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What is a Head Spa?

 
Sayuri Tsuchitani, owner of Head Spa EN who uniquely delivers quality sleep to everyone joins eHealth Radio and the Health News and Sleep Health Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Sayuri Tsuchitani discuss the following:
What is Japanese Head Spa?
Can you tell us a story about what brought you to this specific career path?
Are you able to identify a “tipping point” in your career when you started to see success? Did you start doing anything different? Are there takeaway or lessons that others can learn from that?
In your experience what were the most effective ways for your business to generate leads and sales? Can you share a story about that?
You are a person of great influence. If you could inspire a movement that would bring the most amount of good to the most amount of people, what would that be?
 
 
Sayuri Tsuchitani emigrated from Japan to New York City in 1998 to attend beauty school. She went to work as a hairstylist in Shanghai, on a cruise ship and London before returning to NYC in 2010. Her next stop was Hawaii, where she worked before landing in Beverly Hills, which she calls home since 2016.
Sayuri iregularly travels to NYC and Hawaii to accommodate her existing clients. When she is not working or traveling for work, you can find her at a local Japanese retirement and assisted-living community providing haircuts for the elderly. She is grateful for the chance to be surrounded by so many beautiful seniors, reminding her of her own grandmother in Japan. She wants to help create a joyful space for the elderly where they can gossip and laugh freely.
Sayuri also travels back to Japan to hold training and seminars in which she shares with the next generation of young hairstylists her experiences working around the world and her knowledge of Western techniques. She makes a point of collaborating with renowned U.S. stylists who can enlighten, educate, and promote female empowerment and equality for a new generation of Japanese women stylists in the traditionally male-dominated industry.
Headspa En is the fruition of her long held belief in the Japanese adage Go-En, as “serendipitous encounters resulting in everlasting relationships.” The term en itself is derived from the Japanese Buddhist term Innen, meaning a narrative of happenings based on the inter-connectedness of one's past, present, and future experiences. From that comes headspa En's byword:"Creating an Everlasting Bond”.
 
 
Website: www.headspaen.com
Social Media Links: Instagram (Head Spa EN): instagram.com/headspa_en Instagram (Sayuri Tsuchitani): instagram.com/hair_by_sayuri

Grane Rx, the nation’s leading senior care pharmacy and medication management provider

 
Bob Rowland, the President and COO of Grane Rx, the nation’s leading senior care pharmacy and medication management provider joins eHealth Radio and the Health News & Pharmaceutical Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Bob Rowland discuss the following:
What does Grane Rx do and who do you serve?
What measures does Grane Rx take to reduce disease transmission in medication administration and management given we are in a once in a century Pandemic?
What is Grane Rx’s Meds2Home program and who does it serve?
You previously mentioned PACE, what exactly is PACE and what is Grane Rx’s role in supporting this program.
In light of the pandemic, how has Grane Rx evolved to respond to changing conditions?
 
 
Grane Rx is the nation’s leading senior care pharmacy and medication management provider. For over 25 years Grane Rx has been delivering end-to-end pharmacy services, clinical consulting, staff training and on-going support, pharmacy transition facilitation, precision medication, and state-of-the-art pharmacy technology and automation. All Grane Rx solutions are designed to streamline senior care operations, optimize care and manage costs. Grane Rx works closely with our clients to build a collaborative relationship and ensure a smooth pharmacy transition.
Bob Rowland has been leading high performance healthcare companies for over three decades. As an industry veteran with extensive operational, financial and management experience, Bob effectively drives results for smart business growth.
Currently serving as the Grane Rx President and COO, he has built a profitable and sustainable business model for the company. Under his strong leadership, vision and financial acumen, Grane Rx has grown from 60 employees to nearly 300 employees and from one pharmacy location serving Western Pennsylvania to three pharmacy locations servicing the United States. Grane Rx is continuing to expand its services and customer base in response to changing market conditions and new opportunities.
In 2006, Grane Rx strategically added PACE pharmacy to its line-up of services--a rapidly growing area in senior pharmacy care. Upon joining Grane Rx in 2007, Bob took over stewardship of the company’s PACE services business unit. Today Grane Rx is one of the nation’s leading PACE pharmacy and medication management providers serving three of the largest PACE organizations in the country.
Grane Rx also runs three state-of-the-art pharmacies in strategic locations throughout the U.S. The second and third pharmacies were added under Bob’s leadership and have contributed to the scalable growth of the company. The addition of these pharmacies opened up new geographical opportunities enabling Grane Rx to serve customers across the country with the necessary speed.
Prior to his tenure at Grane Rx, Bob founded NurseMD at Home, a physician house call practice serving the frail elderly population. Bob and his team of medical prescribers serviced over 300 patients unable to see their primary care physician on a regular basis.
Bob’s work with Orange Belt Pharmacy Group provided the impetus for him to found NurseMD at Home. Bob served as CEO for Orange Belt Pharmacy, a retail and LTC pharmacy group with home medical equipment supplier based out of Central, Florida from 1999 to 2004. There he led a team of 50 employees servicing seniors in multiple settings and enhancing processes and systems. He introduced the one of the first high volume pouch packing devices in Florida to service nursing home residents.
In the late 90’s Bob served as the Post Acute Care Director for CareLink, a wholly owned subsidiary of Orlando Health. There he led a team who managed seniors in nursing homes, home health, DME, retail pharmacy, home infusion pharmacy, and private duty services.
In the late 80’s, Bob served as a senior reimbursement manager at HCR. He led a team of financial personnel who focused on sub-acute care reimbursement and program development.
Bob has held auditing and consulting roles with Ernst & Young and KPMG Peat Marwick firms.
Bob is happily married to his spouse Michelle for 37 years. He has three beautiful adult children and two perfect grandsons. His mom is a healthy 84.
 
