Modern Healthcare's Beyond the Byline
51 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 months ago -Modern Healthcare's Beyond the Byline is where reporters and editors offer behind-the-scenes perspectives to help listeners better understand healthcare business news and how it's reported.
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Hospital 340B eligibility may hinge on Medicaid redeterminations
June 29, 2023 19:55 - 13 minutes - 18.2 MBModern Healthcare Senior Operations Reporter Alex Kacik, Finance Reporter Caroline Hudson and Insurance Reporter Nona Tepper talk about how shifts in Medicaid enrollment are impacting health systems and insurers. Related story links: -Health systems nervous as Medicaid redeterminations threaten shaky bottom lines -A state-by-state look at the impact of Medicaid determinations Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) -Alex Kaci...
Silicon Valley Bank bust damages digital health startups
March 27, 2023 18:29 - 15 minutes - 21.7 MBModern Healthcare Senior Operations Reporter Alex Kacik, Digital Health Reporter Brock E.W. Turner and Deputy Editor of Digital Health Business & Technology Gabriel Perna talk about how the Silicon Valley Bank failure impacted the digital health sector. Related story links: -Digital health could get a reset following Silicon Valley Bank failure -Digital health picks itself back up after Silicon Valley Bank collapse Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern He...
Health inequity plagues communities throughout the U.S.
March 10, 2023 18:31 - 14 minutes - 20.3 MBModern Healthcare Senior Operations Reporter Alex Kacik and Health Disparities Reporter Kara Hartnett talk about how health inequity impacts communities throughout the country. Related story links: -How health inequity maps out across America -Access to transportation fuels disparities in rural Louisiana -Tribal lands in Arizona struggle with staffing shortage -Creating access for unhoused people in the Bronx Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern He...
Regulators look to kickstart ACOs
September 19, 2022 23:54 - 14 minutes - 19.2 MBModern Healthcare Senior Operations Reporter Alex Kacik and Rules and Regulations Reporter Maya Goldman talk about the overhaul of accountable care organization payments. Related story links: -Provider groups ask CMS to ditch ACO revenue distinctions Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) -Alex Kacik (@alex_kacik) -Maya Goldman (@mayagoldman_) Music Credit: Coffee by Cambo
Healthcare quandary: How the medical sterilization process saves some and sickens others
September 16, 2022 23:36 - 17 minutes - 24.2 MBModern Healthcare Senior Operations Reporter Alex Kacik and Health Equity Reporter Kara Hartnett talk about the environmental and healthcare impacts of ethylene oxide, which is used to sterilize many medical devices and supplies. Related story links: -Medical device sterilization emissions spark safety concerns Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) -Alex Kacik (@alex_kacik) -Kara Hartnett (@karahartnett) Music Credit: Co...
Venture capital firms lure health system CEOs
August 17, 2022 20:41 - 15 minutes - 21.3 MBModern Healthcare Senior Operations Reporter Alex Kacik and Deputy Editor of Digital Health Business & Technology Gabe Perna talk about why more health system CEOs are joining venture capital firms. Related story links: -Intermountain CEO Dr. Marc Harrison leaving for General Catalyst Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) -Alex Kacik (@alex_kacik) -Gabriel Perna (@GabrielSPerna) Music Credit: Coffee by Cambo
Rural emergency hospital pay will be too low, experts say
July 27, 2022 18:04 - 11 minutes - 15.7 MBModern Healthcare Senior Operations Reporter Alex Kacik and Rules and Regulations Reporter Maya Goldman talk about how rural emergency hospitals will get paid. Related story links: -Hospital outpatient providers could see $6.2 billion pay bump in 2023 -Rural hospitals struggle to maintain obstetrics services Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) -Alex Kacik (@alex_kacik) -Maya Goldman (@mayagoldman_) Music Credit: Coffe...
Roe v. Wade ruling compromises patient safety
June 29, 2022 17:44 - 12 minutes - 16.8 MBModern Healthcare Senior Operations Reporter Alex Kacik and Safety and Quality Reporter Mari Devereaux overview states' reactions to the abortion law upheaval and how care will be impacted. Related story links: -Overturned abortion law jeopardizes doctors -Supreme Court abortion ruling has big ramifications for providers Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) -Alex Kacik (@alex_kacik) -Mari Devereaux (@maridevereaux) Mu...
