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Tufts Professor William Masters Discusses Food Affordability and Food Production Stability in the Age of Climate Denial

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Mr. Robert Andrews Discusses Self-Insured Employer Health Plan Efforts to Address Healthcare Affordability

3

Mike Meno Discusses the Recently-Introduced Senate "Stop Climate Shakedowns Act"

4

Dr. Adam Cunningham Discusses Medical Tourism

5

Georgetown's Professor Katie Keith Unpacks HHS's Recent Proposed Affordable Care Act Rule

6

Professor Shannon Mussett Discusses Entropic Philosophy's Relevance to Our Health and Health Care

7

Attorney Alissa Smith Discusses Delivering Healthcare in the Face of (ICE) Immigration Enforcement

8

Resources for the Future Senior Fellow (and Former EPA Official) Dr. Bryan Hubbell Discusses the EPA's Assault on Clean Air

9

Prof. John Abraham Discusses the Ongoing and Outrageous Rise in Ocean Heat Content

10

Child Psychiatrist Frank Putnam Discusses His Soon-To-Be-Published book, "Old Before Their Time, A Scientific Life Investigating How Maltreatment Harms Children and the Adults They Become"

11

Harvard Professor Eram Alam Discusses Her Just-Published Book, "The Care of Foreigners, How Immigrant Physicians Changed US Healthcare"

12

Georgetown Professor Linda Blumberg Discusses Commercial Health Insurance "Middlemen"

13

Prof. Troy Brennan Discusses His Just-Published, "Wonderful and Broken, The Complex Reality of Primary Care in the US"

14

Dr. Sachin Jain Discusses Ethical Erosion in Healthcare

15

Drs. Michael Liu and Rishi Wadhera Discuss CMS's WISeR Medicare Demonstration

16

Mr. Michael Millenson Discusses the (Tragic) State of Patient Safety

17

Prof. Elizabeth Wrigley-Field Discusses Excess Deaths

18

Devin Kellis Argues for Extinction Medicine as a Medical Specialty

19

The Sabin Climate Law Center's Dr. Maria Antonia Tigre Discusses the ICJ's Recent Climate Advisory Opinion

20

Stanford's Mark Jacobson Discusses the Likely Climate Effects of the OBBBA & the Current Status of Renewable Energy Development

21

The Institute for New Economic Thinking's Thomas Ferguson Discusses Congressional Realities That Explain Passage of the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act"

22

The World Council of Churches' Ms. Frederique Seidel Discusses the WCC's Recently-Published Handbook, "Hope for Children Through Climate Justice, Legal Tools to Hold Financiers Accountable"

23

Eneration's Jeff Rich and Laura Olson Discuss Their Efforts to Vastly Improve Healthcare Energy Efficiency and Sustainability

24

Stanford's Dr. Chris Callahan Discusses Attribution Science & His Recently Related Article Published in "Nature"

25

Director Don Lieber Discusses the "First Do No Harm" Campaign

26

Johns Hopkins' Economics Prof. Melinda Buntin Discusses Slowing Healthcare Spending Growth Over the Past Two Decades

27

CUNY's Dr. Lyndon Haviland Discusses the Government's Response to the Measles Outbreak

28

Healthcare Policy Attorney Alissa Smith Discusses What To Know If/When ICE Knocks

29

Alexander Howard Discusses HHS Secretary Kennedy's Richardson Waiver Recission

30

Prof. John Abraham Discusses Accelerated Ocean Temperature Warming and Heat Content

31

Hip Hop Caucus' Stephone Coward and Stand.earth's Hannah Saggau Discuss Citi's Contribution to Cancer Alley

32

Attorney Andrea Rodgers Discusses Children's Litigation Efforts to Achieve Climate Justice

33

Prof. Stephanie Alice Baker Discusses TikTok's Promotion of Fake Cancer Cures

34

310th Interview: John Washington Discusses His Just-Published, "The Case for Open Borders"

35

Prof. Daniel Goldberg Discusses His Recently Published, "Tackle Football and Traumatic Brain Injuries"

36

Dr. Troyen Brennan Discusses His Just-Published Book, "The Transformation of American Health Insurance, On the Path to Medicare for All"

37

Dr. Charles LeBaron Discusses His Just Published Book, "Greed to Good, The Untold Story of CDC's Disastrous War on Opioids"

38

Prof. Tad Delay Discusses His Recent Work, "Future of Denial, The Ideologies of Climate Change"

39

Ms. Alyson Rosenthal Discusses Food As Medicine

40

Nathan Martinez Discusses the Government’s Attempt to Address Out of Network Healthcare Billing

41

Stephanie Wang Discusses the Health Disparities Think Tank

42

Columbia's Sabin Center's Executive Director, Michael Burger, Discusses State of Play Re: Climate Crisis-Related Litigation

43

Clayton Page Aldern Discusses His Recently Published, "The Weight of Nature, How a Changing Climate Changes Our Brains"

44

300th Podcast Interview: Merle Hoffman Discusses Her Just-Published, "CHOICES, A Post-Roe Abortion Rights Manifesto"

