Health Care Rounds Podcast

Health Care Rounds is a weekly podcast developed for health care leaders who are at the forefront of health care delivery and payment reform.

Join Darwin Research Group founder and CEO John Marchica as he discusses the latest advancements in health care business news and policy developments. John Marchica is a veteran health care strategist and is leading ongoing research initiatives on health care delivery systems and value-based care.

Podcast 134: ENCORE Shifting the PBM Paradigm From Volume and Cost Savings to Customer Alignment, with Karthik Ganesh

Today on Health Care Rounds, we are rebroadcasting a conversation with EmpiRx Health’s CEO, Karthik Ganesh, that was originally uploaded on September 11, 2020. Karthik explains why treating the concept of value the same in health care as in a traditional retail model has led to a generally accepted volume-driven approach among PBMs — and why employers should expect more from their PBMs. He shares how EmpiRx Health, the industry’s only value-based PBM, has experienced success by focusing on alignment instead of volume and by tailoring the company’s financial proposition based on client satisfaction.

Podcast 133: Challenges to, and Solutions for, Better Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care, with Dr. Tom Young

This week on Health Care Rounds, John talks with Dr. Tom Young about the delivery of behavioral health care and how treatment, driven largely by the pharmaceutical industry, is advancing as science continues to explore how the brain works. Dr. Young explains why primary care physicians and other providers who are not specifically trained in psychiatry need better tools if they are going to continue to treat the vast majority of patients with behavioral health conditions, and what the company he founded, nView, is doing to address that need.

Podcast 132: Pairing AI and Virtual Technology with a Patient-Centered Delivery Model to Transform Health Care, with Dr. Thomas Hale

If you’re curious about how artificial intelligence, combined with virtual technology, can prevent and reduce adverse events, significantly improve the patient experience and outcomes, and drastically lower costs, then check out this week’s Health Care Rounds. John talks with Dr. Thomas Hale, chief medical officer at VirtuSense Technologies and clinical architect of the world’s first virtual care center. Dr. Hale explains how changing delivery methodologies and values to be more patient-centric can improve revenue and volume as the health care system transitions to value-based care.

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