Briana Contreras

Leanne Berge, CEO of Community Health Plan of Washington in Seattle, talks to Managed Healthcare Executive about patient access challenges, COVID-19, telehealth, and health care disparities.

This week on Tuning into the C-Suite, listeners are tuning into the next feature of the Meet the Board Series where Managed Healthcare Executive Senior Editor Peter Wehrwein and Associate Editor Briana Contreras speak with MHE’s Board Member Kevin Ronneberg, M.D. Kevin is vice president and associate medical director for health initiatives at HealthPartners, an integrated, nonprofit provider and health insurance company located in Bloomington, Minnesota. During the conversation we got to learn more about Kevin, personally, and how he and his family are doing during the pandemic and his thoughts of the current issues healthcare is facing today.

Today, senior care can have a number of health benefits for the well-being of older adults. However, some family members of the patients receiving care are carrying more of the financial weight and taking care of the groundwork in their family member's care.

John Henderson, president and CEO of the Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals, spoke with Senior Editor Peter Wehrwein about COVID-19, telehealth, emergency care, and Medicaid expansion.

MHE's Briana Contreras spoke with Matthew Michela, President and CEO of Life Image, the world’s largest medical evidence and image exchange network. The two delved through the specific steps each type of healthcare organization - from health systems, payers and IT companies - must follow to comply to meet the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) new interoperability and patient access rules.

In this second of a two-part video interview with MHE, Amwell Chief Medical Officer Peter Antall says he is in favor of extending CMS waivers that made telehealth visits reimbursable and easy for patients and providers.

A Phase 3 trial is in the works in the U.S. for Sativex (nabiximols), an oral spray that contains cannabis extracts, in treating spasticity — muscle stiffness or spasms — associated with multiple sclerosis (MS).

In this first of two-part video interview with MHE, Amwell Chief Medical Officer Peter Antall says the Boston-based telehealth company typically white labels its software to a client’s brand.

While ongoing stress from COVID-19 has had an effect on many people's mental health, contracting the virus may have much more of an impact on the brain.

In this episode, Briana Contreras of MHE spoke with Aaron Fulner, Senior Director of Edifecs, a global health IT company. The two had a conversation about open enrollment and how private and public insurance markets have been preparing or are now experiencing an influx of new enrollees due to approximately 12 million people losing access to employer coverage from job losses since February.

As hospitals and health systems struggle to regain revenue, they will find themselves competing aggressively to attract and retain a smaller pool of patients. It will require doubling down on the patient experience, but will create a larger boost of healthcare consumerization, overall.

The Johns Hopkins professor and new MHE editorial advisory board member discusses screening among race, how certain screening tests intensify health disparities and how the Trump administration is not correctly applying science within healthcare in this final part of a four-part video series.

Falls are the current leading cause of injuries for older Americans, and many of them result in permanent disability and fatalities. The risk of falling for older adults doubles if they have impaired vision from a degenerative eye disease like diabetic retinopathy.

Managed Healthcare Executive's October issue headlines 10 healthcare leaders in its fourth annual "10 Emerging Industry Leaders" feature. MHE spotlights each leader individually with a Q&A interview between MHE and the emerging leader.

CMS's new Interoperability and Patient Access final rule (9115-F)they will be releasing in 2021 is aimed to empower patients and improve interoperability while reducing the burden on payers and providers. However, the process to meet the requirements will be challenging.

Managed Healthcare Executive's October issue headlines 10 healthcare leaders in its fourth annual "10 Emerging Industry Leaders" feature. MHE spotlights each leader individually with a video interview to accompany the Q&A between MHE and the emerging leader.

In this episode of Tuning Into the C-Suite, listeners are tuning into our next feature of the Meet the Board series where MHE's Senior Editor, Peter Wehrwein, and Associate Editor, Briana Contreras, speak with Managed Healthcare Executive Editorial Advisory Board Member, Don Hall, who is principal of DeltaSigma LLC. DeltaSigma is a consulting practice specializing in strategic problem solving for managed care organizations. In addition to being a loyal member of our board since 2007, Don most recently served as president and CEO of a nonprofit, provider-sponsored health plan. In this conversation, you’ll learn a bit about Don, personally, such as what he's currently reading, and his thoughts about the current issues healthcare is facing today.

According to a new survey provided by the American Psychological Association (APA), more than 68% of U.S. adults say the 2020 U.S. presidential election is a significant source of stress in their life. The APA offers advice on how to handle election stress.

“Lung cancer screening is a great example of the problem,” says the former chief medical and scientific officer for the American Cancer Society in this third of four-part video series.

This week, Briana Contreras of Managed Healthcare Executive spoke with Doctors Art Papier and Nada Elbuluk of VisualDx. Art is a practicing dermatologist and associate professor of dermatology and medical informatics at University of Rochester, as well as the CEO of VisualDx. Nada is also a dermatologist in Los Angeles and she is Director of Clinical Impact for VisualDx. The three discussed how providers can leverage health IT to reduce cognitive bias and racial disparities in healthcare.

How COVID-19 is affecting those specifically with chronic conditions and how technology is helping.

The Johns Hopkins professor and new MHE editorial advisory board member lauds the effects of the Affordable Care Act but holds out for a program that “gets every human being the healthcare that every human being deserves,” in this second part of a four-part series.

Featured speaker at the 4th Annual PBMI Specialty Rx Forum on October 16 discusses theme of the meeting.

In this week's episode of Tuning Into The C-Suite, MHE's Briana Contreras spoke with Kate Ryder, CEO of Maven, which is the world’s largest virtual clinic for women’s and family health. In this discussion, they talked about the role of telemedicine in pregnancy care, how it impacts the prenatal model and how it will influence the patient journey post-coronavirus pandemic.

Some “don’t give a damn about their fellow man.” But in this first of four-part video series, the Johns Hopkins professor, former chief medical and scientific officer of the American Cancer Society, and MHE Editorial Advisory Board member is encouraged by diversity among protestors and the broadening of the efforts to tackle disparities of all kinds. “I think this is a long-term effort.”

There's a possibility the flu shot can help protect those who receive it from COVID-19.

David Lareau, CEO of Medicomp Systems, says this delay will mean ongoing challenges in access to accurate, complete data—which is more important now than ever before.

In this week’s episode of Tuning Into the C-Suite, MHE's Briana Contreras spoke with Denise Basow, president and CEO of Clinical Effectiveness at Wolters Kluwer. Briana and Basow discussed the importance of uniting prescribers and pharmacists at the point of care and how this form of care can create more efficient and effective operations within health systems.

Lindsay Engle, Medicare Expert at MedicareFAQ, clears more of the air on what Medicare’s future could possibly look like under either presidential candidate's reign.

Second study shows minority children are half as likely to have surgery as white children.