https://twihl.com Nicolas Terry and his guests discuss the significant health law and policy issues of the week Mon, 26 Jul 2021 10:16:00 -0400 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en us Copyright Nicolas Terry 2015. All rights reserved. Government 1440 episodic Frank Pasquale, Nicolas Terry and their guests discuss the significant health law and policy issues of the week. Show notes are at TWIHL.com TWIHL TWIHL No false https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/736719/twihl20x20.jpeg https://twihl.com 144 144 241. Safety Net Support for Children and Families. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/241-safety-net-support-for-children-and-families/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/241-safety-net-support-for-children-and-families/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2021 10:16:00 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/e5879846-1f61-385d-b92e-cd3421752150 Sarah de Guia of ChangeLab Solutions is joined by Sharon Terman from legal aid at work, and Danilo Trisi from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. The participants have a broad-ranging discussion about the safety net, what the Biden administration has achieved so far, and what are some of the priorities that remain. TWIHL false No 1097 178 full 240. State Efforts to Restrict Public Health Powers. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/240-state-efforts-to-restrict-public-health-powers/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/240-state-efforts-to-restrict-public-health-powers/#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2021 10:35:39 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/379608d4-38a2-3e72-aad9-84cfb0a19c8a Professor Wendy Parmet, Northeastern University School of Law, Lori Tremmel Freeman is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), and Jill Krueger, the director of the Network for Public Law’s Northern Region Office discuss the various attempts to restrict, reallocate, or otherwise diminish traditional public health powers and the implications. The panelists discuss recent state laws reducing public health emergency powers, ALEC, & where things stand now. TWIHL false No 1088 177 full 239. International Lessons Learned. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/239-international-lessons-learned/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/239-international-lessons-learned/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2021 11:53:54 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/4242965a-b2de-3050-98f3-502bf1342fcc I am joined by Professor Anniek de Ruijter Professor of European Law at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, Professor Andrew Noymer, University of California, Irvine, and Professor Nils Hoppe, the Faculty for Humanities and Social Sciences at Leibniz University Hannover. Our discussion begins with the lessons learned or not learned in various countries and regions and then explores issues such as vaccine intellectual property and vaccine passports. BTW, Anniek has an interesting new paper on EU health solidarity, Sharon Baute & Anniek de Ruijter (2021) EU health solidarity in times of crisis: explaining public preferences towards EU risk pooling for medicines, Journal of European Public Policy, DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2021.1936129 TWIHL false No 1994 176 full 238. Global Vaccine Sharing. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/238-global-vaccine-sharing/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/238-global-vaccine-sharing/#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2021 15:52:15 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/cdea9f7e-ce9c-3587-91dc-4d1fc7f3c0f4 Jorge Contreras, Professor of Law, University of Utah, Brook Baker, Professor of Law, Northeastern University, and Ana Santos Rutschman, Professor of Law, Saint Louis University discuss vaccine access, What are the technical obstacles to increasing vaccine access? How are Intellectual Property, primarily patent and trade secret, laws restricting access and keeping prices high? TWIHL false No 1238 175 full 237. The Shadow Docket. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/237-the-shadow-docket/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/237-the-shadow-docket/#comments Fri, 11 Jun 2021 11:05:17 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/0174dfe5-1b67-38ce-9dc2-63a44d00d7b0 Professor Scott Burris, Temple Law School, Professor Wendy Parmet, Northeastern University School of Law, and Professor Lance Gable, Wayne State College of Law discuss the “shadow docket,” the hundreds of cases (emergency orders and summary decisions) decided by the Supreme Court each year outside of its far smaller, normal or merits docket. Specifically, the discussion focuses on how public health decisions, such as (particularly free exercise) challenges to government mitigation mandates have been handled by the shadow docket, the possible deprecation of Jacobson deference and the implications for public health powers and law. As always for more information about public health law and the pandemic see Vol.2 of our COVID-19 Policy Playbook, Legal Recommendations for a Safer, More Equitable Future. TWIHL false No 1598 174 full 236. CDC as an Independent Agency. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/236-cdc-as-an-independent-agency/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/236-cdc-as-an-independent-agency/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2021 11:13:52 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/ecb47f83-e2d6-3d82-b805-934219dcb04a Scott Burris, Professor of Law, Temple Law School, Christopher Robertson, Professor of Law, Boston University School of Law, and Gene Matthews, Network for Public Health Law discuss the current proposals to increase the independence of public health agencies such as the CDC. Political manipulation and lack of leadership have seriously jeopardized public trust and even agency competence. Topics include prior examples of the politicization of public health, policymakers failing to understand social and behavioral science, and how an independent agency could be protected and funded. For more on this topic see The “Legal Epidemiology” of Pandemic Control and Designing an Independent Public Health Agency. See also Vol.2 of our COVID-19 Policy Playbook, Legal Recommendations for a Safer, More Equitable Future. TWIHL false No 1491 173 full 235. A Safer, More Equitable Future. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/235-a-safer-more-equitable-future/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/235-a-safer-more-equitable-future/#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2021 11:26:05 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/e260dbfe-9085-3eca-932e-9008a7ae1b5c This is a special episode of TWIHL that introduces our new report, Volume II of our COViD-19 Policy Playbook titled, Legal Recommendations for a Safer, More Equitable Future. Support for this report was generously provided by the de Beaumont Foundation, the American Public Health Association, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. On this episode you will hear from the six members of the editorial committee in the following order-- Lance Gable from Wayne State University, Wendy Parmet from Northeastern University, myself, Scott Burris from Temple University, Donna Levin from The Network for Public Health Law, and finally Sarah de Guia from ChangeLab Solutions. Each of us will summarize one of the six Parts of the report and then return to highlight one or two of the recommendations the Editorial Committee thought particularly important. TWIHL false No 2054 172 full 234. Privatizing Public Health. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/234-privatizing-public-health/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/234-privatizing-public-health/#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2021 14:36:09 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/a4fcf828-78a0-3f05-b71f-489b54ac25dc Can private companies effectively serve public health functions? A panel discussion sponsored by the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School and the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University featuring Lindsay F. Wiley, Professor of Law, Director of Health Law and Policy Program, American University Washington College of Law, Tamar Sharon, Associate Professor of Philosophy of Technology; Co-director of the Interdisciplinary Hub for Security, Privacy and Data Governance, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nicolas Terry, Hall Render Professor of Law, Executive Director of William S. and Christine S. Hall Center for Law and Health, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, Craig Konnoth, Associate Professor of Law, Director, Health Law Certificate; and Faculty Director, Health Data & Technology Initiative, Silicon Flatirons Center, University of Colorado School of Law, and our moderator Mason Marks, Assistant Professor of Law, Gonzaga University; Fellow in Ethics of Technological and Biomedical Innovation, Edmond J. Safra and Petrie-Flom Centers, Harvard University This privatization of public health, which has taken shape over the past few years and accelerated rapidly during the pandemic, raises challenging ethical and legal questions. What is lost when public health becomes privatized? Are values like scientific rigor, transparency, equity, and accountability upheld? Are the promised efficiencies of the free market realized? This panel discussion addressed these questions and more. TWIHL false No 3074 171 full 233. George #covidlawbriefing. A Pandemic Meets a Housing Crisis. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/233-george-covidlawbriefing-a-pandemic-meets-a-housing-crisis/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/233-george-covidlawbriefing-a-pandemic-meets-a-housing-crisis/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2021 11:12:05 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/d9511b42-3c2b-3c3e-8473-12c98e32958b A Pandemic Meets a Housing Crisis. Sarah de Guia and Gregory Miao of ChangeLab Solutions, along with Courtney Lauren Anderson of Georgia State University, discuss how the pre-existing housing crisis has been exacerbated by its compounding eviction and public health crises--and what work can be done to address it. TWIHL false No 1122 170 full 232. George #covidlawbriefing. Data Policies and Governance. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/232-george-covidlawbriefing-data-policies-and-governance/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/232-george-covidlawbriefing-data-policies-and-governance/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2021 11:08:30 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/f725a1be-d969-3dbd-8b0b-5e0ef7e8342a Improving Data Collection and Management. Nicolas Terry of Indiana University, Wendy Parmet of Northeastern University, and Jessica L. Roberts of the University of Houston discuss the unique challenges created by the lack of public health data available to drive targeted disease mitigation strategies. They will explore how the nation could advance data gathering and management to be better prepared for the next outbreak. In particular, the discussion focuses on collection of important sociodemographic data and questions of privacy. TWIHL false No 1165 169 full 231. George #covidlawbriefing. Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/231-george-covidlawbriefing-substance-use-disorder-and-mental-health/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/231-george-covidlawbriefing-substance-use-disorder-and-mental-health/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2021 16:47:44 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/c6c2f21e-ef2a-370b-ac0a-cb04e6f90249 Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health. Those battling mental illness and addiction have been uniquely hard-hit. Hear about what can be done to heal and recover. Nicolas Terry of Indiana University and Jill Krueger and Corey Davis both of the Network for Public Health Law discuss the troubling rates of substance abuse, adverse mental health issues, and other quiet crises spurred by the isolation and anxiety of the nearly-year-long pandemic--as well as what can be done in the way of a deeper recovery. TWIHL false No 1646 168 full 230. George #covidlawbriefing. School Reopenings and Online Learning. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/230-george-covidlawbriefing-school-reopenings-and-online-learning/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/230-george-covidlawbriefing-school-reopenings-and-online-learning/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2021 10:39:12 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/307fc8f4-eee4-3881-a110-4f28b43faa8e School Reopenings and Online Learning. It is increasingly clear that online learning--especially for younger children--has been one of the most difficult #COVID transitions, with levels of engagement, retention, and mental health plummeting. At the same time, more and more evidence suggests that children under the age of 13 are relatively unlikely to transmit or become seriously sick with the virus. The debate is now escalating around the damage that will be done to students with schools closed, the risks that vulnerable teachers will face with schools open, and the role of vaccine prioritization in potentially threading the needle. This week’s COVID Law Briefing tackles the ongoing issue and recommends strategies for renewed cooperation. Lance Gable of Wayne State University and Stacie Kershner and Brooke N. Silverthorn both of Georgia State University discuss the legal and public health hurdles of safely reopening schools across the country, as vaccinations become more widespread and the debate surrounding the risks posed to kids and teachers becomes more nuanced. TWIHL false No 1530 167 full 229. George #covidlawbriefing. The Role of the Courts. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/229-george-covidlawbriefing-the-role-of-the-courts/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/229-george-covidlawbriefing-the-role-of-the-courts/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2021 09:41:31 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/fee08243-c944-3ab8-969f-0022dd7d61b0 The Role of the Courts: Religious Exemptions and the legacy of Jacobson v. Massachusetts. Scott Burris of Temple University and Steve Vladeck of the University of Texas discuss the legacy of Jacobson, a seminal Supreme Court ruling on the power of the states to mandate vaccinations, as well as the larger role of the courts in the ongoing COVID-19 response. TWIHL false No 1251 full 228. George #covidlawbriefing. Challenges of state-based pandemic responses. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/228-george-covidlawbriefing-challenges-of-state-based-pandemic-responses/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/228-george-covidlawbriefing-challenges-of-state-based-pandemic-responses/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2021 12:31:52 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/761436db-323e-3544-9de6-c923ef33e781 As new variants spread throughout the country, Lance Gable of Wayne State University, Ross Silverman of Indiana University, and Jill Krueger of the Network for Public Health Law discuss the challenges of state-based pandemic responses and the centrality of interstate and intrastate cooperation in any successful national strategy. TWIHL false No 1447 166 full 227. George #covidlawbriefing. Preemption, Public Health, and Equity. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/227-george-covidlawbriefing-preemption-public-health-and-equity/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/227-george-covidlawbriefing-preemption-public-health-and-equity/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2021 14:44:47 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/dd6cb1c8-214a-3e49-a76b-59639e69e9a4 Preemption, Public Health, and Equity in the Time of COVID-19. Sarah de Guia of ChangeLab Solutions, Kim Haddow of Local Solutions Support Center, and Sabrina Adler of ChangeLab Solutions in conversation on the role of preemption in the response to COVID-19,including how it has promoted or hindered efforts to improve health equity. TWIHL false No 1226 165 full 226. George #covidlawbriefing. Disinformation in the Pandemic. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/226-george-covidlawbriefing-disinformation-in-the-pandemic/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/226-george-covidlawbriefing-disinformation-in-the-pandemic/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2021 14:54:46 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/76662187-565a-371b-a5ea-a5034ef415c0 Nicolas Terry of Indiana University, Wendy Parmet of Northeastern University, Timothy Caulfield of the University of Alberta, and Brian Castrucci of The de Beaumont Foundation discuss how public health disinformation and the framing of scientific fact as partisan opinion have hamstrung the response to the first post-truth pandemic—and what can be done going forward. TWIHL false No 1345 164 full 225. George #covidlawbriefing. Biden’s First 100 Days. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/225-george-covidlawbriefing-biden-s-first-100-days/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/225-george-covidlawbriefing-biden-s-first-100-days/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2021 12:04:29 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/d3271fc1-9c51-3247-ad8d-8375344f7110 Wendy Parmet of Northeastern University, Scott Burris of Temple University, and Dara Lieberman of Trust for America’s Health discuss what immediate executive actions the Biden administration can take to tackle the COVID pandemic during the first 100 days. The Biden administration has made addressing #COVID-19 its top priority. How can President Biden use his newfound executive authority to make his first 100 days as impactful as possible? TWIHL false No 1184 163 full 224. George #covidlawbriefing. Equitable Vaccine Distribution. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/224-george-covidlawbriefing-equitable-vaccine-distribution/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/224-george-covidlawbriefing-equitable-vaccine-distribution/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2021 15:40:19 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/7e58b682-d4bb-34ff-88b4-ba47fd62cc65 Equitable Vaccine Distribution: Essential Workers and Scarce Resources. A conversation featuring Lance Gable of Wayne State University, Tara Sklar of the University of Arizona, and Ruqaiijah Yearby of St. Louis University. They discuss how to achieve equitable vaccine distribution and the issues of utilizing limited resources to reach multiple high-priority populations. TWIHL false No 1425 162 full 223. George #covidlawbriefing. Vaccine Distribution. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/223-george-covidlawbriefing-vaccine-distribution/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/223-george-covidlawbriefing-vaccine-distribution/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2021 22:29:22 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/0231b20d-ca40-3441-9e18-8ee90521355e Though COVID vaccine production is ramping up, the U.S. is lagging well behind schedule in distributing and administering available vaccines. Efforts at the state level are being further hampered by slapdash attempts at coordination and a growing resistance to receiving the vaccine among certain populations. What can employers, schools and governments legally do to encourage uptake? In the first COVID Law Briefing of 2021, we will analyze best practices and sound strategies to get vaccine distribution back on track. Guests: Nicolas Terry of Indiana University, Donna Levin from The Network for Public Health Law, Micah Berman of Ohio State University, and Dorit Reiss of UC Hastings. TWIHL false No 1250 161 full 222. George #covidlawbriefing. Lessons from Europe. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/222-george-covidlawbriefing-lessons-from-europe/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/222-george-covidlawbriefing-lessons-from-europe/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2020 15:24:28 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/7f74a732-86ec-341d-b691-039dd25a89d7 A conversation featuring Scott Burris of Temple University, Nicolas Terry of Indiana University, Nicola Glover-Thomas of the University of Manchester, Dominique Sprumont of the University of Neuchâtel, Nils Hoppe of Leibniz University Hannover, and Anniek de Ruijter of the University of Amsterdam. They compare the United States and Europe’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and discuss what lessons might be learned from their contrasting approaches. TWIHL false No 2889 160 full 221. George #covidlawbriefing. What Will Winter Bring? https://twihl.podbean.com/e/221-george-covidlawbriefing-what-will-winter-bring/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/221-george-covidlawbriefing-what-will-winter-bring/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2020 16:38:55 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/9fb38787-3be4-3114-a656-6c2a90b86f7b Ruqaiijah Yearby of St. Louis University, Dr. Evan Anderson of the University of Pennsylvania, and Dr. Michael Sinha of Harvard University Medical School and Northeastern University discuss the challenges of a worsening pandemic meeting an uncertain winter season, from dwindling hospital capacity to the possibility of another lockdown. TWIHL false No 1156 159 full 220. George #covidlawbriefing. Vaccines, equity, & ethics. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/220-george-covidlawbriefing-vaccines-equity-ethics/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/220-george-covidlawbriefing-vaccines-equity-ethics/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2020 12:41:11 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/6f6b50bd-cbff-3ac8-84a0-a965515463e6 A conversation featuring Sarah de Guia, Jewel Mullen, and Patricia Zettler, discussing the law and policy around vaccine regulation and equitable distribution as COVID-19 surges in late 2020. TWIHL false No 1350 158 full 219. George #covidlawbriefing. Should (and Could) the federal government call for a mask mandate? https://twihl.podbean.com/e/219-george-covidlawbriefing-should-and-could-the-federal-government-call-for-a-mask-mandate/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/219-george-covidlawbriefing-should-and-could-the-federal-government-call-for-a-mask-mandate/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2020 14:12:57 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/6b808daf-3a30-30c0-ada4-3959abd9f103 A conversation featuring Wendy Parmet, Lindsay Wiley, and Lance Gable discussing the law and policy around mask mandates as COVID-19 surges in late 2020. TWIHL false No 1272 157 full 218. George #covidlawbriefing. SCOTUS, ACA, and Bidencare. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/218-george-covidlawbriefing-scotus-aca-and-bidencare/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/218-george-covidlawbriefing-scotus-aca-and-bidencare/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2020 18:33:21 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/0ceac9f7-5e97-3be1-b1a0-fffa273384f2 A conversation featuring @nicolasterry @nhuberfeld1 & Sara Rosenbaum @GWSMHS discussing the #SCOTUS #ACA case and the possible Biden legislative and regulatory agenda. Or watch the video here! https://www.pscp.tv/phlawwatch/1DXxyRmDdbNKM?t=20m19s TWIHL false No 1968 full 217. George #covidlawbriefing. Assessing the Federal Response to the Pandemic and What Should Happen Next. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/217-george-covidlawbriefing-assessing-the-federal-response-to-the-pandemic-and-what-should-happen-next/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/217-george-covidlawbriefing-assessing-the-federal-response-to-the-pandemic-and-what-should-happen-next/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2020 17:07:00 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/7be85037-69fc-38c9-bc88-71fd194c351b A conversation featuring @abgutman @scottburrisphlr & David Hyman @CatoInstitute, discussing the implications of the presidential election on the future of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the many policy promises made on the campaign trail to contain it. TWIHL false No 1566 156 full 216. Equity in All Policies. Guest, Sarah de Guia. