Health Affairs Pathways

In the fourth episode of Piecemeal, Dr. Lalita Abhyankar explores the relationship between negotiating power among large provider groups and insurers, capitation, the role of private equity in the health care system and independent primary care, and consolidation in the primary care market.

Show Notes

Who do you want your physician to be employed by? That's the question Lawrence Casalino from the Weill Cornell School of Medicine asks at the top of the latest Piecemeal episode.

In this episode, Dr. Lalita Abhyankar explores the relationship between negotiating power among large provider groups and insurers, capitation, the role of private equity in the health care system and independent primary care, and consolidation in the primary care market.

Guests include Lawrence Casalino from Weill Cornell School of Medicine; Shawn Martin, CEO of the American Academy of Family Physicians; Gail Guerrero and Cathy Romero from Gila Valley Clinic; and Dr. Kyle Leggot from the University of Colorado School of Medicine.

Piecemeal was produced by Dr. Lalita Abhyankar for Health Affairs.

Music produced by So Brown and Jack Mason.

What is Health Affairs Pathways?

Health Affairs Pathways explores the avenues and alleyways of the health care system through a variety of storytelling – from investigative journalism and health policy explainers to long-form interviews.

Unique series are created by fellows at Health Affairs Podcast Fellowship Program, designed to support early to mid-stage professionals pursue an audio project, tell a unique health care story, and highlight voices that may not be heard otherwise.

Join the Health Affairs Podcast Fellows on their journey to unearth a new health care story on such topics as health care consolidation, independent primary care, behavioral health, climate change, health equity, and more.

Health Affairs, the leading journal of health policy research, offers a nonpartisan forum to promote analysis and discussions on improving health.