Achieving Health

Welcome to the Achieving Health podcast from Forvis Mazars, a leading global professional services network that provides assurance, tax, and consulting services to organizations across the care continuum. On this healthcare industry podcast for professionals, executives, and leaders, we discuss evolving policies and legislation, financial and operational challenges, strategic opportunities, and innovative solutions that help drive better outcomes for organizations and the communities they serve.

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Episodes

Sep 3, 2025

57 min

Join host Chad Mulvany as he shares the latest healthcare policy and legislative updates for the week of September 1, 2025. Later in the episode, Chad is joined by special guests from Wisconsin-based health system Froedtert ThedaCare Health: Scott Hawig, chief financial and administrative officer, and David Olson, chief business development officer. They share insights from their experience helping lead the recent integration of Froedtert Health and ThedaCare into one combined system.
Washington Watch (1:41)
Froedtert ThedaCare Interview (21:25)
Learn more about the show at forvismazars.us/AchievingHealthPodcast. Subscribe to Healthcare FORsights™ to receive tailored insights on the healthcare sector directly to your inbox.
Learn more about Froedtert ThedaCare Health’s strategic integration journey.
Register for OBBBA Tuesdays, our biweekly webinar series covering the healthcare implications of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Download our Healthcare Market Point of View: Achieving Health.
Download our Mindsets 2025 Healthcare Executive Leadership Report.
Questions? Contact us.
Connect on LinkedIn:
Healthcare Practice at Forvis Mazars
Chad Mulvany

Aug 20, 2025

55 min

Join host Chad Mulvany as he shares the latest healthcare policy and legislative updates for the week of August 17, 2025. Later in the episode, Chad is joined by guest Brian Bell, principal in the Healthcare Consulting practice at Forvis Mazars. Together, they delve into evolving regulations, legislation, and litigation surrounding the 340B Drug Pricing Program. Chad and Brian also explore strategies to help healthcare organizations maintain financial discipline and regulatory excellence amid these changes.
Washington Watch (1:30)
Bell Interview (19:18)
Learn more about the show at forvismazars.us/AchievingHealthPodcast. Subscribe to healthcare FORsights™ to receive tailored insights on the sector directly to your inbox.
Learn how to prepare for the 340B Rebate Model Pilot Program.
See tips for navigating the annual 340B recertification period.
Register for OBBBA Tuesdays, our biweekly webinar series covering the healthcare implications of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Download our Healthcare Market Point of View: Achieving Health.
Download our Mindsets 2025 Healthcare Executive Leadership Report.
Questions? Contact us.
Connect on LinkedIn:
Healthcare Practice at Forvis Mazars
Chad Mulvany
Brian Bell

Aug 6, 2025

1hr 9 min

Join host Chad Mulvany as he shares the latest healthcare policy and legislative updates for the week of August 3, 2025. Later in the episode, Chad is joined by guests Michael Wolford and Stephen Kitterman, value-based care leaders in the Healthcare Consulting practice at Forvis Mazars, to discuss the fast-approaching Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) and other value-based care and payment priorities under the new CMS administration.
Washington Watch (1:34)
Wolford & Kitterman Interview (29:59)
Learn more about the show at forvismazars.us/AchievingHealthPodcast. Subscribe to Healthcare FORsights™ to receive tailored insights on the healthcare sector directly to your inbox.
See keys to success in TEAM and further insights into CMS’ value-based care priorities.
Register for OBBBA Tuesdays, our new webinar series covering the healthcare implications of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Download our Healthcare Market Point of View: Achieving Health.
Download our Mindsets 2025 Healthcare Executive Leadership Report.
Questions? Contact us.
Connect on LinkedIn:
Healthcare Practice at Forvis Mazars
Chad Mulvany
Michael Wolford
Stephen Kitterman

