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A lack of clinical and epidemiological data for women, racial, and ethnic groups can contribute to diagnostic uncertainty, lower rates of clinical development for conditions most impacting these communities, and enduring disparities in health. In this episode, Jen is joined by Inizio’s Global Head of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Stef Christmas, and special guest Soo Son, a Health Equity Change Agent from Unlocking Eve to discuss healthcare data gaps, biases, and what we can do to advance health equity.

Podcast Tags: healthcare, DEI, life sciences, clinical studies, epidemiology, health equity, big data, machine learning

Source Links:

· Understanding gender roles in health equity: Perspectives from women leaders in healthcare

· Hysterical Health: Unpicking the cultural beliefs that shape women's healthcare

· Closing the data gaps in women’s health

· Enhancing Diversity and Inclusion in Clinical Trials

· Integrating Research into Community Practice — Toward Increased Diversity in Clinical Trials

· Increasing Diversity in Clinical Trials: Overcoming Critical Barriers

· Racial Disparities in Clinical Trials

· Addressing Demographic Disparities in Clinical Trials

For additional information on DEI in Clinical Trials, check out Vynamic’s podcast “DEI & Clinical Trials – Driving Meaningful Change”, insight “Integrating Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Throughout Clinical Trials” and case study “Prioritizing Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Across Research & Development.”

For more information on Inizio, please visit https://inizio.health/what-matters-to-us/diversity-equity-inclusion/

For more information on Unlocking Eve please visit https://www.unlockingeve.org/

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Stefanie Christmas, Global Head of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Inizio

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Soo Son, Health Equity Change Agent and Coach, Unlocking Eve

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Jen Burke, Healthcare Industry Strategist

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In this episode, Mindy, Ryan, and Jen discuss a few recent newsworthy items including Medicare Part D impacts from the Inflation Reduction Act, Novo Nordisk’s cuts to insulin prices, and the PBM Transparency Act of 2023.   

Podcast Tags: healthcare, healthcare news, health plans, life sciences, health policy, public health, Medicare, drug prices, PBMs 

Source Links: 

• True catastrophic coverage and shifting liability: Preparing for IRA changes 
• Inflation Reduction Act: What health plans and Part D sponsors need to know to be prepared 
• Novo Nordisk follows Eli Lilly's lead, slashing insulin prices in the US 
• Eli Lilly Slashed Insulin Prices. This Starts a Race to the Bottom. 
• Senate panel advances bill to reform PBMs and bring more FTC scrutiny on industry 
• Commerce Committee Approves Cantwell, Grassley Bipartisan Bill to Combat Rising Prescription Drug Prices 

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Mindy McGrath, Healthcare Industry Advisor and Head of Public Health Sector 

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Ryan Hummel, Executive and Head of Provider Sector 

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Jen Burke, Healthcare Industry Strategist 

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In this week’s Trending News EU episode, Jack, Ollie, and Will discuss a few recent newsworthy items on UK Life Sciences policy including what the latest spring budget means for Life Sciences (1.00), future pricing of branded medicines in the UK and differences with other countries (6.10), and how Life Sciences policy is working to attract investment and talent to the UK (18.55).  

Podcast Tags: healthcare, healthcare news, NHS, life sciences policy, healthcare policy, government budget, life sciences, brexit, life sciences regulation, healthcare regulation, medicine pricing, VPAS, healthcare costs, healthcare investment 

Source Links:  

Spring Budget 2023 (HTML) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) 

MHRA to receive £10m from HM Treasury to fast-track patient access to cutting-edge medical products - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Chancellor gives boost to medical innovation and life sciences industry in Spring Budget | BIA (bioindustry.org)

ABPI response to the Budget

Industry reacts to approvals and R&D tax credit changes in Budget - Med-Tech Innovation (med-technews.com)

Voluntary Scheme on branded medicines (abpi.org.uk)

Comparing International Prescription Drug Prices | RAND

Leading global pharma firms exit UK drug pricing agreement (abpi.org.uk)

Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund (LSIMF) (closed to Expressions of Interest) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) 

Life sciences companies supercharged with £277 million in government and private investment - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)  

UK government, private investors dole out $340M+ to drug, diagnostic manufacturers – Endpoints News (endpts.com)

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Jen Burke, Director  

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Jack Young, Director 

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Oliver May, Senior Manager  

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Will Turnbull, Senior Manager 

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In this episode, Mindy, Ryan, and Jen discuss a few recent newsworthy items including the Senate vote to end the Public Health Emergency ahead of the May 11th deadline, Judge O’Connor’s invalidation of the Preventive Services Mandate of the ACA, and the CMS decision to raise Medicare Advantage pay rates by 3.3% in 2024.  

Podcast Tags: healthcare, healthcare news, public health, health plans, COVID-19, Affordable Care Act, ACA, CMS, Medicare 

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• Biden won’t veto Republican-led bill ending COVID emergency 
• Q&A: Implications of the Ruling on the ACA’s Preventive Services Requirement 
• Health Plans No Longer Have to Cover All Preventive Care at No Cost. Here’s What to Know. 
• A Texas Judge Just Invalidated The Preventive Services Mandate. What Happens Next? 
• CMS to raise Medicare Advantage pay rates by 3.3% in 2024; phase in risk adjustment changes 

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Mindy McGrath, Healthcare Industry Advisor and Head of Public Health Sector 

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Ryan Hummel, Executive and Head of Provider Sector 

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Jen Burke, Healthcare Industry Strategist 

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For the second year in a row, financial challenges were tagged as a top concern of Hospital CEOs in the annual American College of Healthcare Executives survey – specifically increased staff and supply costs, reduced operating costs, and government funding cuts. In this episode, Jen is joined by Vynamic’s Jay York and Provider Head of Sector, Ryan Hummel, to discuss why margins are shrinking (00:52) and what provider organizations can do to weather the current financial challenges (24:00).  

Podcast Tags: healthcare, providers, reimbursement, workforce crisis, Medicare, Medicaid, public health 

Source Links: 

• Top Issues Confronting Hospitals in 2022 
• Temp nurses cost hospitals big during pandemic. Lawmakers are now mulling limits 
• Nonprofit health systems' Q3 earnings: Baylor Scott & White, Sutter Health's operations stand tall among the pack 

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Jay York, Executive 

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Ryan Hummel, Executive and Head of Provider Sector 

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Jen Burke, Healthcare Industry Strategist 

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The FemTech sector has seen major growth in the last 5 years – and as the healthcare industry increases its focus on equity, is only projected to keep growing. In this Women’s History Month episode, Jen is joined by Vynamic’s Diana Kuritza, Jen Proietti-Fox, Shari Robbins, and HelloGina’s Daphne Petrich to discuss the latest trends in FemTech and what it could mean for women’s health going forward.

Podcast Tags: healthcare, health tech, women’s health, women’s history month, health equity, digital health

Source Links:

·      Make 2023 the year of prioritizing women’s health

·      2023 PREDICTIONS—THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY

·      European FemTech trends and startups to watch in 2023 | With insights from Essity Ventures

·      What To Expect for Femtech in 2023?

·      Despite 2022’s headwinds, women’s health startups did better than ever before

·      The dawn of the FemTech revolution

·      How FemTech is tackling the female health gap

·      Femtech’s Limited Role in Tackling Healthcare Inequity

For more information on HelloGina please visit, https://www.helloginahealth.com/

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Daphne Petrich, US Business Development Lead at HelloBetter

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Shari Robbins, Senior Director

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Jen Proietti-Fox, Director

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Diana Kuritza, Manager

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Jen Burke, Healthcare Industry Strategist

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On this week’s Trending News EU episode, Jack and Ollie discuss a few recent EU-based newsworthy items including a third stem cell transplant patient cured of HIV (00:40), NHS approval and investment in digital mental health therapies (04:37), a recent poll on patient centricity in biopharma (08:22), and the announcement of a Moderna campus in Oxfordshire (15:50).

