Becker’s Healthcare Podcast

Charles Ross, Chief Strategy Officer at TCM Consulting, draws on roots as a discharge planner and nursing home administrator. He discusses workforce pressures, shifting demand for skilled nursing, and hospitals rethinking post-acute strategy. He also covers slim margins, consolidation, and cautious AI adoption in operations.

A mix of healthcare advocacy and tech strategy, from fighting payer denials with regulatory tactics to using AI to predict and automate appeals. Stories include winning major settlements and protecting patient access through smarter contracts. Leadership themes cover overcoming generational fears, building intentional culture, and a five-point exercise to clarify purpose and legacy.

Dr. Sarah Matt, physician leader, entrepreneur, and bestselling author focused on health tech strategy and access. She explores AI governance and outcomes-focused SLAs. She outlines five pillars of borderless healthcare access. She stresses how technology must earn clinician trust and urges leaders to keep evolving in a fast-moving landscape.

Dr. Lawrence Ward, Chief Medical Officer at Holy Cross Health with an MPH and deep leadership experience, shares perspectives on physician workforce and access challenges. He discusses practical AI uses for clinical efficiency. He outlines system-level population health strategies and offers thoughts on physician leadership and preserving the clinician-patient connection.

Eric Marton, founder and CEO of Agentic Healthcare, builds AI-powered patient advocates to help people navigate U.S. healthcare. He talks about how the idea began, real-world deployments like Teleport Health, and practical AI use cases such as ambient listening, records access, and privacy-forward integrations. He stresses patient-centered strategy and why leaders must move quickly to adopt these tools.

Neil Tanna, MD, MBA, FACS, a practicing plastic surgeon and perioperative leader at Northwell Health. He talks about AI as a disruptive force in surgical care. He explores clinical AI uses and risks, AI for OR efficiency, and a site-of-care strategy for women's surgery. He stresses stakeholder engagement and the central role of timely, reliable data.

Luis Compres-Brugal, MD, director of a neuroimmunology and MS program and clinician-researcher. He discusses what MS is and early signs to watch for. He explains why diagnosis can be tricky. He outlines the current treatment landscape and shares a hopeful view on research and comprehensive care.

Morgan P. Lorio, MD, FACS, spine and hand surgeon and past ISASS president, speaks on AI's rising role in spine care and policy. He explores risks to clinical judgment, the need for physician-led governance, and how AI can reshape medical knowledge and workflows. Short, sharp takes on choosing questions, preserving nuance, and keeping human oversight in data-driven care.

Natalia Somerville, Director of Decision Intelligence at Memorial Sloan Kettering, who built MSK’s AI governance model, and Rick Peng, Digital Ventures Lead applying AI across clinical care and research, discuss scaling AI responsibly in cancer care. They cover current AI uses at MSK. They explain why governance is essential, the AI lifecycle and review process, monitoring for safety, and partnering with industry while staying compliant.

Adam McDonald, KPMG deal advisory lead for healthcare M&A. Karishma Sharma, physician and KPMG leader focused on performance improvement. Ross Nelson, senior partner guiding healthcare growth and transactions. They discuss portfolio strategy, operational transformation, disciplined investment, deal activity, margin improvement, and what investors prioritize in a shifting market.