Health Affairs ' Jeff Byers chats with Senior Editors Kathleen Haddad and Meg Winchester about their recent trip to AcademyHealth's 2024 Annual Research Meeting (ARM) in Baltimore and the main takeaways that the two found regarding private equity, opioid use, and solutions-orientated research. Order the July 2024 Issue of Health Affairs . Related Links: Request For Abstracts – Food, Nutrition, And Health Protecting Patients And Society In An Era Of Private Equity Provider Ownership: Challenges A...
Jul 05, 2024•16 min•Ep. 163
Health Affairs ' Jeff Byers is joined by Andrew Twinamatsiko of O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law to discuss a recent Supreme Court decision to reject a challenge to the FDA's approval of abortion medication. Join us for this upcoming event: 7/10/24 - Lunch and Learn: Supreme Court Wrap-Up (Health Affairs Insider Exclusive Event) Become an Insider this week for $40 Off when you use the code InsiderAtTwo at checkout. Related Articles: Supreme Court Rejects Challenge To Abortion...
Jun 28, 2024•17 min•Ep. 162
Health Affairs ' Jeff Byers is joined by Sabrina Corlette of Georgetown University to discuss an ahead-of-print article released this week that outlines the Congressional Budget Office's health insurance coverage projections in the US for 2024-34 . The conversation discusses what went into the CBO's estimates and how the upcoming presidential election may play a big role in how these projections shape up in the future to come. Join us for this upcoming event: 7/10/24 - Lunch and Learn: Supreme C...
Jun 21, 2024•16 min•Ep. 161
Health Affairs ' Jeff Byers chats with Senior Editor Michael Gerber about his recent trip to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Health Equity Conference in Bethesda and the main takeaways that he found from the diversity of panels offered. Order the Reimagining Public Health Theme Issue of Health Affairs . Join us for our next edition of Journal Club on June 18 . Become an Insider today ! For the month of June, you can become an Insider with a $40 discount by using the code I...
Jun 07, 2024•13 min•Ep. 159
Health Affairs ' Jeff Byers talks with Stacie Dusetzina of Vanderbilt University about the current state of obesity medications like Ozempic, the likelihood of insurance coverage, their costs, drug shortages, and how to ensure this medication finds its way to patients. Join Health Affairs Insider to learn more about drug pricing with Stacie Dusetzina. For the month of June, use the code InsiderAtTwo to get $40 off of an Insider membership (offer ends on 6/30/24). The deadline is today (5/31/24) ...
May 31, 2024•21 min•Ep. 158
Health Affairs ' Jeff Byers talks with Marianne Amoss about recent federal rulemaking activity over nursing facility staff levels and CMS' proposed mandatory kidney transplant value-based model. Read the newly published article " Judicial Decisions Constraining Public Health Powers During COVID-19 " from our upcoming Reimaging Public Health theme issue. Related Links: Biden-Harris Administration Acts to Improve Access to Kidney Transplants (CMS) Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Minimum Staffing S...
May 24, 2024•15 min•Ep. 157
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers interviews Healthcare Dive 's Rebecca Pifer to discuss the FTC's move to ban noncompete agreements. Join Health Affairs Insider . Related Links: FTC votes to ban noncompetes, with far-reaching effects on doctors ( Healthcare Dive )...
May 17, 2024•18 min•Ep. 156
Health Affairs ' Jeff Byers and Jessica Bylander go over the demise of Walmart Health and the health of retail clinics and telemedicine. Order the May issue of Health Affairs . Finish the sentence: You're A Health Policy Wonk If... Related Links: Walmart shuttering all 51 health centers, citing lack of profitability ( FierceHealthcare ) The Impact of Telemedicine on Medicare Utilization, Spending, and Quality, 2019-22 ( Health Affairs ) Variation In Telemedicine Use And Outpatient Care During Th...
May 10, 2024•13 min•Ep. 155
Health Affairs ' Jeff Byers interviews Jack Hoadley from Georgetown University about the final rule for the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D programs for 2025. Read the new Health Policy Brief on digital inclusion . Join us for our ONC 20th anniversary event on May 9. Finish the sentence and win an online journal subscription for a year: You're a health policy wonk if... Become a Health Affairs Insider to read our newsletters on drug pricing, antitrust, and more. Related Links: Differences...
May 03, 2024•15 min•Ep. 154
This month, HHS released the final "Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters" for 2025. This final notice sets standards and requirements for the Affordable Care Act marketplaces and health insurers. Sabrina Corlette and Jason Levitis, who both co-authored a piece about the notice in Health Affairs Forefront , join Health Affairs This Week host Jeff Byers to discuss the new standards and how the ACA marketplace has matured over the years. Read the "ahead-of-print" article, " The Impact of Teleme...
