Health Affairs This Week
164 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsHealth Affairs This Week places listeners at the center of health policy’s proverbial water cooler. Join editors from Health Affairs, the leading journal of health policy research, and special guests as they discuss this week’s most pressing health policy news. All in 15 minutes or less.
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What the President's Budget Means for Health Care
March 17, 2023 05:00 - 8 minutes - 8.13 MBHealth Affairs' Jessica Bylander and Michael Gerber read the health care policy tea leaves for the President's Budget for 2024, including Medicare funding, Medicaid expansion, prescription drug costs, public health preparedness, and more. Related Links: FACT SHEET: The President's Budget for Fiscal Year 2024 (White House) Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available — and we’d like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital p...
A Seat For All: Building Health Equity Into Scholarly Programs
March 10, 2023 06:00 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MBListen to Health Affairs' Vabren Watts and Ryann Tanap discuss a new peer-reviewed article published in Learned Publishing where Health Affairs shares our journey to advance racial equity in scholarly publishing of health policy and health services research. They also discuss a recently-published Health Affairs Forefront article about our progress since 2020 — what we have achieved and what we have learned. Our hope is that by sharing our story, we might help your organization joi...
A Disproportionate Share: Meditations on Safety Net Hospitals & How We Pay For Them
March 03, 2023 06:00 - 17 minutes - 16 MBHealth Affairs This Week is off this week. We will return next week. Today, we present the first episode in the three-part A Disproportionate Share, a podcast from NYC Health + Hospitals's Michael Shen, a primary care doctor and Chief Creative Officer for the medical education podcast Core IM, as part of the Health Affairs Pathways show. Unique series are created by fellows at the Health Affairs Podcast Fellowship Program, designed to support early to mid-stage professionals purs...
Health in US Prisons and Jails
February 24, 2023 06:00 - 8 minutes - 8.06 MBHealth Affairs' Marianne Amoss and Chris Fleming discuss recent data on mortality in prisons and health care in carceral settings, especially in connection with COVID-19. Join us February 28 for a Virtual Happy Hour! Related Links: Developing Nation Social Care Standards (Health Affairs Forefront) UCLA Law Releases New Database to Monitor Deaths in US Prisons with Funding from Arnold Ventures Racial and Ethnic Inequalities in COVID-19 Mortality Within Carceral Settings: An Anal...
Health Care Highlights From the 2023 State of the Union Address
February 17, 2023 06:00 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBListen to Health Affairs' Jessica Bylander and Leslie Erdelack unpack the health care highlights from President Joe Biden's State of the Union Address, including the opioid epidemic, drug prices, noncompete agreements, and social media and kids' mental health. Join us February 28 for a Virtual Happy Hour! Related Links: Competition and Vulnerabilities In The Global Supply Chain For US Generic Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (Health Affairs) FACT SHEET: In State of the Union, ...
Road Mapping Health Care Spending and Value
February 10, 2023 06:00 - 10 minutes - 9.35 MBListen to Health Affairs' Laura Tollen, Chris Fleming and Michael Gerber discuss the new report from the Health Affairs' Council on Health Care Spending and Value. The council spent four years looking into how the US could take a more deliberate approach to moderating health care spending growth while maximizing value. Learn more about Health Affairs Scholar. Related Links: Council On Health Care Spending and Value Report Health Care Spending Council Event (C-SPAN) Currently, ...
Medicare Advantage Targeted By CMS For Overpayment
February 03, 2023 06:00 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MBHealth Affairs' Leslie Erdelack and Kathleen Haddad explain the complexities of the CMS final rule on Medicare Advantage risk adjustment. Read the CHS report's executive summary (available after 1pm ET on 2/3/23) Related Links: CMS Issues Final Rule to Protect Medicare, Strengthen Medicare Advantage, and Hold Insurers Accountable (CMS) New Medicare Rule Aims to Take Back $4.7 Billion From Insurers (The New York Times) Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely ava...
The Problem With Provider Directories
January 27, 2023 06:00 - 12 minutes - 11.9 MBListen to Health Affairs' Leslie Erdelack and Jessica Bylander discuss the latest efforts to fix problems with directories of health care providers and the potential for a national provider directory. Join Us for the Considering Health Spending event on February 3. Related Links: Request for Information; National Directory of Healthcare Providers & Services CMS Proposed Rule on Medicare Parts C and D for 2024 Provider Directories Are A Mess. CMS' Plan to Fix Them Has Few Fans (...
