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A Health Podyssey

Each week, Health Affairs' Rob Lott brings you in-depth conversations with leading researchers and influencers shaping the big ideas in health policy and the health care industry. A Health Podyssey goes beyond the pages of the health policy journal Health Affairs to tell stories behind the research and share policy implications. Learn how academics and economists frame their research questions and journey to the intersection of health, health care, and policy. Health policy nerds rejoice! This podcast is for you.

Caitlin Hicks on Telemedicine and Care Inequities

20 mins; May 17, 2022

Vilsa Curto on Vertical Integration's Effect on Health Care Prices

27 mins; May 10, 2022

Brian Powers on How Humana Understands Medicare Advantage Enrollees' Social Needs

24 mins; May 03, 2022

Alexandra Bhatti Assesses US Child Care Vaccination Laws

18 mins; April 26, 2022

Katie Keith Throws an ACA Birthday Party

36 mins; April 19, 2022

Stacie Dusetzina Shares Why Medicare Beneficiaries May Not Fill Specialty Drug Prescriptions

30 mins; April 12, 2022

Kathryn Phillips Wants to Anticipate Payer Cancer Coverage as Screenings Evolve

24 mins; April 05, 2022

Seth Berkowitz Puts A Figure to Social Determinant Health Spending

28 mins; March 29, 2022

Hector Rodriguez Argues Brick-and-Mortar Health Care Consolidation Is Short-Sighted

26 mins; March 22, 2022

Jill Horwitz Questions the Role of Nonprofit Hospitals

27 mins; March 15, 2022

Ruth Zambrana Argues Structural Racism is a Social Determinant of Health

39 mins; March 08, 2022

Melanie Sabado-Liwag on the Enduring Impact of Colonialism on Health Inequities in the US

27 mins; March 01, 2022

Racism & Health In US Medicine, A Conversation with Harriet Washington

26 mins; February 28, 2022

Monica Simpson Examines Black Women's Lived Experiences with Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Services

32 mins; February 22, 2022

Narrative Matters: Honoring Dr. Shalon Irving, A Champion for Health Equity

33 mins; February 17, 2022

Ruqaiijah Yearby Reviews Structural Racism in US Health Care Policy

30 mins; February 15, 2022

Michael Sun on Racial Biases Hiding in EHRs

26 mins; February 08, 2022

George Wehby on Mask Mandates and How Health Services Research Has Changed Since COVID

28 mins; February 01, 2022

Kayte Spector-Bagdady on Racial Diversity and Inclusion in Precision Medicine and Big Data

24 mins; January 25, 2022

Keren Ladin on Why Medicare's Advance Care Planning Payment Is A Work In Progress

26 mins; January 18, 2022

LIVE with Sherry Glied and Craig Garthwaite on National Health Care Spending in 2020 and the COVID-19 Pandemic

48 mins; January 11, 2022

Esther Friedman Explains Home Care and Nursing Home Workforce Changes

25 mins; December 14, 2021

Jennifer Attonito on Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout In Florida

24 mins; December 07, 2021

Is fee-for-service the smoking gun for U.S. health care spending?

27 mins; November 30, 2021

Sabrina Poon on the Controversial Two-Midnight Rule & Its Effects on Hospital Admissions

25 mins; November 16, 2021

Ashish Jha on Healthcare Payment Reform, COVID-19 & Health Policy Twitter

33 mins; November 09, 2021

Susanna Trost on Addressing Perinatal Mental Health to Curb Maternal Mortality

20 mins; November 02, 2021

Sara Kornfield on Postpartum Depression, Mental Health and Mother-Infant Bonding During COVID-19

23 mins; October 26, 2021

Pathways to Equitable and Anti-Racist Maternal Mental Health Care

28 mins; October 19, 2021

Perinatal Mental Illness is Very Common. How Can It Be Improved?

