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The Risky Health Care BusinessEmerging RiskIn this episode of The Risky Health Care Business Podcast, Scott Nelson discusses the concept of emerging risk within the health care industry—risks that are new, evolving, or not fully understood. Emerging risks differ from legacy (or traditional) risks, as they are less known, less predictable, and often require new and innovative strategies for management. The episode emphasizes the importance of proactive risk assessment, scenario planning, and fostering a culture of resilience and adaptability to effectively manage emerging risks.Copyright 2024 SpringParker
2024-10-2212 minThe Risky Health Care BusinessSupply Chain, Natural Disasters, Human Events, and RiskIn this episode of The Risky Health Care Business Podcast, Scott Nelson discusses the fragility of the U.S. health care supply chain, which plays a vital role in ensuring timely, efficient, and quality care and performance across the dental, medical, and veterinary sectors. The US health care system and supply chains were tested and vulnerabilities exposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hurricane Helene and the dockworker strike are another test showing what was learned from the COVID-19 pandemic.Copyright 2024 SpringParker
2024-10-0808 minThe Risky Health Care BusinessPaul Clark, PhD, Health Care Labor & Employment Relations Professor and ResearcherWhat he does: Dr. Clark is a Professor of Labor and Employment Relations at Penn State University where he regularly teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on employment relations. His research has focused on employment relations in U.S. healthcare, with interests including unions, union organizing, collective bargaining, labor-management partnerships, and labor-management relations in healthcare. His research has appeared in the leading scholarly journals in industrial and labor relations, applied psychology, and international labor issues. He is the author or editor of six books about unions and collective bargaining; and has worked on training programs and research projects for over fi...
2024-09-2459 minThe Risky Health Care BusinessHHS Headlines: What's New, Noteworthy, and RiskyHighlights of recent headlines from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and their potential risk considerationsCopyright 2024 SpringParker
2024-08-2712 minThe Risky Health Care BusinessNadeem Kazi, MD, President of Arizona Medical Association and Practicing Gastroenterologist and Independent Private Practice Founder-OwnerWhat he does: Dr. Kazi is the President of the Arizona Medical Association. Dr. Kazi is also a practicing gastroenterologist and independent, private practice founder-owner in Casa Grande, Arizona. In his role as President of the Arizona Medical Association, Dr. Kazi works with local, state, and federal government officials as well as local, state, and national organizations on various issues that impact independent physicians.On risk: "Number one issue is the lack of providers, physicians, nurses, paramedical staff throughout the country, and we are behind, especially in the rural area. We don't have specialists, we don't have ev...
2024-08-1335 minThe Risky Health Care BusinessLaura Coordes, Professor of Law, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State UniversityWhat she does: Professor Coordes is a Professor of Law at Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law in Phoenix, Arizona. Her research focuses on bankruptcy and financial distress and includes commercial law, large corporate reorganizations, international and comparative insolvency law, and local government finance and policy. She teaches Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Advanced Bankruptcy, Secured Transactions, and Contracts. Professor Coordes is on the board of the American Bankruptcy Law Journal, a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, and has presented her work and perspectives nationally, including The Wall Street Journal, Yahoo! Finance, and Bloomberg Law. On ris...
2024-07-3036 minThe Risky Health Care BusinessBeverly Wilburn, DAADOM, Office Manager at Karl A. Smith, DDS, LLC Periodontics and ImplantsWhat she does: Beverly is the office manager of Karl A. Smith, DDS, LLC Periodontics and Implants, a multi-site practice with locations in Virginia and Maryland. In addition to managing the practice full-time, she serves as an expert of dental business practices and standard of care in practice administration systems for several law firms across the US. She has provided expert witness testimony on behalf of the prosecution and defense at both the State and Federal level. Beverly is a Diplomate and Lifetime Member of the American Association of Dental Office Management (AADOM) and awarded the 2022 Dental Practice Administrator of...
2024-07-1639 minThe Risky Health Care Business2024 Mid-Year Risk AssessmentMid-year assessment of risk areas and topics from 2024 Risk Outlook.Copyright 2024 SpringParker
2024-07-0212 minThe Risky Health Care BusinessKal Wahab, Chief Administrative Officer at Oregon Health and Science UniversityWhat he does: Kal is the Chief Administrative Officer at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, OR and has over two decades of experience in health care, including 15 years in a combination of leadership roles on both the payer and provider side. At OHSU he is responsible for serving Medicaid members in the Portland Metro region and as the administrative lead for the MSO in the Office of OHSU Payer Strategy, serves clinicians in a Clinically Integrated Network participating in an MSSP ACO and various Medicare Advantage and commercial value-based care arrangements. On risk: "Risk is on...
