In our new @thelancetph.bsky.social, we take a closer look at this issue.
#IrenePapanicolas @Brown
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In our new @thelancetph.bsky.social, we take a closer look at this issue.
#IrenePapanicolas @Brown
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
An extraordinary teacher, researcher, leader, and mentor to so many of us @hsph.harvard.edu who now shares her deeply personal story fighting against Parkinson’s disease.
Her story in @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
An extraordinary teacher, researcher, leader, and mentor to so many of us @hsph.harvard.edu who now shares her deeply personal story fighting against Parkinson’s disease.
Her story in @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Rapid growth of “Chronic Condition Special Needs Plans (C-SNPs)” enrolling dual-eligibles.
We argue their growth is threatening national integrated care efforts for duals.
www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/f...
Rapid growth of “Chronic Condition Special Needs Plans (C-SNPs)” enrolling dual-eligibles.
We argue their growth is threatening national integrated care efforts for duals.
www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/f...
Some welcome relief hopefully to so many.
Story below:
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Some welcome relief hopefully to so many.
Story below:
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
“I always told myself the stress of dealing with insurance was worse than the cancer.”
Insights from patients w/ cancer dealing with prior authorizations in @jamanetworkopen.com study
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
“I always told myself the stress of dealing with insurance was worse than the cancer.”
Insights from patients w/ cancer dealing with prior authorizations in @jamanetworkopen.com study
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
It’s a predictable result when you cut off insurance to people who are old, poor and sick.
Eric Roberts @pennldi.bsky.social and I discuss @msnbc.com @harvardhpm.bsky.social
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
It’s a predictable result when you cut off insurance to people who are old, poor and sick.
Eric Roberts @pennldi.bsky.social and I discuss @msnbc.com @harvardhpm.bsky.social
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
A bipartisan group of House and Senate lawmakers considering finally fixing the MA to VA cost-shifting loophole that currently leads to billions in MA profits to provide zero care while VA foots the bill.
Story by @wsj.com
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
A bipartisan group of House and Senate lawmakers considering finally fixing the MA to VA cost-shifting loophole that currently leads to billions in MA profits to provide zero care while VA foots the bill.
Story by @wsj.com
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Veterans in high-veteran MA plans are much more likely to have surgical care paid by VA than plan itself—even when surgery occurs in non-VA hospitals…
#ARM25 @academyhealth.bsky.social
https://ja.ma/4jKGy6e
Veterans in high-veteran MA plans are much more likely to have surgical care paid by VA than plan itself—even when surgery occurs in non-VA hospitals…
Forum brings together a diverse set of people working on issues related to improving health.
Full list of @aspenideas.bsky.social Health Fellows:
www.aspenideas.org/articles/202...
Forum brings together a diverse set of people working on issues related to improving health.
Full list of @aspenideas.bsky.social Health Fellows:
www.aspenideas.org/articles/202...
They aren't in CBO's "uninsured" count — they're older people and folks with disabilities on Medicare who won't get extra financial help because of a proposed moratorium on a regulation.
We estimate that this will lead to over 18,000 avoidable deaths per year stemming from loss of drug subsidies
Link to our memo led by @pennldi.bsky.social:
bit.ly/4mwfcDA
They aren't in CBO's "uninsured" count — they're older people and folks with disabilities on Medicare who won't get extra financial help because of a proposed moratorium on a regulation.
We estimate that this will lead to over 18,000 avoidable deaths per year stemming from loss of drug subsidies
Link to our memo led by @pennldi.bsky.social:
bit.ly/4mwfcDA
We estimate that this will lead to over 18,000 avoidable deaths per year stemming from loss of drug subsidies
Link to our memo led by @pennldi.bsky.social:
bit.ly/4mwfcDA
This week, we are forced to reckon with what’s next, including shutting down research portfolios, considering staffing cuts, and scrambling to cover salaries.
HSPH: “ground zero” of NIH cuts
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/u...
This week, we are forced to reckon with what’s next, including shutting down research portfolios, considering staffing cuts, and scrambling to cover salaries.
HSPH: “ground zero” of NIH cuts
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/u...
1) Value of having Medicaid (Wyse & Meyer, NBER)
2) Human costs of losing Medicaid & linked subsidized drug coverage in @nejm.org
Lives saved in study 1 and lives lost in study 2
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
1) Value of having Medicaid (Wyse & Meyer, NBER)
2) Human costs of losing Medicaid & linked subsidized drug coverage in @nejm.org
Lives saved in study 1 and lives lost in study 2
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
https://ja.ma/3ZficKj
https://ja.ma/3ZficKj
MA insurers argue that vets get extra benefits (vision + dental).
But in new @jama.com study, we find that this claim is NOT actually the truth.
@adambeckman.bsky.social @hsph.harvard.edu
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
MA insurers argue that vets get extra benefits (vision + dental).
But in new @jama.com study, we find that this claim is NOT actually the truth.
@adambeckman.bsky.social @hsph.harvard.edu
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
How important is help with drug costs? For dual Medicare-Medicaid beneficiaries, it saves lives.
How important is help with drug costs? For dual Medicare-Medicaid beneficiaries, it saves lives.
Here's the punchline: "Loss of drug subsidies after Medicaid disenrollment was associated with higher mortality among low-income Medicare beneficiaries."
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Here's the punchline: "Loss of drug subsidies after Medicaid disenrollment was associated with higher mortality among low-income Medicare beneficiaries."
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Medicare saves lives. But is it enough to save lives of the most vulnerable Americans? The study suggests no; Medicaid still matters. (1/11)
Medicare saves lives. But is it enough to save lives of the most vulnerable Americans? The study suggests no; Medicaid still matters. (1/11)
(Standard disclaimer that AHRQ is an agency created and funded by Congress, not at the whims of the executive branch)
(Standard disclaimer that AHRQ is an agency created and funded by Congress, not at the whims of the executive branch)
In new @JAMANetwOpen study, we show rates of filling older, toxic ART among PWH has substantially declined to near zero in favor of newer/preferred ART regimens.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
In new @JAMANetwOpen study, we show rates of filling older, toxic ART among PWH has substantially declined to near zero in favor of newer/preferred ART regimens.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
He’s been an incredible chair that has guided & grown the department for nearly 3 decades, and we will all miss him as our chair…
@harvardhpm.bsky.social
He’s been an incredible chair that has guided & grown the department for nearly 3 decades, and we will all miss him as our chair…
@harvardhpm.bsky.social
“Without broader participation, ACO REACH is unlikely to achieve its goal of reducing health inequities.”
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
“Without broader participation, ACO REACH is unlikely to achieve its goal of reducing health inequities.”
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...