Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy Podcast

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Howard Forman and Harlan Krumholz, two Yale physician-professors, discuss the latest news and ideas in healthcare—including new research, AI in medicine, federal health policy, value-based care, healthcare innovation and entrepreneurship, and much more—and seek out the truth amid the noise. Produced with the Yale School of Management and the Yale School of Public Health. New episodes are available every Thursday.

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October 1, 2026Episode 23945 min

Learning from Your Own Health Data with Sara Riggare and Gary Wolf

Howie and Harlan are joined by journalist Gary Wolf, author of the new book The Quantified Self: Learning to Observe , and patient researcher Sara Riggare, who has spent years studying her own experience with Parkinson's disease to better understand and manage her health. They discuss how systematic self-observation can help people ask better questions and learn more about their own health. Howie examines Sweden's use of AI as a second reader of screening mammograms; Harlan asks whether AI will streamline healthcare billing or fuel an arms race between providers and insurers. Show notes: AI Radiologists "Health system will use AI instead of radiologists for breast imaging 2nd reads" "Lunit Expands AI-Powered Breast Cancer Screening Across the Stockholm Region" "Artificial intelligence for breast cancer detection in screening mammography in Sweden: a prospective, population-based, paired-reader, non-inferiority study" Joann G. Elmore, MD, MPH The Quantified Self Quantified Self: Self-Knowledge Through Numbers Gary Wolf: The Quantified Self: Learning to Observe Quantified Self: Personal Science Research Group "N-of-1 Trial Design: Single-Patient Crossover Methodology" What is Parkinson's? Sara Riggare: "The Red Dot and the Blue Dots: My ISDM 2026 Keynote" Sara Riggare: "Precision Medicine in Parkinson's Disease—Exploring Patient-Initiated Self-Tracking" Sara Riggare: "The Burden of Tracking" TED Talk by Gary Wolf: "The Quantified Self" Gary Wolf: "The Data-Driven Life" "What Is Biohacking and Is It Safe?" Gary Wolf: "A Conceptual Framework for Personal Science" AI Billing "What Is Revenue Cycle Management (RCM)?" "Agentic AI and the race to a touchless revenue cycle" "Analysis examines AI in hospital billing as spike in complex patients adds nearly $1 billion in extra costs" "Hospital Coding Intensity Analysis" In the Yale School of Management's MBA for Executives program , you'll get a full MBA education in 22 months while applying new skills to your organization in real time. Yale's Executive Master of Public Health offers a rigorous public health education for working professionals, with the flexibility of evening online classes alongside three on-campus trainings. Email Howie and Harlan comments or questions.

September 24, 2026Episode 23843 min

Expanding the Reach of Pediatric Cardiology with Emily Bucholz

Howie and Harlan are joined by pediatric cardiologist Emily Bucholz to discuss her work treating fetal heart abnormalities across a multistate region and the challenges of bringing specialized pediatric care to patients far from major medical centers. For Suicide Prevention Month, Howie examines evidence that restricting access to lethal means can prevent suicide; Harlan pays tribute to the late Yale political scientist Theodore Marmor and remembers a moment when Marmor's mentorship changed his professional path. Show notes: Preventing Suicide Suicide Prevention Month CDC: Leading Causes of Death "Declining gun homicides, record gun suicides in 2024" "Banning pesticides saves lives from suicide" Strong Star Training Initiative: Caring Contacts Emily Bucholz Children's Hospital Colorado:Fetal Cardiology Program "Fetal Cardiology: What is it? Why is it important?" Children's Hospital Association: About Children's Hospitals "Telemedicine: Definition, uses, benefits, and more" Children's Hospital Colorado "Differences Between Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, and Quaternary Care" CDC: About Congenital Heart Defects Mayo Clinic: Electrocardiogram Cleveland Clinic: Chambers of the Heart NIH: Medical Scientist Training Program Yale Center for Outcomes Research & Evaluation (CORE) "Ensuring Readiness for Practice: Advancing Competency-Based Subspecialty Training" The Children's Heart Foundation Remembering a Mentor Harlan Krumholz: "The Return on Mentorship" Yale School of Management: "Remembering Professor Emeritus Theodore Marmor, 1939–2026" In the Yale School of Management's MBA for Executives program , you'll get a full MBA education in 22 months while applying new skills to your organization in real time. Yale's Executive Master of Public Health offers a rigorous public health education for working professionals, with the flexibility of evening online classes alongside three on-campus trainings. Email Howie and Harlan comments or questions.

