AMS’ Tina Mentz on the importance of cost transparency
Cost transparency benefits patients, providers, and payers, so why is the industry so averse to it? Tina Mentz share her thoughts on the importance of sunlight in healthcare spending.
Future of the Industry
What health systems can gain from shifting sites of service?
Health systems need to differentiate from new players offering easier access and lower costs. Office-based procedures could be the key.
What opportunities do office-based procedures present in urology?
Office-based procedures have a proven track record of safety and myriad benefits for urologists, patients, and payers alike.
Could office-based procedures be the key to growing your practice?
Office-based procedures are growing in popularity as a way for independent practices to grow. So what are the benefits and key considerations physicians must make to safely bring procedures into their own space?
The Scope Podcast
Kelly Macken-Marble on Overcoming Industry Challenges
On this episode of The Scope, we are joined by Kelly Macken-Marble. Kelly is the CEO of The South Bend Clinic and Unity Physicians Hospital. Prior to her current roles, she was an executive at CentraCare Health and North Memorial Health Care leading their ambulatory services and population health initiatives. Kelly has more than 26...
The Scope Podcast
Dr. Shoeb Sitafalwalla on The Future of Healthcare
On this episode of The Scope, we’re joined by Dr. Shoeb Sitafalwalla. Dr. Sitafalwalla is a Board-certified cardiologist and the Chief Strategy Officer of Advocate Aurora Health. He currently serves on the Advisory Board for MATTER, a non-profit health incubator located in Chicago. Prior to his Chief Strategy Officer role, he was the Chief Medical...
The Scope Podcast
Roberta Schwartz on How to Prepare for Healthcare’s Future
On this episode of The Scope, we’re joined by Roberta Schwartz, the Chief Innovation Officer of Houston Methodist Hospital in the Texas Medical Center. In her role as the innovation leader of the hospital system, Roberta prioritizes excellence in clinical care, research and innovation through technology, data, and creativity. Roberta has enjoyed an over 20-year...
Beyond ASCs: How office-based surgical Suites can drive economic stimulus
As consumer debt levels groan under the weight of swollen healthcare costs, ideas to remediate the problem and pull us back from an inevitable spending crisis flourish. Among them, the idea to move many procedures away from costly HOPDs and into ASCs has gained significant traction and with good reason. ASCs offer an affordable, safe,...
Dr. Raju Ghate says efficiency and focus are key to value-based care
Dr. Raju Ghate is one of the most respected Orthopedic Surgeons in Illinois. After his successful private practice was acquired, he joined NorthShore Medical Group at the NorthShore Skokie Hospital. That facility recently transitioned into the Orthopaedic and Spine Institute, an innovative and highly-specialized hospital. Dr. Ghate recently joined us via phone to discuss the...
How Will Sites of Service Evolve in the Next 5-10 years?
In 1970, two physicians bucked tradition and opened a facility offering their patients a safe, convenient, and comfortable setting for relatively simple procedures that didn’t require an overnight stay. Eschewing the expensive rigmarole attached to performing procedures in hospital operating rooms, they transformed healthcare by creating the world’s first ambulatory surgery center, moving the surgical...
Who Has the Power to Effect Change in Healthcare?
We’d like to think that the two major drivers of healthcare in the U.S. are ever-advancing science and the needs of individual patients. Of course, this is a rather naïve assumption. The healthcare ecosystem is a tug-of-war between the above, but also the machinations of a byzantine and opaque system of care, the vagaries of...
Post-COVID, is Healthcare Going Back to Business as Usual?
It is hard to overstate the devastation wrought by the COVID pandemic. But, like all painful and tragic situations, there is something learned from such a crucible, what institutions and ideas held and what gave under pressure or revealed themselves to be illusory all along. a