Interviews
Read our Avalere Health Essential Voice interviews. Twenty years ago, we set out to be the essential voice in improving healthcare. Our experts discuss the hot topics that you need to track.
E3 – Get the Facts on COVID-19: A Comparison to Other Outbreaks
In the third episode of this series, Avalere experts discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic and response compares to previous outbreaks.
E2 – Get the Facts on COVID-19: Patient Out-of-Pocket Costs
Tune into the second episode of our podcast series that focuses on COVID-19. In episode 2, Avalere experts discuss how Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial plans will address the patient out of pocket costs associated with COVID-19 testing and treatment. They also acknowledge how commercial manufacturers are addressing the shortage of tests and turnaround for COVID-19 testing in the US.
E1 – Get the Facts on COVID-19: Vaccination Affordability and Access
Tune in to hear the first episode of our podcast series that focuses on COVID-19. In this episode, Avalere experts will discuss COVID-19 vaccinations, focusing on the timeline of development, affordability, and access.
E3 – Avalere Insights on Recent CMS Proposed Payment Rules: ESRD PPS and Quality Incentive Program
Tune in to hear the final episode in our 3-part series that focuses on CMS’s most recent proposed payment rules. In episode 3, we’ll be focusing on the End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System, with a focus on proposed payment changes for innovative drugs, supplies, and equipment and updates to the Quality Incentive Program (QIP).
E2 – Avalere Insights on Recent CMS Proposed Payment Rules: MPFS
Tune in to hear the second episode in our 3-part series that focuses on CMS’s most recent proposed payment rules. In episode 2, we’ll be focusing on the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule, or MPFS, with a focus on proposed changes to E/M and Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) treatment services.
E1 – Avalere Insights on Recent CMS Proposed Payment Rules: OPPS
Tune in to hear the first episode in our 3-part series that focuses on CMS’s most recent proposed payment rules. In episode 1, we’ll be focusing on the outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule, more informally known as the OPPS.
E4 – Recommendations for How to Overcome Common Barriers When Implementing Cost-of-Care Conversations
Tune in to hear the last episode in our 4-part series that provides clinicians with recommendations for how to overcome common barriers when implementing cost-of-care (CoC) conversations. Peter Ubel will talk with Avalere’s Katherine Steinberg on actionable tips that primary care clinicians can use to help address potential barriers and challenges related to implementing CoC conversations in the clinical setting. Support for this podcast was provided by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth). The views expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views of the foundations.
E3 – A Guide to Integrating Cost-of-Care Conversations into Workflow
Tune in to hear the third episode in our 4-part series that provides clinicians with actionable approaches for integrating cost-of-care conversations into workflow. Nora Henrikson will talk with Avalere’s Katherine Steinberg on 3 pathways that clinicians can use to best integrate cost of care conversations into their clinical workflows. Support for this podcast was provided by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth). The views expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views of the foundations.
Critical Steps for Post-Acute Care Organizations to Succeed in Value-Based Care
Tune in as Avalere experts interview each other on hot topics in healthcare. In this discussion, Avalere Managing Director of Health Plans and Providers, Fred Bentley is interviewed by Alexa Trost, Associate, on the current state of value-based care across the health care landscape and critical steps post-acute care organizations needs to take to to succeed in this environment.
E2 – Quick Tips for Clinicians on How to Talk with Patients About the Expected Costs of Care
Tune in to hear the second episode in our 4-part series that provides clinicians with actionable tips and a simple framework for how to structure cost-of-care (CoC) conversations with their patients. Susan Perez and Maria Pisu will talk with Avalere’s Katherine Steinberg on strategies that clinicians can use to discuss costs with their patients. Support for this podcast was provided by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth). The views expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views of the foundations.
The Growing Role of Digital Health and How It’s Shaping Patient Engagement
Tune in as Avalere experts interview each other on hot topics in healthcare. In this discussion, Avalere Consultant, Priya Gaur is interviewed by Camille Boler, Associate, on the increasing role of digital health and how it's influencing patient engagement.
E1 – Why Should Primary Care Clinicians Routinely Talk with Their Patients About the Expected Costs of Care?
Tune in to hear the first episode in our 4-part series that focuses on how clinicians and other care team members can improve the quality and frequency of cost-of-care (CoC) conversations. To kick-off this series, Gwen Darien and Jim Hardee, will talk with Avalere’s Katherine Steinberg on why clinicians should speak with their patients about the expected costs of their care. Support for this podcast was provided by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth). The views expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views of the foundations.
Key Takeaways on the Ruling Declaring the Affordable Care Act Unconstitutional
Avalere experts discuss the implications for a recent decision ruling the Affordable Care Act is Unconstitutional.
E2 – 8 Rules for Implementing New Medicare Advantage Supplemental Benefits
Check out the second interview in our series on new supplemental benefits offered through Medicare Advantage plans for 2019; Kenny Kan and Erica Breese discuss the "rule of 8."
E3 – Trends in Health Policy and the Mid-Term Elections Results
In the last interview of our mid-term elections series, Avalere experts Chris Sloan and Elizabeth Carpenter discuss potential implications on health policy.
E2 – Key Mid-Term Elections Driving Medicaid Expansion to Watch
Avalere experts, Chris Sloan and Tiernan Meyer, discuss potential state and federal-level scenarios for Medicaid expansion.
E1 – Impacts the Mid-Term Elections Could Have on Pre-Existing Conditions
In the first interview in our 3-part series covering the mid-term elections and potential implications on health policy, Avalere expert Chris Sloan explores potential implications of the mid-term elections on health policy. To kick off the series, Avalere Founder, Dan Mendelson, discusses pre-existing conditions.
E1 – New Supplemental Benefits Offered Through Medicare Advantage Plans
In episode 1 of our series Fred Bentley, Sean Creighton, and Kenny Kan discuss the new supplemental benefits offered through Medicare Advantage plans for 2019.
E3 – New Appropriate Use Criteria Increases Likelihood of Accurate Diagnosis for Alzheimer’s Disease
Explore the value of the newly released Alzheimer’s Association appropriate use criteria for lumbar puncture and cerebral spinal fluid testing in the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease with guest presenter Dr. Steven Salloway, Director of Neurology and the Memory and Aging Program at Butler Hospital.
E2 – CSF Clinical Diagnosis’ Used to Inform Guidance on Detecting Alzheimer’s Disease
Dr. Leslie Shaw, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Pearlman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Chair of the Workgroup that developed the Alzheimer’s Association’s appropriate use criteria for lumbar puncture and cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) testing in the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, discusses how the Workgroup reviewed an extensive body of research on advances in CSF testing to develop the AUC.