Podcasts by The ACO Show

155. Breaking Barriers: Navigating Health Equity from 2023-12-11T00:00

Explore tangible initiatives for health equity with Tamara Thomas, VP of Equity and Inclusion at Aledade

154. CFO Insights: Financial Success in Value-Based Care from 2023-11-27T00:00

Josh and Brian are joined by Wes Edwards, Chief Financial Officer of Med First Primary & Urgent Care in North Carolina. Wes discusses his clinic’s success with value-based care, the financia...

153. Navigating Value-Based Care from the Pharmacy from 2023-11-13T00:00

In this episode we sit down with Leigh Efird, Director of Pharmacy at Aledade, to dive into the world of value-based care from the pharmacy perspective. She shares the ways she interacts with pa...

152. Hill Day with Dr. Christine Meyer&Casey Korba from 2023-10-30T00:00

Josh and Brian are joined by Dr. Christine Meyer and Casey Korba to discuss Hill Day and how to advocate for value-based care to legislators.

151. John Doyle on fighting the stigma around talking about economic incentives in health care from 2023-10-16T06:00

Josh and Brian are joined by Aledade’s Chief Financial Officer, John Doyle. They discuss the economic incentives associated with delivering primary care on the front lines and why health care pr...

150. Blake Madden’s Hospitalogy and what’s changing in health care (for the better!) from 2023-10-02T06:00

Josh and Brian are joined by Blake Madden, writer, editor and founder of the newsletter Hospitalogy, focused on analyzing health care’s financing, policy changes and more. They discussed some of...

149. Season 5 Premiere: Medicare’s Value Based Care Results for 2022 from 2023-09-20T06:00

Season 5 of The ACO Show kicks off with Josh and Brian joined by Travis Broome, Aledade’s Senior Vice President for Policy and Economics to discuss the 2022 Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP...

148. Aledade’s Series F and Lightspeed Venture Partners - Bringing More Resources to Community Primary Care from 2023-07-03T06:00

Josh and Brian are joined by Lightspeed Venture Partners investor, Galym Imanbayev, MD, to discuss Aledade’s Series F funding round. They delve into what led to this latest round of funding, the...

147. The Value-Based Care Landscape featuring Health Tech Nerds Co-Founders Kevin O’Leary and Ryan Russell from 2023-06-26T06:00

Josh and Brian are joined by Kevin O’Leary and Ryan Russell, co-founders of Health Tech Nerds, a trusted resource in health care helping their members learn, network, build, and grow to maximize...

146. What Patients Need to Know About Medicare Enrollment with Al Kushner from 2023-06-12T06:00

Josh and Brian are joined by Al Kushner, author of “Virtual Medicare: 10 Costly Mistakes You Can't Afford to Make.” They delve into the active role patients play in enrolling in Medicare, and th...

145. The Leaders of Medicare and CMMI: United by one strategic vision from 2023-05-29T06:00

In this episode, Josh and Brian hand over the mic to Aledade’s Chief Policy Officer, Sean Cavanaugh, a former Director of Medicare and senior leader at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innov...

144. Practice Perspective: How Value-Based Care Helped Our Small Business from 2023-05-15T06:00

Josh and Brian are joined by Sachin Gangupantula FACHE, MBA, MS, Director of Operations at Valley Diabetes & Obesity, an Aledade member practice in Modesto, California. They discussed the benefi...

143. RIP Medical Debt: A Vision to End the United States’ $195 billion in medical debt from 2023-05-01T06:00

Josh and Brian are joined by Allison Sesso, the President and CEO of RIP Medical Debt, a nonprofit established to reduce medical debt for low-income individuals across the country. They discusse...

142. Part 2: Aligning Quality Measures from 2023-04-17T06:00

Josh and Brian are joined by Lee Fleisher, MD, Chief Medical Officer at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Director of the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality. They dis...

141. Aligning Quality Measures - Improving the System for Clinicians and Patients from 2023-04-03T06:00

Josh and Brian are joined by Doug Jacobs, MD, MPH, Chief Transformation Officer in the Center for Medicare at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and Michelle Schreiber, Deputy D...

140. Leading a Legal Team at a Fast-Growing Health Care Company from 2023-03-20T06:00

Josh and Brian are joined by Phuong Phillips, Chief Legal Officer at Aledade, where they discuss her personal journey, what drew her to Aledade and how corporate legal teams and leadership inter...

139. Behind-The-Scenes of CEO and Investor Relationships from 2023-03-06T06:00

For this episode, Josh and Brian hand the helm to Aledade CEO and Co-Founder, Farzad Mostashari, MD, and Bryan Roberts, partner at Venrock and lead of Venrock’s investment in Aledade. They give ...

