The Gist Healthcare Podcast

A CDC panel decides to continue the pause on the Johnson and Johnson vaccine while it gathers more information about the rare cases of blood clots. President Biden signs a bill delaying the Medicare sequester cuts. And a health system is locked in a legal battle with a travel nurse staffing firm. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Federal health agencies are calling states to pause the Johnson and Johnson vaccine rollout. Another startup health insurer Bright Health snaps up a telehealth company. And for the second year in a row insurers are on track to return a lot of money to beneficiaries. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The CDC declares racism is a serious public health threat. Pfizer asks the FDA to clear its COVID vaccine for kids 12 and older. And Microsoft is acquiring speech recognition company Nuance Communications. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the first part of our conversation with healthcare futurists Jeff Goldsmith and Ian Morrison, they said it’s time to reconsider the social impact of hospital systems because of the vital role they played during the pandemic. In this episode, Ian and Jeff discuss how large health systems should be leveraged as the country rebuilds its public health infrastructure.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A quarter of American adults are fully vaccinated, but public health experts are concerned an increase in cases could lead to another surge. Missouri lawmakers are refusing to fund the state's Medicaid expansion. And a bunch of companies in the physician practice space are planning to go public. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

More than half a million people signed up for health insurance during the special enrollment period. The American College of Physicians is recommending providers prescribe shorter courses of antibiotics. And 60 percent of frontline workers say their mental health suffered during the pandemic according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation and Washington Post poll.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

President Biden moves up the deadline for states to open vaccinations to all adults to April 19. Investors poured a record-breaking $6.7 billion into the digital health sector last quarter. And while nursing homes struggle to keep patients and health systems invest in-home care. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hospitals and nursing homes debate whether to require COVID vaccinations for employees. An anesthesia group is taking UnitedHealthcare to court. And more than 40 Oregon insurers and providers pledge to move away from fee-for-service payment.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Healthcare futurists Jeff Goldsmith and Ian Morrison say it’s time to reconsider hospital systems' social impact. In a recent Health Affairs editorial, the two write health system scale has been essential to procuring personal protective gear, expanding bed capacity, and quickly standing up telemedicine solutions.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pfizer says its covid vaccine is 100 percent effective in kids over 12. The federal incentives weren’t enough for Wyoming to expand Medicaid. And some shake-ups at Walmart Health lead to questions about its healthcare strategy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.