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Friday May 06, 2022
Friday May 06, 2022
Michael Baldzicki, Chief Brand Officer at AscellaHealth, a global specialty pharmacy and healthcare solutions company joins eHealth Radio and the Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Information Channels to talk about the company’s comprehensive suite of Specialty Pharmacy services for pharmaceutical/biotech manufacturers.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Michael Baldzicki discuss the following:
Can you give our listeners information on your background and role with AscellaHealth?
Please describe the AscellaHealth business model and how the company serves life sciences in the specialty pharmacy and healthcare industry.
AscellaHealth has an exciting new strategic alliance with Optime Care. Can you tell our listeners what this partnership means for others in the industry?
AscellaHealth recently came out with some expanded services. Can you explain these new offerings and their benefits for key market segments that AscellaHealth serves?
In the current healthcare environment, it seems people are lacking customizable options. Can you speak to the flexibility of AscellaHealth’s solutions and how this ultimately serves to enhance outcomes of branded products?
As chief brand officer for AscellaHealth, Mike ensures the success of the widest variety of strategic projects across departmental segments, and other business development initiatives that cultivate opportunities that affect client segments.
With more than 21+ years of specialty pharmacy, pharmaceutical and biotech industry experience, including roles in national and regional managed markets, specialty supply channels, sales management and specialty brand management. Mike offers strategic insight into specialty pharmacy trends, distribution, contracting, reimbursement, and the application of health outcomes and economic evidence to prove value proposition. He is a recognized leader in the specialty pharmaceutical market for developing and implementing key payer and specialty pharmacy agreements that result in documented savings for specialty market segments.
Mike is active in the biotech community and is an advisor/faculty member of the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) for Specialty Pharmacy Advisory Group & Biosimilars Partnership Forum, NCPDP Specialty Pharmacy Stakeholder Action Group, Faulty Board Member of the American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC) Specialty Pharmacy for ACOs and was 2014 Editorial Board Member for Specialty Pharmacy Times.
He has published abstracts and articles surrounding plasma-based infusion therapy, and managed markets and specialty pharmacy. He has spoken at a variety of seminars and WebEx’s within specialty groups and other industry related settings.
Mike earned a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management and a Certificate in Clinical Research Compliance and Management (CRCM). He has completed programs in leadership development at Harvard University, Brooks Group, Miller Heiman Account Management and MD Anderson Center Cancer Courses.
Website: https://ascellahealth.com
Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/company/ascellahealth
Monday May 02, 2022
Monday May 02, 2022
Christine Cooper, the CEO of aequum LLC and the Co-Managing Member of Koehler Fitzgerald LLC, a law firm with a national practice along with Jack Towarnicky an ERISA/Employee Benefits compliance and planning attorney, having over forty years of experience in human resources and plan sponsor leadership roles joins eHealth Radio and the Healthcare and Legal Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guests Christine Cooper & Jack Towarnicky discuss the following:
Christine, will the No Surprises Act protections against balance billing save workers money?
Jack, surveys show a majority of Americans are concerned about medical bills. Won’t the No Surprises Act eliminate those concerns?
How can employers help alleviate “financial fragility” when it comes to the medical expenses their employees are not prepared to pay?
How could health care consumerism potentially transform future health care coverage?
What resources and services are available to help participants in a health plan defend against receiving unreasonable or excessive medical billing?
Christine M. Cooper, CEO and Member, aequum LLC
Christine M. Cooper is the CEO and Member, of aequum LLC. A patent lawyer recruited to Koehler Fitzgerald LLC in 2016 because of her large law firm experience and IT skills, Christine was quickly elevated to a member of Koehler Fitzgerald LLC and leads the health care practice. Christine is the CEO of aequum and is dedicated to assisting and defending plans and patients.
Jack Towarnicky Member, aequum LLC
As an ERISA/Employee Benefits compliance and planning attorney, Jack has over forty years of experience in human resources and plan sponsor leadership roles. This includes twenty-five years as the leader of a Fortune 100 corporation’s benefits function. While serving in those roles, Jack and his team won a multitude of individual, team and corporate recognitions. In 2020 Jack joined aequum and provides plan drafting and compliance services to employers and plan sponsors.
