Gastro Broadcast
Independent GI physicians and administrative leaders discuss issues that impact gastroenterology.
Episodes
September 15, 2026 • 27 mins
Dr. Michael Weinstein interviews Nicole Ringwood, director of nursing at Borland Groover in Jacksonville, Florida, and Sahir Jaggi, founder and chief executive officer of Forus, about the prior authorization burden on gastroenterology practices and how artificial intelligence can reduce it.
Forus uses AI to handle prior authorizations, appeals, financial assistance enrollment and pharmacy routing. Borland Groover piloted the...
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Dr. Lisa Mathew interviews Dr. Vivek Kaul, professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University of Rochester Medical Center, about the arrival of a new technology and its endorsement in society guidelines, and how clinical practice models help physicians decide whether to adopt something new before the guidelines arrive.
Kaul served as project coordinator for the clinical practice model ...
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Dr. Fred Rosenberg interviews Vish Srivastava, co-founder and chief executive officer of Century Health, which uses artificial intelligence to turn the clinical information in a practice's electronic health records into structured, real-world datasets that give physicians a clearer view of their patient populations.
Century Health has built its network by partnering with independent practices in neurology, nephrology, ophtha...
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Dr. Lisa Mathew interviews Dr. Kevin Rank, chief medical officer at MNGI Digestive Health in Minnesota, about the practice's Links to Care Program, which provides free colonoscopies to uninsured patients across the Twin Cities and earned the National Achievement Award from the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable.
Links to Care works through partnerships with Federally Qualified Health Centers, community health centers wher...
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Dr. Fred Rosenberg interviews Jay Kreger, chief executive officer of CRH Medical, a GI solutions company that provides anesthesia services to gastroenterology practices at more than 150 ambulatory surgery centers in 18 states, about how independent practices can keep anesthesia care reliable and accessible for patients.
Independent GI practices depend on anesthesia services for many of the procedures they perform, but face i...
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Dr. Michael Weinstein interviews Dr. Donevan Westerveld of Borland Groover in Jacksonville, Florida, about how his practice uses InterStim therapy to care for patients with fecal incontinence, a condition that affects an estimated 18 million Americans.
Despite the availability of effective treatments, fecal incontinence is under-diagnosed and under-treated, and roughly two thirds of those affected never discuss it with a phy...
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Kevin Harlen interviews Tom Wierzbowski, founder of Willow Risk Advisors, about how his firm helps physician practices and health care organizations manage professional liability and navigate today's malpractice insurance market.
Willow Risk Advisors specializes in building specialty-specific insurance programs for physician groups and associations, working directly with carriers to structure coverage that reflects the disti...
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Dr. Lisa Mathew interviews Dr. Lyndsey Burton, a diagnostic radiologist and chief medical officer at Heidi, about how its AI-powered tools are helping clinicians reduce administrative burden and reclaim time for patient care.
Heidi's suite of AI tools generates clinical notes in real time, provides access to evidence-based clinical research at the point of care, and manages patient scheduling and follow-up. Heidi can also he...
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Dr. Lisa Mathew interviews Dr. Steven Klein of Wilmington Gastroenterology about how UnitedHealthcare’s recent 15% reimbursement reduction for anesthesia services provided by certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) could affect the way independent gastroenterology practices structure anesthesia services and maintain patient access to procedures such as colonoscopy.
Dr. Klein explains how independent GI practice...
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Episode #87: New CRNA-Provided Anesthesia Policy Threatens Access to Care | Lisa Mathew | Dru Riddle
January 6, 2026 • 26 mins
Dr. Lisa Mathew interviews Dru Riddle, Professor of Professional Practice and Director of Clinical Education in the School of Nurse Anesthesia at Texas Christian University and a past president of the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology, about the role certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) play in providing anesthesia for GI care.
CRNAs are essential to maintaining access to GI procedures that require anes...
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Dr. Fred Rosenberg interviews Chi Kapoor, founder and managing partner of KITC, a cybersecurity firm that works with healthcare organizations to protect sensitive data, maintain regulatory compliance, and strengthen resilience against digital threats.
As cyberattacks against healthcare organizations continue to rise, private practice gastroenterology groups face growing exposure due to interconnected systems, third-party ven...
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Dr. Lisa Mathew interviews Dr. Caitlin Houghton, a foregut surgeon at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center. Dr. Houghton specializes in the management of GERD and Barrett’s Esophagus, focusing on identifying patients at highest risk for esophageal cancer and using advanced endoscopic techniques to personalize care.
GERD Awareness Week coincides with the start of the holiday se...
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Dr. Lisa Mathew interviews Mallika Khandelwal, founder and CEO of Squad Health, and Tasha Cieslak, practice manager of Louisiana Gastroenterology Associates about how independent GI practices can streamline the management of complex prescription workflows.
Squad Health is an AI-enabled healthcare technology company developing solutions to streamline access to specialty medications and reduce the workload around prior autho...
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Dr. Lisa Mathew interviews Dr. Sahil Patel and Patrick Leonard of SideBy Care, a virtual platform that partners with GI practices to support patients with disorders of gut-brain interaction such as irritable bowel syndrome and functional dyspepsia.
SideBy Care provides gut-brain therapy, nutrition counseling, and behavioral support through a multidisciplinary team - services that are typically covered by insurance and integr...
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September 16, 2025 • 50 mins
Dr. Michael Weinstein interviews Dr. Casey Chapman, chief medical officer of the GI Alliance, and Jonathan Ng, founder and CEO of Iterative Health, about a new strategic partnership to expand access to clinical trials across 400 GI Alliance locations in 20 states.
By integrating the GI Alliance's established research sites with Iterative Health’s Site Network, the collaboration creates one of the largest GI-focused res...
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Dr. Naresh Gunaratnam interviews Dr. Larry Kim of South Denver GI, where he has spent his career advancing patient care, expanding advanced endoscopy and research programs, and fostering a practice that champions diversity and collaboration in independent GI.
As the 120th president of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA), Dr. Kim builds on 25 years of leadership advancing research, education, advocacy, and qual...
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Dr. Fred Rosenberg interviews Dr. Reezwana Chowdhury, a gastroenterologist at Johns Hopkins specializing in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and Tina Aswani-Omprakash, executive director of the South Asian IBD Alliance.
The South Asian IBD Alliance creates resources, research, and education for IBD patients of South Asian origin and healthcare providers - to minimize disparities, dispel stigma, promote early diagnosis, and ...
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Dr. Fred Rosenberg interviews Jess Ivy, the Head of Nutrition at Sylvan Health, which focuses on empowering patients with chronic diseases through affordable and accessible nutrition counseling.
Sylvan health provides a comprehensive nutrition service line to support the broader care model within GI practices and to help addresses dietary and lifestyle factors that can play a positive role in digestive health.
Join Dr. Ro...
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Dr. Naresh Gunaratnam interviews Dr. Deepti Mehtani, vice president of clinical solutions for NextGen Healthcare, about its recently launched Gastro Suite, which brings gastro-specific workflows to the NextGen electronic health record to streamline repetitive tasks, deliver faster insights, and support an enhanced patient experience.
The suite is easily integrated with other solutions from NextGen Healthcare, enabling hands-...
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Dr. Lisa Mathew interviews Dr. Brittany Panico, a rheumatologist in Colorado Springs who recently wrote an op-ed calling for reforms to the 340B program to require more transparency and reporting on how 340B discounts are passed on to patients.
The 340B Program is a federal drug pricing program that allows certain hospitals and clinics to buy medications at steep discounts to support medication access for underserved patient...
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