Becker’s Healthcare Podcast

In this episode, Halsey Wise, CEO, Lyric, discusses the importance of trust, truth and transparency in healthcare AI, including decision lineage, governed AI and keeping humans in the loop. He also explores how AI can reduce administrative waste, improve decision-making and strengthen trust among payers, providers and patients.

This episode is sponsored by Lyric.

In this episode, John Whyte, MD, MPH, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice President of the American Medical Association (AMA), discusses how AI, wearables and continuous health data are reshaping medicine and the physician-patient relationship. He also explores physician burnout, the need to modernize medical education and strategies to address the nation's physician shortage.

In this episode, Laura Dyrda, Vice President, Editor-in-Chief, Becker's Healthcare, discusses the biggest challenges facing health systems, including workforce shortages, reimbursement pressure, access to care, AI strategy and rebuilding trust with patients.

In this episode, Marie Langley, Chief Executive Officer, Desert Valley Medical Group, discusses expanding specialty and outpatient services, strengthening hospital-physician collaboration and addressing healthcare access needs in the High Desert. She also shares the challenges posed by Medi-Cal uncertainty, physician recruitment and plans to expand emergency department capacity.

In this episode, Sheila Augustine, Director, Revenue Cycle, Nebraska Medicine, discusses how AI is helping identify missing charges, automate charge reconciliation and improve revenue cycle workflows while keeping staff engaged in the transformation. She also explores payer denials, Medicaid changes, succession planning and opportunities to further integrate AI across revenue cycle operations.