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Melissa Garrido @garridomelissa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Great discussion at today’s Annual Health Econometrics Workshop! Full papers available at: www.healtheconometrics.org

Program brochure for 2026 Annual Health Econometrics Workshop

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Michael L. Barnett @mlbarnett.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

yikes "More than two months after WISeR’s launch, a Medicare administration contractor, Noridian, realized that one of the vendors did not know the difference between Medicare Part A and Part B." www.statnews.com/2026/09/15/m...

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Medicare's AI prior authorization pilot was rushed and full of problems, new documents reveal

The rushed launch of a Medicare pilot to use AI for prior authorization led to delayed care in some instances, new documents reveal.

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

AHRQ is cancelling research grants Researchers across the country are receiving official notices that AHRQ is ending grants that had already gone months without funding open.substack.com/pub/ahsituat...

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Michael Okun @michael-okun.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I’ve officially resigned as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. It used to be a reputable journal, but became a case study in how forced automation destroys academic integrity. 👇

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Melissa Garrido @garridomelissa.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

At #ashecon26? Come see PEPReC presentations on veterans’ access to care and on econometrics

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Melissa Garrido @garridomelissa.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Seems this would be especially problematic for folks who may be too frail to access medical care regularly

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Melissa Garrido @garridomelissa.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Crowd out the door for the VA learning health system panel #arm26

Crowded conference room with attendees standing in doorway

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Melissa Garrido @garridomelissa.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Home based primary care reduces emergency department visits among Veterans - work presented by Kate Miller #arm26

Key take away slide from presentation: HBPC reduces ED use among Veterans with dementia

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Melissa Garrido @garridomelissa.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Decision support models are based on imperfect data and propagate biases against marginalized populations- there’s a lot of work to be done before embedding these further

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Melissa Garrido @garridomelissa.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Going to #arm2026? Come see PEPReC presentations on access to care, methods, and more

List of PEPReC presentations at AcademyHealth annual research meeting

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Melissa Garrido @garridomelissa.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Going to #arm2026? Come see PEPReC presentations on access to care, methods, and more

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Matt Motta @mattmotta.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Yet another act of anticipatory obedience. The '27 budget is a *request* from the president. Congress can appropriate more $ to NSF (including SBE) if it wants. In fact... a bipartisan majority JUST rebuked POTUS' deep cuts to science funding a couple months ago! This is only over if we let it.

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Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 @mayorwu.boston.gov · 23/02/2026

Boston's first responders partner with organizations like Pine Street to help protect our unsheltered neighbors. If you see anyone who looks like they need help during this blizzard, please call 911.

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Adam Sacarny @asacarny.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

CMS makes it official: no plans to cancel physical Medicare and Medicaid data access, forcing everyone to use the VRDC enclave. Instead, some more paperwork to make and extend DUAs – which is way better than what they were proposing!

Screenshot of e-mail from CMS saying "CMS has decided to delay the requirement to transition all research studies into the CCW VRDC indefinitely."

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Some people are asking what I want Schumer to do. He should be screaming over medical care and access to facilities. He should be going to detention facilities himself and putting his body on the line, as he did at the border in 2019. He should lean into stories about New Yorkers in detention. [1/4]

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Senator Jacky Rosen @rosen.senate.gov · 25/01/2026

Kristi Noem and her department’s latest attempt to mislead the American public regarding the brutal and unjustified killing of Alex Pretti is deeply shameful, and she must be impeached and removed from office immediately.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 24/01/2026

This is Alex Pretti. This morning he was murdered by ICE. Six ICE agents held him down and shot him at point blank range. Alex was a nurse and researcher at the VA. Our thoughts are with his loved ones and we stand united in action calling for the abolishment of ICE. #ScientistsAgainstICE

Alex Pretti, wearing a green sweater with his VA badge on.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

just to make that clear for the rest of the world, that's -9 degrees *fahrenheit.* -23 degrees *celsius*.

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Matt Motta @mattmotta.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

I can't believe this needs to be said... but ending universal polio vaccination isn't "freedom of choice" (as Milhoan puts it). Making all vaccines optional takes *away* our liberty, by putting all of us -- esp. those who can't vaccinate -- at risk of getting sick with vaccine-preventable disease.