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/216-equity-in-all-policies-guest-sarah-de-guia/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/216-equity-in-all-policies-guest-sarah-de-guia/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2020 15:32:55 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/fae523ca-8a27-3014-ba16-a1889adaf563 My special guest is Sarah de Guia, Chief Executive Officer of ChangeLab Solutions. Sarah earned her law degree from Santa Clara University School of Law and her bachelor’s degree in ethnic studies from the University of California, Berkeley. Before joining ChangeLab Solutions, Sarah worked as a health program director at Latino Issues Forum and a legislative analyst at the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and thereafter at the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network, first as director of government affairs and then as executive director. She has authored many publications on the health of communities of color in California, oral health disparities, mental health, and Latino health. Along with Scott Burris, Wendy Parmet, Lance Gable, and Donna Levin, Sarah and I have been working on our report Assessing Legal Responses to COVID-19 that was just published. Our broad discussion includes looking at local strategies for change, the terminology we use, the general approach to equity taken in our Assessment along with some specific examples drawn from the report. TWIHL false No 1992 155 full 215. Recent Advances in Medical Device Regulation. Guests, Timo Minssen, Helen Yu, Janos Meszaros, Christopher Robertson, and Preeti Mehrotra. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/215-recent-advances-in-medical-device-regulation-guests-timo-minssen-helen-yu-janos-meszaros-christopher-robertson-and-preeti-mehrotra/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/215-recent-advances-in-medical-device-regulation-guests-timo-minssen-helen-yu-janos-meszaros-christopher-robertson-and-preeti-mehrotra/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2020 15:51:29 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/41456ba3-69ca-3741-bcda-b8a64c59cb1c This is the last of three episodes of “Innovation and Protection: The Future of Medical Device Regulation,” a podcast miniseries created to replace the 2020 Petrie-Flom Center Annual Conference in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. These episodes highlight a selection of papers that were written for the conference, which was organized in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen’s Center for Advanced Studies in Biomedical Innovation Law (CeBIL) and the University of Arizona Health Law Program. All of the papers will be published in an edited volume. This third episode looks at recent advances in medical device regulation in the U.S. and abroad, and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on national and international medical device regulation. First, Timo Minssen, Professor of Law and Director, Center for Advanced Studies in Biomedical Innovation Law (CeBIL), University of Copenhagen and Researcher in Quantum Law, Lund University, interviews Helen Yu, Associate Professor at the University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Law and Associate Director of CeBIL about her paper “Regulation of Digital Health Technologies in the EU: Intended vs. Actual Use.” Minssen returns to talk with Janos Meszaros, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Taiwan’s National Academy of Science about “Challenges at the Interface of EU Medical Device Regulation and the GDPR: Do the Rules on Privacy and Scientific Research Impair the Safety of AI Medical Devices?” Finally, Christopher Robertson discusses “Preventing Medical Device-Borne Disease Outbreaks: Improving High-Level Disinfection Policies for Scopes and Probes,” with author Preeti Mehrotra, Attending Physician, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. TWIHL false No 2354 154 full 214. Technological Advancements & Medical Device Regulation. Guests, Nicholson Price, Craig Konnoth, Carmel Shachar, Anthony P. Weiss, and Barbara Evans. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/214-technological-advancements-medical-device-regulation-guests-nicholson-price-craig-konnoth-carmel-shachar-anthony-p-weiss%c2%a0and-barbara-evans/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/214-technological-advancements-medical-device-regulation-guests-nicholson-price-craig-konnoth-carmel-shachar-anthony-p-weiss%c2%a0and-barbara-evans/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2020 11:14:32 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/7aef890f-329b-5708-a9b2-d27b74a684dc This is the second of three episodes of “Innovation and Protection: The Future of Medical Device Regulation,” a podcast miniseries created to replace the 2020 Petrie-Flom Center Annual Conference in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. These episodes highlight a selection of papers that were written for the conference, which was organized in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen’s Center for Advanced Studies in Biomedical Innovation Law (CeBIL) and the University of Arizona Health Law Program. All of the papers will be published in an edited volume. First, Nicholson Price, Professor at the University of Michigan School of Law, interviews Craig Konnoth, Associate Professor of Law at University of Colorado-Boulder School of Law, about his paper, “Are Electronic Health Records Medical Devices?” Next, Petrie-Flom Center Executive Director Carmel Shachar and Anthony P. Weiss, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, discuss his paper, “Professional Self-Regulation in Medicine: Will the Rise of Intelligent Tools Mean the End of Peer Review?” Then Price returns to talk with Barbara Evans, Mary Ann & Lawrence E. Faust Professor of Law at the University of Houston Law Center, about “Product Liability Risks and Defenses for FDA-Regulated AI/ML Software.” TWIHL false No 2108 153 full 213. Ethical Issues in Development of a COVID-19 Vaccine. Guests, Tara Sklar & Arthur Caplan. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/213-ethical-issues-in-development-of-a-covid-19-vaccine-guests-tara-sklar-arthur-caplan/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/213-ethical-issues-in-development-of-a-covid-19-vaccine-guests-tara-sklar-arthur-caplan/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2020 22:12:15 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/b7ad0b2f-fd95-5729-9451-b7bd0238559a TWIHL false No 1879 152 full 212. Substance Use Privacy Before & After CARES. Guests, Kirk Nahra & Melissa Goldstein. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/212-substance-use-privacy-before-after-cares-guests-kirk-nahra-melissa-goldstein/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/212-substance-use-privacy-before-after-cares-guests-kirk-nahra-melissa-goldstein/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2020 10:30:42 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/9bd290ca-c331-5c55-a825-500d3f8a4a6d A returning fan favorite is Kirk Nahra, a PARTNER and Co-Chair of the Cybersecurity and Privacy Practice at Wilmer Hale in DC. He has been a leading authority on privacy and cybersecurity matters for more than two decades. Mr. Nahra counsels clients across industries, from Fortune 500 companies to startups, on implementing the requirements of privacy and data security laws across the country and internationally. And, after all this time, finally I welcome Melissa Goldstein, Associate Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University, where she teaches courses in bioethics (including genomics, reproductive ethics, end-of-life, and research ethics issues), health information technology policy, and public health law and conducts research on health information privacy and the legal and policy aspects of health information technology. Our excuse for getting together is that we recently co-authored a piece on the Health Affairs blog entitled, COVID-19: Substance Use Disorder, Privacy, And The CARES Act. TWIHL false No 2836 151 full 211. Future of Medical Device Regulation. Guests, Carmel Shachar, Glen Cohen, Matthew Herder, Christoper Robertson, and Ross Silverman. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/211-future-of-medical-device-regulation-guests-carmel-shachar-glen-cohen-matthew-herder-christoper-robertson-and-ross-silverman/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/211-future-of-medical-device-regulation-guests-carmel-shachar-glen-cohen-matthew-herder-christoper-robertson-and-ross-silverman/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2020 23:08:22 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/ddb75e0f-e915-586c-b0c8-2dcfc0abb543 This is the first of three episodes of “Innovation and Protection: The Future of Medical Device Regulation,” a podcast miniseries created to replace the 2020 Petrie-Flom Center Annual Conference in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. These episodes highlight a selection of papers that were written for the conference, which was organized in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen’s Center for Advanced Studies in Biomedical Innovation Law (CeBIL) and the University of Arizona Health Law Program. All of the papers will be published in an edited volume. This first episode looks at big-picture issues with medical device regulation in the U.S. First, Petrie-Flom Center Faculty Director I. Glenn Cohen interviews Matthew Herder, Director of the Health Law Institute at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University to discuss his paper, “A 'DESI' Designed for Devices: Insights from the FDA's Drug Efficacy Study Implementation program initiated during the 1960s for the improved regulation of medical devices today.” Then Petrie-Flom Center Executive Director Carmel Shachar talks with Efthimios Parasidis, Professor of Law and Public Health at Ohio State University about “Compulsory Medical Device Registries: Legal and Ethical Issues.” Last, Christopher Robertson discusses “Crisis Equals Opportunity and Danger: The opioid epidemic, problem-solving courts, and the manufacture of a new medical device market,” with author Ross Silverman, professor at Indiana University’s School of Public Health. TWIHL false No 2238 150 full 210. George #covidlawbriefing. Take-Aways and Things to Think About, with Scott Burris, Lance Gable, Wendy Parmet, and Nicolas Terry. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/210-george-covidlawbriefing-take-aways-and-things-to-think-about-with-scott-burris-lance-gable-wendy-parmet-and-nicolas-terry/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/210-george-covidlawbriefing-take-aways-and-things-to-think-about-with-scott-burris-lance-gable-wendy-parmet-and-nicolas-terry/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2020 22:17:20 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/f2c66cde-2584-5bad-ae0c-2a2405c70395 TWIHL false No 1842 149 full 209. George #covidlawbriefing. Domestic Violence, with Margo Lindauer and Leo Beletsky. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/209-george-covidlawbriefing-domestic-violence-with-margo-lindauer-and-leo-beletsky/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/209-george-covidlawbriefing-domestic-violence-with-margo-lindauer-and-leo-beletsky/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2020 10:33:00 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/3790f432-d991-52f7-ba68-2da7d3c8112b TWIHL false No 837 148 full 208. George #covidlawbriefing. Law and Political Economy, with Gregg Gonsalves, Amy Kapczynski, and Leo Beletsky. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/208-george-covidlawbriefing-law-and-political-economy-with-gregg-gonsalves-amy-kapczynski-and-leo-beletsky/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/208-george-covidlawbriefing-law-and-political-economy-with-gregg-gonsalves-amy-kapczynski-and-leo-beletsky/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2020 07:32:00 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/3fe67848-c44d-5d7c-b4d0-708397288e6b TWIHL false No 1144 147 full 207. George #covidlawbriefing. Equitable Enforcement, with Elizabeth Tobin-Tyler, Jessica Breslin, and Katie Hannon Michel. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/207-george-covidlawbriefing-equitable-enforcement-with-elizabeth-tobin-tyler-jessica-breslin-and-katie-hannon-michel/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/207-george-covidlawbriefing-equitable-enforcement-with-elizabeth-tobin-tyler-jessica-breslin-and-katie-hannon-michel/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2020 10:22:11 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/5759c19a-bda6-5bbf-8da8-5f54f561d08d TWIHL false No 1612 146 full 206. George #covidlawbriefing. Religious Freedom Restoration Act, with Claudia Haupt and Abraham Gutman. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/206-george-covidlawbriefing-religious-freedom-restoration-act-with-claudia-haupt-and-abraham-gutman/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/206-george-covidlawbriefing-religious-freedom-restoration-act-with-claudia-haupt-and-abraham-gutman/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2020 10:20:33 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/02189557-e145-5971-bff9-7724484f8e5b TWIHL false No 1305 145 full 205. George #covidlawbriefing. Vulnerable Workers, with Seema Mohapatra, Ruqaiijah Yearby, and Wendy Parmet. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/205-george-covidlawbriefing-vulnerable-workers-with-seema-mohapatra-ruqaiijah-yearby-and-wendy-parmet/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/205-george-covidlawbriefing-vulnerable-workers-with-seema-mohapatra-ruqaiijah-yearby-and-wendy-parmet/#comments Thu, 28 May 2020 09:56:41 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/dc4dbaca-a878-51c4-9055-540edd85fc9d TWIHL false No 1303 144 full 204. George #covidlawbriefing. Preemption, with Derek Carr, Kim Haddow, and Sabrina Adler. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/204-george-covidlawbriefing-preemption-with-derek-carr-kim-haddow-and-sabrina-adler/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/204-george-covidlawbriefing-preemption-with-derek-carr-kim-haddow-and-sabrina-adler/#comments Thu, 21 May 2020 12:35:00 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/00dfcad5-e5b2-5029-b43f-c4cc46d21abd TWIHL false No 1620 143 full 203. George #covidlawbriefing. The Wisconsin Decision, with Scott Burris, Lance Gable, Wendy E. Parmet, and Nicolas Terry. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/203-george-covidlawbriefing-the-wisconsin-decision-with-scott-burris-lance-gable-wendy-e-parmet-and-nicolas-terry/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/203-george-covidlawbriefing-the-wisconsin-decision-with-scott-burris-lance-gable-wendy-e-parmet-and-nicolas-terry/#comments Mon, 18 May 2020 12:29:00 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/2451ae73-4b0d-5109-ae42-de13783c6a81 TWIHL false No 1573 142 full 202. George #covidlawbriefing. Workplace Safety, with Emily Spieler and Wendy Parmet. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/202-george-covidlawbriefing-workplace-safety-with-emily-spieler-and-wendy-parmet/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/202-george-covidlawbriefing-workplace-safety-with-emily-spieler-and-wendy-parmet/#comments Mon, 18 May 2020 11:51:13 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/8cb35d28-7adb-5145-86a6-80592e1f04dc TWIHL false No 1164 141 full 201. George #covidlawbriefing. Food Supply Chain & Shortages, with Steph Tai and Lance Gable. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/201-george-covidlawbriefing-food-supply-chain-shortages-with-steph-tai-and-lance-gable/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/201-george-covidlawbriefing-food-supply-chain-shortages-with-steph-tai-and-lance-gable/#comments Wed, 13 May 2020 13:13:27 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/414f0843-07ac-5e99-811d-89e2042c352c TWIHL false No 1097 140 full 200. George #covidlawbriefing. Election Concerns, with Rebecca Green, PhilipRocco, and Nicolas Terry. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/200-george-covidlawbriefing-election-concerns-with-rebecca-green-philiprocco-and-nicolas-terry/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/200-george-covidlawbriefing-election-concerns-with-rebecca-green-philiprocco-and-nicolas-terry/#comments Tue, 12 May 2020 14:27:54 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/b6a6f7e4-7b47-5d9e-a4d7-062b7cce73a0 TWIHL false No 1220 139 full 199. George #covidlawbriefing. Liability Shields, with Nicolas Terry, Timothy Lytton, and Lance Gable. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/199-george-covidlawbriefing-liability-shields-with-nicolas-terry-timothy-lytton-and-lance-gable/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/199-george-covidlawbriefing-liability-shields-with-nicolas-terry-timothy-lytton-and-lance-gable/#comments Thu, 07 May 2020 15:35:32 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/307e3a17-3e2c-5bd6-8d63-e76c24ccf820 TWIHL false No 1257 138 full 198. George #covidlawbriefing. Human Subject Research, with Jennifer Bard, Holly Fernandez Lynch, and Scott Burris. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/198-george-covidlawbriefing-human-subject-research-with-jennifer-bard-holly-fernandez-lynch-and-scott-burris/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/198-george-covidlawbriefing-human-subject-research-with-jennifer-bard-holly-fernandez-lynch-and-scott-burris/#comments Thu, 07 May 2020 15:34:21 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/8121f6f7-dad3-5130-9a63-cf9286216782 TWIHL false No 1179 137 full 197. George #covidlawbriefing. Law Enforcement, with Alexander McClelland and Leo Beletsky. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/197-george-covidlawbriefing-law-enforcement-with-alexander-mcclelland-and-leo-beletsky/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/197-george-covidlawbriefing-law-enforcement-with-alexander-mcclelland-and-leo-beletsky/#comments Tue, 05 May 2020 15:02:28 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/525c59ba-ac6a-55f7-a978-6e47c01a8a16 TWIHL false No 1186 136 full 196. George #covidlawbriefing. Surveillance, with Annie Boustead, Jennifer Oliva, and Ben Boudreaux. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/196-george-covidlawbriefing-surveillance-with-annie-boustead-jennifer-oliva-and-ben-boudreaux/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/196-george-covidlawbriefing-surveillance-with-annie-boustead-jennifer-oliva-and-ben-boudreaux/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2020 18:07:16 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/7b163f42-de9c-5d9c-be2b-6c0df0c86af2 TWIHL false No 1240 135 full 195. George #covidlawbriefing. Race and Bias, Dayna Matthew and Scott Burris. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/195-george-covidlawbriefing-race-and-bias-dayna-matthew-and-scott-burris/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/195-george-covidlawbriefing-race-and-bias-dayna-matthew-and-scott-burris/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2020 15:36:59 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/93aa0c55-a50b-55e5-8057-7963bea88cfc TWIHL false No 926 134 full 194. George #covidlawbriefing. Immigration, Wendy Parmet, Medha Makhlouf, and Nicolas Terry. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/194-george-covidlawbriefing-immigration-wendy-parmet-medha-makhlouf-and-nicolas-terry/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/194-george-covidlawbriefing-immigration-wendy-parmet-medha-makhlouf-and-nicolas-terry/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2020 12:54:36 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/422bdb90-3e0c-50a3-9c8a-29577eb0affd TWIHL false No 1323 133 full 193. George #covidlawbriefing. Abortion Exceptionalism, Maya Manian, Seema Mohapatra, and Rachel Rebouché. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/193-george-covidlawbriefing-abortion-exceptionalism-maya-manian-seema-mohapatra-and-rachel-rebouche/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/193-george-covidlawbriefing-abortion-exceptionalism-maya-manian-seema-mohapatra-and-rachel-rebouche/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2020 07:20:00 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/02a96da6-adc7-5d7d-b163-bebe66204607 TWIHL false No 1111 132 full 192. George #covidlawbriefing. Laws of Unlocking, Lindsay Wiley and Scott Burris. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/192-george-covidlawbriefing-laws-of-unlocking-lindsay-wiley-and-scott-burris/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/192-george-covidlawbriefing-laws-of-unlocking-lindsay-wiley-and-scott-burris/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2020 13:29:00 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/ff1c3364-6e19-575a-9832-80a135df2a5e TWIHL false No 1120 131 full 191. George #covidlawbriefing. Dealing with the Eviction Crisis, Emily Benfer, Anne Kat Alexander and Abraham Gutman. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/191-george-covidlawbriefing-dealing-with-the-eviction-crisis-emily-benfer-anne-kat-alexander-and-abraham-gutman/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/191-george-covidlawbriefing-dealing-with-the-eviction-crisis-emily-benfer-anne-kat-alexander-and-abraham-gutman/#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2020 14:28:35 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/05853dbc-02da-5d6e-9714-07a96c132650 TWIHL false No 1004 130 full 190. Intellectual Property in the Time of COVID. Guests, Jorge Contreras and Mark Lemley. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/190-intellectual-property-in-the-time-of-covid-guests-jorge-contreras-and-mark-lemley/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/190-intellectual-property-in-the-time-of-covid-guests-jorge-contreras-and-mark-lemley/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2020 07:30:00 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/74cf53c4-2434-5037-bd20-af9fb959b028 Two excellent guests this week. First, and a repeat visitor to the Pod is Jorge Contreras, Professor Law at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law. There he teaches in the areas of intellectual property law, property law and genetics and the law. He has edited six books and published more than 100 scholarly articles and book chapters. He has recently been named one of the University of Utah's Presidential Scholars, and won his school’s 2018-19 Faculty Scholarship Award. Second, I welcome Mark Lemley, the William H. Neukom Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and the Director of the Stanford Program in Law, Science and Technology. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and as affiliated faculty in the Symbolic Systems program. He teaches intellectual property, patent law, trademark law, antitrust, the law of robotics and AI, video game law, and remedies. He is the author of eight books and 179 articles, including the two-volume treatise IP and Antitrust. Our discussion begins with broad questions regarding the role of IP in both promoting innovation and protecting against fakes during the pandemic. We take a look at how governments do or do not free up IP during difficult times, the role of WIPO in assuring ready access to medicines and technologies in less well developed countries and how U.S. companies themselves are entering changing their approaches to enforcing their IP rights. In particular, my guests talk about the Open COVID Pledge that they are involved with. TWIHL false No 2036 129 full 189. George #covidlawbriefing. Medicaid and the ACA, Nicole Huberfeld, Sidney Watson and Wendy Parmet. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/189-george-covidlawbriefing-mediciad-and-the-aca-nicole-huberfeld-sidney-watson-and-wendy-parmet/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/189-george-covidlawbriefing-mediciad-and-the-aca-nicole-huberfeld-sidney-watson-and-wendy-parmet/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2020 14:34:39 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/790602ba-f263-5fff-a418-636b50a68a78 TWIHL false No 1265 128 full 188. George #covidlawbriefing. Drug Development, FDA, & Off-Label Use, Michael Sinha and Patricia Zettler. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/188-george-covidlawbriefing-drug-development-fda-off-label-use-michael-sinha-and-patricia-zettler/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/188-george-covidlawbriefing-drug-development-fda-off-label-use-michael-sinha-and-patricia-zettler/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2020 15:42:16 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/10d29e51-d05a-5e2e-8b51-e7d492e3533c TWIHL false No 991 127 full 187. George #covidlawbriefing. Cordon Sanitaire, Scott Burris and Ross Silverman. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/187-george-covidlawbriefing-cordon-sanitaire-scott-burris-and-ross-silverman/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/187-george-covidlawbriefing-cordon-sanitaire-scott-burris-and-ross-silverman/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2020 13:45:49 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/2e1ef65a-dc08-5340-ba1d-edcc468555fe TWIHL false No 1103 126 full 186. George #covidlawbriefing. Protecting the Vulnerable Substance Use Population, Deborah Reid, Nicolas Terry and Leo Beletsky. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/186-george-covidlawbriefing-protecting-the-vulnerable-substance-use-population-deborah-reid-nicolas-terry-and-leo-beletsky/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/186-george-covidlawbriefing-protecting-the-vulnerable-substance-use-population-deborah-reid-nicolas-terry-and-leo-beletsky/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2020 13:33:09 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/37a86557-0331-5bec-818f-d3c69232c5d8 TWIHL false No 1475 125 full 185. George #covidlawbriefing. Federalism, Wendy Parmet, Elizabeth Weeks and Nicolas Terry. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/185-george-covidlawbriefing-federalism-wendy-parmet-elizabeth-weeks-and-nicolas-terry/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/185-george-covidlawbriefing-federalism-wendy-parmet-elizabeth-weeks-and-nicolas-terry/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2020 12:42:14 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/22f13b92-36ae-5cba-b41a-de3678da31fc TWIHL false No 1440 124 full 184. George #covidlawbriefing. Medical Rationing and Disability Rights, Abraham Gutman, Leslie Francis, Samuel Bagenstos, and Govind Persad. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/184-george-covidlawbriefing-medical-rationing-and-disability-rights-abraham-gutman-leslie-francis-samuel-bagenstos-and-govind-persad/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/184-george-covidlawbriefing-medical-rationing-and-disability-rights-abraham-gutman-leslie-francis-samuel-bagenstos-and-govind-persad/#comments Sat, 04 Apr 2020 12:06:12 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/6302e1c4-7b28-5f58-985f-ab15856a0021 TWIHL false No 1034 123 full 183. George #covidlawbriefing. Making Medical Rationing Decisions, Abraham Gutman, Diane Hoffman and Lance Gable. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/183-george-covidlawbriefing-making-medical-rationing-decisions-abraham-gutman-diane-hoffman-and-lance-gable/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/183-george-covidlawbriefing-making-medical-rationing-decisions-abraham-gutman-diane-hoffman-and-lance-gable/#comments Sat, 04 Apr 2020 12:04:52 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/3b676778-67e2-576b-bc20-b758fe3d448c TWIHL false No 1030 122 full 182. Abortion Exceptionalism. Guests, Rachel Rebouché, Patty Skuster, and Adrienne Ghorashi. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/182-abortion-exceptionalism-guests-rachel-rebouche-patty-skuster-and-adrienne-ghorashi/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/182-abortion-exceptionalism-guests-rachel-rebouche-patty-skuster-and-adrienne-ghorashi/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2020 11:23:25 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/62a5bef2-a2b9-5d5a-bf7b-8e754112584e Three excellent guests this week. First, and well-known to the TWIHL listener is Rachel Rebouché, Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Research at Temple University where she teaches Family Law, Health Care Law, and Contracts. Patty Skuster is a Senior Legal Advisor at Ipas, a non-profit dedicated to improving reproductive rights. She is also a Fellow at Temple University’s Center for Public Health Law Research. Last but not least Adrienne Ghorashi is a Program Manager at the Center for Public Health Law Research. Her work focuses on the intersection of laws and reproductive and sexual health, including the regulation of abortion in the U.S. and globally. Our discussion centered around new abortion restrictions issued as part of state responses to COVID-19. For example, in Texas Gov. Abbott issued an executive order banning nonessential medical services. Subsequently, his attorney-general interpreted that order as applying to all abortions. Planned Parenthood successfully applied for a TRO in the district court, only for the Fifth Circuit to lift the stay. TWIHL false No 1923 121 full 181. George #covidlawbriefing. Commandeering, with Scott Burris and Vickie Williams. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/181-george-covidlawbriefing-with-scott-burris-and-vickie-williams/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/181-george-covidlawbriefing-with-scott-burris-and-vickie-williams/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2020 12:59:26 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/d174e0ce-a908-5b2b-bb2b-adefbd8faf19 TWIHL false No 1021 120 full 180. George #covidlawbriefing. Prisons, with Scott Burris and Leo Beletsky. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/180-george-prisons-with-scott-burris-and-leo-beletsky/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/180-george-prisons-with-scott-burris-and-leo-beletsky/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2020 10:59:53 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/f0195be4-bf50-51e0-b5f5-3eb0b3fa74b4 TWIHL false No 1016 119 full 179. Don’t Let a Good Disaster Go to Waste. Guests, Wendy Mariner, Michael Ulrich. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/179-don-t-let-a-good-disaster-go-to-waste-guests-wendy-mariner-michael-ulrich/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/179-don-t-let-a-good-disaster-go-to-waste-guests-wendy-mariner-michael-ulrich/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2020 13:25:00 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/bce72b46-0309-5a4d-97de-904d31bb6691 My guests are Wendy Mariner, the Edward R. Utley Professor of Health Law at Boston University School of Public Health, Professor in the Center for Health Law, Ethics & Human Rights, Professor in the Department of Health Law, Policy & Management, and Director of the JD-MPH dual degree program at Boston University School of Public Health; Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law; and Professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine. And, Michael Ulrich is a Professor of Health Law, Ethics, & Human Rights at the Boston University School of Public Health. His scholarship focuses on the intersection of public health, constitutional law, bioethics, and social justice, with an emphasis on the role of law in the health outcomes of vulnerable and underserved populations. Previously he was a Senior Fellow in Health Law, & Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School and a bioethicist in the Division of AIDS, at the National Institutes of Health. Our discussion concentrates on two aspects of the covoid-19 pandemic: (1) where the healthcare system is as far as capacity and resources, the impact of new federal legislation and what else is needed and (2) what is the legal valence (if any) of terms such as Shelter in place or Quarantine how we will be calibrating more serious infringements on liberty such as lockdowns and quarantines. TWIHL false No 2145 118 full 178. Germline Ethics. Guest, Françoise Baylis. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/178-germline-ethics-guest-francoise-baylis/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/178-germline-ethics-guest-francoise-baylis/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2020 07:01:00 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/4916a66a-08af-511b-9392-3237c0b7b953 I welcome Dr. Françoise Baylis, University Research Professor at the NTE Impact Ethics interdisciplinary research team based at the Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University in Halifax Canada. She is a member of the Order of Canada and the Order of Nova Scotia, as well as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. In 2017 she was awarded the Canadian Bioethics Society Lifetime Achievement Award. She is a distinguished researcher and prolific scholar with 200 or so books, refereed publications and chapters to her name. Her latest book published by Harvard University Press is Altered Inheritance: CRISPR and the Ethics of Human Genome Editing, which has just been nominated for an Association of American Publishers Professional and Scholarly Excellence (or PROSE) award. TWIHL false No 2434 1 117 full 177. Regimes of Inequality. Guest, Julia Lynch. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/177-regimes-of-inequality-guest-julia-lynch/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/177-regimes-of-inequality-guest-julia-lynch/#comments Thu, 27 Feb 2020 06:48:00 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/500a7941-9abb-5100-bc35-6df49b3780f1 I welcome Dr. Julia Lynch, a Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on the politics of inequality and social policy in the rich democracies, particularly the countries of western Europe with a particular interest in comparative health policy and the politics of health inequalities; comparative political economy of western Europe; southern European politics; and the politics of aging. At Penn, she serves as the faculty director of the Penn In Washington Program, and co-directs the Penn-Temple European Studies Colloquium. Dr Lynch serves on the advisory board of the Italian Studies Program, is a Senior Fellow of the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, and edits Socio-Economic Review, a multi-disciplinary journal focusing on analytical, political and moral questions arising at the intersection of economy and society. Adding to her impressive list of publications is “Regimes of Inequality, The Political Economy of Health and Wealth” which has just been published by Cambridge University Press. TWIHL false No 1992 116 full 176. Blockheads. Guests, Nicole Huberfeld and Rachel Sachs. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/176-blockheads-guests-nicole-huberfeld-and-rachel-sachs/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/176-blockheads-guests-nicole-huberfeld-and-rachel-sachs/#comments Tue, 18 Feb 2020 06:16:00 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/d3ee544b-5ee9-5524-99f9-8348ccf2a482 Nicole Huberfeld is Professor of Health Law, Ethics & Human Rights at the School of Public Health and Professor of Law at the School of Law. Her scholarship focuses the cross-section of health law and constitutional law with emphasis on health reform, federalism in health care (especially Medicaid), and the federal spending power. She is the co-author of 2 leading casebooks, The Law of American Health Care and Public Health Law, Her scholarship is as voluminous as it is remarkable. In 2019, she won the Excellence in Teaching Award at BU School of Public Health. Rachel Sachs is a Professor at Washington University in St Louis. She is a scholar of innovation policy whose work explores the interaction of intellectual property law, food and drug regulation, and health law. Her work explores problems of innovation and access to new health care technologies. Professor Sachs’ scholarship has appeared in major law reviews and health policy journals. Before entering the world of teaching and researching she clerked for the Hon. Richard A. Posner of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Our sole topic of conversation; in a Dear Medicaid Director letter dated January 30, 2020 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) invited applications from the states via a waiver mechanism, the so-called Section 1115 waiver, to replace their Medicaid Expansion programs with a type of “block grant”, branded by CMS as its “Healthy Adult Opportunity.” Must read scholarship by my guests include The Problematic Law and Policy of Medicaid Block Grants, Limiting State Flexibility in Drug Pricing, this “The Hill” op-ed., Stewart v Azar and the Purpose of Medicaid: Work as a Condition of Enrollment, and Health Care and the Myth of Self-Reliance, all linked from TWIHL.com TWIHL false No 2803 115 full 175. Actuarial Value: From Moral Hazard to Cost-Shifting, Guest Christopher Robertson. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/175-actuarial-value-from-moral-hazard-to-cost-shifting-guest-christopher-robertson/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/175-actuarial-value-from-moral-hazard-to-cost-shifting-guest-christopher-robertson/#comments Mon, 10 Feb 2020 06:55:00 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/c96272e8-7554-5649-b8af-e7e4b2f96c13 I am joined by Christopher Robertson, Associate Dean for Research and Innovation and Professor of Law at the University of Arizona. He also teaches at the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School. His scholarship is well known to most of you including publications in leading law reviews and outlets such as the New England Journal of Medicine He is routinely featured in national media such as the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post, and on NBC News and National Public Radio. His latest book is Exposed, published this month by Harvard University Press TWIHL false No 1854 114 full 174. The Week in Public Health. Guests, Ross Silverman and Alexandra Phelan. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/174-the-week-in-public-health-guests-ross-silverman-and-alexandra-phelan/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/174-the-week-in-public-health-guests-ross-silverman-and-alexandra-phelan/#comments Wed, 29 Jan 2020 13:43:43 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/9731ac05-7e93-5d3c-bb47-768e664a190a A welcome back to my friend and collaborator Ross Silverman. He is Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health at IUPUI, and holds a secondary appointment as Professor of Public Health Law at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. And a first time welcome to Alexandra Phelan. Dr. Phelan is a member of the Center for Global Health Science and Security and a Faculty Research Instructor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Georgetown University. She also holds an appointment as Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center. We started with a “lighting round.” First, SCOTUS not taking the Flint water lead contamination case. Second, the doubts cast on wraparound services by the NEJM hot-spotting study. Third, a quick update on the opioid litigation, including the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy proceedings Oklahoma’s new lawsuits against three large drug distributors. Hunter has also filed for almost half-million in litigation costs from J&J, the defendant pharmacies in the Cleveland litigation are arguing that doctors are responsible for any improper distribution of opioids to patients, not pharmacists who are obliged to fill those prescriptions. Finally, the first major criminal actions have now run their course with several Insys executives sentenced to jail time. The rest of the episode is a deep dive into the 2019-nCoV or Wuhan Coronavirus, of course with the caveat that this is a daily shifting landscape. TWIHL false No 2831 113 full 173. Before the End of the Next Administration. Guest, Kirk Nahra. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/173-before-the-end-of-the-next-administration-guest-kirk-nahra/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/173-before-the-end-of-the-next-administration-guest-kirk-nahra/#comments Fri, 10 Jan 2020 06:32:00 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/08e0e2a6-2511-5f55-8bbd-ac169007459a A welcome back to Kirk Nahra, a partner at and co-chair of the Cybersecurity and Privacy Practice at WilmerHale in DC. A leader in the privacy bar, Mr. Nahra has been involved in developing the privacy legal field for 20 years. As a founding member and longtime board member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals, he helped establish the organization’s Privacy Bar Section. He has taught privacy issues at several law schools, including serving as an adjunct professor at the Washington College of Law at American University and at Case Western Reserve University. In addition, he currently serves as a fellow with the Cordell Institute for Policy in Medicine & Law at Washington University in St. Louis and as a fellow with the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology. We have a broad-ranging discussion about the last year in HIPAA enforcement, HHS-OCR’s apparent interest in access rights likely influenced by a highly publicized Citizen study, the HIPAA RFI, and the health privacy implications of California’s Consumer Privacy Act (or CCPA). TWIHL false No 2752 112 full 172. Naughty or Nice 2019? Guests, Zack Buck, John Cogan, and Jennifer Oliva. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/172-naughty-or-nice-2019-guests-zack-buck-john-cogan-and-elizabeth-weeks-leonard/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/172-naughty-or-nice-2019-guests-zack-buck-john-cogan-and-elizabeth-weeks-leonard/#comments Mon, 23 Dec 2019 18:43:33 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/3a030e1c-81f9-5a29-92cd-2474b7314d43 Ho-ho-ho! It’s the return of “Who’s Been Naughty or Nice?,” TWIHL’s infamous Holiday show. This year’s festive appreciation of healthcare law and policy features the seasonal vocalizations of Zack Buck, John Cogan, and Jennifer Oliva. Nominees for both naughty and nice include a wealth of administration moves, plenty of good and bad Medicaid news, drug pricing, and a whole lot more to fill our stockings and remind us that the consumption of prodigious amounts of egg nog is increasingly a quid pro quo for health law and policy work. TWIHL false No 2383 111 full 171. The Voldemort of Health Law. Guests, Erin Fuse Brown & Elizabeth McCuskey. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/171-the-voldemort-of-health-law-guests-erin-fuse-brown-elizabeth-mccuskey/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/171-the-voldemort-of-health-law-guests-erin-fuse-brown-elizabeth-mccuskey/#comments Fri, 22 Nov 2019 05:18:00 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/171-the-voldemort-of-health-law-guests-erin-fuse-brown-elizabeth-mccuskey-6908c92b776bbed1cada5f2290f68cbb Erin Fuse Brown is a Professor of Law at Georgia State University’s College of law. She teaches Administrative Law; Health Law: Financing & Delivery; and the Health Care Transactional & Regulatory Practicum. She is a faculty member of the Center for Law, Health & Society. In 2019 Professor Fuse Brown was awarded a grant from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation to study out-of-network air ambulance bills. She served as co-investigator on a grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute from 2014-2017 to study legal protections for participants in genomic research and in 2017 won the Patricia T. Morgan Award for Outstanding Scholarship among her faculty. Elizabeth McCuskey is a Professor Law at UMass School of Law, There she teaches Civil Procedure, Health Law, Food & Drug Law, and Health Care Antitrust courses. Her research focuses on regulatory reforms for health equity and courts’ roles in securing those reforms. She is broadly published and her work on ERISA preemption and state health reform was featured on Health Affairs Blog and she has covered FDA preemption for SCOTUSBlog. She was a 2016 ASLME Health Law Scholar. Erin and Liz have a fantastic new article coming out in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review entitled “Federalism, ERISA, and State Single-Payer Health Care” that is the subject of our conversation. TWIHL false No 2220 110 full 170. Inclusive Health Care? Guests,Melissa Keyes, Heather Walter-McCabe, Stacey Tovino, & Ruqaiijah Yearby. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/170-inclusive-health-care-guestsmelissa-keyes-heather-walter-mccabe-stacey-tovino-ruqaiijah-yearby/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/170-inclusive-health-care-guestsmelissa-keyes-heather-walter-mccabe-stacey-tovino-ruqaiijah-yearby/#comments Thu, 14 Nov 2019 09:22:25 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/170-inclusive-health-care-guestsmelissa-keyes-heather-walter-mccabe-stacey-tovino-ruqaiijah-yearby-68ee13efa56a119bdd88a7f321e19735 This episode was recorded at our recent conference entitled Getting Real About Health Care for All. An outstanding panel at the conference asked the question Can We Make Health Care Inclusive? To answer that question we welcomed Melissa Keyes, Heather Walter-McCabe, Stacey Tovino, and Ruqaiijah Yearby. They approached the question from the perspective of those commonly excluded from quality healthcare; those along the capacity spectrum, members of the LGBTQ communities, those suffering from mental health or substance use disorders, and those requiring home or facility-based long-term care. TWIHL false No 3353 109 full 169. Notes From a Birthday Party. Guest co-host, Rachel Rebouché. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/169-notes-from-a-birthday-party-guest-co-host-rachel-rebouche/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/169-notes-from-a-birthday-party-guest-co-host-rachel-rebouche/#comments Sat, 02 Nov 2019 07:34:00 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/169-notes-from-a-birthday-party-guest-co-host-rachel-rebouche-3ea15557846261a07eda1aa2b9a835fc This episode was recorded at Temple Law during Temple Law’s celebratory Law Review Symposium: Looking Back and Looking Ahead, 10 Years of Public Health Law Research in September 2019. My guest host is Rachel Rebouché from the Center for Public Health Research at Temple University Beasley School of Law. Together we enjoyed a wide-ranging discussion with some brilliant researchers, Jennifer Karas Montez from the Syracuse University Maxell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Evan Anderson from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, and Wendy Parmet, Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Law and Director, Center for Health Policy and Law at Northeastern University. TWIHL false No 1552 108 full 168. I'm Not Actually Supposed to Be Here. Guest, Matthew Cortland. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/168-i-not-actually-supposed-to-be-here-guest-matthew-cortland/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/168-i-not-actually-supposed-to-be-here-guest-matthew-cortland/#comments Mon, 28 Oct 2019 06:36:00 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/168-i-not-actually-supposed-to-be-here-guest-matthew-cortland-dd6c4bda5dc35bc46d5ef7bf2182c939 My guest is Matthew Cortland, a patient and healthcare rights advocate from Massachusetts. He received his graduate training in public health from Boston University and earned a JD from George Mason University School of Law. He is disabled and chronically ill, but a superbly effective lawyer, writer, and speaker as well as a well-known healthcare and disability rights activist. We recently staged a one day Symposium at the law school entitled Getting Real About Health Care for All. Matt was kind enough to join us and add his compelling thoughts about what healthcare for all should look like for those in the disability community and the dangers members of that community face during periods of transition in financing and delivery models. It was touch and go whether we would hear from him, not only did the airline and TSA conspire against him but he picked up a horrible cough and cold—something that most of us can throw off, but not someone on his drug regimen. As a result, his presentation was punctuated by coughs, sniffles, and much drinking of tea, but all covered up by Matt’s own self-deprecating humor. In case you don’t listen all the way through the acknowledgements at the end of the show please consider visiting Matt’s Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/mattbc and sponsor his health. Towards the end of his talk Matt asked for a breather, help, “his reasonable accommodation” from the audience in the form of questions. I include two, the first from our friend Matthew Lawrence who is a health law professor at Penn State’s Dickinson Law school and then one from my colleague Ross Silverman who is on the faculty at the Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health at Indiana University and also serves as a Professor of Public Health at our law school. TWIHL false No 2187 107 full 167. You Got Me On The Wrong Day. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/167-you-got-me-on-the-wrong-day/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/167-you-got-me-on-the-wrong-day/#comments Sat, 19 Oct 2019 18:46:19 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/167-you-got-me-on-the-wrong-day-5a0df64b8c646f5686ee73e43a4828cd I am joined by Professor Wendy Mariner, Professor of Health Law at Boston University School of Public Health and Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law. We thought it would be a good idea to reflect on some of the current health law and policy stories with a lightning round. We discussed the latest abortion case to be granted cert., the current state of play in Medicaid work requirements, the new Tennessee block grant proposal, the latest on the opioid litigation, the current state of play on the public charge rule, the latest on the Safehouse safe injection facility litigation in Philadelphia, potential wellness programs on the exchanges, and surprise billing. TWIHL false No 2706 106 full 166. Too Much Information about State Health Law. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/166-too-much-information-about-state-health-law/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/166-too-much-information-about-state-health-law/#comments Wed, 18 Sep 2019 06:47:00 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/166-too-much-information-about-state-health-law-126084d9ad8f4f32794f6dded1ea9929 This episode was recorded at the 2019 meeting of the Southeastern Association of Law Schools during a panel reviewing the year in healthcare financing. In this episode I take a look at state regulation of health insurance, first, from the perspective of states playing defense and shoring up their own laws in case the ACA disappears and, second, how some are playing offense, actually seeing to improve upon the ACA baseline. TWIHL false No 1858 105 full 165. Thinking Deeply about Public Health Law Research. Guests, Rachel Rebouché & Scott Burris. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/165-thinking-deeply-about-public-health-law-research-guests-rachel-rebouche-scott-burris/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/165-thinking-deeply-about-public-health-law-research-guests-rachel-rebouche-scott-burris/#comments Thu, 05 Sep 2019 11:05:36 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/165-thinking-deeply-about-public-health-law-research-guests-rachel-rebouche-scott-burris-1ec8bbbf252c400ffee98416f9607d40 Two great guests this week, Rachel Rebouché and Scott Burris, both from Temple Law School in Philadelphia. We’re here not only to tease Temple Law’s 2019 Law Review Symposium: Looking Back and Looking Ahead, 10 Years of Public Health Law Research, Thursday, September 12, 2019, but also to discuss some cutting edge issues in public health responses to the opioids overdose crisis and the erosion of reproductive rights. Scott, of course, is a Professor of Law at the law school, where he directs the Center for Public Health Law Research. He is also a Professor in Temple’s School of Public Health. He is the author of over 200 books, book chapters, articles and reports on issues including urban health; discrimination against people with HIV and other disabilities; HIV policy; research ethics; and the health effects of criminal law and drug policy. His work has been supported by organizations including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Open Society Institute, the National Institutes of Health, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Rachel Rebouché is a Professor of Law at Temple and also serves as Associate Dean for Research. She teaches Family Law, Health Care Law, and Contracts and is currently a co-investigator on two grant-funded research projects related to reproductive health, one housed at the Emory University Rollins School of Public Health and another funded by the World Health Organization. Her recent research also includes articles in law reviews and in peer-reviewed journals on relational contracts, prenatal genetic testing and genetic counseling, collaborative divorce, parental involvement laws, and international reproductive rights. TWIHL false No 1955 104 full 164. Will What Happened in Oklahoma Stay in Oklahoma? Guest Jennifer Oliva. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/164-will-what-happened-in-oklahoma-stay-in-oklahoma-guest-jennifer-oliva/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/164-will-what-happened-in-oklahoma-stay-in-oklahoma-guest-jennifer-oliva/#comments Wed, 28 Aug 2019 16:21:44 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/164-will-what-happened-in-oklahoma-stay-in-oklahoma-guest-jennifer-oliva-a741b5b5662d8dd31172c1a38557b47c The Oklahoma opioid verdict was handed down on August 26 and, of course, there’s only one person to discuss it with, Jennifer OIiva. Professor Oliva is on the faculty at at Seton Hall Law where she specializes in health, FDA, and evidence law. An honors graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, Professor Oliva was a Public Interest Law Scholar and served as Executive Notes & Comments Editor of The Georgetown Law Journal. After law school, Professor Oliva clerked on the 10th and 3rd Circuit court of appeals. She also served as the Deputy State Solicitor of the State of Delaware. TWIHL false No 1742 103 full 163. Trouble in Texas. Guest, Elizabeth Weeks. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/163-trouble-in-texas-guest-elizabeth-weeks/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/163-trouble-in-texas-guest-elizabeth-weeks/#comments Fri, 23 Aug 2019 07:02:00 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/163-trouble-in-texas-guest-elizabeth-weeks-0d57d292c55ec2d28462ba78906a80bc Recorded at the 2019 annual meeting of the Southeastern Association of Law Schools, Professor Elizabeth Weeks, Associate Dean for Faculty Development & the J. Alton Hosch Professor of Law at the University of Georgia School of Law discusses the latest high profile ACA case, Texas v. U.S. Professor Weeks is a highly regarded health law scholar whose teaching and research interests include torts, health law, health care financing and regulation, and public health law. TWIHL false No 1075 102 full 162. Fortnite Healthcare. Guest, Fazal Khan. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/162-fortnite-healthcare-guest-fazal-khan/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/162-fortnite-healthcare-guest-fazal-khan/#comments Mon, 19 Aug 2019 06:38:00 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/162-fortnite-healthcare-guest-fazal-khan-9003014d59dd9aa39550d7e83741e147 This episode was recorded at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Association of Law Schools during a panel reviewing the year in healthcare financing. This episode features a talk by Professor Fazal Khan who teaches Health Law & Policy, Bioethics, Public Health Law and International Products Liability at the University of Georgia School of Law. His current research focuses on several major themes:  reform of the American health care system, the effect of globalization on health care and the challenge of regulating emerging biotechnologies. His talk was on the financing of telemedicine and the slow alignment of the technologies with health care value and other models. TWIHL false No 997 101 full 161. Here Come’s The Judge. Guest, John Cogan. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/161-here-come-s-the-judge-guest-john-cogan/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/161-here-come-s-the-judge-guest-john-cogan/#comments Tue, 13 Aug 2019 10:49:16 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/161-here-come-s-the-judge-guest-john-cogan-8d10163d0ac7ee6916b2df292572f487 Recorded at the 2019 annual meeting of the Southeastern Association of Law Schools during a panel reviewing the year in healthcare financing, this episode features a talk by Professor John Cogan from the University of Connecticut School of Law. Professor Cogan focuses his research and teaching on health care organizations and finance, health law and policy, federal health programs, health care fraud and abuse, and health insurance law. He is the co-author of a treatise on Medicare and Medicaid bankruptcy issues, as well as the author of numerous scholarly articles on a range of health insurance topics, including the Affordable Care Act and HIPAA. In this talk Professor Cogan discussed first, Medicaid: including expansion, work requirements, and the latest court decisions; second, Section 1557 and the proposed civil rights regulations; and third, the DeOtte v. Azar case and the resultant contraceptive mandate mess. TWIHL false No 1116 100 full 160. Protecting the Herd. Guests, Julie Cantor & Ross Silverman. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/160-protecting-the-herd-guests-julie-cantor-ross-silverman/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/160-protecting-the-herd-guests-julie-cantor-ross-silverman/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2019 18:15:01 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/160-protecting-the-herd-guests-julie-cantor-ross-silverman-5d136e4c87f645f5dcf054c83b01f94b I have two excellent guests this week. Dr. Julie Cantor is an adjunct faculty member at the UCLA School of Law. She is a graduate of Stanford University, UC Berkeley School of Law, and the Yale University School of Medicine. Dr Cantor has two decades of public policy and advocacy experience focused on federal healthcare policy. She has published broadly including in the New England Journal, Annals of Internal Medicine, the Indiana Law Review, the ABA Human Rights Journal, the NYT Debate section, and has submitted amicus briefs in several Supreme Court cases. Making a welcome return to the pod is Ross Silverman, Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health at IUPUI, and holds a secondary appointment as Professor of Public Health Law at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. His research interests include legal, ethical and policy issues in public health and medicine, mobile health law and policy, interdisciplinary curriculum development, professional school admissions, medical humanities, human rights, and patient safety. Professor Silverman has published extensively on vaccination issues. Our discussion topic rotates around the recent measles outbreaks and the public health and public health law issues they raise. If you happened to pick up the June 5 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine you will have seen articles by both Julie and Ross (co-authored w/ Douglas Opel and Saad B. Omer) addressing aspects of the current law and policy debates. Other sources noted were this op-ed by Prof. Michael Willrich, Yiddish mistranslation, this New York Times risk-benefit analysis, and Angela Shen’s Measles Madness And Value post. TWIHL false No 2594 99 full 159. Came for the Opioids, Stayed for the Civil Procedure. Guest, Elizabeth Chamblee Burch. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/159-came-for-the-opioids-stayed-for-the-civil-procedure-guest-elizabeth-chamblee-burch/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/159-came-for-the-opioids-stayed-for-the-civil-procedure-guest-elizabeth-chamblee-burch/#comments Tue, 04 Jun 2019 17:41:44 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/159-came-for-the-opioids-stayed-for-the-civil-procedure-guest-elizabeth-chamblee-burch-d7621e30ef774844855335eca91e617f Elizabeth Chamblee Burch holds the Fuller E. Callaway Chair of Law at the University of Georgia. She has a stunning publication record, published in the New York University Law Review, Cornell Law Review, Virginia Law Review, Vanderbilt Law Review, Washington University Law Review, Boston University Law Review and George Washington Law Review, among others. In 2015, Professor Burch was awarded the American Law Institute’s Early Career Scholars Medal in recognition of her work on class actions and multidistrict litigation, and its potential to influence improvements in the law. She teaches and researches civil procedure, class actions and mass torts. Her new book Mass Tort Deals was published last month by Cambridge University Press. The book is an excellent read and illuminates a highly complex area of litigation. Our conversation explored the role of repeat player lead plaintiffs’ and defense attorneys, the functions and control of the MDL judge, and, of course, we discussed the opioid litigation and how the state cases may impact any settlement. TWIHL false No 2034 98 full 158. Opioid Litigation Update. Guest, Jennifer Oliva. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/158-opioid-litigation-update-guest-jennifer-oliva/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/158-opioid-litigation-update-guest-jennifer-oliva/#comments Tue, 07 May 2019 07:52:00 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/158-opioid-litigation-update-guest-jennifer-oliva-29f9a6753a1a9717a72b31764a04eaef A swift return to the pod by Jennifer Oliva. Jenn is an Associate Professor at West Virginia University in the College of Law and School of Public Health. This Spring she has been a visiting research scholar at The Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School. In the Fall she will be joining the faculty at Seton Hall Law School. Her work has been published by or is forthcoming in the Duke Law Journal, Northwestern University Law Review, Ohio State Law Journal, North Carolina Law Review, and the George Mason Law Review. We continue to explore some of the themes we discussed with Leo Beletsky in the last episode. Here, Jenn and I drill down into some of the issues surrounding the opioid litigation. Issues and questions discussed include the relationship between the federal district court MDL litigation in Cleveland and actions brought by state attorneys-general in their own courts, the implications of the recent Oklahoma settlement, and the chances/challenges of fashioning “public health” remedies that would mitigate the effects of the opioid overdose epidemic. TWIHL false No 1650 97 full 157. Misaligned Opioid Policies. Guests, Leo Beletsky & Jennifer Oliva. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/157-misaligned-opioid-policies-guests-leo-beletsky-jennifer-oliva/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/157-misaligned-opioid-policies-guests-leo-beletsky-jennifer-oliva/#comments Sun, 28 Apr 2019 14:25:39 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/157-misaligned-opioid-policies-guests-leo-beletsky-jennifer-oliva-74e450544c3e9fea8f51e8a105b1a723 I am joined by guests Leo Beletsky & Jennifer Oliva. Leo is a Professor of Law and Health Sciences and the Faculty Director of the Health in Justice Action Lab at Northeastern University School of Law. He holds a joint appointment with the Bouvé College of Health Sciences. He has broad expertise and an enviable research and publication record in the public health impact of laws and their enforcement, with special focus on drug overdose, infectious disease transmission and the role of the criminal justice system as a structural determinant of health. Jennifer is an Associate Professor at West Virginia University in the College of Law and School of Public Health. This Spring she has been a visiting research scholar at The Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School. In the Fall she will be joining the faculty at Seton Hall Law School. Her work has been published by or is forthcoming in the Duke Law Journal, Northwestern University Law Review, Ohio State Law Journal, North Carolina Law Review, and the George Mason Law Review. We discussed the conceptual and practical flaws in Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs), on which see these great articles by Leo and by Jenn, opioidphobic moves such as Michigan’s NonOpioid Advance Directive, the apparent animosity of federal prosecutors towards evidence-based public health initiatives like SEPs or SIFs, some of which is the subject of ongoing litigation. And of course we talked about the role of social determinants on which, again, see Leo or structural determinants on which I have written. TWIHL false No 1947 96 full 156. Promises & Perils. Guest Host, Claudia Haupt; Guests, Ignacio Cofone, Jessica Roberts, & Ana Santos Rutschman. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/156-promises-guests-ignacio-cofone-jessica-roberts-ana-santos-rutschman/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/156-promises-guests-ignacio-cofone-jessica-roberts-ana-santos-rutschman/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2019 17:04:20 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/156-promises-guests-ignacio-cofone-jessica-roberts-ana-santos-rutschman-e5b9927b822407590928b361287dd4d5 I am joined by guest host Claudia Haupt, Associate Professor of Law and Political Science Northeastern University School of Law and guests Ignacio Cofone, Assistant Professor of Law at McGill University, Jessica Roberts, the Director of the Health Law & Policy Institute and an Alumnae College Professor in Law, and Ana Santos Rutschman, Assistant Professor in the Center for Health Law Studies and the Center for International and Comparative Law at Saint Louis University. We were gathered together in Boston for the Promises and Perils of Emerging Health Innovations symposium organized by our friends at Northeastern University School of Law. TWIHL false No 2212 95 full 155. It’s The Prices Stupid! Guests, Aaron Kesselheim and Jonathan Darrow. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/155-it%e2%80%99s-the-prices-stupid-guests-aaron-kesselheim-and-jonathan-darrow/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/155-it%e2%80%99s-the-prices-stupid-guests-aaron-kesselheim-and-jonathan-darrow/#comments Fri, 15 Mar 2019 16:53:25 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/155-it%e2%80%99s-the-prices-stupid-guests-aaron-kesselheim-and-jonathan-darrow-fef902c74ec871d2f81432a3dd02d352 I am joined by Aaron Kesselheim and Jonathan Darrow, faculty members at Harvard Medical School and members of the Program On Regulation, Therapeutics, And Law (PORTAL) group directed by Dr. Kesselheim. The conversation began with a discussion about drug price narratives, including whether drug prices are still increasing? We also critically discussed at least some of Vox’s 8 ideas for bringing down drug prices, and some better ones! The conversation then shifted to some issues, including pricing and expectations, with gene therapy drugs. We spent a short time on the resignation of Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb before ending our discussion with some information about PORTAL’s innovative online course, “The FDA and Prescription Drugs: Current Controversies in Context.” TWIHL false No 2446 94 full 154. Zip Code Health. Guest, Karen De Salvo. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/154-zip-code-health-guest-karen-de-salvo/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/154-zip-code-health-guest-karen-de-salvo/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2019 13:30:27 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/154-zip-code-health-guest-karen-de-salvo-8c9a9c96f55dc4f90d7997426690a54e For over two decades our school of law In conjunction with the IU School of Medicine has conferred the McDonald-Merrill-Ketcham Memorial Award for Excellence in Law and Medicine. This year’s honoree was Dr. Karen DeSalvo, who is currently Professor of Medicine and Population Health at the University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School. She served in the Obama Administration as National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and Acting Assistant Secretary for Health and previously was the Health Commissioner for the City of New Orleans. I am very grateful to Dr DeSalvo for making her remarks available on TWIHL. Her talk begins in New Orleans in the aftermath of Katrina, explains zip code health, emphasizes the roles of Social Determinants of Health, demonstrates how social determinants impact particular health outcomes, presents a systematic model for dealing with social determinants, explains Public Health 3.0, and discusses the gap between health and social care spending. Along the way Dr. DeSalvo also discusses the role of technologies such as ride share companies disrupting social services and digital assistants such as Amazon Echo acquiring more health information. TWIHL false No 2375 93 full 153. Naughty or Nice 2018? Guests, Zack Buck, Erin Fuse Brown, and Elizabeth Weeks Leonard. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/153-naughty-or-nice-2018-guests-zack-buck-erin-fuse-brown-and-elizabeth-weeks-leonard/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/153-naughty-or-nice-2018-guests-zack-buck-erin-fuse-brown-and-elizabeth-weeks-leonard/#comments Sun, 23 Dec 2018 06:30:00 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/153-naughty-or-nice-2018-guests-zack-buck-erin-fuse-brown-and-elizabeth-weeks-leonard-2d3182d86108c9d4790fbc5ce84ec0dd The return of TWIHL’s infamous and extra long “Who’s Been Naughty or Nice?” Holiday show. This year’s festive appreciation of healthcare law and policy features the seasonal vocalizations of Zack Buck, Erin Fuse Brown, and Elizabeth Weeks Leonard. Nominees for both naughty and nice include a wealth of administration moves, plenty of good and bad Medicaid news, drug pricing, and a whole lot more to fill the stockings and require conspicuous amounts of egg nog. TWIHL false No 2957 92 full 152. Regulate Now or Regulate Later? Guests, Nathan Cortez, Sharona Hoffman, and Abbe Gluck. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/152-regulate-now-or-regulate-later-guests-nathan-cortez-sharona-hoffman-and-abbe-gluck/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/152-regulate-now-or-regulate-later-guests-nathan-cortez-sharona-hoffman-and-abbe-gluck/#comments Sun, 16 Dec 2018 06:17:00 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/152-regulate-now-or-regulate-later-guests-nathan-cortez-sharona-hoffman-and-abbe-gluck-a38674a8784c5ba110ead3870c9bb937 Abbe Gluck, Professor of Law and the Faculty Director of the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School, and I continue a deep dive into some of the issues raised at the November 2018 Yale roundtable on on “The Law and Policy of AI, Robotics, and Telemedicine in Health Care.” We are joined by our expert friends Nathan Cortez, Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Research at the SMU Dedman School of Law, and Sharona Hoffman, Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law; Professor of Bioethics and Co-Director of the Law-Medicine Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, leading to a deep dive into FDA regulation and data-driven healthcare discrimination. Discussion topics included potential updates to the language of the ADA to deal with discrimination on the basis of AI/Big Data predicted healthcare issues and practical questions about the application and enforcement of the FDA’s functional definition of “medical device.” TWIHL false No 2206 91 full 151. Automating Drudgery. Guests, Michael Froomkin, Abbe Gluck, and Nicholson Price. