Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEP231: Pharmaceutical Contracting, PBMs, Pharmacies, Employers, and the HHS Rebate Proposal: What You Need to Know Now, With AJ Loiacono, CEO of Capital Rx
Episode 231
Will the Health and Human Services (HHS) proposal materially impact Pharma's ability to "pay to play" on pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) formularies? …
6 years, 11 months ago
EP230: The Best Way to Improve Patient Outcomes and Satisfaction and Reduce Burnout, With John Lynn, Founder of Healthcare Scene, Expo.Health, and HITMC
Episode 230
Today I'm talking with John Lynn, founder of Healthcare Scene as well as two conferences, Expo.Health and HITMC. If I was going to frame out an overa…
6 years, 11 months ago
EP229: One Core Skill All Successful Start-up Teams Possess, With Alex Fair, Managing Partner at MedStartr Ventures and CEO of MedStartr
Episode 229
No one denies that it's a tough world out there for health start-ups. Finding a customer is tough, financial models are tough to figure out, operatio…
6 years, 11 months ago
INBW22: A Very Practical Opioid Alternatives Program for Employers
Let's talk about the opioid crisis for a moment. When we say the words "opioids crisis," as a general broad stroke, many people immediately picture s…
7 years ago
EP228: How to Figure Out What Patients Really Want, With Julie Rish, PhD, From the Cleveland Clinic
Episode 228
There's a great video of Steve Jobs responding to an audience question that is, at a minimum, let's just say strident. Jobs kind of ignores the aggre…
7 years ago
EP227: What Should Pharma Be Doing Right Now About the HHS Proposal to Effectively Curtail PBM Rebates?, With Kuo Tong, Managing Director at Navigant
Episode 227
If you don't know the nuts and bolts of the current Health and Human Services (HHS) proposal to nix Pharma's ability to pay pharmacy benefit manager …
7 years ago
EP226: Is the Surprise Billing Gold Rush Screeching to a Halt?, With Devon Herrick, PhD, Health Economist and Policy Analyst
Episode 226
Today I speak with Devon Herrick, PhD, who is an expert in surprise billing. Devon is a health care economist and public policy analyst who has autho…
7 years ago
EP225: Can We Afford to Make Health Care Patient-centric?, With Joe Selby, MD, MPH, Executive Director of PCORI
Episode 225
It turns out, patient-centric care that produces outcomes patients care about is usually less expensive than care that is not. The Patient-Centered O…
7 years, 1 month ago
EP224: Underestimate Employers at Your Peril, With Suzanne Delbanco, PhD, Executive Director of Catalyst for Payment Reform
Episode 224
"Those who say it cannot be done are usually interrupted by others doing it." That's a James Baldwin quote to keep in mind while considering employer…
7 years, 1 month ago
EP223: Digital Therapeutics: Which Ones Make the Cut?, With Megan Coder, Executive Director of the Digital Therapeutics Alliance
Episode 223
Last time I looked this up online, there were more than 5000 companies offering digital medicine tools. Which ones worked? Which ones are less good t…
7 years, 1 month ago