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A Health Podyssey — 305 episodes
Health Care Acquisitions: What Happens to Patient Care Intensity?
How Inflation Skewed State Health Care Spending Targets
Why Are Wealthy Americans Spending So Much More on Healthcare?
BEST OF: Michael Chernew on Medicare Advantage Benchmarks
BEST OF: A Health Podyssey x Policy Spotlight w/ Meena Seshamani
BEST OF: What Most Favored Nation Drug Pricing Would Mean for the US
BEST OF: Will AI Fix Health Care? Robert Wachter Weighs In
How ACO Conveners Are Changing the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) Behind the Scenes
Why Medicare’s Hospital Wage Index Exceptions Jumped 60%
Private Equity in Primary Care: Costs, Care, and Impact
Inside CVS Caremark: The Role of PBMs in Drug Costs & Access | SPONSORED
Inside CMS: How Medicare Innovation Models Are Working to Lower Costs & Scale Digital Health
Policy Changes Reshaping Family Caregiving
Extreme Heat’s Impact on Healthcare Use and Spending
How the Healthcare Workforce Is Responding to New Aging Policies | Age-Friendly Health Series
The Deadly Rise of Cold-Related Illness at the Intersection of Social Inequality
How the One Big Beautiful Bill Changes Medicaid for Older Adults and State Health Policy | Age-Friendly Health Series
Tenant Protections At The Intersection Of Climate And Health
How Climate Change Is Affecting Farmers’ And Ranchers’ Mental Health
Behind The Pages: Climate, Health, and Equity with Sacoby Wilson
What Drives Administrative Costs in U.S. Health Insurance?
Which Star Ratings Are Driving Medicare Advantage Quality Gains
2027 Medicare Advantage Final Payment Rule: Key Changes Explained | David Meyers
Ashish Jha on Public Health Policy, Affordability & Preparedness
What Rising Disenrollment Rates Reveal About Medicare Advantage
Medicare, Disability Insurance & Mortality During A Two-Year Waiting Period
How AI Changed Cardiac Clinical Practice and Outcomes
Zeke Emanuel on Rethinking Longevity, Wellness & Aging
Optum’s Vertical Integration: Impact on Healthcare Pricing & Referrals
How Drug Price Negotiation Is Reshaping Clinical Trial Pipelines
Ghost Doctors in the Medicaid System
Medical Debt After Hospitalization: The Financial Fallout
Medicaid vs. 340B: A Drug Pricing Clash (Sayeh Nikpay)
How Oregon’s Hospital Payment Cap Brought Stability Amid Change
US Health Care Spending 2009–2019: What Changed? (Sherry Glied)
BEST OF: J. Michael McWilliams on the Effects of Patient Survey Data on Risk Adjustment
BEST OF: Steven Lieberman on The Meteoric Rise Of Medicare Advantage
BEST OF: Zirui Song on Private Equity’s Effect on Hospital Costs and Utilization
BEST OF: Don Berwick on How to Fix US Health Care
BEST OF: Eric Topol on the Science of Super-Aging and Longevity
Job Lock’s Hidden Health Costs w/ Tiffany Lemon
Does UnitedHealthcare Pay Optum Providers Differently? w/ Dan Arnold
How Employers Are Navigating Rising Health Care Costs
Protecting Public Health in a Politicized Era w/ Michael Osterholm
Inside U.S. Generic Drug Approvals: Risk, Regulation & Policy w/ Jennifer Kao
The Different Costs — and Sites — of Care for Commercial Insurers w/ Matthew Maughan
Profits vs. Patient Care: Alexander Soltoff on Private Equity in Hospice Care
Can Challenge Prizes Transform Drug Discovery? w/ Tris Dyson
Medicaid’s Role in Rising Buprenorphine Use w/ Stephen Crystal
Treatment Courts and Health Outcomes w/ Elizabeth Van Nostrand
Aimee Moulin on Expanding Opioid Treatment in Emergency Departments
Nora Volkow on the Science, Stigma, and Future of Addiction Research
Brendan Saloner Explains the Opioid Crisis & What Can Be Done
Kenton Johnston on Value-Based Payment Clinician Participation Trends
Cal Fang on Wage Gaps Between Nonprofit Hospital CEOs & Employees
Jonathan Perlin on Today's Fight to Improve Health Care Quality & Standards
Margaret Sieger on How a Novel Policy Shift Reduced Child Protective Services Reports & Foster Placements
J. Wyatt Koma on the Latest Medicare Enrollment Patterns
Bohan Li on Two Decades of Medicaid Managed Care Market Changes
Paula Chatterjee on Rural Hospital Finances Under Pennsylvania's Health Model
Uché Blackstock on The Multi-Faceted Policies to Achieve Health Equity