Jul 16, 2025

52 min

Join Andy Page, national healthcare reimbursement leader at Forvis Mazars, as he fills in for regular host Chad Mulvany to share the latest healthcare policy and legislative updates for the week of July 13, 2025—first and foremost, passage of the reconciliation bill known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Later in the episode, Chad is joined by guest Peter Stille, managing director in the Healthcare Consulting practice at Forvis Mazars. Together, they’ll discuss the impact of evolving tariffs and trade policies and explore strategies to help healthcare organizations manage rising costs.
Washington Watch With Andy Page (1:20)
Stille Interview (25:00)
Learn more about the show at forvismazars.us/AchievingHealthPodcast. Subscribe to healthcare FORsights™ to receive tailored insights on the sector directly to your inbox.
See strategies for responding to Medicaid cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Read more insights on responding to tariffs.
Download our Healthcare Market Point of View: Achieving Health.
Download our Mindsets 2025 Healthcare Executive Leadership Report.
Questions? Contact us.
Connect on LinkedIn:
Healthcare Practice at Forvis Mazars
Chad Mulvany
Andy Page
Peter Stille
 

Jul 2, 2025

1hr 2 sec

Join host Chad Mulvany as he shares the latest healthcare policy and legislative updates for the week of June 30, 2025. Later in the episode, Chad is joined by guests Amy Bibby and Mary Katherine Gleason from the Healthcare Practice at Forvis Mazars to discuss what’s at stake for nonprofit hospitals under growing scrutiny of their tax-exempt status.
Washington Watch (00:52)
Bibby & Gleason Interview (26:34)
Learn more about the show at forvismazars.us/AchievingHealthPodcast. Subscribe to Healthcare FORsights™ to receive tailored insights on the healthcare sector directly to your inbox.
Read more insights on how nonprofit hospitals can protect their tax-exempt status.
Download our 2025 State of the Nonprofit Sector Report.
Download our Mindsets 2025 Healthcare Executive Leadership Report.
Download our Healthcare Market Point of View: Achieving Health.
Questions? Contact us.
Connect on LinkedIn:
Healthcare Practice at Forvis Mazars
Chad Mulvany
Amy Bibby
Mary Katherine Gleason
 

Jun 18, 2025

48 min

Show Notes:
Join host Chad Mulvany as he shares the latest healthcare policy and legislative updates for the week of June 15, 2025. Later in the episode, Chad is joined by Randy Biernat and Juli Pascoe, partners in the Healthcare Practice at Forvis Mazars. Together, they explore insights from the firm’s Mindsets 2025 Healthcare Executive Leadership Report—based on a survey of 180 executives across the care continuum.
Washington Watch (0:58)
Biernat & Pascoe Interview (18:57)
Learn more about the show at forvismazars.us/AchievingHealthPodcast. Subscribe to healthcare FORsights™ to receive tailored insights on the healthcare sector directly to your inbox.
Download our Mindsets 2025 Healthcare Executive Leadership Report.
Download our Healthcare Market Point of View: Achieving Health.
Questions? Contact us.
Connect on LinkedIn:
Healthcare Practice at Forvis Mazars
Chad Mulvany
Randy Biernat
Juli Pascoe
 

Jun 4, 2025

51 min

Tune in to host Chad Mulvany for a breakdown of crucial healthcare policy and legislative updates for the week of June 1, 2025. This premiere episode also features an insightful conversation with Brad Brotherton and Kevin Locke, leaders of the Healthcare Practice at Forvis Mazars. Together, they explore the firm’s point of view on Achieving Health and the core capabilities organizations need to fulfill this important mission in today’s complex landscape.
Washington Watch (1:57)
Brotherton & Locke Interview (20:54)
Learn more about the show. You can also subscribe to Healthcare FORsights™ to receive tailored insights on the healthcare sector directly to your inbox.
Download our Healthcare Market Point of View: Achieving Health.
Questions? Contact us.
Connect on LinkedIn:
Healthcare Practice at Forvis Mazars
Chad Mulvany                                                                                           
Brad Brotherton
Kevin Locke

May 13, 2025

1 min

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