AHA Associate Podcasts and Resources

Kathleen Wessel, VP of Business Management and Operations for the AHA, welcomed Paul Muraca, Staff Vice President, Business Development, for Centene Corporation. Centene has special experience with Medicare and Medicaid plans that provide high-quality healthcare to all communities. In this episode, Muraca explains how COVID-19 has—and will continue to—impact Medicare and Medicaid.

Kathleen Wessel, VP of Business Management and Operations for the AHA, welcomed Leo Cole, Chief Marketing Officer of Futurism Technologies to the podcast. Hospitals and health systems with limited resources may find it difficult to allocate time and funding to assessing their digital capabilities and strategizing for improvement. In its work with AHA members, Futurism Technologies has led small projects with big impact in this arena.

Nancy Myers, VP, leadership and system innovation for the AHA, discussed how rural hospitals are implementing population health tactics with Tim Gronniger, CEO and president of Caravan Health. They also were joined by special guest Rachelle Schultz, president and CEO of Winona Health, an AHA member hospital.

Rural and critical access hospitals often face a unique set of challenges, different than larger ex-urban health systems. As experts in population health with a depth of knowledge on the ACO investment model, Caravan brings an interesting perspective to this conversation.