Sentara Healthcare

So my name is Katrina Melton.

I'm the Systems Vice President for Post-Acute and Palliative Care for Sentara Health.

I've been here for about two years now, And I am a physical therapist by background, so I've spent most of my career in post-acute in some way, shape, or form, and really have found a passion for how do we better connect our post-acute partners and our community partners with our health system partners and physician practices in order to optimize the care of our patients.

So this is something that we're talking about today that I'm very, very passionate about, and I'm looking forward to our conversation.

Welcome to the Becker's Health Care Podcast.

I'm Mariah Taylor, assistant editor, and I'm thrilled to be speaking with Katrina Melton, system vice president of post-acute and palliative care at Sentara Health.

Thank you so much for joining me today.

I'm really excited to learn more about your strategic vision on post-acute technology innovations.

It's a pleasure to be with you today, and I appreciate you having me on.

Um, so my name's Katrina Melton.

I'm the systems vice president for post-acute and palliative care for Sentara Health.

Um, I've been here for about two years now, and I am a physical therapist by background.

Yes.

Uh, I did seven, well, 14 years for, uh, Sentara down in Tidewater.

Oh.

And, uh, I got certified, uh-

It's a-

... organization?

Yes, in medical office buildings in, uh, Sentara's, you know, hospital system.

Mm-hmm.

Anyone with information should call Virginia Beach Police at 757-385-5000.

And last but not least, Sentara has ended contract talks with Anthem for Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, and, uh, Affordable Care Act plans.

The dispute centers on reimbursement rates, with S- Sentara seeking an increase while Anthem pr- proposed lower rates.

About 215,000 Anthem members in Hampton Roads could be affected.

Patients can continue seeing Sentara providers through the end of the year.

All righty.

You know, you just reminded me of something that I meant to rant about in the first hour.

If you go on VPAP or one of the open secrets and you look at what the highest paid nonprofit salary is, you know, and it's always in the medical field.

And so it's like Sentara Health or Kaiser.

So these organizations that work with insurance companies that manage, the CEO makes a million dollars.

No, actually, I think it's like tens of millions in some places.