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RADIO FOR THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY
Healthcare NOW Radio and Podcast Network offers discussions on the latest developments and trends impacting the industry including: health tech, health IT, healthcare innovation, healthcare policy, healthcare data security, telehealth, interoperability, biotech, med tech, value-based care, pharma, healthcare compliance, and much more. Shows are hosted by industry thought leaders. Guests are a "who's who" across the healthcare spectrum. The listening audience is predominantly physician and hospital-based, and the healthcare industry at large.
Latest episodes

Jul 4, 2025 • 28min
Digital Health Talks: Why Workplace Wellness Just Became Your Competitive Advantage By Carly Healy
Female Founder Series By Carly Healy on Why Workplace Wellness Just Became Your Competitive Advantage
Join Megan Antonelli and Carly Marino-Healy, founder of Marino Wellness, as they reveal how a precision approach to wellness is revolutionizing corporate culture. Discover why leading digital health companies like Headspace and Talkspace choose Carly's marketplace model over traditional wellness vendors, and learn the strategic framework that transforms employee wellbeing from cost center to profit driver. As healthcare costs rise and talent retention becomes critical, workplace wellness technology is shifting from nice-to-have perk to essential business infrastructure. Learn how to position your organization ahead of this transformation.
• Master the specific metrics that prove recruitment, retention, and productivity gains from wellness technology investments
•Maintain effective wellness initiatives during economic uncertainty while demonstrating measurable business value to leadership
• Seamlessly incorporate mental health platforms into existing wellness infrastructure to capture growing employer investments
•Deliver personalized wellness experiences across global workforces using marketplace models versus traditional point solutions
•Identify which emerging health technologies will drive next-generation workplace wellness and employee engagement strategies
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Jul 1, 2025 • 16min
HealthLaw HotSpot: Patient Extortion: The Trend of Threatening Physicians for Personal Gain
Host Ericka Adler is joined by Roetzel litigation shareholder Michael Scotti to explore a growing and deeply concerning issue in healthcare: patients using threats, such as negative online reviews, malpractice claims, or regulatory complaints, as leverage to demand refunds or free services. Together, they unpack the legal and ethical complexities of responding to extortion attempts involving online platforms like Google and Facebook, understanding the difference between defamation and disparagement and how to respond to both. They also discuss navigating HIPAA restrictions when addressing public criticism, knowing when to involve your malpractice carrier or legal counsel, structuring settlements with non-disparagement clauses and patient termination protocols, and handling threats of complaints to state licensing boards. Whether you're a physician, dentist, or healthcare administrator, this episode offers practical legal strategies to protect your reputation, your license, and your peace of mind in an increasingly digital world.
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Jul 1, 2025 • 38min
The Dish: Consent Management: Why It’s Not as Simple as You Think
On this episode host Tony Schueth sits down with two of the industry's sharpest minds leading the charge to fix one of health IT’s most persistent headaches: digital consent management. Janice Reese, Senior Consultant at Point-of-Care Partners and Program Manager for the FHIR at Scale Taskforce (FAST), and Mohammad Jafari, Co-Lead of FAST’s Consent Work, offer an unflinching look at why consent is still so messy—and what it’ll take to make it scalable, interoperable, and actually work for patients.
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Jun 30, 2025 • 22min
Leader to Leader: Modernizing Healthcare On How Cloud Adoption Drives Real Patient Outcomes
Modernizing Healthcare: How Cloud Adoption Drives Real Patient Outcomes
On this episode, Jeremy Marut, Founder and CEO of Sublimation Health talks to host Ben Hilmes about how his decades of experience in hospital IT led him to build a company that helps health systems shift from managing infrastructure to delivering meaningful solutions. They explore what it takes to overcome fear and uncertainty around cloud migration, why cost transparency matters, and how to reframe technical debt as an opportunity for reinvention.
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Jun 29, 2025 • 28min
VBC Insights: Value-Based Shift: Inside the CMS TEAM Transformation
Ep 130- Value-Based Shift: Inside the CMS TEAM Transformation
On this episode Dan explores the newly introduced the CMS Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM)—a mandatory five-year, episode-based pricing model, informed by earlier initiatives from the CMS Innovation Center. Designed to cover high-volume, high-cost surgical procedures, TEAM represents a significant shift in how hospitals and providers approach bundled payments.
Join Dan and special guest Lucy Zielinski, an expert in value-based programs and HCC coding, as they unpack what the TEAM model entails and what participating hospitals must do to prepare for the January 1, 2026 implementation. Gain insights how this model influences financial performance, drives care coordination redesign, and introduces new incentives and penalties. Whether you are a healthcare leader, provider, or payer, don’t miss this overview of one of CMS’s initiatives shaping the future of value-based care.
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Jun 28, 2025 • 26min
PopHealth Week: The Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Science Preview with Jim Tate
Join host Gregg Masters on this special episode with Jim Tate as they dive into the upcoming MAPS Psychedelic Science 2025 conference—from June 16–20th in Denver, CO. They explore the evolving science and policy landscape around psychedelic-assisted therapies for trauma and mental health, with a special focus on veterans and first responders. Tune in to hear insights on MDMA and psilocybin trials, federal and VA implementation, peer support models, and the role of community and cultural healing. With voices from researchers, practitioners, and lived-experience advocates, this episode previews what promises to be a transformative moment in public health.
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Jun 28, 2025 • 29min
Healthcare de Jure: Adam Russo, Esq., CEO, The Phia Group
Host Matt Fisher talks Adam Russo, Esq., CEO, The Phia Group, about the definition of self-funded health plans; need for better education and knowledge in plan administration; impediments to cost containment; impact of awareness and understanding in building plans.
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Jun 27, 2025 • 26min
News You Can Use: Special Edition with Dinakar Munagala
Guest: Dinakar Munagala, Co-Founder and CEO of Blaize
Revolutionizing AI at the Edge
Discussion:
Blaze Origin Story: Co-founded by Dinakar Munagala, Blaze emerged recognizing traditional GPUs not ideal for AI
Low-power AI needs outside data centers at the 'edge'
Blaze specializes in edge processing, enabling AI on devices like cameras and medical tools where real-time decisions are critical
Hardware & Software with new chip architecture tailored for low-power, on-device AI
Paired with user-friendly software to overcome deployment barriers
Real-world use cases include COVID-19 detection from X-rays, early cancer detection from retina scans, and fall monitoring in elder care
Human-AI Synergy augmenting professionals—not replacing them—while making AI accessible, scalable, and secure
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Jun 27, 2025 • 27min
This Just In: John Halamka and Paul Cerrato on Their New Book Transform Part 1
On this episode Justin invites back John Halamka, MD, MS and Paul Cerrato, MA to discuss their latest book Transform. This is part 1 of a 3 episodes.
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Jun 27, 2025 • 26min
The Tate Chronicles: Travis Leonardi, CEO & Founder of SOS Technologies
Threats to healthcare facilities and staff are ocurring with increasing frequency. The types of threats continue to expand. On this episode host Jim Tate sits down with Travis Leonardi, CEO & Founder of SOS Technologies to explore a novel approach from SOS Technologies which has developed a SmartSOS, a fully integrated threat management platform.
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