138. Introducing Residents to Value-Based Care with Aledade FIRST from 2023-02-20T06:00

Josh and Brian talk with Dr. Mitch Edmondson, the lead physician for the Aledade FIRST program, and Dr. Caleena Longworth, a 2nd-year resident at St. Mark’s Hospital in Salt Lake City who’s part...

137. The ABCs of Being a Health Care Company CFO from 2023-02-06T06:00

Josh and Brian are joined by Aledade’s Chief Financial Officer, John Doyle. John provides a brief recap on the recent J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, how Aledade’s alignment as a company drew...

136. Becoming a Public Benefit Corporation from 2023-01-16T10:00

Josh and Brian are joined by Aledade’s CEO and co-founder, Dr. Farzad Mostashari, and Amy Simmerman, a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, to discuss the idea of a public benefit corpor...

135. Pediatric Value-Based Care: Does It Work? from 2023-01-09T06:00

Value-based care is often more focused on adults, especially the elderly who have the most burden of illness and, on average, the highest health care costs. Josh is joined by Dr. Karin McLelland...

134. Building a Care Management Program from 2022-12-19T06:00

Josh and Brian are joined by Dr. Sarah Mullins, co-owner of Stoney Batter Family Medicine in Wilmington, Delaware, and Senior Regional Medical Director at Aledade, to discuss the role of care ma...

133. The State of Medicare Advantage from 2022-12-05T06:00

Josh and Brian are joined by Mike Stanzione, Aledade’s Director of Medicare Advantage Network Performance, to discuss the state of Medicare Advantage (MA), its rapid growth, regulatory evolution...

132. Realizing the Full Potential of Primary Care in ACOs from 2022-11-21T06:00

Josh and Brian are joined by Dr. Asaf Bitton, executive director of Ariadne Labs, and Associate Professor of Medicine and Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard T.H. Chan S...

131. The Value-Based Care Landscape with Dan Bowles from 2022-11-07T06:00

Josh and Brian are joined by Dan Bowles, Aledade’s Chief Growth Officer, to discuss the state of the value-based care landscape and how to distinguish the various models fellow travelers are imp...

130. Building Trust and Aledade Care Solutions with Dr. Mandy Cohen from 2022-10-24T06:00

Josh and Brian are joined by Dr. Mandy Cohen, CEO of Aledade Care Solutions, to discuss the importance of the trust she and her team built with communities in North Carolina during the COVID-19 ...

129. Healthcare Investing and IPOs from 2022-10-10T06:00

Josh (@DrJIsrael) is joined by Bijan Salhizadeh (@bijans), Managing Director at NaviMed Capital, to discuss the current state of healthcare stocks and factors that affect IPO valuation for compa...

128. Health Care Access For Vulnerable Populations from 2022-09-26T06:00

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Brian (@chiglinsky) are joined by Chelsea Graves, Aledade’s Director of Medicaid Performance, to discuss factors that affect healthcare access and outcomes for vulnerable p...

127. 2021 Medicare Shared Savings Program Results from 2022-09-12T11:19:53

Season 4 of the ACO show kicks off with the return of Travis Broome @Travis_Broome and Ahmed Haque @aehaque on 2021 results in the Medicare Shared Savings Program, why more primary care lowers t...

126. How Do ACOs Grow from 2022-07-04T06:00

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Brian (@chiglinsky) are joined by Miranda Morris, Aledade’s Market President for Arkansas and Dr. Shawn Purifoy, Regional Medical Director at Aledade and independent physic...

125. Commercial Value-Based Care from 2022-06-20T10:28:05

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Brian (@chiglinsky) are joined by Dr. Andy Ryan - Professor of Health Management and Policy at the University of Michigan, Director of the University’s Center for Evaluatin...

124. Tackling Team-Based Care from 2022-06-06T06:00

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Brian (@chiglinsky) are joined by Dr. Jonathan Lilly, physician, and Nancee Barnett, practice manager, from Dunbar Medical Associates (www.dmawv.com) in West Virginia, to d...

123. The Deadline To Join An ACO Is Approaching - Join An Aledade ACO Today from 2022-05-23T10:03:03

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Brian (@chiglinsky) are joined by Dan Bowles, Aledade’s Chief Growth Officer, to discuss his career at Aledade, the changes that the value-based care movement has seen thro...

122. Project Solo: Supporting Small Primary Care Practices from 2022-05-09T06:00

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Brian (@chiglinsky) are joined by Mat Kendall (@matkendall), President of Aledade, and Kristy McGlothin (@kristymcglothin), Program Manager, to learn about Project Solo, Al...

121. What is “Product?” from 2022-04-18T12:00

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Brian (@chiglinsky) are joined by Nick Kinkaid, Aledade’s Chief Product Officer who takes us through his career path from Tesla to Google to his current role, and he explai...

