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The Healthcare Maze
Healthcare challenges faced by patients and their physicians.
Episodes
24 episodes
Today's Team Leader
We're pleased to have with us Jonathan Fanning as a guest on our podcast today, Jonathan, welcome. Jonathan is an internationally renowned speaker and leadership expert.He's written several books, including Who Are We Becoming? I Once Wa...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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32:50
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Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs)
Today we're going to discuss pharmacy benefit managers. We are pleased to have Gary Branning as a guest on our podcast today. Gary has been on the podcast a few times prior to this. Gary is the president of MR which is a divis...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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35:09
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Debt Day National Campaign
We are pleased to have Jerry Ashton with us. Jerry, has been on the program before. He's a former Navy journalist best known for co founding the national charity R.I. P. Medical debt, which is now Undue Medical Debt. Jerry has launc...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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18:59
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Undue Medical Debt
Today we're going to be discussing the issue of medical debt. We are pleased to have the CEO of Undue Medical Debt, Allison Sesso, as our guest on the podcast today. Allison became the president, CEO of Undue Medical Debt.
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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25:20
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U.S. Drug Pricing and Policy
Today we're going to be discussing U. S. drug pricing and policy. We're pleased to have Gary Branning as a guest on our podcast today. Gary is the president of MMR, which is a division of NPG Health. He's responsible for business development, s...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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37:02
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End Veteran Debt
Today, we will discuss the introduction of a new nonprofit End Veteran Debt and a third party for profit vendor Zeel who services veterans. We're pleased to have Jerry Ashton and Alison Harmelin as guests on this broadcast. Jerry Ashton. He's a...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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32:52
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Effective HIPAA Programs for Physician Organizations
Today, we're going to discuss the key factors that physicians need to review regarding an effective HIPAA program. We are pleased to have Gerry Blass, Donna Grindle, and Karla Kreitner as guests on the podcast.
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Episode 4
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The Healthcare Maze - Why Sell to Private Equity?
Today, we're going to discuss the key factors that physicians need to review when considering selling their practices to a private equity firm. We are pleased to have Ron Dreskin and Bert Orlov as guests on this podcast.
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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25:05
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How Healthcare Buyers can become Good Sellers!
Today we will discuss how buyers of healthcare services and products need to be good sellers. We're pleased to have Scott Messer as a guest on the podcast. Scott will be sharing his years of selling experience and how buyers can benefit from hi...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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The Healthcare Maze - Solutions to Veteran Suicides - 2023 Episode #1
Today we're going to continue our discussion regarding the National Veteran Missions Possible Campaign (VMP). We're pleased to have the following guests on our podcast today, Jerry Ashton, Doug McKee, Owen Muir MD, and Mike Schmidt. Each ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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30:48
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The Healthcare Maze - Reducing Veteran Suicides and Medical Debt
Today, we will discuss the Veterans Mission Possible Campaign. The goal of this national campaign is to reduce veteran suicides and medical debt. We are pleased to have the following guests on the podcast, Jerry Ashton, Rick Johnson and Carry H...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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The status of U.S. COVID 19, Universal Healthcare and Public Health Funding
Today we will discuss an update on the US handling of Covid 19 Universal Health Care and our Public Health System. We are pleased to have John Dalton as a guest on our podcast today. John is a senior advisor emeritus at Bessler and ...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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The Healthcare Maze - Value Based Care
We review the basics of value based care. This episode discusses the advantages and disadvantages of physician organizations participating in value based care contracts. Our guest for this episode is Brian Kern from Acadia Professional.
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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The Healthcare Maze - The New Normal - Episode 11
This episode discusses the new normal in healthcare. We're pleased to have as our guest on the podcast today, Mr. Gary Branning, Gary is the president of managed market resources. He's responsible for business development, speciali...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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21:59
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The Healthcare Maze - Episode #10
Private Equity investment and physician practices. Our guest for this podcast is Pete Greenbaum who is an attorney from the firm of Wilentz, Goldman, and Spitzer. We discuss the advantages and disadvantages for physician practices partnering wi...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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The Healthcare Maze - Episode 9 - Cybersecurity for Physician Practices
This episode focuses on cybersecurity concerns of physician practices. It helps us better understand why the security of our patient data (Protected Health Information or PHI) is so important for all of us. Our guest for this episode is Nelson ...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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The Healthcare Maze - Veterans Medical Debt - Episode #8
We continue our discussion of medical debt in the U.S. This episode focuses on veterans medical debt. We are pleased to have Jerry Ashton as a guest on the podcast. Jerry Ashton is a four-decade executive in the credit and collections industry....
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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The Healthcare Maze - Interview with Robert Goff - Episode #7
This episode continues our important discussion about medical debt. We are pleased to have Robert Goff from RIP Medical Debt as a guest today. Robert shares his insight and experience in the healthcare industry regarding the issue of medical de...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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31:51
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The Healthcare Maze - Basics of Medical Debt - Episode #6
We explore in this episode the many ways you can pay off your medical debt.
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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21:25
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The Healthcare Maze - Basics of Medical Debt - Episode #5
This episode reviews the basics of medical debt. Some of the topics include: how does a medical bill become medical debt; debt in collections; the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act; Credit Scores; taking loans for medical debts; and the uniqu...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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The Healthcare Maze - Introduction to Healthcare Insurance - Episode #4
This episode completes the basics of health insurance plans and reviews the key features of to help you decide what plan is right for you. We will review premiums, deductibles, copayments, coinsurance, maximum out-of-pocket amount and supplemen...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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The Healthcare Maze - Introduction to Healthcare Insurance - Episode #3
This is the first of two episodes reviewing the basics of health insurance. This episode is a summary of the purpose of health insurance; who should buy health insurance; health insurance for a family; health insurance for a student; health ins...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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The Healthcare Maze - The Overview of the US Healthcare System Part 2 - Episode 2
In this episode we complete the overview of the US Healthcare System. We review how the system is organized, how providers are paid, strategies to improve the quality of care, the effort to reduce disparities when providing services, system int...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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The Healthcare Maze - Introduction and Overview of the U.S. Healthcare System
The first episode explains the purpose of the Healthcare Maze podcast going forward. Its goal is to assist patients and their healthcare providers with their healthcare challenges. The first episode also provides a summary overview...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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