Behavioral health startups draw record level of investment
June 09, 2022 01:17 - 17 minutes - 24.1 MBModern Healthcare Senior Operations Reporter Alex Kacik and Deputy Editor of Digital Health Business & Technology Gabe Perna talk about the wave of digital health funding aimed at behavioral health and whether startups can scale safely. Related story links: -Health systems' innovation funds eye behavioral health -In the digital health gold rush, can investors hold their portfolio companies accountable? Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern Healthcare (@mo...
Roe v. Wade upheaval poses legal and ethical dilemmas
May 18, 2022 20:50 - 11 minutes - 16.4 MBModern Healthcare Senior Operations Reporter Alex Kacik and Rules and Regulations Reporter Maya Goldman talk about the confusing patchwork of state laws that would follow a Roe v. Wade upheaval. Related story links: -Supreme Court abortion draft creates tangle of issues for big hospital systems Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) -Alex Kacik (@alex_kacik) -Maya Goldman (@mayagoldman_) Music Credit: Coffee by Cambo
Ketamine and psilocybin present new pathways for mental healthcare
April 19, 2022 21:12 - 16 minutes - 22.7 MBModern Healthcare Senior Operations Reporter Alex Kacik and Safety and Quality Reporter Lisa Gillespie talk about the regulation, or lack thereof, of ketamine clinics. Related story links: -Ketamine safety concerns about as private clinics proliferate Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) -Alex Kacik (@alex_kacik) -Lisa Gillespie (@LVGillespie) Music Credit: Coffee by Cambo
Health equity is a cornerstone of new rural payment models
March 30, 2022 17:26 - 12 minutes - 17.3 MBModern Healthcare Senior Operations Reporter Alex Kacik and Rules and Regulations Reporter Maya Goldman talk about the potential of new payment models for rural providers. Related story links: -New rural hospital model could preserve communities, jobs -CMS ends ACO track in rural pay transformation model Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) -Alex Kacik (@alex_kacik) -Maya Goldman (@mayagoldman_) Music Credit: Coffee by...
Providers accuse staffing agencies of price gouging
March 16, 2022 20:26 - 12 minutes - 23.3 MBModern Healthcare Senior Operations Reporter Alex Kacik and Politics Reporter Jessie Hellmann talk about state legislation that aims to cap the rates staffing agencies can charge providers. Related story links: -Nursing homes lead push in state legislatures to regulate staffing agencies Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) -Alex Kacik (@alex_kacik) -Jessie Hellmann (@jessiehellmann) Music Credit: Coffee by Cambo Editi...
Hospitals facility fees spur ethical debate
March 02, 2022 17:25 - 19 minutes - 37.8 MBModern Healthcare Senior Operations Reporter Alex Kacik and Senior Finance Reporter Tara Bannow talk about whether hospitals should notify patients about facility fees and if hospital-at-home patients be charged a facility fee. Related story links: -Patients say hospitals should disclose emergency department facility fees -Hospital-at-home programs hinge on reimbursement Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) -Alex Kacik (@al...
UnitedHealth Group COVID-19 vaccine reimbursement policy draws congressional investigation
February 09, 2022 21:11 - 15 minutes - 29 MBModern Healthcare Senior Operations Reporter Alex Kacik and Insurance Reporter Nona Tepper discuss Nona's reporting on UnitedHealth Group shortchanging providers on COVID-19 vaccine reimbursements, which spurred a federal investigation. Related story links: -UnitedHealth pays providers below standard rates for COVID-19 vaccines Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) -Alex Kacik (@alex_kacik) -Nona Tepper (@ntepper90) Music...
Medicare Advantage companies' lofty valuations draw skepticism
January 26, 2022 21:02 - 13 minutes - 18.1 MBModern Healthcare Senior Operations Reporter Alex Kacik, Insurance Reporter Nona Tepper and Senior Finance Reporter Tara Bannow discuss the investment and valuation surrounding the $350 billion Medicare Advantage market. Related story links: -Medicare Advantage market shows signs of valuation bubble ready to burst Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) -Alex Kacik (@alex_kacik) -Nona Tepper (@ntepper90) -Tara Bannow (@Tar...
