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While the state budget is several days late, a breakthrough on discovery reform have pushed negotiations forward. Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie met with five New York City DAs and settled on a deal rooted in compromise. State Sen. Jessica Ramos (D-Senate Labor Committee Chair) talks state budget progress and a bill meant to stop the state from having to pay federal taxes in the event of cuts from Washington. The transition to one single intermediary for New Yorkers enrolled in the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program has been far from smooth. State Sen. Gustavo Rivera (D-Chair of the Senate Health Committee) unpacks the issues.   EXPLORE MORE; nynow.org

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) says he will vote for the GOP-written federal government funding extension to prevent a shutdown Friday night; President Trump says he will put a 200% tariff on European wine in retaliation for an EU 50% tariff on U.S. whiskey; President tariff policies a major topic at today's Senate confirmation hearing for the nominees for U.S. Ambassadors to Canada and Mexico; President Trump meets with NATO's Secretary General at the White House, as Russian President Vladimir Putin says he generally supports a 30 day ceasefire with Ukraine, but has reservations; White House withdraws nomination of Dave Weldon for CDC Director right before his scheduled Senate confirmation hearing; Senate Health Committee approves nominees to lead NIH and FDA; Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) dies after battle with cancer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 4: 6:05pm- After signing executive orders from the Oval Office, President Donald Trump took questions from the press—discussing the assassination attempt against him in Butler, PA, potentially extending TikTok's reprieve from a nationwide ban, daylight saving time, and the astronauts stuck in space. 6:10pm- In a message to the astronauts stranded in space, President Donald Trump said: “we love you and we are coming up to get you.” In an interview earlier this week, astronaut Barry Wilmore seemed to agree with the assessment that then-President Biden left him, and his fellow Boeing Starliner travelers, stranded at the international space station—because allowing Elon Musk's SpaceX to rescue them last September may have negatively impacted Kamala Harris's election prospects. 6:30pm- During his confirmation hearing before the Senate Health Committee, Dr. Marty Makary—the Trump Administration's nominee to serve as Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration—said “half of our nation's children are sick” but “we have a generational opportunity in American health care,” vowing to advocate on behalf of healthy diets capable of reversing disturbing trends in health. 6:40pm- Rich notes one of the major shortcomings of the modern food pyramid: it fails to draw a distinction between healthy fats (like those found in avocados, nuts, and olive oil) which are critical for brain function and heart health from unhealthy fats. Matt suggests an updated food pyramid should have his favorite food—McDonald's—at the base. No one should take his dieting advice.