About aequum
Founded in 2020, aequum LLC serves third-party administrators, medical cost management companies, stop-loss carriers, employer-sponsored health plans and brokers nationwide to protect plan participants, improve employee satisfaction with their health care plans, and generate plan and participant cost savings. aequum helps patients defend medical balance bills and brings savings to employer-sponsored health plans by providing administrative and other services to its partners. In addition, its sister organization, Koehler Fitzgerald LLC, provides legal advocacy to plan participants.
Website: https://aequumhealth.com
Social Media Links: Facebook: https://facebook.com/aequumbykoehlerfitzgerald Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/company/aequumllc/about Twitter: https://twitter.com/aequumhealth
Saturday Mar 12, 2022
Saturday Mar 12, 2022
Jack Towarnicky, an ERISA/Employee Benefits compliance and planning attorney, having over forty years of experience in human resources and plan sponsor leadership roles joins ehealth Radio and the Healthcare and Legal Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Jack Towarnicky discuss the following:
What’s your best advice for workers when it comes to “Surprise” medical bills?
As an employee benefits expert, what advice can you offer employees that is most beneficial regarding their employer-sponsored health plan?
I thought you had to enroll in a health plan with a high deductible to be eligible to contribute to a Health Savings Account. Is this true?
Let’s say my employer offers two different PPO options, one with a $600 deductible and the other is HSA-capable with a $1,400 deductible. Why would I sign up for the higher deductible option?
Given that the employer spend is usually the same for all coverage options, why would they offer HSA-capable coverage?
Jack Towarnicky Member, aequum LLC
As an ERISA/Employee Benefits compliance and planning attorney, Jack has over forty years of experience in human resources and plan sponsor leadership roles. This includes twenty-five years as the leader of a Fortune 100 corporation’s benefits function. While serving in those roles, Jack and his team won a multitude of individual, team and corporate recognitions. In 2020 Jack joined aequum and provides plan drafting and compliance services to employers and plan sponsors.
About aequum
Founded in 2020, aequum LLC serves third-party administrators, medical cost management companies, stop-loss carriers, employer-sponsored health plans and brokers nationwide to protect plan participants, improve employee satisfaction with their health care plans, and generate plan and participant cost savings. aequum helps patients defend medical balance bills and brings savings to employer-sponsored health plans by providing administrative and other services to its partners. In addition, its sister organization, Koehler Fitzgerald LLC, provides legal advocacy to plan participants.
Website: https://aequumhealth.com
Social Media Links: Facebook: https://facebook.com/aequumbykoehlerfitzgerald Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/company/aequumllc/about Twitter: https://twitter.com/aequumhealth
Wednesday Mar 02, 2022
Wednesday Mar 02, 2022
Richard Vague, who serves as Pennsylvania Banking and Securities Secretary and author of his new book The Case for a Debt Jubilee joins eHealth Radio and the Healthcare and Health News Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Richard Vague discuss the following:
Why are households now so deeply in debt?
Your book is titled The Case for a Debt Jubilee: What is a Debt Jubilee?
You propose programs for reducing levels of student debt, healthcare debt, and the debt of mortgages in arrears. Won’t strong growth in the economy take care of those household debt issues without special programs?
Some have resisted the idea of forgiving student debt, because it is unfair to those who have paid their student loans—and those who never went to college. Is there a fair way to give relief to those struggling with student loans?
Some less fortunate folks have gotten far behind on their mortgage payments—and some lenders are just tacking on the missed payments, effectively making their mortgage balances larger. Is there a better way to help those struggling with their mortgage?
Richard Vague is Secretary of Banking and Securities for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Prior to his 2020 appointment, he was managing partner of Gabriel Investments and chair of The Governor’s Woods Foundation, a nonprofit philanthropic organization. Previously, he was co-founder, chairman and CEO of Energy Plus, an electricity and natural gas company. Vague was also co-founder and CEO of two banks and founder of the economic data service Tychos. His new book is The Case for a Debt Jubilee (Polity Press, Nov. 22, 2021).
Website: https://richardvague.com
Friday Feb 25, 2022
Friday Feb 25, 2022
David Hailey the CEO and Founder of Countifi (formally Countalytics), an image analysis and data analytics company that focuses on helping hospitals, airlines, and universities manage inventory processes more efficiently joins eHealth Radio and the Healthcare and Technology Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest David Hailey discuss the following:
Tell us about you and your expertise in this industry?
What’s the story behind Countifi?
Why is efficiency needed in the healthcare industry, and what does Countifi do?
Who - specifically - are you helping in the industry and in what ways are you helpful to them?