45

Dr. Mitchell Li Discusses Reforming Corporate Practice of Medicine Legislation

46

Professor John Abraham Discusses Rising Ocean Heat Content

47

Dr. Ajay Chaudhary Discusses "The Exhausted of the Earth, Politics in a Burning World"

48

Dr. Robert Scoggins Discusses Medicare's Recent Regulatory Reform to Improve Sepsis Care

49

David Ropeik Discusses His Just-Published Book, "Curing Cancer-Phobia, How Risk, Fear and Worry Mislead Us"

50

UCLA Law Professor Joanna Schwartz Discusses Her Just-Published, "Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable"

51

Columbia University's Ms. Cynthia Hanawalt Discusses Public Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

52

Dr. Robert Moffit Discusses "Modernizing Medicare: Harnessing the Power of Consumer Choice and Market Competition"

53

Prof. Nancy Tomes Discusses Patients as Consumers and to What Extent Defining Medicine as a Commodity Has Proven Useful

54

Professors Fredrik Albritton Jonsson and Carl Wennerlind Discuss They're Recently Published Book, "Scarcity: A History From the Origins of Capitalism to the Climate Crisis"

55

Dr. Richard Young Discusses His Dystopian Healthcare Novel, "2060" (August 1st)

56

Sonia Roschnik Discusses the International Hospital Federation's Environmental Sustainability Programming

57

Professor Larry Churchill Discusses "Bioethics Reenvisioned, A Path Toward Health Justice"

58

285th Podcast: Wendell Potter Discusses the Recently Released Documentary, "American Hospitals: Healing a Broken System" (May 26th)

59

CBPP's Ms. Katie Bergh Discusses SNAP Policy (May 22nd)

60

East Boston Neighborhood Health Center’s Dr. Trede and Ms. Shapiro, a Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Discuss the CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Survey Findings in Light of Their Clinical Care (May 17th)

61

Ms. Kelly Willis Discusses the IPCC's "Last Warning" Report and the Upcoming COP 28 Meeting (April 18th)

62

280th Interview: Mr. Clark Reed, the EPA's Energy Star National Program Manager, Explains the Energy Star Program (March 24th)

63

Oxford Professor Neta Crawford Discusses Her Just-Published, "The Pentagon, Climate Change and War" (March 22nd)

64

Dr. Eric Reinhart Remembers Paul Farmer (March 13th)

65

Stanford's Mark Jacobson Discusses His Latest, "No Miracles Needed, How Today's Technology Can Save Our Climate and Clean Our Air" (March 6th)

66

Prof. Julianne Holt-Lunstad Discusses Social Isolation and Loneliness (February 15th)

67

Prof. Toshihiro Higuchi Discusses His Work, "Political Fallout, Nuclear Weapons Testing and the Making of a Global Environmental Crisis" (February 8th)

68

275th Interview: John Abraham Discusses the Continued Rapid Increase in Ocean Heat Content (January 23rd)

69

Attorney Ms. Jayne Conroy Discusses Prosecuting Healthcare Fraud in Part Via Use of Criminal Statutes (January 19th)

70

Dr. Susan Linn Discusses Her Just-Published Book, "Who's Raising the Kids: Big Tech, Big Business and the Lives of Children" (December 16th)

71

Andrew MacCalla Discusses Reducing Healthcare's Carbon Emissions Via Solar Microgrids (December 9th)

72

Dr. Jeroen Struijs Discusses Designing Alternative Payment Insurance Models to Green the Healthcare Industry (November 1st)

73

Patricia Goldsmith Discusses CancerCare (October 5th)

74

Dr. Jeni Miller Discusses a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty (October 4th)

75

Substack Post #6, "CMS and the Masquerade of Equality" (September 26th)

76

Matthew Albright Discusses Hospital and Insurer or Payer Price Transparency (September 13th)

77

Greg Segal Discusses Organ Procurement and Transplantation Policy Reform (August 16th)

78

NACHC's Jeremy Crandall Discusses Inflation Reduction Act-Related Policy Reforms (August 4th)

79

265th Podcast: Professor Josiah Rector Discusses His Recently Published Book, "Toxic Debt, An Environmental Justice History of Detroit" (July 12th)

80

Prof. Frederica Perera and Dr. Kari Nadeau Discuss Climate Crisis-Related Children's Health Harms (July 7th)

81

Alfred and Blair Sadler Discuss Their Just Published, "(P)Luck: Lessons We Learned For Improving Healthcare and the World" (June 7th)

82

Mr. Jim MacMillan Discusses Gun Violence Reporting (June 3rd)

83

The Nature Conservancy's Dr. Robert McDonald Discusses International Efforts to Address Biodiversity Loss (May 11th)

84

260th Podcast Interview: Sherill Mason Discusses Proposed Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Policy Reforms (May 4th)

85

Dr. Lynn Parramore Discusses Neoliberalism's Effects on the Economy and Health Care (April 28th)

86

Ms. Tina Burbine and Ms. Yolanda Smith Discuss Hospital at Home or the Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCaH) Initiative (April 15th)