New COVID-19 guidance tests hospitals' infection control protocol
January 13, 2022 17:14 - 12 minutes - 22.4 MBModern Healthcare Senior Operations Reporter Alex Kacik and Post-acute and Staffing Reporter Ginger Christ discuss how hospitals and their workers are reacting to recent CDC guidance that aims to mitigate staffing shortages. Related story links: -New CDC guidance jeopardizes patient and staff, nurses and doctors warn Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) -Alex Kacik (@alex_kacik) -Ginger Christ(@GChristCLE) Music Credit:...
Smart knee implant tests uncharted territory
December 15, 2021 18:21 - 16 minutes - 31.1 MBModern Healthcare Senior Operations Reporter Alex Kacik and Technology Reporter Jessica Kim Cohen talk Zimmer Biomet's smart knee implant, the first approved the Food and Drug Administration. Related story links: -Implants get 'smart' in orthopedics Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) -Alex Kacik (@alex_kacik) -Jessica Kim Cohen (@JessicaKimCohen) Music Credit: Coffee by Cambo
Feds ramp up scrutiny of private-equity backed healthcare providers
December 01, 2021 22:26 - 14 minutes - 19.6 MBModern Healthcare Senior Operations Reporter Alex Kacik and Senior Finance Reporter Tara Bannow talk about private equity firms' interest in healthcare and what regulators are watching. Related story links: -Why the Justice Department is targeting private equity -Studies show less staffing, more surprise bills after private equity takeovers Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) -Alex Kacik (@alex_kacik) -Tara Bannow (@Tar...
Democrats take punitive approach to sway Medicaid expansion holdout states
November 17, 2021 22:32 - 12 minutes - 17.4 MBModern Healthcare Senior Operations Reporter Alex Kacik and Politics Reporter Jessie Hellmann talk about Democrats' latest attempt to get states to expand Medicaid. Related story links: -Democrats target hospital in Medicaid expansion holdout states with DSH cuts Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) -Alex Kacik (@alex_kacik) -Jessie Hellmann (@jessiehellmann) Music Credit: Coffee by Cambo
COVID-19 pandemic reinforces rural hospitals integral role
November 04, 2021 19:38 - 15 minutes - 22 MBModern Healthcare Insurance Reporter Nona Tepper and Senior Operations Reporter Alex Kacik talk about rural healthcare and strategies to stabilize small community hospitals. Related story links: -Rural Alabama hospitals add services to try to stay afloat Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) -Nona Tepper (@ntepper90) -Alex Kacik (@alex_kacik) Music Credit: Coffee by Cambo
CommonSpirit Health charts path forward without Lloyd Dean
October 19, 2021 19:04 - 14 minutes - 20.3 MBModern Healthcare Senior Operations Reporter Alex Kacik and Senior Finance Reporter Tara Bannow talk about the evolution of CommonSpirit Health, one of the largest health systems in the country. Related story links: -Lloyd Dean's career market by leading systems through tumultuous times -'This is the right time to transition to the next generation of leadership' Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) -Alex Kacik (@alex_kacik...
COVID-19 vaccine mandates test hospitals' culture
October 06, 2021 21:37 - 19 minutes - 26.8 MBModern Healthcare Senior Operations Reporter Alex Kacik, Post-acute and Staffing Reporter Ginger Christ and News Enterprise Editor Jeffrey Young talk about how providers are tackling COVID-19 vaccine mandates for their workforce. Related story links: -Employers eye surcharges for workers' unvaccinated spouses -The vaccine mandate staffing crisis that wasn't Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) -Alex Kacik (@alex_kacik) -...
Whistleblower claims that Aetna inflated provider network in 13 states
September 22, 2021 19:33 - 13 minutes - 17.9 MBModern Healthcare Operations Reporter Alex Kacik and Insurance Reporter Nona Tepper discuss a recently unsealed qui tam lawsuit alleging that Aetna lied about its pediatric primary care network to win Medicaid contracts. Related story links: -Aetna lied about provider network to win Medicaid contract, suit alleges Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) -Alex Kacik (@alex_kacik) -Nona Tepper (@ntepper90) Music Credit: Coff...
New debt collection strategy raises legal, ethical questions
September 02, 2021 20:43 - 16 minutes - 22.5 MBModern Healthcare Hospital Operations Reporter Alex Kacik and Finance Reporter Tara Bannow talk about a company that connects patients with social services to lure medical debt repayment. Related story links: -New 'white glove' debt collector could spell trouble for hospitals, patients -Ballad Health sued thousands of patients in poor, rural areas Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) -Alex Kacik (@alex_kacik) -Tara Banno...