Share with us use cases of Countifi in the healthcare industry.
Talk about data analytics and the type of information that you can draw.
How long is the process from beginning to end?
What financial considerations should be taken into account in utilizing Countifi?
David Hailey is the CEO and Founder of Countifi (formally Countalytics), an image analysis and data analytics company that focuses on helping hospitals, airlines, and universities manage inventory processes more efficiently. Countifi has worked with companies like Delta Airlines, Iberia Airlines, The Emirates Group, Duke Raleigh Hospital, and North Carolina A&T University, to name a few.
Before Countifi, David was a General Manager at Delta Air Lines, holding various management positions. Before that, he worked at EY for seven years holding positions in the external financial, internal audit, and consulting divisions in the Charlotte and Atlanta offices. David earned his bachelor's and master's degree in Accounting from North Carolina State University and an MBA from the Fugua School of Business at Duke University.
About Countifi
Counting inventory is manually intensive, expensive and usually full of mistakes. The Countifi team has worked with clients such as Delta Air Lines, Iberia Air,The Emirates Group, Emirates Air, Duke Raleigh Hospital and North Carolina A&T Real Estate Foundation. Our team is very hands-on to ensure we understand the nuances of our client's processes and implement the Countifi Platform to add value almost immediately.
The Countifi Al platform uses computer vision and deep learning to take pictures of inventory to automatically and accurately identify the items inside the image, saving time and money associated with manual inventory counts. The Countifi Platform reduces counting time and costs by 30%-40% during the first 12-24 months of implementation alone. As more images are gathered, the deep learning processes ensure accuracy rates average between 97% and 99%. The Al-based Countifi Inventory Management Platform uses cutting-edge computer vision and deep learning models to simplify the inventory counting and management process by adding transparency and accountability.
Website: https://countifi.com
Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/company/countifi
Tuesday Feb 15, 2022
Tuesday Feb 15, 2022
Ken Rosenblood, the Founder and CEO of obVus Solutions, a wellness tech company that develops award-winning products to change behavior and condition healthy habits joins eHealth Radio and Health News and Technology Channels. Ken founded obVus Solutions after a successful career as an attorney and as a C-level executive in the healthcare and technology fields. Ken has a proven successful track record of pioneering multi-billion dollar platforms and developing products and devices in practice-based healthcare.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Ken Rosenblood discuss the following:
Please tell me about yourself and how you came to be here today.
What inspired you to start obVus Solutions and what does your company offer?
What exactly is the “pandemic within the pandemic”?
How can technology address these issues within the Healthcare community?
Why is a wearable device such as “minder a benefit to Healthcare workers?
In closing, what is the one wellness tip you would offer to our listeners?
Ken Rosenblood is founder and CEO of obVus Solutions, [pronounced “obvious”], a Los Angeles-based wellness tech company that develops user-friendly products to change behavior and condition healthy habits. Well-tech is the convergence of devices, tech and people. The obVus Solutions award-winning product line includes five-time patented minder,® a smart wearable that prompts proper breathing, posture and mindful breaks utilizing real-time biofeedback and certified health coaches; the minder Laptop Tower Stand, an ergonomically designed, height-adjustable that turns a laptop into sit/stand/desk; and the portable, folding Bluetooth minder® keyboard that serves as the portable companion to the minder Laptop Tower Stand.
As told to Authority Magazine in the 2020 article titled, “Getting an Upgrade: How Anyone Can Build Habits for Optimal Wellness, Performance and Focus,” Ken comes from a line of entrepreneurs, and was inspired to found obVus Solutions after a long successful career as an attorney and as a C-level executive in the healthcare and technology fields.
“I’ve been fortunate enough to build on those skill sets and apply them to the founding of my own company, obVus Solutions. The inspiration for this company came after being plagued with health issues, thanks to too many long hours behind a computer and sitting at a desk, where I didn’t give much priority to my posture, stress levels or breathing habits. Those behaviors took a severe toll on my health, eventually leading me to surgery followed by a long, painful recovery period. I knew there were many others, like me, who were experiencing the same. That inspired me to develop a range of ergonomically-designed wellness products that can help people work and live better” says Ken.
A 30-year technology and healthcare veteran, Ken has a proven successful track record of pioneering multi-billion dollar platforms and developing products and devices in practice-based healthcare. Ken has had multiple successful exits from previous ventures in recurring revenue, PaaS, SaaS businesses.
