The Business of Healthcare Podcast is presented by the Center for Healthcare Leadership and Management. It brings together business leaders and other forward thinkers to discuss how best to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing, increasingly complex healthcare industry. The center is based at the Naveen Jindal School of Management at The University of Texas at Dallas.
Episode 122: Medical-Legal Partnerships
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.
Episode 121: Physicians with Business Acumen
Dr. Britt Berrett returns to discuss the critical importance of physicians having business acumen in an increasingly complex healthcare industry.
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.
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.
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.
Episode 117: A Look Into the American College of Healthcare Executives
In this episode, host Dr. Bob Kaiser welcomes Aaron Bujnowski, FACHE, president of the North Texas Chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). They take a deep dive into the workings of ACHE, a 48,000-member organization dedicated to advancing leaders and the field of healthcare leadership excellence.
Episode 116: Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
In this episode, host Dr. Bob Kaiser welcomes Mohamad Elwazer, founder and CEO of linedanceAI, to discuss artificial intelligence and how it can best be implemented in healthcare.
Episode 115: Transforming the Nursing Profession
Nurse entrepreneur and change leader Rebecca Love joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser to discuss the challenges faced in the nursing profession and how to use innovation strategies to transform it. They also discuss the role of the Commission for Nurse Reimbursement, an organization Love started that works to address staffing shortages in the profession and changing how Medicare reimburses health care systems to better reflect the work that nurses do.
Feb. 27, 2024
Episode 114: Benjamin Fee on Hospital Pricing Transparency
Benjamin Fee, a health law attorney with Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, P.C., joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser for a discussion about hospital pricing transparency. Kaiser is director of the MS/MBA in Healthcare Leadership and Management for Professionals at UT Dallas’ Naveen Jindal School of Management.
Episode 113: Creating Pockets of Excellence in the Healthcare Industry
Eric Bricker M.D., who appeared on episode 49 of The Business of healthcare Podcast, returns to discuss with host Dr. Bob Kaiser various topics, including realigning healthcare incentives, integrated health plans, the concept of a klugeocracy — an assortment of ill-suited patches and quick fixes — whether healthcare is a business, and the creation of pockets of excellence in the industry. Bricker is the chief medical officer of AHealthcareZ.com, which offers 400+ educational videos related to healthcare finance. Kaiser is director of the MS/MBA in Healthcare Leadership and Management for Professionals at UT Dallas’ Naveen Jindal School of Management.
Nov. 27, 2023
Episode 112: Consumerizing Healthcare — The CRM Revolution
In this episode, Amit Khanna, senior vice president and general manager of Salesforce’s Health & Life Sciences division, and host Dr. Bob Kaiser delve into the fascinating transformation happening within the healthcare industry, driven by the integration of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems. The episode explores how CRM technology, originally designed for business-client interactions, is being leveraged to “consumerize” the healthcare system, ultimately benefiting both patients and healthcare providers.
Sep 27, 2023
Episode 111: Cybersecurity in Healthcare
In this episode, cybersecurity expert Joshua Spencer joins host Bob Kaiser for a look into the challenges and opportunities related to maintaining information security in the healthcare ecosystem. Spencer is founder and CIO of FortaTech Security after having served as CTO of UT Southwestern Medical Center for more than 12 years.
Aug 29, 2023
Episode 110: Transforming ‘Sick Care’ to Healthcare with Wearable Technologies
Amy McDonough, managing director and general manager of Fitbit Health Solutions at Google, joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser for a discussion about how wearable technologies are helping transform the “sick care” industry into a true healthcare industry.
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Jun 28, 2023
Episode 109: The Nurse’s Essential Place in the Healthcare Ecosystem
In the episode, Dr. Amy King, executive director of West Coast University -Texas in Richardson, joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser for a discussion about the nurse’s critical place in the healthcare ecosystem.
May 16, 2023
Episode 108: Sustainable Healthcare
Jonathan K. Henderson, business services division chair and corporate & transactional chair at Polsinelli, an AM Law 100 law firm, joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser for a look into sustainability as it relates to the healthcare industry. Their conversation focuses on Henderson’s white paper, “Health Care ‘Prime’: Patient-Centered Sustainable Health Care.”
Apr 25, 2023
Episode 107: Modernizing and Scaling Healthcare Education
In this episode, host Dr. Bob Kaiser speaks with Shiv Gaglani, co-founder and CEO of Osmosis.org. They discuss why Gaglani and his co-founder Ryan Haynes paused their medical-school studies to tackle the building of a modern healthcare education platform and how Osmosis grew it into a user base of more than 3 million students. The episode was recorded on Rare Diseases Day. They discuss the initiative that the company launched to raise awareness of rare diseases through its Year of the Zebra newsletter.
Mar 28, 2023
Episode 106: Digital-First Healthcare with Dr. Ali Parsa
In this episode, host Dr. Bob Kaiser welcomes Dr. Ali Parsa, founder and CEO of Babylon Health, a digital-first healthcare company that uses artificial intelligence to monitor its patients. They discuss how AI and a digital-first approach can help disrupt the industry and turn it from its current fee-for-service model into value-based health care.
Jan 27, 2023
Episode 105: Improving the Quality of Life for Persons with Physical Disabilities
In the episode, host Dr. Bob Kaiser has a conversation with Chanda Hinton, founder and executive director of the Chanda Plan Foundation and the Chanda Center for Health. After a spinal cord injury left Hinton paralyzed at age 9, she encountered a healthcare system that was ill-equipped to care for persons with long-term physical disabilities. She founded her organizations to deliver integrative therapy, primary care and other complementary services and resources to improve health outcomes and reduce healthcare costs for persons with physical disabilities. The organization also offers educational resources and advocates legislatively to change laws to remove barriers to care.
Nov 22, 2022
Episode 104: A Look at a Healthcare Innovation Hub
In this episode, Dr. Hubert Zajicek joins host, Dr. Bob Kaiser, to discuss innovation and entrepreneurship as they relate to healthcare. Zajicek is a physician, CEO, founder, and partner of Health Wildcatters, a Dallas-based healthcare accelerator.
Oct 28, 2022
Episode 103: Integrity-Driven Entrepreneurship
In this episode, host Dr. Bob Kaiser welcomes an alumna of The University of Texas at Dallas and the Naveen Jindal School of Management to the podcast. Dr. Sara Mahmood, BS’11, MS’16, is the founder and owner of brush365, a dental practice that has four locations throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The Dallas Business Journal listed Mahmood among its 40 Under 40 2022 honorees. She and Kaiser discuss this accolade and why integrity is at the core of the company’s mission.
Sep 28, 2022
