Practice Disrupt
A Healthcare Transformation Podcast that provides insight and strategies on a wide variety of practice transformation and process improvement topics. Guests include primary care colleagues, practice management staff, and healthcare leaders. We will discuss overcoming barriers to change, process improvement ideas that may spark new ideas for your practice. Hear innovative ideas that practices are implementing to work smarter not harder to meet the demands of the new healthcare environment.
Practice Disrupt
Dr. Simmer-Vision for Change
In this episode, we talk with Dr. Tom Simmer. Dr. Simmer is a former
Sr Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan where he oversaw medical policy, professional payment policies and national programs to improve quality, cost and access to medical services. He was inducted into the NMA Hall of Fame in 2021. In 2010 he was honored as a healthcare hero by Crain's Detroit Business. He is a member of the AMA, Michigan State Medical Society and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. Dr. Simmer has been integral in leading the charge for practice transformation. We learn from him his vision for change and his experience leading physicians to engage with him in this work.
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