Health Affairs This Week

Health Affairs ' Jeff Byers welcomes Stacie Dusetzina of Vanderbilt University back to the program to discuss an interim staff report released by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) about the impact that pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) have on the accessibility and affordability of prescription drugs. Check out the August 2024 issue of Health Affairs . RSVP for our upcoming Age-Friendly Health Bri...

Health Affairs ' Jeff Byers welcomes Senior Editor Marianne Amoss to the program to explore the state of maternal health in health care and what a recent policy proposal from CMS could do to reduce maternal mortality and advance health equity. RSVP for our upcoming Age-Friendly Health Briefing entitled " What Do Recent Nursing Home Developments Mean for Residents, Families, and the Future of Long-...

Health Affairs ' Jeff Byers welcomes Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott to the program to discuss a recent policy proposal that would result in prohibiting medical debt from being included in credit reporting and how the upcoming presidential election could play into the policy's implementation. Read our "ahead-of-print" article on how adverse childhood experiences and health care utilization and expen...

Health Affairs ' Jeff Byers welcomes Senior Editor Leslie Erdelack to the program to discuss FDA's recent approval of an Alzheimer's treatment drug, Lilly’s Kisunla, how private insurers and Medicare may cover the drug, and the emerging new class of drugs surrounding Alzheimer's treatment. We announced the winner for our You're A Health Policy Wonk If... contest this week! Until July 20,  we are h...

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 implications for health policy moving forward. Check out our Request For Abstracts page for the April 2025 theme issue focusing on Food, Nutrition, and Health. Related Articles: The Sup...

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 regarding private equity, opioid use, and solutions-orientated research. Order the July 2024 Issue of Health Affairs . Related Links: Request For Abstracts – Food, Nutrition, And...

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 medication.  Join us for this upcoming event: 7/10/24 - Lunch and Learn: Supreme Court Wrap-Up (Health Affairs Insider Exclusive Event) Become an Insider this week for  $40 Off  when y...

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 in the US for 2024-34 .  The conversation discusses what went into the CBO's estimates and how the upcoming presidential election may play a big role in how these projections...

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 the diversity of panels offered. Order the Reimagining Public Health Theme Issue of Health Affairs . Join us for our next edition of Journal Club on June 18 . Become an Insi...

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 ensure this medication finds its way to patients. Join Health Affairs Insider to learn more about drug pricing with Stacie Dusetzina. For the month of June, use the code InsiderAtT...

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 article " Judicial Decisions Constraining Public Health Powers During COVID-19 " from our upcoming Reimaging Public Health theme issue. Related Links: Biden-Harris Administration A...

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 effects on doctors ( Healthcare Dive )

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 Wonk If... Related Links: Walmart shuttering all 51 health centers, citing lack of profitability ( FierceHealthcare ) The Impact of Telemedicine on Medicare Utilization, Spending,...

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 . Join us for our ONC 20th anniversary event on May 9. Finish the sentence and win an online journal subscription for a year: You're a health policy wonk if... Become a Health Affa...

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 Jason Levitis, who both co-authored a piece about the notice in Health Affairs Forefront , join Health Affairs This Week host Jeff Byers to discuss the new standards and how the A...

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 newsletter from Health Affairs Insider on antitrust and markets  in health care. Subscribe to Insider to catch Brent's and our other Insider newsletters on drug pricing (from Stacie...

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 published their first theme issue on the subject, which featured papers left a resounding impact on the editors, and so much more. Health Affairs would like to thank Perigee Fund...

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 first season. Guest: Rashad Burgess , Vice President of Advancing Health and Black Equity at Gilead Sciences  CVS Health’s Sree Chaguturu and Joneigh Khaldun interview Rashad Bu...

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 Health Officer, Google   CVS Health’s Sree Chaguturu and Joneigh Khaldun interview Karen DeSalvo of Google on how to leverage data and partnerships to drive positive, equitable...

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-Brathwaite, MD , Head of Medical and Clinical Strategy at Headway and CEO and Founder of Well Minds Psychiatry & Consulting  CVS Health’s Sree Chaguturu and Joneigh Khaldun inter...

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 for Health Equity at Merck and Lead of Merck for Mothers  CVS Health’s Sree Chaguturu and Joneigh Khaldun interview Mary-Ann Etiebet of Merck about how to address disparities i...

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 of Health Equity Initiatives at the National Committee for Quality Assurance CVS Health’s Sree Chaguturu and Joneigh Khaldun interview Bryan O. Buckley of the National Committe...

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 Officer at Massachusetts General Brigham In the first episode of Research and Justice For All , CVS Health’s Sree Chaguturu and Joneigh Khaldun interview Thomas Sequist from Massac...

Health Affairs' Ellen Bayer and Rob Lott go behind the pages of the new February issue focusing on Housing and Health. Their conversation provides insight into the approach taken for this particular theme issue, the relationship between housing and health, a number of the journal articles featured and so much more. Health Affairs would like to thank Kaiser Permanente , The Colorado Health Foundati...

In a special series on housing and health, Health Affairs ' Rob Lott interviews Michael Lens from the University of California Los Angeles. This is a special series leading up to the release of a theme issue on housing and health , which will be released next week. Pre-order the issue here . Related Links: Low-Density Zoning, Health, and Health Equity ( Health Affairs ) Residential Segregation and...