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Revenue Cycle Optimized: What’s Really Changing in Revenue Cycle? Voices from Becker’s 28.09.2026 26min

What’s Really Changing in Revenue Cycle? Voices from Becker’s Stuart Newsome sits down with Infinx colleagues Heather Riley Swanson and Nathan Skorick following Becker’s to hear what stood out from their time at the conference. Drawing on sessions and conversations throughout the event, the group considers where AI and revenue cycle strategy appear to be heading and whether the conference messaging matches the problems health systems are trying to solve. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

Health Cent$: Relocalizing Health with Dave Chase 26.09.2026 27min

Host Adam Russo invites Dave Chase, Co-founder of Health Rosetta and author of Relocalizing Health. Dave explained the concept of relocalizing health, which involves reclaiming local control over healthcare resources to improve community well-being and reduce waste. He cited examples like the Rosen Hotels and the Nuka system in Alaska as successful models. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

The Tate Chronicles: Dave Thimons 26.09.2026 25min

On this episode Jim welcomes Dr. Dave Thimons, founder and CEO of The Rose Program. The interview explores his beliefs that palliative medicine is widely misunderstood as end-of-life pain control when it is really about honest prognosis, proactive planning, and aggressive symptom management.

Talking the Walk: Data You Keep, Data You Need, and Data You Don’t with Mike McGuire 26.09.2026 26min

The Data You Keep, the Data You Need, and the Data You Don’t On this episode host Tom Testa is joined by Mike McGuire, SVP of Product Strategy at Mediquant for a deep dive into lifecycle data management. The conversation centers on how healthcare systems need to move beyond simply archiving data to implementing proper governance policies that address retention periods, approval workflows, and the balance between legal obligations and clinical continuity of care. McGuire highlighted the importance of distinguishing between data with clinical, research, and legal value, and addressed how acquisitions present opportunities to establish proper governance structures rather than inheriting unmanaged data assets. The discussion also touched upon the role of AI in data lifecycle management, noting that well-governed data provides better foundation for AI initiatives, and concluded with advice for CIOs to begin with data inventory and pilot programs in the archive system. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”.

Healthcare IT Today: Health IT Fall Conference Pre-Season Preview 25.09.2026 27min

Health IT Fall Conference Pre-Season Preview To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

Voices of Self Funding: Beyond the Rate: A Smarter Approach to Level Funding 24.09.2026 41min

Tom Stein, CEO of American Trust Administrators and author of The Noble Agent’s Guide to Level Funding, joins Voices of Self-Funding to discuss how brokers and TPAs can help smaller employers make the move to level funding. He explores cost-containment strategies, plan design and why a more consultative approach can help brokers move beyond simply selling a lower rate to deliver greater long-term value. For more information on level-funded health plans and other self-funding topics, visit www.hcaa.org. This episode is sponsored by Zakipoint Health. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

Unscripted the AMCP Podcast: National Comprehensive Cancer Network Guidelines for Lung Cancer & Managed Care 24.09.2026 21min

National Comprehensive Cancer Network Guidelines for Lung Cancer & Managed Care On this episode host Steve Kheloussi, PharmD, principal consultant with Kheloussi Consulting and a managed care pharmacist, is joined by Tianyi Wang, consultant at Omnicom Health Market Access, and Irvin Molina, PharmD, BCOP, director of clinical pharmacy at IPD Analytics and a board-certified oncology pharmacist, to explore how National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines influence payer policy and patient access in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

AI Amplified: What Your Voice Reveals Before You Do with Henry O'Connell from Canary Speech 23.09.2026 37min

S2E2: What Your Voice Reveals Before You Do, with Henry O'Connell, CEO and Co-Founder of Canary Speech On this episode, host Dr. Heather Bassett welcomes Henry O'Connell, CEO and Co-Founder of Canary Speech, to make the case that the human voice carries more diagnostic information than almost any other data source we're not yet using at scale. He walks through how Canary Speech evolved from analyzing structured, scripted speech to conversational speech, and eventually away from words altogether, down to 2,590 features of speech measured every 10 milliseconds, generating 15.5 million data points per minute, all aimed at capturing how speech is produced rather than what it says. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

