The Race to Value Podcast

By: Institute for Advancing Health Value
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  • We are in a race to make health value work. Join Dr. Eric Weaver and Daniel Chipping of the Accountable Care Learning Collaborative as they interview top executives, physicians, and entrepreneurs leading the transformation to health value.
    2020 - Accountable Care Learning Collaborative
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  • Ep. 203: The Nursing Workforce in a Post Covid Landscape

    Ep. 203: The Nursing Workforce in a Post Covid Landscape
    Jul 24 2024
    In today’s episode we chat with Geoffrey Roche, MPA. Geoffrey is the son of a nurse, future of work and education expert, diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging advocate, champion for transforming health equity, and the host of the Ed Up Health Up podcast. His professional career includes over nine years in hospital administration as a strategic advisor to the President and CEO and department director of various departments, including Business Development and Planning, Government Affairs, Community Health, and Public Relations, for Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono. At Lebanon Valley College and Harrisburg University of Science and Technology he held senior leadership roles focused on strategic partnerships, organizational strategy, and business development. As Senior Vice President, Business & Workforce Development at Dignity Health Global Education, he led a diverse team focused on developing institutional relationships with leading health systems while simultaneously championing national conversations and initiatives to develop innovative diversity, equity, and inclusion solutions for the healthcare workforce. “We expected to see a drop in enrollment before the pandemic for all healthcare programs. Why did Healthcare and Education not come together to combat this?” - Geoffrey Roche “We have made bad decisions as a society when taking care of our healthcare workforce.” - Geoffrey Roche“We have five generations of people in the workforce, and this is the first time we have had this.” - Geoffrey Roche“As Leaders we need to harness the creativity and passion for all generations in the workforce.” - Geoffrey Roche 2:25: What is happening in the nursing workforce? 4:30: The Supply and Demand Gap Challenge and addressing culture in healthcare organizations. 5:30: The Gig Economy is now in healthcare, and we have to get used to this model. 8:00: Millennials in the workforce and creating a culture that allows people to be the best they can be by creating a community and culture that allows them to thrive. This means they must be valued and heard. 14:00: What do we need to do as healthcare leaders to invest in our people? 17:30: Why you need to listen to your workforce, instead of just hiring consultants. 20:30: If we do not have a healthcare workforce, it will impact education, clinical placements and preceptorships. 22:50: Apprenticeships, why they are important and why healthcare has been slow to implement them 29:27: We need to do more work in the K-12 Landscape to promote and encourage people to go into healthcare careers. It is important to learn that there are jobs in healthcare that aren’t being a doctor or a nurse.
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    34 mins
  • Ep. 202 – Upcoming Changes to the Institute for Advancing Health Value

    Ep. 202 – Upcoming Changes to the Institute for Advancing Health Value
    Jul 10 2024
    Welcome back to Race to Value! In this episode we introduce our new host, Ashley Schwartz and discuss the rebranding of the Institute for Advancing Health Value and how we are expanding our work. Today’s guest is Dr. Keith Smith (M.A., Ed.D., MBA, L.M., RMHC (ret.)) serves as the Executive Dean and Senior Vice President for Michael O. Leavitt School of Health at Western Governors University. He has strategic leadership experience in the business, nonprofit, and higher education sectors. His 26-year career in higher education comprises holding faculty, dean, vice-provost, vice-president, and now senior vice-president positions, at five universities prior to coming to WGU, inclusive of leading schools of health, business and IT, and arts and sciences. He has taught courses and given presentations domestically and internationally on leadership and organizational change, higher education innovation, and personal growth and development. Smith has supervised educational programs in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. He has played a lead role in both regional and programmatic accreditations. His teams have developed a wide spread of programs from the microcredential through doctoral levels, as well as partnerships with business, government, military, and community colleges across the nation. 0:19: Introduction to Keith Smith, SVP of WGU’s Leavitt School of Health. 1:42: Upcoming changes you can expect to see with the Institute for Advancing Health Value and it’s rebrand. 2:52: Expansion in content- we will be continuing our work in Value Based Care, but are expanding into workforce, health equity, diversity and inclusion and workforce development. 4:50: Health Equity Convening in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. This is a new area of work that we are continuing to expand and explore in different areas of the United States 8:00: Discussion of the Programs that the Leavitt School of Health currently offers. 11:40: Discussion of WGU’s strategic pillars and how they will benefit the general public and the current workforce. “We want to set a greater tone out in the Healthcare Industry, in terms of thought leaderships and opportunities to partner with those in different systems, and opportunities to be a resource center for them.” - Dr. Keith Smith “Educational Equity feeds into Health Equity. By providing education to everyone, it opens the door for health equity and having trained, qualified and a culturally competent workforce that mirrors the diverse population that they are caring for.” – Ashley Schwartz
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    19 mins
  • Ep 201 – Value-Based Change Management: Navigating the Human Side of Healthcare Economics, with Philip Eaves, MBA

