A Becker’s Healthcare Podcast with Scott Becker, JD
Featuring Robert Bessler, MD, CEO of Honest Health, and Rick Pollack, President and CEO of the American Hospital Association
Health systems are facing complex challenges in Medicare Advantage, leading many to exit the program altogether. But if Medicare Advantage is here to stay, how can health systems win the risk game and make it work for everyone?
Honest Health CEO Robert Bessler, MD, joins American Hospital Association President and CEO Rick Pollack and host Scott Becker on the Becker’s Healthcare Podcast for an insightful conversation exploring these barriers and collaborative, strategic solutions.
“That’s a key part of the model: Doctors and Nurse Practitioners cannot have a different process for each payer…You need one care management model, you need one way to prevent readmissions, you need one way to focus on the high-risk patients, and that’s what [Honest Health is] really focused on.”
In this episode
Attractive benefits at lower costs are driving increased Medicare Advantage enrollments among eligible beneficiaries. But despite its potential promise, health systems are simultaneously exiting contracts at an increased rate as they face hurdles of lower reimbursements and administrative burdens.
In this episode, the experts share their perspectives surrounding:
- Innovative Solutions to Combat Health System Losses: Addressing the financial pressures health systems face and the need for transformative strategies to create sustainable, impactful results.
- Collaborative Approaches for Shared Success: Strengthening provider-payer relationships to unlock new revenue streams, mitigate losses, and reduce inefficiencies through shared savings models.
- Maximizing Primary Care Networks Amid the ‘Silver Tsunami’: Leveraging primary care physician networks to navigate the growing demands of an aging population and bolster health system resilience.
“…what we really need to be focused on are partnerships that allow hospitals and health systems and other stakeholders [some of them may be insurers] to work together, to align these incentives, to have meaningful shared savings arrangements…it has to come from relationships around mutual trust and respect.” – Rick Pollack, President and CEO of the American Hospital Association
About the Becker’s Healthcare Podcast
Becker’s Healthcare offers a suite of podcasts from every area of the healthcare industry landscape. This premier podcast features interviews and conversations with the latest in thought leadership in the healthcare industry. Thank you to Becker’s Healthcare for hosting Rob and Rick for this thought-provoking episode with Scott.