Robert Burke on The Impact of Value-Based Purchasing Programs on Skilled Nursing Facilities
MacKenzie Hughes on Health Outcomes and Costs Associated with Transitional Care
Keith Drake on How Authorized Generics Shape Drug Competition
Thomas Dobbs on the Backsliding of Public Health Funding, the Field's Current Career Potential, & Being Attached to That One Supreme Court Case
Andrew Ryan on State Affordability Standards' Impact on Hospital Prices and Insurance Premiums
The Digital Health Industry is So Back w/ Christina Farr | Health Affairs This Week
Thomas Buchmueller on Prescription Coverage After Medicaid Unwinding
Trump's Deregulation Era & The Big Budget Reconciliation's Health Care Impact w/ Katie Keith | Health Affairs This Week
Caitlin Carroll on Hospital Closures Ultimately Causing Higher Prices
Health Affairs This Week: What's On Farzad Mostashari's Mind for Health Policy
Health Affairs This Week: How Federal Restructuring Affects Data That Affects Health Policy
Mary Kathryn Poole on How Economic Assistance Models Impact Food Security & Diet
Shuyue Deng on Medically-Tailored Meals' Impact on Health Care
Food, Nutrition, & Health: A Different Type of Hunger w/ Heather Thomas
Kurt Hager on Medicaid Nutrition Supports Linked To Reduced Hospital & ED Use
Elizabeth Popp-Berman on How the U.S. Can Build a Just Political Economy for Health
Food, Nutrition, & Health: Behind the Pages
Seth Berkowitz on the Intersection of Income, Food, & Health
Food, Nutrition & Health: Food Support Programs w/ Diane Schanzenbach
Meena Seshamani on the Journey from CMS to Maryland's Department of Health
Food, Nutrition, & Health: Water Insecurity w/ Na'Taki Osborne Jelks
LIVE with Yashaswini Singh on Private Equity's Effect on Health Care Staff Turnover
Erica Eliason on Children’s Health Coverage Loss During Medicaid Unwinding
Richard Leuchter on ED Underuse Among Disadvantaged Communities
Jihye Han Compares First-In-Class Drug Regulation in the US and Europe
Jennifer Wolff on The Growing Number of Family Caregivers for Older Adults
Paige Nong Tracks the Use Of AI & Predictive Models In US Hospitals
Michael Lens on Low-Density Zoning and Neighborhood Segregation
Research and Justice For All: AAMC Is Working To Thread Healthy Outcomes Through Health Equity
Ingrid Gould Ellen on Housing Mobility and Health
Research and Justice For All: Insight Garden Program Connects Incarcerated Populations with Nature
Craig Pollack on Low Income Housing Tax Credits
Research and Justice For All: Thread Unites Community & Combats Childhood Loneliness
Corianne Scally Gives an Overview on Housing and Health
Research and Justice For All: Fenway Health Advances LGBTQIA+ Health Efforts Through Workforce Education
Richard Hughes IV on States' Response to Federal Vaccine Recommendations for Schools
Research and Justice For All: Washington Housing Conservancy Shapes Health via Housing Reform
Jared Walker on Eliminating Your Medical Debt
Research and Justice For All: Dion's Chicago Dream Fights Food Insecurity One Meal At A Time
Leemore Dafny Joins Our 200th Episode
Janice Jhang on Policy & Market Forces Driving Biosimilar Adoption
Naomi Zewde on the Equity Impacts Of High-Deductible Plans and Health Savings Accounts
Avni Gupta on Medicare Advantage Supplemental Benefits Through an Equity Lens
Allison Hoffman on Simplifying Medicaid Long-Term Services & Supports
Pragya Kakani on How Protected-Class Policy Impacts Medicare Drug Rebates
Jay Bhatt on the Social Drivers of Health
Melissa Aldridge on Private Equity Acquisitions Of Hospices
Andrew Feher on The Effects Of Email For Insurance Engagement Efforts
Benedic Ippolito on the Once and Future Costs of Anti-Obesity Drugs
Jiani Yu on the Current Telehealth Landscape & Opportunities
Dongzhe Hong on Biosimilar Uptake in the US
Kamyar Nasseh on the Growing Role of Private Equity in Dentistry
Sanjay Basu on How Cost-Effectiveness Analyses Can Perpetuate Health Disparities
Brandy Lipton on the Medicaid Coverage Gaps of Eye Care
Jennifer Kao on How an FDA Program Reduced Clinical Development Times for Some Drugs
Christina Andrews on States' Role in Substance Use Disorder Treatment via Medicaid
Liz Fowler on the Future of Specialty and Primary Care Integration
