Our Purpose - The LTC Podcast

About Our Purpose - The LTC Podcast

Our Purpose! The LTC Podcast explores the evolving world of long-term healthcare. Each episode brings together voices from across the industry—leaders, practitioners, innovators, and advocates—to share insights, experiences, and solutions that shape the future of care. Our mission is simple: to collaborate, learn, and inspire positive change. By highlighting stories, strategies, and innovations, we aim to uplift and encourage improved patient outcomes and a stronger healthcare community. Whether you’re a healthcare professional, caregiver, policymaker, or simply someone who wants to better understand the long-term care landscape, this podcast offers valuable conversations that matter.

Publisher

Our Purpose LLC

Category

business · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 Sept 2025

Latest episode

14 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

36 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 Oct 2026

   The $250,000 Reality of Keeping Your Parents at Home with Dawn Bransky

   The $250,000 Reality of Keeping Your Parents at Home with Dawn Bransky How much does it really cost to keep your aging parents at home? For families requiring around-the-clock professional caregiving, that number can reach an astonishing $250,000 per year. In this episode of Our Purpose – The LTC Podcast, hosts Kip Krueger, James Dieter, and Chris Light welcome Dawn Bransky, CEO of Benevolent Hearts Home Care, for an eye-opening conversation about the financial, emotional, and practical realities of aging in place. As a physical therapist with more than 30 years of experience and a certified dementia educator, Dawn has dedicated her career to helping seniors maintain their independence while receiving compassionate, personalized care. Together, they explore the rising costs of home care, the importance of planning for long-term care expenses, and the difficult decisions families face when caring for loved ones with Alzheimer's, dementia, and other age-related conditions. Dawn also shares practical insights into recognizing caregiver burnout, understanding the differences between home care and home health, and knowing when a transition to assisted living or memory care may be necessary. One of the episode's most powerful takeaways is that providing care shouldn't mean taking away someone's independence. The best caregivers recognize what individuals can still do for themselves and provide support where it's needed most. The conversation also highlights why specialized dementia training matters, how long-term care insurance can help families prepare for future expenses, and why protecting the health of family caregivers is just as important as caring for their loved ones. Whether you're a healthcare leader, senior care professional, or family member navigating the challenges of aging parents, this episode provides meaningful guidance for making informed decisions about long-term care. About Our Purpose – The LTC Podcast Hosted by Kip Kruger, James Dieter, and Chris Light, Our Purpose shares the stories and experiences of professionals transforming skilled nursing, senior living, and long-term care. New episodes every Wednesday.

2. 

   30 Sept 2026

   The MDS Mistakes That Could Be Costing Your Facility with Loraine Leija

   MDS mistakes don't just create paperwork problems—they can impact reimbursement, quality measures, audits, care planning, and the story your facility tells about each resident. In this episode of Our Purpose – The LTC Podcast, Kip Kruger, James Dieter, and Chris Light sit down with Loraine Leija, Vice President of Clinical Reimbursement and Ancillary Services at Creative Solutions in Healthcare, to break down MDS, PDPM, documentation, and clinical reimbursement. Loraine discusses common PDPM misconceptions, why facilities need to continually monitor changes in resident condition, and how documentation gaps can create missed reimbursement opportunities. She also explains how MDS data connects to quality outcomes and resident care. The conversation explores the growing role of AI in clinical documentation, MDS audits and validation, interdisciplinary communication, and why successful MDS coordinators need the entire IDT working together. For MDS coordinators, DONs, administrators, reimbursement professionals, and long-term care leaders, this episode is a practical look at how better documentation, stronger communication, and accurate assessments can lead to better outcomes.

3. 

   16 Sept 2026

   AI Is Denying Healthcare Claims. Here’s How Providers Fight Back with Sean Weiss

   AI is rapidly changing healthcare—but what happens when that technology is being used to deny claims at scale? In this episode of Our Purpose – The LTC Podcast, the team sits down with nationally recognized healthcare compliance expert Sean Weiss, “The Compliance Guy,” for a wide-ranging conversation about healthcare compliance, insurance denials, artificial intelligence, fraud and abuse enforcement, and what providers can do to protect their organizations. Sean brings more than 30 years of healthcare compliance experience and has worked on hundreds of federal civil and criminal cases involving healthcare providers. He explains why having a compliance plan sitting on a shelf isn't enough—and why a true culture of compliance can actually help healthcare organizations become stronger and more profitable. The conversation also tackles one of the fastest-growing challenges facing providers: AI-driven claims review and denials. As insurance companies increasingly use technology and data analytics to review claims at scale, how can providers possibly keep up? Sean explains why AI can be a powerful tool, where he believes its limitations become dangerous, and why human clinical judgment still matters. In this episode, we discuss: - How AI is changing healthcare claims and denials - Why providers shouldn't simply accept insurance denials - The biggest compliance mistakes healthcare organizations make - Why a compliance program must be a “living, breathing” system - How documentation can protect—or expose—your organization - Why billing before documentation is complete creates serious risk - False Claims Act exposure and voluntary refunds - Fraud, waste and abuse enforcement - The impact of the overturning of Chevron deference - Why data analytics don't always tell the entire story - AI hallucinations, bias and the limits of automated decision-making - AI-generated clinical documentation - Hospice and skilled nursing compliance - Prepayment review and Medicare audits - How providers can fight back against improper claim denials - Why better compliance can actually improve the bottom line Sean's message to healthcare providers is simple: don't just throw your hands up and give in. Build strong documentation. Create a real culture of compliance. Educate your team. Audit your organization. Appeal legitimate claims. And understand the rules well enough to defend the care you provide. Whether you work in skilled nursing, long-term care, hospice, physician practice management, revenue cycle, healthcare compliance or healthcare operations, this is a conversation worth hearing. 🎙️ Our Purpose – The LTC Podcast Stories, conversations and perspectives from the people shaping skilled nursing and long-term care.

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Apple Podcasts (US)

3.4 / 5

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Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

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