20 Feb 2020
I had the pleasure of being interviewed on the Relentless Health Value podcast where we discussed Population Health and the steps to get it done. You can catch the podcast here:
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13 Jan 2020
This year marks the 20th Anniversary of the Population Health Colloquium, a conference founded by David Nash, MD the Founding Dean Emeritus of the Jefferson College of Population Health. The conference will be held March 30 through April 1st in Philadelphia. It's always a great conference to attend, learn and network at. I hope to see you there....
04 Nov 2019
Disclosure - I serve as an Advisor to the Validation Institute.
Costs for their employees’ health care have continued to rise even as employers have implemented numerous programs and benefit changes, from raising employees’ deductibles and co-pays, to implementing wellness programs. While employers pay most of the premiums, which now exceed $20,000 for family coverage, employees now s...
23 Oct 2019
I recently had the good fortune to interview Dr. David Shulkin, the ninth Secretary of the Veterans Administration on PopHealth Week regarding his book "It Shouldn't Be This Hard to Serve Your Country: Our Broken Government and the Plight of Veterans". What a story! He goes through the unique interview/non interview he had with then President elect Trump, where he was not sure if he w...
21 Oct 2019
I recently launched a new feature in conjunction with HealthCareNow Radio. Its called PopHealth Minute. These are one minute quick dives into issues, ideas and thoughts in Population Health. HealthCareNow Radio plays these episodes between shows, but you can access them anytime. Click on the image below to see the diversity of issues covered and listen to PopHealth Minute…
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07 Oct 2019
By Fred Goldstein, MS and Gregg Masters, MPH
This past year has seen major changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) that launched the huge growth in Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) a principal workhorse in the transformational copy of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). It seems that the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the industry had a difference ...
05 Sep 2019
Gregg Masters and I recently updated PopHealth Week to include a new look and new syndication times with HealthCareNow Radio. The weekly show still features the same great guests exploring all things population health and now you can listen to it syndicated on HealthCareNow Radio at 5:30 am, 1:30 pm and 9:30 pm Eastern Time. Take a look, here's the new logo:
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17 May 2019
On this episode of PopHealth Week our guest was Rita Numeroff, PhD of Numeroff and Associates. We discussed some of the findings from their survey, The State of Population Health: Fourth Annual Numeroff Survey Report; which was released at this years Population Health Colloquium. Dr. Numeroff had some fascinating insights regarding the slowing down of the move to value-based care and s...
06 May 2019
On PopHealth Week, Wednesday, May 1st, 2019 our special guest was author of 'Healthcare Choices: 5 Steps To getting the Medical Care You Want & Need', Archelle Georgiou, MD.
'Dr. Archelle Georgiou is a nationally recognized physician, advocate, advisor and author. She earned her medical degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and enjoyed practicing internal medicine in North...
02 May 2019
I was recently a guest on the Unlocking Accountable Care Podcast to discuss community efforts to improve health and H.R. 660 The Community Health Improvement and Leadership Development Act of 2019 - 2020. You can listen to the podcast here.
Thanks to the folks at Day Health Strategies for providing me with this opportunity.
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