In The News: Child Vaccination Rates, Veterans Care and...Gas Stoves?
January 20, 2023 06:00 - 9 minutes - 8.35 MBListen to Ellen Bayer and Marianne Amoss discuss some of the latest headlines in health care, including child immunization rates, suicide care for veterans, and public health concerns surrounding gas stoves. Health Affairs in 2022: Editor's Picks Most Read Health Affairs Forefront Articles of 2022 Top Health Affairs Podcast Episodes of 2022 Best-Read 2022 Journal Articles Related Links: Vaccination Coverage with Selected Vaccines and Exemption Rates Among Children in Kindergar...
Leqembi & Health Equity
January 13, 2023 06:01 - 10 minutes - 9.24 MBListen to Health Affairs Ryann Tanap and Vabren Watts in the first of many "Health Equity Corner" episodes on This Week discuss the latest from the health equity department and unpack what Leqembi, the newly approved Alzheimer's disease drug, could mean in the health equity space. Related Links: FDA Grants Accelerated Approval for Alzheimer's Disease Treatment (FDA) CMS Statement on FDA Accelerated Approval of Lecanemab A New Alzheimer's Drug Will Cost $26,500 A Year. Who Will B...
No Health Care News Shortage in 2023
January 06, 2023 06:00 - 13 minutes - 12.8 MBWe're back! New year, more podcasts. In the first episode of 2023, Kathleen Haddad and Chris Fleming discuss, the $1.7 trillion omnibus bill, the coming end of Medicaid eligibility for millions, a new COVID variant, and more. With no shortage of news in the health care space, we're excited for a new year of Health Affairs This Week. Related Links: Home-Based Care Reimagined: A Full Fledged Health Care Delivery Ecosystem Without Walls (Health Affairs) Medicaid Unwinding Will Be...
2022 Health Policy Year in Review
December 16, 2022 06:00 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBOn the 100th episode of Health Affairs This Week, Ellen Bayer and Kathleen Haddad go over major policy developments in health care this year, including COVID-19, abortion, gun violence, drug prices, and more. Related Links: What Are The Prescription Drug Provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act? (Kaiser Family Foundation) House Passes The Equality Act: Here's What It Would Do (NPR) Five Things To Know About the Renewal of Extra Affordable Care Act Subsidies in the Inflation Red...
Will Naloxone Become An Over-The-Counter Drug?
December 09, 2022 06:00 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBListen to Leslie Erdelack and Jessica Bylander discuss the FDA's look into the potential for over-the-counter naloxone products to help reduce opioid overdose deaths. Related Links: FDA Fast-tracks Review of Over-the-Counter Opioid Drug (Axios) FDA Announces Preliminary Assessment that Certain Naloxone Products Have the Potential to be Safe and Effective for Over-the-Counter Use (FDA) Plan N: The Case For Over-The-Counter Naloxone (Health Affairs Forefront) Currently, more than...
Tackling Bias in Health Care Algorithms
December 02, 2022 06:00 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBCalifornia Attorney General Rob Bonta is investigating hospitals' software algorithms to help identify potential racial biases in the systems. Listen to Health Affairs' Jessica Bylander and Rob Lott discuss the background and research behind racial biases in health care algorithms. View the Anniversary Timeline celebrating 40+ years of advancing health policy. Related Links: Dissecting Racial Bias in an Algorithm Used to Manage the Health of Populations (Science) Hidden In Plain...
Midterm Health Care Ballot Initiative Review
November 18, 2022 06:00 - 10 minutes - 9.51 MBHealth Affairs' Ellen Bayer and Kathleen Haddad break down the under-discussed state ballot initiatives that focused on health care in the 2022 mid-term elections. Related Links: What The 2022 Midterm Results Might Mean for Health Care (Health Affairs Forefront) What Recent State Elections Mean for Health Care (Health Affairs Forefront) A Proposed Policy Agenda for Electronic Cigarettes in the US: Product, Price, Place, and Promotion (Health Affairs) The FDA Stands By as the Va...
