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Veteran health care reporter Julie Rovner breaks down the massive cuts and reorganization at HHS and answers listeners’ questions about what to expect next.
Guest:
Julie Rovner, Chief Washington Correspondent, KFF Health News
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Medicare often pays clinics owned by hospitals double the amount it pays independent clinics for the exact same medical care. Ending that practice could save the federal government up to $150 billion over 10 years, but critics say it could push rural hospitals over the brink.
Guests:
Tim Rye, chief strategic development officer, Peterson Health
Carrie Cochran-McClain, chief policy officer, National Rural Health Association
Loren Adler, fellow and associate director at the Center on Health Policy, Brookings Institution
Dean Clancy, senior health policy fellow, Americans for Prosperity
Ali Moghtaderi, assistant professor of health policy and management, Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University.
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A closer look at the surgeon-turned-TV-star President Trump wants in charge of Medicare, Medicaid and Obamacare.
Guests:
Tara Bannow, Reporter, STAT News
Tom Scully, CMS Administrator (2001-2004)
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A candid conversation between a professor and a Ph.D. candidate about potential NIH funding cuts and their impact on the future of medical research.
Guests:
Yvonne Commodore-Mensah, Associate Professor, Associate Dean of Research, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
Laura Mata López, PhD Candidate, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
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As adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities strive to live more freely and fully than ever before, many of America’s doctors, hospitals and insurers are getting in the way. We get an inside look at one doctor’s quest to improve health care for people with conditions like Down Syndrome, cerebral palsy and autism.
Guests:
Alison Barkoff, JD, Administration for Community Living, HHS
Kevin Carlson
Clarissa Kripke, MD, Clinical Professor of Family and Community Medicine and Director of the Office of Developmental Primary Care; University of California, San Francisco
Marjorie Ongpauco, BSN, RN, Nursing Consultant
Harold Pollack, PhD, Professor of Social Work, Policy and Practice; University of Chicago
Donna Valencia, BSN, RN, MSN, Administrator, Group Home Administrator
Leslie Walker, Senior Producer/Reporter, Tradeoffs
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