120. Practicing through Omicron from 2022-04-04T06:00

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Brian (@chiglinsky) are joined by Dr. Alok Gupta, a solo practitioner at Arjun Medical Center in Virginia alokguptamd.com, who shares ...

119. Healthcare Value Week Recap and Changes To Direct Contracting from 2022-03-21T06:00

Brian (@chiglinsky) is joined by Aledade’s Policy Dream Team: Sean Cavanaugh (@dc_cavanaugh), Chief Policy and Chief Commercial Officer, Travis Broome (@Travis_Broome), Senior Vice President for...

118. Value-Based Care Skepticism from 2022-03-07T06:00

Welcome to the ACO Show. Today, Josh is joined by Chrissy Farr, a former tech journalist and now Principal Investor at OMERS Ventures, and Dr. Jonathan Slotkin, Chief Medical Officer at Contigo ...

117. Advanced Care Planning in Value Based Care from 2022-02-21T06:00

Josh (@DrJIsrael), Emily Maxon, and Dr. Stephen Bekanich and Steve Wardle from @iris_healthcare discuss advance care planning and why it is such an important part of healthcare. 

116. Healthcare Investing from 2022-02-07T06:00

Josh (@DrJIsrael), Brian (@chiglinsky) and Bijan (@bijans) discuss healthcare investing, including the difference between venture capital and private equity, some of the challenges of company me...

115. The Future of Medicare with Dr. Rick Gilfillan from 2022-01-24T06:00

Co-host Brian (@chiglinsky) is joined by Dr. Farzad Mostashari (@Farzad_MD), CEO and co-founder of Aledade, and Dr. Richard Gilfillan, former Deputy Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and...

114. The Value of Medicaid from 2022-01-10T06:00

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Brian (@chiglinsky) discuss the value of Medicaid now and in the future with Chelsea Graves Aledade’s Director of Medicaid Network, and Mohamed Arif, Aledade’s Director of ...

113. Medicare Innovation Center’s Future Vision On Health Equity from 2021-12-13T06:00

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Kisha (@kdavis) discuss the Medicare Innovation Center’s white paper on their vision for health equity over the next 10 years.

112. CMMI’s 10 Year Vision from 2021-11-29T06:00

Josh (@DrJIsrael) is joined by Travis Broome (@Travis_Broome) Sean Cavanaugh (@dc_cavanaugh), and Farzad Mostashari (@Farzad_MD). Together, they delve into the five strategic objectives (availab...

111. Commercial Insurance from 2021-11-15T06:00

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Brian (@chiglinsky) are joined by Jennifer Heffernan, Director of Commercial Payer Performance at Aledade (@AledadeACO). They discuss the difference between Medicare, Medic...

110. Medicare Advantage from 2021-11-01T06:00

Josh (@DrJIsrael) is joined by Mike Stanzione, Director of Medicare Advantage @AledadeACO. They discuss the differences between “Traditional” Medicare and Medicare Advantage (including additiona...

109. Medicaid In North Carolina from 2021-10-18T06:00

Josh (@DrJIsrael) is joined by Mandy Cohen (@SecMandyCohen), Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. They discuss the state of the COVID-19 pandemic in North Car...

108. Healthy For The Holidays from 2021-10-04T06:00

Josh (@DrJIsrael) is joined by Samantha Rosenthal, Manager in New Ventures at Aledade, and Jessica Edwards, Senior Market Manager at Aledade. Together, they discuss “Healthy For The Holidays”, a...

107. 2020 Results - How Did Aledade Do? from 2021-09-20T06:00

Josh (@DrJIsrael) is joined by Ahmed Haque (@aehaque), Chief Performance Officer at Aledade, Nadine Robin, Market President of Aledade Louisiana, and Dr. Gregory Riggs of Lafayette Internal Medi...

106. Value Based Care with Rahul Rajkumar from 2021-09-06T06:00

Josh (@DrJIsrael) is joined by Rahul Rajkumar (@RahulRajkumar11), Chief Operating Officer at Optum Care Solutions. Dr. Rajkumar shared insights on the difference between designing healthcare mod...

106. Value Based Care with Rahul Rajkumar from 2021-09-06T06:00

Josh (@DrJIsrael) is joined by Rahul Rajkumar (@RahulRajkumar11), Chief Operating Officer at Optum Care Solutions. Dr. Rajkumar shared insights on the difference between designing healthcare mod...

105. Saving the Most Lives: Blood Pressure from 2021-07-12T06:30

Josh (@DrJIsrael) is joined by by Dr. Farzad Mostashari (@Farzad_MD), CEO and co-founder of Aledade, Dr. Kisha Davis (@kishadavismd), Aledade’s Vice President of Health Equity, and Dr. Keith Winfre...

