Health Affairs This Week

Jeff Byers

Booking Overview

A weekly health policy interview show focused on major healthcare news, research, regulation, and emerging trends, typically featuring academics, policy experts, healthcare executives, authors, and health innovators. PR agencies could credibly pitch senior healthcare leaders, university researchers, health policy analysts, authors, patient-advocacy innovators, and executives with substantive expertise; booking difficulty is medium.

Metrics

Episodes: 282

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: <1k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 2.3k subscribers

Instagram: 828 followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

podcast@healthaffairs.org

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Host

Jeff Byers - Host of Health Affairs This Week at Health Affairs Publishing.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Healthcare policy researchers, university academics, senior health system or insurance executives, published authors, and leaders in healthcare innovation or patient advocacy with substantive subject-matter expertise.

Required Achievements:

Published research or books, Senior leadership in healthcare organizations, University or research affiliations, Recognized expertise in health policy or healthcare delivery, Leadership in healthcare innovation or patient advocacy

Recent Guest Discussions

Dan Arnold - Medicaid Spending On Autism Treatment, Private Equity-backed Providers, Care Quality, Fraud, And Access To Services.

Erica Socker - The Medicare Advantage Quality Bonus Program, Litigation, CMS Policy, Star Ratings, And Potential Reforms.

David Betts - Ai-enabled Patient Communication, ALS, Healthcare Innovation, Patient Empowerment, And Access To Treatment And Support.

Joy Moore - The Effects Of Media Trends And The Attention Economy On Academic Research, Publishing, And Distribution.

Kent Anderson - The Effects Of Media Trends And The Attention Economy On Academic Research, Publishing, And Distribution.

Recent Topics

Health Policy, Healthcare, Medicare, Medicaid, Primary Care

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Health Affairs This Week

Is Medicare-Medicaid Integration Working? Depends On Who You Ask

September 18, 2026

This episode is brought to you by Semafor Healthcare.Delivered weekly from David Lim, Semafor Healthcare connects the dots between decisions in government, business, and technology to reveal how they impact the future of healthcare. Each edition will provide the analysis you need to understand and stay ahead of a rapidly changing landscape. Subscribe for free.Health Affairs Publishing's Jeff Byers welcomes Allison Rizer, chief growth and innovation officer at ATI Advisory, about her recent Fo...

The $22 Billion Surprise Inside the No Surprises Act | Jack Hoadley

September 04, 2026

This episode is brought to you by Semafor Healthcare.Delivered weekly from David Lim, Semafor Healthcare connects the dots between decisions in government, business, and technology to reveal how they impact the future of healthcare. Each edition will provide the analysis you need to understand and stay ahead of a rapidly changing landscape. Subscribe for free.Health Affairs Publishing's Jeff Byers welcomes Jack Hoadley of Georgetown University to the pod to discuss the rapid growth of the No ...

The Business of Autism: Private Equity, Medicaid & the Cost of Care

August 28, 2026

This episode is brought to you by Semafor Healthcare.Delivered weekly from David Lim, Semafor Healthcare connects the dots between decisions in government, business, and technology to reveal how they impact the future of healthcare. Each edition will provide the analysis you need to understand and stay ahead of a rapidly changing landscape. Subscribe for free.Health Affairs Publishing's Jeff Byers welcomes Dan Arnold of Brown University to discuss the rapid growth of Medicaid spending on auti...

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