President Donald Trump grants a one-month exemption on tariffs on automobile imports from Mexico and Canada to the Big Three U.S. car companies; House Republicans move to censure Rep. Al Green (D-TX) after his extended protest during President Trump's speech to a joint session of Congress; Vice President JD Vance visits the U.S.-Mexico in Texas to discuss the administration's border security and immigration policy; Democratic mayors of New York City, Chicago, Boston and Denver testify in Washington before a House committee about their "sanctuary city" immigration policies; NIH Director nominee Dr. Jay Bhattacharya testifies before the Senate Health Committee about vaccines and autism, and cuts to the NIH research budget; National Security Adviser Mike Waltz on when U.S. talks with Ukraine on ending the Russia-Ukraine war may resume; new Rep. Sylvester Turner (D-TX) dies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's Monday, February 17th, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Adam McManus 18-year-old Catholic woman escapes Pakistani Muslim man An 18-year-old Pakistani woman has been reunited with her Catholic family after six months of captivity, forced conversion to Islam, and coerced marriage to the Muslim who abducted her, reports Morning Star News. Huma Allah Ditta's ordeal began when she failed to return home from her job at a call center in Lahore  on June 28. Her distraught parents began a desperate search after police failed to lift a finger. On August 4th, her parents discovered that she had been abducted by a Muslim man named Abdul Basit Butt.  2 Corinthians 4:4 says, “Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don't believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don't understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.” The Catholic mother said, “My husband and I decided to put this matter in God's hands and started praying vigorously for our daughter's return.” The couple's prayers were answered on January 16th, when Huma managed to escape from Butt's custody and was reunited with her family. JD Vance slams Europe for violating free speech of pro-life Christians Last Friday, Vice President J.D. Vance used a speech addressing European leaders at the Munich Security Conference in Germany to slam Europe for violating the free speech and religious rights of pro-life Christians, reports LifeNews.com. VANCE: “When I look at Europe today, it's sometimes not so clear what happened to some of the Cold War's winners. … Perhaps most concerningly, I look to our very dear friends, the United Kingdom, where the backslide away from conscience rights has placed the basic liberties of religious Britons, in particular, in the crosshairs. “A little over two years ago, the British government charged Adam Smith-Connor, a 51-year-old physiotherapist and an Army veteran, with the heinous crime of standing 50 meters from an abortion clinic and silently praying for three minutes. Not obstructing anyone, not interacting with anyone, just silently praying on his own. “After British law enforcement spotted him and demanded to know what he was praying for, Adam replied simply it was on behalf of the unborn son he and his former girlfriend had aborted years before. Now, the officers were not moved. “Adam was found guilty of breaking the government's new buffer zones law, which criminalizes silent prayer and other actions that could influence a person's decision within 200 meters of an abortion facility. He was sentenced to pay thousands of pounds in legal costs to the prosecution.” Vice President Vance expressed disappointment that the United Kingdom had penalized so-called thought crimes. He warned European leaders against censoring pro-lifers. VANCE: “Now, I wish I could say that this was a fluke, a one-off, crazy example of a badly written law being enacted against a single person. But no, this last October, just a few months ago, the Scottish Government began distributing letters to citizens whose houses lay within so called ‘safe access' zones, warning them that even private prayer within their own homes may amount to breaking the law. Naturally, the government urged readers to report any fellow citizens suspected guilty of thought crime. “In Britain and across Europe, free speech, I fear, is in retreat.” RFK, Jr. vows to implement Trump's pro-life policies Last Thursday, February 13th, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. was confirmed in a 52-48 vote and sworn in as President Donald Trump's Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), reported The Epoch Times. Prior to that, during the Senate Health Committee hearing, Republican Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri asked Kennedy about whether he would implement President Trump's pro-life policies. Listen to their exchange. HAWLEY: “Under the first Trump presidency, HHS stopped new [National Institutes of Health] research that involved human fetal tissue from elective abortion. You said, ‘Stem cell research today can be done on umbilical cords. You don't need any fetal tissue.'  -- which is correct. My question to you is, ‘Will you reinstate President Trump's policy that ensures that no federal research and no federal tax dollars is conducted on fetal tissue taken from elective abortions?'” KENNEDY: “Yes.” HAWLEY: “Fantastic! Let me ask you just about Title X which prohibits the funding of the use of federal taxpayer funding for abortions or to flow to entities like Planned Parenthood that perform abortions or refer people to abortions. You were asked yesterday if you would support President Trump's rule that says, ‘No Title X funding for those who perform abortions or refer people to abortions.' I think your answer was, ‘Yes. You would reinstate that rule.' I just want to be sure I'm right about that. KENNEDY: “Yes.” HAWLEY: “Fantastic! Last point that I have for you. On mifepristone, the chemical abortion drug, you said yesterday that you would study its safety. I think that's good. I want to make an additional point here just about how the Biden administration changed the rules on mifepristone that I hope that you'll take into consideration because you pointed out that we need to honor the wishes of voters in states and their right to set life policy. “The Biden administration's rule on mifepristone, which they did after the Dobbs decision, means that in any state, including ones like mine [Missouri], where voters or state legislators say, ‘We don't want abortion performed after a certain point,' if the Biden administration rule on chemical abortion stands and you can mail in these abortion drugs without a doctor visit or referral, that means no state ban, no state decision, no voter decision is going to matter. We're going to have a one-size-fits-all policy set here in Washington. I hope you'll take that into consideration.” KENNEDY: “I will implement President Trump's policies.” Valentine's Day birthed through Christian martyr's death And finally, have you ever wondered why we just celebrated Valentine's Day on February 14th, this past Friday? Well, Pastor Valentine or Valentinus was a clergyman in the Roman Empire who lived during the reign of Claudius Gothicus or Claudius II. Because the Emperor was having difficulty getting young men to volunteer to serve in the army to fight his wars, he prohibited marriage which would further hurt the conscription rate. Pastor Valentine, who celebrated God's love and Biblical love between husband and wife, secretly married Christian couples in the forest which ultimately led to his arrest and imprisonment.  While Claudius took a liking to Pastor Valentinus, the bold preacher tried to convert the Emperor which resulted in a sentence of death. In Romans 10:14, the Apostle Paul asks, "How, then, can they call on the One they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the One of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?” Valentine was beaten with clubs and stones.  And when that failed to kill him, Valentine was beheaded on February 14th, A.D. 269. And now you know the rest of the story. Get the children's book entitled Valentine: God's Courageous Evangelist. Close And that's The Worldview on this Monday, February 17th in the year of our Lord 2025. Subscribe by Amazon Music or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Or get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

Attorney General Merrick Garland says he will not allow the Justice Department “to be used as a political weapon" and warns about “conspiracy theories and “dangerous falsehoods” targeting federal law enforcement, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) says Louisiana will 'get the money that we deserve from the federal government' to recover from Hurricane Francine, Senate Health Committee plans to hold CEO of Steward Health Care in contempt of Congress for defying subpoena to testify about the company's bankruptcy, House passes a bill to prohibit the electric vehicle tax credit from being claimed if the EV has batteries manufactured by Chinese entities, Secretary of State Antony Blinken on questions about allowing Ukraine to hit targets inside Russia, former Sen. James Sasser (D-TN) dies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tonight on NJ Spotlight News: The family of a teen who died by suicide a year ago sues her school district, alleging the system failed to protect her from bullying; State Senator Jon Bramnick announces his bid for the Republican nomination for New Jersey Governor; The White House vows an "appropriate response" to a drone attack that killed three U.S. soldiers in Jordan; Briana Vannozzi talks to NJ Long Term Care ombudsman Laurie Brewer about regulators cited poor care and "massive Medicaid fraud" at two more long term care facilities; Newark holds a lottery to sell residents homes for $1 in order to increase homeownership rates in the city; The Senate Health Committee approves a bill to phase out smoking on Atlantic City casino floors.

Co-host of "Fox & Friends" and host of "One Nation" Brian Kilmeade joins Fox Across America With Jimmy Failla to discuss his new book, Teddy and Booker T.: How Two American Icons Blazed a Path for Racial Equality. Jimmy gives some credit to former Obama adviser David Axelrod for not being afraid to say the quiet part out loud about President Biden. Co-host of “Outnumbered” Emily Compagno stops by to explain why she's already in the Christmas spirit. Oklahoma Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin tells us why he almost got into a physical altercation with Teamster President Sean O'Brien during a Senate Health Committee hearing. PLUS, comedian Dave Landau checks in to talk about how hotels are still pretending like we're in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.   [00:00:00] Axelrod addresses Biden's criticism [00:39:01] Brian Kilmeade [00:57:32] Emily Compagno [01:15:46] Newsom suddenly wants to clean up his state [01:27:03] Senator Markyane Mullin [01:34:12] Dave Landau  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ask almost any Californian and they'll tell you the most critical issue facing thestate is the terrible homelessness plaguing cities and neighborhoods, with moreand more people suffering from poverty, mental illness and substance abuse, andnot enough resources to help them. To try to break that cycle, the legislature andGovernor Newsom have enacted a series of measures to overhaul California'sbehavioral health system, including launching a pilot program of the governor's“Care Court” plan. Some key pieces of legislation were written by State SenatorSusan Talamantes Eggman of Stockton, who is a former Army medic and alicensed clinical social worker who served previously in the state Assembly, andis chair of the Senate Health Committee.

