Podcast Library

Doc Fix Price Hike: The Policy & Practice Podcast

The Congressional Budget Office released a grim economic outlook predicting a $316 billion price tag for repealing Medicare's sustainable growth rate formula. That's up from $290 billion just last year. As house and senate lawmakers... »

Funding an SGR Fix: The Policy & Practice Podcast

Lawmakers are looking at options for fixing Medicare's Sustainable Growth Rate formula, including how to pay for it. Without congressional intervention, physicians face a 27% cut to their Medicare payments starting March 1. 

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ACA Arguments Intensify: The Policy & Practice Podcast

As the Republican presidential race heats up, supporters and opponents are amping up their arguments. The White House is working to bolster support for the law by placing emphasis on states that are using federal grants to implement... »

SGR Problems Linger: The Policy & Practice Podcast

Physicians and the groups who represent them in Washington have been arguing for years that the Sustainable Growth Rate formula used in setting physician payments under Medicare is broken and needs to be replaced.

Driving home that point is the... »

The GOP Race Heats Up: The Policy & Practice Podcast

With primary election season officially underway, Republican candidates for president are tirelessly campaigning across the country to win the hearts and votes of the American people. 

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney narrowly took the... »

More SGR Shenanigans: The Policy & Practice Podcast

Both the Senate and the House have passed legislation to avoid the massive 27% cut to Medicare physician fees set for Jan. 1. But the bills don't agree -- and neither do lawmakers on opposite sides of the aisle. Can compromise occur before the cut... »

Focus on Fraud: The Policy & Practice Podcast

The Obama administration is using its Affordable Care Act authority to take on MEWAs – multiple employer welfare arrangements – a cooperative way for small businesses to buy health insurance. Data from the Labor Department points out that some MEWAs... »

New Sheriff in Town: The Policy & Practice Podcast

Now that Dr. Don Berwick has moved on, Marilyn Tavenner takes over today as new acting head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

A nurse by training, Ms. Tavenner is generally well regarded by medical groups and even politicians on... »

Supercommittee Fail: The Policy & Practice Podcast

Even with their feet to the fire and a hard deadline looming, the Supercommittee -- formally known as the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction -- has managed to not get the job done.

Come midnight, the 12 legislators will have missed their... »

All the Way to the Top: The Policy & Practice Podcast

Health reform opponents are closer to getting their day in court -- the Supreme Court, that is -- now that the justices have agreed to hear arguments on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act and its individual mandate. Essentially, the... »