104. Rural Glitch Effects on ACOs from 2021-06-28T10:49:35

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Brian (@chiglinsky) are joined by Travis Broome (@Travis_Broome), the Senior Vice President of Policy and Economics at Aledade. They discuss the challenges in measuring suc...

103. 150 Years of Obamacare from 2021-06-21T06:00

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Brian (@bchiglinsky) are joined by Daniel Dawes (@DanielEDawes), the Director of the Satcher Health Leadership Instit...

102. The American Academy of Family Physicians from 2021-06-07T06:00

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Brian (@chiglinsky) are joined by Shawn Martin (@rshawnm), the Executive Vice President and CEO of the American Academy of Family Physicians (@aafp). Representing over 137,000...

101. VaxCare: Vaccines for Primary Care Practices from 2021-05-24T06:30

Josh (@DrJIsrael) is joined by Dr. Wanda Filer (@Drwandafiler), the Chief Medical Officer of Vaxcare (@VaxCare) and a practicing family physician. Vaxcare is a vaccine management solution that h...

100. The Centennial ACO Show Special from 2021-05-17T09:10:02

This is the 100th ACO Show episode. Brian (@chiglinsky) and Josh (@DrJIsrael) commemorate the milestone with a discussion of their own backgrounds and  journeys to Aledade, and the experience of...

99. Coal Mining and Health from 2021-05-03T05:00

Josh is joined by Dr. Daniel Doyle, a family physician in Scarbro, West Virginia. Josh and Dr. Doyle discuss the health impacts of coal mining, the history of black lung disease and the struggle...

98. Turning Your Practice Green from 2021-04-26T05:30

Brian (@chiglinsky) is joined by Dr. Todd Sack (@toddsack) the editor for MyGreenDoctor.org and a gastroenterologist in Jacksonville, FL. My Green Doctor ...

97. Healthcare on Earth Day from 2021-04-22T05:00

Brian (@chiglinsky) and Josh (@DrJIsrael) are joined by Farzad Mostashari (@Farzad_MD), CEO and co-founder of Aledade, and Will Palmisano (@will_palmisano), a product analyst on Aledade's BI tea...

96. Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) from 2021-04-12T05:00

Josh and Brian are joined by Ron Holder (@ron_holder), COO of the Medical Group Management Association, more commonly known as @MGMA. They discuss the different challenges practices face and how MG...

95. Vaccines and Trust: How an Arkansas Doctor Convinced His Community to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine from 2021-03-29T05:30

Brian and Josh are joined by Dr. Derek Lewis, the CEO, owner and primary care physician at Arkansas Primary Care Clinic located in Little Rock, Arkansas. They discuss the COVID-19 vaccination ef...

94. Maryland: Testing Out a New Model for Primary Care from 2021-03-15T05:00

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Brian (@chiglinsky) are joined by 5 guests to discuss Maryland Primary Care Program or MDPCP. They describe the MDPCP program and how it aims to improve patients’ health by in...

93. Marketing Your Practice from 2021-03-01T05:30

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Brian (@chiglinsky) speak with four different practices- SAMA Healthcare in El Dorado, AR, @bchiglinsky). They discuss t...

89. Practicing Through the Pandemic from 2021-01-04T05:00

Two primary care doctors, Dr. Joanne Fruth and Dr. Michael Cascarina, join the ACO Show to discuss how they have been able to adapt and innovate during the pandemic. They each talk about what they ...

88. Aledade in California from 2020-11-30T06:00

Josh is joined by three guests: Gavin White, the Executive Director of Aledade’s California Accountable Care Organizations, and two physicians, Dr. Verma and Dr. O'Grady, who practice in Califor...

87. Medicaid with Emma Sandoe from 2020-11-16T06:10

Emma Sandoe (@emma_sandoe), Associate Director of Strategy and Planning for North Carolina Medicaid, and the creator of health policy valentines, joins Josh to talk about all things Medicaid. Th...

86. International Value-Based Care from 2020-11-02T06:00

Dr. Chintan Maru is the founder and executive director of Leapfrog to Value, a health initiative to advance value based care in lower- and middle-income countries. Dr. Maru joins Josh and Joe fo...

85. Community Health Centers, Part 2 from 2020-10-19T06:00

Dr. Kraft and Dr. Ward Jones are the CEOs of Salinas Family Health Care Center and East Arkansas Family Health Center, respectively. They join Josh and Joe for the second part of our Community H...

84. Community Health Centers, Part 1 from 2020-10-05T06:00

Sara Koziel leads Aledade's efforts to partner with Community Health Centers. Sara joins Josh and Joe for a conversation about Community Health Centers, the important role that they play in Amer...

83. ACO Attribution&COVID-19 from 2020-09-21T06:00

Three guests join Josh to discuss attribution: Emily Maxson, Aledade’s Chief Medical Officer; Andrew Chang, Executive Director of the Florida Central ACO; and Purva Hari, the practice administra...