87

Prof. Laura Katz Olson Discusses Her Just-Published, "Ethically Challenged: Private Equity Storms US Health Care" (March 30th)

88

Professor Katheleen Mullan Harris Discusses the NAS Report, "High and Rising Mortality Rates Among Working-Age Adults" (March 23)

89

255th Podcast Interview: Dr. Lise van Susteren Discusses the Psychological Effects of the Climate Crisis (March 18th)

90

The Lown Institute's Dr. Vikas Saini and Ms. Judith Garber Discuss Nonprofit Hospital CEO Compensation (March 7th)

91

Prof. Robert Costanza Discusses Ecological Economics (January 25th)

92

Engineering Professor John Abraham Discusses Rapidly Rising Ocean Temperatures and Their Contribution to the Climate Crisis and Health Harm (January 18, 2022)

93

Professor Kristie Ebi Discusses The Lancet Series, "Heat and Health" (November 23rd)

94

250th Podcast: Harvard's Dr. Aaron Bernstein Discusses COP 26, the National Academy's Climate Crisis Effort and Related Issues (November 19th)

95

Brookings' Carol Graham Discusses America's Crisis of Despair (November 8th)

96

Austin Whitman, Climate Neutral's CEO, Discusses Climate Crisis-Related Greenwashing (September 27th)

97

Professors Gibson-Davis and Hill Discuss The Effects of Wealth Inequality on Child Development (September 21st)

98

Daniel George and Peter Whitehouse Discuss Their Just-Published Book, "American Dementia, Brain Health in an Unhealthy Society" (September 14th)

99

245th Interview: Dan Troy Discusses 3D Bioprinting Human Organs and the FDA's Regulation Thereof (September 7th)

100

Matt Salo Discusses Potential Medicaid Program Reforms Under Proposed Reconciliation Legislation (August 11th)

101

TFAH's Adam Lustig Discusses Social Determinants of Health Policy Opportunities (August 9th)

102

Dr. Lawrence Krauss Discusses His Recently Published Book, "The Physics of Climate Change" (July 8th)

103

Harvard's Eric Reinhart Discusses Why Mass Incarceration Makes Us All Sick (June 24th)

104

240th Podcast: Brian Alexander Discusses His Recently Published, "The Hospital: Life, Death and Dollars in a Small American Town" (June 22nd)

105

Ms. Priti Krishtel Discusses the Biden Administration's Support for a Temporary WTO COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Waiver (June 10th)

106

Dr. Robert Phillips Discusses the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine's Recent Report, " Implementing High-Quality Primary Care" (June 8th)

107

John Kotcher Discusses His Recent Survey of International Health Professionals Regarding Climate Crisis Advocacy (May 27th)

108

CUNY's Nick Freudenberg Discusses His Just-Published Work, "At What Cost, Modern Capitalism and the Future of Health" (May 20th)

109

The Arc's Nicole Jorwic Discusses President Biden's Care Economy Proposals (April 28th)

110

Mt Sinai's Professor Shanna Swan Discusses Her Recently Published Book, "Countdown" (April 22nd)

111

Drs. Braveman and Gottlieb Discuss Addressing Social Determinants of Health Policy (March 31st)

112

Brookings' Dr. Matt Fiedler Discusses the Public Option (March 25th)

113

Dr. Kate Goodrich Discusses Healthcare Quality Reform (March 24th)

114

230th Interview: Professor Judy Feder Discusses Long Term Care Policy Reform (March 21st)

115

Dr. Mark Miller Discusses Drug Pricing Policy Reform (March 16th)

116

Professor Michael Ruse Discusses the Gaia Hypothesis (March 11th)

117

Professor Mike Chernew Discusses Medicare Advantage Policy Reforms (March 8th)

118

Dr. Amol Navathe Discusses Medicare Fee for Service Policy Reforms (March 4th)

119

Stanford's Mark Jacobson's Discusses How the Healthcare Industry Can Eliminate Its Carbon Footprint (February 25th)

120

Dr. Bob Berenson Discusses Healthcare's Pricing Problem and Potential Remedies (February 18th)

121

Co-Editor Dr. Howard Frumkin Discusses "Planetary Health, Protecting Nature To Protect Ourselves" (February 1st)

122

Dr. Steven Woolf Discusses How (Un)Healthy Are Americans (January 31st)

123

221st Podcast: NRDC's Dr. Vijay Limaye Discusses Measuring the Health-Related Costs of the Climate Crisis (January 14, 2021)

124

Prof. William Darity and Ms. Kirsten Mullen Discuss Their Recent Book, "From Here to Equality, Reparations for Black Americans in the 21st Century" (December 9th)

125

Union of Concerned Scientists' Dr. Rachel Cleetus Discusses What the Biden Administration Needs to Do to Address the Climate Catastrophe (November 18th)

126

Caleb Barlow Discusses Healthcare Industry Ransomware Attacks and Measures to Prevent Cybercrimes (October 27th)

127

John Gorman Discusses the Use of Opportunity Zones to Address Social Determinants (October 21st)