Designing for Health: Interview with Bill Sherman 22.09.2026 44min

On this episode host Dr. Craig Joseph sits down with thought leadership expert and author Bill Sherman to explore why some ideas gain traction while others never move beyond a conference presentation or journal article. Drawing from his new book, The Thought Leadership Handbook, Bill shares practical frameworks for helping ideas travel farther, resonate with the right audiences, and ultimately drive impact. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

Healthcare Rap: The Data Foundation to Move to Preventive Health 22.09.2026 27min

The Data Foundation to Move to Preventive Health Halima Ahmadi-Montecalvo, VP Research and Evaluation at UniteUs, dives deep on the data connectivity that’s required for health systems that truly plan to move from sick care to prevention. All that, plus we give a Shout Out to previous guest Dr. Erica Armstrong, who recently announced that HealthX Ventures has invested in her functional medicine company, Root. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

News In Two: Week of 9/20/2026 21.09.2026 2min

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Healthcare for Humans: Illness, Disease and the Whole Person (Part 2) 21.09.2026 48min

On this episode host Raj Sundar continues their Roots of Care series by challenging the notion of clinicians as mere “fixers” and exploring what it truly means to provide healing in contexts where much of a patient's health lies outside the exam room. Drawing on polyvagal theory, somatic practices, and indigenous wisdom, they examine the importance of creating containers of safety, fostering genuine presence, and supporting patient autonomy and choice. They reflect on the pressures created by a profit-driven healthcare system, the impact of clinician self-regulation, and the value of compassion, friendship, and honoring their own needs alongside those of their patients. Through practical tools and honest discussion, they seek ways to reimagine care, cultivate resilience, and find meaning and humanity in the clinician-patient relationship. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

Digital Health Talks: Direct Contracting Explained On How Northwell Direct Cut Employer Costs 20% 21.09.2026 26min

Direct Contracting Explained: How Northwell Direct Cut Employer Costs 20% | Nick Stefanizzi, CEO, Northwell Direct Every health system that considers selling directly to employers hits the same wall. The discounted rate lands on patients you may already have, and nobody can prove the trade works. Nick Stefanizzi says it does. He is the CEO of Northwell Direct, Northwell Health's for-profit direct-to-employer company, where an employer or union agrees on price with the health system and no carrier sits in the middle. Since its first customer in 2022, Northwell Direct reports serving more than 300,000 employee members across more than 75 employers and unions, with a network that now spans more than 55 hospitals, over 125 urgent care centers and more than 5,000 behavioral health providers. In December, it signed the 170,000-member 32BJ Health Fund, the largest direct contract of its kind in the country, with the fund projecting 20% savings in year one. Stefanizzi told HFMA the business contributes more net-new volume and margin than it cannibalizes, and is profitable on its own P&L. Before Northwell Direct, he was chief administrative officer and interim CEO of Formativ Health, and spent eight years in operating roles across Northwell Health. • How Northwell measures cannibalization against net-new volume, and how to run that analysis before signing anyone • What a system should own outright versus rent, and what Stefanizzi says they deliberately chose not to build • Why stop-loss economics turned into an unexpected sales driver • Where technology actually produces the savings, since a lower rate alone does not lower total cost • Whether any of this counts if the contract itself stays private For CFOs, CIOs and the executives weighing whether to become a network operator instead of a network participant. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

VBC Insights: Beyond the Appointment Slot: Transforming Patient Access 20.09.2026 27min

Healthcare organizations are under increasing pressure to improve access while balancing patient expectations, provider capacity, and operational complexity. On this episode host Daniel Marino is joined by healthcare access leaders Jon Fullerton and Jenny Hart to discuss what it takes to create a more coordinated and sustainable access strategy. The discussion highlights real-world barriers that often prevent organizations from achieving meaningful improvement, including fragmented workflows, underused tools, inconsistent processes, and limited alignment across clinical and administrative teams. Healthcare leaders will gain a practical perspective on how providers can evaluate current access challenges, engage stakeholders, and begin moving toward a more connected model that supports both care delivery and the patient experience.

