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Recent Episodes
383 episodes
Summer 2026 drug pricing update
This week in the Breakroom, Amy Kelbick joins Maddie News to run through recent federal drug pricing updates including requests for information and pr...
State Medicaid directors head to the House
In this week's Healthcare Preview, Rodney Whitlock and Debbie Curtis join Erin Fuller to discuss what to watch for during and after this week's Energy...
Encounter data's moment has arrived
With Medicare Advantage now covering more than half of all Medicare beneficiaries, Lynn Nonnemaker and Yamini Kalidindi join Anthony Livshen to unpack...
Looking at the year ahead
In this week's Healthcare Preview, Debbie Curtis and Rodney Whitlock join Maddie News to preview what's on the healthcare agenda for the remainder of...
2026 Medicare Trustees Report
This week in the Breakroom, Jeff Davis and Lynn Nonnemaker join Erin Fuller for a deep dive into the findings from the Trustee's 2026 Medicare Report.
The reconciliation 2.0 and healthcare fraud agenda
In this week's Healthcare Preview, Rodney Whitlock and Debbie Curtis join Erin Fuller to discuss Congress' focus this week on reconciliation 2.0, FISA...
CMS Medicaid work requirements interim final rule
This week in the Breakroom, Katie Waldo and Maddie News join Erin Fuller to unpack CMS' new interim final rule directing states to implement Medicaid...
Anticipating the Medicaid Work Requirements Rule
In this week's Healthcare Preview, Debbie Curtis and Rodney Whitlock join Maddie News to discuss the Medicaid work requirements interim final rule, an...
2027 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters final rule
This week in the Breakroom, Debbie Curtis joins Maddie News to discuss the recently released Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters final rule for 2...
Congress and CMS intensify Medicare and Medicaid oversight
This week in the Breakroom, Rodney Whitlock joins Erin Fuller to discuss the growing focus from both Congress and CMS on fraud, waste, and abuse in Me...
Potential physician and hospital legislation
In this week's Healthcare Preview, Debbie Curtis and Rodney Whitlock join Maddie News to talk about healthcare legislation being discussed in the Hous...
Student loan update
This week in the Breakroom, Jeffrey Davis joins Maddie News to discuss recent Department of Education changes to student loan caps, and what the chang...
Post-recess reconciliation watch
In this week's Healthcare Preview, Rodney Whitlock and Debbie Curtis join Erin Fuller to unpack the discussions around reconciliation 2.0 in the Senat...
Health Tech Investment Forum recap
Rachel Stauffer and Lisa Mazur join Julia Grabo to discuss key takeaways from the 2026 Health Tech Investment Forum and what they are watching for nex...
Transitioning to election season
In this week's Healthcare Preview, Debbie Curtis and Rodney Whitlock join Maddie News to discuss the recess week and looking ahead to upcoming electio...
CMS and FDA's new RAPID coverage pathway
This week in the Breakroom, Mike Ryan, Partner at McDermott Will and Schulte, and Parashar Patel join Erin Fuller to discuss the significance and impl...
Reconciliation, Ways and Means hearing
Debbie Curtis and Rodney Whitlock join Julia Grabo to discuss what their watching for as the House takes up reconciliation and hospital and health sys...
Prior Authorization for Drugs
This week in the Breakroom, Jeffrey Davis joins Maddie News to break down what led up to CMS's release of the prior authorization for drugs proposed r...
Reconciliation and RFK on the Hill
In this week's Healthcare Preview, Rodney Whitlock and Debbie Curtis join Erin Fuller to unpack the discussions around budget reconciliation in the Se...
FY 2027 Medicare hospital IPPS proposed rule
Devin Stone, Marla Kugel, and Deb Godes join Julia Grabo to discuss policies in the fiscal year (FY) 2027 Medicare hospital inpatient prospective paym...
Secretary Kennedy Budget Hearings
In this week's Healthcare Preview, Debbie Curtis and Rodney Whitlock join Maddie News to discuss reconciliation 2.0 and upcoming hearings with HHS Sec...
FY 2027 president's budget
This week in the Breakroom, Jeff Davis joins Erin Fuller to discuss the policies and funding requests within the FY 2027 President's budget, including...
All eyes on the president's budget
In this week's Healthcare Preview, Debbie Curtis and Rodney Whitlock join Julia Grabo to discuss their first reactions to the healthcare proposals in...
Recess begins, reconciliation questions grow
In this week's Healthcare Preview, Debbie Curtis and Rodney Whitlock join Erin Fuller to discuss Congress heading into recess amid the Department of H...
CMS holds Quality Conference, releases Hospital at Home data
This week in the Breakroom, Simeon Niles joins Julia Grabo to discuss CMS's Hospital at Home data release and how it aligns with broader themes from l...
Affordability, fraud, and what's next for federal healthcare policy
In this week's Healthcare Preview, Debbie Curtis and Rodney Whitlock join Erin Fuller to discuss key takeaways from the House Energy and Commerce Heal...
MedPAC's March report to Congress
This week in the Breakroom, Jeffrey Davis and Lynn Nonnemaker join Erin Fuller for a deep dive into the recommendations and content from the Medicare...
House Energy and Commerce hearings
In this week's Healthcare Preview, Debbie Curtis and Rodney Whitlock join Julia Grabo to discuss the upcoming busy week in Congress, including a House...
FY 2027 appropriations underway
This week in the Breakroom, Erica Stocker and Jeffrey Davis join Maddie News to discuss the ongoing process to fund the government for the upcoming fi...
The administration's crackdown on healthcare fraud
In this week's Healthcare Preview, Debbie Curtis and Rodney Whitlock join Erin Fuller to discuss the Trump administration's recent actions on combatti...
An appropriate sendoff for the IPO list
This week in the Breakroom, Deborah Godes, Marla Kugel, and Yamini Kalidindi join Anthony Livshen to explore the challenges of setting outpatient paym...
Health policy in a changing environment
In this week's Healthcare Preview, Debbie Curtis and Rodney Whitlock join Maddie News to discuss how recent world events may affect ongoing congressio...
Deep dive: Medicaid data dump
This week in the Breakroom, Anthony Livshen and Katie Waldo join Erin Fuller to discuss HHS's release of the largest public dataset of Medicaid provid...
State of the Union, healthcare hearings
In this week's Healthcare Preview, Debbie Curtis and Rodney Whitlock join Julia Grabo to discuss what to watch for this week on Capitol Hill, includin...
2027 proposed Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters
This week in the Breakroom, Debbie Curtis and special guest Heather Foster, VP of Marketplace Policy at the Association for Community Affiliated Plans...
Congressional recess, DOGE's Medicaid data dump
In this week's Healthcare Preview, Debbie Curtis and Rodney Whitlock join Erin Fuller to discuss what to watch during the congressional recess and exa...
Republicans focus on Medicaid fraud
This week in the Breakroom, Katie Waldo joins Julia Grabo to discuss the recent focus on Medicaid fraud by the Trump administration and Congress, and...
Healthcare hearings on the Hill
In this week's Healthcare Preview, Debbie Curtis and Rodney Whitlock join Maddie News to discuss upcoming congressional hearings on healthcare afforda...
What's next for Congress post-shutdown?
This week in the Breakroom, Amy Kelbick and Josh Jorgensen join Erin Fuller to discuss how Congress brought an end to the recent partial government sh...
All eyes on the House
Government funding lapsed on Friday, triggering a partial shutdown. In this week's Healthcare Preview, Debbie Curtis and Rodney Whitlock join Julia Gr...