LUMINA Podcasts

Episode Overview:

Surgeries have been shown to be one of the most profitable service lines, however, this might not hold true in today’s health care environment, where value-based payment is becoming the norm. As hospitals face numerous challenges — including reduced cash flow and increased competition — efficient surgical service lines are imperative for them to remain financially healthy. In this episode of Value-Based Care Insights, Daniel J. Marino and Jeff Peters discuss how to create efficiencies to help organizations win with surgical service lines.

Episode Overview:

In today’s environment, independent physicians and solo practice providers are becoming a thing of the past. However, physicians who have a business-minded focus are looking at different opportunities to grow their practice while remaining independent. In this episode of Value-Based Care Insights with host and Managing Partner of Lumina Health Partners, Daniel J. Marino, internal medicine physician Dr. Asad Zaman discusses developing his practice, being true to his vision, and growing opportunities that help his practice remain independent.

Episode Overview:

Independent physicians are at a crossroads: With all the changes and pressures that have been leveled at them over the past year, how can they sustain their practices and retain their independence moving forward?

In this episode, Daniel J. Marino talks with Ericka Adler, a regulatory and transactional attorney who works with thousands of independent physicians and physician practices.

Together, they discuss the multitude of options for physicians to explore, each providing varying levels of financial stability and practice independence.

To implement the ideal arrangement, physicians must take a clear-eyed view of their goals and individual circumstances and open their thinking to new contract and compensation models and even to realigning the structure of their practice.

Episode Overview:

Physician leadership is becoming more important as we start to see organizations transitioning into stronger clinical service models. Hospitals and health systems are developing “centers of excellence,” and physicians are emerging as leaders.

Today, physicians are asked to assume leadership roles, but many have not received training for the executive and administrative leadership skills that are required for them — and the organization — to be successful.

In response to what physician leaders around the country are saying, Lumina Health Partners developed the physician-based Lumina Leadership Institute to help provide leadership development.

In this episode, Daniel J. Marino talks to Lucy Zielinski, co-founder of the Lumina Leadership Institute (LLI), as they discuss the future of physician leadership. They also share the insights from a recent webinar titled “2021 Physician Leadership: Key Ingredients to Strategic Success,” presented by their colleague, Doug McKinley, Managing Principal and LLI Director, CAPA Pro Member as well as Authorized 5B and Everything DiSC Facilitator.

Episode Overview:

In this episode of Value-Based Care Insights, Daniel J. Marino sits down with Todd Nelson, Chief Partnership Executive at the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), to discuss how providers continue to redefine care through the consumerism model. The current climate has prompted consumers of all ages to expect a 24/7 health care experience that’s digital and convenient. The pandemic has required health care systems to pivot, accelerating the advancement of telehealth and leaving providers with the question of how to build contactless relationships with patients and still be able to meet them where they are.

Episode Overview:

Today’s healthcare leaders are challenged with helping to guide and plot the right course to improve financial performance and drive clinical activities to meet consumers expectations and create competence with patients. In this episode of Value-Based Care Insights, host Daniel J. Marino welcome back Dr. Doug McKinley, a clinical psychologist who specializes in the leadership development of physician executives across the country. Dr. McKinley shares a case for the importance of leadership and how organizations can access leadership development through the Lumina Leadership Institute.

Episode Overview:

It’s no secret that healthcare is changing rapidly – and policy can play a big role in that change. With a new administration comes new rules, so healthcare providers must dig in to understand the implications across the board. In this episode of Value-Based Care Insights, Mollie Gelburd, JD, Associate Director of Government Affairs at MGMA, joins Daniel J. Marino and Shaillee Juneja to discuss anticipated policy changes in healthcare.

Episode Overview:

Clinically integrated networks (CINs) help organizations align with providers. They position health systems, hospitals, employed physicians, and independent physicians to succeed under value-based care as the healthcare industry moves into more contracting opportunities. CINs also provide a vehicle to manage costs and create efficiencies, while allowing the network to track quality. In this episode of Value-Based Care Insights, Daniel J. Marino and Shaillee Juneja speak with Dr. Troy Tyner and Aaron Valerio to discuss how a large Midwest CIN created capabilities to support their employed and independent providers.

Episode Overview:

COVID-19 exposed the limitations of fee-for-service reimbursement. Last year was really hard on hospitals, and 2020 was particularly hard on independent providers and the surgeons who financially rely on their procedure volume. In this episode, Daniel J. Marino and Shaillee Juneja introduce Michael Sisti and Lisa Stockdale of Silver Cross Hospital to share strategies that can help independent hospitals and community providers find success in value-based care in 2021 and beyond.

Episode Overview:

In 2020, healthcare providers navigated, adapted to, and survived challenges brought on by COVID-19. The challenge affected not only Lumina Health Partners, but also the industry as a whole. In this episode, hosts Daniel J. Marino and Shaillee Juneja are joined by Managing Partner Lucy Zielinski to discuss new trends that emerged in 2020 and their implications for 2021.