Frank Opelka's guest appearances

Frank Opelka

Listening In (With Permission): Conversations About Today's Pressing Health Care Topics

Hospitals In Focus

Jeff Goldsmith

Larry Levitt

Peter Lee

Sam Hazen

Karen Johnson

Doug Gray

Niall Brennan

Chris Jennings

Georges Benjamin

Michael Chernew

Larry Becker

Lisa Dolan

John Bass

Tom Lee

John Pritchard

OwlTail

Right now the health care system is laser focused on defeating COVID-19 and as a result routine diagnostic and treatment patient care, sometimes referred to as elective, has been postponed. Postponing this care was the right choice at the beginning of the pandemic in order to ensure there was enough capacity in the system to care for COVID-19 patients. As the curve continues to flatten, we are slowly restarting the health care system and increasing capacity for patient care. Dr. Frank Opelka the Medical Director for the American College of Surgeons joins Chip to discuss exactly how we are doing it.

<p>Right now the health care system is laser focused on defeating COVID-19 and as a result routine diagnostic and treatment patient care, sometimes referred to as elective, has been postponed. Postponing this care was the right choice at the beginning of the pandemic in order to ensure there was enough capacity in the system to care for COVID-19 patients. As the curve continues to flatten, we are slowly restarting the health care system and increasing capacity for patient care. Dr. Frank Opelka the Medical Director for the American College of Surgeons joins Chip to discuss exactly how we are doing it.</p>

Restarting the Health Care System Amid COVID-19 with Dr. Frank Opelka

Suzanne Delbanco chats with Frank Opelka, MD, FACS, Medical Director for Quality and Health Policy with the American College of Surgeons, to understand how surgeons across the United States view bundled or episode-based payment. Frank describes the questions and concerns surgeons hold about moving away from fee-for-service payments, as well as the benefits to bundled payments from a surgeon's point of view. There's evidence that bundled payments can improve care and efficiency, yet uptake continues to be in the single digits of total health care spending. What are the ingredients necessary to help bundled payments take off successfully?

Frank Opelka on how surgeons view bundled payment