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/151-automating-drudgery-guests-michael-froomkin-abbe-gluck-and-nicholson-price/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/151-automating-drudgery-guests-michael-froomkin-abbe-gluck-and-nicholson-price/#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2018 06:14:00 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/151-automating-drudgery-guests-michael-froomkin-abbe-gluck-and-nicholson-price-4bca1cefd8ab713647270fd452e46563 I am joined by Abbe Gluck, Professor of Law and the Faculty Director of the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School. In November 2018 her team pulled together an excellent roundtable on “The Law and Policy of AI, Robotics, and Telemedicine in Health Care.” This episode of TWIH is the first of two taking a deeper dive into just a few of the issues that were so well presented at the roundtable. Here we were joined by Michael Froomkin, the Laurie Silvers and Mitchell Rubenstein Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Miami School of Law and by Nicholson Price, Assistant Professor of Law at The University of Michigan Law School. Topics ranged from consent in the next generation of healthcare research to data protection, and appropriate regulatory models. TWIHL false No 2041 90 full 150. A Two-in-Ten Chance. Guest, Kirk Nahra. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/150-a-two-in-ten-chance-guest-kirk-nahra/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/150-a-two-in-ten-chance-guest-kirk-nahra/#comments Mon, 26 Nov 2018 06:20:00 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/150-a-two-in-ten-chance-guest-kirk-nahra-42ddac0bbcc5888d70bf37799f4c84fa A long overdue return from health care privacy and security guru Kirk Nahra. Kirk is a partner at Wiley Rein LLP in DC and teaches privacy courses at American University. We have a broad-ranging discussion touching on European General Data Protection Regulation (particularly its territorial scope), the new California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (particularly its attempted HIPAA carve-out), the (un)likelihood of federal privacy regulation, and some recent HIPAA cases and settlements. TWIHL false No 2320 89 full 149. AI & the Practice of Medicine. Guests, MWE-FSMB All-Stars. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/149-ai-the-practice-of-medicine-guests-mwe-fsmb-all-stars/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/149-ai-the-practice-of-medicine-guests-mwe-fsmb-all-stars/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2018 07:13:00 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/149-ai-the-practice-of-medicine-guests-mwe-fsmb-all-stars-bd7802d2079bfecb2d0a5e1ff7fa5b0b What do you get when you put some super-smart lawyers from a top law firm and the Federation of State Medical Boards in a room and raise the topic of AI regulation? Answer: Some pretty smart ideas about future implementation, reimbursement, liability and regulation. Joining me for the discussion are Terry Dee, Jiayan Chen, Kate McDonald, and Dale Van Demark, all partners in various offices of McDermott Will & Emery and Eric Fish, Senior Vice President for Legal Services at The Federation of State Medical Boards. The discussion involves some predictable issues such as data protection and FDA regulation but also raises additional questions about business models, liability constructs, and the role of reimbursement. TWIHL false No 1896 88 full 148. Midterm Takeaways Director’s Cut. Guest, Wendy Mariner. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/148-midterm-takeaways-director%e2%80%99s-cut-guest-wendy-mariner/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/148-midterm-takeaways-director%e2%80%99s-cut-guest-wendy-mariner/#comments Sat, 10 Nov 2018 00:46:35 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/148-midterm-takeaways-director%e2%80%99s-cut-guest-wendy-mariner-b815be0364ab813840035259023e8110 I am joined by Professor Wendy Mariner, Professor of Health Law at Boston University School of Public Health and Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law. It’s three days after the midterm elections and we thought it would be a good idea to reflect on some of the health law and policy stories. For more see http://blog.petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/ 2018/11/08/10-health-law-and-policy-takeaways-from-the-midterm-election/#more-26940 TWIHL false No 2317 87 full 147. Because We Are Human. Guest, Wendy Parmet. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/147-because-we-are-human-guest-wendy-parmet/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/147-because-we-are-human-guest-wendy-parmet/#comments Mon, 05 Nov 2018 06:14:00 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/147-because-we-are-human-guest-wendy-parmet-94a07f59a36c7b71501036b1be39f3da If you listened to the last episode of TWIHL you may recall that it was recorded early on October 26th 2018 just before I kicked off our conference on the intersection of health care and immigration policy. Thereafter, it was my distinct pleasure to welcome Wendy Parmet as our keynote speaker. Professor Parmet is the Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Law and Director, Center for Health Policy and Law; Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern University School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs. With Patricia Illingworth she authored The Health of Newcomers, Immigration, Health Policy, and the Case for Global Solidarity, published last year by NYU Press. Wendy was most generous in letting me share her talk on TWIHL. TWIHL false No 1827 86 full 146. Health Law Profs on Immigration Getting Coffee. Guests, YY Brandon Chen, Brietta Clark, and Medha Makhlouf. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/146-health-law-profs-on-immigration-getting-coffee-guests-yy-brandon-chen-brietta-clark-and-medha-makhlouf/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/146-health-law-profs-on-immigration-getting-coffee-guests-yy-brandon-chen-brietta-clark-and-medha-makhlouf/#comments Fri, 26 Oct 2018 23:00:55 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/146-health-law-profs-on-immigration-getting-coffee-guests-yy-brandon-chen-brietta-clark-and-medha-makhlouf-58e7ec7f236943f1aefcf38757c4f3ae This week I welcome to the pod YY Brandon Chen, Brietta Clark, and Medha Makhlouf. We have a broad discussion about the intersection of health care and immigration policy. We look at federal initiatives such as the proposed public charge rule and existing federal restrictions on providing healthcare to “newcomers.” Our guests explain attributes of the Canadian and Californian systems that, rather than being exceptional and progressive example, themselves in their detail illustrate some of the broader discussions we are (or should be) having. TWIHL false No 1902 85 full 145. Jennifer Bard: Teaching Public Health Law in the Age of Trump https://twihl.podbean.com/e/145-jennifer-bard-teaching-public-health-law-in-the-age-of-trump/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/145-jennifer-bard-teaching-public-health-law-in-the-age-of-trump/#comments Thu, 30 Aug 2018 22:37:00 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/145-jennifer-bard-teaching-public-health-law-in-the-age-of-trump-407cd797b6ced7c2b927c19df6f2c0c5 These four episodes were recorded at the 2018 SEALS conference. Four of us got together as a panel to discuss Healthcare in the Era of the Trump Administration. I was joined by Nicole Huberfeld, Professor of Health Law, Ethics & Human Rights, Health Law, Policy & Management at Boston University’s School of Public Health, Zack Buck, Assistant Professor of Law and Wilkinson Junior Research Professor at the University of Tennessee, and Jennifer Bard, Professor of Law in the College of Law at the University of Cincinnati with a joint appointment in the Department of Internal Medicine at the College of Medicine. She is currently a Visiting Scholar at the O’Neill Institute for Local and Global Health Law at Georgetown University Law Center. This was a panel, not a typical studio recording so to get the most out of it you may wish to download our slides that are linked at TWIHL.com TWIHL false No 1068 84 full 144. Zack Buck: Paying for Health Care in the Trump Era https://twihl.podbean.com/e/144-zack-buck-paying-for-health-care-in-the-trump-era/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/144-zack-buck-paying-for-health-care-in-the-trump-era/#comments Sat, 25 Aug 2018 22:35:00 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/144-zack-buck-paying-for-health-care-in-the-trump-era-328a18a4c6c94ebafad00b4b4bd5e758 These four episodes were recorded at the 2018 SEALS conference. Four of us got together as a panel to discuss Healthcare in the Era of the Trump Administration. I was joined by Nicole Huberfeld, Professor of Health Law, Ethics & Human Rights, Health Law, Policy & Management at Boston University’s School of Public Health, Zack Buck, Assistant Professor of Law and Wilkinson Junior Research Professor at the University of Tennessee, and Jennifer Bard, Professor of Law in the College of Law at the University of Cincinnati with a joint appointment in the Department of Internal Medicine at the College of Medicine. She is currently a Visiting Scholar at the O’Neill Institute for Local and Global Health Law at Georgetown University Law Center. This was a panel, not a typical studio recording so to get the most out of it you may wish to download our slides that are linked at TWIHL.com TWIHL false No 1472 83 full 143. Nicole Huberfeld: Health Reform, Medicaid and Health Care Federalism https://twihl.podbean.com/e/143-health-reform-medicaid-and-health-care-federalism/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/143-health-reform-medicaid-and-health-care-federalism/#comments Mon, 20 Aug 2018 22:34:00 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/143-health-reform-medicaid-and-health-care-federalism-92bfaa1dd87cf318815acff27b9a8a12 These four episodes were recorded at the 2018 SEALS conference. Four of us got together as a panel to discuss Healthcare in the Era of the Trump Administration. I was joined by Nicole Huberfeld, Professor of Health Law, Ethics & Human Rights, Health Law, Policy & Management at Boston University’s School of Public Health, Zack Buck, Assistant Professor of Law and Wilkinson Junior Research Professor at the University of Tennessee, and Jennifer Bard, Professor of Law in the College of Law at the University of Cincinnati with a joint appointment in the Department of Internal Medicine at the College of Medicine. She is currently a Visiting Scholar at the O’Neill Institute for Local and Global Health Law at Georgetown University Law Center. This was a panel, not a typical studio recording so to get the most out of it you may wish to download our slides that are linked at TWIHL.com TWIHL false No 1561 82 full 142. Nicolas Terry: State Law Reactions to Trumpcare https://twihl.podbean.com/e/142-state-law-reactions-to-trumpcare/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/142-state-law-reactions-to-trumpcare/#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2018 22:33:54 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/142-state-law-reactions-to-trumpcare-144fc8276cce6b2101b3ae0b3ab81b9f These four episodes were recorded at the 2018 SEALS conference. Four of us got together as a panel to discuss Healthcare in the Era of the Trump Administration. I was joined by Nicole Huberfeld, Professor of Health Law, Ethics & Human Rights, Health Law, Policy & Management at Boston University’s School of Public Health, Zack Buck, Assistant Professor of Law and Wilkinson Junior Research Professor at the University of Tennessee, and Jennifer Bard, Professor of Law in the College of Law at the University of Cincinnati with a joint appointment in the Department of Internal Medicine at the College of Medicine. She is currently a Visiting Scholar at the O’Neill Institute for Local and Global Health Law at Georgetown University Law Center. This was a panel, not a typical studio recording so to get the most out of it you may wish to download our slides that are linked at TWIHL.com TWIHL false No 1492 81 full 141. How the GSK Met his DNA. Guests, Amy McGuire, Natalie Ram. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/141-how-the-gsk-met-his-dna-guests-amy-mcguire-natalie-ram/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/141-how-the-gsk-met-his-dna-guests-amy-mcguire-natalie-ram/#comments Tue, 05 Jun 2018 06:33:00 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/141-how-the-gsk-met-his-dna-guests-amy-mcguire-natalie-ram-24b00f90dd1700f333f1ee8f1a4eedd1 This week on the pod I welcome Amy McGuire, the Leon Jaworski Professor of Biomedical Ethics and Director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine and Natalie Ram, a Professor of Law at The University of Baltimore School of Law. Our conversation revolves around the arrest of the suspected Golden State Killer who was partially identified by a DNA match through a publicly accessible database. Legal topics range from the Fourth Amendment to HIPAA and the Common Rule as we discuss implications for personal privacy and major, DNA-led projects such as Precision Medicine. TWIHL false No 2199 80 full 140. Hell Hath No Housing. Guests, Scott Burris, Abraham Gutman. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/140-hell-hath-no-housing-guests-scott-burris-abraham-gutman/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/140-hell-hath-no-housing-guests-scott-burris-abraham-gutman/#comments Thu, 24 May 2018 07:52:00 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/140-hell-hath-no-housing-guests-scott-burris-abraham-gutman-24b00f90dd1700f333f1ee8f1a4eedd1 Special guest host Wendy Mariner from Boston University and I welcome Scott Burris and Abraham Gutman from Temple University’s Center for Public Health Law Research. We discuss the failures associated with the Fair Housing Act including the delayed implementation of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule, the eviction epidemic, the tragedy of the silos in public health interventions, and the concept of “health in all policies.” TWIHL false No 2290 79 full 139. Treating Corpses. Guest, Thad Pope. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/139-treating-corpses-guest-thad-pope/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/139-treating-corpses-guest-thad-pope/#comments Mon, 14 May 2018 05:39:00 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/139-treating-corpses-guest-thad-pope-24b00f90dd1700f333f1ee8f1a4eedd1 Thad Pope, Professor of Law and Director of the Health Law Institute at MitchellHamline School of Law joins us to discuss some extremely difficult end-of-life cases that are being litigated on each side of the Atlantic. In the U.S. (specifically, in California and New Jersey) the tragic Jahi McMath case continues with no apparent end in sight. We discuss compelling narratives such as that in the New Yorker and attempt to frame the legal and ethical issues. Comparison and distinctions can be drawn between that case and Alfie Evans case in the UK that has led to multiple appeals to the UK Supreme Court and the European Court of Human Rights. One of our questions (there are many) is whether we are looking at likely challenges to the accepted evidence as to brain death or merely (?) another chapter in our cultural war about the meaning of life. TWIHL false No 2269 78 full 138. Cass and Homer. Guest, Jessica Roberts. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/138-cass-and-homer-guest-jessica-roberts/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/138-cass-and-homer-guest-jessica-roberts/#comments Fri, 04 May 2018 09:34:59 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/138-cass-and-homer-guest-jessica-roberts-24b00f90dd1700f333f1ee8f1a4eedd1 Jessica Roberts, the Director of the Health Law and Policy Institute and a George Butler Research Professor at the University of Houston Law Center returns to the pod. She specializes in health law, disability law, and genetics and the law and her book on “Health ism,” co-authored with fried of the pod Elizabeth Weeks Leonard, is forthcoming from Cambridge University Press. We begin by discussing health discrimination before, during, and after the ACA. Then, we discuss Jessica’s take (admirably articulated in a recent Michigan Law Review book review) on the nudging at the center of healthcare’s version of behavioral economics. TWIHL false No 2145 77 full 137. Diseases of Despair (2): Healthcare Law and Policy https://twihl.podbean.com/e/137-diseases-of-despair-2-healthcare-law-and-policy/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/137-diseases-of-despair-2-healthcare-law-and-policy/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2018 07:21:00 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/137-diseases-of-despair-2-healthcare-law-and-policy-24b00f90dd1700f333f1ee8f1a4eedd1 In April, 2018 the Northeastern University School of Law held a conference titled “Diseases of Despair: The Role of Policy and Law.” TWIHL was asked to be the event’s podcast partner and we roped in Leo Beletsky, our friend and one of the conference organizers to act as co-host for two special TWIHL episodes. We recorded two shows, this, the second, concentrated on healthcare law and policy. TWIHL thanks all the conference attendees and the organizers for their help and a wonderful conference. TWIHL false No 1996 76 full 136. Diseases of Despair (1): Public Health https://twihl.podbean.com/e/136-diseases-of-despair-1-public-health/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/136-diseases-of-despair-1-public-health/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2018 07:19:00 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/136-diseases-of-despair-1-public-health-24b00f90dd1700f333f1ee8f1a4eedd1 In April, 2018 the Northeastern University School of Law held a conference titled “Diseases of Despair: The Role of Policy and Law.” TWIHL was asked to be the event’s podcast partner and we roped in Leo Beletsky, our friend and one of the conference organizers to act as co-host for two special TWIHL episodes. We recorded two shows, this, the first, concentrated on public health aspects. TWIHL thanks all the conference attendees and the organizers for their help and a wonderful conference. TWIHL false No 1750 75 full 135. Another BioBrick in the Wall. Guest, Andrew Torrance. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/135-another-biobrick-in-the-wall-guest-andrew-torrance/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/135-another-biobrick-in-the-wall-guest-andrew-torrance/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2018 07:43:09 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/135-another-biobrick-in-the-wall-guest-andrew-torrance-24b00f90dd1700f333f1ee8f1a4eedd1 A long overdue appearance on the Pod by Kansas University law professor Andrew Torrance who teaches and conducts research in patent law, intellectual property, innovation, and so much more! Andrew leads us through a couple of fascinating topics on the bleeding edge of IP. First, he discusses the use of a page ranking-like model to value patents. Second, he introduces us into some governance and related models applied in the synthetic biology community to avoid the tragedy of the commons but without resorting to traditional IP protection. TWIHL false No 2390 74 full 134. Another “The Week in Medicaid.” Guest, Jamila Michener. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/134-another-%e2%80%9cthe-week-in-medicaid%e2%80%9d-guest-jamila-michener/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/134-another-%e2%80%9cthe-week-in-medicaid%e2%80%9d-guest-jamila-michener/#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2018 08:09:00 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/134-another-%e2%80%9cthe-week-in-medicaid%e2%80%9d-guest-jamila-michener-24b00f90dd1700f333f1ee8f1a4eedd1 A welcome to first-time Pod guest, political scientist Jamila Michener, a Professor in the department of Government at Cornell University. Her research focuses on poverty and racial inequality in American politics. She is the author of a new book, Fragmented Democracy: Medicaid, Federalism and Unequal Politics (Cambridge University Press). We tackle Medicaid from her original perspective—how and why federalism (not to mention Section 1115 waivers) allows for unequal treatment of Medicaid recipients across out nation, and some of the damage to democratic institutions that result. TWIHL false No 2156 73 full 133. Political Rashomon. Guest, Philip Rocco. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/133-political-rashomon-guest-philip-rocco/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/133-political-rashomon-guest-philip-rocco/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2018 08:41:03 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/133-political-rashomon-guest-philip-rocco-24b00f90dd1700f333f1ee8f1a4eedd1 A welcome to first-time Pod guest Philip Rocco. Philip is on the faculty in the Department of Political Science at Marquette University. His research examines the consequences of institutional fragmentation for the development of public policy, with a focus on the politics of health reform in the United States. We cover a lot of territory inspired by Phil’s recent publications, Medicaid managed care and data, All-Payer Claims Databases, and public comments received during the Medicaid waiver process. A brief lightning round touches on ACA stabilization, more data about Indiana’s 1115 waiver, and the stinkbug-in-chief. TWIHL false No 2453 72 full 132. Price Insensitivity. Guest, Rachel Sachs. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/132-price-insensitivity-guest-rachel-sachs/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/132-price-insensitivity-guest-rachel-sachs/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2018 08:11:00 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/132-price-insensitivity-guest-rachel-sachs-24b00f90dd1700f333f1ee8f1a4eedd1 A welcome return from Rachel Sachs, a Professor at the Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. her primary research interests lie at the intersection of patent law and health law, with a particular focus on problems of innovation and access and the ways in which law helps or hinders these problems. She is a prolific scholar who has a knack for identifying cutting-edge research. We discuss various aspects of the drug price phenomenon, attempting to find some explanations for our current and exploring some possible solutions. TWIHL false No 2503 71 full 131. Where’s the Remote? Guest, Jeanne Lenzer. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/131-where%e2%80%99s-the-remote-guest-jeanne-lenzer/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/131-where%e2%80%99s-the-remote-guest-jeanne-lenzer/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2018 07:30:00 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/131-where%e2%80%99s-the-remote-guest-jeanne-lenzer-24b00f90dd1700f333f1ee8f1a4eedd1 We are joined by award-winning medical investigative reporter Jeanne Lenzer. Her first book, “The Danger Within Us: America's Untested, Unregulated Medical Device Industry and One Man's Battle to Survive It.” Lenzer puts forward strong arguments that the medical device industry is under-regulated. Woven through her analysis is the story of one patient’s dangers and difficult journey involving an implanted device together with related stories about physicians and researchers. TWIHL false No 1508 70 full 130. Professor Doom-and-Gloom. Guest, Heather Howard. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/130-professor-doom-and-gloom-guest-heather-howard/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/130-professor-doom-and-gloom-guest-heather-howard/#comments Sat, 10 Mar 2018 09:00:02 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/130-professor-doom-and-gloom-guest-heather-howard-24b00f90dd1700f333f1ee8f1a4eedd1 We welcome back one of the pod’s most popular guests. Heather Howard is a member of the faculty at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. With her help we unpack the latest flurry of Section 1115 waiver approvals. Some seem ripe for considerable skepticism, threatening the healthcare of many. Others, current or proposed, give us some cause for cautious optimism. TWIHL false No 2672 69 full 129. Trusted Stool. Guest, Diane Hoffman. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/129-trusted-stool-guest-diane-hoffman/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/129-trusted-stool-guest-diane-hoffman/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2018 07:06:00 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/129-trusted-stool-guest-diane-hoffman-24b00f90dd1700f333f1ee8f1a4eedd1 Frank Pasquale, Nicolas Terry and their Guests discuss the significant health law and policy issues of the week. Show notes are at TWIHL.com.

]]> Frank Pasquale, Nicolas Terry and their Guests discuss the significant health law and policy issues of the week. Show notes are at TWIHL.com.

