In this special bonus episode, we break down the Supreme Court’s recent abortion rulings with help from health reporter Shefali Luthra.

Guest:

Shefali Luthra, Health Reporter, The 19th

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Medicare is betting that taking care of the caregiver will help dementia patients stay at home longer. Patients and their caregivers are often left to navigate the confusing world of dementia by themselves, but Medicare is launching a new program to change that.

Guests:

Malaz Boustani, MD, PhD, Founding Director, Sandra Eskenazi Center for Brain Care Innovation; Professor of Aging Research, Indiana University School of Medicine 

Rosanne Corcoran, Caregiver 

Liz Fowler, PhD, JD, Director of CMMI and Deputy Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services  

Cindi Hart, Caregiver 

Alex Olgin, Reporter/Producer, Tradeoffs 

Lauren Sullivan, Care Coordinator, Eskenazi Health 

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One out of every four Medicare patients in the hospital is the victim of a medical error. Over the past 20 years, a growing number of hospitals have adopted practices that discuss medical mistakes and offer support to the people who must cope with the often tragic consequences. We examine why experts are calling on the Biden Administration to make patient safety a national priority.   

Guests:

Jack Gentry, patient 

Naomi Kirtner and Jeff Goldenberg, patient’s family and Founders of Talia’s Voice

Tom Gallagher, MD, Director, UW Medicine Center for Scholarship in Patient Care Quality and Safety

Stephen Kuracheck, MD, Former Chief of Critical Care and Medical Director of Quality at Children’s Minnesota

Julie Morath, RN, Member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology’s Working Group on Patient Safety

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Employers are facing a big dilemma: how do they pay for the new highly effective and popular obesity medications without breaking the bank? This week, the questions are forcing companies to re-examine their attitudes on obesity as the understanding of the disease deepens.

Guests:

Sean Scanlon, Connecticut Comptroller

Jeff Levin-Scherz, WTW population health leader

Mike Thompson, President of the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions

Olivia Quagliani, Patient

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A group of nurses in Baltimore wants to bring basic care to every person in a neighborhood regardless of age, health, income or insurance.

Can this idea from abroad take root in the United States?

Guests:

Dawn Alley, PhD, Head of Scale, IMPaCT Care

Asaf Bitton, MD, MPH, Executive Director, Ariadne Labs

Regina Hammond, Founder, Rebuild Johnston Square Neighborhood Organization

Chris Koller, President, Milbank Memorial Fund

Terry Lindsay, Community Health Worker, Sisters Together and Reaching, Inc. (STAR)

Sarah Szanton, PhD, RN, FAAN, Dean, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing; Founder, Neighborhood Nursing

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As Congress figures out the future of telehealth, we get a reality check from a top researcher about what this care has and has not delivered. 

Guest:

Ateev Mehrotra, MD, MPH, Professor, Brown University School of Public Health

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Just like the rest of us, when clinicians are short on time and overwhelmed by complex decisions, their brains look for corners to cut, numbers to round, patterns to repeat. This week, Dan talks with Harvard physician and economist Bapu Jena about the surprising impact these mental shortcuts can have on our health care.

Guest:

Bapu Jena, MD, PhD, Professor of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School; Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital

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While stories of private equity firms running amok in health care are easy to find, new research paints a more nuanced picture.

Guests:

Ambar La Forgia, PhD, Professor of Management of Organizations, Berkeley Haas School of Business

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

Yashaswini Singh, PhD, Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice, Brown University School of Public Health

Atul Gupta, PhD, Professor Health Care Management, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania 

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A major new study throws cold water on a popular approach to relieving medical debt, but leading experts say the research also reveals a promising path forward.

Guests:

Henry Harrell, MD, Physician 

Neale Mahoney, PhD, Professor of Economics, Stanford University

Allison Sesso, President and CEO, Undue Medical Debt

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One advocate’s vision for the crucial role patients must play in the future of health care AI.

Andrea Downing, President and Co-Founder, The Light Collective

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