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Top Docs Radio
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Business RadioX® is amplifying the voice of business by sharing unscripted conversations from local business leaders serving their market, their community, and their profession.
Episodes
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Dr. Kevin Dancy of Great Expressions Dental Centers
Dr. Kevin Dancy of Great Expressions Dental Centers On this episode I sat down with Medical Director for Great Expressions Dental Centers for the Atlanta area’s 50 offices. He shared why dental health and regular screening/care is important to overall health, as well as why this multi-state…
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Stop The Bleed Campaign
Stop The Bleed Campaign The ‘Stop the Bleed’ campaign was developed by the American College of Surgeons in 2013 – just a few months after the active shooter disaster that took place at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. ACS convened a joint committee to create a protocol for national...
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Sponsored Special Episode With CopernicusMD
Sponsored Special Episode With CopernicusMD The cost of medical procedures and insurance-related expenses continues to rise. Patients are increasingly expected to pay a larger sum of money at the time procedures are performed. More than 60 percent of employed Americans are unprepared for an…
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Aneel Irfan of Trapollo Talks Remote Patient Monitoring
Aneel Irfan of Trapollo Talks Remote Patient Monitoring In 2016, 7.1M Americans were enrolled in some form of remote patient monitoring program – a 44% increase in 2016 from the year before. Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) uses digital technologies to collect medical data from 1 location and...
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Discussing Antibiotic Resistant Pathogens
Discussing Antibiotic Resistant Pathogens Adrienne Mims, M.D., MPH, FAAFP, AGSF, the vice president and chief medical officer of Medicare Quality Improvement for Alliant Quality, which is Georgia’s Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO), will discuss antibiotic...
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MAG Hosts CareSource
MAG Hosts CareSource This week, CW Hall sat down with Dr. Seema Csukas, and Bobby Jones, President of CareSource’s Georgia Market, to talk about how things are going since CareSource began providing healthcare coverage for Medicaid patients in Georgia. CareSource is a nonprofit nationally...
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EHR Concepts
EHR Concepts This week Tanya Mack sat down with founder of EHR Concepts, April Cleek. One only has to look at the daily news to find evidence of the importance and relevance of Healthcare IT: Global cyberattacks, healthcare reform on the political agenda, smartphone use for healthcare, population...
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Don O’Neill Explains How CopernicusMD Outperforms Your Existing Patient Funding and Clearinghouse Services
Don O’Neill Explains How CopernicusMD Outperforms Your Existing Patient Funding and Clearinghouse Services I sat down with Don O’Neill, Executive Managing Director for CopernicusMD to walk through typical comments and questions revenue cycle leaders, practice administrators, and hospital…
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CareSource
Tanya Mack and Jason Bearden CareSource Beginning, July 1 st , CareSource, an Ohio based Care Management Organization (CMO) will expand into the Georgia market and begin serving a portion of Georgia’s 1 million Medicaid consumers and become the state’s 4 th CMO. They will share an over $4B...
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Georgia Senator Dr. Kay Kirkpatrick
Dr. Kay Kirkpatrick Georgia Senator Dr. Kay Kirkpatrick Dr. Kay Kirkpatrick won a May 16 runoff election for the Georgia Senate District 32 to become the fifth physician to serve in the current General Assembly. Sen. Kirkpatrick was an orthopedic surgeon in the Atlanta area for more than 30…
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Dr. Tarik Shaheen and Iris Telehealth
Dr. Tarik Shaheen and Iris Telehealth Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD is now the most prevalent psychiatric illiness of young people in America, affecting approximately 11% of children between the ages of 4-17. This brain/mental health disorder is characterized by inattention,...
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Does My Practice Still Need To Prepare For MACRA?
Sydney Welch Does My Practice Still Need To Prepare For MACRA? Lawmakers changed the way Medicare physicians and other health care professionals are paid when they passed the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) in 2015. MACRA resulted in the Medicare Quality Payment Program…
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Womens Health Week
Womens Health Week This week marks national “Women’s Health Week” in America! The goal is empower women to make their health a priority and to take time out to reflect on how we can improve our health. Women are never too busy to take care of their health! Dr. Anne Patterson, a board-certified...
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Talking About Bad Outcomes
Dan Huff Talking About Bad Outcomes All medical malpractice cases involve bad outcomes that generally involve significant damages. In addition to the patient and their family, bad outcomes often devastate the physician and other care providers. Unfortunately, bad outcomes are unpreventable in…
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Genteel Device Takes Pain Out of Glucose Monitoring
Genteel Device Takes Pain Out of Glucose Monitoring Genteel LLC manufactures and sells a lancing device for those with diabetes who either avoid, or limit, their blood glucose checks because of the anxiety and pain of the dreaded finger stick! Developed by Dr. Christopher Jacobs, biomedical...
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MAGs Sponsored MEP 401k Plan
Kevin Rainwater MAG’s Sponsored MEP 401k Plan MAG member practices can reduce their fiduciary liability, lower plan expenses, and retain their employees by participating in the MAG-sponsored 401(k) retirement plan that’s available through ACG Wealth. The MAG 401(k) Plan is treated like one large...
