Best Aledade Podcasts (2024)

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168. The ACO Flex Model Explained 29:08

10d ago29:08

29:08

In this episode, Sean Cavanaugh and Dr. Josh Israel sat down with Travis Broome, Aledade’s SVP of Policy and Economics, to understand CMS’ new ACO Flex Model. Whether you're a healthcare professional or simply interested in the future of healthcare policy, this episode provides a comprehensive look at the ACO Flex Model's potential to transform car…

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167. Navigating Medicare Advantage 21:22

24d ago21:22

21:22

From understanding the fundamentals to exploring new innovations and challenges, join us as Dr. Efrem Castillo, Senior Vice President for Medicare Advantage at Aledade, shares his experience with Medicare Advantage. Dr. Castillo explains the nuances for both patients and providers, including benefits beyond traditional Medicare, network limitations…

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166. Treating Obesity: New Medications, Old Challenges 25:56

1M ago25:56

25:56

From navigating insurance barriers to addressing the stigma, this episode dives into timeless issues surrounding obesity treatment, as well as the promise and challenges of new medications like Ozempic. Josh and Sean are joined by Dr. Darrin Menard, a family practice physician in Scott, Louisiana, who shares insights from his personal experience wi…

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165. State Health Policy: Prior Authorization and Arkansas’ Gold Card Bill 21:03

2M ago21:03

21:03

Dr. Lonnie Robinson from Regional Family Medicine in Mountain Home, Arkansas explains the challenges surrounding prior authorization faced by both practices and insurance providers, and how this inspired him to become involved in state health policy advocacy. Hear how Dr. Robinson, drawing inspiration from Texas’ “gold card” approach, worked with A…

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Introducing... Grounded: A Climate Startup Journey 2:32

2M ago2:32

2:32

While you’re waiting for more episodes of The Carbon Removal Show, we wanted to introduce you to another project that our very own Tom Previte has been busy on… Grounded: A Climate Startup Journey This is the story of a startup that wants to remove carbon from the atmosphere and help reshape our relationship with the planet. Ideally without burning…

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164. CMS's Medicare Strategy Unpacked 25:46

2M ago25:46

25:46

Join our hosts along with Dr. Farzad Mostashari on this episode as they dive into CMS's update on the Medicare value-based care strategy. From discussing alignment and growth to equity in healthcare, they provide insights and suggestions for the future of accountable care. Read the update here: Update On The Medicare Value-Based Care Strategy: Alig…

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163. Navigating the Health-Tech Nexus: Insights from Aledade’s Leaders 27:00

3M ago27:00

27:00

Explore the dynamic landscape of healthcare and technology with hosts Josh and Sean on the ACO Show. Guests Rosemary Weldon and Ritwik Tewari, from Aledade, share their expertise as they discuss the challenges and innovations shaping the industry, including the advancements in technology that help improve patient care.…

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162. CHC Spotlight: Community Health Center, Inc. in Middletown, Connecticut 23:38

3M ago23:38

23:38

Join us for a story tracing the origins and evolution of Community Health Center, Inc. Mark Masselli, president and CEO of Community Health Center, Inc. in Middletown, CT, alongside Charles Barber, Writer-in-Residence at Wesleyan University, guide listeners through the enthralling narrative depicted in Barber's book, "Peace & Health." Explore the b…

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161. Transforming Healthcare: Aaron McKethan's Journey from Policy to Entrepreneurship 26:57

4M ago26:57

26:57

Dive into Aaron McKethan's journey from policy nerd to healthcare innovator at Aledade Plus, improving patient care and reducing costs.By Aledade Inc

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160. Navigating Impacts from the Change Healthcare Cyber Attack 25:17

4M ago25:17

25:17

Explore the impact and solutions of the Change healthcare cyber crisis with expert analysis and firsthand accounts.By Aledade Inc

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159. Enhancing Patient Care: Community Health Centers and Value-Based Contracts 25:27

4M ago25:27

25:27

Dive into the world of community health centers and value-based care with Tracy Causey, CEO of Capital Area Health Network in Virginia and Kevin Van Dyke, executive director of Aledade in Virginia. Hear their experience navigating multiple value-based contracts and integrating behavioral health services with primary care. Learn how more accessible …

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158. Value-Based Contracts with Florida Blue: How Better Partnerships create Better Patient Care 22:30

5M ago22:30

22:30

Sean and Josh are joined by Dr. Maureen Padden, a family and obesity medicine doctor from Pensacola, Florida, and Dr. Christopher Nunes from Spyglass Primary Care in Melbourne, Florida to discuss how value-based contracts have improved their relationships with Florida Blue, their patients, and their staff. They delve into the benefits and challenge…