82. Value-based Diabetes Care: Virta Health from 2020-09-14T10:33:01

Dr. David Harrison is the Vice President of Clinical Care at Virta Health, a health care start-up that helps patients reverse Type 2 diabetes without medication. Dr. Harrison joins Josh and Joe ...

81. Medicare Advantage: ChenMed from 2020-08-31T10:15:38

Dr. Gordon Chen (@DrGordonChen) is the chief medical officer at ChenMed, a family-owned, health care company organization working to bring superior health care to seniors with a full risk model. Dr...

80. Realigning Healthcare Incentives from 2020-08-17T05:00

Sophia Tripoli (@SophiaTripoli) is the Director of Healthcare Innovations at Families USA a national non-partisan, non-profit voice for healthcare consumers (@FamiliesUSA). Sophia joins Josh to ...

79. Addressing Social Injustice from 2020-08-03T17:00

Essence Revels, Aledade’s Training Manager, and Patric Holly (@healthITmrholly), Aledade’s Electronic Health Record Optimization Coordinator, are guest hosts for this special episode of The ACO ...

78. Navigating Pharmacy Needs During COVID-19 from 2020-07-20T17:00

Megan Slaga, Director of Pharmacy at Aledade, returns to the pod this week to talk with Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) about staying on top of patients' prescriptions during COVID-19. They discuss new and...

77. Behind the Scenes of Aledade's People Team from 2020-07-13T13:57:57

Jessica Gladden, Aledade’s Vice President of People, Strategies and Operations, joins Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) to talk about how Aledade builds a culture where employees feel s...

76. Caring for Patients After Hospital Discharge from 2020-06-29T06:00

Aledade’s Director of Transitions of Care, Dr. Kim Hodge, joins Josh (@DrJIsrael) to talk about Transitional Care Management (TCM) visits and the challenge of providing consistent care to patien...

75. Conversations about Race in Medicine from 2020-06-22T05:00

Dr. Kisha Davis (@kishadavismd) is a family physician and a Regional Medical Director at Aledade. She joins Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) to discuss her experience as a Black doctor...

74. Downside Risk in Primary Care from 2020-06-15T05:00

Dr. Darrin Menard is the physician owner of Scott Family Physicians, an independent primary care practice in Scott, Louisiana. Dr. Menard joins Josh (@ DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) to sha...

73. Social Risk Factors and Health from 2020-06-01T05:00

Dr. Alisahah Cole @AlisahahMD is the Chief Community Impact Officer at Atrium Health (formally known as Carolinas HealthCare System), an integrated healthcare system based in Charlotte, North Ca...

72. Keeping Primary Care Afloat from 2020-05-18T05:00

On this special episode of the ACO Show, Aledade's CEO Dr. Farzad Mostashari (@Farzad_MD) speaks with Tom Banning, CEO of the Texas Academy of Family Physicians. They discuss critical issues in pri...

71. What is the Aledade App? Getting Doctors the Right Data at the Right Time from 2020-05-11T05:00

Dr. Jen Aloff (@Jen_Aloff), a family practitioner at Midland Family Physicians in Michigan, joins Josh (@DrJIsrael) to talk about her practices’ journey from “checkbox medicine” to true value-ba...

70. Implementing Value-Based Care in Primary Care Practices from 2020-05-04T05:30

Stephanie Gallup, Senior Director of Implementation at Aledade, sits down with Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) to discuss how she sets primary care practices up to succeed in value-ba...

69. Behavioral Economics and Health Care System Reform from 2020-04-27T05:30

Dr. Amol Navathe (@AmolNavathe), physician and health economist, speaks with Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) on the ACO Show. Dr. Navathe serves as the Co-Director of the Healthcare Transformation Institut...

68. Value-Based Care: Where it’s Been and Where It’s Going from 2020-04-23T13:14:06

Sanjay Doddamani (@DrDoddamani) is the Chief physician executive and Chief Operating Officer for Southwestern Health Resources, a clinically integrated network of over 5,000 academic, community,...

67. Expanding Health Care Access in the U.S. from 2020-04-08T11:35:38

Emily Barson (@ebarson) is the Executive Director of United States of Care (@USofCare), a non-partisan organization working to ensure that every American has access to high-quality, affordable h...

66. COVID-19 and ACO Performance from 2020-04-06T05:00

Ahmed Haque (@aehaque), Aledade’s SVP of Network Performance & Strategy, returns to the show to talk to Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) about what ACO performance means in relation to quality, utilization ...

65. The Doctor Will See You Now... In Your Car. from 2020-04-01T09:55:15

Dr. Mark Martindale, a primary care physician at Saline Med-Peds in Benton, Arkansas, talks with Josh (@DrIsrael) about how he changed his clinic to adapt to COVID-19. From setting up telemedici...