 
Learn More about Grane Rx & PACE:Grane Rx: www.granerx.com   PACE: www.granerx.com/aboutPACE

Peace of Mind in a Technological Age

 
Yochanan Stoppi, an engineer and the author of Emotional Mechanics: Stopping Pi(e) joins eHealth Radio and the Mental Health and Health News Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Yochanan Stoppi discuss the following:
For the benefit of our listeners, give us an overview about your new book, Emotional Mechanics: Stopping Pi(e).
What inspired you to write this book?
Tell us about the stigma or fear that makes it hard for people with a background in STEM to talk about their personal experiences with depression or bipolar?
How has writing this book helped you?
Finally, what's a point or theme you would like people to know about your book?
 
 
Yochanan Stoppi is an engineer by education and training. He has used this scientific and engineering training in developing the approach, reasoning, and relationships presented herein. He is also self-taught in many subjects, including, but not limited to: philosophy, medicine, alternative medicine, health, nutrition, cosmology, physics, Taoism, meditation, counseling, and leading support groups. His favorite philosopher is Alan Watts, and he enjoys an eclectic array of music genres.
Website: yochananstoppi.com
Social Media Links: Facebook: facebook.com/yochanan.stoppi.9  Instagram: instagram.com/ystoppi  Twitter: twitter.com/YStoppi

How To Pivot Your Practice During The Pandemic

 
Dr. Patrick McEneaney, Founder and CEO of Northern Illinois Foot & Ankle Specialists joins eHealth Radio and the Foot Health and Health News Channels. Northern Illinois Foot and Ankle physicians, doctors, and surgeons diagnose and treat complex pediatric and adult foot and ankle conditions, providing their patients with the latest in treatment options to maximize outcomes.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Dr. Patrick McEneaney discuss the following:
What are some ways Northern Illinois Foot and Ankle has pivoted or helped during the pandemic?
What were some expectations you had behind expanding to the COVID-19 Lab & Testing Center?
What important information should people know about the Northern Illinois Lab & Testing Centers?
Are there any requirements for testing?
What is the turnaround for testing results?
Next month is Diabetes Awareness month, can you share with us more on why awareness for diabetes is so important?
If you are diabetic, how are your feet impacted?
What are ways you help diabetics manage their symptoms?
 
 
Dr. Patrick McEneaney is a board-certified DPM, owner, and CEO of Northern Illinois Foot & Ankle Specialist. Dr. McEneaney has a unique story being a young entrepreneur under 45 y/o with ten clinics and plans to expand, all while still practicing in foot and ankle care during a global pandemic. As the current president of the Illinois Podiatric Medical Association and Medical Director & Principal Investigator of NF&A, he has garnered numerous literature journal publications. His specialties involve advanced reconstructive surgery of foot & ankle dealing with flatfoot reconstruction, post-traumatic injury management, deformity correction, and wound care/limb salvage. Along with experience in diabetes and senior health care.
 
