A Second Opinion with Senator Bill Frist, M.D.

Today I'm joined by my friend, Dr. Sherry Glied, Dean of New York University's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Sherry has had a brilliant career conducting health care research and actively creating federal health policy and I'm excited to have her with us today. Before her role as Wagner School Dean, Dr. Glied served as the assistant secretary for planning and evaluation at the Department of Health and Human Services and as senior economist on the President's Council of Economic Advisers in 1992 and 1993. Her principle areas of research are mental health and health policy reform. She's authored a number of books, including Better, But Not Well: Mental Health Policy in the US Since 1950. Visit A Second Opinion's website here: https://asecondopinionpodcast.com/ Engage with us on social media at: Facebook Twitter Instagram

Dr. Pauly has made significant contributions to the fields of medical economics and health insurance. His classic study on the economics of moral hazard was the first to point out how health insurance coverage may affect patients use of medical services. He is considered one of the original architects of the individual mandate and presented it in fact as an option to President George H.W. Bush in the 1980s. Dr. Pauly is a former commissioner on the Physician Payment Review Commission and the coeditor and chief of the Springer International Journal of Healthcare, Finance and Economics. Visit A Second Opinion's website here: https://asecondopinionpodcast.com/ Engage with us on social media at: Facebook Twitter Instagram

I was recently joined by Paul Fipps, the Chief Digital Officer of Under Armour and Gyre Renwick, Vice President of Lyft Business.  We sat down before a live audience in Nashville, at the sixth annual emids Healthcare Summit, to discuss the topic of Google, Alexa and the future of voice activated healthcare.  Our panel was part of a two-day event, focused on maximizing technology to fundamentally alter the business of care delivery.    Visit A Second Opinion's website here: https://asecondopinionpodcast.com/ Engage with us on social media at: Facebook Twitter Instagram

I'm joined by my good friend James Capretta, a healthcare entitlement and physical policy expert who currently holds the Milton Freedman chair at the DC based think tank, the American Enterprise Institute. Jim began his career by serving for 16 years in senior positions in the executive and legislative branches of the federal government. He was an associate director at the White House office of management and budget in the George W. Bush administration. There he handled healthcare, social security, education, and welfare programs. Like me he also spent time in the Senate. He was a senior analyst at the Senate Budget Committee. And in recent years he and I have worked together to find bipartisan healthcare policy solutions at the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington DC. Visit A Second Opinion's website here: https://asecondopinionpodcast.com/ Engage with us on social media at: Facebook Twitter Instagram

In today's episode I'm excited to have Matt Eyles, president and CEO of America's Health Insurance plans, known as AHIP, the national trade association of health insurance providers. Matt has more than two decades of healthcare experience in the private sector and in government. He's led teams at Fortune 200 healthcare companies in diverse roles, including public policy, government affairs, advocacy, and corporate communications, with both a U.S. and a global focus. He's been named a healthcare power player by Business Insider, and among the 100 most influential people in healthcare by Modern Healthcare. Matt began his career at the congressional budget office covering healthcare, budget, and regulatory policy. Visit A Second Opinion's website here: https://asecondopinionpodcast.com/ Engage with us on social media at: Facebook Twitter Instagram

As president of the Healthcare Leadership Council, Mary's organization serves as the exclusive forum for the nation's most influential healthcare leaders to jointly develop the policies and plans and programs to improve American health. Visit A Second Opinion's website here: https://asecondopinionpodcast.com/ Engage with us on social media at: Facebook Twitter Instagram

In today's episode we have with us my good friend and colleague, Doctor Margaret Hamburg, an internationally recognized physician and public health expert, who is currently serving as the foreign secretary of the National Academy of Medicine and president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Visit A Second Opinion's website here: https://asecondopinionpodcast.com/ Engage with us on social media at: Facebook Twitter Instagram

I'm excited to be joined by Shirley Franklin, the former mayor of Atlanta and the executive chairman of the board of directors of Purpose Built Communities. Shirley Franklin, executive chairman of Purpose Built Communities, is working to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty, and thereby create a culture of health and wellbeing. She helps local leaders transform struggling neighborhoods and brings together the vital components necessary for holistic community revitalization. The 58th mayor of Atlanta, Shirley was the first woman to hold the post and the first African American woman elected mayor of a major southern city. Shirley helped Atlanta become one of the most progressive cities in the country. Visit A Second Opinion's website here: https://asecondopinionpodcast.com/ Engage with us on social media at: Facebook Twitter Instagram

I'm excited to have Dr. Anne Schuchat of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention with us. For over four years Anne Schuchat has served as a principal deputy director of the CDC. She's played key roles in CDC emergency responses including the 2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza response. And during my own years in the Senate in Washington, the 2003 SARS outbreak in Beijing and the 2001 bio terrorist anthrax response. Globally, she's worked on meningitis, pneumonia and Ebola vaccine trials in West Africa and conducted surveillance and prevention projects in South Africa. In our conversation, we take a deep dive on the devastating vaping crisis that's affecting our youth and communities nationwide and hear how the CDC is addressing the problem.   Visit A Second Opinion's website here: https://asecondopinionpodcast.com/ Engage with us on social media at: Facebook Twitter Instagram

In A Second Opinion we believe that Medicine is one of the keys to advancing American Health. In this episode guest host Dr. Kavita Patel guides us through her favorite Medical focused moments from season one.  Visit A Second Opinion's website here: https://asecondopinionpodcast.com/ Engage with us on social media at: Facebook Twitter Instagram