A Health Podyssey

Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter [https://www.uhccommunityandstate.com/forms/newsletterregistrationform?cid=CS_B2B|Affiliate_Marketing]. Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews Matthew Maughan of Brown University about his paper exploring how commercial insurers paid more for procedures [https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2025.00297?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=a+health+podyssey&utm_campaign=october+2025+issue] at hospital outpatient departments as compared to ambulatory surgical centers. Order the October 2025 issue of Health Affairs [https://www.pubservice.com/backissue/subbi.aspx?CO=PJ&PC=HR&BI=HRI&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=A+health+podyssey]. Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support [https://www.healthaffairs.org/membership?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=a+health+podyssey&utm_campaign=insider], we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcast Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter [https://www.uhccommunityandstate.com/forms/newsletterregistrationform?cid=CS_B2B|Affiliate_Marketing].

Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter [https://www.uhccommunityandstate.com/forms/newsletterregistrationform?cid=CS_B2B|Affiliate_Marketing]. Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews Alexander Soltoff of Emory University about his recent paper exploring how private equity-owned hospices reported higher profits and lower patient care spending [http://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2025.00327?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=a+health+podyssey&utm_campaign=october+2025+issue] when compared to other ownership models. Order the October 2025 issue of Health Affairs [https://www.pubservice.com/backissue/subbi.aspx?CO=PJ&PC=HR&BI=HRI&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=A+health+podyssey]. Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support [https://www.healthaffairs.org/membership?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=a+health+podyssey&utm_campaign=insider], we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcast Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter [https://www.uhccommunityandstate.com/forms/newsletterregistrationform?cid=CS_B2B|Affiliate_Marketing].

Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter [https://www.uhccommunityandstate.com/forms/newsletterregistrationform?cid=CS_B2B|Affiliate_Marketing]. Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews Tris Dyson, Founder of Challenge Works [https://challengeworks.org/] on his efforts in cultivating challenge prizes as an opportunity to nurture innovation in science and health care, the newly launched Longitude Prize on ALS, the transformation of drug discovery, and more. Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support [https://www.healthaffairs.org/membership?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=a+health+podyssey&utm_campaign=insider], we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcast Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter [https://www.uhccommunityandstate.com/forms/newsletterregistrationform?cid=CS_B2B|Affiliate_Marketing].

Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter [https://www.uhccommunityandstate.com/forms/newsletterregistrationform?cid=CS_B2B|Affiliate_Marketing]. Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews Stephen Crystal of Rutgers University about his recent paper exploring how states with substantial increases in buprenorphine uptake [https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2025.00343?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=a+health+podyssey&utm_campaign=september+2025+issue] as an opioid use disorder treatment response grew alongside increased Medicaid prescribing from 2018–24. Order the September 2025 issue of Health Affairs [https://www.pubservice.com/backissue/subbi.aspx?CO=PJ&PC=HR&BI=HRI&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=A+health+podyssey]. Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support [https://www.healthaffairs.org/membership?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=a+health+podyssey&utm_campaign=insider], we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcast Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter [https://www.uhccommunityandstate.com/forms/newsletterregistrationform?cid=CS_B2B|Affiliate_Marketing].

Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter [https://www.uhccommunityandstate.com/forms/newsletterregistrationform?cid=CS_B2B|Affiliate_Marketing]. Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews Elizabeth Van Nostrand of Temple University about her recent paper exploring how Indiana adults participating in treatment court program [https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2025.00346?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=a+health+podyssey&utm_campaign=september+2025+issue] tended to have better health outcomes than individuals who applied and were accepted but chose not to participate. Order the September 2025 issue of Health Affairs [https://www.pubservice.com/backissue/subbi.aspx?CO=PJ&PC=HR&BI=HRI&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=A+health+podyssey]. Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support [https://www.healthaffairs.org/membership?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=a+health+podyssey&utm_campaign=insider], we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcast Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter [https://www.uhccommunityandstate.com/forms/newsletterregistrationform?cid=CS_B2B|Affiliate_Marketing].