 
Website: https://illinoisfoot.com
Social Media Links: Facebook: facebook.com/Illinoisfoot  Instagram: instagram.com/northern_illinois_foot_ankle  Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/illinoisfoot

5 Lessons in Resiliency: Rebuilding Life After the NFL

 
 
Ex-NFL kicker Sean Conley (Detroit Lions, Indianapolis Colts, New York Jets) suffered career-ending injuries from over-training. He began practicing yoga as part of his rehabilitation, and soon embraced yoga’s mindfulness, meditation, and philosophy as a new life direction. His new book is: The Point After: How One Resilient Kicker Learned There Was More to Life Than the NFL (Lyons Press, 2020). Sean joins eHealth Radio and the Health News Channel to talk about it.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Sean Conley discuss the following:
What inspired you to write this book?
Can you tell me about the book?
How does one go from an NFL player to a yoga & meditation teacher?
What does the title mean "The Point After"?
Who else should love this book beyond sports fans? Describe the reader who ought to know about this title.
Where can readers find out more about you and your books?
 
 
Ex-NFL kicker Sean Conley (Detroit Lions, Indianapolis Colts, New York Jets) suffered career-ending injuries from over-training. He began practicing yoga as part of his rehabilitation, and soon embraced yoga’s mindfulness, meditation, and philosophy as a new life direction. Now a yoga teacher himself, he owns Amazing Yoga in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with his wife. His new book is The Point After: How One Resilient Kicker Learned There Was More to Life Than the NFL (Lyons Press, 2020).
 
 
Website: www.seanconley.net
Social Media Links: Facebook: facebook.com/sean.conley.167  Instagram: @seanconley2

AI-Powered Medical Financial Aid Solution Helps Patients Access Care and Health Systems

 
Ethan Davidoff, CEO and founder of Atlas Health, the leader in philanthropic reimbursement that empowers health systems with an end-to-end solution for enrolling patients in medical financial aid programs joins eHealth Radio and the Health News and the Health Care Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Ethan Davidoff discuss the following:
Please tell our audiences about Atlas Heath, its goals and who it serves.
Tell us about the Navigator 4.0, and the services and benefits it will provide to health systems and its users.
What are your relationships with healthcare payers and philanthropic relief programs designated to help aid hospital systems during the COVID-19 pandemic?
What benefits can Navigator 4.0 offer to 340B hospital systems who are experiencing the significant rate cuts during these unprecedented times?
Are there any financial risks to employers or hospital systems may be facing right now that Navigator 4.0 is working to solve?
Hospital systems are desperate for any type of aid during the COVID-19 pandemic. What other ways can your services provide relief for hospitals struggling with financial pressures?
How can patients who have lost their jobs and health insurance due to the COVID-19 economic crisis benefit from Atlas' Navigator 4.0 in terms of longevity?
Does Atlas’ Navigator 4.0 plan on providing relief for urgent care or walk-in clinics that receive patients for COVID-19 testing or intervention?
COVID-19 patients often also experience other related illnesses. What other ways can your services provide treatment and ensure patients will be financially and medically protected?
How have you been trying to educate under-served populations on your services? Please describe how Atlas’ Navigator 4.0 will help with the challenges for under-served populations with access to primary care services?
 
 
Atlas Health, the leader in philanthropic reimbursement, is improving and saving lives by empowering providers with an end-to-end solution for matching and enrolling patients in medical financial aid programs through its proprietary technology and AI-powered service partnership platform, Atlas Navigator. Patients receive the care they need and providers secure reimbursement for care delivered.
Ethan Davidoff is the Founder & CEO of Atlas Health with over 10 years of healthcare, enterprise software, and cyber security experience. Ethan Davidoff founded Atlas Health in 2017 and maintains the role of CEO. Under his direction, the company has become the leader in philanthropic reimbursement.
Prior to Atlas Health, Davidoff was a founding member of RiskIQ. Serving as Vice President and General Manager of Internet Security, he managed a cross-functional team to grow an emerging business unit with fortune 500 and top technology companies.
Davidoff studied business, entrepreneurship, and software development at the University of California at Berkeley and the London School of Economics.
 
 
Website: https://atlas.health
Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/atlashealth

Phoenix-based organization works to get individuals facing long-term illnesses and medical conditions off the streets and into long-term housing

 
 
Liz Agboola, president and CEO of Senior Placement Services, an assistance program in Phoenix that provides housing resources for vulnerable veterans, elderly and homeless who are unable to live independently due to long-term illnesses and medical conditions joins eHealth Radio and the Health News and Senior Care Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Liz Agboola discuss the following:
Tell us a bit about Senior Placement Services and what the process is like when you are working to help someone.
Does Senior Placement Services charge for the assessment and guidance given?
What motivated you to go into this line of work?
I understand you are also the CEO of Moses Behavioral Care, a group of community-based mental health facilities offering 24-hour, long-term care for the SMI (serious mental illness) population…what drove you to build your own facilities?
Additionally, you are a board member at Dignity Health and Valleywise Health Foundation. What projects are you working on there?
 