New York State Senator Gustavo Rivera (D, District 33 in The Bronx), chair of the Senate Health Committee, and Joyce Rivera, founder and CEO of St. Ann's Corner of Harm Reduction (SACHR), talk about the role of overdose prevention centers and harm reduction in combatting the opioid crisis in The Bronx and throughout the region.

Welcome back to another episode of the Your Good News Podcast!On this episode, Katherine gives an update on the latest bank collapse - First Republic Bank. Additionally, Katherine launches a new series on committees within Congress. First in that series is the important Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee. The goal of the series is to help familiarize you with the work happening within these Committees that ultimately become law. Links & Resources:Transcript:  Let's Connect!To engage with the host, visit her Instagram via @KatherineGettyCheck out our website at yourgoodnewspodcast.comAd: To learn more about Lyndsi Sitcov and Matt Windsor, visit their website at https://www.lyndsiandmatt.com. Reference my name when reaching out!

In this episode, Erin Hart, Megan Peterson, and Abena Abraham provide a legislative update, covering: Dr. Sarah Traxler, Chief Medical Officer for Planned Parenthood North Central States (PPNC), testified on the Reproductive Freedom Defense Act in the Senate Health Committee. Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, PPNCS has seen a 13% increase in patients coming from out of the region for abortion and a 40% increase in second-trimester abortions. Efforts to pass SF 165, the Reproductive Freedom Defense Act, continue. This bill is to ensure that all Minnesotans have access to reproductive healthcare and that healthcare providers are protected in providing essential healthcare services. The Reproductive Freedom Defense Act passed the Minnesota House on Monday with 68 “yes” and 62 “no” votes. The movement cannot be stopped, and Minnesota will have the back of providers and patients who need to come here to get care. We also discuss the Trans Refuge Bill, which passed by the Minnesota House early Friday morning. The bill was led by Representative Finke, who spoke passionately about the importance of passing the bill. The bill has also been heard by the Senate Judiciary, and Public Safety Committee and hopefully is on a pathway to reach the governor's desk this year. ### Visit the "Gender Justice" Website here and "Unrestrict Minnesota" here. Erin Hart, Communications Director at Gender Justice, is hosting the Gender Justice Brief. The GJB is produced by Gunther Michael Jahnl & Audra Grigus. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/genderjustice/message

The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (03/22/2023: 3:05pm- On Saturday, former President Donald Trump revealed that he expects to be arrested for hush money payments disturbed to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in 2016—though, no arrest has yet been made. The New York Post is now reporting that law enforcement is not expecting an arraignment until next week.  3:15pm- While appearing on CNN, political commentator Van Jones explained that he believes it's a mistake for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to indict former-President Donald Trump for alleged hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels. 3:30pm- While speaking before the Senate Appropriations subcommittee, Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that he hopes to “modernize the State Department” by “carrying out diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility initiatives.” Blinken also vowed to release a report on the Biden Administration's withdrawal from Afghanistan. 3:40pm- Congressman Jeff Van Drew—Republican representing New Jersey's 2nd Congressional District—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss the death of eight dolphins beached in Sea Isle City on Tuesday. Many environmental experts believe the sudden, drastic uptick in marine life deaths along the Atlantic Coast is linked to offshore wind development's usage of sonar to map the ocean's floor. 4:05pm- According to a report from The Daily Wire's John Rigolizzo, the House Oversight Committee and Accountability Committee is “requesting documents related to the government's response to the nationwide baby formula shortage.” Will the White House and/or Federal Drug Administration (FDA) be held accountable for their actions which exacerbated the 2022 baby formula shortage? You can read more here: https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-oversight-committee-investigating-biden-administration-mishandling-of-baby-formula-shortage 4:15pm- On Wednesday, Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel testified before the Senate Health Committee addressing concerns regarding prices and side effects from his company's COVID-19 mRNA vaccine. During the hearing, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) confronted Bancel about the risk of myocarditis in young men. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) also went after Bancel—criticizing Moderna's decision to “quadruple the price of the vaccine.” 4:30pm- While speaking with The Hill's “Women Out Front”, Gisele Fetterman was asked if there is any “piece of legislation” she is currently looking into—but wait…she's not a U.S. Senator! And where is Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) anyway? 4:40pm- Dr. Victoria Coates—former Deputy National Security Advisor & Senior Research Fellow at The Heritage Foundation—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss the strengthening alliance between Vladimir Putin's Russia and Xi Jinping's China. On Tuesday, National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby insisted that the Biden Administration is not threatened by the alliance—but should we believe the Administration's optimism?   5:05pm- The Drive at 5: Dr. Wilfred Reilly—Professor of Political Science at Kentucky State University & Author of “Taboo: 10 Facts You Can't Talk About”—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his latest National Review editorial, “How to Define ‘Woke.'” Dr. Reilly also weighs-in on Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's potential indictment of former-President Donald Trump for allegedly paying hush money to adult film star Stormy Daniels. You can read the full article here: https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/03/how-to-define-woke/ 5:40pm- Mystery Movie Clip: “Mmm! This is a tasty burger! Vincent, have you ever had a Big Kahuna Burger?” 5:45pm- Vice President Kamala Harris laughs awkwardly at a White House event celebrating Women's History Month.  5:50pm- On Wednesday, President Joe Biden presented Bruce Springsteen, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Gladys Knight and Mindy Kaling with The National Medal of Arts during a ceremony at the White House. 6:05pm- On Wednesday, Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) responded to a Politico report that several Republican congressional candidates had their military records improperly released. Massie tweeted: “This is chilling. The U.S. Air Force illegally released military records of several GOP candidates to the Democratic Party which then leveraged the material to run attack ads on at least one of them.” You can read the full report here: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/22/air-force-gop-candidates-records-released-00088050 6:15pm- According to reports, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved authorization of a “lab-grown” chicken product created by a company called GOOD Meat. 6:40pm- Appearing on Fox News, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) said that people who suggest COVID-19 didn't come from a laboratory are “self-interested.”