LIVE from Aspen Ideas: Debra Whitman on Aging and "The Second Fifty"
Renee Hsia on Inequities in Cardiac Intervention Availability
Ross Brownson on The Path to Public Health Transformation
Nir Menachemi on How States Can Actually Invest in Public Health
Cory Cronin on Hospitals’ Needs Assessments & Community Health In Ohio
Chelsey Kirkland on Building New Models for the Public Health Workforce
Christopher Cai on Responding To Challenges Posed By Private Equity
Christopher Hoover on How Vaccine Targeting in California Improved Equity
Maeve Wallace on States’ Abortion Laws Associated With Intimate Partner Homicide Rates
Charles Stoecker on How Guaranteed Cash Incentives Boosted COVID-19 Vaccinations
Alison Stuebe on Cultivating Vital Conditions For Perinatal Well-Being
Amy Stiffarm on Supporting Perinatal Mental Health Within Indigenous Communities
Jessica Harrison on Integrating Mental Health In Perinatal Care
Tova Walsh on Fathers' Inclusion Within The Scope of Perinatal Mental Health
Emily Dossett and Karen Tabb Dina on Perinatal Mental Health
Amanda Chen on New CMS Nursing Home Ownership Data
Courtney Baird on How County-Level Mandates Slowed COVID-19 Transmission
Sarah Gordon on Lessons from the Medicaid Continuous Enrollment Provision
John Bowblis on Increased Reliance on Staffing Agencies in Nursing Homes
Kierra Barnett on The Impacts of Discriminatory Policies on Housing and Health
Sandra Newman on Housing Vouchers and the Measurable Medical Benefits Provided
Ingrid Gould Ellen on Advancing Health Equity at the Neighborhood Level
Michael Mayer on Encampment Clearings and Transitional Housing
Ashley Fox on Major Disparities in COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake
Tse Yang Lim on How Different Societal Responses Elicited Very Different Mortality Rates During COVID-19
Cristian Herrera on the COVID-19 Disruption to Latin American and Caribbean Countries
BEST OF: Chip Kahn on Value-Based Payment Problems
BEST OF: Marcia Weaver Explains Two Decades of Health Care Spending Effectiveness
BEST OF: Deepak Palakshappa on Health Care Spending and Food Insecurity
BEST OF: Matthew Trombley on Why Many Providers Run From Downside Risk In ACOs
Joel Weissman on Hospitals Addressing Racism
Zachary Dyer on Measuring Structural Racism at the Neighborhood Level
Chidinma Ibe on Community Health Workers' Chance to Advance Public Health Policy
Research and Justice For All: How the Private Sector Can Address Health Equity
Tina Hernandez-Boussard on Promoting Equity in Clinical Decision-Making
Research and Justice For All: Leveraging Data to Drive Outcomes in Health Equity
Jamila Michener on the Power Imbalances Fueling Housing Inequities
Research and Justice For All: Mental Health and Health Equity
Jeffrey Marr on Home-Based Care Trends
Research and Justice For All: Maternal Health and Health Equity
Aditi Sen on The Mirage of Employer Health Care Price Negotiation
Research and Justice For All: How Health Equity Accreditation is Changing Health Care
Jack Chapel on Health Trends in a Shrinking Middle Class
Research and Justice For All: Health Care Role in Health Equity
Rebecca Gourevitch on Home Visits' Impact on Prenatal Care
Sean Dickson on Therapeutics' Impact on Pharmaceutical Prices & Drug Spending
James Robinson on Life Sciences Innovation Acceleration
Julia Dennett on the Health Effects of OxyContin Marketing
Jane Zhu on Narrow Networks in Medicare Advantage Plans
Yanlei Ma on Dual-Eligible Special Needs Plans
LIVE from Aspen Ideas: Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross
Jessica Adler on Jail Conditions and Death Rates
Andrew Bolibol on Health Insurance Coverage Among LGBT Adults
Dana Mukamel on How Widespread Dementia is in Nursing Homes
Kelsey Owsley on 340B's Effect on Oncology Services
José Figueroa on the State of Dual Eligibles in Integrated Care Programs
Brady Post on the Considerable Relationship Between Consolidation and Health Care Treatment Intensity
Andrew Anderson on the Costs of Preventable Heart Failure Hospitalizations
Anthony LoSasso on Insurer Market Power and Hospital Prices
Amelia Bond on 340B's Influence on Biosimilars
Gillian SteelFisher on Telemedicine Industry and Patient Preferences
Matthew McCoy on Hospital Websites Tracking Your Data