It's Open Enrollment Season
November 04, 2022 05:00 - 9 minutes - 8.76 MBHealth Affairs Kathleen Haddad and Vabren Watts discuss open enrollment season and Medicare provisions in the CMS Final Rule. Related Links: Previewing The 2023 Open Enrollment Period (Health Affairs Forefront) HHS Finalizes Physician Payment Rule Strengthening Access to Behavioral Health Services and Whole-Person Care (CMS) Shopping for ACA Health Insurance? Here's What's New This Year (Kaiser Health News) An Overhaul for Medicare's Pay Transformation Program (Axios) Currentl...
FDA's Controversial Pregnancy Drug Decision, Explained
October 28, 2022 05:00 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBHealth Affairs' Leslie Erdelack and Jessica Bylander discuss the FDA's efforts to pull the pregnancy drug Makena from the market and the implications for drug policy. Join us in D.C. for an in-person happy hour event on November 17 Related Links: FDA Panel Recommends Pulling Preterm Birth Drug From the Market (New York Times) Accelerated Approval of Cancer Drugs: No Economic Reward For Drug Makers That Conduct Confirmatory Trials (Health Affairs) Delays in Confirmatory Trials f...
A Health Podyssey: Tara Lagu on Physicians’ Attitudes on People With Disabilities
October 21, 2022 05:00 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBHealth Affairs This Week is on a break this week. Today, we are publishing an episode from A Health Podyssey, where Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil brings you in-depth conversations with leading researchers and influencers shaping the big ideas in health policy and the health care industry. Health Affairs This Week will return next week. Subscribe to A Health Podyssey: RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Podcasts Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil int...
Disability and Health Spotlight: Art Enables
October 14, 2022 05:00 - 8 minutes - 8.08 MBHealth Affairs' Ryann Tanap and Vabren Watts interview Tony Brunswick, executive director of Art Enables, about his organization and its work and impact on artists with disabilities. Health Affairs thanks the Ford Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation,and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for their financial support of this issue. Related Links: Disability and Health Theme Issue Creating Income Opportunities for Artists with Disabilities (Health Affairs ...
Behind the Pages: Disability and Health Issue
October 07, 2022 05:00 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBHealth Affairs' Leslie Erdelack and Ellen Bayer give a peek behind the curtain on Health Affairs' new Disability and Health theme issue. Health Affairs thanks the Ford Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation,and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for their financial support of this issue. Related Links: Disability and Health Theme Issue Tara Lagu on Physicians’ Attitudes on People With Disabilities (A Health Podyssey) Patient And Coworker Mistreatment Of P...
Health Policy Litigation: A Quick Tour on Current Events
September 30, 2022 05:00 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBHealth Affairs' Kathleen Haddad and Chris Fleming conduct a whistle-stop tour of the current health policy litigations flowing through the courts. Related Links: Providers Sue (Again) Over No Surprises (Health Affairs Forefront) Lawsuit Challenges Federal Copay Accumulator Policy (Health Affairs Forefront) Court Holds That Key ACA Preventive Services Requirements Are Unconstitutional (Health Affairs Forefront) Will The US Supreme Court Strike Down The ACA's Preventive Services ...
Improving Health Outcomes for Dual Eligibles
September 23, 2022 05:00 - 9 minutes - 8.92 MBListen to Marianne Amoss and Rob Lott talk about Health Affairs' Forefront series on Medicare and Medicaid Integration and some of their favorite articles about the dual eligible population. The series is produced with the support of Arnold Ventures. Included articles are reviewed and edited by Health Affairs Forefront staff; the opinions expressed are those of the authors. The series will run through October 31, 2022; submissions are accepted on a rolling basis. Related Links: M...
Walmart and Retailers Continue To Make Moves in Health Care
September 16, 2022 05:00 - 5 minutes - 5.43 MBListen to Health Affairs' Jessica Bylander and Vabren Watts discuss a new partnership between Walmart and UnitedHealth Group - which will include efforts across retail health centers, Medicare Advantage plans, and social determinants of health - as well as other health care moves from big retailers like Amazon and CVS. Related Links: Press Release: Walmart and UnitedHealth Group Collaborate To Deliver Access to High-Quality, Affordable Health Care CVS Makes $8 Billion Bet on the...
State of the Health Care Workforce
September 09, 2022 05:00 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBListen to Health Affairs' Ellen Bayer and Rob Lott review the state of the health care workforce in this Labor Day themed episode of Health Affairs This Week. Related Links: Primary Care Beyond COVID-19 (Health Affairs Forefront) New Behavioral Health Workforce Database Paints A Stark Picture (Health Affairs Forefront) Addressing Health Worker Burnout (U.S. Surgeon General) Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Hospital and Outpatient Clinician Workforce (HHS) Currently, more...
