
The Collective Voice of Health IT, A WEDI Podcast
An engaging exchange of ideas and information from the preeminent national membership association for health IT guidance and collaboration. Each week, join host Matthew Albright, Chief Legislative Affairs Officer for Zelis Payment, as he welcomes prominent healthcare thought leaders to discuss best practices, pressing issues and emerging trends within the health IT community
Latest episodes

Apr 5, 2024 • 15min
Episode 148: How AI is Changing Medical Coding. Fathom's Taylor Webster
Michael welcomes Taylor Webster, Head of Coding Quality with Fathom Health (https://www.fathomhealth.com/) to discuss how autonomous medical coding is aiding the industry, addressing workforce shortages, burden and revenue cycle management.

Mar 29, 2024 • 20min
Episode 147: Education, Empowerment and Engagement: How Digital Tools are Improving the Patient Experience. Amanda Bury, Infermedica
Michael chats with Amanda Bury, Chief Commercial Officer with Infermedica about how tools like the digital self-triage are supporting the patient while also feeding physicians valuable information to create a more productive and accurate healthcare experience.

Mar 22, 2024 • 29min
Episode 146: "Clean up on (AI)sle 10!" Confronting the Messy World of Healthcare Data with Lyric's Akshay Sharma
Michael chats with Akshay Sharma, Chief AI Officer with Lyric, a leading AI healthcare technology company looking to leverage AI to improve payment accuracy and efficiency.
Akshay discusses the power and potential of AI, how Lyric is improving the healthcare payment process for all stakeholders and the importance of responsible AI and privacy when implementing this emerging technology.

Mar 15, 2024 • 25min
Episode 145: Healthcare is better...with "Musick." MedicareSchool.com's Co-Founder Marvin Musick
Michael welcomes MedicareSchool.com co-founder Marvin Musick to discuss offering valuable education to Medicare-eligible patients and the affect of technology and policy on Medicare and healthcare in general.

Mar 8, 2024 • 28min
Episode 144: (Part 1) How Community Based Organizations (CBOs) Leverage Data to Support Health Equity
From WEDI's Feb 2024 Health Equity Forum, Dr. Marc Rabner, Chief Medical Officer with CRISP Shared Services moderates a panel of CBO leaders on how they leverage data in their day to day work.
The Panel:
Leigh Ann Eagle, Director of Health & Wellness Program, MAC, Chief Operating Officer of the Living Well Center of Excellence
Stephanie Archer-Smith, Executive Director, Meals on Wheels of Central Maryland
June Simmons, President and CEO, Partners in Care Foundation
Monique Powell-Davis, MD. Executive Vice President of Medical Services, Mary’s Center

Mar 1, 2024 • 20min
Episode 143, Dude, Where's My Wheelchair!? Understanding Real-Time Location Systems with Cen Trak's Nick Adriance
This week, Matthew welcome Nick Adriance, Director, Global Software Product Management at CenTrak. The two discuss the evolution of Real Time Location Systems (RTLS) and how it can aid in streamlining cost, decrease lost equipment, increase security, and enhance patient experience.

Feb 23, 2024 • 28min
Episode 142: Health Equity Sit Down with Dr. Vindell Washington of Verily Health Platforms
At WEDI's recent Health Equity Forum and Workshop, Sagran Moodley, Chief Innovation and Technology Officer with Ontada spoke with Dr. Vindell Washington, former National Coordinator for Health IT and the Chief Clinical Officer and Director of the Health Equity Center of Excellence for Verily Health Platforms.

Feb 16, 2024 • 20min
Episode 141: Making an Impact in Behavioral Health Data Collection and Analysis. A Chat with Raven Health CEO Richard Wagner
Michael welcomes Richard Wagner, a former WEDI Privacy and Security Workgorup Co-Chair who is the CEO of Raven Health (www.ravenhealth.com) a leader in data collection and analysis for behavioral health. Coming from a healthcare family, Richard learned early on about the frustrations of healthcare software from his clinician father, and worked to increase the time a clinician spends with their patients and decrease the time they spend doing "everything else."

Feb 9, 2024 • 22min
Episode 140: Understanding the Language of Patient Engagement with Providertech's Lisa Blue
Michael chats with Lisa Blue, Chief Clinical Innovation Officer with Providertech on how technology and policy is quickly shaping the future for patient engagement.

Feb 2, 2024 • 32min
Episode 139: Making Healthcare Synchronized, Personalized and Radically Convenient with Patty Hayward, Talkdesk
Matthew chats with Patty Hayward, General Manager of Healthcare and Life Sciences at Talkdesk. The two discuss healthcare's current problem areas, how patient empowerment can help turn the tide and how AI can address call center challenges.