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The Chevron Deference is Dead. What Now? w/ Andrew Twinamatsiko

Health Affairs This Week - July 12, 2024 05:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Andrew Twinamatsiko of O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law back to the program to discuss the Supreme Court's recent overturning of the Chevron doctrine and the implicatio...

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Scene Report from AcademyHealth's ARM Conference

Health Affairs This Week - July 05, 2024 05:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Jeff Byers chats with Senior Editors Kathleen Haddad and Meg Winchester about their recent trip to AcademyHealth's 2024 Annual Research Meeting (ARM) in Baltimore and the main takeaways that the two found reg...

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Why the Supreme Court Rejected a Challenge to Abortion Medication w/ Andrew Twinamatsiko

Health Affairs This Week - June 28, 2024 05:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Jeff Byers is joined by Andrew Twinamatsiko of O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law to discuss a recent Supreme Court decision to reject a challenge to the FDA's approval of abortion medicatio...

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Breaking Down the CBO's Insurance Coverage Projections w/ Sabrina Corlette

Health Affairs This Week - June 21, 2024 05:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Jeff Byers is joined by Sabrina Corlette of Georgetown University to discuss an ahead-of-print article released this week that outlines the Congressional Budget Office's health insurance coverage projections ...

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Diving into the New CMS' National Health Expenditures Projections w/ Michael Chernew

Health Affairs This Week - June 14, 2024 05:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Jeff Byers is joined by Michael Chernew to discuss the recently released National Health Expenditures Projections for 2023–32 from the Office of the Actuary (OACT) at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Ser...

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Scene Report from CMS' Health Equity Conference

Health Affairs This Week - June 07, 2024 05:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Jeff Byers chats with Senior Editor Michael Gerber about his recent trip to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Health Equity Conference in Bethesda and the main takeaways that he found from th...

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You Blu It #97: China O'Brien

Stack of Dimes - June 06, 2024 01:49 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 324 ratings
Roden and Thunder watch a Cynthia Rothrock masterpiece!

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Obesity Medications & What You'll Pay For Them — If You Can Get Them w/ Stacie Dusetzina

Health Affairs This Week - May 31, 2024 05:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Jeff Byers talks with Stacie Dusetzina of Vanderbilt University about the current state of obesity medications like Ozempic, the likelihood of insurance coverage, their costs, drug shortages, and how to ensur...

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Following the Rules: Nursing Facilities Staffing and Organ Transplants

Health Affairs This Week - May 24, 2024 05:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Jeff Byers talks with Marianne Amoss about recent federal rulemaking activity over nursing facility staff levels and CMS' proposed mandatory kidney transplant value-based model. Read the newly published arti...

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SOD #459: Fast and Casual

Stack of Dimes - May 23, 2024 02:33 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 324 ratings
JD and Thunder get angry about food trends.

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FTC Voted to Ban Noncompetes. Will It Actually Happen? w/ Rebecca Pifer

Health Affairs This Week - May 17, 2024 05:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Jeff Byers interviews Healthcare Dive's Rebecca Pifer to discuss the FTC's move to ban noncompete agreements. Join Health Affairs Insider. Related Links: FTC votes to ban noncompetes, with far-reaching eff...

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You Blu It #96: Swamp Thing

Stack of Dimes - May 17, 2024 02:03 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 324 ratings
Roden and Thunder immerse themselves in some 1980's swampy comicbook action!

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What Walmart Health's Demise Says About Retail Health and Telehealth Markets

Health Affairs This Week - May 10, 2024 05:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Jeff Byers and Jessica Bylander go over the demise of Walmart Health and the health of retail clinics and telemedicine. Order the May issue of Health Affairs. Finish the sentence: You're A Health Policy Won...

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SOD #458: Hijinks and Tomfoolery

Stack of Dimes - May 10, 2024 01:12 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 324 ratings
JD and Thunder talk about the awful schoolyard grab-ass that used to happen when they were kids.

