A Health Podyssey

This episode is brought to you by Semafor Healthcare. Delivered weekly from David Lim, Semafor Healthcare  connects the dots between decisions in government, business, and technology to reveal how they impact the future of healthcare. Each edition will provide the analysis you need to understand and stay ahead of a rapidly changing landscape. Subscribe for free . Hospital systems are increasingly...

This episode is brought to you by Semafor Healthcare. Delivered weekly from David Lim, Semafor Healthcare  connects the dots between decisions in government, business, and technology to reveal how they impact the future of healthcare. Each edition will provide the analysis you need to understand and stay ahead of a rapidly changing landscape. Subscribe for free . Health Affairs Publishing’s Rob Lo...

This episode is brought to you by Semafor Healthcare. Delivered weekly from David Lim, Semafor Healthcare  connects the dots between decisions in government, business, and technology to reveal how they impact the future of healthcare. Each edition will provide the analysis you need to understand and stay ahead of a rapidly changing landscape. Subscribe for free . THIS SPONSORED PODCAST EPISODE IS...

This episode is brought to you by Semafor Healthcare. Delivered weekly from David Lim, Semafor Healthcare  connects the dots between decisions in government, business, and technology to reveal how they impact the future of healthcare. Each edition will provide the analysis you need to understand and stay ahead of a rapidly changing landscape. Subscribe for free . Health Affairs Publishing’s Rob Lo...

This episode is brought to you by Semafor Healthcare. Delivered weekly from David Lim, Semafor Healthcare  connects the dots between decisions in government, business, and technology to reveal how they impact the future of healthcare. Each edition will provide the analysis you need to understand and stay ahead of a rapidly changing landscape. Subscribe for free . This month marks a major milestone...

This episode is brought to you by Semafor Healthcare. Delivered weekly from David Lim, Semafor Healthcare  connects the dots between decisions in government, business, and technology to reveal how they impact the future of healthcare. Each edition will provide the analysis you need to understand and stay ahead of a rapidly changing landscape. Subscribe for free . A Health Podyssey h ost Rob Lott c...

This episode is brought to you by Semafor Healthcare. Delivered weekly from David Lim, Semafor Healthcare  connects the dots between decisions in government, business, and technology to reveal how they impact the future of healthcare. Each edition will provide the analysis you need to understand and stay ahead of a rapidly changing landscape. Subscribe for free . Health Affairs Publishing’s Rob Lo...

This episode is brought to you by Semafor Healthcare. Delivered weekly from David Lim, Semafor Healthcare  connects the dots between decisions in government, business, and technology to reveal how they impact the future of healthcare. Each edition will provide the analysis you need to understand and stay ahead of a rapidly changing landscape. Subscribe for free . What happens when Medicare Advanta...

This episode is brought to you by Semafor Healthcare. Delivered weekly from David Lim, Semafor Healthcare  connects the dots between decisions in government, business, and technology to reveal how they impact the future of healthcare. Each edition will provide the analysis you need to understand and stay ahead of a rapidly changing landscape. Subscribe for free . Health Affairs Publishing’s Rob Lo...

This episode is brought to you by Semafor Healthcare. Delivered weekly from David Lim, Semafor Healthcare  connects the dots between decisions in government, business, and technology to reveal how they impact the future of healthcare. Each edition will provide the analysis you need to understand and stay ahead of a rapidly changing landscape. Subscribe for free . Health Affairs Publishing’s Rob Lo...

This episode is brought to you by Semafor Healthcare. Delivered weekly from David Lim, Semafor Healthcare  connects the dots between decisions in government, business, and technology to reveal how they impact the future of healthcare. Each edition will provide the analysis you need to understand and stay ahead of a rapidly changing landscape. Subscribe for free . Are we ready for the next public h...

This episode is brought to you by Semafor Healthcare. Delivered weekly from David Lim, Semafor Healthcare  connects the dots between decisions in government, business, and technology to reveal how they impact the future of healthcare. Each edition will provide the analysis you need to understand and stay ahead of a rapidly changing landscape. Subscribe for free . Health Affairs Publishing’s Rob Lo...