30 mins; October 12, 2021

The Health Benefits of Paid Sick Leave Reach Farther Than You Think

26 mins; October 05, 2021

How Dementia Care Integrates Formal and Informal Care Services

28 mins; September 28, 2021

The Burden of Morbidity Among Transgender People

22 mins; September 21, 2021

Leemore Dafny on Hospital Prices, Markets, and Antitrust Regulations

32 mins; September 14, 2021

Pushing Against the QALY Criticism in Drug Pricing

30 mins; September 07, 2021

Julian Harris on the Connection Between Unmet Social Needs and Health Care Costs

43 mins; August 31, 2021

Scott Howell on the Very Large Costs of Drug Utilization Management

32 mins; August 24, 2021

LIVE with Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator

57 mins; August 17, 2021

James Robinson On The Drug Market, Innovation, Biosimilars, and What The French Get Right

31 mins; August 10, 2021

Health Care Gaps For Migrants & Asylum Seekers On The Mexican Border During COVID-19

28 mins; August 03, 2021

Many US Citizen Migrant Children Living In Mexico Have Inadequate Health Coverage

23 mins; July 27, 2021

LIVE with Micky Tripathi, National Coordinator for Health IT

51 mins; July 22, 2021

Many US Immigrants May Defer Health Care to Avoid ICE

22 mins; July 20, 2021

An Aging Immigrant Population and the Health Policy Questions It Raises

22 mins; July 13, 2021

The importance of mental health workers for mobile crisis response

24 mins; July 06, 2021

What gun violence does to health

22 mins; June 29, 2021

Timing out-of-pocket spending in health care is challenging

23 mins; June 22, 2021

How biosimilars are affecting the drug markets

26 mins; June 15, 2021

LIVE with Liz Fowler, director of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation

56 mins; June 09, 2021

Features of a zero-burnout primary care practice

25 mins; June 08, 2021

How shortening skilled nursing facility stays might identify waste in health care delivery

30 mins; June 01, 2021

Julia Adler-Milstein on tracking the evolution of health information exchange

27 mins; May 25, 2021

Lowering Medicare eligibility may improve cancer outcomes

24 mins; May 18, 2021

Breaking down how pharmacy deserts and access relate to health equity

21 mins; May 11, 2021

Understanding private equity investment in hospitals

29 mins; May 04, 2021

Should social risks factor into health care quality measures?

28 mins; April 27, 2021

ACA closed health coverage gaps for pregnant women. There’s still a long way to go

20 mins; April 20, 2021

Urgent care centers cost more than you think

21 mins; April 13, 2021

The ACA led to an increase in the contraceptive-curious

23 mins; April 06, 2021

Nursing homes have a staff turnover crisis – even before COVID-19

23 mins; March 30, 2021

Do teams work better than solo providers? Spoiler alert: Yes

21 mins; March 23, 2021

Examining the telehealth digital divide for patients with limited English proficiency

23 mins; March 16, 2021

Commercial insurers take note: bundled payments can save thousands per procedure

24 mins; March 09, 2021

What new pandemic unemployment benefits taught us about health

25 mins; March 02, 2021

Yes, COVID-19 changed telemedicine use — but it's complicated

26 mins; February 23, 2021

Building the next generation of American Indian doctors

22 mins; February 16, 2021

What the Biden administration urgently needs to address in health care

27 mins; February 09, 2021

Auditing the admission practices for opioid use disorder treatment

21 mins; February 02, 2021

Health economists may be getting the supply-and-demand framework all wrong

26 mins; January 25, 2021

If you give people coverage, they use it

21 mins; January 19, 2021

And the value of an additional star for physicians and hospitals is...

20 mins; January 12, 2021

Value-based care isn’t transforming healthcare spending

25 mins; January 05, 2021

From Colorado to Washington: Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil discusses his past, healthcare’s future

25 mins; December 29, 2020

Healthcare take note: every greenhouse gas emission matters

22 mins; December 22, 2020

Can climate change solutions be served with school lunches?

18 mins; December 15, 2020

When climate change impacts Indigenous identities, mental health suffers

25 mins; December 08, 2020

'What are we going to do about it?': An essay on racism and health inequities

35 mins; December 01, 2020

Ensuring equitable access to a COVID-19 vaccine once it's here

25 mins; November 24, 2020

What Milwaukee tells us about COVID-19 and its impact on race

21 mins; November 17, 2020

A first take on health policy after the 2020 election

27 mins; November 05, 2020

Where a child grows up shapes their health

24 mins; October 27, 2020

Education isn’t the only thing disrupted when schools close

19 mins; October 20, 2020

How new pediatric programs take root and grow

28 mins; October 13, 2020

Improving teen driver safety with virtual driving assessments

35 mins; October 06, 2020

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