The Gist Healthcare Podcast

In this episode of The Gist Healthcare Podcast, we cover the FDA’s top vaccine official stepping down, a federal ruling involving Leapfrog and Tenet hospitals, and a new agreement between Novo Nordisk and Hims and Hers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As reimbursement levels shift under site-neutral payment, health systems must move from strategy to execution. On today's episode of the Gist Healthcare Podcast, we hear the second part of host J. Carlisle Larsen’s conversation Kaufman Hall Managing Director Joyjit Choudhury about what cost restructuring looks like in practice. That includes rethinking business and operating models, integrating site-neutral planning into broader enterprise strategy and aligning finance, operations and clinical leadership around a sustainable path forward. Be sure to check out Joyjit's recent blog about this topic. You can find the first part of our conversation here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amazon introduces a new agentic AI tool designed for healthcare. States signal plans to invest Rural Health Transformation Fund grants in value-based care initiatives. And Eli Lilly launches a direct-to-employer platform for weight loss drugs. That's coming up on today's episode of the Gist Healthcare Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Elevance Health’s Medicare Advantage plans face federal sanctions. The University of Mississippi Medical Center clinics reopen after a ransomware attack. And the FDA warns telehealth companies about marketing compounded weight loss drugs. That's coming up on today’s episode of The Gist Healthcare Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joyjit Choudhury, Managing Director at Kaufman Hall who advises health systems on strategy and policy shifts, discusses site-neutral payment becoming operational reality. He explains Medicare’s 2026 drug administration change. He outlines a three-stage prep: assess impact, craft strategy, and execute. He reviews data-driven modeling and options like defend, extend, manage, and pursue for health system strategy.

President Trump highlights healthcare reforms in this year’s State of the Union. Fifteen states sue HHS over changes to the federal childhood vaccine schedule. And Medicare Advantage margins outperform other lines of business in 2024. Listen to the latest episode of The Gist Healthcare Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of The Gist Healthcare Podcast, we cover the FDA’s fast track for rare disease treatments, the end of two major healthcare labor strikes and a measles outbreak in South Carolina nearing 1,000 cases. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Colleen Fogarty, William Rock Tashle Professor and Chair of Family Medicine at the University of Rochester and lead author of a national study on rural family physician decline. She talks about how international medical graduates and visa hurdles affect rural staffing. She examines why fewer choose family medicine, the power of rural residency programs, loan-repayment incentives, and the growing role of NPs and PAs.

The Food and Drug Administration will review Moderna’s new flu vaccine after reversing course. Medicare Advantage growth in 2026 is trailing prior years. And Amazon is expanding same-day prescription delivery to nearly 5,000 cities nationwide. Those stories and more on today’s episode of The Gist Healthcare Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A federal judge vacates the FTC’s expanded premerger notification rules. Humana makes a significant primary care acquisition. And new data show primary care telehealth use has stabilized after its pandemic peak.These stories and more on today’s episode of The Gist Healthcare Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.