Dr. Amol Navathe (@AmolNavathe), physician and health economist, speaks with Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) on the ACO Show. Dr. Navathe serves as the Co-Director of the Healthcare Transformation Institute at the University of Pennsylvania, a commissioner of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and the cofounder of Embedded Healthcare. He explains the role that behavioral economics can play in improving health care outcomes and lowering costs. They also discuss how the COVID-19 outbreak may motivate t...
Apr 27, 2020•38 min
Sanjay Doddamani (@DrDoddamani) is the Chief physician executive and Chief Operating Officer for Southwestern Health Resources, a clinically integrated network of over 5,000 academic, community, and independent primary care and specialty physicians in the Dallas area. He joins Josh (@DrJIsrael) to talk about the evolution of different financial models of health care during his career and how value-based care has helped prepare us for some of the challenges of Coronavirus
Apr 23, 2020•22 min
Emily Barson (@ebarson) is the Executive Director of United States of Care (@USofCare), a non-partisan organization working to ensure that every American has access to high-quality, affordable health care. She speaks with Josh (@DrJIsrael) about how COVID-19 has exposed the gaps in our health care system and why expanding access to care is more critical than ever. She explains that the nation may not be as politically divided as it seems when it comes to health care, and why we can look towards ...
Apr 08, 2020•22 min
Ahmed Haque (@aehaque), Aledade’s SVP of Network Performance & Strategy, returns to the show to talk to Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) about what ACO performance means in relation to quality, utilization and cost. Ahmed covers how value-based contracts enable the best health outcomes for patients and sustainable revenue for physicians, and the impact of COVID-19 on Aledade’s goals and its potential to improve the way care is delivered going forward.
Apr 06, 2020•34 min
Dr. Mark Martindale, a primary care physician at Saline Med-Peds in Benton, Arkansas, talks with Josh (@DrIsrael) about how he changed his clinic to adapt to COVID-19. From setting up telemedicine and drive-through visits to keeping himself and his staff healthy, Dr. Martindale shares tips for how other practices can implement these changes.
Apr 01, 2020•21 min
On this episode of the ACO Show, we meet Mike Morgan (@mwmorgan), CEO of Updox, a telehealth platform. He joins Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) to talk about how Updox enables patients to connect with their health care providers by video and text messaging, and why this has become critically important during the COVID-19 epidemic. Aledade has just partnered with Updox to provide over 500+ partner physicians and their patients access to a telehealth platform.
Mar 30, 2020•26 min
Dr. Josh Lowentritt (@LowentrittMd), CEO of Louisiana Physicians speaks with Josh (@DrIsrael) about the toll COVID-19 cases are taking on New Orleans and the effects on providers’ safety, financial stability and personal well-being. It’s “as if the H1N1 flu outbreak came in on the Katrina recovery but there’s no Tamiflu. It’s a disaster with no treatment.”
Mar 26, 2020•18 min
Dr. Daren Anderson is the Director of ConferMED, a program that provides specialist consultations to primary care providers. He is also Director of the Weitzman Institute, an innovation center dedicated to improving primary care for underserved populations and the VP and Chief Quality Officer of Community Health Center, Inc. Dr. Anderson speaks with Josh (@DrJIsrael) about how these programs support care at community health centers, particularly during the COVID-19 epidemic.
Mar 25, 2020•21 min
On today’s episode, Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) speaks with Dr. Randy Walker and Angie Walker of the Walker Family Clinic in De Queen, Arkansas. They describe how they were able to expand staffing and operating hours at their independent primary care clinic to enable more patients to receive the care they need—and how this has prepared them for the COVID-19 outbreak they are facing right now. They also discuss how they were able to step in and serve their community’s health needs when the only critical...
Mar 23, 2020•27 min
Travis Broome @Travis_Broome, Vice President of Policy at Aledade, discusses some of the steps CMS has taken to make care safer and more accessible for Medicare patients during the COVID-19 outbreak, including allowing widespread use of telehealth by medical providers, and how this has the potential to improve the way health care is delivered for years to come.
Mar 20, 2020•20 min
Sean Cavanaugh (@dc_cavanaugh), former Director of the Center for Medicare at CMS, joins Josh (@DrJIsrael) to provide an ACO policy update. He discusses an important new CMS rule that requires hospitals to notify physicians when their patients have been hospitalized and he explains why ACOs can still succeed financially and continue to provide necessary primary care services during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Mar 19, 2020•14 min
On this special episode of The ACO Show, Farzad Mostashari (@Farzad_MD), CEO of Aledade, joins Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) and Josh (@DrJIsrael) to talk about the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Mostashari brings his experience in epidemic surveillance to talk about what we can all do to slow the spread of coronavirus and what Aledade is doing to help primary care practices on the front lines care for their patients during this crisis.
Mar 19, 2020•23 min
Emily Brower is the Senior Vice President of Clinical Integration and Physician Services at Trinity Health in Michigan, a health system that includes both accountable care organizations and hospitals. In this week’s episode of the ACO Show, she spoke with Joe and Josh about how clinically integrated networks can enter into ACO contracts and engage in preventive health initiatives, and how a hospital-based system balances its commitment to reducing health care costs and maintaining a sustainable ...
Mar 16, 2020•26 min
Dr. Alan Story is a family physician practicing in Newton, North Carolina. In this week’s episode, he describes how his clinic, Newton Family Physicians has evolved over time to embrace a data-driven, population health approach to primary care. He also explains how Aledade helps independent providers like himself succeed under the ACO model by investing in their patients’ health, harnessing the power of collaboration, and making technology work for them....
