The ACO Show

160. Navigating Impacts from the Change Healthcare Cyber Attack

Explore the impact and solutions of the Change healthcare cyber crisis with expert analysis and firsthand accounts.

159. Enhancing Patient Care: Community Health Centers and Value-Based Contracts

Dive into the world of community health centers and value-based care with Tracy Causey, CEO of Capital Area Health Network in Virginia and Kevin Van Dyke, executive director of Aledade in Virginia. Hear their experience navigating multiple value-based contracts and integrating behavioral health services with primary care. Learn how more accessible patient health data and dynamic support has helped improve preventive care.

157. Substance Use Treatments and CHCs

Sean and Josh are joined by Rachel Lively, Vice President of Community Health Center Operations at Valley Health, to discuss her experience providing substance use treatments to patients in West Virginia. Rachel shares challenges and successes involving decreasing stigma around substance use disorders, the evolution of treatment methods, and the critical role that CHCs can play in providing individualized care to patients on the path to recovery.

156. Transforming Patient Care: ACO Insights with Nick Phillis

Explore the transformative power of ACOs with Nick Phillis from Florida, revealing positive impacts on patient care and healthcare delivery.

155. Breaking Barriers: Navigating Health Equity

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

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 financial sustainability of value-based care models, and the crucial link between exceptional patient care and financial outcomes. Plus, a special farewell as Brian says goodbye to the ACO Show.

153. Navigating Value-Based Care from the Pharmacy

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 patients to help them better understand their health and how managing medications can impact that.

152. Hill Day with Dr. Christine Meyer & Casey Korba

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

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 professionals need to be able to talk openly about the financial forces in the system. 

150. Blake Madden’s Hospitalogy and what’s changing in health care (for the better!)

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 the positive shifts he sees in the health care system and how he’s making sense of those changes for his subscribers.