64. Telehealth with Updox from 2020-03-30T19:09:45

On this episode of the ACO Show, we meet Mike Morgan (@mwmorgan), CEO of Updox, a telehealth platform. He joins Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) to talk about how Updox enables patients to connect with thei...

63. Coronavirus: The View From New Orleans from 2020-03-26T18:23:08

Dr. Josh Lowentritt (@LowentrittMd), CEO of Louisiana Physicians speaks with Josh (@DrIsrael) about the toll COVID-19 cases are taking on New Orleans and the effects on providers’ safety, financial...

62. Supporting Safety Net Health Centers from 2020-03-25T05:00

Dr. Daren Anderson is the Director of ConferMED, a program that provides specialist consultations to primary care providers. He is also Director of the Weitzman Institute, an innovation center d...

61. Rising Up When the Local Hospital Shuts Down from 2020-03-23T05:00

On today’s episode, Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) speaks with Dr. Randy Walker and Angie Walker of the Walker Family Clinic in De Queen, Arkansas. They describe how they were able to expand staffing and ...

60. COVID and ACO Regulatory Update from 2020-03-20T05:00

Travis Broome @Travis_Broome, Vice President of Policy at Aledade, discusses some of the steps CMS has taken to make care safer and more accessible for Medicare patients during the COVID-19 outbrea...

59. ACOs in the Time of COVID from 2020-03-19T12:00

Sean Cavanaugh (@dc_cavanaugh), former Director of the Center for Medicare at CMS, joins Josh (@DrJIsrael) to provide an ACO policy update. He discusses an important new CMS rule that requires hosp...

58. Dr. Farzad Mostashari Addresses COVID-19 from 2020-03-18T23:21:57

On this special episode of The ACO Show, Farzad Mostashari (@Farzad_MD), CEO of Aledade, joins Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) and Josh (@DrJIsrael) to talk about the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Mostashari brin...

57. How a Hospital System Engages in Value-Based Care from 2020-03-16T05:00

Emily Brower is the Senior Vice President of Clinical Integration and Physician Services at Trinity Health in Michigan, a health system that includes both accountable care organizations and hospita...

56. Investing in Patient Health from 2020-03-02T05:00

Dr. Alan Story is a family physician practicing in Newton, North Carolina. In this week’s episode, he describes how his clinic, Newton Family Physici...

55. Primary Care Practice Management from 2020-02-17T05:00

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) speak to Connie Altman, an implementation and training expert at Aledade. Drawing upon her background in practice management, billing and coding, she s...

54. Keeping Healthcare Data Secure from 2020-02-03T05:00

Chris Haeni discusses how he protects data as the Chief Information Security Officer at Aledade. Join us to hear how to avoid the biggest health data security threats, from phishing to spoofing ...

53. The Art and (Data) Science of Primary Care from 2020-01-20T05:00

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) speak to Dr. Danny Butler (@DannyB1984), a primary care physician from Paducah, Kentucky in the Aledade Kentucky ACO. Combining data and his dedication...

52. The Value of Hospice Care from 2020-01-06T05:00

Edo Banach (@EdoBanach) is the President and CEO of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. On this week’s episode, he explains Medicare's hospice benefit, the differen...

51. Health Care Data: A Scottish Case Study from 2019-12-23T05:00

Geoff Huggins (@GeoffHuggins) is the Director of NES Digital Service (NDS) in Scotland. NDS was established by the Scottish Government in 2018 to standardize electronic health records across the...

50. Advocating for the Patient from 2019-12-09T05:00

All Accountable Care Organizations have a patient representative on their board of managers. John Sickler, a retired businessman, serves as the patient representative on the board of managers fo...

49. Digital Health Care in Scotland from 2019-11-25T05:00

Professor George Crooks (@CrooksGeorge) is the CEO of the Digital Health and Care Institute, Scotland’s national innovation center for digital health care. On this week’s episode, he shares his ...

48. The Scientific Method in Business from 2019-11-11T05:00

Jim Manzi is co-founder of Foundry.ai, a technology studio that creates artificial intelligence software companies, and is a member of Aledade’s board. He joins Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeSh...

47. Home for the Holidays from 2019-10-28T08:13:42

Annalyn Whitt (@ALWhitt) is a Practice Transformation Specialist in the Aledade Mississippi ACO. In this week’s episode, she describes the origins and evolution of “Home for the Holidays,” a suc...

46. Transforming Care in the Field from 2019-10-21T05:00

On this episode of the ACO Show, Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) spoke to Melissa Dunford (@MelissaDunford6) and Kristy McGlothin (@kristymcglothin), two of Aledade's Practice Transfo...

