Verizon at HLTH – Meet The Team

At the HLTH Conference in Las Vegas, the Healthcare On Air podcast takes a unique approach, bringing together Verizon’s healthcare team from across the country to discuss industry insights and Verizon’s role in healthcare innovation. The team, composed of Gary, Nick Sheeny, and Karen Finger, along with host Robin Goldsmith, share their perspectives on healthcare trends and the evolving technology landscape. They explore topics like digital transformation, health equity, and the concept of the connected hospital, envisioning the next generation of healthcare facilities.

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Denials are no longer a slow leak in the revenue cycle—they’re a fast-moving, rule-shifting game controlled by payers, and hospitals that don’t model denial patterns in real time end up budgeting around losses they could have prevented. PayerWatch’s four-digit, client-verified ROI in 2024 shows what happens when a hospital stops reacting claim by…

Health insurers love to advertise themselves as guardians of care, but the real story often begins when a patient’s life no longer fits neatly into a spreadsheet. In oncology especially, “coverage” isn’t a bureaucratic checkbox—it’s the fragile bridge between a treatment that finally works and a relapse that can undo years of grit…

In “Fighting for Coverage,” a patient describes a double war: the physical fight to stay alive and the bureaucratic fight to prove to an insurer that her life is worth the cost. Her account spotlights a core tension in the U.S. system—coverage decisions are increasingly shaped by prior authorizations and desk-based reviewers who…