Apr 26, 2024•16 min•Ep. 153
Health Affairs This Week is back! Host Jeff Byers interviews Brent Fulton from University of California, Berkeley about the current state of antitrust and private equity in health care. Brent is an author of a special newsletter from Health Affairs Insider on antitrust and markets in health care. Subscribe to Insider to catch Brent's and our other Insider newsletters on drug pricing (from Stacie Dusetzina), health spending, and health equity. Join Insider . Related Links: Private Equity-Acquired...
Apr 19, 2024•15 min•Ep. 152
Health Affairs' Kathleen Haddad and Rob Lott go behind the pages of the new April issue focusing on Perinatal Mental Health & Well-Being . Their conversation provides insight into what has changed since Health Affairs published their first theme issue on the subject, which featured papers left a resounding impact on the editors, and so much more. Health Affairs would like to thank Perigee Fund , the California Health Care Foundation , W. K. Kellogg Foundation , the Hilton Foundation , Cambia...
Apr 05, 2024•14 min•Ep. 151
This is a special publication of the first season of the new Health Affairs podcast, Research and Justice For All . The first season, "Private Sector Solutions," is sponsored by CVS Health. This is the final episode of the first season. Guest: Rashad Burgess , Vice President of Advancing Health and Black Equity at Gilead Sciences CVS Health’s Sree Chaguturu and Joneigh Khaldun interview Rashad Burgess of Gilead Sciences about how private sector companies can advance health equity goals. They als...
Mar 29, 2024•34 min
This is a special publication of the first season of the new Health Affairs podcast, Research and Justice For All . The first season, "Private Sector Solutions," is sponsored by CVS Health. Guest: Dr. Karen DeSalvo, Chief Health Officer, Google CVS Health’s Sree Chaguturu and Joneigh Khaldun interview Karen DeSalvo of Google on how to leverage data and partnerships to drive positive, equitable health outcomes. They also discuss both the public and private sector approaches to promoting health eq...
Mar 22, 2024•36 min
This is a special publication of the first season of the new Health Affairs podcast, Research and Justice For All . The first season, "Private Sector Solutions," is sponsored by CVS Health. Guest: Dr. Nicole Christian-Brathwaite, MD , Head of Medical and Clinical Strategy at Headway and CEO and Founder of Well Minds Psychiatry & Consulting CVS Health’s Sree Chaguturu and Joneigh Khaldun interview Nicole Christian-Brathwaite of Headway and Well Minds Psychiatry & Consulting about the impa...
Mar 15, 2024•35 min
This is a special publication of the first season of the new Health Affairs podcast, Research and Justice For All . The first season, "Private Sector Solutions," is sponsored by CVS Health. Guest: Dr. Mary-Ann Etiebet, AVP for Health Equity at Merck and Lead of Merck for Mothers CVS Health’s Sree Chaguturu and Joneigh Khaldun interview Mary-Ann Etiebet of Merck about how to address disparities in maternal health outcomes and the contributions of the Merck for Mothers initiative. This season is s...
Mar 08, 2024•31 min
This is a special publication of the first season of the new Health Affairs podcast, Research and Justice For All . The first season, "Private Sector Solutions," is sponsored by CVS Health. Guest: Bryan O. Buckley, Director of Health Equity Initiatives at the National Committee for Quality Assurance CVS Health’s Sree Chaguturu and Joneigh Khaldun interview Bryan O. Buckley of the National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA) about health equity accreditation and why collaboration with communiti...
Mar 01, 2024•30 min
This is a special pod of the first episode of the new Health Affairs podcast, Research and Justice For All . The first season, "Private Sector Solutions," is sponsored by CVS Health. Guest: Thomas Sequist, Chief Medical Officer at Massachusetts General Brigham In the first episode of Research and Justice For All , CVS Health’s Sree Chaguturu and Joneigh Khaldun interview Thomas Sequist from Massachusetts General Brigham on the important role of health and hospital systems in driving health equit...
Feb 23, 2024•37 min
Health Affairs' Ellen Bayer and Rob Lott go behind the pages of the new February issue focusing on Housing and Health. Their conversation provides insight into the approach taken for this particular theme issue, the relationship between housing and health, a number of the journal articles featured and so much more. Health Affairs would like to thank Kaiser Permanente , The Colorado Health Foundation , the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation , the California Health Care Foundation, and The California ...
Feb 09, 2024•12 min•Ep. 150
In a special series on housing and health, Health Affairs ' Rob Lott interviews Michael Lens from the University of California Los Angeles. This is a special series leading up to the release of a theme issue on housing and health , which will be released next week. Pre-order the issue here . Related Links: Low-Density Zoning, Health, and Health Equity ( Health Affairs ) Residential Segregation and Health: History, Harms, and Next Steps ( Health Affairs ) Public Policies to Address Residential Se...
