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Dr. Darshak Sanghavi, Director at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation

Dr. Darshak Sanghavi, Director at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Darshak Sanghavi, Director of the Preventive and Population Healthcare Models Group at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation which has launched the Million Hearts campaign to reduce cardiovascular disease. The 5 year campaign seeks to prevent a million heart attacks and strokes. It’s also the largest CMS experiment to date seeking to create a new pay-for-performance model in health care.

Dr. Tejal Gandhi, CEO of the National Patient Safety Foundation

Dr. Tejal Gandhi, CEO of the National Patient Safety Foundation

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Tejal Gandhi, President and CEO of the National Patient Safety Foundation and the Lucian Leape Institute at NPSF. They are dedicated to eliminating medical mistakes and patient harm in the health care system, as well as creating a safe environment for health care workers.

Dr. John Lumpkin, Sr. Vice President at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Dr. John Lumpkin, Sr. Vice President at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. John Lumpkin, Sr. VP and Director of Targeted Teams at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Dr. Lumpkin runs the RWJF project targeting childhood obesity and talks about the myriad strategies aimed reducing the obesity epidemic among the nation’s children.

Dr. Margaret Hamburg, Foreign Secretary of the National Academy of Medicine

Dr. Margaret Hamburg, Foreign Secretary of the National Academy of Medicine

This week hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Margaret Hamburg, Foreign Secretary for the National Academy of Medicine at the National Academy of Sciences and recent Commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration. Dr. Hamburg discusses the changes initiated at the FDA under her leadership and the enormous challenge of keeping the nation’s drug and food stream safe in a globalized supply chain.

Dr. Steven J. Stack, President of the American Medical Association

Dr. Steven J. Stack, President of the American Medical Association

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Steven J. Stack, President of the American Medical Association,the largest professional organization representing the nation’s physicians and medical students. Dr. Stack addresses the medical profession’s ongoing transformation with health IT and meaningful use, ICD-10 adoption and the need to redesign medical training to meet 21st century challenges in the health profession.