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TRANSPERS is the premier research organization for developing evidence-based information about the use of precision medicine: coverage, economics, stakeholders. We address key issues around the access, quality, and value of precision medicine.

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ucsf-ihps.bsky.social @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Join UCSF IHPS and The Lundberg Institute on March 9, online or in-person, as Robert Hiatt, MD, PhD gives a @cwclub.bsky.social talk, What Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Mean for the Health Sciences, and Why Big Data Needs Them All www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2026-...
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What Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Mean for the Health Sciences, and Why Big Data Needs Them All
Sometimes, because of the current political pushback, one can get the false impression that the academic attention that has recently been paid to increasing a university’s diversity, equity and inclus...
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CEVR @tuftscevr.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
CEVR's 2025 "By the Numbers" highlights our impressive output for last year:
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Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) @icer-review.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Available NOW -- Today, the Health Economics Methods Advisory Group (HEMA) released its inaugural report: “Defining appropriate benefits for economic evaluation of health care technologies.” hemamethods.org/2026/03/11/h...
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Health Economics Methods Advisory Releases Report on Measuring Treatment Benefits for Health Technology Assessment Decision-Making – Health Economics Methods Advisory
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Succinct summary of key @icer_review findings - 5 takeaways, 5 questions published in @Health_Affairs Scholar!
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Publication in @Health_Affairs Scholar - 2 giants in the field @bobkocher @Bob_Wachter "impact of AI may be enabling an entirely new class of clinicians organized around disease biology and patient needs" academic.oup.com/healthaffair...
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How AI Will Redefine Care Delivery: The Rise of the Generalist-Specialist
Abstract. Artificial intelligence is transforming healthcare beyond efficiency gains, presenting an opportunity to fundamentally reorganize the clinical wo
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UCSF-TRANSPERS @ucsf-transpers.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
New Science pub argues w/o right tests, best medicines make no difference. Advances in obesity & Alzheimer's drugs outpacing tests needed to guide their use. Regulatory & payment reforms needed! @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social @robcaliff.bsky.social @daneahorn.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
New publication @Health_Affairs Scholar gives 5 actions to improve journals’ research integrity using AI in manuscript review. Let's commit to transparent/equitable AI use! Using AI to Improve Peer-review and Research Integrity in Scientific Journals. academic.oup.com/healthaffair...
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Using AI to Improve Peer-review and Research Integrity in Scientific Journals
Abstract. Peer-review is inefficient, biased, and often ineffective. However, its importance in maintaining research integrity, at a time when the public h
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Congress passes legislation creating pathway for Medicare coverage of MCED - with key caveats - FDA approval, initially only if <68, www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Could this saga be coming to a close? Trump Is Said to Have Dropped Demand for Cash From Harvard www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
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Trump Is Said to Have Dropped Demand for Cash From Harvard
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Should be great webinar by Health Affairs: The FDA and Its Changing Relationship to Industry. www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/h...
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Newsflash - Delighted to see list of 2026 Women of Precision Medicine announced - and delighted to be included!
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Major study finds some benefits from open science but not as much as hoped. Is ‘open science’ delivering benefits? Major study finds proof is sparse | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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Is ‘open science’ delivering benefits? Major study finds proof is sparse
It’s hard to measure social and economic impacts of making papers and data free, researchers say
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UCSF-TRANSPERS @ucsf-transpers.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Read the latest TRANSPERS news: Phillips joins MEDPAC, Mrig named Emerging Scholar, new publications, and more conta.cc/3KNzsTg
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Landmark study! WISDOM study demonstrated that a risk-based approach successfully stratifies the population for breast cancer risk and is safe and acceptable to women. @drlauraesserman.bsky.social. Risk-Based vs Annual Breast Cancer Screening url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Risk-Based vs Annual Breast Cancer Screening
This randomized clinical trial examines whether risk-based screening is a safe and effective alternative to annual mammography for detecting breast cancer in women 40 years and older.
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UCSF-TRANSPERS @ucsf-transpers.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Nearly 1 in 3 insurance denials for cancer genetic testing overturned on appeal, finds new @ucsf-transpers.bsky.social study of 941 cases across 4 states. Results reveal gaps between payer policies and clinical guidelines. @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...
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Health Affairs Journal
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Excited to announce 1st paper in new Health Affairs Scholar Series #HAS @Health_Affairs by @TuftsCEVR. For almost 20 years, CEVR has been leader on issues pertaining to value, cost-effectiveness, and risk tradeoffs in health care decisions. Watch for more! academic.oup.com/healthaffair...
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The unintended consequences of the inflation reduction act on biosimilar market incentives and Medicare savings
AbstractIntroduction. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) authorizes Medicare price negotiation but includes a “special rule” deferring negotiation for biolo
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UCSF-TRANSPERS @ucsf-transpers.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
@ucsf-transpers.bsky.social Center Director @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social to give lecture on Wednesday, December 10 titled “Science Into Policy: Searching for the Holy Grail” senate.ucsf.edu/faculty-rese...
