Digital Margins
Hosted by Arun Hampapur, PhD
How AI Is Reshaping Healthcare Finance
Ep. 5: From Managed Care to Managed Wellness: Enabling the Shift with AI
Guest Name :Dr Rahul Nayyar COO, Choice Medical Group
Episode 5 of Digital Margins features Dr. Rahul Nayyar, COO of Choice Medical Group, where he discusses the shift from managed care to managed wellness. This episode explores how AI, preventive care, remote monitoring, and community-based wellness programs can improve outcomes, reduce hospitalizations, and reshape the future of US healthcare.
Ep. 4: Scaling Ambulatory Care: The Peaks, Pitfalls, and AI Opportunities
Guest Name : Norman H. Chenven, MD
Founder & Founding CEO of Austin Regional Clinic
In Episode 4, Dr. Arun Hampapur sits down with Norman Chenven, MD, Founder & Founding CEO of Austin Regional Clinic.
The conversation explores scaling healthcare, navigating payer complexity, and managing physician shortages. Dr. Chenven also discusses where AI can make a difference; and where healthcare leaders should proceed with caution.
Ep. 3: The Business of Surgery
Guest Name : Dr. Neil Mukherjee
Minimally Invasive Foregut & Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgeon, Northwell Health
Surgery saves lives. But who keeps the lights on?
Dr. Neil Mukherjee — minimally invasive surgeon, hackathon winner, AI advocate — breaks down the business decisions behind world-class surgical care, and why physicians who ignore the financials are failing their patients.
Ep. 2: Medicare Advantage - A Managed Care Operator Perspective
Guest Name : Blair Bryson;
President & CEO, MHM Healthcare
Blair Bryson, President & CEO of MHM Healthcare, discusses the financial and operational pressures facing managed care organizations. Drawing on experience managing 100,000+ patients across Medicare Advantage and Medicaid, Blair covers risk adjustment, AI’s role in care delivery, and why healthcare’s data problem starts in the physician’s office.
Ep. 1: Where's my money and when am I getting it?
Guest Name : John Stanton
CFO, Health System
Healthcare CFOs are asking a critical question: where’s my money—and when will it arrive? Amid rising margin pressure and operational complexity, this episode unpacks cash flow visibility challenges, revenue cycle inefficiencies, and how AI can turn fragmented data into actionable insight, enabling faster decisions, stronger financial control, and sustainable performance.
