This week on "Podnosis," you'll hear from Stuart Lustig, M.D., an Evernorth executive and child psychiatrist. Lustig talks with Fierce's Paige Minemyer about the rising tide of mental health concerns among young people and what the industry can do about it.
Also under discussion is how inflation and labor shortages will impact Medicare Advantage. Paul Ginsburg, Ph.D., the founding president of the Center for Studying Health System Change, talks with Fierce Healthcare’s Frank Diamond about these trends.
To learn more about topics in this episode:
- Evernorth study: Risk of suicide on the rise among youth
- Cigna study: Why employers should take a greater role in addressing teen mental health
- Employers hope to address parents' concerns about their kids' mental health
- CMS data: Medicare Advantage enrollment now more than 31M
- Chartis Group: Medicare Advantage's growth is slowing. But don't panic just yet
- Medicare Advantage plans brace for final controversial risk adjustment rule by Feb. 1
- Humana to shed employer group commercial business
Podnosis is produced by senior multimedia producer Teresa Carey and managing editor Querida Anderson. The sound engineer is Caleb Hodgson. The stories are by all our “Fierce” journalists. Like and subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts.