Jul 25, 2020 | COVID-19, Featured, Medicare, Podcast
On this episode of the podcast, Terry and Bob discuss how the Covid-19 pandemic can accelerate the movement toward value-based medical care and digital medical technologies. Bob speaks with Dr. Mark McClellan, former FDA and CMS chief and current director of the...
Jul 18, 2020 | Featured, Podcast
On this episode of the podcast, Terry interviews Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) about the latest developments with the 21st Century Cures Act, also known as Cures 2.0, which Terry and Bob also discussed in Episode 16 of the podcast. In 2016, Rep. Upton partnered Rep. Diana...
Jul 11, 2020 | Featured, Podcast
On this episode of the Patients Rising podcast, Terry and Bob discuss the future of medicine, specifically how artificial intelligence (AI) promises to revolutionize, personalize, and economize American healthcare. The Covid-19 crisis has reminded us again how...
Jul 3, 2020 | Featured, Pharmacy Benefit Managers, Podcast
In this week’s episode of the Patients Rising Podcast, Terry and Bob discuss the role of Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) in raising the price and reducing the supply of medications. PBMs are middlemen between drug manufacturers and insurers. They drive up drug...
Jun 26, 2020 | COVID-19, Featured, Podcast
On this episode of the Patients Rising podcast, Terry and Bob discuss how the Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the racial disparities that plague the American healthcare system. They explain how this racial care gap must be closed, so everyone can get the treatment they...
Jun 19, 2020 | Featured, Podcast
On this week’s episode of the Patients Rising Podcast, Terry and Bob discuss the second installment of the 21st Century Cures Act, a successor to the original 21st Century Cures Act passed in 2016. While the original legislation focused on modernizing the...
