The Healthcare Policy Podcast ® Produced by David Introcaso
Health care experts' podcasts on timely health policy topics.
- Update frequency
- every 16 days
- Average duration
- 29 minutes
- Episodes
- 319
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2025
ATAP's Dr. Robert Levin Discusses Reforming Drug Pricing Policy (February 18th)
The administration and the Congress are currently discussing various proposals to reform drug pricing policy. Drug prices, as listeners are likely well aware, have risen substantially over…
Remote Area Medical's Free Health Care Clinics: A Discussion with RAM CEO Jeff Eastman (January 31st)
Over 40 million Americans live in poverty or upwards of 14% of the population. Those living in extreme poverty number 18 million and over 5 million live in absolute poverty. The US also h…
The Current Ebola Outbreak in the Congo: A Conversation with Joseph Lafave (January 17th)
This past summer the the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) began experiencing its 10th Ebola outbreak. (The virus, with a mean mortality rate of 50 percent, is endemic in that country…
Dr. Jeremy Hess Discusses Lancet's "Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change" (December 13th)
In late November, Lancet published its 2018 "Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change." The 36-page report (link below), authored by nearly 70 scientists, including Dr. Je…
Rosemary Gibson Discusses Her Recent Work, "China Rx" (December 7th)
During this 31 minute discussion Rosemary Gibson unpacks her latest work, co-authored with Janardan Prasad Singh, titled, China, Rx, "Exposing the Risks of America's Dependence on China For…
Dave Chase Discusses His New Work, "The Opioid Crisis Wake-Up Call: Health Care is Stealing the American Dream” (November 16th)
Listeners may recall, I have previously discussed the opioid epidemic this past February 2 with Dr. Steve Passik concerning abuse deterrent formulations and on November 16, 2016 with Dr. An…
Professor Kristie Ebi Discusses the IPCC Report's Findings Related to Global Warming on Human Systems (November 14th)
The below November 7th podcast post provides a link to an essay that, in part, provides an overview of the United Nation's International Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC's) recent report ti…
Status of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, Will It Run Out of Funds, A Conversation with Michael Barasch (October 29th)
Soon after the 9/11 attacks the Congress created the Victim Compensation Fund (VCF). Initially, the VCF was created to award moneys to 9/11 victims or their families. Awards were made th…
Jessica Wolff Discusses Efforts to Reduce The Health Care Industry's Carbon Footprint (October 24th)
Earlier this month the United Nation's Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC), the world's definitive body on the subject, concluded we have just 12 years, or until 2030, to avoi…
150th Interview: Tim Gronniger Discusses the Current Proposed Medicare Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Rule (October 3rd)
Currently, CMS is accepting public comment on a proposed Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), known more commonly as the Accountable Care Organization (ACO) program, rule. The MSSP, cre…
Utah's Alliance for the Derterminants of Health Initiative: A Conversation with Mikelle Moore (September 27th)
Despite the fact social circumstances and environmental factors account for approximately 20% of an individual's health status, twice that of medical care at approximately 10%, social circu…
Accelerating Telehealth Adoption: A Conversation with Jonathan Shankman (September 21st)
In the recent past the federal government has made several efforts to expand the use of telehealth and Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) services. Related provisions can be found, for exampl…
Medicare For All: A Conversation with Professor Gerald Friedman (August 8th)
According to a recent Kaiser/Washington Post survey 59 percent of Americans support Medicare for All (M4A). Per a March New England Journal of Medicine poll 61 percent of physicians said s…
Reforming the Physician Self-Referral Law (Stark Law): A Conversation with Amy Hooper Kearbey (July 31st)
Over the past several years the Congress and Medicare regulators have discussed reforming the 1989 Ethics in Patient Referral Act. Otherwise known as the physician self-referral or more co…
HCCI's President, Mr. Niall Brennan, Discusses Employer-Sponsored Insurance (July 19th)
While coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Medicare and Medicaid enjoy, deservedly, a great deal of discussion and debate, employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) insures approximately …
"Integrating Behavioral Health Into the Medical Home: A Rapid Implementation Guide," A Conversation with the Lead Author, Dr. Kent Corso (June 27th)
As listeners may be aware well over 50 million Americans suffer from a mental or behavioral health disorder. Less than half of these individuals actually receive treatment. This reality i…
The Contributions Made and Challenges Faced By Foreign-Trained Physicians: A Conversation with Mr. Neal Simon (June 12th)
Research published by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) this past April estimated the US could see a shortage of up to 120,000 physicians by 2030. AAMC estimates the shor…
Oral Health America's Latest "State of Decay" Report: A Conversation with Beth Truett (June 4th)
Recently, Oral Health America (OAH), published the fourth volume in its series, "State of Decay." The current volume, is subtitled, "Are Older Americans Coming of Age Without Oral Healthc…
CMS Proposes Direct Provider Contracting: A Conversation with Mara McDermott (May 30th)
This past week public comments were due in response to a CMS Request for Proposal (RFI) that would potentially lead to the agency fielding a Medicare a direct primary care (DPC) demonstrati…
The Current State of Nursing Care: A Conversation with Dr. Barbara Ihrke (May 16th)
Nurses, today numbering over four million, represent the largest segment of the healthcare workforce and deliver the majority of direct patient care. Their role in determining care qualit…