Posts by Fahy Consulting
Episode 32 – A Voice for Physician Leadership: Essential, Courageous and Magical
My guest this week is national healthcare leader Dr. Jack Cochran. As CEO of the Permanente Federation, he was the top national leader for over 20,000 physicians who cared for more than 10 million people in their Kaiser Permanente medical practices. In this animated conversation, the inspiring and articulate Dr. Cochran describes his non-linear and…
Read MoreEpisode 31 – Jung’s Physician Archetypes and the Loss of Meaning in Medicine
Lisa Marchiano is a Jungian psychoanalyst and cohost of the marvelous “This Jungian Life” podcast. We discuss Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung’s work and the implications for physicians and the ailing medical profession. Lisa explains that Jung believed: “We are all on a path toward wholeness. The goal of life is to become more whole—and when…
Read MoreEpisode 30 – Monetization of the Physician Imagination
This episode is a continuation of my animated conversation with Professor J.-C. Spender, a nuclear engineer-turned-business school professor, author, expert on the history of business education, and former executive and business school dean. At the onset of episode #30 I asked Dr. Spender if getting an MBA degree would provide what’s needed if someone wanted…
Read MoreEpisode 29 – Medicine and Managerialism: A Clash of Values
J.-C. Spender, PhD, is an engineer-turned-business school professor, an author, an expert on the history of business education, and he’s a former business executive and business school dean. These credentials equip him to have insight into the goings-on of business schools and real expertise in the practical challenges of graduate business education. Dr. Spender has…
Read MoreEpisode 28 – Corporate Practice of Medicine Laws: Employed Physician’s Remedy—or Nightmare?
In this episode, Brad Adatto, a business law and healthcare attorney, takes us on a journey through the intent, implications, and risks associated with state laws that “ban” the corporate practice of medicine. He describes how these state laws arise from a variety of legal and regulatory sources, and prohibit corporations (or any “non-physicians”) from…
Read MoreEpisode 27 – 13 Ways PBMs Profit Mightily and Hurt People
Pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, are companies that manage prescription drug benefits for payers like insurance companies, government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, and self-insured employers. They are the middlemen and money handlers who negotiate with pharmaceutical manufacturers to determine drug prices and drug placement on formularies. Considering the costly and far-reaching impact of…
Read MoreEpisode 26 – Five Myths that Sabotage Physician Leadership
In today’s encore episode, I am sharing an excerpt from an earlier episode discussing myths about physician leadership and dispelling those myths with evidence. MYTH: a widely held but false belief or idea Time to bust some of the myths and stereotypes about physicians being arrogant, un-herdable cats and lone wolves who don’t understand teamwork, business or finances.…
Read MoreEpisode 25 – Don’t Throw Away The Physician Career
For today’s episode, I asked Dr. Barbara McAneny about her upcoming talk: Stop Blaming the Doctors! My main intention in asking Barbara to come back on the podcast (she was a guest on Episode #13) was to have her guide me through the malodorous sewer where Pharmacy Benefits Managers live. But since I had her…
Read MoreEpisode 24 – Burnout and Moral Injury: Products of a Business School Mindset
In this encore episode, I’m touching on some of the enormous quantity of research that has been directed at physician burnout. We have clear and convincing descriptions of the causes of physician burnout. What we don’t have, is a lot of action directly tackling those causes. How is it that healthcare leadership has had a…
Read MoreEpisode 23 – To be a Physician is to be a Leader
In this encore episode I highlight a portion of my conversation with Dr. Patty Gabow, former CEO at Denver Health. During this 15 minute segment, Patty reacts to my question about the value of physicians’ tacit knowledge and the built-in leadership qualities physicians develop in their training. Listen in as Dr. Gabow weighs in on why…
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