The Gist Healthcare Podcast

Dr. Rahul Rajkumar, Chief Medical Officer of Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina talks about the insurer’s new efforts to shore up independent primary care practices. And one Charlotte doctor says he’s looking forward to the greater predictability he’ll gain through the program. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

President Trump cancels the Republican National Convention event in Florida, as the state hits record daily COVID-19 deaths. New reporting requirements create extra headaches for hospitals dealing with outbreaks. And nursing homes will need to test staff more often. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Despite halts on elective surgeries, HCA Healthcare posted $1.1 billion in second-quarter profits. Researchers try to figure out just how deadly the coronavirus is. And the government agrees to pay Pfizer nearly $2 billion dollars for a COVID-19 vaccine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

President Trump restarted daily coronavirus briefings as US cases hit 3.8 million. Antibody tests show COVID-19 infections are much more widespread than reported. And states are challenging the Trump Administration's rollback of ACA nondiscrimination protections.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Three potential COVID-19 vaccine candidates show promising results. Quest Diagnostics got federal approval for pool testing. And courts side with the Trump Administration on site-neutral payments and short term health plans. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Torben Nielsen, CEO of Zoom+Care, talks about how the urgent care chain with clinics in Oregon and Washington has handled the explosive growth of virtual care during the COVID pandemic. Nielsen says it’s caused Zoom+Care to rethink whether opening more physical clinics is necessary to serve more patients, or whether telemedicine opens up a new path to growth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This rerun is part of our "best of" week featuring some of our favorite conversations over the last year.   Gist Healthcare's Director of Member Insight Michael Cuello talks about "triple-threat" counties, places with multiple types of "superspreader" facilities like nursing homes, correctional facilities, and meatpacking plants. Check out Gist's graphic about COVID-19 Outbreak Risk in Counties with "Superspreader Facilities".  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This rerun is part of our "best of" week featuring some of our favorite conversations over the last year.   In her new book "Marching Toward Coverage", Rosemarie Day calls on women to engage more actively in the debate over universal coverage. Day helped lead Massachusetts’ health insurance reform under then-Governor Mitt Romney and is currently the CEO of healthcare consulting firm Day Health Strategies.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This rerun is part of our "best of" week featuring some of our favorite conversations over the last year.   Physician and former Chief Medical Officer for a Division of HCA Dr. Dick Hamrick says healthcare price transparency important for doctors as well as patients, as this cost information could help inform treatment decisions.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This rerun is part of our "best of" week featuring some of our favorite conversations over the last year. Dr. Connie Lehman, Chief of Breast Imaging at Mass General Hospital and Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School, is using AI models to read mammograms and working to share the technology with other countries that have limited access.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.