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 2: According to a report from The Daily Wire's John Rigolizzo, the House Oversight Committee and Accountability Committee is “requesting documents related to the government's response to the nationwide baby formula shortage.” Will the White House and/or Federal Drug Administration (FDA) be held accountable for their actions which exacerbated the 2022 baby formula shortage? You can read more here: https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-oversight-committee-investigating-biden-administration-mishandling-of-baby-formula-shortage On Wednesday, Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel testified before the Senate Health Committee addressing concerns regarding prices and side effects from his company's COVID-19 mRNA vaccine. During the hearing, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) confronted Bancel about the risk of myocarditis in young men. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) also went after Bancel—criticizing Moderna's decision to “quadruple the price of the vaccine.” While speaking with The Hill's “Women Out Front”, Gisele Fetterman was asked if there is any “piece of legislation” she is currently looking into—but wait…she's not a U.S. Senator! And where is Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) anyway? Dr. Victoria Coates—former Deputy National Security Advisor & Senior Research Fellow at The Heritage Foundation—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss the strengthening alliance between Vladimir Putin's Russia and Xi Jinping's China. On Tuesday, National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby insisted that the Biden Administration is not threatened by the alliance—but should we believe the Administration's optimism?  

ep210:  0:15 - From Lame Duck to New Paddlers: What Employers Can Expect From Congress. Special guest Jim Plunkett, This Week at Work's Washington D.C. insider, gives us the scoop on efforts from the House Democratic majority prior to handing control over to Republicans, and also what might be the first order of business for the newly sworn in. Plus, we have a little fun at the expense of the office politicians we all know.  Lawyer on the Clock:   4:37 - Minimum wage adjustments, the Respect for Marriage Act, the $2.7 TRILLION spending bill ($13.8 BILLION of which is devoted to the US Department of Labor and $299 MILLION for the NLRB).   9:57 - New study from Bloomberg Law suggests substantially weaker job growth in 2022 than official figures suggest.   Philburt's Phorum:    13:52 - 7 office politicians according to Quill.com.   The Employer's Lounge   17:30 - Lame Duck: Congress hammers out an agreement to avoid the National Freight Rail strike, the National Defense Authorization Act, and signs point to avoiding a federal government shutdown.   24:06 - Current Activity: NLRB very busy with John Ring exiting the board, Bernie Sanders is the new chair of the Senate Health Committee.   30:10 - New Paddlers: Republican control means little chance of major labor and employment legislation passing and holding the NLRB's feet to the fire. If you like political theater, get the popcorn ready!   Host(s):  Burton Garland, Shareholder, Ogletree Deakins (St. Louis office)   Guest(s): Jim Plunkett, Shareholder, Ogletree Deakins (Washington D.C. office)   Powered by AAIM Employers' Association and Ogletree Deakins, a Feature Group USA production   

Helen Norris recently testified in front of the Senate Health Committee on cyber security threats and challenges in higher education. In this episode of C-Sweet Talks, Helen speaks with Beth and Dianne about women on boards, relying on her network, and the experience of speaking in front of the Senate.Helen is vice president for information technology and CIO at Chapman University, where she is responsible for leading the university's information technology strategy and services, and oversight of the University Library.

The DML Podcast is 37 minutes for this day June 16, 2022 Dr. Fauci tests positive for Covid 19 the day before he is scheduled to testify for the Senate Health Committee. John Kerry says there no need to drill for more oil. Twitter employees are caught bragging about deplatforming President Trumps and plotting to ban Libs of Tiktok from Twitter. A sixth grade teacher comes out to her students.  Listen below or on TeamDML.com

Hector and Mike talk about a piece of legislation that got out of committee. State Senator Melissa Melendez tweeted this: "Today the Senate Health Committee passed SB 1446, which says everyone has a legal right to housing and gives them the right to sue if they don't get it.” SB 1446, or as we call it, “The Trail Lawyers Full Employment Act” is exactly the kind of legislation that makes California a laughingstock around the country. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hectorandmikeexperience/support