Google Health restructures after Cerner poaches top exec
August 25, 2021 21:10 - 15 minutes - 21 MBModern Healthcare Hospital Operations Reporter Alex Kacik and Technology Reporter Jessica Kim Cohen talk about what the Google Health reorganization means for big tech-led healthcare ventures. Related story links: -Google says health projects will continue—even if Google Health won't -Cerner to pay new CEO Feinberg nearly $35M through 2022 Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) -Alex Kacik (@alex_kacik) -Jessica Kim Cohen...
Trans community faces healthcare access hurdles
August 11, 2021 21:29 - 15 minutes - 21.4 MBModern Healthcare Operations Reporter Alex Kacik and Safety and Quality Reporter Lisa Gillespie discuss access to care for the trans community. -Read related LGBTQ coverage here Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) -Alex Kacik (@alex_kacik) -Lisa Gillespie (@LVGillespie) Music Credit: Coffee by Cambo
Private equity investors target primary care
July 28, 2021 20:45 - 15 minutes - 21.9 MBModern Healthcare Insurance Reporter Nona Tepper and Finance Reporter Tara Bannow talk about primary-care practice mergers and acquisitions and why private equity firms are investing in the sector. Related story links: -Physician practice acquisitions see 'staggering' spending uptick in Q2 -Nearly 70% of physicians now employed by hospitals or corporations, report finds Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) -Nona Tepper (@nt...
Gun violence prompts preventative intervention
July 14, 2021 20:59 - 15 minutes - 21.6 MBModern Healthcare Hospital Operations Reporter Alex Kacik and Technology Reporter Jessica Kim Cohen talk about how some hospitals are viewing gun violence as a public health epidemic. Related story links: -How to make gun violence a strategic initiative Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) -Alex Kacik (@alex_kacik) -Jessica Kim Cohen (@JessicaKimCohen) Music Credit: Coffee by Cambo
Adulhelm and other high-priced drugs shift prescription purchasing patterns
June 30, 2021 21:31 - 12 minutes - 17.3 MBModern Healthcare Hospital Operations Reporter Alex Kacik and Insurance Reporter Nona Tepper discuss why more Americans are bypassing their insurance coverage at the prescription counter. Related story links: -High cost, high deductibles inspire cash pay -Adulhelm raises questions about financial conflicts among patient groups Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) -Alex Kacik (@alex_kacik) -Nona Tepper (@ntepper90) Mus...
Inefficiency dooms hospital mergers, Modern Healthcare analysis shows
June 16, 2021 17:11 - 11 minutes - 15.4 MBModern Healthcare Politics and Policy Fellow Matti Gellman and Hospital Operations Reporter Alex Kacik discuss Modern Healthcare's analysis that showed that certain hospitals didn't become more efficient after merging. -Consolidation casualties: Hospital mergers unwind as organizations clash Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) -Alex Kacik (@alex_kacik) -Jessie Hellman (@GellmanMatti) Music Credit: Coffee by Cambo
Private equity's interest in healthcare draws congressional scrutiny
June 02, 2021 18:27 - 13 minutes - 18.9 MBModern Healthcare Hospital Operations Reporter Alex Kacik and Politics Reporter Jessie Hellman discuss why Democrats want more information about the role private equity and chain ownership of nursing homes plays patient outcomes. -Congress eyes private equity-owned nursing homes after COVID-19 deaths -Pandemic proves to be pivotal moment for senior care Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) -Alex Kacik (@alex_kacik) -Jessie ...
Flurry of hospital deals reshape Atlanta healthcare market
May 19, 2021 21:36 - 14 minutes - 20.3 MBModern Healthcare Operations Reporter Alex Kacik and Finance Reporter Tara Bannow discuss how a string of hospital transactions have reshaped the Atlanta-area healthcare market. -Piedmont Healthcare to add seven hospitals in two deals -Meet the new dominant player in one hot healthcare market Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) -Alex Kacik (@alex_kacik) -Tara Bannow (@TaraBannow) Music Credit: Coffee by Cambo
How one health system leapfrogged safety ratings hurdles
May 05, 2021 20:28 - 15 minutes - 21.3 MBModern Healthcare Operations Reporter Alex Kacik and Safety and Quality Reporter Lisa GIllespie discuss the latest batch of the Leapfrog Group's hospital safety ratings. -One-third of participating hospitals score 'A' in Leafrog's new hospital safety scores -From 4s to 1s: critical-access hospitals grapple with new star methodology Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) -Alex Kacik (@alex_kacik) -Lisa Gillespie (@LVGillespie)...