2024-06-1841 minThe Risky Health Care BusinessKaren Daw, Occupational Health and Safety ExpertWhat she does: Karen is an occupational health and safety expert in the health care industry with over two decades' experience helping medical, dental, and professional offices with safety, infection control, and compliance systems. She began career in the emergency department at Ohio Health's Riverside Methodist Hospital and then served as the assistant director of sterilization monitoring for the Ohio State University College of Dentistry before becoming it's health and safety director and now works with health care professionals and entities across the US. She has authored articles and CE courses on safety in dentistry and is an authorized US...
2024-06-0440 minThe Risky Health Care BusinessEsmond Kane, Chief Information Security Officer, Steward Health CareWhat he does: Esmond is the Chief Information Security Officer of Steward Health Care and has over two decades of experience leading IT and security programs and safeguarding vital sectors in multiple industries. At Steward, Esmond’s focus has been on transforming Steward's approach to information practices security, threat and risk management to comply with industry frameworks, and regulations and best practices. Prior to Steward, Esmond was Deputy Chief Information Security Officer at Partners Health Care working with executives and advisors on cyber security and business practice. Esmond has held multiple IT and security roles, including at institutions like Harv...
2024-05-2141 minThe Risky Health Care BusinessKimberly Ruppel, Partner at Dickinson WrightWhat she does: Kim is a partner at Dickinson Wright in Michigan and Chair of Dickinson Wright’s Healthcare Litigation and Telehealth Task Forces. Kim has over 20 years’ experience as a commercial litigator who represents healthcare providers, insurers and benefit plans in healthcare contract litigations (including enforcing and defending non-compete agreements), licensing and regulatory disputes, governmental fraud and abuse investigations, HIPAA compliance counseling, and insurance claims and coverage disputes. On risk with noncompetes: "The individual provider doesn't want to be limited from performing his or her clinical services anywhere that they want. But the main objective, I think, fro...
2024-05-0730 minThe Risky Health Care BusinessKandi Wiens, EdD, Burnout and Emotional Intelligence Educator and ResearcherWhat she does: Dr. Wiens is a senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, director of the Penn Master’s in Medical Education Program and the Penn Health Professions Education Certificate Program, and academic director of the PennCLO Master’s Program, as well as teaching various graduate-level and executive-format courses. Dr. Wiens is also co-founder and chief research officer of Big Sky Leadership Labs, where she leads and conducts evidence-based research on executive performance, emotional intelligence, burnout, and resilience. She has designed and delivered over 2,000 leadership development programs focused on helping leaders build and leverage their emotional and social intell...
2024-04-2333 minThe Risky Health Care BusinessRisk Case Examples in Health Care MarketingA review of actual risk incidents from around the US that made public newsCopyright 2024 SpringParker
2024-04-0913 minThe Risky Health Care BusinessMark Cushing, Founder & CEO at Animal Policy GroupWhat he does: Mark is the Founder & CEO of Animal Policy Group and a long-time political strategist, government regulatory advisor, corporate executive and former litigator. Mark focuses his advocacy practice on providing high-level strategic advice and services to clients with needs at any level of government, and key trade/industry associations in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Mark specializes in animal health, animal welfare, veterinary and veterinary educational issues and accreditation, developing a cutting-edge practice across these sectors. He currently leads several industry coalitions and initiatives, and has guided successful accreditations for a growing list of veterinary colleges, a...
2024-03-2648 minThe Risky Health Care BusinessDebra Henneberry, EdD and Abner Flores, School of Aviation and Transportation Technology at Purdue UniversityWhat they do: Dr. Debra Henneberry, EdD is an Assistant Professor in the College of Aviation and Transportation Technology at Purdue University. She's an experienced commercial pilot, flight instructor, and aeronautics professor. Prior to her current role she served as Assistant Professor in the Aviation Department at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology in New York City. She also served as a government administrator for several years. Dr. Henneberry has worked as a first responder and emergency medical technician for over ten years. Her research interests focus on human factors and she has spoken about pilot training at...
