# Ilan Shapiro, MD, MBA, FAAP, FACHE, Chief Health Correspondent and Medical Affairs Officer and Senior Vice President at AltaMed Health Services Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/becker-s-healthcare-podcast-484089/ilan-shapiro-md-mba-faap-fache-chief-health-correspondent-and-medical-affairs-officer-and-senior-vice-president-at-altamed-health-services Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/becker-s-healthcare-podcast-484089/ilan-shapiro-md-mba-faap-fache-chief-health-correspondent-and-medical-affairs-officer-and-senior-vice-president-at-altamed-health-services.md Podcast: [Becker’s Healthcare Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/becker-s-healthcare-podcast-484089) Published: 2026-05-23T16:30:00+00:00 Episode link: https://podcast.show/beckershealthcarepodcast/beckershealthcarepodcast/153901752/ilan-shapiro-md-mba-faap-fache-chief-health-correspondent-and-medical-affairs-officer-and-senior-vice-president-at-altamed-health-services/ Audio file: https://media.blubrry.com/beckershealthcarepodcast/ins.blubrry.com/beckershealthcarepodcast/BKR_HC_Payer_Ilan_Shapiro_P_5-22-26_RD1.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/becker-s-healthcare-podcast-484089/episodes/ilan-shapiro-md-mba-faap-fache-chief-health-correspondent-and-medical-affairs-officer-and-senior-vice-president-at-altamed-health-services Duration seconds: 1122 ## Resource In this episode, Ilan Shapiro, MD, MBA, FAAP, FACHE, Chief Health Correspondent and Medical Affairs Officer and Senior Vice President at AltaMed Health Services, joins the podcast to discuss breaking language barriers in healthcare and closing gaps between patients and providers. He shares how improving communication and cultural understanding can lead to better access, stronger relationships, and improved health outcomes. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/becker-s-healthcare-podcast-484089/episodes/ilan-shapiro-md-mba-faap-fache-chief-health-correspondent-and-medical-affairs-officer-and-senior-vice-president-at-altamed-health-services/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/becker-s-healthcare-podcast-484089/ilan-shapiro-md-mba-faap-fache-chief-health-correspondent-and-medical-affairs-officer-and-senior-vice-president-at-altamed-health-services.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.