A Health Podyssey

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 Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.

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 Issue's Table of Contents.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.Subscribe: RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Podcasts 

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 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.Subscribe: RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Podcasts 

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 way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.Subscribe: RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts 

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 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.Subscribe: RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Podcasts 

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 Contents.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.Subscribe: RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Podcasts 

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 June 2023 issue of Health Affairs.Read the Issue's Table of Contents.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.Subscribe: RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Podcasts

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 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.Subscribe: RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Podcasts

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 enrolled in integrated programs, even though overall rates remain low and there are differences across demographic characteristics.Order the May 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.Subscribe: RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Podcasts

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 were in hospital systems. Order the May 2023 issue of Health Affairs.Submit to You're A Health Policy Wonk If... Contest (submissions will be taken through May 31, 2023).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.Subscribe: RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Podcasts