Podcasts
Listen to Avalere Health Essential Voice podcasts. Twenty years ago, we set out to be the essential voice in improving healthcare. Rest your eyes or use your commute time to hear our experts discuss the hot topics that you need to track.
What’s Next for Health Policy on Capitol Hill?
Tune into another episode of Avalere Health Essential Voice. In this segment, Avalere policy expert Matt Kazan discusses what he expects to see from a legislative perspective this fall on Capitol Hill.
The Coverage Gap and Medicaid Expansion
In this segment, our experts discuss the forthcoming debate around the coverage gap in non-Medicaid expansion states, potential policy options, and the impact on key stakeholders.
Navigating Distribution and Third-Party Logistics, Part I
In this segment, our experts welcome leaders from Jazz Pharmaceuticals and Coherus BioSciences to discuss the selection process and key learnings and considerations for working with a third-party logistics (3PL) company.
Cell and Gene Therapy in Oncology, Part II
Tune into another episode of the Avalere Health Essential Voice podcast series focused on disease education. In this segment, the second in a series focused on cell and gene therapies, experts from our Policy and Market Access practices discuss value-based payment arrangements in cell and gene therapies, and the role they play in facilitating access to these therapies.
Huntington’s Disease: Challenges and Treatment
Tune into another episode in the Avalere Health Essential Voice podcast series focused on disease education. In this segment, our experts from the Center for Healthcare Transformation discuss Huntington’s Disease, its impact on caregivers, the complexities of genetic testing, and potential treatment options for this rare disorder.
Direct Contracting and Advancing Home-Based Care with Landmark Health
Tune into another episode of Start Your Day with Avalere. In this segment, Chris Johnson of Landmark Health joins Fred Bentley, Managing Director in Avalere’s Center for Healthcare Transformation, to discuss his organization’s experience as an early participant in CMMI’s Direct Contracting payment model and how value-based models can advance home-based care.
Cell and Gene Therapy in Oncology, Part I
Tune into another episode in the Avalere Health Essential Voice podcast series focused on disease education. In this segment, the first of several discussing cell and gene therapies, experts from our Policy and Market Access practices highlight many of the challenges surrounding these therapies from both the patient and payer perspective.
Impacts of the ACA’s Medicaid Expansion on Women of Reproductive Age
In this episode of Avalere Health Essential Voice Journal Club Review, our experts discuss the findings, themes, and relevant application of a study on the impact of Medicaid expansion on coverage and care for women of reproductive age.
Infusing the Patient Perspective into Value Assessment, Part III
Tune into another episode of Avalere Health Essential Voice in our Start Your Day with Avalere series. In the final segment of our series on infusing the patient perspective into value assessment, our experts discuss the Patient Perspective Value Framework (PPVF) developed by Avalere Health and FasterCures, which employs a form of multi-criteria decision analysis to capture value according to patients.
COVID-19 and Oncology Care
Tune into another episode in the Avalere Health Essential Voice podcast series focused on disease education. In this segment, experts from Community Oncology Alliance (COA) and Texas Oncology join us to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on oncology care from a provider and patient perspective.
Healthcare Price Transparency
Tune into another episode of Avalere Health Essential Voice in our Start Your Day with Avalere series. In this segment, our policy experts discuss the topic of healthcare price transparency in terms of policy, compliance, and the potential impact of making previously confidential pricing information public.
Infusing the Patient Perspective into Value Assessment, Part II
Tune into another episode of Avalere Health Essential Voice in our Start Your Day with Avalere series. In this segment, we continue our series on infusing the patient perspective into value assessment with a discussion on the need for a solution to incorporating value drivers outside of traditional endpoints, and introduce a proposed approach to quantify those elements of healthcare value.
Oncology Care and NCCN Key Takeaways
Tune into another episode of the Avalere Health Essential Voice series focused on disease education. In this segment, our Market Access experts discuss major takeaways from the 2021 NCCN annual conference in the areas of diagnostics, holistic approaches to cancer treatment, and how the pandemic has influenced cancer care.
Infusing the Patient Perspective into Value Assessment, Part I
Tune into another episode of Avalere Health Essential Voice in our Start Your Day with Avalere series. In this segment, our experts kick off a three-part series about patient perspective in value assessment with an overview of value assessments and value frameworks.
Malnutrition and Quality Improvement
Tune into another episode of Avalere Health Essential Voice. In this segment of our Disease Education series, experts from our Center for Healthcare Transformation discuss the burden of malnutrition on our healthcare system and how an Avalere-led quality improvement initiative has helped systems across the country improve malnutrition identification and treatment.
Senior Health and Well-Being During COVID-19
Tune into another episode in the Avalere Health Essential Voice podcast series focused on COVID-19. In this segment, Richard Ashworth, President and CEO of Tivity Health, joins us to discuss survey findings around COVID-19 and the senior population, with key takeaways related to vaccination acceptance and hesitancy.
Strong Start in Birth Centers: Socio‐Demographic Characteristics, Care Processes, and Outcomes for Mothers and Newborns
Tune into another episode of Avalere’s Journal Club Review podcast series on Avalere Health Essential Voice. In this segment, our experts discuss the findings, themes, and implications of a recent study that analyzed CMS Strong Start results to determine outcomes for mothers and newborns engaged in care with American Association of Birth Centers (AABC) sites.
Telehealth Barriers and Opportunities for Nutrition Care Arising from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Tune into another episode of Avalere Health Essential Voice. In this segment, we are joined by experienced dietitians to discuss the rise of telehealth in providing nutrition care during the pandemic, as well as barriers and future opportunities in virtual care.
Patient Support Programs and Rare Disease
Tune into the second segment of the Avalere Health Essential Voice podcast series focused on disease education. In this segment, experts from our Market Access practice discuss rare disease patient support programs and the need for stakeholder partnerships to address many of the barriers patients and their caregivers face.
Smart Food Policy for Healthy Food Labeling: Leading With Taste, Not Healthiness, to Shift Consumption and Enjoyment of Healthy Foods
Tune into another episode of Avalere’s Journal Club Review podcast series on Avalere Health Essential Voice. In this segment, our experts discuss the findings, themes, and relevant application of a study comparing taste-focused and health-focused food labels and how they affect consumption.