{"podcast":{"title":"Health Affairs This Week","slug":"health-affairs-this-week-3424387","podcast_index_feed_id":3424387,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/health-affairs-this-week","website_url":"http://www.healthaffairs.org","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/sZd1tzHppyuZ4s5rqJjVDfIPP1M9jE2eLURMfS4BHvw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzE2NjA3LzE2MDY4/MzkyNjUtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg","author":"Health Affairs","episode_count":273,"summary":"Health Affairs This Week places listeners at the center of health policy’s proverbial water cooler. Join host Jeff Byers, editors from Health Affairs Publishing, and guests as they discuss health policy’s most pressing news and trends.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-15T14:21:31.138067+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/health-affairs-this-week-3424387"},"episode":{"title":"Will the Medicare ACCESS Model Spark the Next Health Tech Gold Rush?","slug":"will-the-medicare-access-model-spark-the-next-health-tech-gold-rush","published_at":"2026-05-29T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/health-affairs-this-week-3424387/will-the-medicare-access-model-spark-the-next-health-tech-gold-rush","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/health-affairs-this-week-3424387","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/f32d1acd","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/f32d1acd/12b44a18.mp3","summary":"Health Affairs Publishing ’s Jeff Byers welcomes Andrew Rundle of the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health to the pod to discuss his recent Forefront article about Medicare’s upcoming ACCESS model and its potential to expand digital health for chronic disease management. They discuss why the program could spur rapid growth in health tech while highlighting key challenges, including serving an older population with varying degrees of digital literacy and adapting to a new, evidence-driven marketplace. Related Links: The ACCESS Model May Set Off A Health Tech Gold Rush, But New Markets Bring Serious Obstacles ( Health Affairs Forefront ) A deeper dive into the ACCESS Model—Who’s participating, potential headwinds and how it could spur health plan adoption ( Fierce Healthcare ) ACCESS (Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions) Model ( CMS ) ACCESS Model Accepted Applicants ( CMS ) Sign up for Health Affairs' free newsletter to catch up on our new articles, podcasts, and events.","meta_description":"Health Affairs Publishing ’s Jeff Byers welcomes Andrew Rundle of the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health to the pod to discuss his recent…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":981,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/health-affairs-this-week-3424387/episodes/will-the-medicare-access-model-spark-the-next-health-tech-gold-rush/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/health-affairs-this-week-3424387/will-the-medicare-access-model-spark-the-next-health-tech-gold-rush.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}