“As more consumers are tasked with finding ways to work and study remotely, obVus Solutions will lead the wellness journey by helping consumers build better habits, from practicing good posture and nutrition to the management of stress and other healthy behaviors,” says Ken.
About obVus Solutions
obVus Solutions (pronounced “obvious”) is a Los Angeles-based wellness tech company that develops award-winning products and services to coach and condition healthy habits. Its flagship patented product, minder®, is a smart wearable device that offers real-time insight to build healthy habits. minder was awarded “Best App” in 2021 by the Webby Awards; and “Best Mobile Product” at the 11th Annual Media Excellence Awards, which honors innovation and leadership. Users have the option to add one on one sessions with certified minder health coaches, called minderPROs, providing valuable support. The obVus minder® Laptop Tower Stand, an ergonomically designed, height-adjustable stand that turns a laptop into a sit/stand desk, was named “The Best Laptop Stand to Save Your Neck” by Wired magazine and a 2021 “Best Healthy Home Product” by Health Magazine. Pair the Laptop Tower Stand with the minder wireless, portable keyboard for a high-comfort, ergonomically correct work environment that supports wellness and drives productivity.
Website: https://obvus.me
Social Media Links: Facebook: https://facebook.com/obvussolutions Instagram: https://instagram.com/obvussolutions
Saturday Feb 05, 2022
Saturday Feb 05, 2022
Christine Cooper, the CEO of aequum LLC and the Co-Managing Member of Koehler Fitzgerald LLC, a law firm with a national practice. Christine leads the firm’s health care practice and is dedicated to assisting and defending plans and patients joins ehealth Radio and the Healthcare and Health News Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Christine Cooper discuss the following:
aequum was launched nearly a year ago. During that time aequum successfully resolved 6,000+ claims – saving over $31 million (97.2%) of disputed charges. What drove the formation of aequum and demand for your technologies and services that support health plans with medical billing?
What is “Surprise Medical Billing” and how does it impact our healthcare system?
What led to federal legislation and the significance of the No Surprises Act (NSA)?
What medical services and claims are protected by NSA?
When will the rules and provisions of the NSA take effect?
What strategies can employer-sponsored health plans and their members take to prepare?
Christine M. Cooper is the CEO and Member, of aequum LLC. A patent lawyer recruited to Koehler Fitzgerald LLC in 2016 because of her large law firm experience and IT skills, Christine was quickly elevated to a member of Koehler Fitzgerald LLC and leads the health care practice. Christine is the CEO of aequum and is dedicated to assisting and defending plans and patients.
About aequum
Founded in 2020, aequum LLC serves third-party administrators, medical cost management companies, stop-loss carriers, employer-sponsored health plans and brokers nationwide to protect plan participants, improve employee satisfaction with their health care plans, and generate plan and participant cost savings. aequum helps patients defend medical balance bills and brings savings to employer-sponsored health plans by providing administrative and other services to its partners. In addition, its sister organization, Koehler Fitzgerald LLC, provides legal advocacy to plan participants.
Website: https://aequumhealth.com
Social Media Links: Facebook: https://facebook.com/aequumbykoehlerfitzgerald Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/company/aequumllc/about Twitter: https://twitter.com/aequumhealth
Saturday Dec 18, 2021
Saturday Dec 18, 2021
Sabbithry Persad, a writer who tackles issues we face in the global community joins eHealth Radio and the COVID-19 Information & Health News Channels. She is the Founder of Firewater Media Group and Green Solutions Magazine. Her new book is, What Is Coronavirus? How It Infects, How It Spreads, and How to Stay Safe.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Sabbithry Persad discuss the following:
What led you to realize that this book was needed?
Did anything surprise you during the process?
You spent the last 16-17 months researching and writing. What were the challenges you faced?
Your book, What Is Coronavirus? touches upon the basics of viruses, coronaviruses, and SARS-CoV-2, among other interesting concepts like past pandemics, and vaccines. Considering what you’ve seen so far, how does the new coronavirus outbreak compare to other infectious disease outbreaks – in transmission, scope, or public perception?
Why do you think this virus has inspired such a media frenzy and such widespread fear?
Do you think the pandemic will continue and what are the likely long-term economic and social impacts?