2024-03-1259 minThe Risky Health Care BusinessRebecca Adelman, Founder at Adelman Law FirmWhat she does: Rebecca is the founder of Adelman Law Firm in Tennessee. Her practice is concentrated in healthcare and insurance defense and business litigation, and includes representation of insurance companies and long-term care providers and their insurers - both regionally and nationally. The firm also provides claims management services to senior living insurance companies. Rebecca is involved in state and national legislative matters on behalf of the healthcare industry and serves as Legal Advisor for the American Assisted Living Nurses Association and the National Association of Health Care Assistants. She founded the National Long-Term Care Defense Summit, co-founded th...
2024-02-2741 minThe Risky Health Care BusinessCarolyn Johnsen, Partner at Dickinson WrightWhat she does: CJ is a partner at Dickinson Wright in Phoenix, Arizona and spearheaded the formation of Dickinson Wright's Distressed Health Care Restructuring Group. CJ's experience includes creating complex plans of reorganization for multi-million dollar companies in a wide-range of industries, including healthcare, mortgage lending, and real estate among others. She has also guided numerous boards and senior managers in developing strategies and solutions for revising operations and restructuring debt to generate the emergence of a stronger business through bankruptcy, or to take advantage of acquisition and sale opportunities, including the application of bankruptcy procedures favorable to corporate s...
2024-02-1337 minThe Risky Health Care BusinessSamantha Arth, Senior Director at Cleveland ClinicWhat she does: Sam is the is the Senior Director of Advertising, Analytics, and Partnerships at Cleveland Clinic in Ohio where she works to shape the institution's global brand and achieve transformative results in healthcare marketing. She leads the enterprise’s advertising efforts, creative development, strategic partnerships, and data science teams.On risk: "There's too much information for a doctor to be the sole provider of content or information to a patient … A lot of risks when it comes to health care marketing that is not in other industries. We have HIPAA concerns, run a risk of also...
2024-01-3046 minThe Risky Health Care BusinessRon Morgan, President and Chief Executive Officer at DoveLewisWhat he does: Ron is the President and Chief Executive Officer for DoveLewis in Oregon. At DoveLewis Ron is responsible for the vision and strategic initiatives that as a nonprofit serves its customers, donors, and veterinary community. His career spans 40 years in human and animal health care with roles including insurance, joint ventures, rural health networks, and marketing, public relations, and communications. On risk: "There's risk everywhere. There's nowhere we can't turn both as a veterinary hospital and as a nonprofit where we have a lot of risk to make sure we address … You have to try to...
2024-01-1640 minThe Risky Health Care Business2024 Risk OutlookOutlook of potential risk topics and issues that could impact and shape health care during 2024Copyright 2024 SpringParker
2024-01-0214 minThe Risky Health Care Business2023 Risk in ReviewReview of risk topics and events that took place in health care during 2023Copyright 2024 SpringParker
2023-12-1916 minThe Risky Health Care BusinessBrett McClain, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Sharp HealthCareWhat he does: Brett is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Sharp HealthCare in California. At Sharp he has direct accountability and oversight for the daily and strategic operations of Sharp's four acute care and three specialty hospitals, three medical groups, ambulatory and clinical service lines, and facilities management and development. His career spans nearly 30 years of health care management experience in a variety of operational, consulting, and executive leadership roles overseeing various hospital and medical clinic operations where he has been instrumental in leading growth strategies, large-scale capital investments, clinical integration and service area optimization...
2023-12-0535 minThe Risky Health Care BusinessBeth O'Connor, Executive Director at Virginia Rural Health AssociationWhat she does: Beth is the Executive Director of the Virginia Rural Heath Association, immediate Past-President of the National Rural Health Association Board of Trustees, and past Chair of the National Rural Health Association Government Affairs Committee.On risk: "If you said risk and rural to me, the first thing that would pop into my mind was the hospital closures we've had all over rural America. Those hospital closures and the concern about our small rural facilities being able to stay financially viable is absolutely at the top of my mind when you say risk … Economics is a bi...
