Join Day Health Strategies as we discuss how to improve access, quality, equity and cost within the U.S. healthcare system with thought leaders in academia, research, and healthcare delivery.
Season Two
Maria Levis discusses her most recent work researching and implementing equitable, evidence-based interventions in healthcare. She specifically highlights her work in providing high quality telehealth services to vulnerable populations and describes how she uses readiness assessments to help focus her work and to provide high quality, targeted care.
Gustavo Torrez describes the various ways he empowers young people to become involved in policy and advocacy. He discusses an online educational platform he launched for young people to learn fundamental skills to strengthen their ability to advocate for and implement lasting changes locally and nationally.
Jonathan Payne draws from his background working in low-resource settings and explains why high-income settings often struggle to adjust and adapt to advances in digital health technology.
In this episode, Jim Tate discusses the changes in digital health technology in light of the COVID-19 pandemic - from rapid shifts in regulations and policies governing service provision to which changes will remain long after the public health emergency is over.
In this podcast, Kavita Bouknight shares about Match Health Academy – an online learning platform with self-paced courses designed to help patients and their families improve their understanding of health conditions, drive awareness of available treatment options, and provide access to helpful resources.
In this podcast, Linda Schwimmer shares more about her work and experience with small group employers within the state of New Jersey. She discusses the steep decline in the small group market, drivers, implications, and ways in which to offer stability to curb the negative impact of these shifts.
Join Emily George for an international comparison of COVID-19 responses with Kathy Laytham, an American family nurse practitioner who has practiced clinically in a variety of settings for the last 17 years in Taiwan.
This episode features Dr. Lisa Bielamowicz, president and co-founder of Gist Healthcare. Listen as Lisa discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted small physician networks and larger health systems, and shares invaluable advice on strategies that can be applied in the short-term and long-term to ensure sustainability.
In this podcast, with guest host Niko Lehman-White, you'll learn about Pacific Business Group on Health’s hands-on work with its clients and participating health systems, including clinical transformations, a Centers of Excellence network, and innovative payment models. And the results for their patients, who have better experiences, fewer remissions and infections, and lower costs, lends credence to the concept she frequently brings up: that better care costs less.
Join us as Chris Allen shares his passion for facilitating understanding of the ways in which “power of place” like an individual’s zip code, skin color, and/or socio-economic status determine individuals’ life expectancy and health outcomes.
Tune in to hear Dr. Bill Berry, Co-founder of Ariadne Labs, discuss how provider communications around patient safety have evolved alongside managed care.
Join us as Julian Dormitzer, Nurse Practitioner at Fenway Health, discusses as her strides to increase access to culturally competent care in communities serving LGBTQ populations.
Listen here for a special episode with Charles Gaba, founder of ACASignups.net. Our host, Emily George, chats with Charles about considerations for the future of the ACA in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and upcoming presidential election.
Listen as Harold Cox, Associate Dean for Public Health Practice and Associate Professor of Community Health Sciences at Boston University School of Public Health, describes how MA state policy ensures that the building and expansion of health care facilities reflect the needs of the communities they serve.
Join us for a special episode with Rosemarie Day, Founder and CEO of Day Health Strategies, as she recounts successes and challenges in establishing near-universal insurance coverage across Massachusetts. She also describes how this experience motivated her to write her newly- released book: Marching Toward Coverage: How Women Can Lead the Fight For Universal Healthcare (Beacon Press, 2020).
In this episode we hear from Mary Fleming, former Chief of Staff at Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Mary shares how we should be thinking about the issues surrounding mental and behavioral health and offers her take on the next steps for significant policy reform towards integrated care.
In this episode, we hear from Dr. David Jones, Associate Professor in the Department of Health Law, Policy and Management at the Boston University School of Public Health. An expert in health care politics, Dr. Jones explains the history and importance of bipartisan support in health policy and discusses how it relates to his current research on social determinants of health and health equity in the U.S.
Season One
Join Day Health Strategies for a discussion about finding the consumer voice in accountable care with Consumer Catalyst, a national non-profit advocacy organization working to build the consumer and community leadership that is required to transform the American health system.
Catch up with Unlocking Accountable Care Episode 18 for a discussion of considerations for ACO success with JD Syrek.
Catch up with this episode of Unlocking Accountable Care: Accountable Care for the Pediatric Population with Michele Sasso & Rebekah Diamond.
As Chief Financial Officer, Nate Gagne is accountable for the performance of NEQCA’s accounting, finance and information technology departments. Nate explains his role and how his team strives to provide better care, better health, lower cost and higher clinician satisfaction.
In this episode we hear from Mike Cannella, Assistant General Counsel for the Massachusetts Health Connector. Prior to his current role, Cannella served as the Legislative Director and Counsel for Massachusetts State Senator James T. Welch. This episode is packed with interesting insights into Massachusetts’ legislative efforts to restructure the state’s Medicaid program.
This episode explores how clinical pharmacists are underutilized despite what we now know about their ability to help contain total cost of care for patients and ensure high quality of care – and how ACOs can better leverage pharmacy resources to impact their populations.
In the value-based world, health care providers are trying to keep people healthy and are incentivized to do so, but what if we shift some of that responsibility and those incentive dollars to the communities themselves?
Clay Farris, Practice Lead of Mostly Medicaid, joins us to talk about the national Medicaid landscape. He discusses value-based care in Medicaid, how to succeed as a Medicaid ACO, and what to expect moving forward.
Learn about the role community based organizations play in serving patients with high needs and the imperative for these community partners and ACOs to partner to provide care coordination and care management for patients with severe mental illness.
Dr. John Sargent, Chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Tufts Medical Center, discusses the importance of behavioral health care as an integrated component of primary care and his role as a pediatric psychiatry consultant to primary care physicians and care teams in a Medicaid Accountable Care Organization.
Lori Russell shares with us the societal impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly as they relate to educational regression among children who are unable to participate in daycare and/or early intervention services as a result of safety regulations.