The Shahid Shah Show: Challenges and Opportunities of Integrating AI into Health Systems 20.09.2026 27min

S1E10: The Challenges and Opportunities of Integrating AI into Health Systems On the episode host Shahid Shah addresses the difference between organizations that effectively implement AI and those that only create plans. The key to success is not the AI technology itself, but the organization's ability to identify and amplify its unique strengths, or "native alpha.". Shahid argues that health systems should focus on specific, measurable outcomes and use AI to enhance existing advantages rather than seeking generic AI strategies. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”.

Healthcare De Jure: Nicola Wodlinger, CEO, mBIOTA Labs 19.09.2026 27min

Defining elemental diet and medical nutrition; making an elemental diet more palatable to increase adherence; role of nutrition in health; evolving understanding of nutrition and impact on the body; payment coverage for elemental diet and medical nutrition.

Stop Waiting for Sick: What Precision Medicine Can Do That Your Doctor's Office Can't 19.09.2026 27min

What if the diseases most likely to diminish your final decade of life were already detectable perhaps 10 to 20 years before you'd feel a single symptom? On this episode host and bestselling author Gil Bashe (Healing the Sick Care System) engages Dr. Julie Chen, MD, Chief Medical Officer of Radence, a precision medicine company built within RA Capital Management's healthcare incubator, to explore what it actually means to practice evidence-based longevity medicine in a healthcare system still designed primarily to respond to disease rather than prevent it. Dr. Chen brings a uniquely credentialed perspective: fellowship-trained integrative internal medicine physician, former CMO at Human Longevity and Vitagene, researcher at the FDA, NIH, National Cancer Institute, USC, and Mount Sinai, and a 2023 honoree as one of the top 25 women leaders in biotechnology. She is a member of the Buck Institute's President's Circle. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

Health Stealth Radio: The Medical Device Security Challenge with Mike Kijewski 18.09.2026 26min

The Medical Device Security Challange: Balancing Patient Safety, Risk, & Innovation On this episode host Jessica Davis invites Mike Kijewski, CEO of Medcrypt, to discuss progress in medical device security and continued pain points in the wake of regulatory shifts and resource and patch management challenges. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”.

Healthcare Rap: The Rural Health Transformation Program in Plain English 15.09.2026 27min

The Rural Health Transformation Program in Plain English Carrie Foote breaks down the Rural Health Transformation Program in plain English and shares how rural health clinics should be thinking about partnerships with hospitals, tech vendors, and state agencies. All that, plus the Flava of the Week about Cityblock’s rumored acquisition of Homeward. How are the two primary care startups reportedly considering joining forces, and how can building within existing payment models lead to expanding access to those who need it the most? Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

Digital Health Talks: Stop Building That. A CIO's Test for Buy, Build, or Partner 14.09.2026 28min

Stop Building That. A CIO's Test for Buy, Build, or Partner When Edmund Siy became chief information and technology officer at Bon Secours Mercy Health in May 2025, he told Becker's his opening move was cybersecurity and infrastructure, with AI to follow. Plenty of systems were pointing at pilots that year. He pointed at the plumbing. Fifteen months later the foundation is largely built and AI has stopped being a differentiator. Ambient documentation, governance committees, an AI officer on the org chart. Table stakes. Which means the hard call is no longer whether to adopt. It is where a forty seven hospital system spends its own engineering hours, where it co-develops with somebody else, and where it should admit a capability has gone commodity and just buy the thing. This is Edmund's actual test for making that call. Audit your build list. Anything three vendors already do well is payroll, not strategy. Fix the foundation before you scale AI. Infrastructure sets the ceiling on what you can safely deploy. Before signing a co-development deal, write down what you do when their roadmap slips. Put a review date on the three-year roadmap and name who is allowed to break it. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/