Podcast Tags: healthcare, healthcare news, NHS, virtual, HIV, stem cells, public health, NICE, digital, mental health, patient centricity, biopharma, life sciences, UK 

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• HIV Patient cured after bone marrow transplant in rare case, research shows 
• Germany's 'Düsseldorf Patient' cured of HIV 
• German man third to be completely cured of HIV after stem cell transplant 
• More digital mental health therapies backed for NHS use 
• Is pharma patient centric? Not according to most doctors 
• Moderna opts for Oxfordshire in quest for innovation 

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Jack Young, Director  

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Oliver May, Manager   

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Jen Burke, Healthcare Industry Strategist 

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In this episode, Jen is joined by Vynamic’s Michael Hudson, Mike Cottone, and Vish Kaushik to discuss a major news item that has had everyone buzzing over the last few months – ChatGPT.  

Podcast Tags: healthcare, healthcare news, AI, artificial intelligence, healthcare technology, health plans, providers, life sciences 

Source Links: 

• Top 10 Applications of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in the Healthcare Industry 
• 5 Ways ChatGPT Will Change Healthcare Forever, For Better 
• Transforming healthcare: the chatbot will see you now 
• Understanding Chat-GPT, And Why It’s Even Bigger Than You Think 

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Michael Hudson, Senior Director

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Mike Cottone, Director 

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Vish Kaushik, Director 

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Jen Burke, Healthcare Industry Strategist 

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In the United States, most employers choose to pay for at least some of their workers’ health services directly from their own funds. Lately, concerns over affordability have led them to take an increasingly active role in their healthcare strategies. In this episode, Jen is joined by Vynamic Director Kirsten Meisterling and Executive & Head of Health Plans, Saurabh Raman, to discuss why health plans should be thinking about self-funded employers now (02:23), what this market segment needs (07:18), and how health plans can communicate their value potential effectively (15:23).

Podcast Tags: healthcare, health plans, self-funded employers, health insurance 

Source Links: 

• Health Insurance Coverage of the Total Population | KFF
• Section 10: Plan Funding – 9805 | KFF
• The development and growth of employer-provided health insurance (bls.gov)
• 2023 forecast: Self-insured employers face new challenges (fiercehealthcare.com) 

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Saurabh Raman, Executive and Head of Health Plans Sector 

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Kirsten Meisterling, Director 

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Jen Burke, Healthcare Industry Strategist 

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On this week’s Trending News EU episode, Jack and Ollie discuss a few recent EU-based newsworthy items including NHS virtual wards to alleviate healthcare pressure (0:40), conclusion of the infected blood enquiry (6:15), and three NICE regulatory green lights for a paediatric-onset hypophosphatasia treatment, a cannabidiol based treatment for TSC, and another CAR-T cell therapy recommended for lymphoma (9:25). 

Podcast Tags: healthcare, healthcare news, NHS, virtual wards, telehealth, public health, NICE, healthcare regulation, cannabidiol, CDB treatment, cell therapy, gene therapy, leukemia, cancer, EU, regulation 

Source Links:  

• https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/research-and-innovation/analysis-virtual-wards-offer-potential-benefits-but-come-with-risks-02-11-2022/ 
• Government plans 500% expansion of virtual wards (digitalhealth.net) 
• Rishi Sunak set to unveil emergency care plan to slash NHS waiting times | Health | The Guardian 
• https://www.bmj.com/content/380/bmj.p294 
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-64497868 
• https://www.pharmatimes.com/news/nice_recommends_alexions_asfotase_alfa_across_england_1485973
• https://www.pharmatimes.com/news/vital_nice_nod_for_jazzs_epidyolex_1486167
• https://www.pharmatimes.com/news/gileads_car_t-cell_therapy_recommended_for_use_across_the_nhs_1485911 

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Jen Burke, Director  

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Jack Young, Director 

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Oliver May, Manager  

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