2023-11-2124 minThe Risky Health Care BusinessPaul Casamassimo, DDS, Attending Dentist at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Professor Emeritus at Ohio State UniversityWhat he does: Dr. Casamassimo is a board-certified pediatric dentist, Professor Emeritus at the Ohio State University, and an attending dentist at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, in Columbus, OH. Dr. Casamassimo currently is Chief Policy Officer at the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry's Pediatric Oral Health Research and Policy Center, as well as a past-president and editor emeritus. He is a past-president of the Ohio Dental Association and currently serves on the American Dental Association’s Council on Advocacy for Access and Prevention as well as the Dental Quality Alliance. He is author of over 450 publications on pediatric dentistry and car...
2023-11-0737 minThe Risky Health Care BusinessStephen Parente, PhD, Health Care Economist, Finance Professor, & Research InvestigatorWhat he does: Dr. Parente is a health care economist, Professor in the Department of Finance and the Minnesota Insurance Industry Chair of Health Finance in the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota, as well as Associate Dean of the Global Institute. As a finance professor, he specializes in health economics, information technology, and health insurance. He has been the principal investigator on large government and foundation funded studies regarding consumer-directed health plans, health information technology, and health policy micro-simulation.On risk: "There's uncertainty in everything that we do. But in health care there's even...
2023-10-2450 minThe Risky Health Care BusinessColin Carr, Chief Executive Officer at CARRWhat he does: Colin is the Chief Executive Officer at CARR. During his career Colin has been active in local, regional, and national real estate transactions involving landlords, sellers, tenants, buyers, and investors. On risk: "When it comes to risk, if you're looking at purchasing there are a number of lenders across the country that are willing to do 100% financing, but that does mean that you're borrowing more. And so you need to make sure that you're not overpaying for the property or that you don't go upside down when the market corrects … What's the motivation of th...
2023-10-1047 minThe Risky Health Care BusinessMarc Mertz, Chief Strategy Officer at Kaweah HealthWhat he does: Marc is the Chief Strategy Officer at Kaweah Health in Visalia, California. His areas of responsibility include strategic planning, business development, marketing and communications, media relations, physician recruitment and relations, and government affairs. On risk: "There's really risk in everything that we do. There's even risk of things that we decide not to do. And then there's certainly risk in doing nothing … Risk comes in a number of different flavors: actuarial insurance, capitation and risk models, compliance and the risk department, patient safety, operational risk, financial risk, facilities, social media, competitive risk. And risk comes...
2023-09-2630 minThe Risky Health Care BusinessErin Hendricks, Dental Practice AdministratorWhat she does: Erin is a dental practice administrator in Washington, DC. She is the president of the Washington DC/Maryland/Virginia chapter of the American Association of Dental Office Management and is on the Board of Directors of the American Dental Assistants Association. On risk: "On the clinical side the obvious health risks, not watching someone's health history and understanding there might be contraindications between medications and materials … Staffing risks can have people that aren't very well trained, the main goal is to make sure that everyone is properly trained and they have the proper information in...
2023-09-1237 minThe Risky Health Care BusinessTamara Johnson, VP of Quality & Risk Management at Phoenix Children's HospitalWhat she does: Tamara is the Vice President of Quality and Risk Management at Phoenix Children's Hospital where she provides oversight to both the quality and risk management departments. This includes organization-wide risk reduction initiatives and strategic direction.On risk: "When we hear the word risk, I think there's a lot of immediate thoughts that come to mind, and they're likely not always positive … When you really look at risk and you realize it's something that we're all faced with every day and so everything about what we do is calculated risk. Working in risk management, it's tau...
2023-08-2934 minThe Risky Health Care BusinessTrailer 2 - Featured Guests TrailerWelcome to The Risky Health Care Business Podcast, where we help you prepare for the future by sharing stories, insights, and skills from expert voices in and around United States health care. I'm your host, Scott Nelson, a guy that grew up in Ohio and has been working all over the United States during my 20 plus year and counting career in the health care industry. I'm on a mission to inform, educate, and help organizations and individuals throughout dental, medical, and veterinary care with risk while hopefully having some fun along the way.This podcast is not...
2023-08-2103 minThe Risky Health Care BusinessTrailer 1 - Launch TrailerWelcome to The Risky Health Care Business Podcast, where we help you prepare for the future by sharing stories, insights, and skills from expert voices in and around the United States health care world. I'm your host, Scott Nelson, a guy that grew up in Ohio and has been working all over the United States during my 20 plus year and counting career in the health care industry. I'm on a mission to inform, educate, and help organizations and individuals throughout the dental, medical, and veterinary health care industry with risk while hopefully having some fun along the way.
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