Episodes
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. The six-episode season will publish Wednesdays. Guest: Rashad Burgess, Vice President of Advancing Health and Black Equity at Gilead Sciences  CVS Health’s Sree Chaguturu and Joneigh Khaldun interview Rashad Burgess of Gilead Sciences about how private sector companies can advance health equity goals. They...
Published 10/11/23
Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Tina Hernandez-Boussard of Stanford University on her recent paper exploring ways that we can promote equity in clinical decision-making and how to dismantle race-based medicine. Order the October 2023 issue of Health Affairs. Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.
Published 10/10/23
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. The six-episode season will publish Wednesdays. 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 health outcomes. They also discuss both the public...
Published 10/04/23
Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Jamila Michener from Cornell University on her recent paper examining the relationship between racism, power, and health equity through the lens of tenant organizations and housing rights. Order the October 2023 issue of Health Affairs. Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for...
Published 10/03/23
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. The six-episode season will publish Wednesdays. 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 interview Nicole Christian-Brathwaite of Headway and...
Published 09/27/23
Learn about CVS Health's commitment to advancing health equity. Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Jeffrey Marr from Johns Hopkins University on his recent paper examining trends in home-based medical care use in Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare. Order the September 2023 issue of Health Affairs. Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication...
Published 09/26/23
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. The six-episode season will publish Wednesdays. 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 in maternal health outcomes and the contributions...
Published 09/20/23
Health Affairs's Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Health Care Cost Institute's Aditi Sen on her recent paper that suggests that employers lack leverage to negotiate lower health care prices. Order the September 2023 issue of Health Affairs. Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.
Published 09/19/23
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. The six-episode season will publish Wednesdays. 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 Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA) about health equity...
Published 09/13/23
Health Affairs's Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews University of Southern California, Los Angeles' Jack Chapel on his recent paper examining the worsening health and economic trends for Americans with modest resources nearing retirement. Order the September 2023 issue of Health Affairs. Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for...
Published 09/12/23
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. The six-episode season will publish Wednesdays. 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 Massachusetts General Brigham on the important...
Published 09/06/23
Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews University of Maryland's Rebecca Gourevitch on her recent paper examining home visits with a registered nurse's impact on prenatal care. Order the August 2023 issue of Health Affairs. Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.
Published 09/05/23
Health Affairs' Alan Weil interviews Sean Dickson from West Health Policy Center on his recent paper examining the changes in net prices and spending for pharmaceuticals after the introduction of new therapeutic competition. Order the August 2023 issue of Health Affairs. Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.
Published 08/29/23
Listen to Research and Justice For All podcast from Health Affairs. The first season was sponsored by CVS Health.Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews James Robinson from the University of California Berkeley on his recent Policy Insight paper discussing how industrial policy could accelerate innovation in the life sciences. Listen to James' previous A Health Podyssey appearance discussing biosimilars here. Order the August 2023 issue of Health Affairs. Currently, more than 70...
Published 08/22/23
Listen to Research and Justice For All podcast from Health Affairs. The first season was sponsored by CVS Health.In a crossover episode with Health Affairs' Policy Spotlight event series, Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Meena Seshamani, director at the Center for Medicare at CMS. They discuss the evolution of Medicare Advantage, value-based programs, and more. Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can...
Published 08/15/23
Sign up for FREE Health Affairs newsletters. Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Julia Dennett from Yale University on her recent paper examining the impact that early OxyContin marketing in the 1990s had on the spread of infectious diseases 25 years later. Pre-order the August 2023 issue of Health Affairs. Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication...
Published 08/01/23
Sign up for FREE Health Affairs newsletters. Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Jane Zhu from Oregon Health and Science University about a recent paper assessing psychiatrists network breadth across Medicare Advantage, Medicaid Managed Care Plans and Affordable Care Act plans in 2019. Zhu and co-authors found network breadth for psychiatrists was notably narrower in Medicare Advantage markets than in those other markets. Order the July 2023 issue of Health Affairs. Read the...
Published 07/25/23
Sign up for FREE Health Affairs newsletters. Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Yanlei Ma from Harvard University on her recently published paper examining trends in D-SNP look alike plan enrollment. She and co-authors found high rates of growth that raise concerns regarding efforts to coordinate care for this high need population. Order the July 2023 issue of Health Affairs. Read the Issue's Table of Contents. Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely...
Published 07/18/23
Sign up for FREE Health Affairs newsletters. Live from Aspen Ideas: Health! Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Susan Magsamen, founder and director of the International Arts + Mind Lab at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Ivy Ross, vice president of design for hardware products at Google about their new book, "Your Brain on Art," and how art relates to health. Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that...
Published 07/11/23
Sign up for FREE Health Affairs newsletters. Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Jessica Adler from Florida International University on her recent paper examining the relationship between jail conditions and characteristics and death rates. She and Weiwei Chen found an association between certain conditions and these mortality rates. Order the June 2023 issue of Health Affairs. Read the Issue's Table of Contents. Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely...
Published 06/27/23
Sign up for FREE Health Affairs newsletters. Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Andrew Bolibol, a Ph.D. candidate in the Health Policy Program at Harvard University on his recently-published paper examining trends in health insurance coverage among LGBT adults. He and colleagues found a closing gap in health insurance among LGBT adults relative to non LGBT adults. But disparities in access persist. Order the June 2023 issue of Health Affairs. Read the Issue's Table of...
Published 06/20/23
Sign up for FREE Health Affairs newsletters. Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Dana Mukamel from the University of California, Irvine on her recent paper examining whether residents diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias are spread out across nursing homes or concentrated in a subset of nursing homes. She and co-authors found that residents with dementia tend to be dispersed, with the vast majority residing in homes that treated residents with other diagnoses. Order the...
Published 06/13/23
Sign up for FREE Health Affairs newsletters. Health Affairs' Alan Weil interview Kelsey Owsley from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences on her new paper assessing whether the 340B drug pricing program leads to increase in oncology services in rural hospitals. She and colleagues find that participation in 340B is correlated with increased likelihood of offering cancer care. Order the June 2023 issue of Health Affairs. Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely...
Published 06/06/23
To mark Insider’s one-year anniversary, enjoy $40 off Insider or Unlimited for new members! Use discount code InsiderAtOne. Sign up Today. Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews José Figueroa from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health to discuss his recently-published paper examining enrollment trends and characteristics of dually eligible enrollees in integrated care programs. He and co-authors find significant growth in the share of people with dual eligibility...
Published 05/30/23
To mark Insider’s one-year anniversary, enjoy $40 off Insider or Unlimited for new members! Use discount code InsiderAtOne. Sign up Today. Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Brady Post from Northeastern University on his recently published paper examining differences in care among patients treated by cardiologists who are either practicing independently or as part of a hospital system. Post and co-authors found higher rates of high intensity interventions when cardiologists...
Published 05/23/23