Caitlin Carroll on Rural Hospital Survival
Michelle Mello on Public Health Law Modernization and Rebalancing
Mariana Socal on the Global Supply Chain for Generic Drugs
Jennifer Kao on Drug Repurposing
Brian Castrucci on the Health of the Public Health Workforce
Robert Tyler Braun on How Private Equity Investment Can Affect Nursing Home Staffing
Clare Brown Analyzes Preterm Birth and Low Birthweight Rates
Lisa Rotenstein on the Intersection of Primary and Mental Health Care
Louisa Holaday on Building an Equitable Physician Workforce
Loren Adler on Surprise Ambulance Bills and Beyond
Salin Sriudomporn on Vaccine Funding Gaps
Kate Bundorf on the Stabilization of the Employer-Sponsored Insurance Coverage
Jennifer Ng'andu on the Relationship Between Income and Health
Sara Yeatman on the Intersection of Contraceptive Access and College Completion
Meera Kotagal Identifies Area-Based Socioeconomic Deprivation Indices
Abdinasir Ali on State Eviction Moratoriums' Impact on Health
Anna Gassman-Pines on Unemployment Insurance Access Disparities
Brent Fulton on Cross-Market Hospital Consolidation
Christopher Ruhm on COVID-19 & Economic Recession's Mortality Effects
Lisa Meeks on Ableism and Treatment of Physicians with Disabilities
Linda Long-Bellil Gives an Overview of Health Policy for People with Disabilities
Madeline Smith-Johnson on Disability Rates of Transgender and Cisgender Adults
Tara Lagu on Physicians’ Attitudes on People With Disabilities
Aliza Gordon on Surprise Billing Trends
Eric Roberts on Dual Eligibles Coverage
Michael Barnett on Mental Health Care Delivery
Leemore Dafny
Excursion: Toyin Ajayi, CEO of Cityblock Health
Ann Nguyen on Practicing Across State Lines In An Emergency
Mohammed Ali on Health System Fragmentation and Diabetes Outcomes
Yanlei Ma on Paid Sick Leave Mandates and Health Care Use
Barak Richman On The Heavy Costs of Health Care Coding
Rozalina McCoy on Modernizing Diabetes Care Quality Measures
Jane Zhu Gets Spooky About Phantom Providers
Juan Andino Breaks Down Interstate Telehealth Waivers
Sherry Glied Thinks Health Savings Accounts Have Outgrown Their Original Purpose
Excursion: Andy Slavitt
Krista Harrison Peers Into the Intersection of Hospice, Dementia & Care Quality
Ateev Mehrotra Shines a Light on Indirect Billing
Rachael Bedard Explains Health Care in Jails
Christine Ritchie Reimagines Home-Based Care
Caitlin Hicks on Telemedicine and Care Inequities
Vilsa Curto on Vertical Integration's Effect on Health Care Prices
Brian Powers on How Humana Understands Medicare Advantage Enrollees' Social Needs
Alexandra Bhatti Assesses US Child Care Vaccination Laws
Katie Keith Throws an ACA Birthday Party
Stacie Dusetzina Shares Why Medicare Beneficiaries May Not Fill Specialty Drug Prescriptions
Kathryn Phillips Wants to Anticipate Payer Cancer Coverage as Screenings Evolve
Seth Berkowitz Puts A Figure to Social Determinant Health Spending
Hector Rodriguez Argues Brick-and-Mortar Health Care Consolidation Is Short-Sighted
Jill Horwitz Questions the Role of Nonprofit Hospitals
Ruth Zambrana Argues Structural Racism is a Social Determinant of Health
Melanie Sabado-Liwag on the Enduring Impact of Colonialism on Health Inequities in the US
Racism & Health In US Medicine, A Conversation with Harriet Washington
Monica Simpson Examines Black Women's Lived Experiences with Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Services
Narrative Matters: Honoring Dr. Shalon Irving, A Champion for Health Equity
Ruqaiijah Yearby Reviews Structural Racism in US Health Care Policy
Michael Sun on Racial Biases Hiding in EHRs
George Wehby on Mask Mandates and How Health Services Research Has Changed Since COVID
Kayte Spector-Bagdady on Racial Diversity and Inclusion in Precision Medicine and Big Data
Keren Ladin on Why Medicare's Advance Care Planning Payment Is A Work In Progress
LIVE with Sherry Glied and Craig Garthwaite on National Health Care Spending in 2020 and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Esther Friedman Explains Home Care and Nursing Home Workforce Changes
Jennifer Attonito on Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout In Florida
Is fee-for-service the smoking gun for U.S. health care spending?