Last week's show was with Wayne Jenkins, MD, from Centivo; and we talked about how insurance design, when not done well, can lead, in a nutshell, to mental and physical health problems for employees. This is a great lead-in to the conversation in this healthcare podcast with Dan O'Neill. And before I get into why it's a great lead-in, let me just start here—and don't roll your eyes. What is value-based care? Consider this delineation: There's value-based payments, and then there's the type of care that these payments incentivize. You would hope that a value-based payment would result in care that was of value (ie, great patient outcomes and patient satisfaction at a fair total cost of care). But those are two distinct things—the payment and the care. If we change the payment model but the provider behavior doesn't change in a way that actually improves patient outcomes and care, then what are we doing here? Or the converse: If we do not change the payment model, then how does anyone expect the care paid for is going to change? Employers or carriers who just meander along with the broad PPO network happily paying as much for low-value care as for high-value care and happily paying centers of excellence as much as non–centers of excellence … how is a provider who wants to spend time and money building out a practice to deliver better patient outcomes, how can they do that without overcoming some pretty fundamental business model challenges? This whole concept is one that my guest today, Dan O'Neill, has talked about and will talk about in this episode. Dan says the first step is for insurers, IPAs, managed care organizations to take an absolute chainsaw to their network management bureaucracy. There must be a clear door to a value-based payment model. It must be that if you're a provider or you're a physician practice (primary care practice, in particular), and you want to go down a value-based care path, there has to be a clear door and a pathway for you. I think I have a non-perfect litmus test for anybody with a value-based payment program who wants a heuristic to check if their value-based payment program is actually meaningfully impacting models of care in the marketplace: If most of the provider organizations who are part of that value-based program still incentivize and pay their doctors using FFS incentives like RVUs (relative value units), I'd step back and think about that for a piece. Contemplate that doctors, who are responsible for care decisions, still have every incentive to do everything that they would have done had the provider organization just been paid FFS. What's the point of value-based payments that extract exactly zero behavior change? And that is not a rhetorical question. So, back to the conversation from last week with Dr. Wayne Jenkins citing all of the things that can go horribly wrong when an employer's benefit designs are misaligned with the financial realities of their workforce. You get what you pay for, and I don't just mean that in terms of the dollars outlaid, since we all know in healthcare prices and quality have nothing to do with each other—I mean, in terms of what you choose to pay for and how you choose to pay for it. That's the macro of this whole thing, but indulge me as I get into the micro for just one sec. Let me just remind everybody about Goodhart's Law: “When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.” More on the why of this in the interview with Rishi Wadhera, MD, MPP, on the hospital readmission reduction program (EP326) and also what happens when we don't adhere to Goodhart's Law as we evaluate PCPs, which Rebecca Etz, PhD, talks about in EP295.   In this episode with Dan O'Neill, we go through where we're at on the continuum of value-based payments and how those payments are impacting the care, value-based or otherwise, that is incentivized by those payments. We tick through four gradations of value-based payments: A pure volume contract (otherwise known as FFS [fee for service]) A clinician bonus for achieving quality measures A piece of the savings (ie, MSSP [Medicare Shared Savings Program]) Global risk My guest, Dan O'Neill, is chief commercial officer over at Pine Park Health. Besides over a decade in healthcare tech and services, he was a policy fellow at the National Academy of Medicine and worked in the Senate on the Senate Health Committee. You can learn more at dponeill.com or connect with Dan on LinkedIn. Daniel O'Neill, MA, MS, currently serves as chief commercial officer for Pine Park Health, a value-based primary care group that delivers on-site care in senior living communities. Prior to that, Dan was a health policy fellow at the National Academy of Medicine, working primarily in the US Senate on legislation focused on surprise billing, anti-competitive contracting practices in the commercial market, and price transparency. Dan has also worked as a senior vice president with Change Healthcare and as an advisor to venture-stage healthcare services and technology firms. At Pine Park, Dan is responsible for risk-based contracting with IPAs and insurers and for the group's participation in CMS value-based care models, including direct contracting. Dan's research is available in NEJM Catalyst and on the Health Affairs blog, and he holds graduate degrees from Johns Hopkins University and Stanford University.   05:06 What is the spectrum of value-based contracts? 07:24 Why don't value-based contracts at the organizational level always trickle down to the provider level? 11:25 What are the two things that need to happen to drive outcomes in value-based healthcare? 15:24 How do insurers play into improving value-based contracts? 19:46 “There's a strong case to actually clamp down on prices.” 23:47 “Right now, we're still in a place where if you want to do something other than fee for service … you have to fight like hell.” 24:03 What's the first step to making value-based contracts more accessible? 24:27 What's the second step to making value-based contracts accessible? 25:23 Why are the incentives to change American healthcare pretty weak? 27:10 “Organizational change is just exceedingly difficult.” 28:45 What should you do if you want to start pushing organizations toward value-based contracts? 32:42 EP351 with Eric Bricker, MD.  You can learn more at dponeill.com or connect with Dan on LinkedIn. @dp_oneill discusses #vbc on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #valuebasedpayments #digitalhealth What is the spectrum of value-based contracts? @dp_oneill discusses #vbc on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #valuebasedpayments #digitalhealth Why don't value-based contracts at the organizational level always trickle down to the provider level? @dp_oneill discusses #vbc on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #valuebasedpayments #digitalhealth What are the two things that need to happen to drive outcomes in value-based healthcare? @dp_oneill discusses #vbc on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #valuebasedpayments #digitalhealth How do insurers play into improving value-based contracts? @dp_oneill discusses #vbc on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #valuebasedpayments #digitalhealth “There's a strong case to actually clamp down on prices.” @dp_oneill discusses #vbc on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #valuebasedpayments #digitalhealth “Right now, we're still in a place where if you want to do something other than fee for service … you have to fight like hell.” @dp_oneill discusses #vbc on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #valuebasedpayments #digitalhealth What's the first step to making value-based contracts more accessible? @dp_oneill discusses #vbc on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #valuebasedpayments #digitalhealth What's the second step to making value-based contracts accessible? @dp_oneill discusses #vbc on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #valuebasedpayments #digitalhealth Why are the incentives to change American healthcare pretty weak? @dp_oneill discusses #vbc on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #valuebasedpayments #digitalhealth “Organizational change is just exceedingly difficult.” @dp_oneill discusses #vbc on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #valuebasedpayments #digitalhealth What should you do if you want to start pushing organizations toward value-based contracts? @dp_oneill discusses #vbc on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #valuebasedpayments #digitalhealth   Recent past interviews: Click a guest's name for their latest RHV episode! Dr Wayne Jenkins, Liliana Petrova, Ge Bai, Nikhil Krishnan, Shawn Rhodes, Pramod John (EP353), Pramod John (EP352), Dr Eric Bricker, Katy Talento, Stacey Richter (INBW33), Stacey Richter (INBW32), Dr Steve Schutzer (Encore! EP294), Lisa Trumble, Jeb Dunkelberger, Dr Ian Tong, Mike Schneider, Peter Hayes, Paul Simms, Dr Steven Quimby, Dr David Carmouche (EP343), Christin Deacon, Gary Campbell, Kristin Begley, David Contorno (AEE17), David Contorno (EP339), Nikki King, Olivia Webb, Brandon Weber  

