Becker’s Healthcare Podcast

In this episode, Dr. Tunde Sotunde, President and CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina & CuraCor Solutions, discusses the drivers of rising healthcare costs, the importance of value-based care and whole-person health, and how innovative programs and partnerships are improving access, affordability, and outcomes across the state.

This episode recorded live at the Becker’s 16th Annual Meeting features Peter Banko, President and Chief Executive Officer, Baystate Health. He shares how embracing AI is reshaping strategy across clinical and operational areas, while highlighting the need for stronger leadership, workforce development, and partnerships to prepare for the future of care.

In collaboration with Insight Global.

In this episode, Jakob Emerson, Associate News Director, Becker’s Healthcare, breaks down the latest payer earnings, the evolving landscape of prior authorization reform, major AI investments across the insurance industry, and the growing instability within ACA marketplace plans.

In this episode, Rob Allen, CEO of Intermountain Health, discusses how the organization is navigating rapid transformation through AI, digital innovation, and large-scale operational change while staying focused on caregiver support, simplification, and proactive care.

Burnout is reshaping medicine. Can AI actually help?
In this episode, Matt Troup, PA-C, sits down with Scott Holmes, Medical Director at Petaluma Health Center, and Maria Byron, Associate CMIO at UCSF, to talk about what meaningful AI adoption really looks like on the ground. They dig into the friction, the skepticism, and the moments when something finally clicks, and share how AI-supported documentation is helping clinicians spend less time at the keyboard and more time with their patients.

This episode is sponsored by Abridge.