Podcasts
Podcast Episode 110: How CMMI Is Addressing the Primary Care Crisis. A Conversation with CMMI Director Liz Fowler
Knowledge Center Episode 230- Bridging Innovation and Compliance: Preparing for CMS-0057-F in 2027: Steve Berkow (InterSystems), Anna Taylor (MultiCare), Stephan Rubin (Optum) July 7, 2023 In June, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new primary care model – the Making Care Primary (MCP) Model – that will be tested under the…
Read MorePodcast Episode 109: Understanding the Brave New World of Health Care AI with HCSC’s Derrick Higgins
Knowledge Center Episode 230- Bridging Innovation and Compliance: Preparing for CMS-0057-F in 2027: Steve Berkow (InterSystems), Anna Taylor (MultiCare), Stephan Rubin (Optum) June 30, 2023 Matthew chats with Derrick Higgins, Head of Enterprise Data Science and Artificial Intelligence at Health Care Service Corporation (BCBS of Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas). Derrick discusses how…
Read MorePodcast Episode 108: Advancing Health Equity Through Alternative Payment Models. HCPLAN HEAT Co-Chairs
Knowledge Center Episode 230- Bridging Innovation and Compliance: Preparing for CMS-0057-F in 2027: Steve Berkow (InterSystems), Anna Taylor (MultiCare), Stephan Rubin (Optum) June 23, 2023 From WEDI’s 2023 Spring Conference! The Health Care Payment and Learning and Action Network (HCPLAN) established the Health Equity Advisory Team (HEAT) to help identify and prioritize opportunities to advance…
Read MorePodcast Episode 107: Amplifying the Patient Voice! Jonathan Burow, Independent Health
Knowledge Center Episode 230- Bridging Innovation and Compliance: Preparing for CMS-0057-F in 2027: Steve Berkow (InterSystems), Anna Taylor (MultiCare), Stephan Rubin (Optum) June 16, 2023 From WEDI’s 2023 Spring Conference, Michael and WEDI Board Chair, Ed Hafner chat with Jonathan Burow, VP Customer Experience and Digital Transformation with Independent Health. Jonathan discusses best practices for…
Read MorePodcast Episode 106: The Need to Incorporate Intersectionality and SDOH with Gregg Church, President, 4medica
Knowledge Center Episode 230- Bridging Innovation and Compliance: Preparing for CMS-0057-F in 2027: Steve Berkow (InterSystems), Anna Taylor (MultiCare), Stephan Rubin (Optum) June 9, 2023 The concept of intersectionality describes the ways in which systems of inequality based on gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, class and other forms of discrimination “intersect” to…
Read MorePodcast Episode 105: Changing the faces of clinical trials with Clincierge’s Scott Gray
Knowledge Center Episode 230- Bridging Innovation and Compliance: Preparing for CMS-0057-F in 2027: Steve Berkow (InterSystems), Anna Taylor (MultiCare), Stephan Rubin (Optum) June 2, 2023 Michael welcomes Scott Gray, CEO of Clincierge, a patient concierge services provider in clinical trials. The two discuss the current state regarding diversity in clinical trials and how the need…
Read MorePodcast Episode 104: Provider and Payer Approaches to Addressing Health Disparities
Knowledge Center Episode 230- Bridging Innovation and Compliance: Preparing for CMS-0057-F in 2027: Steve Berkow (InterSystems), Anna Taylor (MultiCare), Stephan Rubin (Optum) May 26, 2023 From WEDI’s recent Spring Conference, a conversation on the importance of data, partnership, and health equity buy-in and bake-in with prominent health equity leadership from UnitedHealth Group and Mayo Clinic.…
Read MorePodcast Episode 103: Health and Well-Being for All – Dr. Melissa Perry, Dean, College of Public Health, George Mason University
Knowledge Center Episode 230- Bridging Innovation and Compliance: Preparing for CMS-0057-F in 2027: Steve Berkow (InterSystems), Anna Taylor (MultiCare), Stephan Rubin (Optum) May 19, 2023 Responding to the commonwealth’s public health and workforce needs, George Mason University (Fairfax, VA) launched the first and only College of Public Health in Virginia. Michael chats with Dr. Melissa…
Read MorePodcast Episode 101: Improving the Patient Experience with AI; A Conversation with Elevance Health CTO Geeta Wilson
Knowledge Center Episode 230- Bridging Innovation and Compliance: Preparing for CMS-0057-F in 2027: Steve Berkow (InterSystems), Anna Taylor (MultiCare), Stephan Rubin (Optum) May 5, 2023 We chat with Elevance Health Chief Technology Officer, Geeta Wilson about how her company is embracing artificial intelligence to improve and enhance the patient experience. Podcast Episode 101: Improving the…
Read MorePodcast Episode 100: Celebrating our 100th episode with Former HHS Secretary (And WEDI Founder) Dr Louis Sullivan
Knowledge Center Episode 230- Bridging Innovation and Compliance: Preparing for CMS-0057-F in 2027: Steve Berkow (InterSystems), Anna Taylor (MultiCare), Stephan Rubin (Optum) April 28, 2023 To commemorate our 100th episode, WEDI welcomes our founder, former HHS Secretary Dr. Louis Sullivan. 30 years ago, Dr. Sullivan founded WEDI in an effort to identify opportunities to improve…
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