]]> University of Maryland health law professor Diane Hoffman joins us to discuss the human microbiome market, probiotics, and microbiota transplants. The science is fascinating but the regulatory system is confused and confusing. Professor Hoffman’s involvement in ELSI working groups researching these areas makes her the go-to source for ideas on the various options regulatory options (including by the FDA and FTC) and their potential impact on the growth of this new and rapidly evolving science. TWIHL false No 2037 68 full 128. Barriers to Enrollment. Guest, Nicole Huberfeld. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/128-barriers-to-enrollment-guest-nicole-huberfeld/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/128-barriers-to-enrollment-guest-nicole-huberfeld/#comments Wed, 21 Feb 2018 07:24:00 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/128-barriers-to-enrollment-guest-nicole-huberfeld-24b00f90dd1700f333f1ee8f1a4eedd1 Pod favorite and BU public health and law professor Nicole Huberfeld makes a welcome return. We discuss Medicaid work requirements, lockouts, and health literacy testing and reflect on the new CMS-imagined Medicaid space. As CMS blows past its traditional guardrails we ask, what are the limits for post-ACA Medicaid, a tightly controlled welfare benefit rather than universality-enabling health insurance? We end our discussion by weighing the possible legal challenges to the recent Section 1115 waiver plans. Also, we try to stay cheerful! TWIHL false No 2037 67 full 127. Sylvester Stallone’s Preference. Guest, Jacob Sherkow. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/127-sylvester-stallone%e2%80%99s-preference-guest-jacob-sherkow/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/127-sylvester-stallone%e2%80%99s-preference-guest-jacob-sherkow/#comments Thu, 15 Feb 2018 07:01:00 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/127-sylvester-stallone%e2%80%99s-preference-guest-jacob-sherkow-24b00f90dd1700f333f1ee8f1a4eedd1 We welcome Jacob Sherkow, a law Professor at the Innovation Center for Law and Technology, at New York Law School. There he teaches a variety of courses related to intellectual property. His research focuses on how scientific developments, especially in the biosciences, affect patent law and litigation. Prof. Sherkow is a prolific scholar, the author of over two dozen articles on these and related topics in both traditional law reviews and scientific journals. Our conversation begins with an excellent CRISPR primer before traversing some fascinating questions about gene-editing patent litigation around the world, licensing issues, and the broader array of regulatory issues encountered by such emerging technologies. TWIHL false No 2454 66 full 126. The Old Healthcare System and the Sea. Guest, Carl Ameringer. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/126-the-old-healthcare-system-and-the-sea-guest-carl-ameringer/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/126-the-old-healthcare-system-and-the-sea-guest-carl-ameringer/#comments Tue, 06 Feb 2018 06:38:00 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/126-the-old-healthcare-system-and-the-sea-guest-carl-ameringer-24b00f90dd1700f333f1ee8f1a4eedd1 A first time visit from Dr. Carl Ameringer, professor of health policy and politics at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. A lawyer with a PhD in political science, he is an expert on issues surrounding our national debate on health care reform. We discuss his latest book “US Health Policy and Health Care Delivery: Doctors, Reformers, and Entrepreneurs” published by Cambridge University Press. TWIHL false No 2007 65 full 125. Running on the Spot. Guest, Carl Coleman. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/125-running-on-the-spot-guest-carl-coleman/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/125-running-on-the-spot-guest-carl-coleman/#comments Wed, 31 Jan 2018 05:58:00 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/125-running-on-the-spot-guest-carl-coleman-24b00f90dd1700f333f1ee8f1a4eedd1 Seton Hall law professor Carl Coleman leads our deep dive into human subjects research, the revised common rule, and the most import features of the latter. We question and speculate on the reasons for the continued freezing and delays surrounding the revised common rule, discuss the arguably marginal improvements over its predecessor, some comparative perspectives, and some of the annoyances still felt by researchers about both the original and revised rules. TWIHL false No 1855 64 full 124. Dystopian Memes. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/124-dystopian-memes/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/124-dystopian-memes/#comments Tue, 23 Jan 2018 07:00:00 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/124-dystopian-memes-24b00f90dd1700f333f1ee8f1a4eedd1 It's a stormy healthcare landscape out there, so this show is all lightning round. We cover several areas: Litigation: Nic provides the Ariadne's thread through a labyrinthine pharma-tort judgment out of California. The metal on metal hip litigation has resulted in a big judgment, but medical device regulation is still fundamentally broken. Disgruntled Centene enrollees are suing the ACA insurer of last resort for ultra-narrow networks (and Washington state is not happy, either). Washington may lead the way for future narrow network regulation or consent decrees. We followed up on the duodenoscope superbug litigation saga, focusing on duties to translate foreign language emails in discovery. Regulation: We discussed a crisis in long-term care, following up on last week's discussion with Paul Osterman. Medicare is not making it any easier for many who qualify for help. We reviewed the new priorities of HHS's Conscience Rights, er, Civil Rights Division (and potential responses to conscience claims). The rise of Medicaid work requirements is a hot topic, as Kentucky Governor Bevin imposed them last week. By the way, watch out for a future post by Frank at the LPE Blog on Trumpcare's transformation of Medicaid. His latest health care post there was titled "The Epicycles of Health Care Market Design: Time for a Paradigm Shift in Health Policy." Also of interest this week: the ethics of fake operations; the UK's Minister of Loneliness; and Covered California covers the coverage roller coaster, as does Vox. TWIHL false No 1993 63 full 123. “Be Strong, Be Well, Be of Value.” Guest, Zack Buck. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/123-%e2%80%9cbe-strong%c2%a0be%c2%a0well%c2%a0be%c2%a0of%c2%a0value%e2%80%9d-guest-zack-buck/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/123-%e2%80%9cbe-strong%c2%a0be%c2%a0well%c2%a0be%c2%a0of%c2%a0value%e2%80%9d-guest-zack-buck/#comments Wed, 17 Jan 2018 06:07:00 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/123-%e2%80%9cbe-strong%c2%a0be%c2%a0well%c2%a0be%c2%a0of%c2%a0value%e2%80%9d-guest-zack-buck-24b00f90dd1700f333f1ee8f1a4eedd1 We welcome back our good friend Zack Buck, Professor of Law and Wilkinson Junior Research Professor at the University of Tennessee College of Law. He teaches bioethics and public health, torts, health care finance and organization, health care regulation and quality, and fraud and abuse. He is producing really interesting scholarship relating to our seemingly ever-present and intractable healthcare price and cost issues. Our conversation includes some compelling “lightning” stories, including wellness plans, the Health Affairs retirement of the great Tim Jost, and Medicaid work requirements. Then Zack demonstrated his true mettle, answering questions about MACRA/MIPS, value bundle reimbursement models, and state law attempts to reel in drug costs. TWIHL false No 2337 62 full 122. Is there a Care Worker Win-Win? Guest, Paul Osterman. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/122-is-there-a-care-worker-win-win-guest-paul-osterman/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/122-is-there-a-care-worker-win-win-guest-paul-osterman/#comments Wed, 10 Jan 2018 17:31:22 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/122-is-there-a-care-worker-win-win-guest-paul-osterman-24b00f90dd1700f333f1ee8f1a4eedd1 Frank and I welcome labor economist Paul Osterman, Professor of Human Resources and Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management. His most recent book is “Who Will Care For Us: Long Term Care and the Long Term Workforce,” which is the basis for our discussion. He argues that the expansion of the role of direct care workers “will save the system money, both by obtaining better health outcomes—thereby reducing visits to emergency rooms, hospitals, and nursing homes—and by shifting some tasks to lower-paid occupations.” Our discussion covers the demographics of care workers, scope of practice issues, the role of Medicare and Medicaid, possible technological innovations, and quality regulation. TWIHL false No 2064 61 full 121. Now with Added AI. Guest, Andrea Matwyshyn. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/121-now-with-added-ai-guest-andrea-matwyshyn/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/121-now-with-added-ai-guest-andrea-matwyshyn/#comments Wed, 20 Dec 2017 18:35:44 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/121-now-with-added-ai-guest-andrea-matwyshyn-24b00f90dd1700f333f1ee8f1a4eedd1 We welcome back one of our most popular guests, Northeastern School of Law professor Andrea Matwyshyn. Our conversation combines some reflections on the past year, events of the last week, and a deep dive into some of the issues that healthcare AI raises and must face going forward. TWIHL false No 3690 60 full 120. Capturing Lightning in a Pod. Guest, Wendy Mariner. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/120-capturing-lightning-in-a-pod-guest-wendy-mariner/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/120-capturing-lightning-in-a-pod-guest-wendy-mariner/#comments Mon, 04 Dec 2017 23:44:49 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/120-capturing-lightning-in-a-pod-guest-wendy-mariner-24b00f90dd1700f333f1ee8f1a4eedd1 A welcome return to the pod by Boston University health law professor Wendy Mariner. The three of us present an expanded “lighting round.” We discuss the end of the individual mandate, Murray-Alexander, deficit hawks targeting Medicare, the ramifications of the CVS-Aetna merger, the CMS Guidance on the contraceptive services opt-out, and a new health security settlement out of California. TWIHL false No 2177 59 full 119. If it’s an Epidemic, Treat it Like One! Guest, Leo Beletsky. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/119-if-it%e2%80%99s-an-epidemic-treat-it-like-one-guest-leo-beletsky/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/119-if-it%e2%80%99s-an-epidemic-treat-it-like-one-guest-leo-beletsky/#comments Thu, 16 Nov 2017 19:49:00 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/119-if-it%e2%80%99s-an-epidemic-treat-it-like-one-guest-leo-beletsky-24b00f90dd1700f333f1ee8f1a4eedd1 Another return visit from Leo Beletsky, our friend and Northeastern University School of Law professor. Beletsky is a fearless critic of the more obvious “solutions” to the opioid crisis such as incarceration. His take is far more nuanced, using a public health frame to understand the crisis and employing evidence-based analysis to determine appropriate responses. Our wide-ranging conversation included analysis of attempts to combat crisis though law enforcement and interdiction, the inapplicability of the “vector” epidemic frame to opioids, and primary, secondary, and tertiary public health interventions. TWIHL false No 2320 58 full 118. 100,000 Airplanes. Guest, Vinay Prasad. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/118-100000-airplanes-guest-vinay-prasad/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/118-100000-airplanes-guest-vinay-prasad/#comments Sat, 11 Nov 2017 09:40:04 -0500 twihl.podbean.com/118-100000-airplanes-guest-vinay-prasad-24b00f90dd1700f333f1ee8f1a4eedd1 Renowned hematologist-oncologist, researcher, and writer Vinay Prasad joins us to discuss his sternly-held views on modern clinical and research practice. We discuss the effectiveness (or not) of cancer screening, a more realistic take on the cancer moonshot, and the continual conflicts of interest issues in medicine-issues that maybe are not solvable with transparency laws. TWIHL false No 2580 57 full 117. In Antitrust We Trust. Guest, Spencer Weber Waller. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/117-in-antitrust-we-trust-guest-spencer-weber-waller/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/117-in-antitrust-we-trust-guest-spencer-weber-waller/#comments Wed, 01 Nov 2017 07:06:00 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/117-in-antitrust-we-trust-guest-spencer-weber-waller-24b00f90dd1700f333f1ee8f1a4eedd1 We welcome Loyola University Chicago Professor Spencer Waller who brings his antitrust skills to bear on competition in healthcare markets. Our discussion centers on Professor Waller’s recent essay, available at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2819543. The key issue is whether healthcare antitrust is (or should be) another example of healthcare exceptionalism or transubstantive. Our discussion ranges from competing models of antitrust theory to remedies and enforcement and healthcare “snowflakes.” TWIHL false No 1993 56 full 116. Neuroscience Sense. Guest, Amanda Pustilnik. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/116-neuroscience-sense-guest-amanda-pustilnik/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/116-neuroscience-sense-guest-amanda-pustilnik/#comments Tue, 24 Oct 2017 23:46:52 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/116-neuroscience-sense-guest-amanda-pustilnik-24b00f90dd1700f333f1ee8f1a4eedd1 We welcome University of Maryland scholar Amanda Pustilnik, a recognized leader in the emerging area of Neuroscience and the law. Our conversation includes a primer on the area and a discussion of the more import areas, including criminal reasonability and the measurement of chronic pain. Our lightning round concentrates on the current proposals and counter proposals surrounding the workings of the insurance exchanges and we take a close look at Iowa’s challenging individual insurance market. TWIHL false No 2409 55 full 115. Horsefeathers! Guest, Michelle Mello. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/115-horsefeathers-guest-michelle-mello/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/115-horsefeathers-guest-michelle-mello/#comments Sat, 14 Oct 2017 11:46:40 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/115-horsefeathers-guest-michelle-mello-24b00f90dd1700f333f1ee8f1a4eedd1 Back from a short hiatus we greet Michelle M. Mello, Professor of Law and of Health Research & Policy at Stanford University. She is the author of more than 150 articles and book chapters on the medical malpractice system, medical errors and patient safety, research ethics, regulation of pharmaceuticals, legal interventions to combat obesity and noncommunicable disease, and other topics. Our conversation focused on her recent work on medical apologies, communication-and-resolution programs, overlapping surgery (which refers to operations performed by the same primary surgeon such that the start of one surgery overlaps with the end of another), reconciliation after medical injury, and the influence of the malpractice environment on care patterns. The lightning round featured a tour of the many facets of synthetic ACA repeal: CHIP delay, health budget slashing, zombie reconciliation, marketing budget cuts, inexplicable "maintenance" efforts that bring down HealthCare.gov for 12 hours a day at peak sign up periods, the Trump EO on association health plans, and the suspension of CSR payments. As Nancy LeTourneau reports, “synthetic repeal won’t be scored by CBO and has tossed aside any attempt to replace the law. That means that the results could be even more disastrous for the American people.” TWIHL false No 2905 54 full 114. Fake Reproductive News. Guest, Alta Charo. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/114-fake-reproductive-news-guest-alta-charo/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/114-fake-reproductive-news-guest-alta-charo/#comments Thu, 21 Sep 2017 07:27:00 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/114-fake-reproductive-news-guest-alta-charo-24b00f90dd1700f333f1ee8f1a4eedd1 We take advantage of a very special opportunity to talk with Alta Charo, Professor of Law and Bioethics at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Topics ranged from ethical and regulatory perspectives on CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing, to the Trump administration's manifestly counter-productive ending of the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program, to the politicization of reproductive “science” by Trump appointees to HHS. TWIHL false No 1888 53 full 113. Liberté, Equalité, et “Single Payer.” Guest, Adam Gaffney. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/113-liberte-equalite-et-%e2%80%9csingle-payer%e2%80%9d-guest-adam-gaffney/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/113-liberte-equalite-et-%e2%80%9csingle-payer%e2%80%9d-guest-adam-gaffney/#comments Thu, 14 Sep 2017 07:33:00 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/113-liberte-equalite-et-%e2%80%9csingle-payer%e2%80%9d-guest-adam-gaffney-24b00f90dd1700f333f1ee8f1a4eedd1 Adam Gaffney, physician, writer, public health researcher, and healthcare advocate joint us to discuss the “right to health” in all its manifestations and the slow crawl of U.S. healthcare to universalism and single-payer. It’s a broad-ranging discussion, touching on law, human rights, political discourse, and economics. A brief “lightning” round focuses on the exposure of Facebook’s ethos and healthcare consolidation and concentration. TWIHL false No 2328 52 full 112. Activating the FDA. Guest, Lewis Grossman. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/112-activating-the-fda-guest-lewis-grossman/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/112-activating-the-fda-guest-lewis-grossman/#comments Fri, 08 Sep 2017 07:08:00 -0400 twihl.podbean.com/112-activating-the-fda-guest-lewis-grossman-24b00f90dd1700f333f1ee8f1a4eedd1 American University Washington College of Law Professor Lewis Grossman joins us to discuss his fascinating article “AIDS Activists, FDA Regulation, and the Amendment of America’s Drug Constitution.” Prior to that discussion our Lightning Round touches on nursing home arbitration, the decline in the number of FDA warning letters, the EEOC Wellness regulation, single payer, and the resilience of the exchanges. TWIHL false No 2087 51 full 111. Deep Mind and Dire Dealings. Guest, Julia Powles. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/111-deep-mind-and-dire-dealings-guest-julia-powles/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/111-deep-mind-and-dire-dealings-guest-julia-powles/#comments Fri, 01 Sep 2017 07:47:00 -0400 https://twihl.podbean.com/e/111-deep-mind-and-dire-dealings-guest-julia-powles/ We talk with legal scholar-journalist Julia Powles who has done some deep dives into the world of Alphabet’s Deep Mind’s relationship with NHS data. Our conversation starts with Julia’s collaborator, Hal Hodson, and his reporting on Deep Mind for the New Scientist. Julia explains the findings of the Information Commissioner and the subtle intersection of the Data Protection Act 1998 and the “boot out” to the Caldicott Guidelines. The relevance to the U.S. is confirmed with discussions of the “first mover” advantages in establishing data market power, the problems associated with the privatization of public health data, and the “transparency paradox” associated with big data companies. TWIHL false No 1766 50 full 110. Back to School Special 2017, Part 2. Guests, TWIHL Allstars. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/110-back-to-school-special-2017-part-2-guests-twihl-allstars/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/110-back-to-school-special-2017-part-2-guests-twihl-allstars/#comments Thu, 24 Aug 2017 06:58:00 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/110-back-to-school-special-2017-part-2-guests-twihl-allstars/ Our annual Back To School Special returns in time for a new semester. In this second part we welcome TWIHL Allstars Erin Fuse Brown, Zack Buck, and Jessica Roberts. In this part, topics state health laws in the time of Trump, price and cost issues, ERISA, MIPS, a fraud and abuse case to watch, and genetic “property” statutes. We ended with some general thoughts about what we learned from the reform and repeal choose of the past seven months. TWIHL false No 3379 49 full 109. Back to School Special 2017, Part 1. Guests, TWIHL Allstars. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/109-back-to-school-special-2017-part-1-guests-twihl-allstars/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/109-back-to-school-special-2017-part-1-guests-twihl-allstars/#comments Thu, 17 Aug 2017 06:56:00 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/109-back-to-school-special-2017-part-1-guests-twihl-allstars/ Our annual Back To School Special returns in time for a new semester. In this first part we welcome TWIHL Allstars Nick Bagley, Micah Berman, Glenn Cohen, Nicole Huberfeld. Our conversations covered a lot of ground including CSR payments, House v. Price, gene editing, the Trump administration’s approach to regulation, healthcare federalism, and the future of waivers under CMS’s new management. TWIHL false No 2787 48 full 108. Dwindling Exclusivity. Guest, Erika Lietzan. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/108-the-drug-innovation-paradox-guest-erika-lietzan/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/108-the-drug-innovation-paradox-guest-erika-lietzan/#comments Fri, 11 Aug 2017 07:48:00 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/108-the-drug-innovation-paradox-guest-erika-lietzan/ A deep dive into pharmaceutical patent protection and its intersection with the FDA new drug approval process. We touch on molecular drugs, biosimilars, data exclusivity, market exclusivity, the runway to generics, and fascinating differentials between different drug types or families. This is an intensely complex area and we were glad to have the benefit of a truly expert guide. TWIHL false No 2141 47 full 107. Prescription Drug Price Metrics. Guests, Aaron Kesselheim & Ameet Sarpatwari. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/107-tackling-prescription-drug-costs-guests-aaron-kesselheim-ameet%c2%a0sarpatwari/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/107-tackling-prescription-drug-costs-guests-aaron-kesselheim-ameet%c2%a0sarpatwari/#comments Fri, 04 Aug 2017 07:20:00 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/107-tackling-prescription-drug-costs-guests-aaron-kesselheim-ameet%c2%a0sarpatwari/ Two of the nation’s leading researchers into prescription drug costs join us for an in-depth exploration of the reasons for our high and increasing drug bill and a critical analysis of some of the investment, transparency, value, and outcomes-based metrics being used to determine “fair” prescription drug costs. TWIHL false No 2453 46 full 106. An Insurer-Provider Nudge-Fest. Guest, Wendy Epstein. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/106-an-insurer-provider-nudge-fest-guest-wendy-epstein/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/106-an-insurer-provider-nudge-fest-guest-wendy-epstein/#comments Thu, 27 Jul 2017 22:01:24 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/106-an-insurer-provider-nudge-fest-guest-wendy-epstein/ Our guest this week is Wendy Netter Epstein, who is Associate Professor of Law at DePaul University, and Faculty Director of DePaul's Jaharis Health Law Institute. Her teaching and research interests focus on health care law and policy, contracts, and commercial law. Professor Epstein has won Excellence in Teaching Awards from both DePaul University and the College of Law. We discussed some of her research on contract law and health care, including "The Health Insurer Nudge." The lightning round this week included a discussion of institutional liability, and divergent paths for antitrust (the Obama/Trump emphasis on professions and occupational licensure, or the Better Deal focus on mergers). Recalling our conversations with Guian McKee and Jessica Mantel, we also discussed the macroeconomic impact of health care institutions. Obamacare certainly helped Detroit, but Dan Diamond worries that the Cleveland Clinic (and many other hospitals) are not providing levels of community benefit high enough to justify their tax exemption. TWIHL false No 2214 45 full 105. The Creepy Factor. Guest, Claudia Pagliari. