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Kathryn A Phillips PhD
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Professor Health Econ/Health Services Research @UCSF. Founder @UCSF_TRANSPERS, focused on effective/efficient/equitable implementation of emerging technologies. Founding Editor-in-Chief #HAScholar @Health_Affairs – OA journal emerging/global health policy. .. more

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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 22h
The NIH has lost its scientific integrity. So we left www.statnews.com/2026/01/10/n... via @statnews
The NIH has lost its scientific integrity. So we left
“We can no longer lend our credibility to an organization that has lost its integrity,” write four scientists and administrators who recently resigned from the NIH.
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 1d
Worth reading! Unsafe, Not Effective, $3.2 Million Per Dose: Why Is This Drug Still Available? | Health Affairs www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
Health Affairs Journal
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Reposted by Kathryn A. Phillips, Mathieu Hainselin, Olivier Sandre

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · 2d
This March 7th we are rallying for a second time in D.C. and nationwide! Join the fight by visiting standupforscience.net/march7 or fuel the fight for science by visiting standupforscience.net/donate
Thank you!
#March7
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#ImpeachRFKJr
#RemoveRFKJr
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 4d
@Health_Affairs Scholar welcomes rigorous research on complex and controversial policy topics to deepen discussion. See article by CMS officials on Medicare Advantage payments, cited 2_10 in @WSJ editorial. @OxfordJournals academic.oup.com/healthaffair...
An updated analysis of coding pattern differences in Medicare Advantage
AbstractIntroduction. The intensity of diagnostic coding in Medicare Advantage (MA) relative to Original Medicare (OM) plays an important role in Medicare'
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 9d
Congress passes legislation creating pathway for Medicare coverage of MCED - with key caveats - FDA approval, initially only if <68, www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
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ucsf-ihps.bsky.social @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social · 11d
Join UCSF IHPS and The Lundberg Institute on March 9, online or in-person, as Robert Hiatt, MD, PhD gives a @cwclub.bsky.social talk, What Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Mean for the Health Sciences, and Why Big Data Needs Them All

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What Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Mean for the Health Sciences, and Why Big Data Needs Them All
Sometimes, because of the current political pushback, one can get the false impression that the academic attention that has recently been paid to increasing a university’s diversity, equity and inclus...
www.commonwealthclub.org

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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 13d
Could this saga be coming to a close? Trump Is Said to Have Dropped Demand for Cash From Harvard www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
Trump Is Said to Have Dropped Demand for Cash From Harvard
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 14d
Will really miss David Brooks NY Times! Always so thoughtful and down to earth www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/o...
Opinion | Time to Say Goodbye
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 15d
We Do Care | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
We Do Care | NEJM
Physicians throughout Minnesota bear witness to the devastation that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is wreaking. They implore physicians everywhere to raise their voices.
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 21d
Oh no, this is an unfortunate problem for NIH and genetics research - requires careful and proactive response. Genetic Data From Over 20,000 U.S. Children Misused for ‘Race Science’. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 22d
Should be great webinar by
Health Affairs: The FDA and Its Changing Relationship to Industry. www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/h...
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 22d
Insightful assessment @brucequinnmd on recent publication on how Medicare’s 2018 National Coverage Determination affected claim denials for next-generation sequencing www.discoveriesinhealthpolicy.com/2026/01/jour...
What's New at NEJM? (1) Kadakia 2026 New Tech Coverage by Law; (2) Kang 2025 Reviewing CMS NGS Denials
My eye tagged a new article in NEJM about Congress granting coverage privilege to a class of interventions, like those which have FDA breakt...
www.discoveriesinhealthpolicy.com

Reposted by Stacie B. Dusetzina

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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 24d
How can FDA continue to support innovation? Publication by NASEM committee members S. Dhruva, @hollylynchez.bsky.social @dusetzinas.bsky.social, myself argue for post-marketing evidence, validation of surrogate markers, adherence to standards, ensuring resources.
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FDA’s Role in Supporting Therapeutic Development to Address Unmet Needs: The National Academies Report and Beyond
Sanket S Dhruva, MD, MHS, Stacie B Dusetzina, PhD, Kathryn A Phillips, PhD, Holly Fernandez Lynch, JD, MBe; FDA’s Role in Supporting Therapeutic Developmen
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Stacie Dusetzina @dusetzinas.bsky.social · 25d
This is bonkers. I think I would take the rest of the year off if everything I worked on for the last two years was gone.

