Episode 9: Dr. Marilyn Moon on Pricing Transparency
Dr. Marilyn Moon joins Dr. Britt Berrett in today’s episode. Dr. Moon is an institute fellow at Washington-based American Institutes for Research. She is the former chair at the Maryland Healthcare Commission, where she headed up a pricing transparency project that ultimately became WearTheCost.org.
The website provides consumers in the State of Maryland with cost and quality information related to various elective procedures so that they can make better-informed healthcare decisions. Both passionate advocates for healthcare reform, especially as it relates to consumer information, Moon and Berrett discuss the website, Altarum (AIR’s partner in developing WearTheCost.org) and the direction in which pricing transparency is headed.
Becky Greenfield, a healthcare attorney and a partner at boutique law firm Wolfe Pincavage, joins host Dan Karnuta for a discussion about the complexities and risks associated with alternative health plans that are not mandated by the Affordable Care Act. Plans like healthcare sharing ministries, limited benefit plans and short-term insurance can appear similar to conventional healthcare insurance but they lack essential consumer protections like coverage for pre-existing conditions, essential health benefits, and balance-billing safeguards.
Felixia Colón joins host Dan Karnuta for a discussion about how artificial intelligence is being used, and is transforming, healthcare business operations. They cover care delivery methods, staffing models, the importance of establishing guardrails prior to AI’s use and address the risks of bias inherent in AI and how that problem can be overcome.
Caitlin McVey, associate vice president of the Memorial Hermann Institute for Nursing Excellence, joins host Dan Karnuta for a discussion about Health Education and Learning (HEAL) High School in Houston which prepares students to transition directly into high-demand healthcare jobs directly after graduation.
Don Taylor, the chairman of the board of directors at the Healthcare Standards Institute Foundation, joins host Dan Karnuta for a discussion about on how artificial intelligence is being integrated into the healthcare industry and the urgent need for its governance and standardization.
David Dawson, senior vice president of Conifer Health Solutions, joins host Dan Karnuta to discuss the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare-related revenue-cycle management.
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