This episode is brought to you by Semafor Healthcare. Delivered weekly from David Lim, Semafor Healthcare  connects the dots between decisions in government, business, and technology to reveal how they impact the future of healthcare. Each edition will provide the analysis you need to understand and stay ahead of a rapidly changing landscape. Subscribe for free . Health Affairs Publishing’s Rob Lo...

This episode is brought to you by Semafor Healthcare. Delivered weekly from David Lim, Semafor Healthcare  connects the dots between decisions in government, business, and technology to reveal how they impact the future of healthcare. Each edition will provide the analysis you need to understand and stay ahead of a rapidly changing landscape. Subscribe for free . Health Affairs Publishing’s Rob Lo...

This episode is brought to you by Semafor Healthcare. Delivered weekly from David Lim, Semafor Healthcare  connects the dots between decisions in government, business, and technology to reveal how they impact the future of healthcare. Each edition will provide the analysis you need to understand and stay ahead of a rapidly changing landscape. Subscribe for free . Health Affairs Publishing’s Rob Lo...

This episode is brought to you by Semafor Healthcare. Delivered weekly from David Lim, Semafor Healthcare  connects the dots between decisions in government, business, and technology to reveal how they impact the future of healthcare. Each edition will provide the analysis you need to understand and stay ahead of a rapidly changing landscape. Subscribe for free . A Health Podyssey is on vacation i...

This episode is brought to you by Semafor Healthcare. Delivered weekly from David Lim, Semafor Healthcare  connects the dots between decisions in government, business, and technology to reveal how they impact the future of healthcare. Each edition will provide the analysis you need to understand and stay ahead of a rapidly changing landscape. Subscribe for free . A Health Podyssey is on vacation i...

This episode is brought to you by Semafor Healthcare. Delivered weekly from David Lim, Semafor Healthcare  connects the dots between decisions in government, business, and technology to reveal how they impact the future of healthcare. Each edition will provide the analysis you need to understand and stay ahead of a rapidly changing landscape. Subscribe for free . A Health Podyssey is on vacation i...

This episode originally aired on February 3, 2026. Health Affairs ' Rob Lott interviews Dr. Robert Wachter , Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine at UCSF, about his new book A Giant Leap: How AI Is Transforming Healthcare and What That Means for Our Future . Wachter reflects on his own daily use of AI as a clinician, the reasons he has grown optimistic about its potential, and the cha...

Health Affairs Publishing’s Rob Lott speaks to Adam Markovitz of the University of Michigan about his recent paper exploring the growing role of third-party firms in Medicare ACOs , highlighting how they have contributed to wider participation and more geographically dispersed networks while raising questions about how these structures relate to shared savings outcomes. Order the June 2026 issue o...

Health Affairs Publishing’s Rob Lott speaks to Geoffrey Hoffman of the University of Michigan about his recent paper exploring the structure of Medicare’s hospital wage index and discusses the growth of exceptions over time, exploring their implications for how the system functions and whether it meets its intended policy objectives. Order the June 2026 issue of Health Affairs . Sign up for our fr...

Health Affairs Publishing’s Rob Lott speaks to Yashaswini Singh of Brown University about her recent paper that explores how private equity acquisitions in primary care are associated with changes in utilization, spending, and workforce composition. Order the June 2026 issue of Health Affairs . Sign up for our free Health Affairs newsletters to stay up to date on health policy news and analysis.

THIS SPONSORED PODCAST EPISODE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY CVS HEALTH. In this sponsored episode, James Margiotta, Chief Growth Officer at CVS Caremark, joins Health Affairs Publishing's Jessica Bylander to unpack the role of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), their impact on prescription drug costs, and the value PBMs bring to the health care system. James has nearly 35 years of experience driving innova...

Health Affairs Publishing’s Rob Lott speaks to Abe Sutton , Director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, about the ACCESS model and broader efforts to test payment and delivery reforms aimed at improving affordability, expanding digital health, and generating real-world evidence in Medicare. Sign up for our free Health Affairs newsletters to stay up to date on health policy news an...

Welcome to a new, limited podcast series exploring major policy changes affecting older adults. This episode is part of our Age-Friendly Health series, which explores topics at the intersection of aging, health, health care, and health policy. In our third and final episode for the series in 2026, host Katherine Ornstein welcomes Alison Barkoff of George Washington University to the program to dis...