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/105-the-creepy-factor-guest-claudia-pagliari/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/105-the-creepy-factor-guest-claudia-pagliari/#comments Fri, 21 Jul 2017 06:39:00 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/105-the-creepy-factor-guest-claudia-pagliari/ On another international episode of the Pod we chat with Claudia Pagliari, Senior Lecturer in Primary Care and Informatics and Director of Global eHealth at Edinburgh University in the UK. A psychologist by training she is an internationally recognized expert in health informatics. Our broad-ranging discussion touched on digital technology for health sector governance in low and middle income countries, drug advertising rules, DTC genetic tests, medical app curation, and transatlantic perspectives on data sharing. TWIHL false No 2512 43 full 104. Thunder and Lightning. Frank and Nic channel Thor. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/104-thunder-and-lightning-frank-and-nic-channel-thor/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/104-thunder-and-lightning-frank-and-nic-channel-thor/#comments Thu, 13 Jul 2017 06:25:00 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/104-thunder-and-lightning-frank-and-nic-channel-thor/ Frank and Nic internalize their travel issues and try to get to grips with some of the recent stories from healthcare land. Among the stories we discuss are UK Information Commissioner’s report on the Royal Free - Google DeepMind trial, US-EU competition policy (another Google case), a class action in Alaska involving a DTC genetic service that is butting heads with a very strongly worded state statute, the opioid crisis seen through a litigation lens, and our latest thoughts, rants, and questions about health reform/repeal including the latest on the three-legged stool and cost-sharing subsidies. Finally, and with great trepidation we raise the wise of single-payer care only to uncover a new policy position taken by one of your hosts! TWIHL false No 2577 44 full 103. No Dark Algorithms Here. Guests, Leslie Francis and John Francis. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/103-no-dark-algorithms-here-guests-leslie-and-john-francis/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/103-no-dark-algorithms-here-guests-leslie-and-john-francis/#comments Thu, 06 Jul 2017 07:01:00 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/103-no-dark-algorithms-here-guests-leslie-and-john-francis/ Two very special guests and the Pod’s first power couple interview. Leslie and John Francis join us to discuss their new book “Privacy: What Everyone Needs to Know” published by Oxford University Press. Leslie Francis is a professor of law and a professor of philosophy at the University of Utah, and John Francis is a research professor in the Political Science Department, also at the University of Utah. Leslie is one of our leading privacy scholars and John is an expert in comparative politics and regulatory policy, ethics, and data policy. We explored privacy theory, how privacy differs between economic domains, and the relative benefits of consent, use, and delinking regulation. TWIHL false No 2025 42 full 102. Politicizing Pregnancy and Punishing Women. Guest, Michele Goodwin. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/102-politicizing-pregnancy-and-punishing-women-guest-michelle-goodwin/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/102-politicizing-pregnancy-and-punishing-women-guest-michelle-goodwin/#comments Tue, 27 Jun 2017 19:26:12 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/102-politicizing-pregnancy-and-punishing-women-guest-michelle-goodwin/ University of California law professor Michelle Goodwin joins us for a detailed discussion about the increasingly adverse relationship between women and the state. Increasingly, pregnancy is being policed by an array of oppressive state laws, many of which are being used in contexts far removed from their legislative intent. Our conversation includes a detailed look at the abortion cases and their limitations. We end with a disturbing narrative about under age marriages in the U.S., often in circumstances that otherwise would be statutory rape. TWIHL false No 2191 101. Competition, Coordination, and Complexity. Guest, Jaime King. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/101-competition-coordination-and-complexity-guest-jaime-king/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/101-competition-coordination-and-complexity-guest-jaime-king/#comments Tue, 20 Jun 2017 18:49:37 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/101-competition-coordination-and-complexity-guest-jaime-king/ Hastings law professor and antitrust expert Jaime King joins us to discuss competition and consolidation in healthcare delivery. We discussed (apparently) pro-competitive collaborations, price transparency models, the limits of demand-side reforms, Gobeille’s interpretation of ERISA as a major blow to state initiatives, and innovative cross-market activities. TWIHL false No 2150 100. The Self-Indulgent Show. Frank and Nic celebrate the 100th Episode of TWIHL!!! https://twihl.podbean.com/e/100-the-self-indulgent-show-frank-and-nic-celebrate-the-100th-episode-of-twihl/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/100-the-self-indulgent-show-frank-and-nic-celebrate-the-100th-episode-of-twihl/#comments Wed, 14 Jun 2017 15:31:11 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/100-the-self-indulgent-show-frank-and-nic-celebrate-the-100th-episode-of-twihl/ Perhaps we should have called it “We Should Have Quit Will We Were Ahead!” In any event, a 100th show doesn't come around every week (or even every 8.5 days), and we wanted to express our thanks to all our guests and listeners while reflecting (hence the self-indulgence) on the journey so far. TWIHL false No 2667 99. Solidarity with Newcomers. Guest, Wendy Parmet. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/99-solidarity-with-newcomers-guest-wendy-parmet/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/99-solidarity-with-newcomers-guest-wendy-parmet/#comments Mon, 05 Jun 2017 06:46:00 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/99-solidarity-with-newcomers-guest-wendy-parmet/ Wendy Parmet, Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Law at Northeastern University and one of the great figures in contemporary health law & public health law and policy joins us to discuss her new book, co-authored with Patricia Illingworth, The Health of Newcomers: Immigration, Health Policy, and the Case for Global Solidarity, New York University Press (2017). This is a far-reaching piece of work looking at the interdependence of natives and newcomers across several health dimensions. Our discussion progresses into an old Pod favorite, “Docs and Glocks,” before ending with some observations on the current state of scientific knowledge regarding opioid interventions. TWIHL false No 1917 98. Shifting Labor and Responsibility to Caregivers. Guest, Laura Katz Olson. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/98-shifting-labor-and-responsibility-to-caregivers-guest-laura-katz-olson/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/98-shifting-labor-and-responsibility-to-caregivers-guest-laura-katz-olson/#comments Sat, 27 May 2017 06:44:00 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/98-shifting-labor-and-responsibility-to-caregivers-guest-laura-katz-olson/ We welcome LeHigh University political scientist Laura Katz Olson who discusses Medicaid’s survival and it’s less than successful track record as a model for universal healthcare. Her latest book, “Elder Care Journey: A View from the Front Lines” offers both a compelling narrative and an opportunity to assess our current system of long-term care from both theoretical and personal perspectives. Among the questions we ponder: Why do system design, implementation, and legal structures conspire to increase the burdens on family caregivers, and how do those issues impact access? TWIHL false No 1738 97. It Was Time to Vent. Guest, Nathan Cortez. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/97-it-was-time-to-vent-guest-nathan-cortez/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/97-it-was-time-to-vent-guest-nathan-cortez/#comments Wed, 17 May 2017 18:24:44 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/97-it-was-time-to-vent-guest-nathan-cortez/ With help from our good friend Nathan Cortez from SMU School of Law we take a detailed look at the American Health Care Act. In addition to coming to grips with some of its complex provisions we discussed how it will fare in the Senate. Here Professor Cohen’s expertise on Reconciliation and the Byrd Amendment proved essential. We also, let truth be told, took the opportunity to get a few things off our collective chests! TWIHL false No 2161 96. Valuing Value. Guest, Robert K. Smoldt. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/96-valuing-value-guest-robert-k-smoldt/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/96-valuing-value-guest-robert-k-smoldt/#comments Wed, 10 May 2017 06:00:00 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/96-valuing-value-guest-robert-k-smoldt/ We are joined by Robert K. Smoldt, Chief Administrative Officer emeritus of Mayo Clinic and Associate Director of the Arizona State University Healthcare Delivery and Policy Program. The topics discussed are alternate payment systems including pay for value. We do a deep dive into P4V, elicit comparisons with healthcare in Japan, and ponder integrated care models. TWIHL false No 1983 95. Privacy and the Moral Construction of Poverty. Guest, Khiara Bridges. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/95-privacy-and-the-moral-construction-of-poverty-guest-khiara-bridges/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/95-privacy-and-the-moral-construction-of-poverty-guest-khiara-bridges/#comments Tue, 02 May 2017 06:32:00 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/95-privacy-and-the-moral-construction-of-poverty-guest-khiara-bridges/ Khiara Bridges, Professor of Law and Professor of Anthropology at Boston University joins us for an in-depth discussion of her new book “The Poverty of Privacy Rights.” The book takes a highly critical look at how Medicaid recipients are treated and whether they are left with any (or any meaningful) privacy rights. TWIHL false No 2099 94. Running, Screaming from the Pod. Guest, Elizabeth Tobin-Tyler. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/94-running-screaming-from-the-pod-guest-elizabeth-tobin-tyler/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/94-running-screaming-from-the-pod-guest-elizabeth-tobin-tyler/#comments Wed, 26 Apr 2017 06:15:00 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/94-running-screaming-from-the-pod-guest-elizabeth-tobin-tyler/ Brown University School of Public Health researcher and teacher Elizabeth Tobin-Tyler joins us for a far-reaching conversation about social determinants of health. In particular, we discuss medico-legal partnerships and their role in filling unmet legal needs that are themselves increasingly recognized as social determinants. We discuss issues framed by Professor Tobin-Tyler’s scholarship such as professionalism, conflicts of interest, funding, and medico-legal education. TWIHL false No 1987 93. “Pre-Existing Condition" is the New Word for Sickness. Guest, Deborah Stone. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/93-%e2%80%9cpre-existing-condition-is-the-new-word-for-sickness-guest-deborah-stone/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/93-%e2%80%9cpre-existing-condition-is-the-new-word-for-sickness-guest-deborah-stone/#comments Wed, 19 Apr 2017 06:18:00 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/93-%e2%80%9cpre-existing-condition-is-the-new-word-for-sickness-guest-deborah-stone/ We are joined by Deborah Stone, Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University. She is famous for her classic, “Policy Paradox: The Art of Political Decision Making,” which has had four editions over 25 years and has been translated into five languages. We discuss the ACA and healthcare in the world of Trump and a counter-narrative to technocratic healthcare based on “caring.” TWIHL false No 1912 92. Working for the Man for Medicaid. Guest, Heather Howard. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/92-working-for-the-man-for-medicaid-guest-heather-howard/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/92-working-for-the-man-for-medicaid-guest-heather-howard/#comments Tue, 11 Apr 2017 00:32:55 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/92-working-for-the-man-for-medicaid-guest-heather-howard/ Health policy researcher Heather Howard returns to the pod and, not surprisingly, Medicaid was the focus of our talk. We discussed various Medicaid issues; the extent non-expansion was driven by policy or politics, work requirements under Section 1115 waivers, state administrative costs associated with draconian Medicaid expansion criteria (particularly when compared to the macroeconomic effects of a robust healthcare system), cost-sharing and the “private option” in existing state plans, and the likelihood of Section 1332 waivers moving states to universal care or, at least, meaningful innovation. TWIHL false No 2234 91. Wobbly, Three-legged Stools. Guest, Craig Garthwaite. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/91-guest-craig-garthwaite-wobbly-three-legged-stools/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/91-guest-craig-garthwaite-wobbly-three-legged-stools/#comments Tue, 04 Apr 2017 23:11:10 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/91-guest-craig-garthwaite-wobbly-three-legged-stools/ Microeconomist Craig Garthwaite from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University joins us. We discussed the structural challenges both in the ACA marketplaces and the proposed, and the Zombie-like AHCA. The conversation moved from the three-legged stool to other causes of market fragility, the reasons for the recent slowdown in health care spending, and whether insurance expansion overtaxed our healthcare system, and issues surrounding emergency department utilization. TWIHL false No 2213 90. Waving at TVs. Guest, Andrea Matwyshyn. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/90-waving-at-tvs-guest-andrea-matwyshyn/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/90-waving-at-tvs-guest-andrea-matwyshyn/#comments Wed, 29 Mar 2017 06:35:00 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/90-waving-at-tvs-guest-andrea-matwyshyn/ This week's conversation was with Northeastern University School of Law Professor, Andrea Matwyshyn. An expert on cyber security and healthcare Andrea helped us understand the changing approached of federal regulatory agencies, the continued threats from the Internet of Health Things and how the market and policymakers must find ways to reward developers for producing safe and secure code. We ended with a brief discussion (unlikely to be our last) of Blockchain as a security model. TWIHL false No 2671 89. Functional Justifications for Federal Action. Guest, Nicholas Bagley. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/89-functional-justifications-for-federal-action-guest-nicholas-bagley/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/89-functional-justifications-for-federal-action-guest-nicholas-bagley/#comments Wed, 22 Mar 2017 06:19:00 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/89-functional-justifications-for-federal-action-guest-nicholas-bagley/ Joined by Michigan University School of Law Professor Nicholas Bagley, an expert on health law and federalism, we discussed “Federalism and the End of Obamacare,” his recent and extremely thoughtful Yale Law Journal essay. We also talked about the risk corridor payments litigation and wondered whether the insurers will ever get paid. TWIHL false No 2293 88. A Mixed Bag of Healthcare Federalism. Guest, Ann Marie Marciarille. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/88a-mixed-bag-of-healthcare-federalism-guest-ann-marie-marciarille/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/88a-mixed-bag-of-healthcare-federalism-guest-ann-marie-marciarille/#comments Tue, 14 Mar 2017 06:54:00 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/88a-mixed-bag-of-healthcare-federalism-guest-ann-marie-marciarille/ A  great conversation with UMKC Law Professor Ann Marie Marciarille. We discuss a brand range of topics, including the post-NFIB Medicaid “gamble,” the concept of the cost-shifting hydraulic, our less-than-rigorous mechanisms for dealing with infectious diseases, the long-tail of the Actavis case, and what happens when your inhaler stops working in the Portuguese Azores (and what that tells us about our drug distribution and pricing models). TWIHL false No 1961 87. Filter Bubbles and Better Conversations. Guest, Lydia Nicholas. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/87-filter-bubbles-and-better-conversations-guest-lydia-nicholas/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/87-filter-bubbles-and-better-conversations-guest-lydia-nicholas/#comments Mon, 06 Mar 2017 05:52:00 -0500 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/87-filter-bubbles-and-better-conversations-guest-lydia-nicholas/ A fascinating discussion with UK-based digital anthropologist Lydia Nicholas. We talk about the problems of digital news (and healthcare) bubbles and the problems about constructing a digital space for those who are vulnerable or not digitally native. In the process we touch on the problems surrounding the UK’s much troubled care.data initiative and the issues raised by the relationship between Google Deep Mind and the Royal Free hospitals. But, we also touch on the optimism underlying future initiatives being baked into the UK’s version of a learning healthcare system. TWIHL false No 2072 86. The “F” in FDA. Guests, Joanna Sax and Diana Winters. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/86-the-%e2%80%9cf%e2%80%9d-in-fda-guests-joanna-sax-and-diana-winters/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/86-the-%e2%80%9cf%e2%80%9d-in-fda-guests-joanna-sax-and-diana-winters/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2017 06:56:00 -0500 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/86-the-%e2%80%9cf%e2%80%9d-in-fda-guests-joanna-sax-and-diana-winters/ We greet two experts in the burgeoning field of food law. Joanna Sax is a Professor of Law at California Western School of Law. She’s interested in the science-law nexus and particularly in GMO foods. Diana Winters is a Professor of Law at IU McKinney School of Law. Her research involves issues of food safety, the decision-making processes of federal agencies, and some of the federalism issues that arise in the food safety domain. Our conversation was wide-ranging as you would expect of this emerging, important field of law. TWIHL false No 1875 85. Can I Use Your Go-Back Machine? Guest, Judy Solomon. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/85-can-i-use-your-go-back-machine-guest-judy-solomon/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/85-can-i-use-your-go-back-machine-guest-judy-solomon/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2017 06:24:00 -0500 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/85-can-i-use-your-go-back-machine-guest-judy-solomon/ We greet Judy Solomon, Vice President for Health Policy at the nonpartisan research and policy institute, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, for a broad-reaching discussion on ACA repeal/replacement/repair and the increasingly likely restructuring of Medicaid. We delve deep into Medicaid policy, block grants, and what we know about “innovative” expansion models. TWIHL false No 2248 84. Researcher ethnocentrism, rule-breaking, and subject inclusion. Guest, Rebecca Dresser. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/84-researcher-ethnocentrism-rule-breaking-and-subject-inclusion-guest-rebecca-dresser/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/84-researcher-ethnocentrism-rule-breaking-and-subject-inclusion-guest-rebecca-dresser/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2017 04:23:00 -0500 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/84-researcher-ethnocentrism-rule-breaking-and-subject-inclusion-guest-rebecca-dresser/ Washington University law professor and bioethicist Rebecca Dresser joins us to discuss her latest book, Silent Partners: Human Subjects and Research Ethics. This scholarly yet in many ways acutely personal examination of the ethics surrounding human subjects research makes a powerful statement in favor of subject inclusion to counter balance what Dresser calls researcher ethnocentrism. Among fascinating topics we discuss are dealing with rule-breaking research subjects and the treatment of research subjects in fiction. TWIHL false No 1799 83. Yup, Kafka Was Writing About Healthcare Billing. Guest, Erin Fusee Brown. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/83-yup-kafka-was-writing-about-healthcare-billing-guest-erin-fusee-brown/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/83-yup-kafka-was-writing-about-healthcare-billing-guest-erin-fusee-brown/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2017 05:32:00 -0500 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/83-yup-kafka-was-writing-about-healthcare-billing-guest-erin-fusee-brown/ Georgia State Professor of Law Erin Fusee Brown makes a welcome return to the podcast. Our discussion centered on surprise medical bills (including balance billing),“inscrutable price opacity,” and medical debt collection, This is a difficult area and one that the ACA only began to confront. Looking forward, our consensus was that increasingly this will become the province of “bifurcated” state laws acting, of course, under the specter of ERISA preemption. TWIHL false No 2307 82. Soft Regulation, Spiritual Care, and Shellfish. Guest, Sam Halabi. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/82-soft-law-and-shellfish-guest-sam-halabi/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/82-soft-law-and-shellfish-guest-sam-halabi/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2017 04:53:00 -0500 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/82-soft-law-and-shellfish-guest-sam-halabi/ We welcome University of Missouri-Columbia law professor Sam Halabi who brings a wealth of academic and practical experience to the podcast. As the conversation evidences he is interested in corporate governance and regulation at both national and international levels. TWIHL false No 1838 81. Past, Present & Future. Guest, Tim Jost https://twihl.podbean.com/e/81-past-present-future-guest-tim-jost/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/81-past-present-future-guest-tim-jost/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2017 16:52:14 -0500 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/81-past-present-future-guest-tim-jost/ This week we are honored to have a conversation with Professor Tim Jost from Washington & Lee School of Law. Jost, one of our most prolific scholars and astute commentators, not to mention the rock around which the Health Affairs blog is built, looks back at the successes and failures of the ACA, speculates on some of the reasons for its rocky road, and looks ahead to repeal and replacement. TWIHL false No 2382 80. Naughty or Nice 2016? Guests, the TWIHL Allstars. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/80-naughty-or-nice-2016-guests-the-twihl-allstars/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/80-naughty-or-nice-2016-guests-the-twihl-allstars/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2016 04:22:00 -0500 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/80-naughty-or-nice-2016-guests-the-twihl-allstars/ Our irreverent but also quite serious annual survey of who or what has been nice or naughty in health law and policy during the last year. Our experts make some great picks and dig deep into the underlying policy coal and candy. Plus, of course, our “surprise” bonus round as we pick who we would like to welcome singing carols outside our homes! Great thanks to Professors Nicole Huberfeld (University of Kentucky College of Law), Elizabeth Weeks Leonard (University of Georgia School of Law), Lindsay Wiley (American University Washington College of Law), Jessica Roberts (University of Houston Law Center), and Glenn Cohen (Harvard law School). TWIHL false No 2631 79. Paging Dr. Fiduciary. Guest, Zack Buck. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/79-paging-dr-fiduciary-guest-zack-buck/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/79-paging-dr-fiduciary-guest-zack-buck/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2016 02:22:00 -0500 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/79-paging-dr-fiduciary-guest-zack-buck/ A conversation with University of Tennessee Professor Zack Buck. His recent research proposes an interesting fiduciary approach to dealing with the problem of over-treatment and also ponders the best way to deal with the "financial toxicity” that results from related phenomena. TWIHL false No 2011 78. Does the Sunshine Law Disinfect? Guest, Richard Saver. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/78-does-the-sunshine-law-disinfect-guest-richard-saver/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/78-does-the-sunshine-law-disinfect-guest-richard-saver/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2016 03:16:00 -0500 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/78-does-the-sunshine-law-disinfect-guest-richard-saver/ We are joined by UNC law professor Richard Saver who presents his new research on the Sunshine Law that was part of the ACA. His findings are fascinating and inevitably led to a broader discussion of the worth of transparency-based regulation. TWIHL false No 2159 77. Biosimilars are not generic biologics. Guest, Jordan Paradise. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/77-biosimilars-are-not-generic-biologics-guest-jordan-paradise/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/77-biosimilars-are-not-generic-biologics-guest-jordan-paradise/#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2016 02:32:00 -0500 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/77-biosimilars-are-not-generic-biologics-guest-jordan-paradise/ Loyola Chicago law professor Jordan Paradise joins us to discuss some of her recent work in life sciences law. We start with a review of some of the regulatory issues involving e-cigarettes and discuss the 2016 FDA regulations. We then move into a discussion of FDA regulation of biologics and biosimilars and Jordan explains naming and substitution issues. TWIHL false No 2179 76. Saved by Inertia? Guest, Jill Fisher. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/76-saved-by-intertia-guest-jill-fisher/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/76-saved-by-intertia-guest-jill-fisher/#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2016 08:09:46 -0500 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/76-saved-by-intertia-guest-jill-fisher/ We talk to medical sociologist Dr. Jill Fisher about her cutting edge research about clinical research participants and its implications for informed consent and IRB oversight. Before that a quick rant about post-election healthcare law and policy! TWIHL false No 2336 75. Probably best not to choose the “lead” plan! Guest, Russell Korobkin. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/75-probably-best-not-to-choose-the-%e2%80%9clead%e2%80%9d-plan-guest-russell-korobkin/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/75-probably-best-not-to-choose-the-%e2%80%9clead%e2%80%9d-plan-guest-russell-korobkin/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2016 03:57:00 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/75-probably-best-not-to-choose-the-%e2%80%9clead%e2%80%9d-plan-guest-russell-korobkin/ A conversation with UCLA law professor Russell Korobkin about his proposal to use cost effectiveness analysis to set up personal choices as to how to determine personal expenditures on insurance coverage. The conversation is broad-ranging and includes discussion of moral hazard, consumer-directed healthcare, the UK’s NICE agency, autonomy and the role of market approaches. Plus, of course, a lightning round! TWIHL false No 2847 74. Halloween Healthcare. Guest, Larry Singer. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/74-halloween-healthcare-guest-larry-singer/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/74-halloween-healthcare-guest-larry-singer/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2016 03:27:00 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/74-halloween-healthcare-guest-larry-singer/ A conversation with Loyola-Chicago law professor Larry Singer about hospital inequality, Medicaid expansion, and state budget crises, together with some predictions about the post-election landscape. A full-on lightning round involved drug policy, AI, EU privacy, and a novel way to get a glimpse of a hospital charge master. TWIHL false No 2600 73. The invisible co-payment. Guest, Allison Hoffman. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/73-the-invisible-co-payment-guest-allison-hoffman/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/73-the-invisible-co-payment-guest-allison-hoffman/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2016 03:30:00 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/73-the-invisible-co-payment-guest-allison-hoffman/ A conversation with UCLA law professor Allison Hoffman about her new article that suggests a new social insurance model for long term care and reframes the risk involved as that suffered by the elderly person’s “next- friend.” Plus a fast-moving lightning round on physicians’ political affiliations, PHI in the cloud, and nursing home arbitration clauses together with a plea for TWIHL listeners to contribute to “Partners in Health.” TWIHL false No 2546 72. Law as Repository of Values. Guest, Lisa Ikemoto. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/72-law-as-repository-of-values-guest-lisa-ikemoto/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/72-law-as-repository-of-values-guest-lisa-ikemoto/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2016 03:58:00 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/72-law-as-repository-of-values-guest-lisa-ikemoto/ A conversation with UC Davis Law Professor Lisa Ikemoto about repro tech markets, CRISPR, and interdisciplinary values and communication. TWIHL false No 1786 71. Waves of Behaviorism. Guest, Paul Lombardo. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/71-waves-of-behaviorism-guest-paul-lombardo/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/71-waves-of-behaviorism-guest-paul-lombardo/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2016 03:35:00 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/71-waves-of-behaviorism-guest-paul-lombardo/ Frank conducts a wide-ranging discussion with lawyer, ethicist, and historian Paul Lombardo. TWIHL false No 2091 70. Get on the Value Bandwagon. Guest, Melinda Buntin. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/70-get-on-the-value-bandwagon-guest-melinda-buntin/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/70-get-on-the-value-bandwagon-guest-melinda-buntin/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2016 02:19:00 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/70-get-on-the-value-bandwagon-guest-melinda-buntin/ A conversation with health economist Dr. Melinda Buntin. We discuss Medicaid expansion, Medicare costs, effect of the recession on health care costs, CBO scoring, MIPS, plus a lightning round. TWIHL false No 2214 69. Hiding Our Financing Need Within the Insurance Model. Guest, J.B. Silvers. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/69-hiding-our-financing-need-within-the-insurance-model-guest-jb-silvers/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/69-hiding-our-financing-need-within-the-insurance-model-guest-jb-silvers/#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2016 03:11:00 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/69-hiding-our-financing-need-within-the-insurance-model-guest-jb-silvers/ A conversation with health financing expert Dr. J.B. Silvers. We discuss the relative health of exchanges, the nature of health insurance, the 3 Rs, the public option “Hail Mary,” Medicare being more innovative than private healthcare, evolving payment models, the search for teamwork, patient safety, institutional culture, and so much more! TWIHL false No 2039 68. Pacemaker In-App Purchase. Guest, David Barton Smith. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/68-pacemaker-in-app-purchase-guest-david-barton-smith/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/68-pacemaker-in-app-purchase-guest-david-barton-smith/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2016 03:05:00 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/68-pacemaker-in-app-purchase-guest-david-barton-smith/ A conversation with David Barton Smith, the author of “The Power to Heal: Civil Rights, Medicare, and the Struggle to Transform America's Health Care System.” We discuss health discrimination and disparities and the role of Medicare in the desegregation of health care during the civil rights era. Plus a lightning round. TWIHL false No 2219 67. This One is a Little Wonky. Guest, Ameet Sarpatwari. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/67-this-one-is-a-little-wonky-guest-ameet-sarpatwari/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/67-this-one-is-a-little-wonky-guest-ameet-sarpatwari/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2016 02:25:00 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/67-this-one-is-a-little-wonky-guest-ameet-sarpatwari/ A wide-ranging discussion of drug innovation issues with Harvard lawyer-epidemiologist Ameet Sarpatwari, plus a lightning round. TWIHL false No 2296 66. Back to School Special Part 3. Professors Bagley, Weeks Leonard, and Terry. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/66-back-to-school-special-part-3-nick-bagley-elizabeth-weeks-leonard-nic-terry/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/66-back-to-school-special-part-3-nick-bagley-elizabeth-weeks-leonard-nic-terry/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2016 00:10:00 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/66-back-to-school-special-part-3-nick-bagley-elizabeth-weeks-leonard-nic-terry/ Nick Bagley discusses House v. Burwell and the 3Rs of health insurance. Elizabeth Weeks Leonard discusses the 60 day rule, increased civil penalties and Escobar. Nic Terry discusses Chanko v. ABC and recent HHS-OCR enforcement. TWIHL false No 3112 65. Back to School Special Part 2. Professors Beletsky, Fusee Brown, and Pasquale. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/65-back-to-school-special-part-2-professors-beletsky-fusee-brown-and-pasquale/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/65-back-to-school-special-part-2-professors-beletsky-fusee-brown-and-pasquale/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2016 02:39:00 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/65-back-to-school-special-part-2-professors-beletsky-fusee-brown-and-pasquale/ Leo Beletsky discusses there opiate crisis and the curative but unfunded mandate. Erin Fusee Brown discusses Universal health Services v. U.S., ex rel. Escobar. Frank Pasquale with a tour de force on MACRA’s Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). TWIHL false No 2937 64. Back to School Special Part 1. Professors Hoffman, Huberfeld, and Gluck. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/64-back-to-school-special-part-1-professors-hoffman-huberfeld-and-gluck/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/64-back-to-school-special-part-1-professors-hoffman-huberfeld-and-gluck/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2016 15:23:51 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/64-back-to-school-special-part-1-professors-hoffman-huberfeld-and-gluck/ Allison Hoffman discusses Gobeille v. Liberty Mutual Insurance and Zubik v. Burwell. Nicole Huberfeld discusses Whole Women’s Health v. Hellerstedt. Abbe Gluck describes a new “book course” approach to teaching health law and the importance of health law perspectives in constitutional law, fed courts, etc. TWIHL false No 2473 63. Mind Twist for Attorneys. Guests Matthew Penn and Ross Silverman. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/63-mind-twist-for-attorneys-guests-matthew-penn-and-ross-silverman/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/63-mind-twist-for-attorneys-guests-matthew-penn-and-ross-silverman/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2016 19:06:30 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/63-mind-twist-for-attorneys-guests-matthew-penn-and-ross-silverman/ After a lightning round a discussion on legal epidemiology and related topics with the CDC’s Matthew Penn and Ross Silverman. TWIHL false No 2387 62. “I Can’t Get the Records.” Guest, Jon Mark Hirshon https://twihl.podbean.com/e/62-%e2%80%9ci-can%e2%80%99t-get-the-records%e2%80%9d-guest-jon-mark-hirshon/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/62-%e2%80%9ci-can%e2%80%99t-get-the-records%e2%80%9d-guest-jon-mark-hirshon/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2016 19:05:21 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/62-%e2%80%9ci-can%e2%80%99t-get-the-records%e2%80%9d-guest-jon-mark-hirshon/ An overdue lightning round followed by a great conversation about some of the pressing issues faced by today's physicians, particularly those who practice in urgent care settings. TWIHL false No 2113 61. Breaching the Social Contract. Guest, Mehrsa Baradaran. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/61-breaching-the-social-contract-guest-mehrsa-baradaran/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/61-breaching-the-social-contract-guest-mehrsa-baradaran/#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2016 03:20:00 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/61-breaching-the-social-contract-guest-mehrsa-baradaran/ We discuss Professor Baradaran’s book “How the Other Half Banks” and explore banking’s connections to and parallels with the health care system. TWIHL false No 2239 60. Optimal Human in Scare Quotes. Guest, Deborah Lupton. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/60-optimal-human-in-scare-quotes-guest-deborah-lupton/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/60-optimal-human-in-scare-quotes-guest-deborah-lupton/#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2016 03:36:00 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/60-optimal-human-in-scare-quotes-guest-deborah-lupton/ An in-depth discussion with Professor Lupton about the health implications of issues raised in her new book, “The Quantified Self." Topics discussed include the "activated" patient, coercion and wellness plans, and the tendency of big data discussions to turn dystopian. TWIHL false No 2244 59. “Easier than Impossible.” Guest, Rachel Sachs. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/59-%e2%80%9ceasier-than-impossible%e2%80%9d-guest-rachel-sachs/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/59-%e2%80%9ceasier-than-impossible%e2%80%9d-guest-rachel-sachs/#comments Sun, 12 Jun 2016 08:18:00 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/59-%e2%80%9ceasier-than-impossible%e2%80%9d-guest-rachel-sachs/ A broad-ranging discussion about innovation in drug and related markets. How do patent law, FDA regulation, and CMS rate-setting intersect? Is more coordination warranted or possible? Can government insurance systems be leveraged to spur innovation in drugs we need but which may not be particularly profitable? TWIHL false No 2198 58. The Most Meta TWIHL Ever. Guests, Nick Bagley, Rachel Sachs, Ross Silverman & Ed Silverman and … an audience! https://twihl.podbean.com/e/58-the-most-meta-twihl-ever-guests-nick-bagley-rachel-sachs-ross-silverman-ed-silverman-and-%e2%80%a6-an-audience/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/58-the-most-meta-twihl-ever-guests-nick-bagley-rachel-sachs-ross-silverman-ed-silverman-and-%e2%80%a6-an-audience/#comments Sun, 05 Jun 2016 17:17:53 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/58-the-most-meta-twihl-ever-guests-nick-bagley-rachel-sachs-ross-silverman-ed-silverman-and-%e2%80%a6-an-audience/ A special episode of TWIHL discussing health law social media, recorded live at the 39th Annual Health Law Professors Conference organized here at Boston University by the American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics. TWIHL false No 2477 57. Gattaca Spoilers. Guest, Hank Greely. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/57-gattaca-spoilers-guest-hank-greely/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/57-gattaca-spoilers-guest-hank-greely/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2016 07:16:00 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/57-gattaca-spoilers-guest-hank-greely/ Hank Greely discusses his new HUP book “The End of Sex and the Future of Human Reproduction” and the implications of what he terms “easy PGD.” TWIHL false No 2086 56. “They Went Off the Rails.” Guest, George Annas. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/55-%e2%80%9cthey-went-off-the-rails%e2%80%9d-guest-george-annas/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/55-%e2%80%9cthey-went-off-the-rails%e2%80%9d-guest-george-annas/#comments Tue, 24 May 2016 07:24:17 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/55-%e2%80%9cthey-went-off-the-rails%e2%80%9d-guest-george-annas/ Contemporary public health issues, from Informed Consent and the First Amendment to Population Health Aspirations, Reforming the Common Rule, and the "Summer of Zika." TWIHL false No 2054 55. Wellness Plans Special Episode. Guest, Wendy Mariner. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/55-wellness-plans-special-episode-guest-wendy-mariner/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/55-wellness-plans-special-episode-guest-wendy-mariner/#comments Wed, 18 May 2016 18:19:46 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/55-wellness-plans-special-episode-guest-wendy-mariner/ Summary. Expert analysis of the new EEOC regulations on Employer Wellness Plans. We discuss voluntariness, data protection, stakeholder incentives, and some of failures of the plans. TWIHL false No 1725 54. Zombie Catholic Hospitals. Guest, Elizabeth Sepper. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/54-zombie-catholic-hospitals-guest-elizabeth-sepper/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/54-zombie-catholic-hospitals-guest-elizabeth-sepper/#comments Fri, 13 May 2016 16:48:11 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/54-zombie-catholic-hospitals-guest-elizabeth-sepper/ An update on Zubik v Burwell, the broader implications of religiously affiliated (even when they are not!) hospitals on reproductive services, and the reach of ACA Sec. 1557's non-discrimination provision. TWIHL false No 2292 53. Little Red Envelopes. Guest, Christina Ho. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/53-little-red-envelopes-guest-christina-ho/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/53-little-red-envelopes-guest-christina-ho/#comments Mon, 09 May 2016 18:43:44 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/53-little-red-envelopes-guest-christina-ho/ A lightning round on data analytics and medical error followed by an in-depth exploration of Chinese health care and comparative analysis. TWIHL false No 2326 52. Modified Mosquitoes. Guest, James Hodge. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/52-modified-mosquitoes-guest-james-hodge/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/52-modified-mosquitoes-guest-james-hodge/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2016 07:41:00 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/52-modified-mosquitoes-guest-james-hodge/ A comprehensive look at Zika and public health law after a lightning round on drug prices TWIHL false No 2117 51. 1115s on Steroids. Guest, Heather Howard https://twihl.podbean.com/e/51-1151s-on-steroids-guest-heather-howard/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/51-1151s-on-steroids-guest-heather-howard/#comments Fri, 22 Apr 2016 15:54:03 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/51-1151s-on-steroids-guest-heather-howard/ A deep dive into ACA Section 1332 State Innovation Waivers TWIHL false No 2003 50. Threatening the Audience. Guest, Leo Beletsky. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/50-threatening-the-audience-guest-leo-beletsky/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/50-threatening-the-audience-guest-leo-beletsky/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2016 07:12:00 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/50-threatening-the-audience-guest-leo-beletsky/ Positive and negative approaches to our opiod abuse problem. TWIHL false No 2415 49. Crowdsourcing a Funeral. Guest, Wendy Parmet https://twihl.podbean.com/e/49-crowdsourcing-a-funeral-guest-wendy-parmet/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/49-crowdsourcing-a-funeral-guest-wendy-parmet/#comments Fri, 08 Apr 2016 18:06:03 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/49-crowdsourcing-a-funeral-guest-wendy-parmet/ Government failure, public health law & the Flint scandal, plus Docs & Glocks, and a lightning round TWIHL false No 2197 48. The Double Blind. Guest, Christopher Robertson https://twihl.podbean.com/e/48-the-double-blind-guest-christopher-robertson/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/48-the-double-blind-guest-christopher-robertson/#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2016 07:51:00 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/48-the-double-blind-guest-christopher-robertson/ Blinding as a Solution to Bias TWIHL false No 1900 47. The "Click-and-Clack" of Health Policy. Guest, Mark Hall https://twihl.podbean.com/e/47-the-click-and-clack-of-health-policy-guest-mark-hall/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/47-the-click-and-clack-of-health-policy-guest-mark-hall/#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2016 08:42:00 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/47-the-click-and-clack-of-health-policy-guest-mark-hall/ Medicare expansion cost-benefit analysis, exchange models for group insurance, ACA report card. TWIHL false No 2007 46. The "other" Larry. Guest, Erin Fuse Brown https://twihl.podbean.com/e/46-the-other-larry-guest-erin-fuse-brown/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/46-the-other-larry-guest-erin-fuse-brown/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2016 07:41:00 -0400 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/46-the-other-larry-guest-erin-fuse-brown/ Prices vs utilization, consolidation, more on Gobeille, controlling drug prices TWIHL false No 2189 45. Not Just Me & the President. Guest, Efthimios Parasidis https://twihl.podbean.com/e/45-guest-efthimios-parasidis/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/45-guest-efthimios-parasidis/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2016 15:06:52 -0500 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/45-guest-efthimios-parasidis/ Gobeille, food labelling, pharmacovigilance, institutional vaccine skepticism, & DARPA TWIHL false No 2171 44. 'This 8.3 Days in Health Law.' Guest, Nicole Porter https://twihl.podbean.com/e/43-guest-nicole-porter/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/43-guest-nicole-porter/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2016 06:49:00 -0500 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/43-guest-nicole-porter/ The ADA; the legal landscape before and after the ADA Amendments Act TWIHL false No 2149 43. Treating the Whole Patient. Guest, Dayna Matthew. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/43-guest-dayna-matthew/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/43-guest-dayna-matthew/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2016 19:44:59 -0500 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/43-guest-dayna-matthew/ Health Disparities: a great new book, implicit discrimination, Title VI. and more. TWIHL false No 2077 42. The HIPAA Helper. Guest, Charles Ornstein. https://twihl.podbean.com/e/42-guest-charles-ornstein/ https://twihl.podbean.com/e/42-guest-charles-ornstein/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2016 06:31:00 -0500 http://twihl.podbean.com/e/42-guest-charles-ornstein/ A celebrated healthcare reporter’s view of health privacy violations, collecting data about violations, and what if anything is happening on the Hill TWIHL false No 2007