In today's hour of non-stop talk, in yesterday's testimony to the Senate Health Committee, Dr. Anthony Fauci got into a heated argument with Senator Rand Paul over the use of gain of function research in the Wuhan lab and here in the United States. Is there any true benefit to this kind of research? Creating Frankenstein's monster to prevent the monster doesn't seem effective.  Photo: Pool / Pool See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What's the purpose of dating? Have you ever tried speed dating? Monica Braun, Soul to Soul (Date Coach) joins Trending with Timmerie to talk about tips for speed dating. The Senate Health Committee in the CA state legislature recently passed SB 519 which makes it legal to possess the date rape drug Ketamine for recreational […]

What's the purpose of dating? Have you ever tried speed dating? Monica Braun, Soul to Soul (Date Coach) joins Trending with Timmerie to talk about tips for speed dating. The Senate Health Committee in the CA state legislature recently passed SB 519 which makes it legal to possess the date rape drug Ketamine for recreational […] All show notes at Speed Dating, Marriage, & Contraception - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio

Apr. 1, 2021 - In early March, the Governor signed legislation that curtailed the emergency powers he was given at the beginning of the pandemic. Now, the state legislature will have an expanded role in the state's pandemic response by reviewing any new directives or those up for renewal. Sen. Gustavo Rivera (D-Bronx), chair of the Senate Health Committee, explained how the system will work.

Jan. 28, 2021 - Sen. Gustavo Rivera (D-Bronx), chair of the Senate Health Committee, weighed in on the Governor's budget, a postponement of the health budget hearing, and much more.

Earlier today, Senator Mitt Romney participated in a Senate health committee hearing to discuss the role of vaccines in preventing infectious disease outbreaks and protecting public health. Lee will break down his biggest takeaways from the hearing.  See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

On January 24th, 2020 the Senate Health Committee got a private, all-senators briefing from administration officials on coronavirus. Among the attendees was Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler from Georgia. The very same day as the briefing, an asset manager for Senator Loeffler began making stock trades. Selling thousands of shares in stocks across multiple sectors. Elected officials are cloaked in a tremendous amount of privilege. Privileges that afford them information and opportunities not available to you or me. But what happens when our leaders warp who that judgment is for? What happens when those we elect, don’t think we’re paying attention? For years our norms around elections, ethics, and self dealing have faded into the background. Now in the chaos of 2020, we are seeing story after story of how our leaders protected their political and personal interests first and constituencies second. These stories all have one thing in common—a U.S. Supreme Court unwilling to prosecute unethical behavior and weak federal laws that allow for ethics to fall by the wayside and corruption to fill in the gap. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

New York State Sen. Gustavo Rivera, who chairs the Senate Health Committee, has grilled State Health Commissioner Howard Zucker in Albany this week over the response to the pandemic. WCBS' Lynda Lopez talks with Sen. Rivera about his proposals to improve the health care system on The 880 Weekly Rewind. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

As almost every U.S. state in is now set to lighten lockdown restrictions, America's top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci testified on Tuesday before the Senate Health Committee. The message: open too quickly and face serious consequences. Donna Shalala, former U.S. Health and Human Services secretary, joins Christiane to digest the hearings. Donald G. McNeil Jr., science and health reporter at the New York Times, talks to Christiane about America's roadmap to recovery, and the politicization of the coronavirus pandemic. Icelandic Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir explains how her country got the coronavirus under control, without imposing strict lockdown measures, and reflects on her next steps to protect Iceland's economy. And Hari Sreenivasan speaks to world-renowned clinical researcher Dr. F. Perry Wilson about dangers of misunderstanding, and even deliberate misinformation, when politics and medicine collide.

Top U.S. health officials took questions from the Senate Health Committee yesterday on coronavirus. The partially teleconferenced testimonies featured weird background filters, quarantine beards, and one notable poster for the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The main takeaway was that the U.S. is far from "out of the woods" in the fight against COVID-19.  House Democrats put out a draft of their new economic relief bill. It’s a 3 trillion dollar package that includes money for states, another round of $1,200 checks for some households, hazard pay for essential workers, and more. Republicans rejected it without even seeing it. And in headlines: investigating the killing of 26-year-old Breonna Taylor in Kentucky, Twitter to let staff work from home forever, and one Australian soap opera resumes production sans kissing.

Congressman Gaetz breaks down today's Senate Health Committee hearing on COVID-19, discusses the excellent job Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell is doing in his new position, and reflects on why Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions was wholly ineffective in his role at the Department of Justice.

On this episode of the Daily Coronacast, our hosts start with a conversation about the nation’s top health experts testifying before the Senate Health Committee on how to safely re-open the nation’s economy. Next, they talk about Trump storming out of yesterday’s press conference after two female reporters challenged him with a simple question about coronavirus testing. Then they discuss three Supreme Court cases being heard over the phone today that could all have big implications for how we interpret separation of powers and the ability of other branches of government to investigate the president. Finally, they close the show by telling us the interesting way this new format has changed some of the Justice’s work styles.