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S3 #5 | How can companies contribute to industry scale?: Gigaton thinking - with MASH Makes 39:55

5M ago39:55

39:55

What happens when an individual company bakes industry scale up into their business philosophy? In this episode, Jakob Andersen shares the “gigaton thinking” mindset that drives his company, MASH Makes, in their approach to business and biochar. MASH Makes started as a project at the Technological University of Denmark focusing on technology that c…

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157. Substance Use Treatments and CHCs 25:33

6M ago25:33

25:33

Sean and Josh are joined by Rachel Lively, Vice President of Community Health Center Operations at Valley Health, to discuss her experience providing substance use treatments to patients in West Virginia. Rachel shares challenges and successes involving decreasing stigma around substance use disorders, the evolution of treatment methods, and the cr…

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S3 #4 | The importance of fungibility in carbon markets - with Carbonaires 24:30

6M ago24:30

24:30

With scaling up in mind, this episode dives into an innovative concept that could help the industry take big steps forward. Tom and Emily are joined by Jonny Gilson from Carbonaires and Professor Niall Mac Dowell from Imperial College London to discuss Carbonaires’ ideas for the future of the voluntary carbon market. Big thanks to Carbonaires for s…

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S3 #3 | 2023: Year in review 47:35

6M ago47:35

47:35

2023 was a big year for carbon removal! With only 27 years until 2050, Tom and Emily look back on the last 12 months to reflect on the current stage of the industry’s growth commercially, socially and politically. With big thanks to the organisers, speakers and participants of Carbon Unbound Europe 2023 for welcoming us to the event and for all the…

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156. Transforming Patient Care: ACO Insights with Nick Phillis 13:55

6M ago13:55

13:55

Explore the transformative power of ACOs with Nick Phillis from Florida, revealing positive impacts on patient care and healthcare delivery.By Aledade Inc

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S3 #2 | Analogies for scale: what other technologies can teach us about carbon removal 45:27

7M ago45:27

45:27

Season 3 continues and the team remains focused on scaling up. The question today: has it been done before? The task ahead is huge and can sometimes feel insurmountable. In order to deliver what scientists say is needed, the carbon removal industry must go from the young seedling emerging market we know today to a great complex ecosystem - and time…

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S3 #1 | Getting serious about scale 34:10

7M ago34:10

34:10

We are back! Did you miss us? Kicking off Season 3, Tom and Emily are exploring what it will take to grow the carbon removal industry to the scale we need. They speak to various actors in the carbon removal space, from project developers and policy experts to marketplaces and buyers. Their curiosity for the scaling problem took the team on a trip t…

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155. Breaking Barriers: Navigating Health Equity 24:23

7M ago24:23

24:23

Explore tangible initiatives for health equity with Tamara Thomas, VP of Equity and Inclusion at AledadeBy Aledade Inc

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154. CFO Insights: Financial Success in Value-Based Care 20:40

7M ago20:40

20:40

Josh and Brian are joined by Wes Edwards, Chief Financial Officer of Med First Primary & Urgent Care in North Carolina. Wes discusses his clinic’s success with value-based care, the financial sustainability of value-based care models, and the crucial link between exceptional patient care and financial outcomes. Plus, a special farewell as Brian say…

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153. Navigating Value-Based Care from the Pharmacy 18:22

8M ago18:22

18:22

In this episode we sit down with Leigh Efird, Director of Pharmacy at Aledade, to dive into the world of value-based care from the pharmacy perspective. She shares the ways she interacts with patients to help them better understand their health and how managing medications can impact that.By Aledade Inc

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152. Hill Day with Dr. Christine Meyer & Casey Korba 22:48

8M ago22:48

22:48

Josh and Brian are joined by Dr. Christine Meyer and Casey Korba to discuss Hill Day and how to advocate for value-based care to legislators.By Aledade Inc

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151. John Doyle on fighting the stigma around talking about economic incentives in health care 16:47

9M ago16:47

16:47

Josh and Brian are joined by Aledade’s Chief Financial Officer, John Doyle. They discuss the economic incentives associated with delivering primary care on the front lines and why health care professionals need to be able to talk openly about the financial forces in the system.By Aledade Inc

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150. Blake Madden’s Hospitalogy and what’s changing in health care (for the better!) 24:09

9M ago24:09

24:09

Josh and Brian are joined by Blake Madden, writer, editor and founder of the newsletter Hospitalogy, focused on analyzing health care’s financing, policy changes and more. They discussed some of the positive shifts he sees in the health care system and how he’s making sense of those changes for his subscribers.…

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149. Season 5 Premiere: Medicare’s Value Based Care Results for 2022 23:25

