Latest Healthcare news Podcast Episodes
Will The Defense Production Act Solve Drug Shortages?
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered. - December 15, 2023 11:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsSend us a Text Message. President Biden recently invoked the Defense Production Act to support investment in domestic drug manufacturing. It’s part of Bidenomics and is designed to bolster supply chains and increase spending at home. What’s the strategy here? And will it work? TOPICS (01:08) ...
From Farm Bill to FDA: The Legal Landscape of CBD with Michael C. Barnes | Executive Feature
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered. - December 14, 2023 11:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsSend us a Text Message. CBD-based products are everywhere, and many customers swear by them. But the market is largely unregulated, leaving consumers in the dark about product purity, safety, and effectiveness. Congress recently took a first step, authorizing a regulatory framework to address...
HealthBiz Brief: Sworkit Health’s Transition From DTC to B2B w/ CEO, Ryan Hanna
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered. - December 13, 2023 11:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsSworkit Health's CEO, Ryan Hanna joins David Williams to discuss his company's transition from DTC to B2B. 🎙️⚕️ABOUT CARETALK CareTalk is a weekly podcast that provides an incisive, no B.S. view of the US healthcare industry. Join co-hosts John Driscoll (President U.S. Healthcare and EVP, Walgr...
Sworkit Health’s Transition From DTC to B2B w/ CEO, Ryan Hanna | HealthBiz Brief
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered. - December 13, 2023 11:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Sworkit Health's CEO, Ryan Hanna joins David Williams to discuss his company's transition from DTC to B2B. 🎙️⚕️ABOUT CARETALK CareTalk is a weekly podcast that provides an incisive, no B.S. view of the US healthcare industry. Join co-hosts John Driscoll (President U.S. ...
The Pros & Cons of Long Term Care Insurance
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered. - December 08, 2023 11:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Nursing home stays can easily run over $100,000 per year. That cost is a big source of fear for older Americans, 70% of whom will need some form of long-term care. Long-term care insurance seems like a great answer. So why do only 3-4% of people have coverage? TOPICS ...
Is Medicare Advantage Fit For Cancer Patients?
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered. - December 01, 2023 11:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Choosing between Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage is hard, but the stakes are even higher for cancer patients. Does the flexibility to choose any hospital or doctor under traditional Medicare outweigh Medicare Advantage’s enhanced benefits like dental, vision ...
How Gratitude Can Impact Your Health
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered. - November 21, 2023 11:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Thanksgiving is upon us. It’s an absolutely wonderful holiday –unless you’re a turkey. It can be a busy day in the ER, too with Thanksgiving-themed ailments like food poisoning and burns. But the big takeaway is that showing gratitude is good for your mental and physic...
Why Medical Debt is Vanishing From Credit Reports
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered. - November 17, 2023 11:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsSend us a Text Message. The Biden Administration is working to drop medical debt from credit reports. Doctors and hospitals will still be able to sue you, but might not be able to hurt your credit. Want to dive deeper into the US medical debt problem? Listen to our primer episode "What To Do A...
Changes in Obamacare Open Enrollment
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered. - November 10, 2023 11:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Obamacare has been remarkably durable. Despite the old “repeal and replace “ rhetoric, it turns out Americans like having affordable health insurance. Around 18 million people have individual plans, and 80 percent of them receive Obamacare subsidies. Open enrollment is h...
Innovations in Public Health with Dr. Megan Ranney
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered. - November 03, 2023 04:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Dr. Megan Ranney joins CareTalk to discuss innovative public health approaches to prevent violence and related behavioral health problems. 🎙️⚕️ABOUT CARETALK CareTalk is a weekly podcast that provides an incisive, no B.S. view of the US healthcare industry. Join co-host...
Transforming Veteran Healthcare with David Shulkin, MD
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered. - October 27, 2023 10:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Dr. David Shulkin was appointed by President Obama, then promoted to the Cabinet to head the Department of Veterans Affairs and eventually fired by President Trump. Now in the private sector he’s a dogged advocate for veterans and involved in everything from drug pricing...
Unlocking the Front Door to Digital Mental Health with Brad Kittredge & Doug Nemecek, MD
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered. - October 20, 2023 09:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsSend us a Text Message. More than one in five adults have a diagnosed behavioral health condition. Yet only about half are in active treatment --and it takes an average of 11 years from the onset of symptoms before a patient seeks care. Our guests, Brightside Health CEO Brad Kittredge and Ev...
Closing Healthcare Gaps with Technology w/ David Feinberg, MD
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered. - October 13, 2023 10:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Dr. David Feinberg was CEO of Geisinger and UCLA Health, then led Google Health before becoming CEO of Cerner. For the past year he’s been Chairman of Oracle Health. So, it's safe to say he knows a thing or two about healthcare IT! Dr. Feinberg joins the show to discus...
How to Live a Long and Healthy Life with Dan Buettner
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered. - October 06, 2023 10:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Dan Buettner has unlocked profound secrets of longevity and happiness. He journeyed to the unique places around the world, dubbed the Blue Zones, where people regularly live into healthy old age. Dan discovered what they have in common and is now applying Blue Zones insi...
Executive Feature: Building a Better Mental Health System with Christina Mainelli of Quartet Health
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered. - October 04, 2023 16:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsSend us a Text Message. The behavioral health crisis is in full swing. It’s well known that there’s a shortage of providers. But that’s just the first step. We also need to make sure people are getting the right care for them, that quality is measured and tracked, and that patients have long t...
