Becker’s Healthcare Podcast

Jason Bui, Healthcare Industry Practice Lead at UiPath, applies AI and automation to payer and provider workflows. Ben Fiechtner, Americas President at UiPath, scales AI and orchestration across enterprises. They discuss removing low-value tasks to elevate clinicians. They reframe ROI as end-to-end workflow gains. They explain orchestration, governance and readiness signals for scaling AI in healthcare.

Jason M. Raidbard, Executive Administrator of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at UChicago Medicine, is a leader in clinical program growth and academic medical leadership. He discusses upcoming Medicaid rule changes and the strain on smaller systems. He explores AI’s potential to change prior authorizations. He shares advice on mentorship, authentic relationships, networking, and expanding local glaucoma services.

CeCe Brooks, Senior VP and Chief Nursing Officer at Children’s National Hospital, leads nursing practice and workforce development. She talks about building nursing pipelines with apprenticeships and local partnerships. She discusses individualized career support, redesigned nurse residency programs, and pediatric priorities like vaccine education and infection readiness.

Rohit Chandra, Chief Digital (Business) Officer at Cleveland Clinic and engineer, leads technology, data and AI efforts. He discusses rapid AI scribe adoption to ease documentation. He explores expanding AI into charting, coding, sepsis prediction and operations. He highlights human-centered governance, change management and building teams to safely scale AI across care delivery.

Jason Bui, Healthcare Industry Practice Lead at UiPath, advises on AI and agentic automation for triage, utilization management, and revenue cycle. Ben Fiechtner, Americas President at UiPath, helps systems deploy task-based and end-to-end automation to cut administrative burden. They discuss AI applications across triage, claims, medication reconciliation, practical pilot strategies, clinician involvement, and proving measurable operational value.

Gretchen Wagner, Associate Vice President of Risk Management at Humana, leads SNP governance and clinical operations. She talks about the shift from transactional care to value-based partnerships. She explores turning strategy into day-to-day operations, the need for coordinated digital adoption, and why analytics and interoperability are critical for efficiency and better member experiences.

Qualenta Kivett, EVP and Chief People and Talent Officer at Tampa General Hospital, leads workforce development and talent strategy. She talks about using ambient listening and AI to reduce documentation burden. She discusses AI governance and involving bedside staff in solutions. She highlights expanding research partnerships and a new recognition platform to uplift staff.

Dr. William Scharf, Executive Clinical Director of Quality and Safety at AdventHealth and surgeon, discusses building system-wide safety programs. He talks about psychological safety, frontline engagement, and cross-functional collaboration. He describes training initiatives like a Patient Safety Academy and daily practices such as debriefs and shared monitors to strengthen culture.

Kyle Kaiser, former Arrive Health CEO and advisor to Interra Health, brings real-time benefit and pharmacy network expertise. Josh Wiener, former DoseSpot CEO and Interra Health CEO, offers deep e-prescribing and affordability experience. They discuss the merger creating unified medication access. Topics include real-time benefits at point of care, workflow integration, provider tools to reduce clicks, and patient-facing price transparency.

Marion Spears Karr, founder of In-FLOW Executives with 30+ years in healthcare executive search and leadership development. She explores embedded search paired with leadership coaching. She highlights gratitude as an intentional leadership practice. She explains flow-based development and practical ways to align roles with strengths to help emerging leaders thrive.