Sabbithry Persad is a writer who tackles issues we face in the global community. Persad is the author of the Garbology Kids® waste management series for children, which includes Where Do Recyclable Materials Go?, Operation: Reuse It!, and We Can Reduce: Precycle It! She is the founder of Firewater Media Group and Green Solutions Magazine. Her new book is, What Is Coronavirus? How It Infects, How It Spreads, and How to Stay Safe (Firewater Media Group, Oct. 1, 2021).
Website: https://firewatermediagroup.com
Social Media Links: Facebook: https://facebook.com/FirewaterMediaGroupTwitter: https://twitter.com/FirewaterMediaG
Tuesday Nov 23, 2021
Tuesday Nov 23, 2021
Dr. Bruce Freedman, Vice President of Clinical Development at TELA Bio, a medical technology company focused on designing, developing, and marketing innovative tissue reinforcement materials to address unmet needs in hernia repairs joins eHealth Radio and the Health News and Technology Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Dr. Bruce Freedman discuss the following:
What are the current challenges with hernia repairs?
What are the most common concerns patients have about their hernia repair?
What is the difference between mesh and no mesh hernia repair?
What are the questions patients should be asking their doctors about hernia repair?
Where can patients go to learn more about their hernia repair treatment options?
Bruce Freedman, M.D., FACS is the Vice President of Clinical Development at TELA Bio. After 32 years as a private practice general surgeon specializing in hernia repair and abdominal wall reconstruction, Dr. Freedman joined TELA Bio in 2021 to advocate for a more natural hernia repair mesh option as an alternative to permanent and resorbable synthetic mesh. In his role, Dr. Freedman utilizes his extensive experience as a healthcare provider to share the clinical and financial benefits of the OviTex Reinforced Tissue Matrix portfolio with surgeons and hospital administration.
Websites: https://TELABio.com | https://abouthernia.com
Social Media Links: Facebook: https://facebook.com/telabioinc Instagram: https://instagram.com/telabio LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/tela-bio Twitter: https://twitter.com/TELABioInc
Saturday Nov 13, 2021
Saturday Nov 13, 2021
Michael Gorton, the CEO and founder of Recuro Health and Founding CEO and Chairman of Teladoc joins eHealth Radio and the Healthcare and Health News Channels. Recuro Health is an integrated digital health solution that transitions the U.S. healthcare system from a reactive, disease-focused model to a population health outcomes approach.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Michael Gorton discuss the following:
How did Recuro start?
Tell us more about what Recuro offers as a digital health solutions company?
What makes Recuro different from other digital health companies?
Who are your services available to?
What role will digital health play post-pandemic as patients return to in-person doctor’s appointments?
Can you tell our viewers more about your Covid at-home lab testing kits?
How does digital health enhance healthcare in rural and underserved communities?
Can you speak more on Recuro’s approach to behavioral and mental health? What kind of digital health solutions does Recuro offer?
A quintessential entrepreneur, mentor, and company builder, Michael leads the Recuro Health team which includes several leaders from Teladoc, where he served as the founding CEO and pioneered an industry-changing health care model that created a new efficiency paradigm in healthcare by delivering physicians to patients nationwide in under 12 minutes for $35.
Gorton ran Teladoc as CEO and Chairman for the first seven years of operations. Under his term, the company grew from a concept to one of the most recognized innovations in healthcare, with nearly two million patient members nationwide. Under the Teladoc model, physicians made more and patients paid less. Teladoc was studied and advocated by most of the major healthcare think tanks and was recently named one of the most innovative companies in healthcare. Teladoc recently entered the NYSE and now has a market cap of over $30B.
Michael’s decades of experience as a strategic visionary, impacting the telecommunications, music and healthcare industries include a leadership role as a founder of Principal Solar where he applied his business expertise, scientific education and training to the renewable energy sector -- a strong voice and proponent of solar power.
He has served as a partner of the Texas Acceleration Group (TAG), an entity formed to assist startup companies and participated as a founder of Palo Duro Records. He is also credited as a founder of Internet Global, a company that delivered the first DSL network and one of the first VOIP networks. Prior to this, he worked as a project engineer at Dallas Power & Light dealing with power plants, distribution, transformer management and integration of renewable energy into the grid.
Michael earned a B.S. in engineering from Texas Tech, an M.S. in Physics from the University of Texas at Dallas and a Juris Doctorate from Texas A&M.
Website: https://www.recurohealth.com
Social Media Links: Facebook: https://facebook.com/RecuroHealthLinkedin: https://linkedin.com/company/recuro-healthTwitter: https://twitter.com/RecuroHealth