215: Why Walmart and other retailers are exiting primary care delivery and why it matters

July 9th, 2024  |  28 mins 13 secs

industry consolidation

Large retailers like CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart have been steadily growing their care delivery footprints over the last several years—but recent developments suggest that the tide may be turning.

In the wake of Walmart’s late April announcement that it’s closing down its primary care operations, host Abby Burns invites Advisory Board experts Vidal Seegobin, Natalie Trebes, and Eliza Dailey to push past the headlines and decipher why Walmart and other retailers are now retrenching on primary care delivery investments. And, of course, what this means for incumbent providers.

203: Value series: Is the future of VBC in specialty care? Zing Health & Strive Health say yes.

April 9th, 2024  |  32 mins 27 secs

external guests, industry consolidation, service lines, value-based care

In the final episode of our value series, host Rachel Woods invites TJ Ackerman, Senior Vice President of Provider and Network Performance at Zing Health, and later Will Stokes, Chief Strategy Officer at Strive Health, to discuss what good specialty care looks like and why value-based specialty care is the future.

202: Value series: Why CenterWell (and Humana) is going all in on senior care

April 2nd, 2024  |  32 mins 12 secs

external guests, industry consolidation, value-based care

In part two of our value series, host Rachel Woods invites Dr. Sanjay Shetty, President of CenterWell, Humana's provider arm, to discuss how they are growing an effective value-based care strategy by focusing on senior care management.

200: Why 2024 is a make-or-break year for corporate medical groups

March 19th, 2024  |  32 mins 40 secs

industry consolidation, physician landscape

In this episode, host Rae Woods invites Advisory Board physician experts Sarah Roller and Eliza Dailey to discuss why 2024 will be a make-or-break year for corporate medical groups, and what that means for the rest of the industry.

198: PE firm General Catalyst is buying a hospital — here's our take

March 5th, 2024  |  35 mins 5 secs

industry consolidation, provider strategy and financial outlook

In this episode, host Rachel Woods and co-host Abby Burns bring back Advisory Board health system expert Vidal Seegobin to interpret the news that venture capitalist firm General Catalyst intends to acquire Summa Health. We've long said “no one is buying hospitals” – have we been wrong?

195: Site-of-care shifts: It's time to go on offense

February 13th, 2024  |  31 mins 46 secs

industry consolidation, provider strategy and financial outlook

In this episode, host Abby Burns invites Advisory Board experts Nick Hula and Sebastian Beckmann to discuss why outpatient sites need to be part of health systems' growth strategies and how they can translate that into operational reality.

192: What CEOs need to know in 2024 (Part 2)

January 23rd, 2024  |  28 mins 33 secs

clinical innovation and affordability, clinical workforce, industry consolidation, provider strategy and financial outlook

In this episode host Rachel Woods continues her conversation with Advisory Board experts Natalie Trebes, Prianca Pai, and Sharon Yuen about what should be on CEOs radar in 2024, with a focus on changes in who delivers care and how it’s paid for.

191: What CEOs need to know in 2024 (Part 1)

January 16th, 2024  |  32 mins 33 secs

clinical innovation and affordability, clinical workforce, industry consolidation, provider strategy and financial outlook

In this episode, host Rachel Woods invites Advisory Board experts Natalie Trebes, Prianca Pai, and Sharon Yuen to discuss the industry changes that healthcare leaders need to know now and prepare for in 2024.

170: Data privacy and the FTC: Who is working to protect your data?

July 11th, 2023  |  26 mins 38 secs

industry consolidation, tech and ai

In part two of Radio Advisory’s consumer data series, host Rachel (Rae) woods invites Advisory Board experts Ty Aderhold, Sara Zargham, and Paul Trigonoplos to discuss what you need to know about the FTC’s recent actions to regulate consumer data sharing and what this means for data privacy.

169: Innovative or invasive? How consumer data is changing healthcare

July 4th, 2023  |  28 mins 33 secs

industry consolidation

In part one of Radio Advisory’s new series on consumer data, host Rachel (Rae) woods invites Advisory Board experts Solomon Banjo and Ty Aderhold to discuss how healthcare stakeholders should be thinking about the opportunities and threats associated with the rising use of consumer data.