September 17, 2026Episode 23748 min

Mission, Margin, and the Tradeoffs Facing Hospitals with Omar Lateef

Howie and Harlan are joined by Omar Lateef, CEO of Chicago's Rush University System for Health, to discuss balancing the financial pressures facing hospitals with commitments to patient care, community health, and research—and why healthcare leaders will need to rethink traditional models of care. Howie examines how proposed changes to student and exchange visitor visas could affect international researchers and physicians; Harlan discusses proposed changes to Medicare payment for remote patient monitoring. Show notes: Visa Rules "Judge blocks Trump administration plans to limit visa length for grad students, postdocs" NAFSA: Duration of Status Rule "AAMC Statement on Duration of Status Final Rule" "What does the new duration of status rule mean for international students and workers?" Memorandum and Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction Omar Lateef Rush University Medical Center Stat Status List 2025: Omar Lateef " Modern Healthcare Again Lists Rush CEO Among Most Influential" Rush Remains Among Nation's Best in Vizient Quality Rankings" "Corporate Finance Institute: Debt Covenants "Bond Covenants Demystified: What You Need to Know" "Health Equity as a System Strategy: The Rush University Medical Center Framework" "A Community Anchor for Health Equity" Fillmore Center Laundry Linen "Rush Signs on as First Partner for Local Laundry Service" "Key Facts About Hospitals": Profit Margins "Despite sectorwide financial recovery, not all are hospitals are finding their footing" "Hospital Margins Rebounded in 2023, But Rural Hospitals and Those With High Medicaid Shares Were Struggling More Than Others" Payments for Remote Monitoring Remote Patient Monitoring "Billing for Remote Patient Monitoring in Medicare" "States are betting millions on remote monitoring. Providers, tech groups say proposed Medicare policy could undercut it" "CMS Proposes Transformational Medicare Reforms to Expand Accountable Care, Modernize Physician Payment, and Shift from Sick Care to Healthcare" CMS: "Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2027 Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment and Coverage Policies; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; and Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program" "Telemonitoring in Patients with Heart Failure" CMS: ACCESS (Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions) Model In the Yale School of Management's MBA for Executives program , you'll get a full MBA education in 22 months while applying new skills to your organization in real time. Yale's Executive Master of Public Health offers a rigorous public health education for working professionals, with the flexibility of evening online classes alongside three on-campus trainings. Email Howie and Harlan comments or questions.

September 10, 2026Episode 23648 min

The Future of Heart Care with Aakriti Gupta

Howie and Harlan are joined by cardiologist Aakriti Gupta to discuss advances in minimally invasive heart valve treatment, her work to expand access to cardiovascular care through technology and AI, and a major clinical trial on aortic valve replacement. Howie examines claims that immigration is driving the surge in measles cases; Harlan discusses disappointing trial results for two drugs aimed at preventing cardiovascular disease. Show notes: September 11 9/11 Memorial & Museum: Marking the 25th Anniversary Measles CDC: Measles Cases and Outbreaks" "No evidence linking illegal immigration to measles outbreak, despite Byron Donalds' comment" . "Kindergarten Routine Vaccination Rates Continue to Decline" "'Real-life consequences': Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro, RFK Jr. spar over measles-associated deaths" "Two unvaccinated people die of measles in Pennsylvania" Aakriti Gupta Center for Outcomes Research & Evaluation (CORE) Structural Heart Disease Structural Heart Disease and Interventional Cardiology Heart Valve Disease Open-Heart Surgery Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)" "Gender Bias in Choosing Cardiology, Training and Early Career Development" Rajendra Makkar Tia Health Jeff Wessler Heartbeat Health Echocardiogram iCardio.ai AllHeart BELIEVERS trial Failed Drug Trials "Novo Nordisk stops two cardiovascular studies aimed at lowering inflammation" "Ionis partner Novartis announces Lp(a)HORIZON Phase 3 topline results for pelacarsen in patients with elevated Lp(a) and established cardiovascular disease" Lipoprotein(a) GLP-1 Agonists