 
Liz Agboola is CEO of Moses Behavioral Care (MBC), a group of community-based mental health facilities offering 24-hour, long-term care for the SMI (serious mental illness) population. These efforts are motivated by her promise to uphold mental health as a critical part of overall wellness, including preventive services to the community while offering integrated care and treatment for those who require assistance with daily living.
Prior to establishing MBC, she founded Senior Placement Services with her parents and siblings. It was here she began her work in public service. For nearly 10 years she spearheaded community efforts ensuring suitable housing was available for the disenfranchised, homeless veterans and the elderly. She strengthened the company's business and corporate citizenship with key partnerships (local shelters, mental health clinics, Veteran’s Administration homeless centers) and various civic and community-based organizations.
Her career ultimately began two decades ago in the private sector in learning and development. She served in various senior leadership roles with Bank of America and Director of Learning and Development with Gannett.
Liz brings a strong business and health care background paired with a servant’s heart to lead the community in advocacy and ultimately through legislation. She holds a Master’s in Education and Masters of Business Administration.
Liz currently sits on the Board of Dignity Health and the Maricopa Health Foundation (now called Valleywise).
 
 
Website: SeniorPlacementAZ.org 
Social Media Links: Facebook: facebook.com/SeniorPlacementAZ  Instagram: instagram.com/liz_agboola

Focusing on the Unique Medical, Economic and Healthcare Coordination Needs of People with Rare and Orphan Diseases

 
 
Donovan Quill, President and CEO of Optime Care, a nationally recognized pharmacy, distribution and patient management organization maximizing therapeutic opportunities for the treatment of orphan and rare disorders joins eHealth Radio and the Health News & Health Care Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Donovan Quill discuss the following:
Please tell our audiences about Optime Care, its goals and who it serves.

What is considered a rare or orphan disease?

What is the definition of a specialty pharmaceutical? How many drugs are currently on the market and how many in development?

How does Optime Care ensure that patients get their drugs?

What are your relationships with healthcare payers?
 
 
Optime Care, Inc. is a nationally recognized pharmacy, distribution and patient management organization offering a suite of comprehensive services tailored to maximize the therapeutic opportunities for the treatment of orphan and rare disorders. Our management team has previously partnered in the launch of more than 25 orphan products and consistently implemented the best brand program for the community. Our experience with small patient populations makes us uniquely qualified to help every stakeholder group impacted by these disorders. Optime Care has dual-accreditation from the Utilization Review Accreditation Commission (URAC) for compliance with specialty pharmacy and the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) for specialty pharmacy services that demonstrate a commitment to providing quality care and services to consumers.
Donovan Quill entered the world of healthcare after a successful coaching career and teaching at the collegiate level. His personal mission was to help patients who suffer from an orphan disorder that has affected his entire family (Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency). Donovan became a Patient Advocate for Centric Health Resources and traveled the country raising awareness, improving detection, and providing education to patients and healthcare providers.
Donovan quickly gained recognition among the patient community for his efforts. He was heavily recruited and hand-picked by Alpha-1 Foundation founder John Walsh to become the Foundation’s Director of Detection and Community Outreach. Donovan gained an in-depth knowledge of the inner workings of not-for-profit patient-driven programs while working with the Alpha-1 Foundation. His responsibilities included public policy agendas within government affairs, national targeted detection programs, research projects with “Key Opinion Leaders”, patient educational and marketing programs, fundraising efforts, and serving as a liaison to the drug manufacturers.
After leaving the not-for-profit sector, Donovan developed a new and innovative sales strategy with Talecris Biotherapeutics (now Grifols), which he piloted in a sales territory that had underperformed historically. By emphasizing education, early detection, and awareness, Donovan was able to take a poor performing territory and grow it into one of the top markets in the country in a short period of time. The strategy was so successful that Donovan was asked to work with the Brand Team to launch it throughout the rest of the country.
Donovan’s success in the sales world led to a return to Centric Health Resources (now DLSS), where he worked on their largest piece of business and developed innovative strategies to improve a growing and successful program. Over the next few years, Donovan went from directing a small team of Patient Advocates to Vice President of Patient Services to Senior Vice President of Patient Direct Programs.
Donovan’s experiences with the Alpha-1 Foundation, Centric Health Resources and DLSS have provided him the opportunity to manage all aspects of operations, develop operational plans for product launches/relaunches, improve program effectiveness, manage a large number of employees from pharmacists to nurses to patient support specialists, design infrastructure, create business development opportunities, and play a key role in companywide strategic planning.
Regardless of his position, Donovan has always kept one thing top of mind: “If you take care of the people that matter, the program will always be successful.” Donovan has spent years doing just that for patients, caregivers, healthcare providers, and product manufacturers.
 
