The $22 Billion Surprise Inside the No Surprises Act | Jack Hoadley
Health Affairs Publishing's Jeff Byers welcomes Jack Hoadley of Georgetown University to the pod to discuss the rapid growth of the No Surprises Act’s independent dispute resolution process and its es...
4 Sep 15min
The Business of Autism: Private Equity, Medicaid & the Cost of Care
Health Affairs Publishing's Jeff Byers welcomes Dan Arnold of Brown University to discuss the rapid growth of Medicaid spending on autism treatment and the expanding role of private equity-backed prov...
28 Aug 13min
Medicare Advantage's $16 Billion Quality Bonus Program: Litigation, Reform, and Rising Costs
Health Affairs Publishing's Jeff Byers welcomes Erica Socker of Georgetown University to the pod to discuss her recent Forefront article that explores how the Medicare Advantage quality bonus program ...
21 Aug 18min
AI and the Future of Patient Empowerment
In this episode of Health Affairs This Week, David Betts, founder and board chair at StoryFlight Labs, shares how his ALS diagnosis inspired him to launch StoryFlight Labs and develop Talk To Me Goose...
14 Aug 20min
When Academic Research Meets The Attention Economy
On this episode, Health Affairs Publishing's Jeff Byers gets meta and invites Kent Anderson and Joy Moore, authors of the new book How The Internet Disrupted Science, onto the podcast to discuss how m...
7 Aug 14min
BEST OF: Future of Primary Care: Bright or Broken? w/ Troyen Brennan
Health Affairs This Week is on vacation in July. We will return with new episodes in August 2026.This episode originally aired on October 25, 2025.Health Affairs This Week will return with new episode...
29 Juli 19min
Health Research Funding Suddenly Cut: Dr. Aaron Carroll Explains
We interrupt the summer break for this special "emergency pod" episode. Health Affairs Publishing's Jeff Byers welcomes Dr. Aaron Carroll, President and CEO of AcademyHealth, back to the pod to examin...
23 Juli 17min
BEST OF: The Great Health Care Vision Board (Stacie Dusetzina)
Health Affairs This Week is on vacation in July. We will return with new episodes in August 2026. This episode originally aired on January 21, 2026.On an emergency pod episode, Health Affairs' Jeff By...
22 Juli 20min
