Radio Advisory – Détails, épisodes et analyse

When we talk about “health systems,” it can sound like we’re talking about a monolith. But in reality, the $1.4 trillion dollar health system sector is made up of a diverse range of players. Academics and safety nets; urban and rural systems; 1,000-bed systems and 25-bed critical access hospitals. The question is, especially as systems emerge from the financial hardships of the past few years, how do those differences translate to the ways systems are running at growth?

In this episode, the third and final installment in our series leading up to Advisory Board’s Strategy Summit, host Abby Burns invites Advisory Board health system experts Elizabeth Orr and Marisa Nives to unpack how leaders across the health system sector are thinking differently about growing in 2025 and beyond.

Links:

• Hospitals' top strategic priorities — and what they mean for development leaders
• Ep. 220: Why AI in healthcare is more than just ChatGPT
• Ep. 219: The business case for going green
• Ep. 218: [Encore + bonus content] Site-of-care shifts: It's time to go on offense
• Charted: The financial gap between rich and poor hospitals grows

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A transcript of this episode as well as more information and resources can be found on www.advisory.com/RadioAdvisory.

Radio Advisory first started production in April 2020 to deliver timely, critical messages to healthcare professionals navigating the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Four years, 200+ episodes, and one million downloads later, Radio Advisory continues to bring insightful conversations and valuable insights to listeners passionate about driving positive change in healthcare.

To celebrate our millionth download, host Rachel (Rae) Woods and the Radio Advisory production team revisit some of their favorite episodes over the last four years, recollect the lessons learned, and reflect on how the healthcare industry has evolved alongside us.

We owe this milestone to you, our listeners. Your support and engagement have fueled and enriched our episodes, and we look forward to bringing you many more insightful conversations. Thank you!

Links:

• Ep. 2: How COVID-19 is transforming telehealth now and in the future
• Ep. 35: Zeke Emanuel on the path to a vaccine (and why it's much harder than you think)
• Ep. 69: CEO Warner Thomas on 20 years of digital innovation at Ochsner Health
• Ep. 159: Ozempic, Wegovy, and our questions on weight management drugs
• 3 paths to the future of obesity care (and how to get there)
• 5 catalysts that will impact the future of weight management drugs
• What the headlines get wrong about weight-management medications

How Cone Health added ATTR-CM screening to an existing care pathway: A TAVR example

A transcript of this episode as well as more information and resources can be found on radioadvisory.advisory.com.

Buzzwords and phrases like “equity”, “digital divide”, and “cultural competency” are used often health care. However, there’s no real consensus on their actual definitions, and that can be problematic. In this episode, host Rachel (Rae) Woods talks with value-based care expert Daniel Kuzmanovich and health equity researcher Darby Sullivan to discuss why language has never been more important in the industry, and how to ensure that your vocabulary aligns with your organization’s intentions.

Links:

• Is the language we use hurting our equity efforts?
• It's hard to move VBC forward when nobody understands what you mean
• Why we hate the phrase 'win-win partnership' in value-based care

During the peak of the pandemic an estimated 9.4 million cancer screenings were missed – which we know led to delayed cancer diagnoses. In this episode, Rachel (Rae) Woods invites oncology experts Ashley Riley and Lauren Woodrow to discuss both the human and system-wide impacts of delayed cancer screenings and what health leaders can do to rebound.

Links:

• Early data shows a rise in advanced cancer diagnoses. But it may not tell the whole story.

New policies and heightened competition are making payers re-consider their identities and roles in the health care industry. In this episode, Rachel (Rae) Woods invites health plan experts Mallory Kirby and Sally Kim to talk about why payers are positioning themselves as health solutions companies, the strategic moves in play, and why diversification may be necessary for survival.

Radio Advisory is produced by Advisory Board, a division of Optum, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group.

(New/bonus content starts at 19:11. First part of episode originally aired June 7, 2022.)

Medicare is slowly moving forward on risk, but commercial risk is more of a wild card and the health care industry has yet to land on a clear model for the population. In this episode, Rachel Woods sits down with Advisory Board's Clare Wirth and Alex Tallian to discuss their research into commercial risk and why they believe commercial risk is possible for the health care industry.

Bonus links:

• Value-based care should be more than a buzzword by now
• 2 strategies used by independent groups to succeed in commercial risk
• The next chapter of population health involves specialists. Here’s where to start. (Part 1 of 3)

Links:

• The data on commercial risk opportunities (and where the research goes next)
• Are the barriers to commercial risk insurmountable? Here’s why they might be.
• Are the barriers to commercial risk insurmountable? No, they are not.
• Our Value-Based Care playlist

It's no secret that health care is facing a workforce crisis. The good news is that workers aren't leaving the industry entirely, but instead moving on to other roles that enhance their quality of life – and it's not just about the money. In this episode, Rachel (Rae) Woods invites health care workforce experts Eliza Dailey, Monica Westhead, and Alex Polyak to discuss workplace qualities that have become more important to health care workers and what leaders can do to cement themselves as the employer of choice.

Links:

• For workforce strategy, forget 'return to normal.' Your workforce certainly has.
• Our Workforce playlist

Advisory Board’s State of the Industry report gives healthcare leaders a view of what's happening around them and how various trends, actions, and forces will shape the industry's future. In this episode Rachel (Rae) Woods sits down with healthcare experts Ashley Antonelli and Natalie Trebes to talk about how the economy, workforce shortages, and policy shifts are impacting the industry and how healthcare leaders can shape the future despite these challenges.

Links:

• Our Strategy playlist

To explore Advisory Board's latest thinking on the future of value-based care, visit advisory.com/VBC.

Interested in sharing your thoughts about health care on an Open Mic? Pitch us your idea by emailing [email protected].

Private equity tends to get a bad rap when it comes to healthcare. Some see it as a disruptive force that prioritizes profits over the patient experience, and that it’s hurting the industry by creating a more consolidated marketplace. Others, however see it as an opportunity for innovation, growth, and more movement towards value-based care. In this episode, Rachel (Rae) Woods invites Advisory Board’s Sarah Hostetter and Vidal Seegobin to discuss the good and bad elements of PE and what leaders can do to make it be a valuable partner to their practices.

Links:

• Private equity investment in physician practices

To explore Advisory Board's latest thinking on the future of value-based care, visit advisory.com/VBC.

Interested in sharing your thoughts about health care on an Open Mic? Pitch us your idea by emailing [email protected].

U.S. health care has made some strides in making behavioral health treatment more accessible by pouring more money into services like telebehavioral health. So why are we still seeing significant increases in mental health conditions and drug overdose deaths? Are we putting our money in the right places? In this episode Rachel (Rae) Woods invites Advisory Board’s Darby Sullivan and Rachel Zuckerman to discuss the root causes of behavioral health inequity and the progress that has – and has not – been made in addressing the issue.

Links:

• Behavioral healthcare workforce shortage
• Inequities in behavioral health
• Ep. 68: Seattle Children's approach to behavioral health
• Ep. 86: The good and the (unintentionally) bad of virtual behavioral health investment
• Our Health Equity and Racism playlist

To explore Advisory Board's latest thinking on the future of value-based care, visit advisory.com/VBC.

Interested in sharing your thoughts about health care on an Open Mic? Pitch us your idea by emailing [email protected]