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Risk Adjusted Patient Care
Dr. Ronnie Smith Risk Adjusted Patient Care Dr. Ronnie Smith is an internist with Vidalia Medical Associates. He has practiced medicine for nearly 40 years. He has a medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia. Dr. Smith graduated from the Executive Medical Management Program at the…
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Alcohol Awareness Month
Alcohol Awareness Month Womens Telehealth CEO, Tanya Mack sits down with Dr. Gregg Raduka, Director of Prevention/Intervention Programming and Services at The Council on Alcohol and Drugs to learn about the scope of population dealing with not just consumption, but abuse and in many cases,...
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Distracted Driving
Distracted Driving Distracted driving is a serious problem in Georgia. Distracted driving occurs when people aren’t paying 100 percent of their attention to driving their vehicle. People are killed and disfigured for life every day as a result distracted driving. And not only does distracted...
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Global Partnership for Telehealth
Tanya Mack Global Partnership for Telehealth In January of this year, Forbes magazine ran an article that asked the question: Will 2017 Be the Year of Telemedicine? With the finding solutions to the US healthcare system is in the news daily, telemedicine expansion helps solve some problems of...
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Angel Flight Soars
Bert Light, Jeanine Chambers Angel Flight Soars Angel Flight Soars is a non-profit organization that is available to help any medically stable and ambulatory patient who demonstrates a financial need and/or anyone who cannot use or access commercial transportation. It serves patients who reside…
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CopernicusMD Reducing Cost of Claims Processing and Increases Collected Revenue 15%+
Don O’Neill CopernicusMD sponsored in partnership with MAG Dr. Ellen Shaver is the chair of CopernicusMD. After 25 years as a board-certified neurosurgeon, Dr. Shaver knew there had to be a better way to manage practice cash flow, patient billing notifications, carrier approvals, and collections....
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Healthcare Attorney Michele Madison Talks Post-election Strategies for 2017
Healthcare Attorney Michele Madison Talks Healthcare Reform In 2017 On this week’s episode, healthcare expert, Michele Madison, attorney with Morris, Manning, & Martin LLP, stopped by to talk about healthcare reform, what is coming and what it means for physician practices. With November’s…
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GA Rep. Allen Peake Discusses Medical Marijuana Legislation
GA Rep. Allen Peake Discusses Medical Marijuana Legislation Representative Allen Peake serves the citizens of Georgia’s 141st District, which includes Macon. He is in his sixth term in the Georgia House. In 2015, Representative Peake sponsored Haleigh’s Hope Bill – a measure that was signed into...
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Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome This week Womens Telehealth CEO, Tanya Mack hosts Dr. Meg Prado to talk about Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. With the continued rise in rates of prescription medications, coupled with high incidence of illicit drug use, it is becoming all-too-common for babies to be…
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Rep Sharon Cooper Talks HB 416
House HHS chair addresses flawed eye care bills on ‘Top Docs’ show Georgia Rep. Sharon Cooper (R-Marietta) – the chair of the Georgia House of Representatives Health and Human Services Committee – discussed several bills that she believes would place thousands of Georgians at risk of blindness…
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Surprise Insurance Coverage Gaps
Surprise Insurance Coverage Gaps After receiving emergency care at an “in-network” hospital, patients often discover that they received care from an “out-of- network” physician and owe a lot of money. This is the “surprise insurance coverage gap.” The patient pays their monthly premium, yet they...
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Representative Sharon Cooper Talks Georgia Healthcare
Representative Sharon Cooper Talks Georgia Healthcare The legislative process is an important way to improve Georgia’s health care system and the practice environment. MAG spent a lot of time reaching out to lawmakers and other important stakeholders after the General Assembly ended in 2015 to...
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Telemedicine in Neurology and Beyond
Telemedicine in Neurology and Beyond Womens Telehealth CEO, Tanya Mack sat down with Emory Healthcare’s Dr. Gregory Esper. Gregory Esper, MD, MBA is currently Associate Professor and Vice Chairman of Clinical Affairs for the Department of Neurology, and he also is Director of General Neurology…
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MAG’s 2017 Legislative Priorities
MAG’s 2017 Legislative Priorities Out-of- Network Billing & Network Adequacy: MAG will 1) support reforms that will require appropriate network adequacy standards for health insurers and 2) call for health insurers to be more transparent in their contracts with physicians’ practices and 3)...
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Talking Depression With Dr. Mark Rappaport
Talking Depression With Dr. Mark Rappaport Mark Hyman Rapaport, M.D., the chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and the Reunette W. Harris Professor at the Emory University School of Medicine and the chief of Psychiatric Services at Emory Healthcare, will discuss…
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Centered Pregnancy
Centering Pregnancy On this week’s show, Womens Telehealth’s Tanya Mack sat down with Certified Nurse Midwife, Anna Cherry, of Providence Women’s Health Care of Roswell, to learn about how the centering pregnancy prenatal care program their practice has been participating in is improving outcomes...