Moderna Fires Shots in mRNA Wars
September 02, 2022 05:00 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MBListen to Health Affairs' Leslie Erdelack and Chris Fleming discuss the Moderna lawsuit against Pfizer regarding its mRNA technology in relation to the COVID-19 vaccine and its potential impact on the future of biopharmaceutical markets. Related Links: Covid Vaccine ‘Windfall Profits’ Under Attack by Patent Holders (Bloomberg Law) Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available — and we’d like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our ...
CDC Looks To Reshape Itself
August 26, 2022 05:00 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MBListen to Health Affairs' Kathleen Haddad and Jessica Bylander discuss the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's steps to revamp the agency, citing mistakes the agency made during the COVID-19 pandemic. Related Links: Walensky, Citing Botched Pandemic Response, Calls for CDC Reorganization (New York Times) A Vision For Supporting and Reforming The CDC (Health Affairs Forefront) Fix The CDC But Don't Ignore The Rest of Our Public Health System (Health Affairs Forefront) S...
Why the Inflation Reduction Act is a Big Deal for Health Care
August 19, 2022 05:00 - 14 minutes - 13.8 MBHealth Affairs' Leslie Erdelack and Rob Lott dive into the health care and climate change provisions in the newly signed Inflation Reduction Act. Related Links: Understanding The Democrats’ Drug Pricing Package (Health Affairs Forefront) Congress Poised To Extend Enhanced Marketplace Subsidies Through 2025 (Health Affairs Forefront) FACT SHEET: Inflation Reduction Act Advances Environmental Justice (White House) Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available...
Monkeypox Updates w/ Syra Madad & Andrew Wallach from NYC Health+ Hospitals
August 12, 2022 05:00 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MBHealth Affairs' Vabren Watts discusses the latest on monkeypox with Syra Madad and Andrew Wallach, both from NYC Health + Hospitals. Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available — and we’d like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone. Subscribe: RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castro | Stitcher | Deezer | Overcast
New HEDIS Measures Emphasize Health Equity w/ Eric Schneider
August 05, 2022 05:00 - 13 minutes - 12.8 MBThis week, the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) updated measures in the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS). This year, the organization included measures related to health equity for data and quality measurement. NCQA Executive Vice President Eric Schneider joins Health Affairs' Rob Lott on today's episode of Health Affairs This Week to discuss the measurement changes. Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available — and ...
ACA Anti-Discrimination Rule w/ Katie Keith
July 29, 2022 05:00 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBListen to Katie Keith, Jessica Bylander, and Leslie Erdelack unpack the latest proposed rule from HHS implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act. Section 1557 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, and disability in certain health programs and activities. The proposed rule would reinstate civil rights protections for patients and consumers after the 2020 version of the rule limited the scope of these protections. Currently, more ...
The 988 Lifeline, Mental Health, and More
July 22, 2022 05:00 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBListen to Health Affairs' Kathleen Haddad and Ellen Bayer discuss the new hotline and mental health initiatives in the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. If interested in the Amazon-One Medical news from the week, listen to the limited podcast series Piecemeal produced for Health Affairs by Lalita Abhyankar. Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available — and we’d like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Foref...
Federal & State Health Policy Actions After Roe v. Wade Overturn
July 15, 2022 05:00 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBListen to Health Affairs' Rob Lott and Vabren Watts discuss the federal and state aftermath following the Supreme Court overturn of Roe v. Wade. Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available — and we’d like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone. Related Links: Women's Live and Health: Mere Abstractions In The Leaked Dobbs Abortion Opinion (Health Affairs Forefront) As ...
CMS Rule Recap: Rural Emergency Hospitals and Price Transparency
July 08, 2022 05:00 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBListen to Health Affairs' Leslie Erdelack and Kathleen Haddad discuss the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services latest measures regarding rural emergency hospitals and price transparency for hospitals and payers. Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available — and we’d like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone. Related Links: CMS's Proposed Rule for Conditions of ...
