Douglas Jacobs (@douglasbjacobs) 's Twitter Profile
Douglas Jacobs

@douglasbjacobs

Chief Transformation Officer of the Center for Medicare, Internal Medicine Doc, trying to help people through medicine and policy. Tweets my own.

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VA Boston Joint Chiefs (@bostonchiefs) 's Twitter Profile Photo

New primary care chief Douglas Jacobs dropping knowledge on the significant need for fluid resuscitation in acute mesenteric ischemia. Sometimes >10 L in the acute inflammatory state! #MedEd #AMreport

New primary care chief <a href="/DouglasBJacobs/">Douglas Jacobs</a> dropping knowledge on the significant need for fluid resuscitation in acute mesenteric ischemia. Sometimes &gt;10 L in the acute inflammatory state!  #MedEd #AMreport
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A patient has an incidentally found calcification of his splenic artery on abdominal X-ray. Do you start a statin? Questions from #AMreport #Meded VA Boston Joint Chiefs

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Don’t forget a history of upper GI bleed, as it has the highest likelihood ratio of any clinical variable. Great info from JAMA rational clinical exam #AMreport #MedEd

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Thank you David Rubin, MD, MSCE, Kathy Ko Chin, Dr. Bryant Stephens, and Joan Alker for an invigorating discussion about the future of children’s health care! And PolicyLab at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and #APHA2019 for hosting. #Medicaid expansion in PA has done so much for children. x.com/policylabchop/…

Chiquita Brooks-LaSure (@brookslasurecms) 's Twitter Profile Photo

.CMSGov issued the 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule to expand access to behavioral health services, Accountable Care Organizations & cancer care and advance #HealthEquity across the nation — particularly in rural & underserved areas. cms.gov/newsroom/press…

.<a href="/CMSGov/">CMSGov</a> issued the 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule to expand access to behavioral health services, Accountable Care Organizations &amp; cancer care and advance #HealthEquity across the nation — particularly in rural &amp; underserved areas. cms.gov/newsroom/press…
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#ICYMI CMS Senior Leadership recently published a blog in Health Affairs on CMS’s strategy for value-based care in #Medicare, with three pillars: alignment, growth, and equity. Learn more here āž”ļø healthaffairs.org/content/forefr…

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Community Care Hubs can provide the connective tissue w/in a community to ensure that a coordinated system of health & social care is working equitably to meet an individual’s needs. We explore the role & reach of Hubs in a new Health Affairs blog: healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/for…

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Check out our new piece in NEJM on the universal foundation of quality measures— part of our strategy to align measures to improve quality, reduce burden, advance equity, and move towards seamless digital reporting.

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Today, in the CY 2024 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System & Ambulatory Surgical Center proposed rule, CMS is aiming to expand access to behavioral health care, increase hospital price transparency, & promote #HealthEquity for tribal communities. go.cms.gov/3PVKdmD

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CMS has issued the CY 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule to announce rate updates, drive #HealthEquity, expand access to medical services – such as behavioral & oral health services, & support #CancerMoonshot in the fight against cancer: go.cms.gov/3pR2qa4

Health Affairs (@health_affairs) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In their new Forefront article, Purva Rawal, Douglas Jacobs, Elizabeth Fowler, Meena Seshamani from CMSGov discuss progress in the CMS accountable care strategy, + outline areas that CMS is exploring in 2023 to accelerate the growth of and access to ACOs. bit.ly/3Ki0jTJ

AMA (@amermedicalassn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Each day our #MembersMoveMedicine forward with innovative thinking and compassionate care. Congratulations to AMA members, @CherylZogg, Omar Abudayyeh and Douglas Jacobs, on making the Forbes #30under30 list! spr.ly/6010D8CIG