A Health Podyssey

Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Andrew Anderson from the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and a member of the Health Equity Fellowship for Trainees program at Health Affairs on his recently published paper assessing financial costs associated with disparities in preventable heart failure hospitalizations among Medicare beneficiaries in the US South.The authors found significant disparities in preventable heart failure hospitalizations between black, Hispanic, American Indian, Alaskan Native beneficiaries and white beneficiaries with tens of millions of dollars of costs each year associated with these disparities just in the South. 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 Anthony LoSasso from DePaul University on his recently published paper examining the effects of insurer market power on prices paid to hospitals.The authors found the larger insurer market share is associated with lower prices paid with the differences is quite significant.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 Amelia Bond from Weill Cornell Medical College on her paper exploring whether participation in the 340B drug program influences biosimilar uptake. Bond and coauthors found that in hospital outpatient settings, 340B program eligibility is associated with a lower use of biosimilars and more hospital-based administrations of and revenues from biologics. 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 Gillian SteelFisher from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Harvard Opinion Research Program on her recently-published a paper assessing the attitudes of primary care physicians and patients toward telemedicine. The authors found that while most patients and physicians were satisfied with their experiences, many physicians had concerns about the visits and two-thirds of patients hoped to return to in-person visits.Order the April 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 Michael Chernew from the Harvard Medical School on his recently-published paper examining the effects of lower Medicare Advantage benchmarks on plan generosity and benefits. The authors found that a $1,000 per year decrease in the benchmarks would lead to only moderate increases in annual premiums, deductibles and co-pays. Order the April 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 Matthew McCoy from the University of Pennsylvania on his recent paper examining third party data tracking on hospital website home pages. The authors found almost all of these websites feature third party data tracking with large amounts of data transfer from these websites to other locations.Order the April 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 Caitlin Carroll from the University of Minnesota's School of Public Health on her recently-published paper examining hospital survival in rural markets with a particular focus on hospitals in financial distress. The authors found that between 2010 and 2018, 77% of unprofitable hospitals continued to operate as usual, while 17% merged and 7% closed.Order the April 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 Michelle Mello from the Center for Health Policy at the Stanford University School of Medicine about her recently-published paper assessing public health laws during the COVID-19 pandemic. They found the public health laws in place as the pandemic emerged, which were framed in the wake of the September 11th terrorist attacks and subsequent anthrax attacks, were poorly suited to address multi-year pandemics like COVID.Order the March 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

Alan Weil interviews Mariana Socal on the global supply chain for generic drugs. They discuss the heavy reliance and lack of competition in the market, the role of active pharmaceutical ingredients in the supply, the vulnerability and potential disruptions in drug production, the limited number of producers in the global supply chain, and the competition and vulnerability in the US market. They highlight the need for better monitoring and inspection for international sources to ensure quality and functionality in the generics market.

Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Jennifer Kao from the UCLA Anderson School of Management on her paper published in the March 2023 issue examining drug repurposing for COVID-19 treatments during the pandemic. Order the March 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