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

Dr. Jeffrey Patton is the president of physician services at OneOncology, a rapidly growing, nationwide partnership of independent community oncologists serving patients in the communities in which they live. Dr. Patton serves as CEO and Chairman of Nashville-based Tennessee Oncology, one of the largest community oncology practices in the United States. In our episode, he shares how he has seen cancer care evolve over the decades, the exciting new role genetics play, and how data and technology are transforming delivery.   Visit A Second Opinion's website here: https://asecondopinionpodcast.com/ Engage with us on social media at: Facebook Twitter Instagram  

Dr. Josh Umbehr is the founder of Atlas MD, which he considers a blue collar concierge medical service that nearly any American can afford. For $50 a month, a patient can have unlimited access to a physician, including after hours, weekends and holidays. Can receive house calls if needed. Reach the medical team via phone, email, or text. And perhaps most interestingly, get access to wholesale labs and medications, often for pennies and pill, lower than Walmart, lower than Walgreens. In our conversation, Josh shares why the Atlas MD model is the future of primary care. Visit A Second Opinion's website here: https://asecondopinionpodcast.com/ Engage with us on social media at: Facebook Twitter Instagram

Dr. Cara James is the director of the Office of Minority Health at CMS, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, where she is also co-chair of the Rural Health Council. She's a nationally recognized expert in health disparities, in health equity, and improving health outcomes for vulnerable populations. Under her leadership, CMS developed it's very first CMS Equity Plan to improve quality in Medicare, as well as it's first formal Rural Health Strategy. And she continues to think creatively to move federal levers that make a difference in health and well being of the underserved. Visit A Second Opinion's website here: https://asecondopinionpodcast.com/ Engage with us on social media at: Facebook Twitter Instagram

Dr. Marty Makary is a New York Times bestselling author, Johns Hopkins gastrointestinal surgeon and Professor of Health Policy. His newest book, The Price We Pay, is out THIS week and has been called the “The Big Short” of American Medicine. Marty’s research has led to actionable solutions that reduce waste and overtreatment, improving quality of care to the patient and saving our health care system millions of dollars. And as you probably know his previous book Unaccountable is now a hit TV series. You’ll want to stay tuned to hear his thoughts on what he calls, “the crisis of appropriateness.” Learn More: https://asecondopinionpodcast.com/

Today we’re joined by Darin Gordon, one of the preeminent experts on the Medicaid program, having served as the nation’s longest-serving director of a state Medicaid agency.  For 10 years, Darin ran Tennessee’s Medicaid program - TennCare, an $11 billion health care enterprise that provides services to over 1.5 million Tennesseans.  During his time, Tennessee led the way in adopting managed care, dealt with expanding and, later due to budget constraints, having to reduce beneficiary rolls, and experimented with innovative ways to reduce costs while improving care.  While Medicare is the federal health entitlement that gets most of the attention, it’s Medicaid that covers more Americans and has enabled states to innovate.  In our conversation Darin share his insights into the future of this program and how we can improve care for the neediest Americans. Learn More: https://asecondopinionpodcast.com/

I’m excited to be joined by Dr. Rushika Fernandopulle, Co-Founder and CEO of Iora Health.  If you haven’t heard of Rushika or Iora Health yet, you will.  He has designed a new model of primary care delivery that challenges the core assumptions of U.S. healthcare and produces better health outcomes at lower cost.  He is a Harvard-trained physician who serves on the staff at the Massachusetts General Hospital and on the faculty of Harvard Medical School.  His company Iora Health solves for some of the most pressing problems in our healthcare system today, including physician burnout and addressing social determinants of health.  Our conversation touches on these issues and the future of our nation’s primary care. Learn More: https://asecondopinionpodcast.com/

We often hear about how the tech companies of Silicon Valley are looking to solve our health and healthcare challenges, and we are lucky to have with us Facebook’s Dr. Freddy Abnousi.  Freddy is doing just that type of work.  He is a practicing interventional cardiologist and head of Facebook’s healthcare – research.  We’ll hear a little bit more on what that actually means. Freddy also serves as innovation advisor to the American College of Cardiology and Assistant Professor Adjunct at Yale University School of Medicine.  He has previously led innovative health care efforts at companies such as McKinsey and Google, and has served as founder and CMO of CorDynamix Inc., an interventional heart failure company.  In our conversation we rethink American Health in the context of today’s rapidly changing technology. Learn More: https://asecondopinionpodcast.com/

Aneesh Chopra is best known as our nation’s first U.S. Chief Technology Officer.  During his time in the White House, President Obama said “Aneesh found countless ways to engage the American people using technology, from electronic health records for veterans, to expanding access to broadband for rural communities, to modernizing government records."  Today he serves as President of CareJourney, which harnesses open data, methodologies, and APIs to provide market intelligence and actionable insights to help payers and providers.  He is constantly pushing the envelope to increase access to data to empower patients and care providers, and has unique insights into how the government can facilitate innovation in the private sector.  Learn More: https://asecondopinionpodcast.com/

Senator Lamar Alexander is a two-term Governor of Tennessee, a former U.S. Secretary of Education under George H.W. Bush, and today Chairs the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.  He is an enigma in today’s political climate, achieving major bipartisan legislative victories like the “21st Century Cures Act” and “Every Student Succeeds Act,” while Washington is gridlocked by partisanship.  He is one of the most powerful people in health care today, and also one of the most respected, pragmatic and productive members of Congress.  In this conversation Senator Alexander shares how he’s navigated Congress as an effective lawmaker, and what’s next on the health policy agenda. Learn More: https://asecondopinionpodcast.com/

Dr. Toby Cosgrove is an acclaimed cardiothoracic surgeon by training, but later in his career took on the daunting challenge of running the Cleveland Clinic, one of our nation’s preeminent centers of healthcare.  His leadership as president and CEO ushered in the most successful years in Cleveland Clinic history. Now he’s taking on a new challenge as Executive Advisor to the Google Cloud Healthcare and Life Sciences team.  In this conversation Dr. Cosgrove shares some fantastic insights into leadership and what the future of medicine and hospital care will look like.    Learn More: https://asecondopinionpodcast.com/