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The Rise - and Future - of Medicare Advantage w/ Jack Hoadley

Health Affairs This Week - May 03, 2024 05:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Jeff Byers interviews Jack Hoadley from Georgetown University about the final rule for the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D programs for 2025. Read the new Health Policy Brief on digital inclusion. Jo...

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How the ACA Market Has Matured w/ Sabrina Corlette and Jason Levitis

Health Affairs This Week - April 26, 2024 05:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. This month, HHS released the final "Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters" for 2025. This final notice sets standards and requirements for the Affordable Care Act marketplaces and health insurers. Sabrina Corlette and J...

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SOD #457: Virtual In-sad-ity

Stack of Dimes - April 24, 2024 02:13 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 324 ratings
Roden and Thunder share their VR journeys. Feel free to unsubscribe.

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The State of Antitrust & Private Equity in Health Care w/ Brent Fulton

Health Affairs This Week - April 19, 2024 05:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs This Week is back! Host Jeff Byers interviews Brent Fulton from University of California, Berkeley about the current state of antitrust and private equity in health care. Brent is an author of a special new...

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SOD #456: Stinky Memories

Stack of Dimes - April 11, 2024 00:23 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 324 ratings
Roden and Thunder talk about all of the disgusting changes their bodies have gone through over the years.

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Behind The Pages: Perinatal Mental Health & Well-Being

Health Affairs This Week - April 05, 2024 05:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Kathleen Haddad and Rob Lott go behind the pages of the new April issue focusing on Perinatal Mental Health & Well-Being. Their conversation provides insight into what has changed since Health Affairs publish...

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You Blu It #95: Road House 2024

Stack of Dimes - March 29, 2024 06:45 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 324 ratings
Roden and Thunder find out if pain don't hurt.

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Research and Justice For All: How the Private Sector Can Address Health Equity

Health Affairs This Week - March 29, 2024 05:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. This is a special publication of the first season of the new Health Affairs podcast, Research and Justice For All. The first season, "Private Sector Solutions," is sponsored by CVS Health. This is the final episode of the fi...

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Research and Justice For All: Leveraging Data to Drive Outcomes in Health Equity

Health Affairs This Week - March 22, 2024 05:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. This is a special publication of the first season of the new Health Affairs podcast, Research and Justice For All. The first season, "Private Sector Solutions," is sponsored by CVS Health.  Guest: Dr. Karen DeSalvo, Chief H...

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Research and Justice For All: Mental Health and Health Equity

Health Affairs This Week - March 15, 2024 05:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. This is a special publication of the first season of the new Health Affairs podcast, Research and Justice For All. The first season, "Private Sector Solutions," is sponsored by CVS Health. Guest: Dr. Nicole Christian-Brath...

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Research and Justice For All: Maternal Health and Health Equity

Health Affairs This Week - March 08, 2024 06:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. This is a special publication of the first season of the new Health Affairs podcast, Research and Justice For All. The first season, "Private Sector Solutions," is sponsored by CVS Health.  Guest: Dr. Mary-Ann Etiebet, AVP ...

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You Blu It #94: Star Crash

Stack of Dimes - March 08, 2024 03:39 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 324 ratings
Roden and Thunder do some star crashing.

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Research and Justice For All: How Health Equity Accreditation is Changing Health Care

Health Affairs This Week - March 01, 2024 06:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. This is a special publication of the first season of the new Health Affairs podcast, Research and Justice For All. The first season, "Private Sector Solutions," is sponsored by CVS Health. Guest: Bryan O. Buckley, Director...

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Research and Justice For All: Health Care Role in Health Equity

Health Affairs This Week - February 23, 2024 06:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. This is a special pod of the first episode of the new Health Affairs podcast, Research and Justice For All. The first season, "Private Sector Solutions," is sponsored by CVS Health. Guest: Thomas Sequist, Chief Medical Offi...

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SOD #455: Cranky Crustos

Stack of Dimes - February 16, 2024 02:46 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 324 ratings
JD and Thunder decide to complain about everything. 

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SOD #454: Gem Mint Turd

Stack of Dimes - February 10, 2024 04:36 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 324 ratings
Roden and Thunder talk about all of the crazes that have come and gone during their lifetime. 

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