If you regularly use AI / ChatGPT (and probably others) you need to read this.

Reposted by Joanne Spetz, Kathryn A. Phillips

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Stacie Dusetzina @dusetzinas.bsky.social · 26d
My pleasure to be on the Health Affairs podcast talking about the "Great American Healthcare Plan" - er....non-plan? Vision board (h/t Jeff). Hope you enjoy!

www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/h...
Health Affairs Journal
www.healthaffairs.org

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 27d
Good!

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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 27d
Newsflash - Delighted to see list of 2026 Women of Precision Medicine announced - and delighted to be included!

Reposted by Kathryn A. Phillips, Gerald Friedman

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Jan 11
The $70 Billion supplement, peptide, and other unregulated stuff business and RFK Jr
Gift link
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Supplements Are a $70 Billion Industry. RFK Jr. Is Good for Business.
Secretary Kennedy has vowed to ‘end the war on vitamins,’ surrounding himself with advocates for pills, powders, tinctures and IV drips that aren’t subject to FDA approval.
www.wsj.com

Reposted by Kathryn A. Phillips, W Grant

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STAT @statnews.com · Jan 11
Four scientists and administrators who resigned in protest cite political interference, censorship of research, and a loss of integrity at the NIH. www.statnews.com/2026/01/10/n...
The NIH has lost its scientific integrity. So we left
“We can no longer lend our credibility to an organization that has lost its integrity,” write four scientists and administrators who recently resigned from the NIH.
www.statnews.com

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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · Jan 9
Major study finds some benefits from open science but not as much as hoped.

Is ‘open science’ delivering benefits? Major study finds proof is sparse | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Is ‘open science’ delivering benefits? Major study finds proof is sparse
It’s hard to measure social and economic impacts of making papers and data free, researchers say
www.science.org

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Robert Califf @robcaliff.bsky.social · Jan 6
Important reading for medical ethicists and students in the health professions.

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RFK Jr.’s Tuskegee Experiment
RFK Jr. recently directed the CDC to fund a study in West Africa that lays bare his cruelty and dishonesty
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · Jan 6
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
Appeals Court Upholds Prohibition on Trump’s Medical Research Cuts
www.nytimes.com

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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · Dec 30
Interesting pilot by NEJM AI
Accelerating Science with Human+AI Review | NEJM AI ai.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Accelerating Science with Human+AI Review
This issue of NEJM AI features the first two articles published through our accelerated human+AI review process. In this editorial, we describe the invitation-only “Fast Track” process used to revi...
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · Dec 27
ICER article in Health Affairs Scholar in top 10 stories of 2025!

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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · Dec 25
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/u...
In Private Letters, Harvard and Trump Administration Escalate Duel
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Kathryn A. Phillips

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Robert Califf @robcaliff.bsky.social · Dec 24
It took a lot of imagination to maximize the human suffering while not saving any money when the dust settled. Hope this is wisely read.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
www.nytimes.com

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UCSF-TRANSPERS @ucsf-transpers.bsky.social · Dec 23
Read the latest TRANSPERS news: Phillips joins MEDPAC, Mrig named Emerging Scholar, new publications, and more conta.cc/3KNzsTg

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Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) @icer-review.bsky.social · Dec 19
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ICER Weekly View: The most important ICER stories of 2025
Email from Institute for Clinical and Economic Review ICER Weekly View View as Webpage Sign up for ICER's Weekly View Newsletter   Weekly View December 19, 2025 From the desk of ICER Communications (P
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · Dec 18
Read if you want to understand Medicare policy! @brucequinnmd Discoveries in Health Policy: MolDx on the Podcast Circuit: Gabriel Bien-Willne... www.discoveriesinhealthpolicy.com/2025/12/mold...
MolDx on the Podcast Circuit: Gabriel Bien-Willner @ DIASORIN
The DIASORIN Podcast, "Beyond the Result," brings us an interview with Dr Gabriel Bien-Willner.  It's titled, "The Payer Perspective: Drivin...
www.discoveriesinhealthpolicy.com

Reposted by Kathryn A. Phillips

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CEVR @tuftscevr.bsky.social · Dec 16
CEVR’s Tara Lavelle: Tufts-CEVR’s CEA Registry is a powerful, tool that can inform evidence-based health benefit design, new research proposals, and judgments on the value of health care interventions.

More at cear.tuftsmedicalcenter.org