One of the ways that Answers Media is different from other media sites is the sense of community. The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. We publish at least eight guest posts a week now, so in case you missed some, here are the top ten read and shared guest posts in the month of March. You can also read previous month’s Top Ten Lists. Thank you for contributing and reading.
Most Played Radio Episode in March
From This Just In, host Justin Barnes recorded live at ViVE 2026 in LA. His guests were Kamal Jethwani, MD, Nainesh Parikh, MD, MBA, and Rich Scarfo.
Most Read Thought Leader Posts in March
From Hypothesis to Human Trials: AI’s Push Toward Reversing Cellular Decline
By Thomas Kluz, Managing Director, Niterra Ventures
LinkedIn: Thomas K
LinkedIn: Niterra Ventures
For decades, the idea of resetting the biological clock sounded more like speculative fiction than clinical strategy. The discovery of Yamanaka factors by Nobel laureate Shinya Yamanaka, which can reprogram adult cells into induced pluripotent stem cells, ignited serious scientific interest in whether aging might be partially reversible. Continue reading…
Building the Future: What Healthcare Policy Must Deliver in 2026
By William Charnetski, JD, EVP, Health Systems Solutions and Government Affairs, PointClickCare
LinkedIn: William Charnetski
LinkedIn: PointClickCare
This is the time when healthcare leaders dust off their crystal balls and make predictions for the new year. These often miss the mark for myriad reasons, including the complexity of healthcare and the inevitable emergence of unforeseen factors and developments. To take a different approach, I’m not going to predict what will happen in 2026 but instead talk about what should happen this year in healthcare policy. Continue reading…
Digital Mental Health Tools: A New Frontline Against Clinician Burnout
By April Miller, Senior Writer, ReHack.com
LinkedIn: April Miller
X: @rehackmagazine
Health care workers endure some of the most intense strains on the body, both physically and mentally. These issues can also affect each other. For example, musculoskeletal conditions can lead to exhaustion, and poor work-life balance can lead to dizziness from fatigue. Everything could culminate in an entire workforce experiencing burnout, impacting their ability to give patients the care they deserve. Continue reading…
The Operational Waste Quietly Draining Rural Hospitals & How Advanced Analytics Mitigates Risks
By Matt Seefeld, Chief Executive Officer, MedEvolve
LinkedIn: Matt Seefeld
LinkedIn: MedEvolve
Behind staffing shortages and reimbursement pressure lies another challenge: complex billing workflows that force small teams to spend valuable time chasing payment instead of delivering care. Rural hospitals are operating under significant financial pressure. More than 180 rural hospitals have closed or converted since 2010, according to research from the Chartis Center for Rural Health. Continue reading…
Insurance Denied Him Dialysis. So I Married Him
By Daree Allen Nieves, Healthtech UX Content Designer and Strategist, Ree Writes, LLC
LinkedIn: Daree A.
In March 2016, I matched with a man on a dating app. During our first phone call, I learned he had been diagnosed with Stage 4 end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and given 18 months to live, at age 39. He needed to start dialysis, but his ACA marketplace plan wouldn’t cover it. So I married him two months later. Continue reading…
Hospitals Are Losing Leverage. Revenue Cycle Is Where It Shows Up First
By Noah Breslow, Chief Executive Officer, Revecore
LinkedIn: Noah Breslow
LinkedIn: Revecore
For a long time, hospitals could count on one thing: even when reimbursement was complicated, it was still mostly predictable. Care was delivered, claims were submitted, and while denials happened, revenue generally followed. That is no longer the case. Across the country, hospitals are feeling a real shift in leverage toward payers, and the impact is showing up on the bottom line. Denials are increasing. Continue reading…
The Role Of Governance In Third-Party Risk Management
By Jason Stewart, vCISO Manager, Fortified Health Security
LinkedIn: Jason Stewart, HCISPP, ITIL
LinkedIn: Fortified Health Security
Despite the fact that the majority of healthcare data breaches are due to the inadequate security of third-party vendors, the vetting of these partners is still uneven across the industry. A recent poll conducted by Global Survey found that only 15% of the CISOs surveyed felt that they had full visibility into third-party risk management. Moreover, 71% of these CISOs admitted that traditional questionnaires create more administrative fatigue than threat visibility. Continue reading…
Making the Most of Your AI Investment Means Prioritizing the Basics of Data Quality
By Brian Laberge, Solution Engineer, Wolters Kluwer Health
LinkedIn: Brian Laberge
LinkedIn: Wolters Kluwer
AI applications are exploding across healthcare, both for consumers and providers. With big-name AI models just announcing new health-focused applications for their bots, there is a greater urgency to ensure that data is ready for these platforms to achieve accuracy and maximize impact. Continue reading…
The Venn Diagram of Healthcare’s Future: AI, Rural Reality, and Trust
By Ben Hilmes, CEO, Healthcare IT Leaders
LinkedIn: Ben Hilmes, MHA, FACHE
LinkedIn: Healthcare IT Leaders
ViVE has become one of those industry gatherings where real conversations happen. Leaders from across healthcare come together to showcase ideas and pressure-test them. I attended this year with a clear intention: to be present where systems-level change is discussed, and to engage in those conversations in a realistic, accountable way. Continue reading…
Painful, But Notice Mandatory
By Matt Fisher, Healthcare Attorney
LinkedIn: Matthew Fisher
X: @matt_r_fisher
Host of Healthcare de Jure – #HCdeJure
Revealing a data breach can be a hard action for an organization to take. The ongoing stream of notifications still generates attention, which is typically not positive when a security breakdown is revealed. At the same time, the notification is (or should be) unavoidable since the HIPAA breach notification rule is clear about what action is necessary. Continue reading…