July 30, 2026Episode 23538 min

Fads, Outbreaks, and Health Policy

Howie and Harlan discuss health headlines including the ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreak; a recent FDA decision allowing pharmacies to compound certain peptides; and a concerning report from Medicare trustees on the program's financial future. They also dive into the health habits they're changing this year and a new feature from ChatGPT allowing users to connect medical records and health data to the platform. Watch a video edition of this episode. Show Notes: Healthy Habits Health & Veritas: Ezekiel Emanuel "What's Erythritol? And Is It Bad for You?" NIH: Aging and Alcohol "Low-plastic diet and urinary levels of plastic-associated phthalates and bisphenols: the randomized controlled PERTH Trial" Health & Veritas: Eric Topol Cyclosporiasis Outbreak CDC: Surveillance of Cyclosporiasis FDA: Investigation of 9-State Outbreak of Cyclospora Illnesses: Iceberg Lettuce (July 2026) "Cyclospora Outbreak Linked to Iceberg Lettuce in 9 States" National Foundation for Infectious Diseases: Norovirus FDA: Cyclospora CDC: Clinical Overview of Cyclosporiasis CDC: About FoodNet CDC: About PulseNet FDA: FSMA Final Rule on Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods Peptides and the FDA Health & Veritas: Trust, Truth, and Moral Distress "Peptides: What they are, potential benefits, and safety concerns" "FDA committee votes to make peptides more widely available" LinkedIn: Ezekiel Emanuel The Future of Medicare OASDI: Trustees Report Summary U.S. Department of the Treasury: Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports H.R.1: An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. IRS: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 ChatGPT Ventures into Health "Launching Health in ChatGPT" "OpenAI makes Health in ChatGPT widely available, moving deeper into consumer health" "ChatGPT Led to a Man's Near-Fatal Health Crisis, Lawsuit Claims" LinkedIn: David Rhew A Record Measles Season Health & Veritas: Measles Outbreaks, Preventative Cardiology, and Other News CDC: Measles Cases and Outbreaks "Measles Cases in the U.S. Are at a 35-Year High" "What ProPublica Found in the Genetic Code of America's Measles Outbreaks" Pan American Health Organization Senator Bill Cassidy In the Yale School of Management's MBA for Executives program , you'll get a full MBA education in 22 months while applying new skills to your organization in real time. Yale's Executive Master of Public Health offers a rigorous public health education for working professionals, with the flexibility of evening online classes alongside three on-campus trainings. Email Howie and Harlan comments or questions.

July 23, 2026Episode 23439 min

Melanie Matheu: Turning Science into Impact

Howie and Harlan are joined by Melanie Matheu, co-founder and chief scientific officer of Lyric Bio, who also shares evidence-based health and science information on TikTok as LaughterinLight PhD. They discuss developing new antibody therapies, building biotech companies, and communicating complex science to the public. Harlan warns that AI could drive up healthcare costs unless payment models change; Howie highlights encouraging declines in traffic deaths while noting the growing risks associated with e-bikes and e-scooters. Show notes: AI and Healthcare Costs "What Is Fee for Service in Healthcare and How It Works" "Payment for Clinical AI" "CMS floats new Medicare payment category for AI diagnostic software: 6 notes" Melanie Matheu LaughterinLight PhD on TikTok Lyric Bio Hyper-IgM (HIgM) Syndromes Polyclonal Antibodies (PAbs) Autoimmune Diseases Kawasaki disease NIH: R01 research grants Prellis Biologics Cyclosporiasis "FDA says false-positive lettuce test doesn't change Taylor Farms cyclospora probe" WHO: Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Dr. Zachary Rubin From Bench to Bedside podcast Zachary Rubin: All About Allergies: How to Live Well with Asthma, Food Allergies, Hay Fever and More Road Safety "The '100 Deadliest Days' Have Begun" WHO: "Road deaths fall by 21% globally but stronger action is needed to save lives" NHTSA: "Crash-Stats: Early Estimate of Motor Vehicle Traffic Fatalities and Fatality Rate in 2025" Consumer Product Safety Commission: "Micromobility Products-Related Deaths Injuries and Hazard Patterns 2017-2024" In the Yale School of Management's MBA for Executives program , you'll get a full MBA education in 22 months while applying new skills to your organization in real time. Yale's Executive Master of Public Health offers a rigorous public health education for working professionals, with the flexibility of evening online classes alongside three on-campus trainings. Email Howie and Harlan comments or questions.

