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Legal Considerations in Telemedicine This week, Tanya hosted healthcare and telemedicine legal experts, Bill Boling and Mason Reid, of Boling and Company, to talk about legal considerations in telemedicine. Affordable, quality telemedicine is on almost everyone's mind! Telemedicine is a tool that is being used more frequently to provide access when and where needed and […] The post Legal Considerations in Telemedicine – Top Docs Radio appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

AMA Talks Opioid Abuse and MACRA Patrice A. Harris, M.D., M.A., is a psychiatrist from Atlanta. She is the chair of the American Medical Association's Board of Trustees (BOT), and she is the chair of AMA's Task Force to Reduce Opioid Abuse. Dr. Harris has been the president of the Georgia Psychiatric Physicians Association, and […] The post AMA Talks Opioid Abuse and MACRA – Top Docs Radio appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Zika Virus The Zika virus has been making news over the past year as we approach the coming Olympics in Brazil, a known location heavily populated by the species of mosquito known to carry the virus. I sat down with Dr. Patrick O’Neal of the Georgia’s Department of Public Health, and Dr. Cherie Drenzek, Epidemiologist […] The post Zika Virus – Top Docs Radio appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Cyber Security Jay and I hosted Steve Robb, SVP of Security Marketing & Product Strategy of ControlScan, a firm that specializes in information and network security for enterprises, including healthcare organizations. With the rise of “smart” devices of all kinds that have sensors that communicate with applications via networks and/or internet, there are now a […] The post Cyber Security appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Georgia’s Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine I hosted Dr. Bill Craver to talk about the Georgia campus of Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Craver is the dean and chief academic officer of the osteopathic medical program at the Georgia Campus of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, which is also known as GA-PCOM, in […] The post Georgia’s Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine – Top Docs Radio appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Surviving With Incurable Breast Cancer This week I sat down with breast cancer specialist, Dr. Amelia Zelnak, of Atlanta Cancer Care. We talked about patients dealing with incurable breast cancer or they have a malignant recurrence. Pfizer, maker of several medications used to treat various cancers, have launched an initiative, “Breast Cancer: A Story Half […] The post Surviving With Incurable Breast Cancer – Top Docs Radio appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Dr. John Johnson of WellCare of Georgia talks diabetes WellCare of Georgia and Diabetes Dr. John Johnson is the Senior Medical Director at WellCare Health Plans, Inc. - which is one of the Medicaid CMOs in Georgia. His areas of responsibility include utilization review, care management, quality improvement and clinical outcomes. Dr. Johnson graduated from the University […] The post WellCare of Georgia and Diabetes – Top Docs Radio appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

  Radix Health Jay Shaffer and I sat down with co-founder of Radix Health, Dr. Arun Mohan. Radix Health uses technology to improve patient access. Radix's flagship product, DASH, is a patent-pending, cloud-based software platform that optimizes ambulatory capacity utilization and reduces scheduling cost. DASH automates and optimizes much of the work currently done by schedulers. […] The post Radix Health appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

MAG’s MEP 401(k) We continue our series with Medical Association of Georgia, hosting Kevin Rainwater of Atlanta Capital Group to learn about MAG’s MEP 401(k) plan. Kevin Rainwater is a managing partner with Atlanta Capital Group, specializing in retirement planning. Kevin began his career in the financial services industry more than 16 years ago. He […] The post MAG’s MEP 401(k) – Top Docs Radio appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Georgia Physicians Leadership Academy Wednesday 1/27 was Physicians at the Capitol Day for members of Medical Association of Georgia. I caught up with two MAG members who traveled to the capitol to engage with legislators, Dr. Jim Barber, orthopedic surgeon, and Dr. Bill Clark, opthamologist. We talked about the Georgia Physicians Leadership Academy, an educational […] The post Georgia Physicians Leadership Academy – Top Docs Radio appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Representative Sharon Cooper I hosted MAG CEO/Executive Director, Donald Palmisano, Jr., and Georgia State Representative, Sharon Cooper. We talked about 2016 legislative priorities affecting healthcare in the state. More information soon! Special Guests: Sharon Cooper, Rep. Dist 43, Georgia State House of Representatives (R) MA Education MSN, Nursing Authored 2 books on psychiatric nursing Chair, […] The post Representative Sharon Cooper – Top Docs Radio appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia On this week’s episode with our partner, Medical Association of Georgia, MAG CEO, Donald Palmisano, Jr., joined me in studio. We hosted Jeff Fusile, the recently-appointed President for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia. Jeff joined the company in the lead role, coming over from Anthem in November of […] The post Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia – Top Docs Radio appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Austin Clinical Research Professionals On this week’s episode I sat down with the founder and CEO of Austin Clinical Research Professionals, Dana Austin. This company provides clinical technologists and researchers to conduct or support clinical trials. With a background in cardiology nursing, Dana and her team have particular expertise in studies around hypertension and diabetes, […] The post Austin Clinical Research Professionals appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Dental Deserts In the state of Georgia, 118 counties out of 159 have too few dentists to treat those residents. 16 Georgia counties have NO DENTIST at all. Clearly, this leaves a large, rural population in the state with limited or NO access to even basic, preventive dental care. Today, there are only 5 states […] The post Dental Deserts – Top Docs Radio appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Insurance Reimbursement This week’s show was part of our monthly series with MAG and we focused our conversation on legal issues around commercial insurance reimbursement for physicians. Former insurance commissioner for the state of GA, attorney, and expert on the subject, John Oxendine, joined me in the studio to talk about some important things physicians […] The post Insurance Reimbursement – Top Docs Radio appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Justin interviews Sylvan Waller, Founder & CEO of Alii Healthcare @aliihealthcare. Alii Healthcare develops and offers what they refer to as Intelligent Care – services that enable consumers to receive high-quality healthcare by connecting with high-quality physicians. Alii’s telehealth platform, Bond Intelligent Care, is a mobile application that creates a face-to-face connection with an ER […] The post Sylvan Waller, Founder and CEO of Telehealth Innovator, Alii Healthcare appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Apex Animal Hospital On this episode I sat down with Dr. Kimberly Cary and her office manager, Jamie Cary. We talked about their rapidly-growing Austell animal hospital that has seen rapid expansion of their patient base due to referrals from happy clients. Kimberly explained there are numerous health issues that can be transmitted between humans […] The post Pet Health – Top Docs Radio appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Center for Health Transformation I hosted Steve Fraime, Director of WellStar’s Center for Health Transformation on this episode. WellStar is rather unique in its investment in an internal center for health innovation—that’s a department typically seen at academic medical centers. The WellStar health system engages with their providers to uncover ideas for opportunities to innovate that […] The post Center for Health Transformation appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Radiation Oncology On this week’s show I sat down with Radiation Oncologist, Dr. Chad Levitt. We talked about how he decided he wanted to go into radiation oncology as his chosen field of practice. He shared how he enjoyed the fact that the specialty allowed him to call on his liberal arts schooling, helping him […] The post Radiation Oncology – Top Docs Radio appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Innovative Health Technology On this episode of Health Connect South Radio we featured two Atlanta companies developing innovative health technology. We hosted Monitor Med Solutions and HealPros to learn about the respective problems their solutions solve. Monitor Med Solutions was founded by several Georgia Tech students to create a device that would use bluetooth technology […] The post Innovative Health Technology appeared first on Business RadioX ®.