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Smart conversations with the people moving health care forward.Health Care Rounds podcast brings together the leaders changing the future of health care and pharma, from how it's delivered and paid for, to where it's headed. Each episode goes deep on the decisions, innovations, and ideas reshaping the industry from the inside out. Hosted by John Marchica, CEO of Darwin Research Group and a longtime industry insider, every episode has one goal: leave you thinking differently than when you arrived.
Unknown Host hosts Health Care Rounds, a business show with 214 episodes published.
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Health care is 18% of U.S. GDP, the number one affordability concern for consumers, and the single biggest line item employers are trying to manage. Every major policy fight in American health care, at its core, comes do
Decades of quality measurement programs were designed to make U.S. health care better. The evidence suggests they have, just not nearly as much as anyone hoped, and sometimes in ways that hurt the patients who needed hel
After a year of interviews about value-based care, the same things keep coming up. Fee-for-service is still the problem. Payers want to pay less, providers want to bill more. And twenty years in, the people who helped bu
Decades after the research that proved high-spending regions don't produce better care, and 20 years after the term "accountable care organization" was coined, the U.S. health care system still runs overwhelmingly on fee
Rural hospitals in the U.S. have been closing at a steady pace for over 50 years, and the country now has one of the lowest rates of acute hospital beds per capita among OECD nations. A five-year, $50 billion federal pro
U.S. health care spending keeps rising, quality scores keep climbing, and yet the care most Americans receive has barely improved. The measurement systems designed to drive better outcomes may be making things worse. Dr.
Value-based care has been the defining promise of health care reform for two decades. Yet new evidence still takes an average of 17 years to reach standard clinical practice, payers and providers remain structurally misa
Primary care physicians are burning out, and patients are paying the price. With the average primary care visit lasting just 15 minutes, the volume-based treadmill is pushing doctors out of the profession and leaving pat
Health care spends trillions treating disease, but far less preventing it. The gap between what we know works and what actually gets implemented may be the most expensive problem in medicine. Dr. Barry Davis, physician,
Value-based care has been the goal for decades. So why does it still feel like we're moving in slow motion? The answer may come down to data, incentives, and the willingness to cross what one industry veteran calls "the
Pediatric care is one of the most fragmented and underfunded corners of the American health system. Parents are left as de facto care coordinators, specialists work in silos, and children with complex needs fall through
On Chicago's West Side, a 100-year-old safety net hospital serves a community where the average life expectancy is 20 years shorter than it is just seven minutes away. Loretto Hospital collects 32 cents on the dollar, ru
The VA is one of the largest integrated health systems in the country, but it operates unlike anything in the private sector. What can pharmacy leaders and health system executives learn from an organization that has emb
Physician leadership can make or break a health system. What does it really take to earn doctors’ trust and move an organization forward? Dr. Jonathan Stallkamp, Chief Medical Officer of Main Line Health, joins host John
Regional health leaders are being asked to do the impossible right now: deliver on systemwide strategy while staying deeply responsive to the realities on the ground. In rural markets especially, the pressures around acc
Independent community health systems are under increasing pressure as health care continues to consolidate. What does it really take to remain independent while continuing to deliver high-quality care at scale? Dr. Allen
We’re ringing in 2026 with Mark Cuban! Prescription pricing remains one of the most opaque and frustrating parts of the health care system, leaving employers, providers, and patients struggling to understand where costs
Health systems are facing unprecedented pressure as physician burnout, workforce shortages, population growth, and rapid technology adoption collide. Leaders are being asked to improve care quality, support clinicians, a
Primary care sits at the center of American health care, yet clinicians face mounting burnout, shrinking margins, and a system that often rewards procedures over prevention. With physician shortages growing and patient n
Eric Scott
Vice President/Senior Political Director · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
1 appearance on this show
Allen Smith
president and CEO · Blue Valley Insurance
1 appearance on this show
Mark Cuban
Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company
1 appearance on this show
Dr. David Shulkin
former Secretary of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
1 appearance on this show
Dr. David Carmouche
Executive Vice President & Chief Clinical Transformation Officer · Lumeris
1 appearance on this show
Neal Shah
author of Insured to Death · CareYaya Health Technologies
1 appearance on this show
Geeta Nayyar
author of Dead Wrong, Diagnosing and Treating Healthcare's Information Illness
1 appearance on this show
Larry Levitt
KFF
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Rachel Werner
University of Pennsylvania
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Elliott Fisher
Dartmouth Institute
1 appearance on this show
Don Calcagno
ValuesEdge
1 appearance on this show
Larry Kutscher
MDVIP
1 appearance on this show
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