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On this episode of Voices of Self Funding, host Tom Testa sits down with Matt Ohrt, National Executive Director of the Free Market Medical Association (FMMA), to explore how employers can take back control of healthcare costs and quality through free market principles. Matt shares his personal journey – from a 25-year HR career and near-fatal accident to leading national reform movements like Self Fund Health, Rise Up Health, and Healthcare Best Practice Group. Together, they explore how self-funded employers can drive meaningful change by demanding transparency and value, the rise of direct primary and specialty care as cost-saving, patient-centered alternatives, and why breaking healthcare’s “monopoly mindset” is key to restoring competition, affordability, and trust – all while looking ahead to what’s next for self-funding and free market reform in 2026 and beyond. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

Coming to you live from the Oregon HFMA Winter Conference, we will discuss observations drawn from Office Hours, the Infinx thought leadership forum where healthcare leaders regularly explore the realities of change across revenue cycle operations.Across these conversations, artificial intelligence consistently emerges as the anchor that connects common themes involving workflows, staffing models, compliance pressures, and technology adoption, while accelerating both progress and tension.The discussion will focus on how change is experienced in practice, why some areas of healthcare evolve rapidly while others remain resistant, and how teams are affected operationally and emotionally along the way. Grounded in real conversations and lived experience, the goal is to offer a realistic perspective on navigating change while helping organizations and their teams adapt with confidence and clarity. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

S1E9: AI in Medical Language Processing: Transforming Unstructured Clinical Data, with Tim O'Connell, MD, CEO and Co-Founder of emtelligent On this episode, host Dr. Heather Bassett welcomes Tim O'Connell, radiologist, CEO and founder of emtelligent, discussing the challenge that sparked his company: the impossibility of thoroughly reviewing clinical records at the volume modern healthcare demands. Tim explains how this need led him to build a Medical Language Model that transforms unstructured clinical data into precise, structured outputs for payers, health systems, and life sciences organizations. Tim and Heather explore how deep learning and transformer models have revolutionized medical language processing, achieving 98-99% accuracy on clinical data extraction tasks. Tim reveals why determinism, scalability, and security are critical differentiators in production environments, and why human-in-the-loop systems remain essential for healthcare AI that clinicians will trust and adopt. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

How Sesame Can Offer the Wegovy Pill at Cash-Pay Prices Dr. Michael Botta, President and Co-founder of Sesame, shares details of their newly announced partnership to offer the Wegovy pill, their continued relationship with Costco, how their clinicians approach patients who are loading their medical records to ChatGPT, and more insights from the quickly expanding cash pay side of healthcare.  All that, plus the Flava of the Week about the health at home waiver being extended for five more years. Now that these programs have the certainty they’ve been fighting for, how can we advocate for the innovations that leaders have been asking for all along? Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

Orchestration – The Decision Layer of AI Growth On this episode host Adam Turinas is diving into the “decision layer” of AI: Orchestration. This is where AI moves beyond just observing behavior and starts shaping how your go-to-market pipeline actually responds. He'll walk through a realistic healthtech scenario involving a complex sale to a hospital system to show you how orchestration works in the real world. He'll discuss how AI helps you prioritize accounts based on patterns rather than intuition, routes leads with actual conditional logic, and designs responses that coordinate multiple personas without creating chaos. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

Host Matt Fisher talks to Matt Blosl, CEO Dexcare, about defining care orchestration; developing and implementing workflows to match patients and clinicians; challenge of develop buy-in for change; impact of integrating clinicians into development process; acknowledging pace of change while trying to control it. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

As healthcare organizations move from AI curiosity to real-world implementation, many leaders are asking the same question: where do we actually begin? As the industry heads into 2026, providers are under pressure to move beyond experimentation and apply artificial intelligence in ways that deliver meaningful, workflow-driven impact without adding technology overload. On this episode Dan is joined by Don Woodlock, President of InterSystems, to explore how healthcare organizations can take a more strategic and disciplined approach to AI adoption. Drawing on InterSystems’ deep expertise in interoperability, data platforms, and AI-enabled solutions, the conversation focuses on where AI can truly enhance clinical workflows, reduce administrative burden, improve revenue cycle performance, and support better decision-making. From ambient clinical documentation to smarter data connectivity and actionable AI insights, this discussion cuts through the hype to highlight how healthcare leaders can build an AI foundation that drives real value for clinicians, patients, and health systems, all while advancing the goals of value-based care. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

S1E10: Disaster Recovery Is Dead. Long Live Technology Resilience! On this episode, host Steven Hajny is joined by Heather Costa, Director of Technology Resilience at Mayo Clinic, to unpack what “resilience” really means in modern healthcare IT, especially when cyber disruption is the clear and present danger. Heather champions for moving beyond traditional “disaster recovery” thinking and instead prioritizing business workflows (the minimum viable hospital) over recovering hundreds of Tier 1 apps. Together they explore why recovery timelines always “depend,” why honest planning beats rosy assumptions, and how Zero Trust-era identity systems have become ground zero when everything goes sideways. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

On this episode Justin records live in Tampa FL at the Moffitt Cancer Center for this special series during CancerX 2026. His first guests, from the Moffitt Center are Dr. Kamal Jethwani, VP Digital Ventures & CEO AccelerOnc, Dr. Nainesh Parikh, VP Chief Expansion & Partner Officer, and Dr. Patrick Hwu, President & CEO. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

