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TCN Talks is a business podcast hosted by Chris Comeaux, with 206 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Chris Comeaux hosts TCN Talks, a business show with 206 episodes published.

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  Episode #30

  The Critical Competencies Hospice Leaders Must Build for Value-Based Care Success | Part Two

  Sep 18, 202631 minS7

  Hospice is changing—and the leaders who prepare now will be positioned to shape what comes next. In Part Two of The Critical Competencies Hospice Leaders Must Build for Value-Based Care Success, host Chris Comeaux continues his conversation with Dr. Jessica Hubbs about what hospice and palliative care organizations need to succeed as healthcare moves toward more integrated, value-based models. What capabilities should hospice organizations build internally—and when should they partner? Dr. Hubbs explores the growing convergence of home-based primary care, palliative care, and hospice, and why a more seamless continuum could give seriously ill patients access to the right services based on need rather than simply a point in time. The conversation also examines complex care management, Medicare Advantage, dementia and length-of-stay challenges, and how hospice can expand upstream without losing what makes the hospice model so valuable. For leaders preparing their organizations for the next 12–24 months, Dr. Hubbs identifies three essential investments: clinical infrastructure, data, and strategic partnerships. Highlights — What You’ll Learn Preparing hospice for value-based care Building the right strategic partnerships Integrating primary, palliative, and hospice care Better serving complex and high-need patients Expanding care upstream without losing hospice’s mission Using data to improve care and outcomes Investing in clinical capabilities, data, and partnerships Keeping patients at the center of change Above all, this episode brings the conversation back to the mission: doing right by the patient. In a healthcare environment filled with reimbursement pressure, regulatory change, and uncertainty, patient-centered leadership can remain the compass for innovation and better serious illness care. In this episode discover the competencies hospice leaders should be building today to prepare for the future of value-based care. Subscribe to TCNtalks and Anatomy of Leadership for conversations designed to help healthcare and hospice leaders learn, grow, and lead with greater impact. Guest : Dr. Jessica Hubbs, Internist and the Chief Clinical Officer at Advanced Care Innovations Host : Chris Comeaux, President / CEO of TELEIOS, author of The Anatomy of Leadership Teleios Collaborative Network / https://www.teleioscn.org/tcntalkspodcast

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  Episode #29

  The Critical Competencies Hospice Leaders Must Build for Value-Based Care Success | Part One

  Sep 16, 202632 minS7

  The future of hospice is being rewritten—and the organizations that prepare now may be the ones best positioned to serve patients in a value-based world. Healthcare is rapidly moving beyond traditional fee-for-service toward models focused on outcomes, total cost of care, and coordinated care delivery . In Part One of The Critical Competencies Hospice Leaders Must Build for Value-Based Care Success , host Chris Comeaux sits down with Dr. Jessica Hubbs, Internist and Chief Clinical Officer at Advanced Care Innovations , to explore what this transformation means for hospice and palliative care leaders. Dr. Hubbs examines emerging models such as LEAD (Long-term Enhanced ACO Design) and why moving care further upstream could create both disruption and significant opportunity for hospice organizations. The conversation explores how hospice's strengths in advanced care planning, complex conversations, patient goals and values, and interdisciplinary care could become increasingly valuable across the broader serious illness continuum. But succeeding in this new environment will require new capabilities. Chris and Dr. Hubbs discuss the importance of end-to-end clinical care, complex primary care, care coordination, financial-risk readiness, and collaborative partnerships with ACOs and other risk-bearing organizations —and why the future may be less about competing for the patient and more about building integrated models around them. Episode Highlights Why hospice leaders need to understand the shift to value-based care What the LEAD model could mean for serious illness care The opportunity to bring hospice expertise further upstream Critical clinical capabilities hospice organizations need to develop Combining hospice and palliative expertise with home-based primary care What ACOs and risk-bearing organizations want from hospice partners Guest : Dr. Jessica Hubbs, Internist and the Chief Clinical Officer at Advanced Care Innovations Host : Chris Comeaux, President / CEO of TELEIOS, author of The Anatomy of Leadership Teleios Collaborative Network / https://www.teleioscn.org/tcntalkspodcast

