Category: Current Events

Threats to Medicare’s new drug negotiation power Drugs likely to be involved in Medicare price negotiation. Future of the US vaccine programs. Will GPT automate your job out of existence?  Drone delivery of medical supplies (and other things) explained.

The public health effect of legalizing marijuana. Source of cross-country health care spending differences. Sociodemographics and HVBP scores. Nursing homes: Cash flow and COVID-19 cases. Affirmative action in health care? Plus a few AI links: AI comes to Google Workspace. AI and productivity.

New CMMI drug pricing models. Cell and gene therapies inundate FDA. Does cost attribute in a DCE increase respondent attention span? Physicians to unionize? Does medical marijuana reduce opioid prescribing for cancer patients? BioGPT. Guidance for Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program.

Europe’s drug shortages may get worse Hospital revenues “tumbling”? Getting the right people to see your research. Private equity healthcare deals in 2022. Are patient-reported outcomes included in oncology drug labels? Council On Health Care Spending And Value’s 2023 report

How many people have problems paying medical bills? Human Freedom Index. ACA and health insurance coverage for same-sex couples. Does access to free medication reduce health system costs? Carve-in vs. carve-out of behavioral health Part D smoothing.

ChatGPT app is the fastest growing ever. Flint housing market after water supply contamination. Au Revoir, Public Health Emergency. State-owned enterprises and bank lending in China. Medicaid benefits and the homestead exemption.

AI and healthcare spending. Referral incentives for TB screening. A better measure of population density. IVI: “No value without equity” Medicaid’s multi-generational health benefit. How do people use ‘work from home’ time savings?

HESG Winter 2023. Use AI to search books…with source material! Is ChatGPT left or right-wing? Dr. Smartphone. UK ‘Netflix’ payment model for antibacterials. Managed Care Year-End Recap.

Social return on investment. Economic impact of health inequity. CDC’s $3 billion investment. 2022 AEA Awards. Health Affairs: top podcasts of 2022.

Options for CMS price negotiation. Magic mushroom medicine. CBO’s options for reducing provider reimbursement. Orthopedic surgeons and private equity. New Alzheimer’s drug. Value-based payment and US health spending.