128

Climate Neutral's CEO Austin Whitman Discusses Industry Efforts to Go Green (September 30th)

129

Dr. David Mayer Discusses Patient Safety During the Time of COVID-19 (September 28th)

130

Dr. Rachel Dolin Discusses the House Ways & Means Committee's Recent Report,"Under-Enforced and Over-Prescribed: The Antipsychotic Drug Epidemic Ravaging America’s Nursing Homes” (August 27th)

131

Dr. Charles Binkley Discusses Medical Ethics in the Time of COVID-19 (August 24th)

132

Dr. J. Mario Molina Discusses Medicaid Program Financing in Light of the On-Going COVID-19 Pandemic (August 11th)

133

Georgetown Professor Judy Feder Discusses Long Term Care Policy (July 29th)

134

210th Podcast: Stanford's Paul Ehrlich Discusses the On-Going (and Accelerating) Sixth Mass Extinction (July 23rd)

135

Georgetown's Prof JoAnn Volk Discusses Health Care Sharing Ministries (July 21st)

136

Professor Ruqaiijah Yearby Discusses Structural Racism in Health Care (July 8th)

137

ProMedica's CEO, Randy Oostra, Discusses the Need for a Congressionally-Created National Health Care Reform Commission (June 23rd)

138

Interviewer as Interviewee: David Introcaso Answers Listeners' Questions (June 17th) (Part II)

139

Mary Paier Powers Discusses What Family Caregivers Should Consider During the Pandemic When a Relative Is Resident in a Long Term Care Facility (June 5th)

140

Jennifer Kent, Former Director of the California Dept. of Health Care Services, Discusses California's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (June 2nd)

141

The Sabin Center's Michael Burger Discusses the Administration's Dismantling of Environmental Protections (May 29th)

142

Interviewer as Interviewee: David Introcaso Answers Listeners' Questions (May 27th) (Part I)

143

Howard Friedman Discusses His Recently Published Book, "Ultimate Price, The Value We Place on Life" (May 12th)

144

Krista Drobac Discusses Sweeping Changes in Federal Telehealth Policy In Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (April 27th)

145

200th Podcast Interview: Dr. Rishi Desai Discusses the COVID-19 Pandemic (April 13th)

146

Daniel Dawes Discusses His Just-Published, "The Political Determinants of Health" (March 25th)

147

Dr. Dan Blazer Discusses the National Academy of Sciences Just-Published, "Social Isolation and Loneliness in Adults: Opportunities for the Health Care System" (March 24th)

148

CBPP's Dr. Joseph Llobrera Discusses the Administration's Proposed Cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (March 10th)

149

Archway Health's Keely Macmillan Discusses Medicare Bundled Payment Performance (February 19th)

150

Andrea Rodgers Discusses the Recent 9th Circuit Court Decision in Juliana v the US (February 10th)

151

Dr. Peter Cram Discusses Health Care Delivery In Canada (January 13th)

152

Andrea Freeman Discusses Her Just-Published Book, "Skimmed: Breastfeeding, Race and Injustice" (January 9th)

153

Harvard's Dr. Renee Salas Discusses the 2019 "Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change" Report (December 11th)

154

SIDM's Paul Epner Discusses the Pervasive Problem of Medical Misdiagnoses (December 3rd)

155

190th Podcast Interview: the FDA's Captain Valerie Jensen Discusses Remedying the Drug Shortage Problem (November 20th)

156

Chris Palmieri Discusses CCA's Efforts to Provide Its Patients Social Service Supports (November 14th)

157

CMS' Dr. Kate Goodrich Discusses Measuring and Rewarding for Value (or Spending Efficiency) Under Medicare's Forthcoming MVPs Program (November 13th)

158

Dr. Azra Raza Discusses Her Recently Published Book, "The First Cell and the Human Costs of Pursing Cancer to the Last" (November 1st)

159

Dr. Rick Doblin Discusses the Potential/Real Therapeutic Benefits of Psychedelic Agents (October 31st)

160

NHCHC's Bobby Watts and Barbara DePietro Discuss Health Care for the Homeless (October 24th)

161

Catalyst for Payment Reform's Suzanne Delbanco Discusses State Health Care Innovation (September 23rd)

162

Harvard's Michael Chernew Discusses the Administration's Hospital Price Transparency Efforts (September 12th)

163

Dr. Lewis Cohen Discusses His Just-Published Book, "A Dignified Ending, Taking Control Over How We Die" (August 29th)

164

Philip Alston, the United Nations' Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, Discusses His Recent Report, "Climate Change and Poverty" (August 28th)

165

Dr. Georges Benjamin Discusses the Climate Crisis and APHA's Center for Climate and Health (July 24th)

166

Dr. Mark Fendrick Discusses Value-Based Insurance Designs (July 19th)

167

Katherine Eban Discusses Her Just-Published Work, "Bottle of Lies, The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom" (July 17th)

168

Brady President, Kris Brown, Discusses Current Policy Efforts to Curb Gun Violence (June 23rd)

169

Dr. Renee Salas Discusses Global Warming's Health Effects On Children (June 18th)

