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Beyond the Byline is a new podcast from Modern Healthcare that gives you insight into the industry news and analysis that you rely on. Every other week, tune in to hear from our reporters who will give you the behind-the-scenes reporting that often ends up on the cutting room floor but can provide greater context into the latest news and events.

Finance
Beyond the Byline: Private equity investors target primary care

Modern Healthcare Insurance Reporter Nona Tepper and Finance Reporter Tara Bannow talk about primary-care practice mergers and acquisitions and why private equity firms are investing in the sector.
Safety & Quality
Beyond the Byline: Gun violence prompts preventative intervention

Modern Healthcare Hospital Operations Reporter Alex Kacik and Technology Reporter Jessica Kim Cohen talk about how some hospitals are viewing gun violence as a public health epidemic.
Insurance
Beyond the Byline: Adulhelm and other high-priced drugs shift prescription purchasing patterns

Modern Healthcare Hospital Operations Reporter Alex Kacik and Insurance Reporter Nona Tepper discuss why more Americans are bypassing their insurance coverage at the prescription counter.
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Beyond the Byline: Inefficiency dooms hospital mergers, Modern Healthcare analysis shows

Modern Healthcare Politics and Policy Fellow Matti Gellman and Hospital Operations Reporter Alex Kacik discuss Modern Healthcare's analysis that showed that certain hospitals didn't become more efficient after merging.
Long-term care
Politics & Policy
Beyond the Byline: Private equity's interest in healthcare draws congressional scrutiny

Modern Healthcare hospital operations reporter Alex Kacik and politics reporter Jessie Hellmann discuss why Democrats want more information about the role private equity and chain ownership of nursing homes plays in patient outcomes.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Beyond the Byline: Flurry of hospital deals reshape Atlanta healthcare market

Modern Healthcare operations reporter Alex Kacik and finance reporter Tara Bannow discuss how a string of hospital transactions have reshaped the Atlanta-area healthcare market.
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Safety & Quality
Beyond the Byline: How one health system leapfrogged safety ratings hurdles

Modern Healthcare operations reporter Alex Kacik and safety and quality reporter Lisa Gillespie discuss the latest batch of the Leapfrog Group's hospital safety ratings.
Finance
Beyond the Byline: How fee-for-service can mute population health gains

Modern Healthcare finance reporter Tara Bannow and hospital operations reporter Alex Kacik talk about why fee-for-service payment is at odds with population health efforts.
Safety & Quality
Beyond the Byline: Kids' unchecked mental health needs pose long-term consequences

Modern Healthcare public health reporter Steven Ross Johnson and hospital operations reporter Alex Kacik talk about how the COVID-19 pandemic compounded systemic shortfalls in behavioral healthcare.
Finance
Beyond the Byline: How COVID-19 has impacted hospital finances

Some of the largest health systems in the country saw their profits rise in 2020 even as COVID cases soared. Modern Healthcare hospital operations and finance reporters Alex Kacik and Tara Bannow talk about why, and what the future holds for providers.