    Ep 201 – Value-Based Change Management: Navigating the Human Side of Healthcare Economics, with Philip Eaves, MBA
    Feb 14 2024
    In this episode of the Race to Value podcast, we are sharing inspiration for a more optimistic future in the value transformation of our country. This week’s interview brings a message of hope, compassion, and human connection balanced with the business success of value-based care within a national leading health system. Albert Einstein once said that “Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile” and no one better captures that spirit of servant leadership than our guest this week. Philip Eaves is the President and CEO of Ascension Seton ACO | Ascension Seton Health Alliance and the Vice President of Population Health at Ascension Texas, and he is a leader in the value movement that you should know about. In this interview we focus on change management, leadership, and the human side of healthcare economics. Overseeing the value-based care strategy and operations for one of the largest clinically integrated networks in Texas, Philip is leading the ACO to outstanding success…and transforming the lives of people along the way. Bookmarks: 01:30 The human side of healthcare economics – compassion is the currency; empathy is the language. 02:00 Introduction to Philip Eaves, President and CEO, Ascension Seton ACO and VP of Population Health, Ascension Texas 02:30 Ascension Seton ACO is the largest clinically integrated network in Texas with 3,600 providers with 300K value-based lives. 04:45 “Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile” -- Albert Einstein 05:30 Philip shares how a humble, faith-based upbringing fueled his ambition, work ethic, and compassion as a healthcare leader. 07:30 “Healthcare is about serving others.” 08:30 Occupational medicine as a stepping stone to value-based care. 09:45 Team-based care that enables providers so they can build meaningful patient relationships. 11:00 $24M in MSSP Shared Savings for 23,000 Medicare beneficiaries to achieve a top 7% performance ranking of all ACOs in the country (#32 out of #482). 12:45 Valuable partnerships with independent practices (e.g. Austin Regional Clinic, Capital Medical Clinic). 13:00 “Physician engagement is the overall key to ACO success.” 14:00 The impact of Annual Wellness Visits (AWVs) in practice transformation. 15:00 HCC recapture for documentation accuracy as an area of educational focus. 15:45 Centralized versus Embedded Care Management. 16:30 Analytical insights to drive high risk CM interventions. 17:15 Quality campaigns to close care gaps and improve population health outcomes. 18:00 Refining a Post-Acute Care network for optimal transitional care. 18:30 An after hours program as an effective ED diversion strategy. 20:00 Change management to improve team culture and reinvent the business model for VBC. 22:00 Phillip shares his experience leading an inflection point for the ACO business. 23:30 Applying the principles of the Kübler Ross Change Curve in organizational change. 24:30 Inspiration from John Kotter (“Leading Change”) – Leadership versus Management. 25:00 Recognizing the need for change in shifting a new strategic direction. 26:00 Communicating the vision and creating short-term wins. 26:45 New initiatives: a new ACO for early adopters, Medicare Advantage risk, and Direct-to-Employer partnerships. 28:00 Financial toxicity as a driver of Direct Contracting between employers and providers in value-based care. 30:00 Employer frustration with rising medical spend and the lack of solutions from their brokers. 30:45 Designing an ACO value proposition based on employer pain points. 31:00 Leveraging network adequacy and CIN care infrastructure for commercially insured populations. 32:45 PBM transparency to reduce extreme spending on pharmacy drugs. 34:00 Forging a new partnership with Signify/CVS to support practice transformation. 37:00 Accessing capital within a landscape where there is mass provider consolida...
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    52 mins
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