10M ago23:25

23:25

Season 5 of The ACO Show kicks off with Josh and Brian joined by Travis Broome, Aledade’s Senior Vice President for Policy and Economics to discuss the 2022 Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) results. As the largest and most successful value-based care program in American history, the results of this program tell us a lot about the progress of …

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148. Aledade’s Series F and Lightspeed Venture Partners - Bringing More Resources to Community Primary Care 24:58

1y ago24:58

24:58

Josh and Brian are joined by Lightspeed Venture Partners investor, Galym Imanbayev, MD, to discuss Aledade’s Series F funding round. They delve into what led to this latest round of funding, the transparency throughout the process and how these funds are going to ensure that primary care practices and health centers are receiving the resources they…

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147. The Value-Based Care Landscape featuring Health Tech Nerds Co-Founders Kevin O’Leary and Ryan Russell 24:39

1y ago24:39

24:39

Josh and Brian are joined by Kevin O’Leary and Ryan Russell, co-founders of Health Tech Nerds, a trusted resource in health care helping their members learn, network, build, and grow to maximize our collective impact on the health care system. They drill down on the various value-based care models, how they work, and what they mean for patients, do…

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146. What Patients Need to Know About Medicare Enrollment with Al Kushner 24:06

1y ago24:06

24:06

Josh and Brian are joined by Al Kushner, author of “Virtual Medicare: 10 Costly Mistakes You Can't Afford to Make.” They delve into the active role patients play in enrolling in Medicare, and the high - and often unknown - costs of delay.By Aledade Inc

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145. The Leaders of Medicare and CMMI: United by one strategic vision 40:55

1y ago40:55

40:55

In this episode, Josh and Brian hand over the mic to Aledade’s Chief Policy Officer, Sean Cavanaugh, a former Director of Medicare and senior leader at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) as he talks with the two current leaders of his former offices. Sean is joined by Meena Seshamani, M.D., Ph.D., Deputy Administrator and Direct…

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144. Practice Perspective: How Value-Based Care Helped Our Small Business 22:18

1y ago22:18

22:18

Josh and Brian are joined by Sachin Gangupantula FACHE, MBA, MS, Director of Operations at Valley Diabetes & Obesity, an Aledade member practice in Modesto, California. They discussed the benefits of value-based care and joining an ACO despite challenges in the health care marketplace, including new tools and data so they can provide even better ca…

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143. RIP Medical Debt: A Vision to End the United States’ $195 billion in medical debt 24:30

1y ago24:30

24:30

Josh and Brian are joined by Allison Sesso, the President and CEO of RIP Medical Debt, a nonprofit established to reduce medical debt for low-income individuals across the country. They discussed the dark truths behind why medical debt leads so many people to forgo medical care, how RIP Medical Debt uses an innovative approach to fight these trends…

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142. Part 2: Aligning Quality Measures 26:29

1y ago26:29

26:29

Josh and Brian are joined by Lee Fleisher, MD, Chief Medical Officer at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Director of the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality. They discuss a recent publication, “Aligning Quality Measures at CMS” in the New England Journal of Medicine which Dr. Fleisher co-authored, and the art and science…

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141. Aligning Quality Measures - Improving the System for Clinicians and Patients 32:00

1+ y ago32:00

32:00

Josh and Brian are joined by Doug Jacobs, MD, MPH, Chief Transformation Officer in the Center for Medicare at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and Michelle Schreiber, Deputy Director for the Centers for Clinical Standards and Quality at CMS, and Director of the Quality Measurement & Value-Based Incentives Group at CMS. In the fir…

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140. Leading a Legal Team at a Fast-Growing Health Care Company 21:19

1+ y ago21:19

21:19

Josh and Brian are joined by Phuong Phillips, Chief Legal Officer at Aledade, where they discuss her personal journey, what drew her to Aledade and how corporate legal teams and leadership interact.By Aledade Inc

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139. Behind-The-Scenes of CEO and Investor Relationships 36:35

1+ y ago36:35

36:35

For this episode, Josh and Brian hand the helm to Aledade CEO and Co-Founder, Farzad Mostashari, MD, and Bryan Roberts, partner at Venrock and lead of Venrock’s investment in Aledade. They give a behind-the-scenes look into the conversations that go on between CEOs, board members and investors regarding the challenges of running companies and how t…

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138. Introducing Residents to Value-Based Care with Aledade FIRST 23:43

1+ y ago23:43

23:43

Josh and Brian talk with Dr. Mitch Edmondson, the lead physician for the Aledade FIRST program, and Dr. Caleena Longworth, a 2nd-year resident at St. Mark’s Hospital in Salt Lake City who’s participating in Aledade FIRST about this new program introducing medical residents to the benefits of physician-led value-based care.…

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137. The ABCs of Being a Health Care Company CFO 28:56

