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UnitedHealthcare eliminates a majority of prior authorizations for rural providers, the White House taps a new CDC director, and Michigan lowers the measles vaccine age in some counties, coming up on today’s episode of The Gist Healthcare Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Artificial intelligence in healthcare is often discussed in terms of what it might do. But, in some areas, it’s already being put to use.  In Part 2 of a three-part series, host J. Carlisle Larsen continues her conversation with Dr. Robert Wachter, Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and author of A Giant Leap: How AI Is Transforming Healthcare and What That Means for Our Future.  This episode focuses on AI scribes—one of the first use cases gaining traction across health systems—and what they reveal about how this technology is being adopted in practice.  Wachter explains why scribes have emerged as an early success and what they signal about where AI may go next.  You can listen to the first half of the conversation here.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

New drug prior authorization rules are under consideration, physician pay rose slightly in 2025, and proposed legislation would count direct-to-consumer drug purchases toward deductibles. Those stories and more on today’s episode of The Gist Healthcare Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Medicare inpatient pay edges up, measles cases top 1,700, and vaccine confidence slips, on today’s episode of The Gist Healthcare Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Artificial intelligence is being positioned as the next major transformation in healthcare, but the industry has seen similar waves of technological change before.     In Part 1 of a three-part series, host J. Carlisle Larsen speaks with Robert Wachter, M.D., Chair of the Department of Medicine at University of California-San Francisco and author of A Giant Leap: How AI Is Transforming Healthcare and What That Means for Our Future, about how to understand this moment in AI.     Drawing on lessons from the rollout of electronic health records, Wachter explains why previous efforts to digitize healthcare often fell short of expectations and what may be different this time.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jefferson Health sues Aetna over a so-called Medicare Advantage "down coding" policy, CMS raises MA rates next year, and healthcare affordability tops domestic concerns, on today’s episode of The Gist Healthcare Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The White House proposes a 12% cut to HHS, insurers report further reductions in prior authorization, and a new study links AI scribes to modest documentation time savings, on today’s episode of The Gist Healthcare Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Advanced practice providers are a growing part of the healthcare workforce, but many organizations aren’t necessarily seeing the productivity gains they expected. On today’s episode, we examine new Kaufman Hall insights on why traditional physician-APP models often underperform, and how redesigning team roles, incentives, and compensation could yield better outcomes for clinicians and patients alike. Bonnie Proulx, DNP, APRN, PNP-BC, FAAN, Senior Vice President with Kaufman Hall and a member of the firm’s Physician Enterprise practice, joins the podcast to explain more.     You can read Bonnie’s blog post here.     This interview first aired on Monday, January 26, 2026.    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

HHS forms a new healthcare advisory committee, the FDA approves Eli Lilly’s oral weight loss pill, and a Senate bill targets insulin price caps in private plans, those stories and more coming up on The Gist Healthcare Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

HHS tightens hospital nutrition standards, ACA marketplace enrollment dips 5 percent, and one in three people turn to AI chatbots for health questions, on today’s episode of The Gist Healthcare Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As healthcare organizations respond to the cyberattack on Stryker, the focus is shifting from what happened to how decisions are made in the moment. Gist Healthcare Podcast host J. Carlisle Larsen speaks with Phil Englert of Health-ISAC about navigating uncertainty during an incident, how these events shape perceptions of medical device risk, and what it takes for organizations to coordinate under pressure.    You can listen to the first half of the conversation here.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

CVS Health reaches a proposed insulin pricing settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. The Trump administration misses a deadline to name a new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And a new study finds sepsis is linked to 18 percent of pediatric hospital deaths. Those stories coming up on today’s episode of the Gist Healthcare Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of The Gist Healthcare Podcast, the Federal Trade Commission launches a new healthcare taskforce, CMS advances efforts to move away from fax and mailed claims, and new data shows coverage gaps for some ACA marketplace enrollees. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A cyberattack on Stryker disrupted operations across one of the largest medical device companies in the world, affecting ordering, manufacturing, and shipping and prompting hospitals to assess potential impacts.     Unlike most healthcare cyber incidents, this was not a typical ransomware attack. In this episode, Gist Healthcare Podcast host J. Carlisle Larsen speaks with Phil Englert of Health-ISAC about what made the incident unusual and what it reveals about how healthcare organizations may need to rethink their response when an attack is focused on disruption rather than payment.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sutter Health and Allina Health announce plans to merge. The Leapfrog Group will remove hundreds of hospital safety grades following the Tenet Healthcare decision. And a new survey finds physicians are concerned about the accuracy of AI tools. Those stories and more—coming up on today’s episode of the Gist Healthcare podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.