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The The New Republic let me write about the horrific murders at Saint Francis Hospital in #Tulsa last week. We are not powerless in this epidemic of violence in our medical facilities-- let's start a conversation about steps we can take toward change. // newrepublic.com/article/166692…

Does anyone else regularly nap from 8-830pm?

On this day in 1916, Jay McLean, a 2nd-year medical student, publishes the report showing his discovery of heparin at Johns Hopkins Hospital. #CTSurgery

4 weeks to go! Have you registered yet? Virtual option available for those who can’t join in person. Free for students/trainees. CME available! Register today at wliss.org/conference-reg…

CONGRATULATIONS to everyone who worked SO HARD for SO LONG to make this happen. Medicare is going to negotiate drug prices! Out of pocket costs are going to be capped! Insulin at $35 for Medicare! Limits on drug price increases! I am SO PROUD of the amazing team at AARP. ❤️

Perhaps the best visual answer to “why is American healthcare so expensive?” Market power & agency probs are rampant, but cannot be solved via antitrust. So, at the end of the day, we either regulate prices or prices will be high (and rising). From U.S. CBO; h/t David Auerbach

Concerning finding for health equity & value-based care in new JAMA Health Forum study: #ACOs with a higher % of patients of racial/ethnic minorities were more likely to exit the Medicare ACO program… New work by @sunny_c_lin Karen Joynt Maddox Andrew Ryan jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-…

Attn surgeons who are/have been pregnant🤰Help us understand the impact of workload on outcomes by participating in this short anonymous survey tinyurl.com/yp2sbnhv Together we can impact policies to protect the health of our pregnant surgical workforce #ilooklikeasurgeon

Calling all surgeons and surgical trainees who have ever been pregnant to fill out this anonymous survey studying the impact of workload on pregnancy outcomes 😷🤰tinyurl.com/yp2sbnhv thank you to all who have already participated! #ilooklikeasurgeon #ACS2022 American College of Surgeons

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It's that time again - my list of 10 of the most thought-provoking, surprising, and rigorous studies in health care in 2022! Themes this year: 1) Care delivery changes that work (and don't) 2) Race and health care 3) Natural experiments in the ED + a few misc. cool papers

Today, the Biden-Harris Administration is announcing the first 10 drugs selected for Medicare price negotiation. Seniors paid $3.4 billion in out-of-pocket costs for these 10 drugs in 2022. President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act is working to bring down those costs.

I am thrilled to be working with America’s best of health services research and health policy U-M IHPI Nat’l Clinician Scholars Program at U-M IHPI! What a dream!

NEW: Today in JAMA Network Open, a team led by Nicholas L. Berlin MD, MPH, MS & Jeff Kullgren looks at how out-of-pocket costs and time off work affect older adults' decisions to have a scheduled operation. Paper: jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman… Story: healthyagingpoll.org/reports-more/p…

We're proud to be the home of Nat’l Clinician Scholars Program at U-M IHPI, one of the best training programs for #healthservicesresearch in the U.S., in one of the best cities in the U.S.! If you're a physician or doctoral-level nurse nearing the end of training, learn more: tinyurl.com/NCSPinfoMay9

In the last 5 years, #telehealth use has become a standard part of care. But has it also driven up the total number of visits or post-visit costs? No, our members report in two timely new preprints. Read more: ihpi.umich.edu/news-events/ne…

Independent rural hospitals had lower negotiated prices for procedural and imaging services than their system-affiliated counterparts. ja.ma/3FjpGFv

In their new Forefront article, James Lee, Cody Lendon Mullens, Adam Markovitz, MD, PhD, and Janice Probst from University of Michigan discuss how the expansion of Medicare Advantage (MA) in rural areas highlights a policy paradox: Despite long-standing efforts by the federal government to protect rural