45. Are We a Tech Company? from 2019-10-14T05:00

Brady Richards started out as a junior engineer working on electronic health records 18 years ago, and today he serves as the Chief Technology Officer at Aledade, leading a growing team of engin...

44. Hispanic Heritage Month from 2019-10-07T05:00

Dr. Juan Duran and Lucia Zegarra joined the ACO Show this week during Hispanic Heritage Month to share their experiences working in the U.S. health care system. Juan is a third-year resident in ...

43. Howard Dean from 2019-09-30T05:00

Howard Dean (@GovHowardDean), former Governor of Vermont, joins Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) for this week’s episode. As a physician, governor, presidential candidate, and Chair of...

42. The Business of Medicine from 2019-09-16T05:00

Elisabeth Rosenthal (@RosenthalHealth) kicks off Season 2 of The ACO Show with Josh Israel (@DrJIsrael) and Joe Shonkwiler (@JoeShonkwiler). She points out some of the bigger flaws in...

41. Growth at Aledade from 2019-07-29T04:00

Dan Bowles (@DBowles1607), SVP of Growth & Network Operations at Aledade, joins Josh (@DrIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) on the The ACO Show Season 1 Finale to discuss network expansion of Acco...

40. Docs on the Hill from 2019-07-22T08:07:13

Two weeks ago, several primary care physicians traveled from their communities to Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. They spent an entire day meeting with policymakers and helping them understand w...

39. Transgender Health from 2019-07-15T04:00

Josh (@DrIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) had the opportunity to speak with Erica Ashe, a Resident Assistant at the University of Michigan in hematology and oncology, and Dr. Phil Rogers (@PhilR...

38. Healthcare and the Pursuit of Happiness from 2019-07-08T04:00

Dr. Karen L. Smith (@KLSmithMD) is a national leader in primary care and was named the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Family Physician o...

37. Advancing ACO Policy from 2019-07-01T04:00

Allison Brennan is the Senior Vice President of Government Affairs at the National Association of Accountable Care Organizations (NAACOs), a nonprofit organization focused on fostering the growt...

36. A Value-Based Birthday from 2019-06-24T04:00

To celebrate Aledade’s 5th birthday, Dr. Mark McClellan, joins Farzad Mostashari (@Farzad_MD), Josh (@DrIsrael), and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) to discuss the past and present and Accountable Care Org...

35. Making Sense of Healthcare Data from 2019-06-17T04:00

Nick Bartz, Vice President of Business Intelligence at Aledade, joins the ACO Show this week with Josh (@DrIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler). The Business Intelligence team at Aledade helps guide...

34. Politico: Rachel Roubein from 2019-06-10T04:00

Rachel Roubein (@rachel_roubein) is a healthcare reporter for POLITICO Pro where she focuses on doctors and hospitals. She previously covered healthcar...

33. Financing Accountable Care Organizations from 2019-06-03T04:00

Charlie Colligan joins Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) on this week's episode to discuss his journey to becoming Chief Financial Officer of Aledade and the complexities of financing a...

32. Specialists in ACOs from 2019-05-27T04:00

Dr. Lowentritt (@LowentrittMd) joins Dr. Josh Israel (@DrIsrael) this week to discuss what it's like being a specialist in a rescue ACO at Internal Medicine Specialists. 

31. CMS Primary Cares from 2019-05-20T04:00

On this week’s podcast, Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) welcome Sean Cavanaugh (@dc_cavanaugh) and Travis Broome (@Travis_Broome) back to the show to discuss Listen

29. NAACOs from 2019-05-06T04:00

On this week’s podcast, Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) sit down with several guests who participated in the National Association of ACOs (NAACOs) conference, which was held in Baltim...

28. Transforming Care from 2019-04-29T04:00

At Aledade, Practice Transformation Specialists (PTS) work closely with providers to support them as they transition to value-based care. Heidi Aubertin (@HeidiAubertin), a Senior PTS of the Fre...

27. Accountable Care in Appalachia from 2019-04-22T04:00

Matt Weimer (@mattweimer) is the Vice President of Health Services and Chief Medical Officer at Valley Health Systems, a large federally qualified health center (FQHC) in West Virginia that prov...

26. Dr. McCarrick: Advance Care Planning from 2019-04-15T04:00

As part of National Healthcare Decisions Day, Dr. Tom McCarrick, Chief Medical Officer at the Vanguard Medical Group in New Jersey, sits down with Josh (@DrJIsrael) to discuss advance care plann...

25. Julie Sunderland from 2019-04-08T07:00

Julie Sunderland, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Biomatics Capital and a member of Aledade’s Board of Directors, joins Josh (@DrJIsrael) to discuss her background, what attracted her to inv...

24. Behavioral Health&Primary Care from 2019-04-01T15:13:10

Dr. Lelin Chao (@Dr_Lelin) joins the show to talk about the importance of addressing mental health and substance abuse disorders in primary care. Lelin and Josh (@DrJIsrael) discuss the behavior...

