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 Huhti 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 Huhti 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 Maalis 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 Maalis 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 Maalis 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 Maalis 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 Helmi 23min
Sweeping Affordable Care Act Changes Proposed for 2027 (Katie Keith)
Health Affairs’ Jeff Byers welcomes Georgetown University’s Katie Keith back to the podcast to break down the newly proposed HHS rule that could bring major changes to the ACA beginning in 2027.They d...
16 Helmi 17min
