NEJM Catalyst Leadership Podcast

One-on-one interviews with leaders in health care, providing perspectives on what’s working in the industry, what’s not, and why. Find out more about us at https://catalyst.nejm.org.

Latest Episodes:

Advancing Quality: Trust, Safety, and Accountability in Health Care Oct 13, 2026

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How health care organizations can rebuild trust and advance quality by strengthening safety, patient experience, accountability, and collaboration.

Changes in Federal Medicaid Eligibility Will Affect Millions of Americans Aug 25, 2026

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How health care leaders can help prevent Medicaid coverage losses with coordinated communication, community partnerships, and practical support.

How Health Policy Shapes Clinical Innovation Aug 03, 2026

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Why should physicians engage in health policy, and how can payment rules quietly steer care, innovation, and the spread of new models?

Transparency as an Ethical Promise: HealthLocator, Trust, and Patient-Centered Quality Jul 29, 2026

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How HealthLocator can help patients find high-quality care while building trust, improving transparency, and supporting organizations in a more patient-centered quality ecosystem.

Evaluating Value-Based Care: A Look Inside Risant Health’s Platform Strategy Jul 27, 2026

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Can a scalable, technology-enabled platform make value-based care work across fragmented health care systems? Early results from Risant Health suggests it can.

Healing the Gun Violence Epidemic through Health System Action Jul 16, 2026

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How can health system leaders move beyond treating gun violence as an injury event to address it as a preventable public health crisis?

Advancing Health Equity in a Time of Retrenchment: On Equity, Value, and the Work Ahead Jun 30, 2026

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How can health care organizations advance health equity when political, legal, and cultural forces are making the work more difficult?

Modern Presidential Leadership and Health Care’s Defining Moments Jun 22, 2026

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How the actions of Presidents Obama, Trump, and Biden through personal experience, leadership, and legislature reveal their greatest health care victories while president.

How CMMI’s Mission Remains the Same Despite Changes in Leadership Jun 18, 2026

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Two Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation directors, past and present, compare notes on how the center maintains its mission of making care more affordable and accountable through administration changes.

Rethinking Leadership for Academic Medical Centers: Navigating the Challenges Jun 03, 2026

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What’s driving the shift from an individual leader for academic medical centers to a team-based operational leader and how to proceed to that transformation.