Give Another Listen to the Best of August! As we wrap up a busy and insightful month on HealthcareNOW Radio, we’re highlighting the episodes that resonated most with our audience. From timely industry conversations to expert insights shaping the future of healthcare, these standout shows captured the most attention and engagement. In this post, we’re featuring the top two radio episodes and the top two podcast episodes with the highest plays in Agust—perfect picks if you’re looking to catch up or revisit the discussions everyone’s been talking about.
From Our Radio Shows
Health Cent$: Phil Martin, Vice President of Stop Loss, Benefits All In
Host Adam Russo invites Phil Martin, VP of Stop-Loss at Benefits All In, a company offering a client focused solution which combines individualized benefits expertise with best-in-class technology to ensure employees and their families make well-informed decisions on their benefit choices. Philip predicts that younger, more educated workers will demand better information and transparency from healthcare providers.
PopHealth Week: VA Secretary David Shulkin on Government Healthcare Can Teach the Private Sector
On this episode hosts Fred Goldstein and Gregg Masters welcome David Shulkin, MD who served as U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs under President Trump and before that as VA Under Secretary for Health under President Obama. In this conversation Secretary Shulkin makes a counterintuitive argument: the VA’s government-run, globally budgeted healthcare system is a model the private sector should be learning from, not dismissing. The discussion spans the VA’s landmark hepatitis C elimination campaign, its AI-powered suicide prevention program, the structural case for population health over fee-for-service, and why Shulkin believes incremental reform has run its course.
From Our Podcast Network
Digital Health Leaders: Turning Innovation Into Operational Impact with Vivek Swaminathan
Host Russ Branzell, President and CEO of CHIME, sits down with Vivek Swaminathan, CEO of Cardamom Health, for a thoughtful conversation on what it takes to succeed in healthcare’s next era of transformation. As health systems navigate accelerating AI adoption, mounting operational pressures, and evolving patient expectations, leaders are being challenged to move beyond innovation for innovation’s sake and focus on measurable outcomes.
Healthcare Rap: The Skin Microbiome Revolution To Personalized Skincare Without the Guesswork
Hosts Jared Johnson and Zain Ismail talks to Nathan Shatz, founder of SuperBiome, who reveals the results of Jared’s skin microbiome test live on the air, explains how germs are good, and shares how it motivated him when people told him he was too young to be a founder.