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Final MACRA Rules
Final MACRA Rules On October 14, CMS issued the final MACRA rule. This new Medicare reimbursement system is known as the Quality Payment Program (QPP). It offers two reimbursement options for physicians, including the Advanced Alternative Payment Model (APM) and the Merit-based Incentive Payment...
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Talking Depression
Talking Depression Major depressive disorder has a lifetime prevalence rate of more than 15 percent. That means some 900,000 people in the Atlanta region will suffer from an episode of major depressive disorder at some point in their lives. Major depression is associated with increased overall...
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Diabetes Telehealth Network
Diabetes Telehealth Network As patients want more control and visibility to their health data and mHealth (mobile health) and technology are evolving daily, remote patient monitoring has emerged as a viable way to manage chronic diseases, such as diabetes. Remote home monitoring works by…
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Turning Point Breast Rehabilitation
Turning Point Breast Rehabilitation TurningPoint Breast Cancer Rehabilitation improves quality of life for women with breast cancer by providing, promoting and advocating specialized and evidence-based rehabilitation. TurningPoint is a non-profit 501(c)3 healthcare organization. Services offered...
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MAG Mutual Patient Safety Institute
MAG Mutual Patient Safety Institute The MagMutual Patient Safety Institute is comprised of physician consultants, nurse consultants, loss control consultants, attorneys, and other specialists who are diligently working to identify the risks that today’s physicians and hospitals face,” says Dr....
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National Prematurity Awareness Month
Tanya Mack and Danielle Brown National Prematurity Awareness Month The CDC website explains the reason behind National Prematurity Awareness Month this way, “In 2015, about 1 out of 10 babies was born too early in the United States. Learn about the problem, risk factors, and what we can do to...
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Infectious Disease
Infectious Disease Medicine is becoming increasingly fragmented and complex. The infectious diseases specialty has become especially pivotal in our health care system when it comes to clarifying diagnoses, preserving our antibiotic armamentarium with cautious use of this limited resource, and...
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Talking Allergies With Dr. David Redding
Tanya Mack and Dr. David Redding Talking Allergies with Dr. David Redding Spring and summer blooms are over so why are you still sneezing? Pollen doesn’t stop at Labor Day! The culprit may be fall and winter allergens such as ragweed, mold and dust. The CDC reports that over 50 million Americans...
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Practice Architectural Design
Louise Labus Practice Architectural Design Architectural Interiors for medical practice space is ever changing with new technology, medical developments, more complex patient needs, integrated medical professional work patterns, rising cost of construction, new lighting and finish selections…
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Telestroke Care
Tanya Mack, Julie Stover, Dr. Matt Gwynn Telestroke Care In 2015, the CDC list acute stroke as the 5 th leading cause of death in the US. Those who survive can often face serious long term disability. Yet, there is a mismatch between the patients present with a stroke and the accessibility of...
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Medical Association of Georgia Medical Reserve Corps
Dr. John Harvey Medical Reserve Corps President George W. Bush created the USA Freedom Corps to foster a culture of citizenship and responsibility. The Citizen Corps is the component of USA Freedom Corps, which creates local opportunities for individuals to volunteer to help their communities...
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Rural Medicine
Tanya Mack, Chris Denson Rural Medicine Many states exhibit disparities in rural health vs. healthcare and Georgia is no exception. Georgia has 108/159 counties (68%) defined as “rural.” Most would agree that health should not be determined by one’s residence or zip code, yet many healthcare...
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End of Life
Dr. Richard W Cohen End of Life End-of- life is a significant issue for patients, families and health care teams. The Institute of Medicine and the book ‘Being Mortal’ have increased the awareness of the public and the health care profession. The key to the issue is the ability of a patient to...
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Telemedicine Education for Healthcare Professionals
Tanya Mack of Womens Telehealth Telemedicine Education for Healthcare Professionals This week Tanya Mack hosted Aneel Irfan, of Telehealth Magazine, to talk about telemedicine education for healthcare professionals. American healthcare is transforming and telemedicine will be a critical part of…
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Health Literacy
Dr. Ruth Parker Health Literacy Health literacy is focused on what physicians and other health care providers can do to provide their patients with information that is both understandable and useful. Patients often struggle understanding what they need to know and do – and health care…
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Autism Spectrum Disorder
Caitlin Delfs Autism Spectrum Disorder The CDC estimates that the prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in the US is approximately 1:68 children. ASD affects more males (1:42 ) than females (1:189). ASD is a class of neurodevelopmental conditions including: interaction difficulties,...
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HealtheParadigm
Susan Moore and Laura McCrary HealtheParadigm I hosted a special edition of Top Docs Radio with MAG this week, to talk about healthcare information exchanges with MAG’s Susan Moore, and Laura McCrary, SVP of KaMMCO Health Solutions (KHS) and the executive director of the Kansas Health Information...
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Author Dr. Jay Faber and Enduring Hearts
Ankur Chatterjee Author Dr. Jay Faber and Enduring Hearts Founded as a nonprofit organization in 2013, the mission of Enduring Hearts is to fund research that both increases the longevity of pediatric heart transplants and improves the quality of life for transplant recipients. The results of...
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