How fee-for-service can mute population health gains
April 21, 2021 19:58 - 16 minutes - 22.3 MBModern Healthcare Operations Reporter Alex Kacik and Finance Reporter Tara Bannow discuss how fee-for-service payments can handcuff the financial return on population health initiatives. -Population health still add odds with fee-for-service -Taking population health expertise to the market Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) -Alex Kacik (@alex_kacik) -Tara Bannow (@TaraBannow) Music Credit: Coffee by Cambo
Kids’ unchecked mental health needs pose long-term consequences
April 07, 2021 18:00 - 15 minutes - 20.7 MBModern Healthcare Public Health Reporter Steven Johnson and Hospital Operations Reporter Alex Kacik talk about how the COVID-19 pandemic compounded systemic shortfalls in behavioral healthcare. -Stressing the already burdened pediatric behavioral health system -Mental health access for children needs attention Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) -Alex Kacik (@alex_kacik) -Steven Johnson (@MHSjohnson) Music Credit: Coff...
Biggest health systems made more money in 2020 despite COVID-19 spikes
March 24, 2021 20:28 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBModern Healthcare Operations Reporter Alex Kacik and Finance Reporter Tara Bannow discuss how COVID-19 has impacted health systems' finances. -Hospitals posted higher profits in second half of 2020 even as COVID cases soared -CommonSpirit's finances held steady at end of 2020 Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) -Alex Kacik (@alex_kacik) -Tara Bannow (@TaraBannow) Music Credit: Coffee by Cambo
Upcoding could explain why hospitals are increasingly billing for the most complex treatment
March 10, 2021 19:14 - 16 minutes - 22.3 MBModern Healthcare Rules and Regulations Reporter Mike Brady and Hospital Operations Reporter Alex Kacik discuss the latest data suggesting that patients aren’t sicker, contrary to hospitals’ billing practices. -Hospitals’ Medicare billing practices suggest upcoding, OIG says: -Price hikes, upcoding drive Massachusetts’ inpatient spending: Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) -Michael Brady (@mbradyreports) -Alex Kacik (@al...
Insurers are betting on virtual-first plans as COVID-19 shifts care pathways
February 19, 2021 17:53 - 15 minutes - 21.6 MBModern Healthcare Hospital Operations Reporter Alex Kacik and Insurance Reporter Nona Tepper discuss insurers’ latest quarterly results and their plans to boost virtual-first coverage. Related story links: -Regional insurers bet big on virtual-first plans -Molina reports $100 million year-over-year drop in profits in 2020 Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) -Alex Kacik (@alex_kacik) -Nona Tepper (@ntepper90) Music Cr...
How residents’ stories shape our coverage of the COVID-19 vaccination rollout in nursing homes
February 05, 2021 17:21 - 15 minutes - 21.1 MBModern Healthcare Hospital Operations Reporter Alex Kacik and Post-acute and Staffing Reporter Ginger Christ talk about Ginger's interviews with nursing home residents and why most were eager to get vaccinated. Related story links: -Nursing home residents hope to set an example on COVID-19 vaccination -Few nursing home residents have received second COVID-19 vaccine dose Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) -Alex Kacik (@a...
How residents’ stories shape our coverage of the COVID-19 vaccination rollout in nursing homes
February 05, 2021 17:21 - 15 minutes - 21.1 MBModern Healthcare Hospital Operations Reporter Alex Kacik and Post-acute and Staffing Reporter Ginger Christ talk about Ginger's interviews with nursing home residents and why most were eager to get vaccinated. Related story links: -Nursing home residents hope to set an example on COVID-19 vaccination -Few nursing home residents have received second COVID-19 vaccine dose Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) -Alex Kacik (@a...
Regulators aim to boost value push with fraud and abuse law updates
January 22, 2021 17:45 - 14 minutes - 20.4 MBModern Healthcare Hospital Operations Reporter Alex Kacik and Rules and Regulations Reporter Michael Brady discuss the latest updates to the Stark law and anti-kickback statute and how they interplay with the incremental move from volume- to value-based pay. Related story links: -Physician groups see problems with Trump administration’s Stark law and anti-kickback changes -Stark law, anti-kickback changes can’t come soon enough, experts say -Stark law, anti-kickback updates may boos...