 
Website: optimecare.com
Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/optime-care

Effective Methods Towards Germ-Free Environments and Minimizing Infections

 
 
Nick Jaksa, Founder of Integrated Operations whose new Viral Defense division is focused on improving safety through the mitigation of the spread of germs, and on trying to help attack the pandemic head on joins eHealth Radio and the Health News Channel. The company’s unique disinfectant misting systems help improve safety while people are entering a building, school, sports arena, and other venues. He brings to this new endeavor over 40 years of product development and manufacturing in various markets around the world.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Nick Jaksa discuss the following:
With more and more of the country slowly opening up during the pandemic, what are the most important measures consumers can take to stay safe?
Are there any additional safety measures that could be taken to provide a comfortable level of safety and prevention in many of the places we frequent?
What makes Viral Defense unique in the mitigation of germs?
Where are your products most useful?
Does Viral Defense offer anything else other than disinfectant booths and equipment?
 
 
Nick Jaksa, Founder of Integrated Operations LLC, has made his mark in the area of safety with over three decades of diverse experience incorporating product development, testing and production. Today he’s applying that expertise to improving the health and safety of the public during the pandemic through his Viral Defense branded product line. The company’s unique disinfectant misting systems mitigate the spread of germs thus improving safety for people entering buildings, schools, sports arenas and other venues. The same innovative misting concept can be used to clean interior spaces in a matter of minutes. The Viral Defense product portfolio also includes innovative PPE’s including anti-viral layered masks, and other products to provide protection.
Mr. Jaksa’s interest in improving safety for everyone began over 30 years ago in many aspects of the automotive industry, including as a seat belt engineer, and an expert witness in cases involving auto safety. More recently he was involved with car seat design and manufacturing to improve safety for babies and toddlers. Among the companies with which he has worked are Allied Signal/Honeywell, Siemens and Bosch, in the U.S. and internationally. In response to the global pandemic, Mr. Jaksa has tapped into his international technology and manufacturing relationships to find best-in-class disinfecting and personal protection solutions to help mitigate the spread of germs. By the end of 2020, however, manufacturing of the misting units and select PPE’s will have begun moving to the U.S.
In addition to his hands-on experience in the automotive sector, Mr. Jaksa heads a team of Integrated Operations professionals who leverage tools such as the Toyota Production Management System principles of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement, and other proven tools that encompass problem analysis and resolution, all allowing for operational and organizational optimization.
Website: integratedoperationsllc.com
Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/integrated-operations-viral-defense

Age-Defying Skincare with Your Beauty Advocate Author Christy Hall

 
 
Christy A. Hall, a Board-Certified Physician Assistant with nearly 20 years of experience and expertise in cosmetic dermatology and medical aesthetics joins eHealth Radio and the Beauty and Skin Care Channels. She is the owner of a prestigious medical aesthetics practice, Skin Appeal, and of Mikel Kristy Skincare in Tucson, Arizona. She is also author of the #1 international best-selling book “Your Beauty Advocate: A No-Nonsense Guide to Age-Defying Skincare.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Christy A. Hall discuss the following:
Why is it important to have a daily skin ritual?
What are four steps to having great skin?
What are three layers of skin rejuvenation in the aging process?
What are the benefits of injectables? What about lasers?
What can we do about saggy jowls and necks?
How do you achieve ageless beauty?
 
 
Christy A. Hall, PA - C, MPAS, is a board-certified Physician Assistant with nearly 20 years of experience and expertise in cosmetic dermatology and medical aesthetics. She is the author of “Your Beauty Advocate: A No-Nonsense Guide to Age-Defying Skincare,“ a #1 international bestseller in 10 countries across 12 categories.
Christy is the owner and operator of a prestigious medical aesthetics practice, Skin Appeal, and of Mikel Kristi Skincare in Tucson, AZ.
She is passionate about educating and simplifying the confusing world of skincare and beauty treatments. She has become an elite injector of dermal fillers and was voted Most Loved Injector in the Southwest USA by RealSelf.
 
 
Website: https://skincaremk.com | yourbeautyadvocate.com
Social Media Links: Facebook: facebook.com/MikelKristi  Instagram: instagram.com/mikelkristiskincare