Tradeoffs

Health care has long lagged behind other industries when it comes to cybersecurity. But with ransomware attacks against the industry on the rise, providers are quickly trying to close the gap and protect their systems and patients.

Guests:

Karen Sprenger, CISSP, GCFE, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Ransomware Negotiator, LMG Security

M. Eric Johnson, PhD, Ralph Owen Dean and Bruce D. Henderson Professor of Strategy, Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management

Anahi Santiago, Chief Information Security Officer, ChristianaCare

Saad Chaudhry, MPP, Chief Information Officer, Luminis Health

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Like Tradeoffs, An Arm and a Leg tells stories about our complicated health care system. Host Dan Weissmann tells the story of an engineer, who worked for Boeing for over 30 years. When he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, he needed surgery but his insurance denied the claim. That’s when his wife called Laurie Todd, the Insurance Warrior. 

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We look back on some of the best health policy podcast episodes of the year with help from a few of our podcast host friends.

Guests:

Dr. Bapu Jean, host, Freakonomics, MD

Kimberly Seals-Allers, host, Birthright

Maiken Scott, host, The Pulse, WHYY

Dr. Celine Gounder, host, American Diagnosis and Epidemic

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Produced weekly by Politico, the Playbook Deep Dive podcast tells the stories behind the power, from Congress and the White House to bar stools and back rooms. This episode, considers what it means to be the nation’s second Catholic president. Playbook co-author Ryan Lizza talks with senior staff writer Ruby Cramer about how Joe Biden balances a very public role with the “private matter” of his faith at a time of deep division over abortion, and among the bishops in his own church.

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COVID opened the door to treating addiction remotely. Now policymakers have to decide whether to keep telehealth around.

Guests: 

Allie Grant, patient

Sarah Channell, MSN, APRN, CNP; Clinical Director of Addiction Services; Lower Lights Christian Health Center

Allison Lin, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Addiction Center; Research Scientist, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System

Read a full transcript and learn more about how telehealth policies have changed and the evidence on treating addiction remotely on our website: https://tradeoffs.org/2021/11/18/telehealth-virtual-care-opioids-addiction/

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Democrats are on the brink of passing a historic set of drug price reforms as part of the Build Back Better Act. How will they impact patients, insurers and the drug industry?

Guest:

Rachel Sachs, JD, Treiman Professor of Law, Washington University in St. Louis

Find a full transcript of this episode and additional research and reporting on these potential drug price reforms on our website: https://tradeoffs.org/2021/11/11/democrats-drug-price-reconciliation

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Letting private insurers offer Medicaid coverage was supposed to lower costs and improve care. We dig into the research on Medicaid managed care.

Guests:

Sayeh Nikpay, PhD, Tradeoffs Contributing Research Editor; Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota

Kathleen Adams, PhD, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University

Allan Baumgarten, JD, Independent Health Policy Analyst

Read more of the research on Medicaid managed care and find a full transcript on our website: https://tradeoffs.org/2021/11/04/medicaid-managed-care/

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It’s Medicare open enrollment — the one chance each year that all 62 million beneficiaries have to shop for better coverage. But choosing a new plan is much harder and riskier than it seems.

Guests:

Lilyan Grossman, Medicare beneficiary

Tricia Neuman, ScD, Senior Vice President and Executive Director of the Program on Medicare Policy, Kaiser Family Foundation

Amal Trivedi, MD, Professor of Medicine and Health Services, Policy, and Practice, Brown University

Dig deeper into the research and tradeoffs of shopping around for Medicare plans: https://tradeoffs.org/2021/10/28/medicare-open-enrollment 

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President Biden wanted to spend $400 billion to help older and disabled Americans get health care at home, but the proposal has been cut by more than half as Democrats work to pare back their $3.5 trillion spending package. [This episode was originally published on April 8, 2021.]

Guests:

Howard Gleckman, Senior Fellow, Urban Institute

Rachel Werner, MD, PhD, Executive Director, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania

Learn more and read a full transcript of the episode: https://tradeoffs.org/2021/04/08/bidens-400-billion-bet-on-caring-for-older-and-disabled-americans-at-home/

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The pandemic has pushed hundreds of public health officials to leave their jobs. It's also inspired thousands to pursue a career in public health. We listen in on a conversation between two women pushed in different directions by the pandemic.

Guests:

Jen Miller, RN, Former Communicable Disease Nurse Consultant, Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services

Nicole Snyder, PhD, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Davidson College; MPH Candidate, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina

Find a full transcript and more information about how the pandemic has impacted the public health workforce on our website: https://tradeoffs.org/2021/10/14/public-health-workforce-covid-burnout/

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