In this episode of Fireside Chat, we sit down with Jason Gorevic, CEO, Teledoc Health to talk about the acceleration of telehealth due to the COVID crisis and how physicians need to understand and act on the differences between a webside manner and bedside manner. We also discussed engaging patients and tracking telehealth innovation by hospitals and health systems.

In this episode of Fireside Chat, we sit down with Dr. Brian Nester, President and CEO, Lehigh Valley Health Network to discuss Dr. Nester’s path from his three-year tenure as Chief Strategy Officer to becoming CEO. We also talked about the importance of density in transmitting COVID in Lehigh Valley’s service areas, and how a value-based model needs to replace the prevailing fee for service system to provide a broad base of services to the community and a solid financial base for health systems.

In this episode of Fireside Chat, we sit down with Scott Reiner, CEO, Adventist Health to discuss the new organizational structure with three divisions: Care Division, Well-Being Division, and the Managed-Health Division. We also talked about the role of a leader during a crisis and how Adventist Health altered its Cap-Ex spending as a result of COVID.

In this episode of Fireside Chat, we sit down with Dr. Janice Nevin, President and CEO, ChristianaCare Health System to talk about her evolution as a leader and the rewards of helping employees exceed expectations. Dr. Nevin also spoke the need for women in healthcare administration and the importance of having a well-rounded portfolio of experience. We discussed social determinants of health and how ChristianaCare is investing in the community.

In this episode of Fireside Chat, we sit down with James Staten, Senior Vice President and CFO at the University of Southern California to talk about the leadership lessons gained throughout his professional career in public accounting and his experience in the formation of NewYork-Presbyterian to the expansion of the Yale-New Haven Health System. We also discussed other learnings from his career in healthcare and how that has served him in his role in academia.

In this episode of Fireside Chat, we sit down with David S. Chernow, President and CEO, Select Medical to discuss how Select’s decision to accept all COVID patients was predetermined by their corporate strategy, the outline of the post-acute care business, where scale matters most, and the keys to successful partnerships where solid operations make the difference.

In this episode of Fireside Chat, we sit down with Chris Howard, President and CEO, Sharp HealthCare to discuss the breakdown of Sharp’s capitated and fee-for-service revenues and how capitated revenue provides a more stable revenue base. We also spoke about the new core competency of scaling up and scaling down developed in response to the crisis, and lessons learned during the COVID pandemic that are contributing to the new normal in healthcare.

In this episode of Fireside Chat, we sit down with Dr. Redonda Miller, President, The Johns Hopkins Hospital about the need for a reliable PPE supply chain and the necessity of governmental stockpiles, how telemedicine visits grew overnight from 35 to 20,000 per week, the strategy for educating the community to return for necessary surgery and treatments, and the top characteristics of a leader in a crisis.

In this episode of Fireside Chat, we sit down with Ken Paulus, President and CEO, Prime Therapeutics to discuss the role of a PBM and its value equation, barriers to quality and outcomes confronting caregivers, and the need for physicians to be in charge of complicated care paradigms.

In this episode of Fireside Chat, we sit down with Dr. James Linder, CEO, Nebraska Medicine to talk about his storied career at the University of Nebraska, a leader’s most important characteristic in times of crisis, and the role of the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit and National Quarantine Unit in treating some of the first COVID patients from the Diamond Princess cruise ship.