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Episode 122: Medical-Legal Partnerships

In episode 122 of The Business of Healthcare Podcast, Dr. Quinton Nottingham with Virginia Tech University joins host Dan Karnuta for a discussion about medical-legal partnerships. Their discussion explores what MLPs are, their operational frameworks and the ways these patient-centered partnerships can address social determinants of health to improve health outcomes.

Nottingham is head of the Business Information Technology Department within the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech.

Karnuta is director of the Professional Program in Healthcare Management at The University of Texas at Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management.

Oct. 28, 2024

Episode 121: Physicians with Business Acumen

In this episode, host Dan Karnuta and guest Dr. Britt Berrett focus on the need for physicians to have business acumen in an increasingly complex U.S. healthcare system. Berrett, co-founder and first host of The Business of Healthcare Podcast and current managing director and teaching professor of the Healthcare Industry Collaborative at Brigham Young University, shares his insights on the evolution of healthcare after the COVID-19 pandemic and the increasing corporatization of the industry. Berrett points out that healthcare is no longer just a clinical profession. It now requires strong business acumen to understand revenue cycles, private equity involvement, and new technologies like telemedicine and artificial intelligence.

Karnuta is director of the Professional Program in Healthcare Management at The University of Texas at Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management.

Sept. 25, 2024

Episode 120: The Challenges in Transitioning to Value-Based Pricing in Healthcare

Dr. Rita Numerof, who appeared as a guest on Episode 27 of The Business of Healthcare Podcast, returns to discuss with host Dan Karnuta why it remains so difficult for value-based pricing to catch on in the healthcare industry.

Numerof is an author, president and co-founder of healthcare consulting firm Numerof & Associates and a columnist at Forbes.

Karnuta is director of the Professional Program in Healthcare Management at The University of Texas at Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management.

Links discussed on the episode:

“Why Accountable Care Organizations Won’t Deliver Better Healthcare  — and Market Innovation Will” (Heritage Foundation’s Healthcare Reform Report)

Aug. 29, 2024

Episode 119: Examining the Change Healthcare Cyberattack

 In this episode, host Dan Karnuta welcomes Nick Hut, senior editor at the Healthcare Financial Management Association. They do a deep dive into the Change Healthcare cyberattack: what happened, who was affected, temporary and long-term fixes, the impact on stakeholders — including patients — and what lessons were learned from a disaster that affected one third of Americans.

Professor Karnuta is the director of the Professional Program in Healthcare Management at the Naveen Jindal School of Management at The University of Texas at Dallas.

Links: HFMA’s Voices in Healthcare Finance podcast

July 26, 2024

Episode 118: Non-Clinical Careers for Physicians

In this episode, Dr. Bob Kaiser welcomes Dr. John R. Mehall back to the show for a discussion about what the former cardiac surgeon and current entrepreneur has been doing since his last appearance on The Business of Healthcare Podcast’s Episode 43 in August 2019. They also discuss non-clinical career options for physicians, including advice on how to do the self-reflection necessary to make a successful transition, and the physician shortage that exists in the U.S.

Mehall is president of Innovative ECMO Concepts, a company that provides training and expertise related to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), a cardiac and respiratory life-support system.

Kaiser is director of the MS/MBA in Healthcare Leadership and Management for Professionals at UT Dallas’ Naveen Jindal School of Management.

May 31, 2024