The Gist Healthcare Podcast

In the first conversation of the year Gist Healthcare co-founders Chas Roades and Lisa Bielamowicz discuss the healthcare trends they're watching in 2021, including the coronavirus vaccine rollout, the healthcare policy agenda, and whether patient volumes will return to pre-pandemic levels. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Fauci says the already bad COVID situation is going to get worse this month. A contract dispute leaves thousands of doctors out of network and surprise billing protections don’t start till next year. And healthcare jobs are returning slower for women than men. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hospitals now have to publish previously secret prices negotiated with insurers. A study finds COVID cases and deaths are much higher than reported. Emergency departments have seen big drops in patients since the start of the pandemic, some of which may be due to positive lifestyle changes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The COVID vaccine rollout is slow, plagued with confusion, and way behind schedule. After three years the Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JP Morgan Chase joint venture, Haven, shutters. And control of the Senate and Biden’s healthcare agenda rests with Georgia’s runoff races. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The pandemic is causing women to leave the workforce at higher rates than men, leading some to call this economic downturn the 'shecession'.  Dr. Neelum Aggarwal, a cognitive neurologist at Rush University Medical Center and the Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at the American Medical Women's Association discusses how this pullback is impacting female physicians. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Walmart Health Centers are springing up outside of Atlanta, GA, and providing "everyday low prices" for comprehensive primary care. In Georgia, some local providers are surprisingly welcoming of the new offering.   This episode is a rerun and was initially published in October. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Founder and CEO of Remedy Dr. Jeremy Gabrysch said the immediate care and telemedicine startup was well-positioned to deliver care in the wake of COVID-19, providing care digitally or in patients’ homes.   This episode is a rerun and was initially published in May.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Travis Messina, CEO of hospital-at-home company Contessa, talks about the growing popularity of the model, the challenges of building a program, and the culture shift it requires. He compares the hospital-at-home model’s potential to that of early ambulatory surgery centers, which performed only a handful of procedures until Medicare expanded coverage and reimbursement.   This episode is a rerun and was initially published in August.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Medically Home co-founder and CEO Raphael Rakowski and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Pippa Shulman discuss hospital-at-home care,  which has become increasingly popular during the coronavirus pandemic. This episode is a rerun and was initially published in June. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Rushika Fernandopulle, co-founder and CEO of the value-based primary care organization Iora Health discusses how COVID led practices to reorganize around the patient, instead of the physical office. This episode is a rerun and was initially published in September.    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.