July 16, 2026Episode 23340 min

Shivan Mehta: Designing Better Healthcare Decisions

Howie and Harlan are joined by Shivan Mehta, associate chief innovation officer at the University of Pennsylvania Health System, to discuss how healthcare organizations can use behavioral science to remove barriers that keep patients from getting recommended care. Harlan warns that ill-defined rules governing scientific collaboration with China could chill medical research; Howie revisits the discovery of Legionnaires' disease 50 years ago as New York confronts a new outbreak. Show notes: Restrictions on Collaboration National Science Foundation "Prohibition on Collaborations with Restricted Entities" "Fact of the Week: China Has Surpassed the US in the Number of Drug Clinical Trials, With 1,100 More Trials Listed" Texas Executive Order GA-48 Governor Greg Abbott's executive order restricting travel to China and other countries . Shivan Mehta Shivan Mehta: "Texting in Health Care—Preserving Impact and Managing Influx" Kevin Volpp, MD, PhD "Randomized controlled trials – The what, when, how and why" CDC: Screening for Colorectal Cancer Cleveland Clinic: What is a Gastroenterologist? Cologuard Plus Colon Cancer Screening Test Mayo Clinic: Colonoscopy "What to know about the new blood-based test for colorectal cancer" Mayo Clinic: Fecal immunochemical test Mayo Clinic: Colon polyps Cleveland Clinic: Fecal Occult Blood Test "Non-invasive blood and stool CRC screening tests: Available modalities and their clinical application" "Race/Ethnicity and Adoption of a Population Health Management Approach to Colorectal Cancer Screening in a Community-Based Healthcare System" Integrated Delivery System Corinne M. Rhodes, MD, MPH Legionnaires' Disease CDC: Legionnaires' Disease "New York Is Having a Legionnaires' Outbreak. Here's What to Know." "Mayor Mamdani Takes Aggressive Action to Address Upper East Side Legionnaires' Disease Community Cluster" In the Yale School of Management's MBA for Executives program , you'll get a full MBA education in 22 months while applying new skills to your organization in real time. Yale's Executive Master of Public Health offers a rigorous public health education for working professionals, with the flexibility of evening online classes alongside three on-campus trainings. Email Howie and Harlan comments or questions.

July 9, 2026Episode 23240 min

Kate Heilpern: Redefining the Hospital's Role

Howie and Harlan are joined by Kate Heilpern, president of Yale New Haven Hospital, to discuss the hospital's 200-year history, the financial pressures facing health systems, and how Yale New Haven is balancing innovation with its mission to serve the local community. Harlan examines the growing burden of U.S. healthcare costs; Howie highlights encouraging trends in infant mortality, life expectancy, overdose deaths, and cancer survival. Show notes: Healthcare Costs "National Health Expenditure Projections, 2025–34: Strong Utilization Growth Initially, Legislative Impacts Later" "KFF Health Tracking Poll: Health Care Costs, Expiring ACA Tax Credits, and the 2026 Midterms" "Americans See Health Care Costs, Deficit, Inflation as Big Problems Facing the Nation" "How Much and Why ACA Marketplace Premiums Are Going Up in 2027" "U.S. Health Care from a Global Perspective, 2026" "The Cost of Health Insurance for a Family Jumps to $27,000" Zack Cooper "FDA approves Trutakna for IgA nephropathy" Kate Heilpern Yale New Haven Hospital: Vision, Mission, and Values Yale New Haven Hospital: History and Heritage "A Bicentennial Milestone: Yale New Haven Hospital Reflects on 200 Years of Care" Megan L. Ranney Azita Emami CDC: Social Determinants of Health Health & Veritas Episode 188: "Kate Heilpern: Jumping into the Deep End" American Hospital Association: "Costs of Caring" Adams Neurosciences Center Positive Trends in Mortality CDC: Infant Mortality Quarterly Provisional Estimates "Life Expectancy in U.S. Hit Record High of 79 Years in 2024, CDC Says" CDC: "Provisional Data: U.S. Death Rate Fell to a Record Low in 2025" CDC: Provisional Drug Overdose Data CDC: Maternal Mortality Rates in the United States, 2024 "American Cancer Society Releases Latest Cancer Statistics" In the Yale School of Management's MBA for Executives program , you'll get a full MBA education in 22 months while applying new skills to your organization in real time. Yale's Executive Master of Public Health offers a rigorous public health education for working professionals, with the flexibility of evening online classes alongside three on-campus trainings. Email Howie and Harlan comments or questions.

