Brad Fluegel's guest appearances

Brad Fluegel

The Pulse by Wharton Digital Health

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Ashwini Zenooz

Andrew Parker

Andrew Dudum

Andreessen Horowitz

Afton Vechery

Chris Altchek

Paul Martino

Stephen Smith

Hurdle Health

Axle Health

Clara Burtenshaw

Neo Kuma Ventures

Erin Parks

Zus Health

Michelle Carnahan

OwlTail

In this episode, we sat down with Brad Fluegel, lecturer at the Wharton School’s Health Care Management program and former Senior Vice President and Chief Healthcare Commercial Market Development Officer for Walgreens. Before that, he was the Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and External Affairs Officer for Wellpoint, now Anthem, and Senior Vice President of National Accounts and Vice President of Enterprise Strategy at Aetna. What we discussed:  Consumer behavior shifting to online purchasing combined with excess retail space is driving retailers such as Walmart and CVS to explore opportunities to leverage consumer familiarity with their brands to expand their presence in the growing healthcare industry.  Retailers, providers, and payers are exploring the tradeoffs of different models for expanding into healthcare, from partnering to investing to build out independent outpatient health centers.  Collaboration amongst payers, providers, and retailers may drive cost and care benefits for consumers while increasing health equity amongst disadvantaged populations.  Near-term policy changes on allowing lower level healthcare practitioners to administer care currently dispensed by doctors as well as insurers considering maintaining pay parity for in-person and remote services should persist after COVID.  

In this episode, we sat down with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/brad-fluegel-6525242b/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brad Fluegel</a>, lecturer at the <a href="https://hcmg.wharton.upenn.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wharton School’s Health Care Management</a> program and former Senior Vice President and Chief Healthcare Commercial Market Development Officer for <a href="https://www.walgreens.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Walgreens</a>. Before that, he was the Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and External Affairs Officer for Wellpoint, now <a href="https://www.antheminc.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Anthem</a>, and Senior Vice President of National Accounts and Vice President of Enterprise Strategy at <a href="https://www.aetna.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Aetna</a>. What we discussed: <ul> <li>Consumer behavior shifting to online purchasing combined with excess retail space is driving retailers such as Walmart and CVS to explore opportunities to leverage consumer familiarity with their brands to expand their presence in the growing healthcare industry. </li> <li>Retailers, providers, and payers are exploring the tradeoffs of different models for expanding into healthcare, from partnering to investing to build out independent outpatient health centers. </li> <li>Collaboration amongst payers, providers, and retailers may drive cost and care benefits for consumers while increasing health equity amongst disadvantaged populations. </li> <li>Near-term policy changes on allowing lower level healthcare practitioners to administer care currently dispensed by doctors as well as insurers considering maintaining pay parity for in-person and remote services should persist after COVID. </li> </ul>

Brad Fluegel, Walgreens, on increasing health equity with retailers entering healthcare

In this episode, we sat down with Brad Fluegel, lecturer at the Wharton School’s Health Care Management program and former Senior Vice President and Chief Healthcare Commercial Market Development Officer for Walgreens. Before that, he was the Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and External Affairs Officer for Wellpoint, now Anthem, and Senior Vice President of National Accounts and Vice President of Enterprise Strategy at Aetna.What we discussed:1. Consumer behavior shifting to online purchasing combined with excess retail space is driving retailers such as Walmart and CVS to explore opportunities to leverage consumer familiarity with their brands to expand their presence in the growing healthcare industry.2. Retailers, providers, and payers are exploring the tradeoffs of different models for expanding into healthcare, from partnering to investing to build out independent outpatient health centers.3. Collaboration amongst payers, providers, and retailers may drive cost and care benefits for consumers while increasing health equity amongst disadvantaged populations.4. Near-term policy changes on allowing lower level healthcare practitioners to administer care currently dispensed by doctors as well as insurers considering maintaining pay parity for in-person and remote services should persist after COVID.

In this episode, we sat down with Brad Fluegel, lecturer at the Wharton School’s Health Care Management program and former Senior Vice President and Chief Healthcare Commercial Market Development Officer for Walgreens. Before that, he was the Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and External Affairs Officer for Wellpoint, now Anthem, and Senior Vice President of National Accounts and Vice President of Enterprise Strategy at Aetna. What we discussed: 1. Consumer behavior shifting to online purchasing combined with excess retail space is driving retailers such as Walmart and CVS to explore opportunities to leverage consumer familiarity with their brands to expand their presence in the growing healthcare industry. 2. Retailers, providers, and payers are exploring the tradeoffs of different models for expanding into healthcare, from partnering to investing to build out independent outpatient health centers. 3. Collaboration amongst payers, providers, and retailers may drive cost and care benefits for consumers while increasing health equity amongst disadvantaged populations. 4. Near-term policy changes on allowing lower level healthcare practitioners to administer care currently dispensed by doctors as well as insurers considering maintaining pay parity for in-person and remote services should persist after COVID.

This episode of Tuning Healthcare features Bradley Fluegel, Principal at BMF Advisors and an executive healthcare advisor to numerous healthcare organizations. He formerly served senior leadership roles at Walgreens, Anthem, Aetna and has led various consulting roles for healthcare organizations. Brad shares key insights from his payer and healthcare retail experience, and where he expects the industry to move in the future.

Episode 12 Tuning Healthcare - Brad Fluegel - The Evolving Healthcare Consumer