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EPISODE · Mar 3, 2026 · 25 MIN

How state Medicaid programs are preparing for cell and gene therapies | Bruce Greenstein (Louisiana DoH) and Will Shrank (Aradigm)

from Health Tech Nerds Radio · host Kevin O'Leary

In this episode of Health Tech Nerd Radio, Kevin speaks with Bruce Greenstein, the Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health, and Will Shrank, the Co-Founder and CEO of Aradigm, about how state Medicaid programs are preparing for the coming wave of cell and gene therapies.The conversation covers state and federal roles, innovative payment models (including Louisiana’s earlier “Netflix model” for Hep C), operational challenges for providers and manufacturers, and the need for ecosystem-level public-private partnerships while warning against other payers shifting risk onto Medicaid.For more from Health Tech Nerds, subscribe to our weekly newsletters: https://www.healthtechnerds.com/subscribe

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