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

I know I keep posting about this but every time I check, the list gets longer and longer and longer. Hundreds and hundreds of places, everything from huge local institutions to small spots that will definitely struggle. No exaggeration, it's the most astonishing act of solidarity I've ever seen.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

One court decision, two different headlines. Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?

US court allows ICE to arrest and pepper-spray peaceful protestors in Minnesota

Appeals Court Stays Restrictions on Federal Tactics in Minnesota
The Eighth Circuit granted the Trump administration’s request to block, at least for now, a lower court’s injunction limiting how federal agents interact with protesters in the state.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Call your reps. Let them know that if they vote for ICE funding, you will not vote for them ever again. Representatives need to feel the heat. NO on ICE funding. No excuses.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 22/01/2026

This is sickeningly cruel and inhumane.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/01/2026

I’ll be surprised if it’s something besides “We hope our republican colleagues will work with us, otherwise we’ll be forced to write a strongly worded resolution opposing this.”

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

The story you need right now. Gift link: wapo.st/48DKS54

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

👋 Call for sources: My name is Julia Métraux, and I am @motherjones.com disability reporter. I am working on a series (to be published before May 1) profiling three American aging adults (50+) about how you're aging independently while taking care of your health. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Aging with complex chronic illnesses and disabilities at home

Hi! My name is Julia Métraux, and I am Mother Jones' disability reporter. I am working on a series (to be published before May 1) profiling three American aging adults (50+) about how you're aging ind...

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Anne Fitzpatrick @annefitz13.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

🚨Attention! AshEcon call for papers! 🚨 www.ashecon.org/2026-minneap... Due date for abstracts: December 10, 2025 I'm the Program Chair for Health and Development, so would like to encourage global health scholars in particular Some tips for prospective authors in thread below

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2026 Call for Abstracts – ASHEcon

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

This one is only for Blueskyers of a certain age.

A drawing of a horse. The front half of the horse is black. The back half of the horse is white. The tail is black.

Text reads: I defragged my zebra

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Mia Ives-Rublee @seemiaroll.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

The order strips the basic rights of people who are homeless, people with mental health disabilities, and people who have substance use disorders & further stigmatizes mental health disabilities and homelessness. In essence, [it] makes communities less safe. www.americanprogress.org/press/statem...

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STATEMENT: President Trump’s Executive Order Would Strip Millions of People With Mental Health Disabilities of Their Basic Rights

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Melissa Garrido @garridomelissa.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Just used @statacorp.bsky.social 's -reshape- function without receiving an error message... I'll take the win, as small as it may be

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Melissa Garrido @garridomelissa.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Going to Nashville for #ASHEcon2025 ? Come see my colleagues present work on capacity, productivity, and access in the VA health care system

Agenda with PEPReC presentations 3:30-5 on 6/23, 8:30 and 5 on 6/24, and 10:15 on 6/25

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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time

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Melissa Garrido @garridomelissa.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Going to Nashville for #ASHEcon2025 ? Come see my colleagues present work on capacity, productivity, and access in the VA health care system

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Brooke Jarvis @brookejarvis.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

see also: the widely accepted "gravity theory" of things falling down

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Alternatively, “Thousands of Americans expected to take to the streets in defense of their neighbors and their democracy” www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

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Melissa Garrido @garridomelissa.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

If you’re in Minneapolis for @academyhealth.bsky.social ‘s #arm25, come see PEPReC presentations on methods, the health care workforce, and more

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Melissa Garrido @garridomelissa.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

If you’re in Minneapolis for @academyhealth.bsky.social ‘s #arm25, come see PEPReC presentations on methods, the health care workforce, and more

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Britt Lundgren @brittlundgren.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Are you a PI of a federal grant cancelled by the Trump administration? Please share your info with the Democratic Staff of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, who launched this portal yesterday to track funding cancellations 🔭🧪 forms.office.com/pages/respon...

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WAS YOUR GRANT CANCELED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP?

The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Democratic Staff, is surveying the impact of the Trump Administration’s cancelation of federal research awards. If your award was terminated since January 20, 2025, please fill out this brief survey. If you had multiple awards terminated, please fill out a separate form for each award. While anonymous submissions will be helpful to the Committee’s efforts, we encourage you to leave your contact information if you are open to having a confidential conversation with Committee staff. Please find our confidentiality policies at the following link – any information you share will be treated with these protections, regardless of your current affiliation with any current or former funding agency: https://democrats-science.house.gov/contact/whistleblower

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