Health Policy Roundup: ACA Reform, MedPAC & Conversion Therapy in the Courts
Health Affairs Publishing's Jeff Byers welcomes Senior Editor Kathleen Haddad back to the pod to discuss recent health policy developments, including a Supreme Court ruling on conversion therapy, rene...
10 Apr 15min
2027 Medicare Advantage Final Payment Rule: Key Changes Explained | David Meyers
On an emergency pod episode, Health Affairs Publishing’s Jeff Byers welcomes Brown University's David Meyers to the pod to unpack the 2027 Medicare Advantage final payment rule, including the higher-t...
8 Apr 16min
Abandon High‑Deductible Health Plans Linked to Health Spending Accounts | Jeanne Lambrew
Health Affairs Publishing's Jeff Byers welcomes Jeanne Lambrew of The Century Foundation to discuss her recent Forefront article exploring whether high deductibles and health spending accounts achieve...
3 Apr 14min
Innovation, Consumers, and How We Get to Better Health Care | Halle Tecco
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Halle Tecco, investor, founder of Rock Health and professor at Columbia Business School, to the pod to discuss her new book, Massively Better Healthcare: The Innova...
27 Mars 20min
Medicare Advantage Payment & Coding Fights Intensify
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Ben Ippolito of the American Enterprise Institute to the pod to discuss the growing debate over Medicare Advantage (MA) payments and coding intensity. They break do...
20 Mars 14min
FDA & Rare Disease Drugs: Why Policy and Politics Are Heating Up
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Deputy Editor Leslie Erdelack back to the pod to break down recent turbulence at the FDA following the departure of Vinay Prasad, whose decisions around rare‑diseas...
13 Mars 13min
State of the Union Healthcare Policy Breakdown
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Senior Editor Margaret Winchester to the pod to discuss Trump's recent State of the Union Address and unpacking its health care and health policy talking points, in...
6 Mars 10min
Healthcare Storytelling and Digital Health Investment Trends | Christina Farr
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Christina Farr, CEO and editor-in-chief of Second Opinion Media, back to the pod to discuss her book, The Storyteller's Advantage: How Powerful Narratives Make Busi...
20 Feb 23min
