A Patient Perspective on Coverage Challenges on JHLT: The Podcast

Published 17 June 2026
  • Advanced Heart Failure & Transplantation
  • Advanced Lung Failure & Transplantation
  • JHLT
  • Mechanical Circulatory Support
  • News
  • Nursing & Allied Health
  • Podcast
  • Pulmonary Vascular Disease (PAH & CTEPH)

Payton Herres holds a white board with the name of her heart transplant donor Christian

For the first time, JHLT welcomes a patient as a guest on the podcast.

Heart transplant recipient and patient advocate Payton Herres joins the podcast for a discussion about her recent perspective piece in JHLT, "When coverage is not access: A heart transplant recipient's perspective on everolimus, U.S. Food and Drug Administration labeling, and the problem of 'ghost approval.'"

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In this compelling, moving discussion, Payton shares:

  • Her treatment story—from her congenital diagnoses to her life-changing transplant—and her donor's story
  • The difference between coverage and access—and how FDA labeling affected her access to an important component of her care
  • What she wishes clinicians understood about long-term care of transplant patients

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