The DocBuddy Journal
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Episodes
82 episodes
Finding Your Leadership Zone Of Genius w/ Sharissa Sebastian Deppen
Sharissa Sebastian Deppen is the CEO of Leadership Mastery Alliance; a company specializing in supporting introverted servant leaders who are women in corporate leadership. She's a leadership...
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Episode 81
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53:19
The Big Picture On CMS, Checks & Balances, Future of Interoperability w/ Marc Ryan
Marc Ryan is the Chief Solutions Officer with Lilac Software. Marc has extensive leadership experience across health plans and healthcare technology. Most recently, Marc was a founding executive and President of MedHOK (MHK, acquired by H...
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Episode 80
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59:31
Cardiovascular Procedures in the ASC, Patient Strategies For Health & Care Plan Adherence w/ Daniel Blumenthal MD MBA
Dr. Dan Blumenthal is the Chief Quality Officer of Cardiovascular Associates of America. He is also a practicing board-certified non-invasive cardiologist and an instructor at Harvard Medical School.<...
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Episode 79
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44:47
ASC Evolution, Driving Facility Efficiency, and Growth w/ Lori Griffith MHA RN
Lori Griffith MHA RN is a consultant with Corazon Inc. who has over 20 years of surgical services and operations management across all of healthcare and including the ASC. Her expertise includes cost ...
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Episode 78
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35:01
Strategies To Prepare Your Organization for AI w/ Kyle Swarts
Kyle Swarts is the President of aiHealth where he oversees operations, client success, business development, marketing and strategic partnerships. He joined the show to discuss:Strategies to prepare and engage your organization for ...
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Episode 77
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39:51
How Elevating The Patient Experience Improves Your Bottom Line w/ Jessica Walker
Jessica Walker is the Founder and CEO of Care Sherpa. Her background is in hospitality, healthcare, and tech-enabled services, and she’s led Care Sherpa to boost new patient consults by 26% and increa...
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Episode 76
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42:00
Growth Factors for ASCs: “More” Can Scale, Different Is Different w/ Michael McClain
Michael McClain, founder of Left-Coast Healthcare Advisors, LLC, is a broadly skilled executive and operations leader, and ambulatory specialist with over 20 years’ experience in healthcare. As a seasoned ...
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Episode 75
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42:40
Developing Leaders At Your ASC w/ Jessica Bush BSN RN CAPA CPC
Jessica Bush, CEO of Real Change RN Consulting, joined the show to discuss how to develop leaders at your ASC.Jessica has 20+ years of leadership and nursing experience. She is also a Ce...
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Episode 74
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40:27
Culture, People, and Technology in the ASC w/ John Goehle
John Goehle, MBA, CASC, joined the show to discuss some key topics for ASCs like culture, people, and technology. The episode goes deep into topics like physician engagement, HR, regulatory/compliance, and the shift to digital. Along the ...
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Episode 73
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53:52
AI's Impact On Care, Pace of Innovation w/ Anish Patankar
Anish Patankar serves as Senior Vice President, GM, Oncology Informatics Software w/ Elekta. Elekta is a global Swedish company that develops and produces radi...
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Episode 72
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43:16
Private Equity Outcomes for Independent Practices w/ Thomas Cunningham
Thomas Cunningham currently serves as Director of Business Development at Physician Growth Partners where he and his colleagues help independent physicians explore and execute strategic partnership transactions with private equity and strategic...
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Episode 71
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43:13
All About Value Based Care, Cardiology in the ASC w/ Katherine Evans DNP
Katherine Evans, DNP, FNP-C, GNP-BC, ACHPN, FAANP is President of the Novocardia/Novolink Division with Cardiovascular Associates of America.Katherine joined the show shine a light on value based care- what it is and how it works. ...
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Episode 70
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36:11
Leadership, Tech, & Navigating the ASC Landscape w/ Shawna Alfano MSN BSN RN
Shawna Alfano is the Director of Operations for Maverix Health and President of Inzio Consulting. She has over 20 years combined experience in business and in nursing, and has worked in acute environments as Charge Nurse as well as surgical and...
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Episode 69
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30:13
Outpatient Spine Trends
In this episode of The DocBuddy Journal we dissected the Becker's Spine Review article titled Outpati...
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Episode 68
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14:40
Summer Plans, Op Note Reporting
In this episode of The DocBuddy Journal, we talked about where YOU can meet DocBuddy this summer and all of the "ooohs" and "ahhhs" we get from showing off our Op Note solution and its report...
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Episode 67
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20:41
Ways To Improve Med Student Throughput To Physicians
In this episode we're looking for answers to the question of "why are we seeing less medical school students than ever?" The obvious downstream effect of fewer medical school students is that there will be fewer residents and fewer physic...
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Episode 66
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10:17
Medscape’s Physician Burnout & Depression Report 2024
In this episode of The DocBuddy Journal, we break down Medscape's Physician Burnout & Depression Report 2024: We Have Much Work To Do. To follow along, check out the report on the
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Episode 65
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47:21
New Value Based Payment Mechanisms, Ancillary Revenue Streams, and Stark Law w/ Nicholas F. Alarif
Nicholas F. Alarif, Partner at McDermott Will & Emery’s* Washington, DC office, joined the show to discuss a variety of topics related to Stark Law, the False Claims Act, Federal Anti-Kickback Statut...
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Episode 64
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42:19
2024 Burnout Trends for Physicians & Nurses
In this episode we review the recent report from the KLAS Research Arch Collaborative titled "Understand...
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Episode 63
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24:50
Optimizing Your ASC’s Case Mix, Value Based Care Insights w/ Andrew Lovewell MHA MSHI FACHE
Andrew Lovewell MHA MSHI FACHE, CEO of Columbia Orthopedic Group, joined the show to discuss a variety of topics including:Optimizing your ASC's case mixManaging relat...
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Episode 62
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40:45
How to Strengthen the Anesthesia and ASC Relationship w/ Greg Collins DNP CRNA
Greg Collins DNP CRNA serves as an Assistant Professor of Professional Practice at Texas Christian University, School of Nurse Anesthesia. He’s operated his CRNA practice since 2006 in various settings.In addition to his civilian career...
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Episode 61
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37:47
ASC Finance Insights, Managing Costs w/ Rena Courtay
Rena Courtay, MBA, BSN, RN, CNOR, CASC, CPPM joined The DocBuddy Journal to share insights on ASC finances, ways to manage costs, and to share her thoughts on technology in the ASC.Rena is the VP of Ambulatory Surgery at Trinity Health ...
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Episode 60
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38:10
Ways To Promote Mental Health At Your ASC and Why It Mattersw/ Dr. Joy Himmel
Joy Himmel PsyD, LCPC, NCC, RN, FACHA is the director of counseling services at Old Dominion University. Dr. Himmel also has over thirty years of experience in providing healthcare services in a variety of practice settings. Dr. Himmel ha...
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Episode 59
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39:01
Pro Tips for HR Laws, Policies, and Procedures at your Surgery Center w/Casey Duhart JD
Casey Duhart, JD is the Chief Labor & Employment Counsel for Acadia Healthcare Company. She provides legal advice and counsel regarding allegations of discrimination, harassment, retalia...
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Episode 58
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47:47
Building a Culture of Excellence w/ Todd Currier CPA CASC CMPE
Todd Currier CPA, CASC, CMPE serves as the CEO of Bend Surgery Center in Bend, Oregon in addition being a member of the ASCA board of directors.Todd joined the show to discuss the importance of culture in a surgery center, how to naviga...
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Episode 57
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21:50