1+ y ago28:56

28:56

Josh and Brian are joined by Aledade’s Chief Financial Officer, John Doyle. John provides a brief recap on the recent J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, how Aledade’s alignment as a company drew him in, and the many factors companies take into consideration before going public.By Aledade Inc

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136. Becoming a Public Benefit Corporation 28:13

1+ y ago28:13

28:13

Josh and Brian are joined by Aledade’s CEO and co-founder, Dr. Farzad Mostashari, and Amy Simmerman, a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, to discuss the idea of a public benefit corporation - what it is and what it means, why Aledade has decided to become one, and what this means for the health care industry as a whole.…

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135. Pediatric Value-Based Care: Does It Work? 18:59

1+ y ago18:59

18:59

Value-based care is often more focused on adults, especially the elderly who have the most burden of illness and, on average, the highest health care costs. Josh is joined by Dr. Karin McLelland, a pediatrician in North Carolina, and Carissa Praytor, Manager of Medicaid Performance at Aledade, to discuss how Aledade’s pediatric ACO in North Carolin…

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134. Building a Care Management Program 18:29

1+ y ago18:29

18:29

Josh and Brian are joined by Dr. Sarah Mullins, co-owner of Stoney Batter Family Medicine in Wilmington, Delaware, and Senior Regional Medical Director at Aledade, to discuss the role of care management programs in value-based care, how to build and sustain them, and the value they provide to patients and practices.…

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133. The State of Medicare Advantage 24:30

1+ y ago24:30

24:30

Josh and Brian are joined by Mike Stanzione, Aledade’s Director of Medicare Advantage Network Performance, to discuss the state of Medicare Advantage (MA), its rapid growth, regulatory evolution, and how the Aledade model of care applies to MA.By Aledade Inc

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132. Realizing the Full Potential of Primary Care in ACOs 27:00

1+ y ago27:00

27:00

Josh and Brian are joined by Dr. Asaf Bitton, executive director of Ariadne Labs, and Associate Professor of Medicine and Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. They discuss the need to move to value-based care and change the payment structure. They also reflect on the historical underfunding…

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S2 #10 | Ocean-based carbon removal part 2: What's happening along our coastlines? 50:15

1+ y ago50:15

50:15

The world’s coastal areas are some of the most at risk places on earth when it comes to climate change, but could they potentially be some of the most valuable places for creating solutions too? It’s time for part two in our mini-series on Oceans and... it's the Season two finale! As we established in last week’s episode, oceans are now becoming a …

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S2 #9 | Ocean-based carbon removal part 1: What's so special about kelp? 45:54

1+ y ago45:54

45:54

The time has finally come to talk about ocean-based carbon removal! In this episode (the first in our two-part mini-series on Oceans) Tom and Emily will be exploring the role that oceans can play in carbon removal. They'll be focusing on the way kelp is being used as a biomass-based approach to carbon removal speaking to two companies who are using…

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131. The Value-Based Care Landscape with Dan Bowles 29:13

1+ y ago29:13

29:13

Josh and Brian are joined by Dan Bowles, Aledade’s Chief Growth Officer, to discuss the state of the value-based care landscape and how to distinguish the various models fellow travelers are implementing in the space.By Aledade Inc

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130. Building Trust and Aledade Care Solutions with Dr. Mandy Cohen 26:57

1+ y ago26:57

26:57

Josh and Brian are joined by Dr. Mandy Cohen, CEO of Aledade Care Solutions, to discuss the importance of the trust she and her team built with communities in North Carolina during the COVID-19 pandemic and how that parallels building trust with physicians and management organizations in the value-based care movement. They also talk about how Aleda…

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129. Healthcare Investing and IPOs 27:10

1+ y ago27:10

27:10

Josh (@DrJIsrael) is joined by Bijan Salhizadeh (@bijans), Managing Director at NaviMed Capital, to discuss the current state of healthcare stocks and factors that affect IPO valuation for companies hoping to go public.By Aledade Inc

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S2 #8 | Aledade's carbon removal story: How can smaller companies do more in this space? 53:48

2y ago53:48

53:48

It's not only big names like Microsoft who are addressing their impact on the climate crisis, there are lots of smaller organisations appearing on carbon removal buyer lists too! This week's episode puts a spotlight on Aledade, a US healthcare services organisation with an interesting philosophy and strategy behind their carbon removal purchases. W…

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128. Health Care Access For Vulnerable Populations 28:45

2y ago28:45

28:45

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Brian (@chiglinsky) are joined by Chelsea Graves, Aledade’s Director of Medicaid Performance, to discuss factors that affect healthcare access and outcomes for vulnerable populations. Chelsea also shares the secrets behind the success of Aledade’s recent collaboration with the Community Health Center Association of Mississippi…

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