create digital-first solutions for condition-focused care communities. Dakota Donovan, Director of Product Marketing at Twill, and Bobby Murphy, Vice President of Payor Sales at Twill, joined Brian Urban to share how Twill helps deliver better care tools, to more people, at a lower cost. For most of its ten-year existence, Twill was Happify Health. Behind the scenes, Twill’s been hard at work transforming its solutions toward i...
Oct 19, 2022•42 min•Ep. 2
Just before the pandemic, in December 2019, UPMC started its Center for Social Impact. Since then, the team has grown from two to twelve. The Center for Social Impact aims to address health on a holistic scale. UPMC has launched many programs in collaboration with partners. The motivation behind The Center for Social Impact was to collaborate, “We thought it would be useful to organize this into a more coherent framework, rather than a one off,” said John Lovelace, President of UPMC For You. “As...
Sep 09, 2022•17 min•Ep. 1
