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Host Matt Ferrari talks with CareCloud’s CTO, Josh Siegel, about CareClould’s transformation with AI, interoperability, and their partnership with Google.

Host David Harlow talks with Peter Neumann, Director, Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health at the Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies at Tufts Medical Center. Peter is a leading authority on the cost-effectiveness of health care interventions. We discuss some of the kinds of research that needs to be done in order to flesh out the potential of the field to inform policy decision making.

Host Justin Barnes aka @HITAdvisor, discusses another Health Innovation Think Tank which took place in October and shares best practices and takeaways from the event on this episode. Want to stream our station live? Visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask "Alexa, play HealthcareNOW Radio Station" if you have an echo. Want to listen on your iPhone? Say "Hey Siri, search for HealthcareNOW Radio" and please be sure to rate us.

Hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Noelle LaCharite Principal Program Manager for Applied AI and Cognitive Services at Microsoft, and one of the original voice ‘skills’ developers for Amazon’s Alexa. She talks about the promise of applied AI, machine learning and voice technology systems which enable coders, developers or anyone to create their own applications and voice skills to enhance and advance the health care experience.

Host Catherine Short talks with Trey Scott, attorney at Kennedy, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, a health law boutique in Dallas, Texas about “Good with God: An Overview of Stark, Anti-Kickback, and False Claims Act.” Hear them discuss definitions, safe harbors, and the understanding of penalties for violations and exceptions.

Host Shereese Maynard talks to Brian McGraw, Co-founder, President & CEO, Intersect about payer denials and appeals. Want to stream our station live? Visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask "Alexa, play HealthcareNOW Radio Station" if you have an echo. Want to listen on your iPhone? Say "Hey Siri, search for HealthcareNOW Radio" and please be sure to rate us.

Host David Harlow talks with Omri Shor, CEO of Medisafe who started the company after a family member’s diabetic double dosing on insulin. Omri and David talk about managing medications through personalized reminders and value-based contracting.

Hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Sue Sisley, internist, psychiatrist and President of the Scottsdale Research Institute which is conducting the nation's only FDA-approved study on the efficacy of whole plant marijuana for treatment of PTSD. She discusses her ten-year quest to complete a randomized control trial on the use of cannabis as a potentially effective approach, and restrictions that pose a challenge to expansive scientific research.

Host Carol Flagg's guest is Amy Proffitt, Director of Marketing of CHIME and CHIME Media. Hear about CHIME”s role in advancing transformation in healthcare and her role at the organization as marketing director.

Host Beth Houck does a QPP update with Matt Fusan, VP of Value-Based Care Solutions at SA Ignite. The CMS final rule for 2019 participation has been released. Hear Beth and Matt discuss the changes and impact, and what healthcare providers need to prepare for in 2019.

Host Jim Tate's guest is Dr. Axel Schumacher, the Chief Scientific Officer of Shivom and the author of The Blockchain & Healthcare Strategy Guide. Shivom states they are “creating the world’s largest platform for the secure storage and sharing of genomic data… The platform provides solutions to a wide range of customers, including consumers, industry, research, governments and nonprofits.”

Host Jeff Lin is joined by revenue cycle consultant Carolyn Rubin and they discuss changes in the provider-patient dynamic and how the industry needs to adjust in order to get paid.

Host Matt Fisher chats with Vanessa Kuhn, Director of Operations, Regulatory Reimbursement & Policy at PatientPing. Hear about the evolution of accountable care organizations and growth of value based care, along with collaboration between different types of providers.

Hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Charles Alessi, Senior Advisor for Dementia Prevention at Public Health England, the UK’s equivalent of the CDC. Dr. Alessi talks about the prevention strategies being deployed across the UK to delay the onset of dementia, the lack of barriers to primary care services, and their recently announced Minister of Loneliness to confront this chronic health issue.

Host Dr. Nick van Terheyden aka Dr. Nick talks to Lisa Suennen discussing women in business, venture capital and healthcare and how to make that happen.