The Doctors’ Lounge

A Healthcare Analyst Becomes the Patient: Birth, Bills, and Better Markets (Updated Video Edit)

Send us Fan Mail Updated edit of our conversation with Nikhil Krishnan, with a cleaner opening and light filler-word trims. Out of Pocket founder Nikhil Krishnan joins

A Healthcare Analyst Becomes the Patient: Birth, Bills, and Better Markets

Send us Fan Mail  Episode Summary  Out of Pocket founder Nikhil Krishnan joins cardiologist Anish Koka and spine surgeon Anthony DiGiorgio to discuss what pregnancy tau

Baseball Arbitration, Benchmarking, and Physician Leverage with Dr. Adam Bruggeman

Send us Fan Mail Episode Summary Orthopedic spine surgeon and independent-practice owner Adam Bruggeman joins The Doctor’s Lounge to explain the No Surprises Act (NSA),

SNAP, Medicaid Fraud, and the Case for Letting Prices Work

Send us Fan Mail Episode Summary: In this episode, Dr. Anish Koka and Dr. Anthony DiGiorgio talk through the trade-offs of government-run programs using SNAP as a model

No Villains, Just Incentives: A Healthcare Consultant Turned Writer on Why the System Fights Itself

Send us Fan Mail Episode Summary This episode examines why US healthcare keeps rewarding consolidation, even when it raises costs and makes the system harder to navigat

Leaving the Employment Model: Dr. Mollie James on Going Independent

Send us Fan Mail Episode Summary  Dr. Mollie James joins Anish Koka, MD and Anthony DiGiorgio to talk about what pushed her out of traditional employment, how she rebui

From Addiction to Advocacy: Tom Wolf's Journey

Send us Fan Mail Summary In this episode, Anthony DiGiorgio and Anish Koka engage with Tom Wolf, a recovery advocate, who shares his personal journey through addiction,

You Can't HSA That Away: Rachel Rosenthal on Medicare, Trade-offs, and Zero-COVID Singapore

Send us Fan Mail Episode Summary  Rachel Rosenthal, an editorial board member at Bloomberg who writes on healthcare and education, joins Anthony DiGiorgio and Anish Kok

Real Doc Speaks: Bureaucracy, Bad Incentives, and the Fight to Keep Doctors in Charge

Send us Fan Mail In this special add-on episode, Anish Koka and Anthony DiGiorgio welcome Dr. James O'Leary — a Mayo-trained OB-GYN with forty years of experience,

The Cost Cure: Ashish Jha's Case for Price Caps, Competition, and Biosurveillance

Send us Fan Mail Episode Summary Anthony DiGiorgio and Anish Koka speak with Dr. Ashish Jha, co-founder and CEO of BioRadar, senior fellow at Harvard Belfer Center, and

Congressman Tom Oliverson on 340b, the No Surprises Act, gold carding, and more

Send us Fan Mail Episode Summary  In this episode of the Doctor's Lounge, Anthony DiGiorgio speaks with Hon. Tom Oliverson, MD, Texas State Representative for Hous

Vinay Prasad: COVID, the FDA, and Why Journalism Keeps Getting Medicine Wrong

Send us Fan Mail The prior uploaded file had 26 seconds that was corrupted.  Restored on this version! Episode Summary: Dr. Vinay Prasad joins the Doctors Lounge in a r

The Ship Has Sailed: Mike Munger on Medicare, Markets, and Debt

Send us Fan Mail Episode Summary Duke political economist and podcast host Mike Munger (The Answer is Transaction Costs) joins Anthony DiGiorgio and Anish Koka to argue

900 Regulatory Hurdles: Why AI Isn't Replacing Doctors Yet

Send us Fan Mail Episode Summary With scheduled guest Dr. Geoff Manley pulled away by a medical emergency, hosts Anish Koka and Anthony DiGiorgio turn the episode into

Inside a $207 Million Verdict: What Every Physician Should Know About Malpractice Trials

Send us Fan Mail Episode Summary In a special Tuesday episode, Anish Koka and Anthony DiGiorgio sit down with Heather Tereshko, a Principal at Post & Schell in Philadel

Right-to-Try 2.0: Inside the Montana Model with Niklas Anzinger

Send us Fan Mail Episode Summary Anish Koka and Anthony DiGiorgio sit down with Niklas Anzinger, a venture capitalist and founder of Infinita VC, to unpack Montana SB53

Dan Donoho on Surgical Data Science, Regulation, and the Humanoid OR

Send us Fan Mail Episode SummaryAnthony DiGiorgio and Anish Koka sit down with Dr. Dan Donoho, an NIH-funded neurosurgeon-scientist at Children's National Hospital

Dr. George Tolis on Physician Pay, Private Practice, and a Valve Gone Wrong

Send us Fan Mail Episode Summary Cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. George Tolis, chief of cardiothoracic surgery in Boston, returns to The Doctors Lounge with hosts Dr. Anish

Cremieux on FDA Reform, Fake Data, and the Columbia Admissions Hack

Send us Fan Mail Episode SummaryDrs. Anish Koka and Anthony DiGiorgio sit down with independent science writer Cremieux, the pseudonymous Substack author known for audit

Scott Becker on Building Becker's Healthcare, Physician Supply, and Private Enterprise

Send us Fan Mail Episode SummaryAnish Koka and Anthony DiGiorgio sit down with Scott Becker, founder of Becker's Healthcare and partner at McGuireWoods, on the busi