Professor of health policy w/ expertise in access to care, Medicaid, Veterans' health. Former @BUSPH_HLPM @DeptofDefense @USArmy (CIV) @AlumsPMF. Views my own.
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🚨 New pub in @PLOSONE led by @gero5!
Physical therapy is an alternative to opioids for musculoskeletal pain
However, referral requirements may be a barrier
Physical therapy direct access laws were associated with fewer opioid prescriptions
LINK: journals.plos.org/plosone/ar…
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Evan’s Law was supposed to protect children from falling out of military housing windows. But 35 children have been injured since its passage, and two died last summer.
Now the Pentagon has changed how it interprets the law, raising new safety concerns. thewarhorse.org/military-hou…
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I notice that none of those studies are saline placebo controlled RCTs that anti-vaxxers insist are the only form of evidence when it suits them.
RFK Jr. says critical research on vaccines is FINALLY being done under his leadership.
No matter the controversy or what the research finds, the results will be published and the evidence followed wherever it leads.
“CDC researchers are using the VSD to compare healthcare outcomes in vaccinated and unvaccinated cohorts.”
“They’re studying aluminum adjuvant exposures, the timing of the hepatitis B vaccine in infancy, comparisons between live and non-live vaccines, and influenza, COVID, and HPV vaccines in children.”
“Using Medicaid and linked real-world data, we’re studying vaccination during pregnancy and subsequent childhood outcomes.”
“And we’re looking at neurodevelopmental disorders, autism spectrum disorder, autoimmune diseases, and mortality.”
“These are the questions we should be asking, and we will have answers soon.”
“Do the studies, publish the results, follow the evidence wherever it leads.”
“And that’s how we Make America Healthy Again.”
@MAHA_Institute
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Nobody really wants to talk about the health providers but … it’s a problem
The Blue Cross/Blue Shield Association says that AI is already driving *up* healthcare costs, as hospitals use the technology to find instances where they can bill more for the same level of care. bcbs.com/about-us/associatio…
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Our article on protein junk food has a random protein button you are going to want to push. @larrybuch
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I DO NOT NEED TWO FACTOR AUTHENTICATION TO PAY MY ELECTRICITY BILL. LET ANYONE IN THAT MOTHERFUCKER IF THEY WANT TO PAY IT
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Good write-up of some of the issues with the No Surprises Act and how to fix them.
For non-emergency services, in particular, the contract regulation approach they outline continues to offer a number of advantages.
cato.org/regulation/fall-202…
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We hit 100° today which breaks the daily record high of 97° set in 1954. This is a separate update from yesterday, and not a duplicate. This is the 6th time we’ve hit triple digits this month.
Insert elmofire.gif here.
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MedPAC exists to provide Congress independent, nonpartisan technical advice.
Congress prescribing a particular analysis for it to produce is troubling, especially when the practical effect is to require estimates that are mechanically more favorable to MA insurers.
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MedPAC has consistently reported overpayments in Medicare Advantage. Health insurance companies want to kneecap how MedPAC reports these overpayments. Now, insurers have allies in Congress: Republicans, @john_wilkerson reports. statnews.com/2026/09/16/medi…
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More analysis like this could help inform debates about surprise billing arbitration.
If insurers or providers change their offers, do outcomes differ? By how much? That would help distinguish competing theories. (If I was an insurer I'd experiment and see what happens)
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ICYMI: CMS is taking real steps to move Medicare away from using industry-supplied survey data to price services.
More objective data should improve payment rates for primary care and help close the massive income gap between specialists and PCPs that is driving our PCP shortage
The AMA owns the codes Medicare uses to pay doctors and runs the committee that sets what those codes are worth.
@CMSGov now calls it an "obvious conflict of interest."
Yesterday, we filed our comment asking CMS to unwind that capture and cut its reliance on organized medicine.
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Butterfly populations across the United States are in alarming decline, according to a 2025 study in Science, with total abundance falling by 22% in just 20 years.
Such widespread and worrisome losses portend broader environmental threats and emphasize the urgent need for conservation action. “Our national-scale findings paint the most complete—and concerning—picture of the status of butterflies across the country in the early 21st century,” write the authors.
The authors also note that butterflies have the potential for rapid recovery under favorable conditions, highlighting the importance of proactive conservation strategies to prevent further declines and to support long-term population stability.
Learn more on #NationalWildlifeDay: scim.ag/3FaRKdU
ALT Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century
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Remarkable data on Part D produced by MedPAC today. A few highlights:
Over 20% (!) of enrollees reached the out of pocket max in 2025.
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it makes me really sad that "spend money on old people" is so wildly popular while "spend money on children" is so wildly unpopular
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Another failed, in this case large clinical trial of Paxlovid for Long COVID
These results are unsurprising. The evidence that Long COVID is the consequence of a chronic viral infection by SARS CoV-2 —the only reason why paxlovid could help — is far more flawed than many realize
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NEW from @caitgallamore: CMS under @DrOzCMS has taken another step toward fixing Medicare's unnecessarily high payments to hospital clinics.
They are proposing to equalize payments for imaging, where services like a bone density scan are nearly 3x more in a hospital clinic.
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I win again!
Newly-released Swedish data shows that the rise in autism between 2001 and 2020 was...
ENTIRELY attributable to an increase in cases WITHOUT intellectual disability—less severe cases than used to be the norm!
The autism epidemic is not real: we just diagnose more.
