Remnants of Typhoon Halong bring widespread damage to Western Alaska Dozens of residents were rescued after floodwaters in multiple communities swept homes off their foundations.

Please support if you can….
(Details on where to donate in follow-up post)

Remnants of Typhoon Halong bring widespread damage to Western Alaska alaskapublic.org/news/public-...

Health Technology Assessment, Again: A Transparent, Evidence-Based Approach For CMS Drug Price Negotiations | Health Affairs Journal The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) can now negotiate the prices of a set of drugs that represent significant Medicare expenditures. The long-term success of negotiations will depend ...

New @healthaffairs.bsky.social paper on how CMS can integrate formal aspects of #HTA, much of which is patterned after @icer-review.bsky.social practices! Many thanks to @commonwealthfund.org for their support. @basucally.bsky.social @leah-rand.bsky.social
www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...

Very thoughtful study and important results to show how cost-sharing of drugs directly affect mortality… and why, if and when, we get the price of drugs right, there shouldn’t be any need of cost sharing..

Given that the new Pope hail from Chicago and is a mathematician, I can’t help but share a favorite article by a Chicago Nobel Laureate on his foray into divinity using mathematics!!

d-nb.info/990097153/34

I know a lot is going on right now, but presuming CMS continues to allow its data to be used for research, this VRDC transition is happening at some point.

🚨 Opportunity for comments ends in 11 days!

@asacarny.bsky.social @basucally.bsky.social @aschwartz.bsky.social

www.cms.gov/data-researc...

They should change their name to Once 21😉

Isn’t it ironic that computers are asking us to prove that we are humans!!

I am sorry but the survival benefits of coffee are really conservative if you consider the confounding!

The most favorite word in economics “Perginal Curfus”

Apparently not in that database.. so more likely to be be an error.

Most likely a decimal error…

This cannot be true .. there is only one person in the whole of PSU getting above $1M

We’re experiencing perhaps the worst flu season in 25 years, with severe cases also rising, and young children and seniors faring the worst. One in six of all ER visits in the 0-17 age groups are now for influenza.

www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...

h/t @cmyeaton.bsky.social

🎉 Meet the Member: Jeffrey! 🎉

📊 Area of Expertise: Person-Level Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
🔬 Research Focus: Net Benefit Regression

Since joining in 2008, Jeffrey has benefited from the society’s cutting-edge research, professional development opportunities, and expert network.

🚨 How does physician altruism shape ties to the pharma industry? 🚨

@basucally.bsky.social, Jing (jingliuw.wixsite.com/mysite) & I link experimental and admin data to show that less altruistic physicians receive higher industry payments and respond more to financial incentives in prescribing:

👀

HHS spent $33B is funding (98%NIH) in 2023. With current average indirect rate of 30%, seems like a $4B funding shock coming to universities in the US!

I return, I hope total NIH budget is raised by at least that much & certain F&A items allowed to be budgeted under direct costs with justification!

Tunneling and Hidden Profits in Health Care Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

And don’t be fooled by the fact the NH industry runs on a thin profit margin. Ashvin Gandhi and Andrew Olenski’s excellent work shows how NH industry tunnels nearly 70% of its profits and keeps them hidden!!

www.nber.org/papers/w32258

Opinion | Nursing Homes Owe More to Their Residents New rules requiring increased staffing and care are under attack.

Imp. points raised by Norma Coe and @rachelwerner.bsky.social on the importance of preserving regulations ensuring minimum staffing requirements in the NH industry.. these regulation have been shown to save 13000 lives per year, lives from our own family.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/o...

Opinion | Nursing Homes Owe More to Their Residents New rules requiring increased staffing and care are under attack.

Thoughtful opinion piece in the NY Times by Rachel Werner and Norma Coe at @pennldi.bsky.social on the reason we want the proposed nursing home staffing regulations to be upheld. The industry is fighting to have them rescinded, which is not good for our loved ones.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/o...

Peter Hull Teaches Instrumental Variables Greetings everyone!

I'm leading a mixtape session on IV in two weeks. Scott was nice enough to write about it here causalinf.substack.com/p/peter-hull...

Sign up here! www.mixtapesessions.io/session/iv_f...

But none of them finally answer the question, how does one detect price gouging and regulate them..without knowing reference market prices, which, if known, can be used for controls…

#MedSky #IDSky #PublicHealth
There is a widespread outbreak of #norovirus, a GI virus that causes projectile vomiting & profuse diarrhea usually lasting 24-48 hrs. Wastewater levels nationwide in 🇺🇸 are high. It’s miserable & incredibly contagious. So many friends are texting SOS, so here’s a 🧵. /1

Frustrated by medical bills and phone trees? AI might help | Op-Ed Artificial intelligence could be a way forward to help patients and providers in our frustrating health care system.

Ended 2024 with my reflection on the admin hassles patients face everyday in the US health system and a call for gen AI solutions to prioritize patients (rather than profits). I have many more thoughts than ~700 words allow, but hope it's a conversation starter.
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/frus...

#sunset #pacificocen #feliznavidad

Assistant Professor (Ladder/In-Residence) Biomedical Informatics Research University of California, San Diego is hiring. Apply now!

Our @ucsandiego.bsky.social Division of Biomedical Informatics is hiring for 3 faculty positions. Please reach out if questions - would love to work with you!

1. Asst Prof (tenure): apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04134

2. Assoc/Full Prof (w/ tenure): apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04135

3. Adjunct (in reply)

Mitigating Clinical Algorithmic Discrimination This Viewpoint discusses 5 critical issues that should be considered when developing and using clinical algorithms to minimize algorithmic discrimination.

Excited to share some of my thoughts on mitigating discrimination when developing and using clinical algorithms

@sherrirose.bsky.social
@kdpsingh.bsky.social
@dorisdukefdn.bsky.social

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Post-doc opportunity in cancer health services research! Come work with me at @mskcancercenter.bsky.social! The 2-year, T32 OPTICS program is open for applications.

Feel free to reach out to me directly if interested. My contact is in the "mentors" link:

www.mskcc.org/departments/...

Image for the 2025 IBS Distinguished Lecture Series "Ethical AI is More than Loss Functions" on January 30, 2025 at 2pm Eastern. Includes headshot and titles for Sherri Rose, Professor of Health Policy and Director of Health Policy Data Science Lab at Stanford University.

Join me virtually next month for the International Biometric Society Distinguished Lecture on January 30!

“Ethical AI is More than Loss Functions"
www.biometricsociety.org/education/dls