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The Business of Heathcare with Habanero playlist for 01/26/2018

You can listen to recordings of this and prior healthcare related broadcasts by going to my youtube channel – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdyh5qkNMuS4JwSj2yCY2TQ. You can also contact me if you have any questions about this program, or if you’ve got suggestions for future program topics at 631.244.5661, or send an email to habanero@wusb.fm.

Links for some of the topics discussed on today's program:
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/01/17/578423012/home-care...

https://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/westhampton-contaminated-wat...

http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/health-and-medicine/2018/01/26/new-y...

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/powerful-opioid-easy-to-buy-online-con...

The Business of Heathcare with Habanero playlist for 12/15/2017

You can listen to recordings of this and prior healthcare related broadcasts by going to my youtube channel – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdyh5qkNMuS4JwSj2yCY2TQ. You can also contact me if you have any questions about this program, or if you’ve got suggestions for future program topics at 631.244.5661, or send an email to habanero@wusb.fm.
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Telehealth Services
Weiss Zarett Brofman Sonnenklar & Levy, P.C.
3333 New Hyde Park Road #211 New Hyde Park, NY 11042
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Office of the Medicaid Inspector General - Results of Compliance Program Assessment
https://omig.ny.gov/compliance/compliance-program-assessment-results

The Business of Heathcare with Habanero playlist for 12/01/2017

You can listen to recordings of this and prior healthcare related broadcasts by going to my youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdyh5qkNMuS4JwSj2yCY2TQ.

You can also contact me if you have any questions about this program, or if you’ve got suggestions for future program topics at 631.244.5661, or send an email to habanero@wusb.fm.

My guests today are:

Vanessa Best, CCS-P, CPC,AHIMA ICD-10 Trainer
Precision HealthCare Consultants
Cell 516-906-8600 | T-516-771-7554 | F 516-867-9284
vbest@precisionhcc.com| www.precisionhcc.com
Vanessa Best is the 2017 US Small Business Administration Woman In Business Champion, she is an award winning healthcare and business consultant teaching at SBDC in Farmingdale and NYC at 26 Federal Plaza. Vanessa is the founder and CEO of Precision HealthCare Consultants, a Long Island firm that, since 1996, has been helping doctors and healthcare facilities get paid faster.
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The Business of Heathcare with Habanero playlist for 11/17/2017

My guests today:

Dr Bruce Feldman has been a board-certified internist for the last 27 years and started his current visiting concierge practice, My Personal Doc about 7 years ago. He's said he's done just about everything in the business - I'll let him tell us what he means by that.

Dr Bruce Feldman is the physician of MY PERSONAL DOC, a concierge medical practice delivering a high-touch, personalized service with a focus on preventive cardiology and integrative wellness. His website is mypersonaldocny.com. His phone number is 646-801-7541 and is happy to talk to anyone who calls.
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Regina Brandow
www.brandowlaw.com
Ms. Brandow is an attorney admitted to the State of New York Second Department and the U.S. Court of Appeals Second Department.

Brandow Law is devoted to working with clients on an individualized basis. The practice is concentrated on Estate Planning for persons with Disabilities and their families, including Elder Law.

The Business of Heathcare with Habanero playlist for 10/06/2017

Tune in Friday afternoon 1-3pm to WUSB 90.1 FM. The topic is the Constitutional Convention (ConCon) and my guest will be Anthony Figliola (other guests TBA). Have you heard of the ConCon? What have you heard? What do you want to know about it?

Here is a .pdf copy of the New York State Constitution https://www.dos.ny.gov/info/pdfs/Constitution%20January%202015%20amd.pdf

Nancy Marr from joined us on the air. The League of Women Voters presented a lengthy but very comprehensive discussion, including questions and answers, regarding the ConCon. Here is a link to the video of that presentation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OUJm3zcD-c

ANTHONY M. FIGLIOLA also joined us on the air. http://www.nyconcon.com/about/anthony-m-figliola/
You can find a copy of his book here http://www.nyconcon.com/#content-section6

Thanks to Pauline Hypnosmoothie for her on-air assistance, and special thanks to Bob Longman for helping with the technical work.

The Business of Heathcare with Habanero playlist for 09/22/2017

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My guest today: I want to introduce Peter Rabolt. Peter is co-founder and VP of Product Development at Synchronized Systems, a technology company offering workflow solutions and billing expertise to the medical community. Peter has been in the forefront of providing custom medical software solutions and processing technologies to the medical community and its vendors for over 25 years.

If you want to chat with Peter, you can reach him at 631-207-4221, or email him at synchsys@rcn.com. You can also find them on the web at
ssi-ny.com or on linked In.

Some of the resources for today's discussion:
5 Reasons Why We Should Demand Price Transparency In Healthcare, By Tom Schramski, PhD, CMAA, you can reach Tom directly at tschramski@vertess.com or 520.975.5347.

Drug company faked cancer patients to sell drug, By Aaron M. Kessler
https://arstechnica.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Insys-call-full-audio...

The Business of Heathcare with Habanero playlist for 09/08/2017

Talking about the challenges in the healthcare system during natural disasters:

Talking about drug company misdeeds with regards to prescription drugs:
http://www.philly.com/philly/health/addiction/senate-mccaskill-hearing-o...
Here is the audio: https://arstechnica.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Insys-call-full-audio...