Sabrina Poon on the Controversial Two-Midnight Rule & Its Effects on Hospital Admissions
Ashish Jha on Healthcare Payment Reform, COVID-19 & Health Policy Twitter
Susanna Trost on Addressing Perinatal Mental Health to Curb Maternal Mortality
Sara Kornfield on Postpartum Depression, Mental Health and Mother-Infant Bonding During COVID-19
Pathways to Equitable and Anti-Racist Maternal Mental Health Care
Perinatal Mental Illness is Very Common. How Can It Be Improved?
The Health Benefits of Paid Sick Leave Reach Farther Than You Think
How Dementia Care Integrates Formal and Informal Care Services
The Burden of Morbidity Among Transgender People
Leemore Dafny on Hospital Prices, Markets, and Antitrust Regulations
Pushing Against the QALY Criticism in Drug Pricing
Julian Harris on the Connection Between Unmet Social Needs and Health Care Costs
Scott Howell on the Very Large Costs of Drug Utilization Management
LIVE with Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator
James Robinson On The Drug Market, Innovation, Biosimilars, and What The French Get Right
Health Care Gaps For Migrants & Asylum Seekers On The Mexican Border During COVID-19
Many US Citizen Migrant Children Living In Mexico Have Inadequate Health Coverage
LIVE with Micky Tripathi, National Coordinator for Health IT
Many US Immigrants May Defer Health Care to Avoid ICE
An Aging Immigrant Population and the Health Policy Questions It Raises
The importance of mental health workers for mobile crisis response
What gun violence does to health
Timing out-of-pocket spending in health care is challenging
How biosimilars are affecting the drug markets
LIVE with Liz Fowler, director of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation
Features of a zero-burnout primary care practice
How shortening skilled nursing facility stays might identify waste in health care delivery
Julia Adler-Milstein on tracking the evolution of health information exchange
Lowering Medicare eligibility may improve cancer outcomes
Breaking down how pharmacy deserts and access relate to health equity
Understanding private equity investment in hospitals
Should social risks factor into health care quality measures?
ACA closed health coverage gaps for pregnant women. There’s still a long way to go
Urgent care centers cost more than you think
The ACA led to an increase in the contraceptive-curious
Nursing homes have a staff turnover crisis – even before COVID-19
Do teams work better than solo providers? Spoiler alert: Yes
Examining the telehealth digital divide for patients with limited English proficiency
Commercial insurers take note: bundled payments can save thousands per procedure
What new pandemic unemployment benefits taught us about health
Yes, COVID-19 changed telemedicine use — but it's complicated
Building the next generation of American Indian doctors
What the Biden administration urgently needs to address in health care
Auditing the admission practices for opioid use disorder treatment
Health economists may be getting the supply-and-demand framework all wrong
If you give people coverage, they use it
And the value of an additional star for physicians and hospitals is...
Value-based care isn’t transforming healthcare spending
From Colorado to Washington: Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil discusses his past, healthcare’s future
Healthcare take note: every greenhouse gas emission matters
Can climate change solutions be served with school lunches?
When climate change impacts Indigenous identities, mental health suffers
'What are we going to do about it?': An essay on racism and health inequities
Ensuring equitable access to a COVID-19 vaccine once it's here
What Milwaukee tells us about COVID-19 and its impact on race
A first take on health policy after the 2020 election
Where a child grows up shapes their health
Education isn’t the only thing disrupted when schools close
How new pediatric programs take root and grow
Improving teen driver safety with virtual driving assessments