A Health Podyssey

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Health Affairs' Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott interviews Dr. Meena Seshamani, the incoming Maryland Secretary of Health, to discuss her time as the director of Medicare at the Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services and what the future holds in her new role.

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Welcome to a special four-part series from Health Affairs on the intersection of food, nutrition, and health. This special series compliments the release of a theme issue on food, nutrition, and health to be released April 7, 2025.

In the first episode, Health Affairs' Ellen Bayer speaks with Na'Taki Osborne Jelks from Spelman College on the topic of water insecurity.

Pre-order the Food, Nutrition, and Health Issue.

Related Links:

• Water Insecurity and Population Health: Implications for Health Equity and Policy (Health Affairs' Health Policy Brief)

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On March 12th, A Health Podyssey's Rob Lott invited Yashaswini Singh of Brown University to the program for a virtual podcast taping to discuss her paper on the effect of private equity on physician turnover. The two discussed the paper and took questions from the audience in attendance.

Order the March 2025 issue of Health Affairs.

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Health Affairs' Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott interviews Erica Eliason of Rutgers University on her recent paper that explores how continuous eligibility policies and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) structure affected children's coverage loss during Medicaid unwinding.

Order the March 2025 issue of Health Affairs.

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Health Affairs' Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott interviews Richard Leuchter from the University of California Los Angeles on his recent paper that explores how socioeconomically disadvantaged groups may have underused emergency departments for non-avoidable visits.

Order the March 2025 issue of Health Affairs.

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Health Affairs' Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott interviews Jihye Han of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard University on her recent paper that takes a closer look at the regulatory treatments for first-in-class drugs and how those differ between the US and Europe.

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Health Affairs' Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott interviews Jennifer Wolff of John Hopkins University about her recent paper that explores the increasing number of family caregivers that are assisting older US adults, including adults with dementia.

Order the February 2025 issue of Health Affairs.

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Health Affairs' Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott interviews Paige Nong of the University of Minnesota about her recent paper that evaluates and explores the current use of artificial intelligence and predictive models in US hospitals.

Order the January 2025 issue of Health Affairs.

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A Health Podyssey is taking a holiday break. We will return to regular production on January 14, 2025.

Until that time, enjoy a special series we created on our other podcast, Health Affairs This Week. In this special series, Rob Lott gets an update on health policy briefs surrounding the release of our theme issue on housing and health, which was released in February of this year.

In this episode, Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews Michael Lens from the University of California Los Angeles.

Order the issue here.

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Related Links:

• Low-Density Zoning, Health, and Health Equity (Health Affairs)
• Residential Segregation and Health: History, Harms, and Next Steps (Health Affairs)
• Public Policies to Address Residential Segregation and Improve Health (Health Affairs)

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Guest: Philip Alberti, Founding Director, AAMC Center for Health Justice & Senior Director, Health Equity Research & Policy at the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)

Rhea Boyd, MD, MPH, Pediatrician and Child and Public Health Advocate, interviews Philip Alberti from the AAMC to discuss health outcomes and what it means to achieve health equity across sectors.

This season is sponsored by Deloitte.

Learn more about Deloitte's work with Drivers of Health or the Deloitte Health Equity Institute.

Related Links:  

• The projected costs and economic impact of mental health inequities in the United States (Deloitte)
• US health care can't afford health inequities (Deloitte)
• The $2.8 trillion opportunity: How better health for all can drive US economic growth (Deloitte)
• Ohio Presents Opportunities For Understanding Hospital Alignment With Public Health Agencies On Community Health Assessments (Health Affairs) 
• To Design Equitable Value-Based Payment Systems, We Must Adjust For Social Risk (Health Affairs) 

The views and opinions expressed by podcast speakers and guests are solely their own and do not reflect the opinions of Deloitte or its personnel, nor does Deloitte advocate or endorse any individuals or entities featured on the episodes.

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