Budget Neutral Medicaid Demonstrations w/ Cindy Mann
July 01, 2022 05:00 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBListen to Health Affairs' Chris Fleming interview Manatt Health's Cindy Mann on budget neutrality requirements for Medicaid 1115 demonstrations. This episode was recorded on June 23, 2022. Related Links: Rethinking The Budget Neutrality Requirement for Medicaid 1115 Demonstrations (Health Affairs Forefront) Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available — and we’d like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication For...
LGBTQ+ & Public Health
June 24, 2022 05:00 - 8 minutes - 7.83 MBAs part of Pride Month, listen to Health Affairs' Jessica Bylander and Kathleen Haddad discuss the White House's executive order on LGBTQI+ equality and its impact on health care. Related Links: Privately Insured Transgender People Are At Elevated Risk For Chronic Conditions Compared With Cisgender Counterparts (Health Affairs) Podcast: A Health Podyssey with Landon Hughes Lesbian, Gay, And Bisexual Adults Report Continued Problems Affording Care Despite Coverage Gains (Health A...
Pharmacy Benefit Managers, the FTC & You
June 17, 2022 05:00 - 9 minutes - 8.58 MBLast week, the Federal Trade Commission launched a formal inquiry into pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). Listen to Health Affairs' Leslie Erdelack and Vabren Watts discuss the FTC's probe into PBMs and how vertical integration and consolidation may affect patients and health care consumers. Related Links: FTC Launches Investigation Into Major Pharmacy Benefit Managers' Business Practices (FierceHealthcare) A Six-Step Solution To The PBM Problem (Health Affairs Forefront) On Dru...
Headlines: Monkeypox, Medicare Trustees Report & Nursing Home Workforce Shortages
June 10, 2022 05:00 - 8 minutes - 8.17 MBListen to Health Affairs' Jessica Bylander and Ellen Bayer go over the big health policy headlines from this week, including what we know about Monkeypox, the implications of the latest Medicare Trustees Report, and nursing home workforce shortages. Related Links: 2022 Medicare Trustees Report (CMS) Medicare's Supplementary Medical Insurance Fund: A Growing Burden on Taxpayers (Health Affairs Forefront) The Coming Crisis For The Medicare Trust Fund (Health Affairs Forefront) Fa...
FDA Under the Microscope on User Fees and Baby Formula Shortage
June 03, 2022 05:00 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBListen to Health Affairs' Rob Lott and Chris Fleming put the FDA under the microscope on user fees and baby formula shortages. Related Links: FDA User Fee Reauthorization Bill Emerges In Both Chambers (Health Affairs Forefront) Fact Sheet: President Biden Announces New Actions to Address Infant Formula Shortage (White House) Biden Invokes the Defense Production Act for the Baby Formula Shortage (NPR) Subscribe: RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castro | Stitcher | Deezer | Overc...
Health Policy and Gun Violence
May 27, 2022 05:00 - 9 minutes - 8.65 MBTRIGGER WARNING: This episode discusses the subject of gun violence and death. Health Affairs's Jessica Bylander and Vabren Watts discuss this week's school shooting in Uvalde, Texas and the recent history of gun policy in the United States. Violence permeates our society. One response to violence is to better understand its origins and how to prevent it. We invite you to read the Violence and Health issue of Health Affairs from 2019 to better understand the impacts that gun viol...
Tim Jost Previews Supreme Court Impacts On Medicaid Beneficiaries
May 20, 2022 05:00 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MBListen to Health Affairs' Chris Fleming and Tim Jost discuss Supreme Court cases that could strip enrollees in Medicaid and other programs of the right to sue to enforce their rights. Related Links: Is The Supreme Court Poised To Wipe Out Legal Rights For Medicaid Beneficiaries? (Health Affairs Forefront) Subscribe: RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castro | Stitcher | Deezer | Overcast
FDA's Proposed Ban on Menthol Cigarettes, Explained
May 13, 2022 05:00 - 10 minutes - 9.22 MB“In addition to this being a public health issue, these questions around health equity appear to have motivated FDA’s decision to move on developing these new product standards.” – Leslie Erdelack On today's episode of Health Affairs This Week, Health Affairs' Leslie Erdelack and Ellen Bayer unpack the FDA's proposed ban on menthol cigarettes and its public health implications including concerns for health equity. Related Links: FDA Proposes Action On Menthol Cigarettes and Fla...
