{"podcast":{"title":"A Health Podyssey","slug":"a-health-podyssey-1366621","podcast_index_feed_id":1366621,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/a-health-podyssey","website_url":"https://www.healthaffairs.org/podcasts","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/CA0GVoNR-7-repgsjaV9h8eCWrF2C-P6WydGA5djdoE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzE0ODU4LzE2MDE0/MDI1NzEtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg","author":"Health Affairs","episode_count":309,"summary":"Each week, Health Affairs' Rob Lott brings you in-depth conversations with leading researchers and influencers shaping the big ideas in health policy and the health care industry. A Health Podyssey goes beyond the pages of the health policy journal Health Affairs to tell stories behind the research and share policy implications. Learn how academics and economists frame their research questions and journey to the intersection of health, health care, and policy. Health policy nerds rejoice! This podcast is for you.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-15T12:19:19.056495+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-health-podyssey-1366621"},"episode":{"title":"Hospital-Owned Medicare Advantage Plans: A Look at Pricing Patterns","slug":"hospital-owned-medicare-advantage-plans-a-look-at-pricing-patterns","published_at":"2026-08-25T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-health-podyssey-1366621/hospital-owned-medicare-advantage-plans-a-look-at-pricing-patterns","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-health-podyssey-1366621","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/93df69ea","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/93df69ea/ce638314.mp3","summary":"Health Affairs Publishing’s Rob Lott speaks to Grace Mackleby of the University of Southern California about her recent paper that explores how vertically integrated Medicare Advantage plans and hospital systems set prices , finding that most affiliated and unaffiliated plans pay similar rates, with notable variation in certain markets. Order the August 2026 issue of Health Affairs . Sign up for our free Health Affairs newsletters to stay up to date on health policy news and analysis.","meta_description":"Health Affairs Publishing’s Rob Lott speaks to Grace Mackleby of the University of Southern California about her recent paper that explores how vertically…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1259,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a-health-podyssey-1366621/episodes/hospital-owned-medicare-advantage-plans-a-look-at-pricing-patterns/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-health-podyssey-1366621/hospital-owned-medicare-advantage-plans-a-look-at-pricing-patterns.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}