Episodes
Friday Feb 23, 2024
Enabling Widespread Adoption of Decentralized Clinical Trials
Friday Feb 23, 2024
Friday Feb 23, 2024
In this episode, hosts Payal Nanavati, Jodi Daniel, and Cara Tenenbaum talk to Ben Moscovitch, Devon Adams, and Noah Goodson about recent policy developments on decentralized clinical trials (DCTs). They also discuss the Crowell Health Solutions’ white paper* on DCTs, which issues to federal agencies a number of policy recommendations to advance DCT adoption and increase clinical trial diversity.
This podcast episode features the following speakers:
- Jodi Daniel is a Managing Director of Crowell Health Solutions and also is a partner in Crowell’s DC office, who leads the firm’s Digital Health Practice. She previously spent 15 years at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
- Cara Tenenbaum is a Consultant with Crowell Health Solutions, leads Strathmore Health, and has extensive experience in health policy and patient advocacy. She worked at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for six years.
- Ben Moscovitch leads Amazon Web Services (AWS) healthcare and life sciences public policy efforts and focuses on policy reforms to improve health data interoperability and clinical research.
- Devon Adams is a Senior Policy Analyst at the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, the nonpartisan advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society. He works on policy related to cancer research, device and drug development, precision medicine, and clinical trials.
- Noah Goodson, Ph.D. is the Principal of Strategy & Advisory at THREAD Research. He spends his day supporting pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device companies in the design and execution of clinical trials.
Thursday Jan 25, 2024
Thursday Jan 25, 2024
In this episode, hosts Payal Nanavati and Megan Beaver talk to Chris Flynn and Alice Hall-Partyka regarding the proposed updates to the regulations under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA). We discuss the current regulatory environment, enforcement, and key takeaways from the proposed rule. For further reading, please see:
New Proposed MHPAEA Rule Builds on NQTL Comparative Analysis Standards
(https://www.crowell.com/en/insights/client-alerts/new-proposed-mhpaea-rule-builds-on-nqtl-comparative-analysis-standards)
Payers, Providers, and Patients – Oh My! is Crowell & Moring’s health care podcast, discussing legal and regulatory issues that affect health care entities’ in-house counsel, executives, and investors.
Thursday May 25, 2023
Hidden Costs of FCA and AKS Claims
Thursday May 25, 2023
Thursday May 25, 2023
In this episode, hosts Joe Records and Payal Nanavati talk to Rebecca Baskin regarding her recently-published article analyzing the true costs to companies of becoming the subjects of False Claims Act or Anti-Kickback Statue investigations. We discuss the article’s methodology, findings, and key takeaways.
Payers, Providers, and Patients – Oh My! is Crowell & Moring’s health care podcast, discussing legal and regulatory issues that affect health care entities’ in-house counsel, executives, and investors.
Wednesday Apr 26, 2023
Industry Views on the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement
Wednesday Apr 26, 2023
Wednesday Apr 26, 2023
In this episode, hosts Joe Records, Payal Nanavati, and Jodi Daniel talk to three members of the health information industry regarding the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) published by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). This episode features Jay Nakashima (Executive Director of eHealth Exchange), Nichole Sweeney (General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer of CRISP Shared Services), and Erica Galvez (CEO of Manifest MedEx), who each share their experiences in the health information exchange industry and their expectations of TEFCA.
Payers, Providers, and Patients – Oh My! is Crowell & Moring’s health care podcast, discussing legal and regulatory issues that affect health care entities’ in-house counsel, executives, and investors.
Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
How to Structure an Affirmative Recovery Program
Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
In this episode, hosts Joe Records and Payal Nanavati talk to Kelly Hibbert and Jed Wulfekotte about how Medicare plan sponsors and Medicaid Managed Care Organizations can structure an affirmative recovery program to prevent and detect fraud, waste, and abuse -- among other things.
Payers, Providers, and Patients – Oh My! is Crowell & Moring’s health care podcast, discussing legal and regulatory issues that affect health care entities’ in-house counsel, executives, and investors.
Wednesday Nov 30, 2022
More Changes to Section 1557 Nondiscrimination Rules
Wednesday Nov 30, 2022
Wednesday Nov 30, 2022
In this episode, hosts Joe Records and Payal Nanavati talk to Michelle Chipetine and Stacie Heller about recent developments regarding the nondiscrimination requirements of Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, including new rules proposed by the Biden Administration and litigation around the issue of discrimination on the basis of sex.
Payers, Providers, and Patients – Oh My! is Crowell & Moring’s health care podcast, discussing legal and regulatory issues that affect health care entities’ in-house counsel, executives, and investors.
Monday Aug 29, 2022
The Shrinking Medical Loss Ratio Numerator
Monday Aug 29, 2022
Monday Aug 29, 2022
In this episode, host Payal Nanavati talks to Shelley Rosenberg and Joe Records about changes to the medical loss ratio (MLR) requirements impacting commercial coverage, particularly the limitations on what expenses issuers can include in their MLR numerators.
Payers, Providers, and Patients – Oh My! is Crowell & Moring’s health care podcast, discussing legal and regulatory issues that affect health care entities’ in-house counsel, executives, and investors.
Thursday Jul 28, 2022
Massive Federal Investment in Mental Health
Thursday Jul 28, 2022
Thursday Jul 28, 2022
In this episode, Joe Records and Payal Nanavati talk to Scott Douglas and Charlotte Freed about the mental health provisions in the federal gun safety legislation. The new law included billions in federal funds to support mental health care—a huge investment likely to have major impacts on the industry.
Payers, Providers, and Patients – Oh My! is Crowell & Moring’s health care podcast, discussing legal and regulatory issues that affect health care entities’ in-house counsel, executives, and investors.
Tuesday Jun 21, 2022
Tuesday Jun 21, 2022
This episode is the second part in a miniseries with Crowell Health Solutions, which is a strategic consulting firm that Crowell & Moring launched earlier this year to help healthcare organizations and technology companies transform health care by improving patient care and health outcomes, advancing health equity, and lowering health care costs through solutions like digital health innovations and value-based healthcare models.
In this episode, Janet Walker and Roma Sharma interview three leaders working at Ascension, which is one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit health systems with more than 2,600 sites of care, about how Ascension has prioritized health equity and population health initiatives, including its framework “ABIDE,” which is built upon the hallmarks of Appreciation – Belongingness – Inclusivity – Diversity – Equity. The interviewees are Dr. Stacy Garrett-Ray (Senior Vice-President and Chief Community Impact Officer), Pamela Mitchell Boyd (Senior Director of ABIDE), and Nicole Commodore (Director, Community Impact and Advocacy).
Payers, Providers, and Patients – Oh My! is Crowell & Moring’s health care podcast, discussing legal and regulatory issues that affect health care entities’ in-house counsel, executives, and investors.
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Wednesday Jun 01, 2022
Shared-Risk Arrangements in California
Wednesday Jun 01, 2022
Wednesday Jun 01, 2022
In this episode, host Joe Records talks to Gary Baldwin about the regulation of shared-risk arrangements in the state of California. They discuss the history of shared-risk arrangements in California, how the Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) approaches these kinds of arrangements, and the kinds of issues entities should consider in approaching shared risk.
Payers, Providers, and Patients – Oh My! is Crowell & Moring’s health care podcast, discussing legal and regulatory issues that affect health care entities’ in-house counsel, executives, and investors.