Mar 02, 2020•26 min
Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) speak to Connie Altman, an implementation and training expert at Aledade. Drawing upon her background in practice management, billing and coding, she shares great advice on how primary care practices can provide the best patient experience and how team care can be the best care.
Feb 17, 2020•24 min
Chris Haeni discusses how he protects data as the Chief Information Security Officer at Aledade. Join us to hear how to avoid the biggest health data security threats, from phishing to spoofing to hacking, and the risks of carelessness and improper data sharing within an organization.
Feb 03, 2020•28 min
Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) speak to Dr. Danny Butler (@DannyB1984), a primary care physician from Paducah, Kentucky in the Aledade Kentucky ACO. Combining data and his dedication to his patients, Dr. Butler shares his experience of how an Accountable Care Organization has been good for the health of his patients and the success of his practice. He discusses why he joined an ACO and the important role that his staff has played in helping his practice excel at population health....
Jan 20, 2020•30 min
Edo Banach (@EdoBanach) is the President and CEO of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. On this week’s episode, he explains Medicare's hospice benefit, the difference between hospice and palliative care, and how accountable care organizations can better coordinate with these services.
Jan 06, 2020•25 min
Geoff Huggins (@GeoffHuggins) is the Director of NES Digital Service (NDS) in Scotland. NDS was established by the Scottish Government in 2018 to standardize electronic health records across the country to improve health outcomes. Geoff shares some of the lessons he has learned along the way about engaging citizens, clinicians, and government organizations in health care transformation.
Dec 23, 2019•27 min
All Accountable Care Organizations have a patient representative on their board of managers. John Sickler, a retired businessman, serves as the patient representative on the board of managers for the Freedom ACO, an Aledade ACO in suburban Philadelphia. He joins Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) to discuss his role on the board and how he helps the ACO promote evidence-based medicine and patient-centered care.
Dec 09, 2019•24 min
Professor George Crooks (@CrooksGeorge) is the CEO of the Digital Health and Care Institute, Scotland’s national innovation center for digital health care. On this week’s episode, he shares his vision of integrating Scotland’s fragmented health data platforms in order to enable health care providers to deliver higher quality care and empower individuals to take charge of their own health data. He describes the challenges he faces as he spearheads a major transformation of the health care system,...
Nov 25, 2019•27 min
Jim Manzi is co-founder of Foundry.ai, a technology studio that creates artificial intelligence software companies, and is a member of Aledade’s board. He joins Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) to help us understand how machine learning, scientific methodology and experimentation can be used to help guide corporate business decisions.
Nov 11, 2019•28 min
Annalyn Whitt (@ALWhitt) is a Practice Transformation Specialist in the Aledade Mississippi ACO. In this week’s episode, she describes the origins and evolution of “Home for the Holidays,” a successful home-grown initiative that helps keep patients with preventable illnesses out of the emergency room and the hospital during the holiday season.
Oct 28, 2019•17 min
On this episode of the ACO Show, Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) spoke to Melissa Dunford (@MelissaDunford6) and Kristy McGlothin (@kristymcglothin), two of Aledade's Practice Transformation Specialists (PTS). As the Aledade team members who spend the most time out in the field with our partner primary care practices, they each share their unique experiences helping practices understand and adapt to a new model of health care.
Oct 21, 2019•25 min
Brady Richards started out as a junior engineer working on electronic health records 18 years ago, and today he serves as the Chief Technology Officer at Aledade, leading a growing team of engineers across the U.S. He joined the ACO Show to share what he has learned from a career of developing technologies that help physicians manage multiple aspects of their practices and why he continues to find health care data so engaging.
Oct 14, 2019•29 min
Dr. Juan Duran and Lucia Zegarra joined the ACO Show this week during Hispanic Heritage Month to share their experiences working in the U.S. health care system. Juan is a third-year resident in pediatric neurology at Columbia University, and Lucia is the Director of Community Health Programs at Community Health and Empowerment through Education and Research (CHEER). They discussed the unique barriers to care that many Hispanic and Latinx individuals face as they navigate our complex health syste...
Oct 07, 2019•31 min
Howard Dean (@GovHowardDean), former Governor of Vermont, joins Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) for this week’s episode. As a physician, governor, presidential candidate, and Chair of the Democratic National Committee, he has been at the forefront of many of the health care debates of the past 30 years. On this episode, he shares his thoughts on universal health care coverage, medical marijuana, and the future of American health care.
Sep 30, 2019•25 min
Elisabeth Rosenthal (@RosenthalHealth) kicks off Season 2 of The ACO Show with Josh Israel (@DrJIsrael) and Joe Shonkwiler (@JoeShonkwiler). She points out some of the bigger flaws in our health care system and discusses what physicians and private companies can do to bring more humanity back to the practice of medicine. Dr. Rosenthal is the Editor-in-Chief of Kaiser Health News and the author of the bestselling book “An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take ...
Sep 16, 2019•28 min
Dan Bowles (@DBowles1607), SVP of Growth & Network Operations at Aledade, joins Josh (@DrIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) on the The ACO Show Season 1 Finale to discuss network expansion of Accountable Care Organizations through partnerships with independent physician practices. Aledade sets the framework to help these practices participate in value-based care and sustain independence in the long run.
Jul 29, 2019•26 min
Two weeks ago, several primary care physicians traveled from their communities to Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. They spent an entire day meeting with policymakers and helping them understand what it's like to be in a physician-led ACO. On this episode, Farzad Mostashari (@Farzad_MD), CEO of Aledade, and Travis Broome (@Travis_Broome), Vice President of Policy at Aledade, sit down with Dr. Karl Schwabe from Pennsylvania and Dr. Richard Card from Virginia to learn more about their first experien...
Jul 22, 2019•29 min