You can listen to prior shows on YouTube here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdyh5qkNMuS4JwSj2yCY2TQ

Contact Habanero => habanero@wusb.fm or 631.244.5661 or www.HabaneroInc.com

The Business of Heathcare with Habanero playlist for 08/11/2017

We're here to talk about the BUSINESS of healthcare (not the clinical end of things).

My guest today is Steve Della Croce, registered dietician/nutritionist since 2004. He specializes in preventing diabetes and kidney disease and he's going to talk about how the healthcare world is realizing that PREVENTION is worth it and many insurance plans are now paying for nutritional counseling.

Steve Della Croce
Call4Nutrition.com
info@call4nutrition.com
800-741-6638

Check out previous interviews by going to https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdyh5qkNMuS4JwSj2yCY2TQ and subscribe to our channel.

Find out more about Habanero, Inc. by checking out our website: www.habaneroinc.com

Contact us to suggest topics for our programming: habanero@wusb.fm

Call: 631.244.5661

The Business of Heathcare with Habanero playlist for 07/28/2017

We're talking about the Business of Healthcare and we've got two guests today. Both will be talking about different, but important, behind the scenes aspects of a medical practice that patients may not be aware of, and providers may not be doing as well as they could be.
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Steven Peltz,CHBC of Peltz Practice Management & Consulting Services, LLC
914 420 7416
speltz1@aol.com
www.peltzpracticemanagement.com
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Henry Denis, CEO
HITS Consulting Group LLC
Data analytics services are one of many offerings available to independent practice. For more information contact HITS CG
212 979 0330
hitscg.com/contact-hitscg3.html
analytics@hitscg.com

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The Business of Heathcare with Habanero playlist for 07/14/2017

Medicaid - facts and myths

Check out previous interviews by going to https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdyh5qkNMuS4JwSj2yCY2TQ and subscribe to our channel.

Find out more about Habanero, Inc. by checking out our website: www.habaneroinc.com

Contact us to suggest topics for our programming: habanero@wusb.fm

Call: 631.244.5661

The Business of Heathcare with Habanero playlist for 06/15/2017

Today's guest is Ken Sternfeld of RXVIP. Ken is a pharmacist and is working to brighten the outlook of the profession in the new world of healthcare we all find ourselves in these days. RxVIPconcierge.com for more information.

More news on the opioid epidemic. https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2017-06-15/state-attorneys-gener...

Check out previous interviews by going to https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdyh5qkNMuS4JwSj2yCY2TQ and subscribe to our channel.

Find out more about Habanero, Inc. by checking out our website: www.habaneroinc.com

Contact us to suggest topics for our programming: habanero@wusb.fm

Call: 631.244.5661

The Business of Heathcare with Habanero playlist for 06/02/2017

New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General Work Plans - https://omig.ny.gov/index.php/information/work-plan

US Budget 2018 - https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget

eClinicalWorks to pay $155 million to settle suit alleging it faked meaningful use certification - http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/eclinicalworks-pay-155-million-sett...

More about ECW settlement - http://www.healthcareitnews.com/node/538372

Meet the ECW whistleblower - http://www.healthcareitnews.com/node/538373

Check out previous interviews by going to https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdyh5qkNMuS4JwSj2yCY2TQ and subscribe to our channel.

Find out more about Habanero, Inc. by checking out our website: www.habaneroinc.com

Contact us to suggest topics for our programming: habanero@wusb.fm

Call: 631.244.5661

The Business of Heathcare with Habanero playlist for 04/07/2017

My guest today is Bert Lurch. Bert is the CEO of E Central Medical Management (ECM), a one stop shop dedicated to helping doctors focus on being doctors.

Bert holds a BA in Management, is an American College Health Executive (ACHE), Board Member of the The Health & Business Alliance (HBA) and also a member of several professional organizations including the Health Care Billing Management Association (HBMA), the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and the American Medical Association (AMA). We are also both members of the Healthcare Introductions networking group.

Bert is an entrepreneur and frequently speaks to medical practice audiences on the importance of balancing resources to manage administrative tasks without sacrificing service to patients. Bert has a unique perspective on some of the opportunities that are currently available in the healthcare arena, and vision into what opportunities are available in the future for those willing to take on the challenges.

Connect with Bert by calling 516-775-8608 or emailing Bertl@ecmmgt.com. Their website is www.ecmmgt.com.

The Business of Heathcare with Habanero playlist for 03/22/2017

The Business of Healthcare, hosted by Habanero.

I welcome your questions, comments and requests for future topics to discuss. Email habanero@wusb.fm or call 631.244.5661. www.HabaneroInc.com

Music for today's programming is provided courtesy of Earl Kayoss. Check out more of his stuff at: ç
www.facebook.com/LifeOnMarsTheBand
www.youtube.com/user/over700songs

Sales of Dystopian Novels Have Been Spiking on Amazon Since the Election http://time.com/money/4648774/trump-1984-dystopian-novel-sales-brave-new...

Mayo Clinic https://mnnurses.org/blog/mayo-clinics-sad-statement-healthcare-america/

The Business of Heathcare with Habanero playlist for 02/24/2017

First show in the new timeslot! Today we'll focus on some healthcare current events. It's likely there will be a lot of changes in the coming years. Email your questions or ideas for topics to habanero@wusb.fm

Featured artist today is Leah Kay and her newest CD, Alright O Kay.

Here are some links to the materials presented today:

http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-aetna-merger-20170...

http://www.npr.org/programs/morning-edition/2017/02/23/516787637/morning...

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