Digital Health Talks: Blood Pressure Control Crisis in Primary Care

On this episode of Talking the Walk, host Tom Testa sits down with serial entrepreneur and League CEO Mike Serbinis to break down what the next generation of healthcare consumer experience will look like. From the industry’s shift away from point solutions to the arrival of agentic AI, Mike shares how the right platform can finally deliver the simple, personalized, always-on experience consumers have been waiting for. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

This episode turns the microphone toward Gil Bashe, host of Health UnaBASHEd, to discuss Gil's soon to be released (est. December 2025) book titled ""Healing the Sick Care System: Why People Matter - Gil Bashe on Restoring Humanity, Trust, and Mission to American Healthcare"". Executive producer and occasional co-host Gregg Masters interviews Gil in a deeply personal conversation about the state of American healthcare, the importance of human-centered care, and what we can learn from Gil’s lifelong journey in medicine, policy, advocacy, and spiritual leadership. KEY TOPICS: • Why the U.S. healthcare system struggles • Hyper-specialization and loss of whole-person care • Innovation without access • Patients caught in systemic gaps • Gil’s life journey — combat medic, advocate, CEO, rabbi To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

Host Matt Fisher talks to Edmund Jackson, Founding CEO, UnityAI, about the evolution of AI and how advancements enable agentic AI; challenges of building AI for healthcare; tackling discrete issues with AI to enable success; importance of voice as part of agentic AI and responding with personal touch; how AI can be catalyst for healthcare change. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

Blood Pressure Control Crisis in Primary Care: New AI Study Reveals What's Going Wrong Join us as Dr. Andrew M. Davis and Amy Wainwright from University of Chicago Medicine reveals how AI-powered analysis of 37,000+ patients exposed a crisis hiding in plain sight: nearly 30% of hypertensive patients have dangerously uncontrolled blood pressure despite regular primary care visits. Using cloud-based machine learning across 112 providers, Dr. Davis's team identified critical gaps traditional metrics miss—underutilized medications, missed referrals, and troubling disparities in care. More importantly, they developed interventions that work. Discover how to leverage advanced analytics for measurable ROI, implement real-time clinical intelligence at scale, and empower providers with data-driven feedback that reduces cardiovascular risk at the point of care. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

On this episode of Voices of Self-Funding, host Tom Testa speaks with MIT-trained AI researcher and ClarityCare AI co-founder Hermine Tranie about how artificial intelligence is delivering measurable wins in utilization management (UM) and prior authorization (PA). Hermine explains how AI agents convert unstructured records into structured insights, drive real-time approvals at the point of care, and free up nurses for higher-value tasks – boosting accuracy, efficiency, and compliance. As a preview to her interactive “AI Mini-Hackathon” session at HCAA’s 2026 Executive Forum, Hermine shares a practical roadmap for adoption and what TPAs and self-funded employers can do today to start seeing ROI. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

Payers are increasingly using AI to scan claims, flag anomalies, and trigger denials or audits automatically—often without transparency and long before anyone on the hospital side understands what happened. As these systems accelerate, hospitals face growing exposure, especially when documentation, data flow, and internal AI tools aren’t aligned with how payer models interpret clinical and financial information. This session unpacks the mechanics behind automated decision-making, why even accurate claims can be flagged, and how missing audit trails or inconsistent documentation can undermine appeals. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

On this episode Fred Goldstein invites Sheena Crosby, PharmD, BCGP, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinical Pharmacist at the Mayo Clinic in Florida. Sheena breaks down the American College of Gastroenterology’s (ACG) updated guidelines for ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease, highlighting major shifts in treatment strategy, including the move toward earlier use of advanced therapies and updated goals focused on symptom control, mucosal healing, and sustained remission. She also outlines the critical payer considerations emphasized in the guidelines—from eliminating unnecessary step-therapy requirements to ensuring timely access to induction and maintenance therapy—changes that have direct implications for patient outcomes and health-system performance. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

Holiday Gifts in Health Care: Are You Breaking the Rules? Ericka Adler is joined by Roetzel shareholder Christina Kuta to break down what health care providers need to know about holiday gift giving. They explain how federal and state laws apply, what’s considered low risk, and how to avoid unintentionally violating kickback rules when showing appreciation to patients, vendors or referral sources. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

S1E7: AI in Medical Education: Training the Next Generation, with Dr. Ronald Rodriguez On this episode, host Dr. Heather Bassett welcomes Dr. Ronald Rodriguez, professor of medical education and program director for the MD/MS in Artificial Intelligence dual degree — the nation's first dual degree of this kind — at The University of Texas at San Antonio. Dr. Rodriguez discusses his career journey from MIT, to world expert in the use of cryoablative technologies for kidney and recurrent prostate cancer ... and why he created the MD-AI dual degree program. Drs. Bassett and Rodriguez also discuss AI's evolution in healthcare, its implications for clinical workflows, and various challenges healthcare will continue to navigate, including economic considerations, legal regulations, and the need for thoughtful integration. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

Episode 79 It's Not Capability, It's Design: Digital Health Equity (HLTH) On this episode host Raj Sundar dives into the inspiring stories of Dr. Fernandez and Dr. Gigi Magan family medicine physicians and co-founders of Alma First. They explore the challenges they observed during the pandemic with digital health disparities in underserved communities and how those moments sparked their mission to promote digital health equity. Together, they discuss the importance of digital health navigators, training pre-health students through equity-centered curricula, and practical ways they introduce technology—like continuous glucose monitors and patient portals—to communities often overlooked by innovation. They also reflect on the need for culturally sensitive, accessible healthcare tech, the impact of provider engagement, and how we can keep evolving our patient education to truly meet people where they are. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/