Verifying information on the chaotic COVID-19 vaccine rollout
January 08, 2021 18:59 - 12 minutes - 17.2 MBModern Healthcare Hospital Operations Reporter Alex Kacik and Health Policy and Politics Reporter Rachel Cohrs discuss the reporting and information verification process for reporting on COVID-19 vaccine distribution. Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) -Alex Kacik (@alex_kacik) -Rachel Cohrs (@rachelcohrs) Music Credit: Coffee by Cambo
How healthcare supply chain struggles contribute to employee burnout
December 18, 2020 16:27 - 13 minutes - 19.1 MBModern Healthcare Hospital Operations Reporter Alex Kacik and Safety and Quality Reporter Maria Castellucci discuss how some of healthcare’s supply chains broke during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how that has upped the anxiety of those working on the front lines. Related story links: -Many surgical gowns from foreign, nontraditional suppliers fail U.S. standards -Nearly 60% of physicians report burnout since COVID-19 -Lessons learned six months into the COVID-19 response -Pro...
Covering race and diversity in the healthcare industry
December 04, 2020 18:44 - 14 minutes - 20.3 MBModern Healthcare Politics and Policy Reporter Rachel Cohrs spoke with Public Health Reporter Steven Ross Johnson about his coverage of issues of race and diversity this year. Related story links: -Videos: Healthcare industry executives describe their encounters with racism -Healthcare leadership lacks the racial diversity needed to reduce health disparities -How medical education can help fight racism Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: -Modern Healthcare (@m...
How telehealth utilization has impacted investor-owned company earnings
November 20, 2020 18:25 - 14 minutes - 19.9 MBModern Healthcare Hospital Operations Reporter Alex Kacik spoke with Modern Healthcare Technology Reporter Jessica Kim Cohen about the rise of telehealth, its impact on the earnings of investor-owned companies and long-term projections on the care delivery medium. Related story links: -Teladoc posts 2.8M visits for Q3, more than triple the year-ago quarter -Cutting exposure to COVID-19 in EDs using on-site telehealth -COVID-19 could push systems to create telehealth leadership r...
What the 2020 election means for the healthcare industry
November 06, 2020 15:31 - 13 minutes - 19 MBModern Healthcare Safety and Quality Reporter Maria Castellucci spoke with Modern Healthcare’s D.C. team Michael Brady and Rachel Cohrs about healthcare implications of the 2020 elections. Read related coverage: -Election 2020: Watching the key races for healthcare -GOP Senate majority may mitigate policy risk for healthcare industry Subscribe to Modern Healthcare Follow us on Twitter: Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) Michael Brady (@mbradyreports) Rachel Cohrs (@rachelco...
Texas COPA law may pave the way for more hospital M&A
October 23, 2020 17:00 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBTexas regulators approved the sale of three hospitals via a Certificate of Public Advantage law, despite scrutiny from federal overseers. Modern Healthcare Hospital Operations Reporter Alex Kacik spoke with Finance Reporter Tara Bannow to discuss how the framework of the COPA could spur more hospital mergers and acquisitions. -CHS' Texas hospital sales could raise costs, lower quality: FTC -Texas regulators OK hospital mergers opposed by FTC -Subscribe to Modern Healthcare -Follow us...
Blues Clues: Mining Data on Insurers' Pandemic Profits
October 09, 2020 16:57 - 13 minutes - 18.5 MBThis episode features a data-driven analysis of Blues insurance companies' profits by Modern Healthcare Insurance Reporter Shelby Livingston. Here's a link: Blues plans report mixed earnings results amid pandemic -Subscribe to Modern Healthcare -Follow us on Twitter: Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) Shelby Livingston (@MHShelbyL) Rachel Cohrs (@rachelcohrs) -Music Credit: Coffee by Cambo
Fact or Fiction? Checking CMS Claims on COVID-19 in Nursing Homes
September 25, 2020 17:05 - 12 minutes - 17.6 MBThis episode features a data-driven fact check story by Modern Healthcare Post-Acute Care and Staffing Reporter Ginger Christ. Here's a link: CMS star ratings don't indicate COVID-19 cases, deaths, data show -Subscribe to Modern Healthcare -Follow us on Twitter: Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) Ginger Christ (@GChristCLE) Alex Kacik (@alex_kacik) -Music Credit: Coffee by Cambo