Payer+Provider Syndicate regularly speaks with the media about healthcare. The selections below include quoted commentary, interviews, and bylined articles across national media, trade publications, and international outlets, spanning payer strategy, provider operations, healthcare technology, and global health systems.
Payer Issues
Selected media appearances related to healthcare reform, reimbursement and pricing dynamics, and payer-facing product issues.
Payer Issues
Healthcare Reform
- Home Care, Massage, Grocery Store Trips: Some of the New Benefits Under Medicare Advantage Plans. Healthline. Christopher Curley.
- Will the Healthcare Bubble Burst? Becker’s Hospital Review. Laura Dyrda.
- Why Cleveland Clinic Jumped into the Insurance Fray. MedCity News. Arundhati Parmar.
- What President Trump’s Executive Order Means for Hospitals & Physicians. Becker’s Hospital Review. Laura Dyrda.
- Medicaid Expansion Results in Sustained Increase in ED Use. Medscape. Tara Haelle.
- Quest to the White House: The Obamacare Reconciliation Bill. Healthcare Dive. Heather Caspi.
- 7 Healthcare Leaders Share Thoughts on Sequestration. Becker’s Hospital Review. Jim McLaughlin.
- Small businesses fume, now seeing ‘Obamacare’ as unavoidable. The Christian Science Monitor. Mark Guarino.
Payer Issues
Pricing
- ‘Surprising’ Insurance Barriers for Antinausea Meds, Even Generics. Medscape. Megan Brooks.
- Billions Spent on DMD Meds Despite Scant Proof of Efficacy. Medscape. Megan Brooks.
- Increasing value when negotiating with payers. Medical Economics. Jordan Rosenfeld.
- What’s driving healthcare prices? Not doctors. Medical Economics. Keith Loria.
Payer Issues
Products
- Smart-Bed Technology Reveals Insomnia, Flu Risk. Medscape. Megan Brooks.
- ‘Smart Bed’ May Detect, Track COVID-19 Symptoms. Medscape. Megan Brooks.
- Why doesn’t health insurance cover eyes and teeth? Mel Magazine. Ian Lecklitner.
- How Will AI Factor into the Future of Managed Care Markets? First Report Managed Care. Paul Nicolaus.
- Oral health is crucial. So why is dental insurance separate from health insurance? Salon. Nicole Karlis.
- Making the most of that shiny new HSA. Reuters. Matt Stroud.
Provider Issues
Selected media appearances related to access to care, provider cost pressures, and the effects of digital tools and clinical technologies on quality and operations.
Provider Issues
Access to Care
- Where can you find dental care in Florida without insurance? The Florida Times-Union. C.A. Bridges.
- Why 30% of Americans haven’t been to the dentist since before the pandemic. USA Today. Katie Wedell.
- WFAE’s Charlotte Talks kicks off mental health series. WFAE 90.7. Wendy Herkey.
- Older Adults Struggle to Find Affordable Mental Health Care. AARP. Barbara Stepko.
- Oral and Dental Health is Crucial. But Access to Coverage is Spotty. Managed Healthcare Executive. Karen Appold.
- Teleintegrated vs Telereferral Care for Complex Psychiatric Disorders. Medscape. Megan Brooks.
- Accessing Care While Abroad. Mary Christie Quarterly. Adam Powell.
- Mental health services: How to get treatment if you can’t afford it. NBC News. Nicole Spector.
- Florida Considers Taking First Steps in Telehealth Reform. The Heartland Institute. Matthew Glans.
- Millennial Doctors, Patients Shaping Healthcare World. Healthline. Shawn Radcliffe.
- Navigating healthcare beyond borders. Becker’s ASC Review. Megan Wood.
- Patient navigation companies grow. Healthcare Finance News. Stephanie Bouchard.
Provider Issues
Costs
- Most US Neurologists Who Prescribe MS Drugs Take Industry Money. Medscape. Megan Brooks.
- Immunotherapy Stewardship Could Save Tens of Millions a Year. Medscape. Megan Brooks.
- What Will Be the Most Costly Medical Conditions In 10 Years? Managed Healthcare Executive. Karen Appold.
- Heart Disease Exacts High Financial Toll on Low-Income Families. Medscape. Megan Brooks.
- Taxes: Docs’ Unique and Not-So-Unique Needs. MedPage Today. John Gever.
- Doula Support Could Improve Care, Reduce Costs. NPR. Tara Haelle.
- Measles Outbreak: It Costs Taxpayers Bigtime. Forbes. Tara Haelle.
- How much does the measles really cost taxpayers? MedCity News. Nicole Oran.
Provider Issues
Technology & Quality
- Biomarker Testing Optimizes Therapy Choice in Advanced NSCLC. Medscape. Deepa Varma.
- AI on AI: Cardio Journal Editor Interviews ChatGPT. Medscape. Megan Brooks.
- Adam Powell, PhD, on Use of a Virtual Tumor Board for Breast Cancer Care. MedPage Today. Jeff Minerd.
- Virtual Tumor Board Increases Use of Whole-Breast Hypofractionated RT. Journal of Clinical Pathways. Lisa Kuhns.
- Effect of Virtual Tumor Board Implementation on Whole-Breast Radiation. The ASCO Post. Matthew Stenger.
- Mental Health Apps Often Share Data Without Users’ Knowledge. Medscape. Megan Brooks.
- How Withings plans to recover from its Nokia experience. MedCity News. Kevin Truong.
- Mobile Health App Effective for Serious Mental Illness. Medscape. Megan Brooks.
- Digital biomarkers are the new ‘digital divide’. FierceHealthcare. Evan Sweeney.
- Challenges persist for behavioral health app evaluation. FierceHealthcare. Judy Mottl.
- Can This App Make Me Happier? The Atlantic. Julie Beck.
- Is health IT really ‘digital snake oil?’ Becker’s Health IT. Akanksha Jayanthi.
- Prime Time: Can the Health App Wild West Be Tamed? MedPage Today. Sarah Wickline.
- 500 Drugs Updated with Directions for Child Use Since 2002. Scientific American. Tara Haelle.
- A Hackathon Team Invents A Ring That Can Hold Your Medical Information. Boston Magazine. Melissa Malamut.
Global Healthcare
Selected commentary and writing on healthcare systems, reform, and digital health in international contexts.
Global Healthcare
China
- Dr. Adam Powell on healthcare reforms in China and America. Asia Healthcare Blog. Damjan DeNoble.
- Chinese and American Healthcare Systems: A Comparison. Fair Observer. Adam Powell.
Global Healthcare
India
- The fine print on health app privacy. Forbes India. Preeti Singh.
- Digitising Indian Healthcare Records. ISB Insight. Adam C. Powell.
- Health Care in Digital India. Fair Observer. Adam Powell.
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