Feb 02, 2024•18 min•Ep. 149
In a special series on housing and health, Health Affairs ' Rob Lott interviews Ingrid Gould Ellen from the NYU Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy. This is a special series leading up to the release of a theme issue on housing and health in February. Pre-order the issue here . Related Links: Eviction and Health: A Vicious Cycle Exacerbated by a Pandemic ( Health Affairs ) Housing Mobility Programs and Health Outcomes ( Health Affairs ) Gentrification and the Health of Legacy Resident...
Jan 26, 2024•16 min•Ep. 148
In a special series on housing and health, Health Affairs ' Rob Lott interviews Craig Pollack from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. This is a special series leading up to the release of a theme issue on housing and health in February. Pre-order the issue here . Related Links: Using the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit to Fill the Rental Housing Gap ( Health Affairs )...
Jan 19, 2024•16 min•Ep. 147
In a special series on housing and health, Health Affairs ' Rob Lott interviews Corianne Scally from the Urban Institute. This is a special series leading up to the release of a theme issue on housing and health in February. Pre-order the issue here . Related Links: Housing and Health: An Overview of the Literature ( Health Affairs ) Housing and Health: The Role of Inclusionary Zoning ( Health Affairs )...
Jan 12, 2024•16 min•Ep. 146
Health Affairs ' Leslie Erdelack and Margaret Saunders go behind the pages to discuss the latest theme issue from Health Affairs on Global Lessons From COVID-19 .
Dec 08, 2023•13 min•Ep. 145
Health Affairs's Leslie Erdelack and Rob Lott take cues from Spotify Wrapped to look back to the most important headlines from the first eleven months of 2023. They discuss Medicaid unwinding, drug price negotiations, life after Dobbs, Ozempic, artificial intelligence, COVID-19, affirmative action, and more. Related Links: Maintaining Coverage Gains During Medicaid Unwinding ( Health Affairs Forefront ) The Future Of COVID-19 Vaccine Development ( Health Affairs Forefront ) Arriving At A Fair Pr...
Dec 01, 2023•14 min•Ep. 144
Health Affairs ' Ellen Bayer and Chris Fleming interview Harlan Krumholz from the Yale School of Medicine about President Biden's executive order on artificial intelligence and the implications for health care. Read the "ahead-of-print" article: " A Systematic Review Of COVID-19 Misinformation Interventions: Lessons Learned " Related Links: Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (White House) How Will The Executive Order On Artificial ...
Nov 17, 2023•14 min•Ep. 143
Health Affairs ' Jessica Bylander and Vabren Watts chat about the latest developments from the health equity department at Health Affairs . They discuss a recent professional development event for authors, the second theme issue we published on racism and health , Native American Heritage Month, and more. Related Links: Professional Development: Writing About Racism in Health Care (Health Affairs Events) Private Sector Opportunities To Foster American Indian/Alaska Native Health Equity ( Health ...
Nov 03, 2023•13 min•Ep. 142
Health Affairs ' Jessica Bylander and Marianne Amoss discuss the findings in KFF's new Employer Health Benefits survey . In the report, KFF finds that annual premiums for employer-sponsored family health coverage will increase 7% on average this year. Related Links: Health Benefits In 2023: Premiums Increase With Inflation And Employer Coverage In The Wake Of Dobbs ( Health Affairs ) Incorrect Provider Directories Associated With Out-Of-Network Mental Health Care And Outpatient Surprise Bills ( ...
Oct 27, 2023•9 min•Ep. 141
Health Affairs ' Leslie Erdelack and Michael Gerber discuss labor relations and news out of California, providing an update on the Kaiser Permanente workforce strike and how California will raise its minimum wage for health care workers to $25 an hour. So does California, so does the US? Read the ahead-of-print article, " Health Benefits In 2023: Premiums Increase With Inflation And Employer Coverage In The Wake Of Dobbs ." Related Links: California sets $25 per hour minimum wage for healthcare ...
Oct 20, 2023•15 min•Ep. 140
Health Affairs' Kathleen Haddad and Rob Lott discuss the recent news where direct-to-consumer companies continue to expand into the Medicare Advantage territory. They discuss Instacart launching a new grocery benefits and the news out of the HTLH conference in Las Vegas regarding a partnership between Uber and Optum. Read the health policy brief on Water Insecurity and Population Health . Listen to the final episode of the first series of Research and Justice For All . Related Links: Filling The...
Oct 13, 2023•12 min•Ep. 139