23. Adoption&Success from 2019-03-24T19:00

Kim Lynch(@kllynch7), Senior Vice President of Adoption & Practice Success, joins the show to talk about how Aledade continues to reinvent itself and solve new problems. Kim takes us on a deep d...

22. Annual Wellness Visits from 2019-03-17T23:55:32

A new study published in the American Journal of...

21. Transitions of Care and Partnerships from 2019-03-10T17:01:13

Catherine Olexa, (@MsOlexa), joins Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) for a conversation about the importance of reaching out to patients who are at their most vulnerable during episodes...

20. Sophia McIntyre: Black History Month from 2019-03-04T13:42:29

Dr. Sophia McIntyre, Chief Medical Officer of Hudson River HealthCare, Inc., discusses how she was able to implement team-based preventative care in communities of color. She shares how she brok...

19. Being an ACO Coordinator from 2019-02-24T23:14:11

Nicholas Berault (@AledadeNJB) gives Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) a sneak peek into a day in the life of an Aledade Coordinator. He traces his trajectory from Aledade Fellow to Pen...

18. Taking Risk: Talking Risk Coding from 2019-02-19T15:23:30

Aledade CEO Farzad Mostashari (@Farzad_MD) returns to the ACO Show to share his perspective on risk coding and why it’s important for ACOs. Dr. John Torontow (@HCCRisk), Aledade Medical Director...

17. ACO Strategy from 2019-02-10T18:30:38

Ahmed Haque (@aehaque), Aledade’s SVP of Network Performance & Strategy, returns to the show to discuss the strategy behind building and growing an ACO. Ahmed’s experience and expertise have mad...

16. The First State from 2019-02-03T22:31:23

Tyler Blanchard (@skibumblanch), Executive Director of Aledade's Delaware Accountable Care Organization (ACO), provides an in depth look into what it takes to manage a successful ACO comprised o...

15. Managing Referrals from 2019-01-27T18:37:41

Dr. Annette DuBard (@AnnetteDuBard), Aledade’s VP of clinical strategy, digs into the crucial role of promoting high value specialist referrals when pursuing value-based care. Annette also gives...

14. Value-Based Revolution from 2019-01-20T23:41:28

Dr. Shawn Purifoy (@drsp27) is a primary care provider at Malvern Family Medical Clinic in rural Arkansas, and Dr. Lee Fleischer is a primary care provider at PMA Medical Specialists in suburban...

13. Bob Kocher: Aledade's First Investor from 2019-01-13T23:01:17

Dr. Bob Kocher (@bobkocher) is a member of Aledade’s Board of Directors and a Partner at Venrock, where he focuses on healthcare IT and services investments. Additionally, he is a Consulting Pro...

12. Pathways to Success: Travis 2019 from 2019-01-06T17:49:52

Travis Broome (@Travis_Broome), VP of Policy at Aledade, returns to The ACO Show to provide some insight on the recent regulatory changes that will impact ACOs and their participating practices....

11. Emily Maxson - Value-Based Care from 2018-12-23T15:24:36

Dr. Emily Maxson, an internal medicine physician and the senior Vice President at Aledade Inc. for Medical Affairs, delves into all that is value-based care with Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) interview with Aneesh Chopra (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) interview with Rick Velandingham (@rickvHIT) Vice President...

7. Kansas ACO: In the Field from 2018-11-25T15:53:06

Dr. Jen Brull (@mrsbrull) and Dr. Ryan Knopp join the ACO show to share their on-the-ground experience as primary care providers in an Accountable Care Organization, and how cutting edge populat...

6. Travis Broome: What’s New for 2019? from 2018-11-18T19:07:38

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) speak with Aledade VP of P...

5. Mat Kendall: The Ground Game from 2018-11-11T19:56:33

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) interview Mat Kendall (@matkendall), Aledade co-founder and Executive Vice President of Operations. Mat provides the final piece to Aledade’s origin st...

4. Ahmed and Travis: Taking on Risk from 2018-11-04T14:38:42

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) interview with former Regional Operations Manager at the Ce...

3. Sean Cavanaugh: The Policy from 2018-10-28T13:28:29

Interview with Sean Cavanaugh, Chief Administrative Officer (@dc_cavanaugh) of Aledade, Inc. 

2. Edwin Miller: The Tech from 2018-10-21T18:32:57

Interview with Edwin Miller, CTO (@EdwinMillerHCIT) of Aledade Inc.

1. Farzad Mostashari: The Origin Story from 2018-10-10T15:39:44

Interview with Farzad Mostashari, Co-Founder and CEO of Aledade Inc. (@Farzad_MD) about the origins and challenges of accountable care organizations.

Dr. Mostashari is the former Head of ...