In this Gist Healthcare Podcast episode, experts discuss why healthcare policy isn’t currently dominating Washington’s agenda—and how quickly that could shift amid evolving federal priorities and industry pressures.

Dive into this Gist Healthcare Podcast episode to understand how site-neutral payment reforms are shifting reimbursement realities for health systems and what strategic cost restructuring and operational alignment leaders must undertake to adapt and thrive.

Learn what site-neutral payment means for health systems, key impacts on revenue and strategy, and how organizations can proactively prepare to succeed in the evolving reimbursement landscape.

Explore how the rural family physician workforce is declining, what structural challenges are driving shortages, and potential solutions from experts on the Kaufman Hall Gist Healthcare Podcast.

Explore how the loss of a family physician affects rural communities’ health access, economies, and quality of life in this Kaufman Hall Gist Healthcare Podcast episode featuring expert analysis on physician shortages and community impact.

Physicians face higher rates of depression, anxiety, and suicide risk than the general population, yet most never seek mental health care. In this episode, Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld, professor of anesthesiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Global Chief Medical Officer for AIDOC, discusses new JAMA research examining why. The conversation looks at how medical culture, stigma, time constraints and concerns about confidentiality or professional consequences can keep physicians from getting help, even when effective treatment exists.

Physicians face higher rates of depression, anxiety, and suicide risk than the general population, yet fewer than one in three with a mental health condition ever receives care. Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld, professor of anesthesiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Global Chief Medical Officer for AIDOC, discusses what happens when physicians consider getting help.

Advanced practice providers are a growing part of the healthcare workforce, but many organizations aren’t necessarily seeing the productivity gains they expected.

From rapidly expiring Affordable Care Act enhanced tax credits a fast-evolving federal public health agenda, today’s episode of the Gist Healthcare Podcast delves into some of the biggest healthcare policy news of 2025.

Burnout continues to challenge physicians, and new data from The Permanente Medical Group shows ambient AI scribes may help ease the burden.

In this episode, Chris DeRienzo, MD, Senior Vice President and Chief Physician Executive for the American Hospital Association, discusses findings from the latest Vizient and AHA analysis, including how delayed discharges and administrative demands affect care delivery.

A new analysis from Vizient and the American Hospital Association shows that outcomes for hospitalized surgical patients have improved in recent years.