170

175th Interview: University of Michigan's Professor Andrew Ryan Discusses Measuring for Spending Efficiency or Value in Healthcare (June 11th)

171

Natural Climate Solutions: The Nature Conservancy's Jennifer Tabola Discusses Its New Initiative to Address Climate Change (May 8th)

172

Kaiser's Kathy Gerwig Discusses Her Organization's Effort to Go Carbon Neutral By Next Year Improving the Lives of Millions (May 3rd)

173

Are Federal Regulators Panicked Over the Increased Use of E-Cigarettes Among Adolescents: A Conversation With Prof. David Abrams (April 23rd)

174

Ann Neumann Discusses Mercy Killings or Suicide-Homicides (April 15th)

175

Harold Miller Discusses Improving Medicare's Alternative Payment Models (April 9th)

176

Interview with America's Health Insurance Plans' (AHIP) CEO Matt Eyles (March 19th)

177

David Wallace Wells Discusses His Just-Published "The Uninhabitable Earth, Life After Warming" (February 28th)

178

ATAP's Dr. Robert Levin Discusses Reforming Drug Pricing Policy (February 18th)

179

Remote Area Medical's Free Health Care Clinics: A Discussion with RAM CEO Jeff Eastman (January 31st)

180

The Current Ebola Outbreak in the Congo: A Conversation with Joseph Lafave (January 17th)

181

Dr. Jeremy Hess Discusses Lancet's "Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change" (December 13th)

182

Rosemary Gibson Discusses Her Recent Work, "China Rx" (December 7th)

183

Dave Chase Discusses His New Work, "The Opioid Crisis Wake-Up Call: Health Care is Stealing the American Dream” (November 16th)

184

Professor Kristie Ebi Discusses the IPCC Report's Findings Related to Global Warming on Human Systems (November 14th)

185

Status of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, Will It Run Out of Funds, A Conversation with Michael Barasch (October 29th)

186

Jessica Wolff Discusses Efforts to Reduce The Health Care Industry's Carbon Footprint (October 24th)

187

150th Interview: Tim Gronniger Discusses the Current Proposed Medicare Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Rule (October 3rd)

188

Utah's Alliance for the Derterminants of Health Initiative: A Conversation with Mikelle Moore (September 27th)

189

Accelerating Telehealth Adoption: A Conversation with Jonathan Shankman (September 21st)

190

Medicare For All: A Conversation with Professor Gerald Friedman (August 8th)

191

Reforming the Physician Self-Referral Law (Stark Law): A Conversation with Amy Hooper Kearbey (July 31st)

192

HCCI's President, Mr. Niall Brennan, Discusses Employer-Sponsored Insurance (July 19th)

193

"Integrating Behavioral Health Into the Medical Home: A Rapid Implementation Guide," A Conversation with the Lead Author, Dr. Kent Corso (June 27th)

194

The Contributions Made and Challenges Faced By Foreign-Trained Physicians: A Conversation with Mr. Neal Simon (June 12th)

195

Oral Health America's Latest "State of Decay" Report: A Conversation with Beth Truett (June 4th)

196

CMS Proposes Direct Provider Contracting: A Conversation with Mara McDermott (May 30th)

197

The Current State of Nursing Care: A Conversation with Dr. Barbara Ihrke (May 16th)

198

Dr. Tim Williams Discusses the Use of Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in the United Kingdom: May 8th

199

Kip Sullivan Discusses the Flaws and Future of the Medicare ACO Program (April 17th)

200

Pediatrician Dr. Niran Al-Agba Discusses Gun Violence (Via In Part Her Columbine Experience) (April 12th)

201

The Reverend Patricia Lyons Discusses the Administration's Proposed Protection of Religious Beliefs and Moral Convictions Rule: March 26th

202

Author Timothy Hoff Discusses His Latest Work: "Next In Line: Lowered Care Expectations in the Age of Retail - and Value Based Health" (March 14th)

203

Author Jonathan Engel Discusses His Recent Work, "Unaffordable: American Healthcare From Johnson to Trump" (March 9th)

204

Unpacking BPCI, CMS' New Bundled Payment Demonstration: An Interview with Dave Terry (February 28th)

205

The Trump Administration's Decision to Require Employment as a Medicaid Coverage Prerequisite: An Interview with Prof. Sara Rosenbaum (February 21st)

206

Misuse of Antipsychotics Continues to Harm and Kill Thousands of Nursing Facility Residents: An Interview With Ms. Hannah Flamm (February 15th)

207

Mitigating the Opioid Crisis Via Abuse Deterrent Prescribing Practices: An Interview with Dr. Steven Passik (February 9th)

208

Will Trump's Global Gag Rule Lead to More Abortions and Maternal Deaths: An Interview with Jonathan Rucks (January 29th)

209

Kristen O'Brien Discusses the Final 2018 MACRA Rule (December 18th)

210

Clay Richards Discusses Medicare's Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) Demonstration (December 11th)

211

Myra Christopher Discusses Under Treated Chronic Pain and the PAINS Project (December 6th)