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  Episode #28

  Your Culture Isn't What You Say—It's What You Tolerate | Part Two

  Sep 11, 202623 minS7

  Your culture isn’t defined by what your organization says it values—it’s revealed by the behaviors it allows, rewards, and repeats. In Part Two of Your Culture Isn't What You Say—It's What You Tolerate , host Chris Comeaux continues his conversation with author and leadership expert Tom Foster about what it takes to intentionally build a strong organizational culture. Tom challenges leaders to look beyond KPIs and productivity metrics and examine whether the behaviors being measured actually support the organization’s mission and purpose. Using examples from healthcare and home health, they explore how well-intentioned performance measures can sometimes work against the outcomes leaders truly want. Chris and Tom also discuss practical ways to evaluate culture—including examining behaviors, organizational systems, customs and rituals, and actually going to see the work firsthand. The conversation explores the relationship between leadership, workplace culture, strategy, employee development, organizational behavior, and performance —and why culture and strategy continuously shape one another. One leadership principle captures the heart of the episode: “Reality always wins. The biggest challenge for the leader is simply to get in touch with it.” — Tom Foster If you're a healthcare leader, hospice professional, nonprofit executive, or business leader , this episode will challenge you to look beyond the culture you intend to create and examine the culture your organization is actually producing. Featuring: Tom Foster, President of Foster Learning Corporation and author of Premeditated Culture: The Consequences of What We Tolerate , Host: Chris Comeaux, President / CEO of TELEIOS, author of The Anatomy of Leadership Topics: Organizational Culture | Healthcare Leadership | Hospice Leadership | Accountability | Leadership Development | Workplace Culture | Organizational Behavior | Purpose-Driven Leadership | Culture Change Subscribe to TCNtalks and Anatomy of Leadership for more conversations on leadership, healthcare, organizational culture, and building high-performing teams. Teleios Collaborative Network / https://www.teleioscn.org/tcntalkspodcast

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  Episode #27

  Your Culture Isn't What You Say—It's What You Tolerate | Part One

  Sep 9, 202635 minS7

  Your culture isn’t what your organization says it values—it’s what your leaders are willing to tolerate. In Part One of Your Culture Isn't What You Say—It's What You Tolerate , host Chris Comeaux sits down with Tom Foster , President of Foster Learning Corporation and author of Premeditated Culture: The Consequences of What We Tolerate , to explore how leaders intentionally—or unintentionally—shape organizational culture. Tom challenges leaders to look beyond mission statements, values on the wall, and aspirational language. Instead, he introduces the Culture Cycle and explains why leaders should start by defining the behaviors they want , then examine what happens when those behaviors collide with the consequences of reality. Because ultimately, the behaviors leaders reinforce, ignore, or allow to continue become the organization's real culture. Chris and Tom also explore why culture often deteriorates through seemingly small lapses in accountability and how pressures facing healthcare and hospice leaders —including workforce shortages, regulation, compliance, productivity demands, reimbursement pressures, and rapid change—can expose the difference between an organization’s stated values and its actual behaviors. In This Episode: Why culture lives in what leaders tolerate The difference between accidental and intentional culture Tom Foster’s Culture Cycle Why leaders should define behaviors before beliefs How accountability—or the lack of it—shapes workplace culture Why consultants should clarify before they fix How small leadership omissions can slowly erode culture How healthcare pressures test organizational values What hospice leaders can learn about connecting behaviors with purpose The question for every leader: Are the behaviors happening inside your organization consistent with the culture you say you want? ▶️ Listen to Part One now, and subscribe so you don’t miss Part Two of this important leadership conversation. Featuring: Tom Foster, President of Foster Learning Corporation and author of Premeditated Culture: The Consequences of What We Tolerate , Host: Chris Comeaux, President / CEO of TELEIOS, author of The Anatomy of Leadership Topics: Organizational Culture | Healthcare Leadership | Hospice Leadership | Accountability | Leadership Development | Workplace Culture | Organizational Behavior | Purpose-Driven Leadership | Culture Change Teleios Collaborative Network / https://www.teleioscn.org/tcntalkspodcast

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  Episode #26

  The Hospice Moratorium: What CMS Is Really Signaling About the Future | Part Two

  Sep 4, 202629 minS7

  The hospice moratorium may eventually end—but CMS scrutiny of hospice is likely here to stay. In Part Two of The Hospice Moratorium: What CMS Is Really Signaling About the Future , Chris Comeaux and Cordt Kassner continue their conversation with Dr. Jennifer Kennedy, Vice President for Quality, Standards and Compliance at CHAP , about what hospice leaders should expect when the moratorium is lifted—and how organizations should prepare now. The conversation explores increased CMS enrollment scrutiny, changes of ownership, audits, SSVI, compliance programs, and the growing role of data and AI in identifying fraud and abuse. Jennifer emphasizes that quality and compliance must work hand-in-hand and that hospices should begin treating audits and regulatory readiness as part of the cost of doing business. But greater regulation raises an important question: Can CMS become precise enough to eliminate bad actors without penalizing high-quality providers? The discussion examines how better data and AI could help regulators target fraud more effectively while protecting access, innovation, and legitimate hospice organizations. Most importantly, Jennifer reminds leaders that compliance cannot overshadow the mission. Even in a more regulated future, hospice must remain centered on compassionate, patient-centered care and what matters most to the patient. In this episode: What could happen when the hospice moratorium ends Why CMS scrutiny is likely to increase Building a culture of compliance and quality Why hospices should budget for more audits SSVI and the future of hospice oversight Using AI and data to better identify fraud and abuse Protecting legitimate providers from regulatory overreach Keeping compassion at the center of hospice care Subscribe to TCNtalks | Anatomy of Leadership for conversations helping healthcare and hospice leaders navigate what’s next. Guest: Dr. Jennifer Kennedy, Vice President, Quality, Compliance and Standards with CHAP Co-Host: Cordt Kassner, PHD, Publisher, Hospice & Palliative Care Today Host: Chris Comeaux, President / CEO of Teleios, author of The Anatomy of Leadership Teleios Collaborative Network / https://www.teleioscn.org/tcntalkspodcast

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