July 7, 2026Episode 23135 min

Selwyn Rogers: Bearing Witness to Violence (Encore)

In this special episode, Howie and Harlan revisit their conversation with trauma surgeon Selwyn Rogers, whose book Healing the Gun Violence Epidemic: Ending Violence, Rebuilding Communities, and a Trauma Surgeon's Vision for Restoring Hope was published on July 7. Show notes: Selwyn Rogers: Healing the Gun Violence Epidemic: Ending Violence, Rebuilding Communities, and a Trauma Surgeon's Vision for Restoring Hope Albert Ko "Selwyn Rogers named associate editor of prestigious New England Journal of Medicine" Selwyn Rogers: "Hope—Beyond Firearm Trauma" Selwyn Rogers: "Structural Racism and Firearm Injury: Operationalizing Health Equity in Trauma Care" Brain Death: What it is, Stages & Criteria New York Times Live Updates: Supreme Court Birthright Citizenship Case Annual Gun Violence Data 2023 In the Yale School of Management's MBA for Executives program , you'll get a full MBA education in 22 months while applying new skills to your organization in real time. Yale's Executive Master of Public Health offers a rigorous public health education for working professionals, with the flexibility of evening online classes alongside three on-campus trainings. Email Howie and Harlan comments or questions.

July 2, 2026Episode 23046 min

Jessica Federer: Closing Gaps in Women's Health Research

Howie and Harlan are joined by Jessica Federer, managing director of the Women's Health Fund and a member of the Yale Institutional Review Board, to discuss how investors can help address the dearth of research on medical problems facing women and why she's optimistic about the future of women's health. Harlan explains how caps on indirect costs affect institutional staffing and research agendas; Howie reports on a lawsuit filed by 26 states against the Trump administration over bureaucratic hurdles to accessing Medicaid coverage. Show notes: Indirect research costs Yale Research Support: Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Costs Yale University: Colleges and Universities Rate Agreement "NIH Indirect Costs Policy for Research Grants: Recent Developments" Jessica Federer Yale School of Public Health Megan L. Ranney, Dean of the Yale School of Public Health Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality The Women's Health Fund Yale School of Medicine: Basmah Safdar Health & Veritas: Basmah Safdar Women's Health Research at Yale "Women's Health Research at Yale and SWHR's Symposium Highlights the Power of Collaboration to Advance Women's Health Research" "CARE for women: Investing in care delivery to improve women's lives and livelihoods" LinkedIn: Jessica J. Federer Health & Veritas: Live at the Yale Innovation Summit 2026 "What Is a General Partner in Venture Capital (VC)?" "April Koh (Co-Founder & CEO, Spring Health) Featured on Cover of TIME" "Closing the Gap: How Yale Is Advancing Women's Health Research" Medicaid work requirement "States Sue CMS Over Medicaid Work Requirements Rule, Citing Departure from Earlier Guidance on Medical Frailty" Massachusetts v. Oz [pp. 208-231] Health & Veritas: Ryan Schwarz In the Yale School of Management's MBA for Executives program , you'll get a full MBA education in 22 months while applying new skills to your organization in real time. Yale's Executive Master of Public Health offers a rigorous public health education for working professionals, with the flexibility of evening online classes alongside three on-campus trainings. Email Howie and Harlan comments or questions.