212

Dr. Jim Rickards Discusses His Recent Work, "Our Health Plan, Community Governed Healthcare That Works" (November 16th)

213

Dr. Ronald Epstein Discusses His Recent Work, "Attending: Medicine, Mindfulness and Humanity" (November 9th)

214

Patient Safety Issues Associated with Electronic Health Records: A Conversation with Dr. David Troxel (October 31st)

215

Eric Weinberg Discusses His Recent Work, "Blood On Their Hands" (September 28th)

216

Dr. Haider Warraich Discusses His Recent Work, "Modern Death" (September 27th)

217

The National Academy of Medicine's "Effective Care for High-Need Patients," A Conversation with Melinda Abrams (August 14th)

218

David Wallace-Wells Discusses His Recent Essay, "The Uninhabitable Earth" (August 3rd)

219

Dr. Fischer-Wright Discusses Her Recent Work, "Back to Balance, The Art, Science and Business of Medicine" (July 27th)

220

Improving the Use of Evidence-Based Medicine: A Conversation with Dr. Todd Feinman (June 21st)

221

Extraordinary Altruism in Voluntarily Donating a Kidney to a Stranger: A Conversation with Professor Abigail Marsh (June 2nd)

222

AHCA In Context of Social Justice: A Conversation with Jason Silverstein (June 1st)

223

The Current Status of Employer-Based Insurance: A Conversation with James Gelfand (May 3rd)

224

"Teeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality & the Struggle for Oral Health In America," A Conversation with the Author, Mary Otto (April 12th)

225

What Was Discussed at February's "Climate and Health" Meeting: A Conversation with Dr. Jonathan Patz (March 31st)

226

Does Pay for Performance Improve Care and Lower Spending? A Conversation with Stephen Soumerai (March 15th)

227

Proposed House Republican Changes to Medicaid: A Conversation with Matt Salo (March 6th)

228

"The Case Against Sugar," A Conversation with the Author, Gary Taubes (February 6th)

229

The Health Benefits of Marijuana and Related Regulatory Policies : A Conversation with Paul Armentano (January 24th)

230

NIDCD's Efforts to Reduce Noise-Induced Hearing Loss: A Conversation with Dr. James Battey (January 6th, 2017)

231

Solitary Confinement: the Least Discussed & Most Unknown Public Health Crisis in America: A Conversation with Jean Casella (December 19th)

232

Will the Republicans Repeal the Affordable Care Act and Be Able to Replace It: A Conversation with Chris Jennings (December 5th)

233

The Pros and Cons (or Imperfections) in Rating Hospital Care Quality: A Conversation with Consumer Reports' Doris Peter (November 30th)

234

What Explains the Opioid Epidemic? Dr. Anna Lembke Discusses Her Recent Work, "Drug Dealer, MD" (November 16th)

235

The ACA's Little Discussed But Very Intriguing State Innovation Waiver Provision: A Conversation with Stuart Butler (October 24th)

236

Methods to Stabilize the State Health Insurance Marketplaces: A Conversation with Jack Hoadley (October 13th)

237

"The Poverty Industry, The Exploitation of America's Most Vulnerable Citizens," A Conversation with the Author, Daniel L. Hatcher (September 22nd)

238

Medicare Advantage Program Reforms Within and Beyond MACRA: A Conversation with Molly Turco (August 15th)

239

What Can Be Done About Reforming the Employer Health Insurance Tax Exclusion: A Conversation with Dr. Joe Antos (August 5th)

240

What Does Performance Under Medicare's Value-based Modifier (VM) Program Suggest Concerning Physician Performance Under MACRA: A Conversation With Kelly Cleary (July 20th)

241

Recent Efforts to Improve Quality Measurement: A Conversation with Dr. Helen Burstin (June 15th)

242

How CMS Proposes to Annually Update Medicare Physician Reimbursement Under MACRA: A Conversation with Mara McDermott (June 14th)

243

Andrea LaFountain Discusses Her Recent Work: "How Patients Think: A Science-based Strategy for Patient Engagement and Population Health" (May 26th)

244

Daniel Dawes Discusses His Recent Book,"150 Years of Obamacare" (April 27th)

245

Operational Challenges Associated with Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs): A Conversation with Dr. Richard Morel (April 21st)

246

How Orthopedic Bundled Payments Are Being Operationalized: a Conversation with Jim Gera (April 1st)

247

Payment Reform, California Style: A Conversation with Dr. Jill Yegian (March 2nd)

248

The Oral Health of Seniors and Medicare Coverage Thereof: A Conversation with Marko Vujicic (January 28, 2016))

249

Iora Health's Novel Approach to Delivering Primary Care: A Conversation with David Judge (December 23rd)

250

Expectations for 2016 ACA Marketplace Enrollment: A Conversation with Sabrina Corlette (December 21st)

251

Will Medicare Ever Cover Telehealth & Remote Monitoring? A Conversation with Krista Drobac (November 18th)

252

The Jimmo Settlement: Its Importance and Implementation to Date: A Conversation With Margaret Murphy (November 10th)

