Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reforms Are (Finally) Afoot
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Senior Editor Kathleen Haddad back to the pod to discuss the recently passed $1.2 trillion spending appropriations bill, its included reforms for pharmacy benefit m...
6 Feb 14min
What Health Policy Katie Keith Is Watching In 2026
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Katie Keith of Georgetown Law and Deputy Editor Chris Fleming to the pod to discuss what to watch out for in 2026 for health policy. The conversation touches on Aff...
30 Jan 18min
Behind Epic's Latest Antitrust Lawsuit (Gabriel Perna)
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Gabriel Perna, Deputy Editor of Digital Health Business & Technology at Modern Healthcare, to the pod to discuss Epic Systems, how they became one of the leading Am...
23 Jan 22min
It's Not the Prices, Stupid. Michael Chernew on US Health Expenditures
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers is joined by Michael Chernew from Harvard Medical School to explore the recent 2024 health care spending report from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).To ...
16 Jan 21min
BEST OF: Power and Its Impact on Medicaid w/ Jamila Michener
In the wake of Medicare and Medicaid's 60th anniversary, Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Jamila Michener of Cornell University to the pod to discuss her recent Forefront article on organized power...
7 Jan 25min
BEST OF: What's Happening with Value-Based Insurance Design? w/ Mark Fendrick
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Mark Fendrick of The University of Michigan's Center for Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) to discuss the recent announcement from CMS that the Medicare Advantage...
24 Dec 202518min
BEST OF: Medicare Physicians Are Getting a Raise...But At What Cost?
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Senior Editor Leslie Erdelack back to the pod to discuss the proposed rule change to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2026, which includes payment conversion...
17 Dec 202516min
BEST OF: US Health Spending Projections Back on the Rise w/ Michael Chernew
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers is joined by Michael Chernew from Harvard Medical School to discuss the recently released National Health Expenditures Projections for 2024–33 from the Office of the Actuary...
10 Dec 202519min
