Health Care by the Numbers

A podcast that goes where others don’t – discussing the bottom lines of value-based care featuring industry visionaries, innovators, and thought leaders. Health Care by the Numbers is a podcast that uncovers what’s driving health care transformation. Join us each episode as Caravan Health leaders interview the brightest minds inspiring health care innovation and discuss the numbers which have shaped their thinking.

Season 3: Caravan Health Topic Experts
Summary: Season three is led by co-host Louise Yinug, Senior Policy Analyst at Caravan Health. This season features Caravan Health thought leaders including Nicole Banister, VP of Practice Transformation, Tom Hawkes, Chief Information and Digital Product Officer, and Fred Wallisch, ACO Medical Director, and more. Guest speakers with hands-on experience share the trends they are seeing, the lessons they have learned from our clients, and what we can expect to see in the future for value-based care.

Season 2: Caravan Health Client Spotlights
Summary: Todd Searls and guest hosts kick off season two of Health Care by the Numbers with a focus on valuable first-hand experiences, including lessons learned within ACOs, AIM, rural accountable care, physician contracting, and more. Guest speakers include clinical teams from Reid Health in Richmond, Indiana, ACO Patient Care Coordinator and Internal Medicine physician from Sidney Health Center in Sidney, Montana, Susan Hoes, CFO and Bernie O’Brien, Primary Care Physician Assistant from Alcona Health Center in northern Michigan and more. Together, they share best practices for delivery system payment reform, executive and clinical perspectives, and the ways they are working to improve patient care.

Season 1: Value-Based Care Industry Thought Leaders
Summary: On this inaugural season of Health Care by the Numbers, our host Todd Searls and co-hosts Greg Paris and Louis Yinug talk with various health care leaders who are leading the way in accountable care. Guests include Caravan Health Founder and Executive Chair, Lynn Barr, health care author, Quint Studer, Damika Barr, the leader of public policy and government relations at Verily Life Sciences and more. The first season investigates the driving changes in value-based care and what the future looks like for accountable care.

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Todd Searls, Vice President of Business Development for Caravan Health
LinkedIn: Todd Searls

Todd has 20 years’ experience serving healthcare communities of all sizes. He has led both his own and other Healthcare IT consulting companies, including leading a 250-client network of providers. He brings success in operations, marketing and sales, C-Suite and payor relationships. Todd has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas. He lives in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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Greg Paris, VP of Client Success for Caravan Health
LinkedIn: Greg Paris

“It’s really powerful in building relationships when you know that what we’re trying to accomplish and what you want to accomplish are starting to come together.”

Greg Paris is the Vice President of Client Success with Caravan Health. In this role, he works with Senior Executives who represent their communities on the ACO Boards. Greg’s primary responsibility is to ensure the satisfaction of the services Caravan Health is providing to the ACO members.

Greg received his undergraduate degree in Marketing and Accounting from Iowa State University and his Masters in Health Care Administration from Des Moines University. He was named the Iowa Hospital Association Executive of the Year in 2007 and is a member of StuderGroup’s Hall of Fame.

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Louise Yinug, Health Policy Analyst for Caravan Health
LinkedIn: Louise Yinug

Louise came Caravan Health in 2018 with extensive public policy and government experience in both the executive and legislative branches of the federal government. At Caravan, Louise leads the development of written content for our external audiences, specializing in policy issues. Before joining Caravan, she worked on Capitol Hill where she managed a research team at the Congressional Research Service. Prior to her time at CRS, Ms. Yinug was a senior health policy and legislative analyst with the White House Office of Management and Budget and then later at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management working on a variety of health programs, including Medicaid, the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program, and the employer requirements of the Affordable Care Act.

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Caravan Health, part of Signify Health, was founded to develop better solutions for community health systems. We’ve guided more than 300 independent health systems and 26,000 clinicians to achieve meaningful results through value-based care. Our scale, technology, experience, and knowledge provide everything needed to excel in value-based care arrangements, across a range of payers and programs. Since 2014, Caravan-supported ACOs have saved Medicare $510 million. Follow them on Twitter @CaravanHealth.

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