253

Is the Intensive Use of Herbicides on Genetically Modified Food Crops Endangering the Public's Health? A Conversation with Charles Benbrook (October 20th)

254

Bundled Payment and CMS's Proposal To Mandate Bundled/Episodic Payment for Hip & Knee Surgery: A Conversation with Harold Miller (September 29th)

255

Medicare, Home Health and Value-Based Purchasing: A Conversation with Sherill Mason (September 23rd)

256

The White House's July Conference on Aging: A Conversation with Anne Montgomery (August 18th)

257

Tracking Implantable Medical Devices with a UDI: A Conversation with Ben Moscovitch (July 31st)

258

"Person-Centered" Health Analytics: A Conversation with Dwight McNeill (July 14th)

259

"The Medical Industrial Complex": A Conversation with Rosemary Gibson (June 24th)

260

The Re-emergence of Community Health Workers & Peer Support: A Conversation with Ed Fisher (June 15th)

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Potential Republican Party Responses to King v. Burwell: A Conversation With Tevi Troy (May 28th)

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What Is Risk Adjustment and How Is It Accomplished Under MA: A Conversation with Robert Book (May 13th)

263

Mt. Sinai's Hospital At Home Demonstration: A Conversation with Dr. Jeffrey Farber (May 7th)

264

The State of Alzheimer's Funding and Research: A Conversation with Robert Egge (April 30th)

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Care Provided by Visiting Nurses: A Conversation with Tracey Moorhead (April 20th)

266

Street Sense's Effort to End Homelessness in DC: A Conversation with Brian Carome (April 14th)

267

What's the Status of "Pay for Value" Contracting: A Conversation with David Muhlestein (March 18th)

268

What Health Care Coverage Do Immigrants Get?: A Conversation with Angel Padilla (February 19th)

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CareConnect, New York's First Commercial Provider-Owned Health Plan: A Conversation with Alan Murray (February 10th)

270

The Rise of Medical Tourism: An Interview with Renee-Marie Stephano (December 22nd)

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Housing IS Healthcare: A Conversation with Rebecca Morley (November 24th)

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Navigating Healthcare via "The Health Care Handbook:" A Conversation with Co-Author Nathan Moore (November 19th)

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Factoring in Bio-Psycho-Social Factors to Improve Patient Care Outcomes: A Conversation with Gretchen Alkema (November 4th)

274

How Relational Coordination Improves Health Care Delivery and Patient Outcomes: A Conversation with Jody Gittell (October 27th)

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Improving Mental/Behavioral Health Services: A Conversation with Joyce Wale (October 14th)

276

What are "Narrow Networks and "Reference Pricing" and Do They Work?: A Conversation with Dan Mendelson (September 12th)

277

Medicare Fraud in Home Health: A Conversation with Sherill Mason (August 6th)

278

"Get Screened" or Surviving Prostate Cancer (the 2nd Most Deadly Cancer Among Men): A Conversation with Guido Adelfio & Howard Topel (July 24th)

279

Policy Options to Mitigate Gilead's $1,000 Hepaitis C Pill: A Conversation with Chris Dawe (July 10th)

280

A Republican Alternative to the Affordable Care Act: A Conversation with James Capretta (June 27th)

281

How Can We Improve Primary Care: A Conversation with Ann O'Malley (June 10th)

282

Vermont's Move to Single Payer, Universal Health Care: A Conversation with Joshua Slen (May 29th)

283

Enrollment Results Under the Affordable Care Act: A Conversation with Brian Webb (May 15th)

284

The FDA's Proposal to Regulate E-Cigarettes: A Conversation with David Abrams (May 5th)

285

ACA and Innovation: Mary's Center's Efforts to Improve Population Health: A Conversation with Gina Pistulka (April 28th)

286

The Work Community Health Centers Have Been Doing With ACA Funding: A Conversation with Michelle Proser (April 10th)

287

All "RUC'ed" Up or The Problems With How Physician Reimbursement is Determined: A Conversation with Kavita Patel (April 7th)

288

What Is "Dead Peasant's" Insurance: A Conversation with Peter Kochenberger (March 20th)

289

Concierge Medicine Helps Physicians But at What Costs to the Patient: A Conversation with Casey Schwarz (March 5th)

290

Primary Care Medical Homes, What Are They and Are They Working: A Conversation with Marci Nielsen (February 19th)

291

The Debate Over ACA-Mandated Contraceptive Coverage: A Conversation with Adam Sonfield (February 11th)

292

What's Being Done in the Clinical Practice Setting to Reduce the Spread of Infection: A Conversation with Anthony Harris (January 23rd)

293

Will An Emergency Room Really Treat Everyone Regardless of Their Ability to Pay?: A Conversation with Sara Rosenbaum (January 16, 2014)

294

Life (and Death) as a Hospice Physician: A Conversation with Bruce Doblin (December 20th)

295

The Mind-Body-Heart Connection in Health and Evidence for Meditation: A Conversation with Robert Schneider (December 18th)

296

Declining Heart Rate Variability as a Predictor of the Onset of Disease: A Conversation with James Palmer (December 12th)

