Posts Tagged ‘Podcast’
Episode 178: Pitfalls But Promise. The State of Healthcare Cybersecurity with Scott Mattila, COO & Chief Security Officer, Intraprise Health
Knowledge Center Episode 178: Pitfalls But Promise. The State of Healthcare Cybersecurity with Scott Mattila, COO & Chief Security Officer, Intraprise Health November 15, 2024 Michael welcomes Scott Mattila with Intraprise Health to discuss why it seems with all the regulatory and technological advancement health care is experiencing, why does it feel we’re moving backwards…
Read MoreEpisode 176: Creating an Interconnected Vision of a Safer, More Efficient and More Equitable Healthcare System with Emblem Health’s CEO, Karen Ignagni
From WEDI’s 2024 National Conference, the keynote address by Emblem Health’s CEO Karen Ignagni. Karen talks about the challenges of policy, the need for a broader conversation with interoperability, taking a leap toward admin simplification, prioritizing health equity and more.
Read MoreEpisode 174: A Community of Practice, A Community of Value. Sequoia Projects Payer to Payer FHIR API Implementation Workgroup
Michael discusses the Sequoia Project’s Payer to Payer FHIR API Implementation Workgroup with its co-chairs, Nancy Beavin from Medica, Bob Oakley from Evernorth and the Project Lead, David Pyke with Sequoia.
The workgroup was created to identify practical, implementation-level implications from a business and governance perspective. The guests discussed the workgroup makeup, their mission, what they’ve heard so far and why a payer, small, medium or large, should join their community of practice.
Read MoreEpisode 173: FHIR, Opening Doors to a Bigger, Better Health Care Future. Virtual Health’s Huthaifa Khan
Michael welcomes Huthaifa Khan, Director, Solutions Architecture with Virtual Health. Huthaifa, a veteran health care professional, discusses the emergence and rapid adoption of the FHIR standard in healthcare data exchange, along with implementation stories, and its potential future in the industry.
Read MoreEpisode 172: From Paper to Pixels. A Doctor’s Perilous Journey through the Digital Healthcare Revolution
Join Dr. John Harris as he takes you on a deeply personal journey through the highs and lows of transitioning from traditional paper billing to modern electronic systems. With several decades of experience in healthcare, Dr. Harris shares invaluable insights into the benefits of digital billing—streamlined processes, faster payments, and improved patient care. But this story isn’t just about the smooth road; it’s also about the bumps along the way and an ending you might not have seen coming.
Read MoreEpisode 166: Fortifying Healthcare Cybersecurity Measures with Nametag’s Aaron Painter
Michael chats with Nametag CEO Aaron Painter on how emerging technology, patient-centric data policies and even remote working is affecting the cybersecurity infrastructure in healthcare. The two discuss the “old school” nature of social engineering attacks and steps that the industry can take to combat threat actors.
Read MoreEpisode 163: Being Curious About Artificial Intelligence with Google’s Shweta Maniar
Michael welcomes back Shweta Maniar, Global Director, Life Sciences Solutions and Strategy for Google Cloud. The two discuss the continued emergence of artificial intelligence in health care, the need for standards or a framework in health care regarding AI, and how people new to AI can brush off misconceptions and dive in feet first and learn how they can access and leverage this growing technology.
Read MoreEpisode 162: Workgroup Voices, The Inner Workings of Prior Authorization
Michael welcomes 3 of the 4 co-chairs of WEDI’s Prior Authorization Subworkgroup:
Heather McComas, Director, Administrative Simplification Initiatives, American Medical Association
David Delano, Senior Director of Services, Massachusetts Health Data Consortium
Raj Godavarthi, Associate VP of Technology and Interoperability, MCG Health
The 3 discuss the changes in the workgroup and the industry since the January 2024 release of the CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization rule, the exciting role of artificial intelligence in PA, and how their unique stakeholder roles offer a full, detailed dialogue during their monthly meetings.
Tons of Prior Authorization-related education coming to you courtesy of WEDI. Visit wedi.org and click CALENDAR for more information
Read MoreEp 161: Simplifying Healthcare: WEDI’s Approach to Eligibility and Benefits
Michael welcomes Donna Campbell (HCSC) and Amanda Abbott (BCBS of Kansas), WEDI’s Eligibility and Benefits Workgroup Co-Chairs. The co-chairs discuss the workgroup’s missions and the latest discussion topics that workgroup is undertaking, including improving efficiencies in the E&B process through standards and emerging technology.
Read MoreInteroperability Matters, a Discussion with Sequoia Project’s Payer to Payer FHIR API Implementation Workgroup Co-Chairs
From WEDI’s Spring 2024 conference, Sequoia’s David Pyke moderates a conversation with its Payer to Payer FHIR API Implementation Workgroup Co-Chairs, Robert Oakley with Evernorth and Nancy Beavin with Medica. Learn more about the workgroup here- https://sequoiaproject.org/interoperability-matters/payer-to-payer-api-workgroup/
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