Health policy, Big Lebowski quotes, and travel notes, mostly. Former CMMIer, BCBSNCer, and Cityblocker
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As @BarackObama has always said, the ACA is a "starter home" - a building block that we can improve on over time.
smart piece from @scottheiser on how to do just that 👇
healthaffairs.org/content/fo… via @Health_Affairs
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4/ Over the next 24 months we got intensive training in epidemiology, public health informatics, statistics.
But we also went to the bedside.
The logo of the EIS is a shoe with a hole on it
To me, the worn out shoe perfectly encapsulated the spirit of humility and service
Scott Heiser retweeted
Our @BlueCrossNC Blue Premier program created an estimated $197 million in cost savings and quality improvements in 2020. I am proud of my team for building one of the nation’s leading value-based care efforts. Here’s a snapshot of this program: mediacenter.bcbsnc.com/news/…
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Why is health spending in the US high?
This terrific episode of Freakonomics is focused on End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). The issue is a window into why we spend a lot on health care in the US and the dysfunction in the system.
Glad Freakonomics took it on
A thread (rant).
Is Dialysis a Test Case of Medicare for All? This week on Freakonomics Radio: freak.ws/3fLSnfc
You love to see it
💉 Vaccine update from @CDCgov:
- 3.4M new doses
- Avg at 3.08M per day (record)
Happy Easter, everyone!
See more at: ckelly17.github.io/vaccine_d…
Scott Heiser retweeted
The point of an election reform bill is not to help Democrats. It is to rebuild and reinforce the crumbling foundations of American self-government. If the choice is between saving the filibuster and saving democracy, it should be an easy call. nyti.ms/30NICEJ
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A morning thread on the American Rescue Plan. There are a number of outcomes from this legislation that have gotten less attention, but will change a lot of lives:
This will not change until we make it so. Hope the incoming administration recognizes this is as big of a threat to access - across all insured markets - as insufficient subsidies and high cost sharing
“Most hospitals don’t charge more than 10 times what is allowed by Medicare,” Doctor told me. “The average hospital charges about 3.4 times more.”
Column: Medicare says a procedure is worth $5,869. This hospital imposed a 1,200% markup latimes.com/business/story/2…
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The best broadcaster calls the record breaking home run by the best ballplayer of his era. @TheVinScully
Scott Heiser retweeted
“Here’s the nightly news program I’d love to see. An hour every night of Steve Kornacki doing in-depth analysis of vaccination activity.” — @sippey link.medium.com/j1fqNUIuedb
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“This Land Is Your Land”: the tune is a black church hymn adapted by the Carter Family (founding family of country music). Then left-wing folkie Woody Guthrie turns it into his response to “God Bless America.” And now it’s sung by a Latina at an Inauguration. – at Arlington, VA
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“Comet patrons began dancing around the protesters and singing, and eventually outnumbered them to the point that they piled into a white van with Ohio plates and left.”
#dancestate
Protesters came back to Comet Ping Pong... so owner James Alefantis blasted music and poured them Champagne! More from @michaelschaffer and @abeaujon here: bit.ly/3bWlr1A
Real pumped for this - youtu.be/1yuc4BI5NWU
Who better than @springsteen to help usher in a new era for this country? Time to turn the page on the race to the bottom over last 4 yrs. #BidenHarris #BidenInauguration #leadership
Bruce Springsteen & John Legend to Perform at Biden Inauguration Event nytimes.com/2021/01/15/arts/…
Great piece by @realdgray: Judge Garland is such an inspired pick to lead DOJ through the uncharted waters we must now navigate. Humane, meticulous, servant leader. And clearly a fabulous mentor.
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Scott Heiser retweeted
JUST RELEASED FROM @CMSinnovates: Numbers on how most Next Generation ACOs performed in 2019. Thirty-seven Next Gen ACOs collectively generated $559 million in gross savings and saved Medicare $204 million after accounting for shared savings and loss payments and discounts paid.
Amazing piece.
"Post-truth is pre-fascism... Post-truth wears away the rule of law and invites a regime of myth." nytimes.com/2021/01/09/magaz…