297

Will The 100,000 (& counting) Mobile Medical Applications Improve Health Care?: A Conversation with Janet Marchibroda (November 26th)

298

Are Medical Errors the Third Leading Cause of Death in America?: A Conversation with Rosemary Gibson (November 21st)

299

Reforming Graduate Medical Education to Address the Healthcare Workforce Shortage: A Conversation with Dr. David Goodman (November 14th)

300

Hospital-Acquired Infections Contribute to 100,000 Deaths Per Year, What's Being Done to More Effectively Treat Them: A Conversation with Amanda Jezek (November 13th)

301

How Best Can Medical Malpractice Policy Be Reformed: An Interview with Janice Mulligan (October 18th)

302

Interview with Robb Cohen on Proposed Changes to Maryland's Hospital All Payer System (October 17th)

303

Enroll America's Efforts to Maximize ACA Insurance Coverage: An Interview with Jessica Barba Brown (October 4th)

304

What Progress Did the Congressionally-Appointed Long Term Care Commission Make: An Interview with Judy Feder (September 30th)

305

How Safe Are Medical Devices: A Conversation with Diana Zuckerman (September 25th)

306

Do Workplace Wellness Programs Work and For Whom: A Conversation with Helen Darling (September 23rd)

307

Implementing (and Improving) the ACA: A Conversation with Professor Len Nichols (September 13th)

308

Improving Chronic Care Means Improving Functional Status: A Conversation with Dr. Gretchen Alkema (August 13th)

309

Will the FDA Ban Menthol-Flavored Cigarettes? A Conversation with Dr. Andrea Villanti and Ms. Diane Canova (August 6, 2013)

310

The Demise of the CLASS Act and the Future of Long Term Care Insurance: A Conversation with Ms. Connie Garner (August 5, 2013)

311

Pharmaceutical Marketing Abuses: A Conversation With Dr. Adriane Fugh-Berman (July 10, 2013)

312

The Importance of Advanced Care Planning: A Conversation with Charlie Sabatino (June 28, 2013)

313

Dr. William Rogers Discusses Providing Healthcare for the Homeless (June 12, 2013)

314

The ACA and Hospital Consolidation: A Conversation with Dr. Paul Ginsburg (June 12, 2013)

315

Tim Jost Discusses State Health Insurance Exchanges (June 3, 2013)

316

Christine Bechtel Discusses the State of Health Information Technology (HIT) Adoption and Use (May 28, 2013)

317

Matt Hourihan Discusses the NIH Budget (May 23, 2013)

318

Dr. Brian Biles Discusses the Status of Medicare Advantage (May 6, 2013)

319

Joan Alker Discusses What's Known About the Quality of Care Provided by For-Profit Medicaid Managed Care Plans (April 18, 2013)

320

Dr. Burt Edelstein Discussess Tooth Decay, the Most Chronic Infectious Disease Among Children (April 10, 2013)

321

Dr. Brian Isetts Discusses Ways to Improve Medication Therapy (April 3, 2013)

322

Dr. Bob Berenson Discusses Possible Remedies for the Infamous Medicare "Doc Fix" (March 26, 2013)

323

Ms. Suzanne Mintz Discusses the Work of Family Caregivers and the Caregiver Action Network (March 12, 2013)

324

Dr. Linda Randolph Discusses the Developing Families Center's Maternal and Child Health Care Model (March 7, 2013)

325

Dr. Ruth Lubic Discusses Midwifery's Contribution to Improving Healthy Births (March 5, 2013)

326

Dr. Susan Bennett Discusses the Prevention and Treatment of Heart Disease, the #1 Killer of Women (and Men) (February, 21, 2013)

327

Discussion with Dr. Steven Woolf on the IOM's Recent Report, "US Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health" (February 15, 2013)

328

Dr. Kavita Patel Discusses the Promise of Accountable Care Organizations (February 11, 2013)

329

Interview with Dr. Jessie Gruman on What Does "Patient Engagement" Mean and Why It's Essential in Improving Health Care Delivery and Patient Outcomes (January 29, 2013)

330

Dr. Joanne Lynn Discusses Improving Care Transitions to Avoid Hospitalizations and Re-hospitalizations (Janurary 23, 2013)

331

Dr. Paul Van de Water Discusses Recommendations to Stabilize the Federal Debt, Including Recommendations for Reforms to Medicare and Social Security (January 17, 2013)

332

Interview With Sarah Kliff and Amy Lotven on What Medicare and Medicaid Reforms Might We See in 2013 (January 8, 2013)

333

Interview with Dr. Diana Zuckerman on the Dangers of Anti-psychotic Drug Overuse in Nursing Homes (December 21, 2012)

334

Interview with John Rother on How to (Further) Achieve Affordable Health Care Delivery (Dec. 11, 2012)

335

Interview with E. Diane Champé on Childhood Sexual Abuse, Its Adult Survivors and What Can Be Done to Prevent Abuse and Treat Survivors (Dec. 7, 2012)

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Interview with Dr. Robert Reischauer on the "Fiscal Cliff" (Nov. 29, 2012)