What Dana-Farber's Shakeup Means for Cancer Care
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered. - September 29, 2023 10:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsSend us a Text Message. The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute rocked the cancer world this month by dropping its long standing partner, Brigham and Women’s in favor of building a new cancer hospital with Beth Israel. What does it mean for patients, physicians and health care costs? Is this just a l...
Executive Feature: AI and the New Era of Medical Diagnosis with Seth Rainford of Digital Diagnostics
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered. - September 22, 2023 10:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Affordability, access, and quality are often referred to as the Iron Triangle of healthcare. There are tradeoffs among them and you can improve one or two, but not all three. Seth Rainford (Co-Founder & President, Digital Diagnostics) joins us to discuss how artificial i...
Can OTC Narcan Help Fight the Opioid Crisis?
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered. - September 14, 2023 13:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Opioid overdoses killed more than 100,000 people in the US last year, more than traffic accidents and suicides combined. Fentanyl is a major culprit, often turning a planned recreational high into sudden death. Now Naloxone –the generic name for Narcan—is available over ...
How to Treat Health Misinformation with Dr. Geeta Nayyar
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered. - September 05, 2023 18:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Misinformation has always plagued healthcare, but it’s gotten worse recently. Dr. Geeta Nayyar (author, Dead Wrong: Diagnosing and Treating Healthcare’s Misinformation Illness) joins the show discuss the impact of healthcare's misinformation problem and what steps can b...
How Prior Authorization Impacts Healthcare
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered. - August 29, 2023 17:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Prior authorization. It’s a dreaded phrase for patients and providers alike. Now some health plans like Cigna say they’re cutting back on the practice, and the feds are contemplating restrictions, too. What is prior authorization in healthcare? And can the US healthcare ...
2023 Digital Health Trends & Challenges with Jess DaMassa
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered. - August 22, 2023 20:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsSend us a Text Message. After incredible growth during the pandemic, digital health is adjusting to its own kind of new normal. Interest remains strong, deals are flowing and artificial intelligence is making its mark. But the market is less frothy –or maybe it has even overreacted. Friend o...
How Randomness Impacts Healthcare with Anupam B. Jena
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered. - August 14, 2023 23:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Anupam B. Jena (Host of Freakonomics MD) joins CareTalk to talk about the hidden side of medicine and how unexpected—but predictable—events can profoundly affect our health. ABOUT CARETALK CareTalk is a weekly podcast that provides an incisive, no B.S. view of the US he...
Raising Awareness of Sarcoma Cancer with James C. Wittig, MD
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered. - August 09, 2023 11:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Sarcomas are cancers of the connective tissues, with more than 15,000 new cases and 7000 deaths in the US every year. Sarcomas are often diagnosed when they’re too late to treat effectively, leading to poor outcomes. As Sarcoma Awareness Month 2023 concludes, Dr. James C...
Putting Patients Over Profits with Stacey Richter (Host, Relentless Health Value)
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered. - August 03, 2023 16:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Stacey Richter (Host, Relentless Health Value podcast) joins CareTalk to discuss how the healthcare industry can put patients over profits by balancing doing well vs. doing good. ABOUT CARETALK CareTalk is a weekly podcast that provides an incisive, no B.S. view of the...
Mid-Year Grades for Our 2023 Healthcare Predictions
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered. - July 27, 2023 16:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsSend us a Text Message. We made some bold and not so bold predictions about healthcare at the start of the year. Now that we're halfway through 2023, it’s a good time for a mid-year reality check to see what’s come true, where we missed the mark, and what we just plain didn’t think about. AB...
The Arrival of OTC Birth Control
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered. - July 18, 2023 17:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Access to the birth control pill is becoming easier, now that FDA has approved an over the counter version of a product that’s been available by prescription since 1973. On this episode of CareTalk, John and David discuss why this move is so significant and why it took ...
FDA Approves Leqembi: What You Should Know
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered. - July 11, 2023 13:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsSend us a Text Message. FDA just approved Leqembi, a drug to slow the cognitive decline of Alzheimer’s patients, and Medicare has agreed to pay for it. Is it time for patients, families and physicians to be excited? Or do we need to temper our hopes? Dive deeper into this episode and read our ...
What's Google Doing in Healthcare?
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered. - July 04, 2023 13:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Google has been making a lot of noise in the healthcare space lately. In this episode of CareTalk, John and David take a look at all of Google’s healthcare moves: What’s working? What’s not? And what’s next? Dive deeper into this episode and read our report, Google’s He...
Will Healthcare's Staffing Shortage Ever End?
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered. - June 28, 2023 21:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Will the healthcare staffing crisis ever end? We were talking about shortages five years ago and then things really went crazy during the pandemic. But even as a lot of the economy has returned to normal, healthcare workers are still in very short supply. Do we just ha...
Why Millions Are Losing Medicaid
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered. - June 19, 2023 21:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsSend us a Text Message. More than a million people –including hundreds of thousands of children-- lost Medicaid coverage in the last few weeks as the pandemic-era continuous coverage policy ended. In this episode of CareTalk, John Driscoll and David Williams unpack what's going on with Medica...
Related Healthcare news Topics