Host Ryan Wrecker recaps today’s Senate Health Committee hearing, which featured Senator Rand Paul expressing an interesting and confrontational opinion to Dr. Anthony Fauci. Listen to the show on Apple Podcasts? Leave us a 5-star review: apple.co/2Of49Bv and subscribe to Overnight America on other great apps like Radio.com If you like what you hear, we're live weeknights on KMOX 1120AM. We welcome your calls at 800-925-1120. Like and follow on Facebook: www.facebook.com/RyanWreckerRadio/ 

Stocks rising slightly as investors evaluate the latest attempts to reopen the economy. The Nasdaq is heading for its seventh straight day of gains. Dr. Anthony Fauci and other health officials will testify before the Senate Health Committee discussing reopening the economy. Simon Property Group, the biggest U.S. mall owner is planning to have 50% of its centers reopened this week, as states begin to loosen their lockdown restrictions. Plus, it’s Elon Musk vs. California. Tesla’s CEO defying orders and reopening his plant in Alameda County in a standoff with county officials. Musk tweeting: “Tesla is restarting production today against Alameda Country rules. I will be on the line with everyone else. If anyone is arrested, I ask that it only be me.” Plus, the CEO of International Flavors & Fragrances joins the “Squawk on the Street” team on earnings and the road ahead during the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Means testing will not get us where we need to be and it will help Trump win the election.  Italy’s coronavirus deaths pass China. California Governor Gavin Newsom issues statewide order to stay at home, effective last night. Senate Intelligence Committee Chair, Richard Burr new about the coming economic crash in early February and dumped between $628,000 and $1.7 million in stock. NPR released a secret audio recording of Burr telling a room of big money donors about the coming catastrophe on February 27th. He wasn’t alone. Sen. Kelly Loeffler, a Georgia Republican, started selling off her and her husbands’ stock back on January 24th. That was, according to the Daily Beast, “the very day that her committee, the Senate Health Committee, hosted a private, all-senators briefing from administration officials, including the CDC director and Anthony Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, on the coronavirus.”  Severe storms hitting the central U.S. Gov. Wolf calls for all “non-life-sustaining” businesses to close down. PA House Republicans and Mike Turzai go off the rails.  The house speaker is pushing for the expansion of cyber education and cyber charter schools while questioning Governor Tom Wolf’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.  Eight Oaks Farm Distillery switches production from spirits to hand sanitizer. Eight Oaks is a Veteran-Owned, Family-Run, Farm-Grown distillery in New Tripoli, PA Free Will sets up take out service. They say: “For the foreseeable future, we’ll be opening our Perkasie location seven days a week for take-out between 12:00 - 6:00. ⁣We are accepting walk-in orders but would like to encourage everyone to utilize our brand new online store to make any purchases.” https://www.freewillbrewing.com/store

U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), chair of the Senate Health Committee, appears to be ready to shepherd his 165-page draft legislation on surprise balance billing for a vote next week. In their push to get legislation prohibiting such billing through before the August recess, both the House and Senate have held hearings in the past two weeks on the various approaches to the problem. Those hearings have made the industry battle lines clearer, in terms of how the various industry sectors think that out-of-network providers should be compensated by payors. Although no single approach appears to be significantly favored at this point, Matthew Albright, former Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) official reports the lead story during this edition of Monitor Mondays. Other segments to appear during the live broadcast include:RAC Report: Healthcare attorney Knicole Emanuel returns to the broadcast to report on the latest audits by Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs) and other third-party auditors. Emanuel, a member of the RACmonitor editorial board, is a partner in the Potomac Law Group.SDoH Report: Ellen Fink-Samnick, a nationally recognized expert on social determinants of health (SdoH), has the latest news on this trending topic that is attracting significant media attention.CMS/IRF Settlement: As reported by RACmonitor, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) agreed last week to settle appeals for inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) following a two-year dispute with the industry. Reporting on this developing story will be Angela Phillips, president of Images & Associates, and one of the nation’s foremost IRF authorities.Links from Ellen's segment: Commonwealth Fund, Kaiser Family Foundation 1, Kaiser Family Foundation 2, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Medicaid Work Requirements ChartNews from OMHA: The Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA) has expanded its Settlement Conference Facilitation (SCF) program, and it is now open to the appellant community. Healthcare attorney Andrew Wachler, a managing partner at Wachler and Associates, reports on how these expanded eligibility requirements provide new opportunities for appellants. Risky Business: Healthcare attorney David Glaser returns to Monitor Mondays with his popular segment, in which he reports on problematic issues facing providers.Links from David's segment: Supreme Court Case that says CMS must follow a more stringent process for issuing new rules than the Administrative Procedure Act requires.Fraud Alert: Genetic Testing ScamMonday Rounds: Ronald Hirsch, MD, vice president of R1 RCM, will be making his Monday Rounds with another installment of his popular segment.

In this week’s episode, John reviews Novartis’ new gene therapy for spinal muscular atrophy, priced at more than $2.1 million. ICER, a nonprofit research institute that evaluates the cost effectiveness of pharmaceuticals, said Novartis’ price is within the upper bound of the organization’s value-based price benchmark range. Briefs include: A broad bipartisan draft health care legislation package containing dozens of provisions was recently released by the Senate Health Committee. Forcing oncology practices to take on downside risk in CMS’ Oncology Care Model in July could result in more than half of them owing the government. UnitedHealth Group pointed to price variations for diagnostic tests as a potential way to reduce overspending. Mallinckrodt plans to spin off its specialty generics business to shareholders. The FDA’s recent approval of Novartis’ Piqray (alpelisib). FDA clears a new wearable device to treat migraine. Biogen is scrapping its investigational treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, and is canceling its Phase III ENGAGE and EMERGE clinical trials. About Darwin Research Group Darwin Research Group Inc. provides advanced market intelligence and in-depth customer insights to health care executives, with a strategic focus on health care delivery systems and the global shift toward value-based care. Darwin’s client list includes forward-thinking biopharmaceutical and medical device companies, as well as health care providers, private equity, and venture capital firms. The company was founded in 2010 as Darwin Advisory Partners, LLC and is headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz. with a satellite office in Princeton, N.J.