From Music to Medicine: Rethinking Clinical Trials, AI, and Real-World Evidence On this episode Gil and Gregg welcome Amir Lahav, MD, ScD, founder and CEO of SkyMedAI and curator of the Digital Health AI Innovation Summit in Boston. Dr. Lahav traces his unlikely path from working musician to Harvard Medical School faculty, Pfizer rare-disease innovator, and now advisor to digital health and life sciences companies. The conversation explores how music-driven neurorehabilitation helped stroke survivors regain motor function, why traditional snapshot-based clinical trials are “embarrassingly wrong” for real-world patients, and how AI and wearables can turn continuous data into earlier detection and more humane care. Lahav also warns about overconfident, under-validated AI and argues that the most successful health companies by 2030 will be those that know when not to use AI. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

Part I: How Telehealth is Redefining Clinical Practice and Patient Access Join us for part I of a two-part interview with Dr. Brandon Welch, founder and CEO of doxy.me; a platform that has facilitated over 8 billion minutes of care across 1 million providers in 176 countries. With the administration signing the Consolidated Appropriations Act on February 3, 2026, extending Medicare telehealth flexibilities through December 2027, and patient demand driving unprecedented adoption, virtual care has moved from emergency response to fundamental transformation of clinical practice. Brandon examines how the proliferation of telehealth is reshaping medicine itself: clinical workflows, patient-provider relationships, access equity, and sustainable practice models. Drawing from his book Telehealth Success, he delivers actionable strategies for healthcare leaders navigating the five pillars determining telehealth ROI: patient engagement, clinician efficiency, technology scalability, financial viability, and regulatory compliance in an era where patients expect care everywhere. • Five-pillar framework for achieving sustainable telehealth success across organizations • Financial sustainability models leveraging the two-year Medicare telehealth extension through 2027 • Clinical practice transformation reshaping how medicine is delivered and experienced • Provider success strategies addressing burnout, workflow integration, and practice transformation • Access and equity insights from 176-country, 1 million+ provider implementation Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

How AI Weight Loss Coaches Complement Clinical Care Ro Huntriss, Chief Nutrition Officer for Simple Life, shares how their AI weight loss coach complements clinical care, what they’ve learned about driving personal health behaviors, and why they continue to see success across every age group, gender, and BMI class.  All that, plus the Flava of the Week about CVS’ intention to launch a new consumer engagement app. How do they describe the platform they’re building and its benefits, and does this signal a renewed interest in consumer engagement as a top priority?  Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

Jaideep Tandon, CEO of Infinx, shares a sensible, leadership-driven perspective on the evolving role of AI in RCM. Rather than focusing on technology for technology’s sake, the conversation centers on outcomes: improving efficiency, reducing revenue leakage, and supporting better financial decision-making across increasingly complex healthcare environments. Jaideep addresses how revenue cycle leaders can play a more active role in shaping AI success with a clearer understanding of how to evaluate AI initiatives, set realistic expectations, and lead AI adoption as an ongoing journey.

Ericka Adler is joined by Roetzel shareholder Christina Kuta to discuss the growing trend of concierge practices and the initial steps to start a concierge practice. Ericka and Christina explain why choosing the right professional entity matters, how state laws and corporate practice of medicine rules may apply, and the key differences between hybrid concierge practices and cash-only practices. They also cover important compliance considerations for insurance contracts and Medicare, along with essential concierge documents like intake paperwork, patient agreements, HIPAA documents, good faith estimates and informed consents. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

Surviving and Thriving in 2026 On this episode host Adam Turinas is joined by his two colleagues and fellow Health Launchpad principals, Mark Erwich and Matthew Piette, for a conversation about what it means to be a marketing leader in healthcare right now. They explore how the industry is moving from the traditional triple aim toward what we call the quintuple squeeze, where providers face intense pressure from regulatory changes, margin constraints, and severe staffing shortages. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

On this episode host Raj Sundar explores intersection of aging, mental health, and technology with Neelam, founder of Total Life, to explore how we can better support seniors through innovative care models and AI-powered tools. We hear how a personal family experience inspired Neelam to address the lack of mental health support in elder care, and learn about Total Life’s approach to integrating therapy into seniors’ primary care visits and reducing barriers to access, such as long wait times and lack of culturally competent providers. They discuss the stigma around therapy in older populations, the challenges and opportunities of providing virtual care, and how AI assistant “Lily” is being piloted to enhance adherence and engagement without replacing human clinicians. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

On this special “Making America Healthy Again” edition of PopHealth Week, Fred and Gregg take on a volatile question: what happens when a legitimate prevention agenda collides with abrupt, top-down decisions across the public health infrastructure? Anchored in recent federal changes to childhood vaccine recommendations and upheaval in advisory processes, the conversation traces how trust is built - or broken - through transparency, data visibility, and scientific governance. They explore the implications of reduced routine vaccine guidance, the removal and replacement of expert advisory committee members, and the risks of “flying blind” when surveillance systems pause or disappear. With measles resurgence as a real-time stress test, Gregg and Fred challenge the false binary of “medical freedom vs. public health,” and close with practical guidance: partner with trusted clinicians and evidence-based medical society recommendations while the policy environment remains unsettled. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

S3E1: Purpose Driven Skepticism in an Age of AI Washing Host: Frank Cutitta Guest: Gregg Antony Masters To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

Hosts Colin Hung and John Lynn give a preview of the 2026 ViVE and HIMSS conferences. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

On this episode Jim welcomes Bevey Miner, EVP Healthcare Strategy & Policy at Consensus Cloud Solutions. Consensus started as an interoperable digital cloud faxing solution over 25 years ago and has grown to be the global leader of digital cloud fax technology. Employing new strategies based upon AI they have leveraged their solutions to bring greater opportunities for the use of legacy, and under reported, health data for treatment as well as research. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen