Healthcare Strategies

A podcast for healthcare professionals seeking solutions to today's and tomorrow's top challenges. Hosted by the editors of Xtelligent Healthcare Media, this podcast series focuses on real-world use cases that are leading to tangible improvements in care quality, outcomes, and cost. 

Guests from leading provider, payer, government, and other organizations share their approaches to transforming healthcare in a meaningful and lasting way.

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S06 E31

Episode S06 E31: Reshaping healthcare revenue cycle management with AI

Revenue cycle management is rife with data issues and automatable processes--making it ripe for AI implementation. How can providers use AI tools to reduce their revenue cycle management workload?

Featuring: Jacqueline LaPointe, executive editor, lead editor on Rev Cycle Management, Xtelligent

Anuja Vaidya, senior editor on Virtual Healthcare, Xtelligent

In today’s episode, we’ll cover…

  • The significance of AI in revenue cycle management (RCM)
  • Key applications of AI in RCM including eligibility verification and prior authorizations
  • Future prospects with generative and agentic AI 

and more!

References:

To learn more about revenue cycle management, check out Revenue Cycle Management.

To watch the video version our podcast, subscribe to our YouTube channel, @HealthcareStrategies.

6/16/25
S06 E30

Episode S06 E30: Balancing technology and touch with virtual nursing programs

As virtual nursing programs transform healthcare delivery, discover how this digital revolution is leveraging technology and human expertise to address widespread staffing shortages while enhancing both the patient and provider experience. Explore how hospitals and health systems are currently using virtual nurses, the successes they have already had and how the trend will evolve in the next five to ten years. 

Featuring: Jacqueline LaPointe, executive editor at Xtelligent Healthcare 

Anuja Vaidya, senior editor, Virtual Healthcare at Xtelligent Healthcare 

In today's episode, we'll cover: 

  • Virtual nursing implementation and core components of a program
  • Nursing workforce benefits and care coordination strategies
  • Opportunities to improve patient satisfaction and clinician experience 

References 

To learn more about virtual nursing, check out our site, Virtual Healthcare

To watch video clips from our podcast, subscribe to our YouTube channel, @HealthcareStrategies

6/9/25
S06 E29

Episode S06 E29: FDA ends GLP-1 compounding for semaglutide, tirzepatide

FDA’s removal of GLP-1 drugs from the shortage list ends supplemental compounding, shifting patient access back to branded semaglutide and tirzepatide.

Featuring: Sara Heath, executive editor, Xtelligent Healthcare

Alivia Kaylor, senior editor of Pharma Life Sciences, Xtelligent Healthcare

In today’s episode, we’ll cover…

  • The end of GLP-1 compounding creates a significant access barrier for millions of patients seeking weight management solutions
  • Financial inequity deepens as patients transition from affordable compounded options to expensive branded medications
  • Future innovation in oral GLP-1 formulations offers hope but remains constrained by long-term patent protections

and more!

References:

To learn more about GLP-1s, check out our Pharma Life Sciences and Patient Engagement sites.
To watch the video clips of our podcast, subscribe to our YouTube channel, @HealthcareStrategies.

6/3/25
HS 06 E28

Episode HS 06 E28: Peer navigators: the soul of community-based street medicine

Street medicine is taking off in cities nationwide as part of the industry's effort to address a rampant housing insecurity crisis and boost population health. Driven by mobile medical units outfitted to look more like primary care offices, these street medicine teams are moving unhoused individuals to better health and preparing them for stable, supportive housing.

But street medicine programs aren't successful just because of the clinicians and their supped-up sprinter vans. Rather, it's the peer navigators or community health workers to make these community-based interventions what they are. Learn more about how California-based Healthcare in Action providers and peer navigators work to support better street medicine.

Featuring: Benjamin Kaska, PA, vice president of development and partnerships, Healthcare in Action

Eric Berrera, lead peer navigator, Healthcare in Action

In this episode, we'll cover

  • Why street medicine is so important for supporting unhoused individuals
  • The importance of supporting clinical efforts with peer navigators
  • How street medicine providers partner best with peer navigators and community stakeholders

and more!

References

To learn more about community-based care and population health, visit our Patient Engagement site.

To watch video clips from the conversation, subscribe to our YouTube channel, @HealthcareStrategies

5/20/25
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