With summer on the horizon, we’re revisiting one of our all-time favorite stories! Harry Rosenblum, host of Feast Yr Ears shares the history of lemonade stands and enlists his daughter, Moxie, to provide some invaluable operational advice. Plus, HRN board member and resident accountant JoAnn “Flash” Fleming has financial tips for all you lemonade entrepreneurs. Why are we rerunning this story now? Believe it or not, running a lemonade stand in New York without a permit is a fineable offense. Last year, the health department shut down a 7-year-old’s roadside operation for failing to pony up the $30 for a year-long permit. This caught the attention of state senator Jim Tedesco, who is now sponsoring a bill dubbed “Brendan’s Lemon-Aid Law” – named after the boy whose stand was shut down. Last week, the bill was passed by the Senate Health Committee with bipartisan support. It now awaits further committee review in both the state Senate and Assembly before heading to Governor Cuomo’s desk for his signature. If passed, the law would take effect immediately and exempt kids 16 and under from paying a $30 yearlong permit fee to run a lemonade stand. Meat + Three is powered by Simplecast.

On today’s show, John talks about SB 24 passing through the Senate Health Committee, and some stupid abortion views from certain presidential candidates. Tune in!

Forsaken Generation is so pleased to have this True Warrior Dad on our show.. He has spoken in front of the Senate Health Committee and at press converances at California's state Captiol, Health Freedom Rally in San Franciso, as well so much more. He was the Videograher for Vaxxed team for a while and to tell ya the truth my favorite Josh moments is anytime he is around Senator Pan.. Josh has definitely Kept Pan on his toes.. Josh Fights against mandated vaccines, he fights for TRUE informed Consent and for parents to be aware of the kickback Doctor's recieve when all their patients are fully vaccinated by two years of age..  Joshua's own son went from learning to walk to losing the ability due to transverse mylitis after a round of vaccines at 17 months of age.. His son Otto still struggles with trying to recover his son and still finding the time to fight to help save others from this same fate. No one can argue that bodily autonomy is a human right. There is no place for any law, which dictates what one must do with their own body in a free country. SB277, which mandates vaccination for every child attending school in California clearly infringes upon this fundamental right. With the introduction of SB277 and as a natural consequence to his son having suffered a severe vaccine injury, Joshua Coleman took to the fight against mandatory vaccination. As a filmmaker, Joshua's activism has married with his craft. In 2016 he joined the Vaxxed documentary bus tour capturing over 700 stories of vaccine injury from across the country. He has since kept the pressure on those responsible for pushing these mandates, namely Senator Richard Pan, with his own brand of journalism. He also continues with projects that seek to expose the lies and corruption surrounding the vaccine industry and to educate the public on the very real harm vaccines cause.

Welcome to a special edition of PoPolitickin. In this episode, we politick with recovered crack addict, Tonier Cain. During her 19-year crack addiction, Tonier Cain racked up 83 arrests and 66 convictions. She turned to prostitution to pay for drugs, lost custody of four children, and, when she wasn't locked up, she slept under a bridge. Today, 12-years after completing treatment, Cain penned an open letter to the Senate Health Committee urging them to preserve the mandate for insurers to provide mental health and substance abuse treatment and continue federal funding for Medicaid expansion. For more information on Tonier Cain visit www.toniercain.com

With strong majorities in the California Assembly and Senate, legislative Democrats have a range of health policy options to consider. We welcomed Senator Ed Hernandez, Chair of the Senate Health Committee, and Assemblymember Jim Wood, Chair of the Assembly Health Committee as panelists at our 2017 Northern California State of Reform Health Policy Conference to talk about those options. They discussed the challenges of legislating during a time of upheaval in policy at the federal level and answered questions from the audience. This is the first part of a two-part episode. Check out the second half to hear from California Republicans! Note: This was recorded on April 27, before the House passed the AHCA.

Senator Ed Hernandez holds a distinct place in history as Chair of the Senate Health Committee during the passage and implementation of the Affordable Care Act.  As a physician himself, he has seen first-hand the tragic results of living life without health insurance, and the amazing personal success stories that have followed the monumental change.  Join Zac and PopHealth Podcast for this insightful and wide-ranging interview with the Senator as we explore why he thinks repeal without a replacement would “send us back to the stone ages” and why he thinks people should be “very, very concerned” with their future access to care.  We also discuss potential GOP replacements, share real-life success stories of the ACA, and explore Senator Hernandez’s ‘Transparency in Drug Pricing’ bill SB-17.

Healthcare Futurist, Best-Selling Author & former Hospital CEO, Josh Luke, recently wrote that “Obamacare is D.O.A.” under the new administration.  That is a scary thought for millions of Americans now living with health insurance, and he recently joined Gavin & Zac to discuss.  Why does he think that an initial repeal could be largely ceremonial, how does he think most people will feel the impact of a repeal in 2017 and what do the nominations of Tom Price (Health & Human Services) and Seema Verma indicate about Trump’s vision of the future of the American healthcare system?  All this and more on this episode PopHealth Podcast.  Make sure to subscribe so you won’t miss upcoming episodes with CA Insurance Commissioner, Dave Jones, Chair of the Senate Health Committee, Dr. Ed Hernandez, and many more during these monumental changes!

Citizen Action of Wisconsin is releasing the 8th annual Wisconsin Health Insurance Cost Ranking report Wednesday morning on a statewide media call. Joining the call to discuss the implications of this year’s findings will be three state lawmakers: Senate Democratic Leader Chris Larson, Senator Jon Erpenbach (Ranking Democrat on Senate Health Committee), and Rep. Melissa Sargent. In addition to providing new numbers and cost rankings for 2014, this year’s report includes data on the historic rates of health insurance inflation for each city. This year’s report also provides data on the quality of health insurance plans offered in each city and region. The report finds a large disparity in health insurance inflation between cities and regions of Wisconsin. For the first time this year, the report will also include cost ranking data on health insurance available to small businesses and purchased directly by consumers. This data is now available because of the launch of new marketplaces (or exchanges) under the Affordable Care Act.