The Gist Healthcare Podcast

Tennessee is the first state seeking federal permission to change how it runs its Medicaid program. A federal judge says Medicare overreached when it reduced payment for off-campus clinics. Short-term health insurance plans are becoming more popular under the Trump Administration. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Congress is investigating the private equity firms behind the anti-surprise billing ads. Purdue Pharma is trying to get all of the state attorneys general who sued to accept the settlement. A medication for peanut allergies gets FDA support. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Purdue Pharma has filed for bankruptcy. And for the third time in almost two years, doctors are leaving a local hospital to join an independent practice in Charlotte, North Carolina. But to do this the physicians need to get out of their non competes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Thursday night’s Democratic primary debate showed divisions within the Medicare-for-all discussion. The government is challenging a court decision allowing a hospital to sell residency slots. Amazon’s online pharmacy company gets dealt a blow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Walmart is making a big move into healthcare, saying new clinics are the ‘crown jewel’ of the plans. Along with its new watch, Apple announced three new health research studies. The government has a warning for hospitals that still operate on fee-for-service. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

More people went to emergency departments in states that expanded Medicaid. About 20 percent more according to a new study. This is antithetical to the idea that with coverage you can do to the doctor instead of the hospital. But it isn’t quite that simple.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One study finds administering certain medicines outside of the hospital could save insurance plans $4 billion a year. The Trump administration is considering a proposal that includes monitoring behavior of people with mental illness to predict violence. A Senate bill includes more funding for the National Institutes of Health. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Optum is combining its data and care delivery businesses. The government is trying to a new approach to catch Medicare and Medicaid fraud before it happens. The infamous graphic showing the astronomical growth of administrators in healthcare is wrong. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A federal judge approved a hospital sale of hundreds of residency spots. A contract dispute between an insurer and physician staffing company over reimbursement rates could impact 18 states. And people are turning to Groupon to afford CT scans and mammograms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Everyone agrees, hospital mergers have been happening more frequently. Whether it’s good for patients and reduces prices garners less consensus. The American Hospital Association is out with a study saying mergers reduce costs, but academics are critical of those findings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.