About this episode

The episode discusses Medicare Advantage overspending and features a conversation with medical student Sanjay Letchuman about healthcare policy and patient protection.

In this episode we dig into Medicare Advantage overspending, the role of risk scores, and what hospitals and policymakers can do to protect patient dollars. Featuring Sanjay Letchuman, MD candidate (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai) — incoming anesthesiology resident at Mass General Brigham — we unpack Medicare insolvency timelines and practical fixes hospitals should watch. Don't miss this exciting episode to hear how a medical student turned policy researcher navigated Congress, wrote legislation on Medicare issues, and built projects like KidzZone TV — useful inspiration for clinicians interested in non-clinical leadership.

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