Unpacking the Supreme Court Abortion Draft Decision
May 06, 2022 05:00 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBEarly this week, Politico published a draft opinion from the Supreme Court that would overturn abortion rights in the United States. On today's episode of Health Affairs This Week, Health Affairs' Senior Editors Jessica Bylander and Chris Fleming unpack the leaked draft opinion from the Supreme Court that would overturn Roe v. Wade and could have sweeping health care implications beyond just abortion care. Related Links: Supreme Court Has Voted To Overturn Abortion Rights, Draft ...
Headlines: Childhood Vaccinations, Title 42, and National Drug Control Strategy
April 29, 2022 05:00 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBListen to Health Affairs' Leslie Erdelack and Rob Lott go over the big health policy headlines from this week, including details on childhood vaccinations, Title 42 and the intersection of public health and border policies, and federal drug control strategies. Related Links: Borders, Immigrants & Health Theme Issue (Health Affairs) Health Care Gaps For Migrants & Asylum Seekers On The Mexico Border During COVID-19 (A Health Podyssey) Vaccination Coverage with Selected Vaccines a...
A Health Podyssey: Stacie Dusetzina Shares Why Medicare Beneficiaries May Not Fill Specialty Drug Prescriptions
April 22, 2022 05:00 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBHealth Affairs This Week is on a break this week. Today, we are publishing an episode from A Health Podyssey, where Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil brings you in-depth conversations with leading researchers and influencers shaping the big ideas in health policy and the health care industry. Health Affairs This Week will return next week. Subscribe to A Health Podyssey: RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Podcasts The United States is facing a drug affordab...
Advancing Health Equity in Health Policy & Publishing
April 15, 2022 05:00 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBListen to Health Affairs' Senior Editor Kathleen Haddad and Health Equity Director Vabren Watts discuss advancing health equity in health policy and publishing. “Once you start advancing one aspect of equity, you start advancing other aspects of equity,” says Watts. The two highlight Health Affairs' work on health equity since launching a formal plan in January 2021 and research highlights from our digital publication Health Affairs Forefront as well as our February 2022 theme i...
Biden Wants to Fix The ACA's Family Glitch. What Is That? w/ Katie Keith
April 08, 2022 05:00 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBPresident Joe Biden's administration this week published a notice of proposed rulemaking to amend the "family glitch" in the Affordable Care Act. In essence, the rule would revise the eligibility for premium tax credits for families. It's a wonky but important policy measure. In today's episode of Health Affairs This Week, Health Affairs' Leslie Erdelack and Georgetown University's Katie Keith break down the proposed rule, what the "family glitch" is, how the Biden administration ...
The Latest Trajectory of National Health Spending
April 01, 2022 05:00 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBA new ahead-of-print from Health Affairs features the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) annual projections of national health expenditures. John Poisal and colleagues estimate national health spending growth will moderate from 9.7 percent in 2020 to 4.2 percent in 2021 as COVID-19 impacts wane. Listen to Health Affairs' Ellen Bayer and Chris Fleming dissect the latest national health spending projections on today's Health Affairs This Week. Pre-order the April 2022 ...
Medical Debt Changes & Health Impacts
March 25, 2022 05:00 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBThis month, three US credit reporting agencies - Equifax, Experian and TransUnion - announced changes to medical collection debt reporting, which will remove nearly 70% of medical collection debt tradelines from consumer credit reports. As financial security is a major social determinant of health, Health Affairs' Leslie Erdelack and Chris Fleming join Health Affairs This Week to discuss medical debt changes and their potential impact of the changes on health. Related Links: No S...
The Role of Private Equity In Health Care
March 18, 2022 05:00 - 10 minutes - 10.1 MBLate last month, the White House called out private equity firms in a fact sheet on the safety and quality of nursing homes. "Private equity firms have been buying up struggling nursing homes, and research shows that private equity-owned nursing homes tend to have significantly worse outcomes for residents," the fact sheet reads, adding that "Private equity firms’ investment in nursing homes has ballooned from $5 billion in 2000 to more than $100 billion in 2018, with about 5% of a...
Mike Chernew On Payment Reform: From Direct Contracting To ACO REACH
March 11, 2022 06:00 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBLate last month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its redesign of its Global and Professional Direct Contracting Model to its now-branded Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health (REACH) Model. The agency stated the redesign is meant to advance health equity and was in response to stakeholder feedback and participant experience. On today's episode of Health Affairs This Week, Harvard Medical School's Michael Cher...