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Faculty Research Lecture in Social, Behavioral, and Health Policy Sciences 3rd | UCSF Academic Senate
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
We need to listen to scientific experts and former FDA commissioners @robcaliff.bsky.social et al! A Threat to Evidence-Based Vaccine Policy and Public Health Security at the FDA | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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A Threat to Evidence-Based Vaccine Policy and Public Health Security at the FDA | NEJM
Twelve former commissioners of the FDA express concern that the agency’s recent moves will undermine a regulatory model designed to ensure vaccine safety, effectiveness, and availability.
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UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center @ucsfcancer.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
“No one should have to walk through those moments alone...my hope is that my art becomes a quiet companion to the viewers, something that shines light when your world might feel dark.” Allison Leeds on her @ucsfhealth.bsky.social Art for Recovery SFMOMA piece www.sfexaminer.com/news/public-...
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UCSF cancer patients showcase artwork at SFMOMA
The exhibit launched late last month and will run until April.
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
@bobwachter.bsky.social makes key points!
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Amid attacks on such work, NIH-led research links structural racism to increased heart disease www.statnews.com/2025/10/31/s... via @statnews.com
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Amid attacks on such work, NIH-led research links structural racism to increased heart disease
NIH-led research on structural racism was published Friday, even as the Trump administration has cancelled and discredited such work.
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
#HAScholar @Health_Affairs announces fast-track submission pathway and diverse and flexible article types that enable Health Affairs family to remain on cutting edge of evidence-based policy. Health Affairs Scholar Expands Its Reach to Meet Today’s Needs academic.oup.com/healthaffair...
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Health Affairs Scholar Expands Its Reach with Fast-Tracked Peer Review and New Article Formats to Meet Today’s Needs
William B Feldman, MD, DPhil, MPH, Kathryn A Phillips, PhD, Donald E Metz; Health Affairs Scholar Expands Its Reach with Fast-Tracked Peer Review and New A
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Excellent analysis that contributes to what we know beyond Medicare on this topic. Commercial Insurers Paid More For Procedures At Hospital Outpatient Departments Than At Ambulatory Surgical Centers | Health Affairs www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...
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Commercial Insurers Paid More For Procedures At Hospital Outpatient Departments Than At Ambulatory Surgical Centers | Health Affairs Journal
Site neutrality in payment practices has become a salient issue in the US health care debate, as rising prices have brought increased pressure for policy action. Although Medicare has received disprop...
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
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The Largest Study of a Multi-Cancer Early Detection Blood Test
Reviewing the new data and the "liquid biopsy" field
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Timely overview of important topic by @ritahamad.bsky.social #HAScholar @Health_Affairs. Social Policies as Determinants of Health: New Evidence, Ongoing Challenges, and Future Pathways url: academic.oup.com/healthaffair...
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Social Policies as Determinants of Health: New Evidence, Ongoing Challenges, and Future Pathways
Abstract. Despite acknowledgment that social and economic policies fundamentally shape health, persistent geographic and sociodemographic inequities in the
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Useful! Provenance and Funding of Extremely Cited Biomedical Articles Published Between 2003 and 2024 url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Provenance and Funding of Extremely Cited Biomedical Articles Published Between 2003 and 2024
This cross-sectional study explores the origin and funding of top-cited biomedical publications with regard to numbers of articles originating in the US and supported by the National Institutes of Hea...
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Here's where behavioral economics and the great insights of Daniel Kahneman (who I learned so much from when I took his class at UC-Berkeley) could be useful....
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
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The Doctors Building a Public-Health Universe Outside the Government
A growing contingent of physicians and policymakers are breaking away from federal health guidance under Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Details on demands by Trump Administration to UCLA that could have far-reaching and long-lasting implications for entire UC system. dailybruin.com/2025/09/15/t...
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Trump administration makes demands for UCLA policy changes in exchange for funding - Daily Bruin
The Trump administration is seeking to exert control over several of UCLA’s admissions, protest and health care policies in exchange for the university’s research funding, according to a draft settlem...
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
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Opinion | American Health Care Gets a Lot Wrong. Here’s What It Gets Right.
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
An old adage is that US health care policymaking is so complex that even good ideas cannot get enacted. Alas, we have now the reverse: legislation so bad that even those who voted for it wish it was reversed. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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The Worst Piece of Health Care Legislation Ever
This JAMA forum discusses the cuts to US health care spending in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and their impacts on Medicare and Medicaid recipients, physicians, and hospitals, particularly those in ...
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
The federal government’s $1B demand is designed for one purpose and one purpose only: to devastate @UCLA and its critical mission. Join me and #StandUpForUC to defend @uofcalifornia and support its life-saving work. www.universityofcalifornia.edu/get-involved...
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Stand Up for UC
The federal government’s demand of $1 billion from UCLA puts the entire University of California system at risk. Stand with us to protect UC.
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UCSF-TRANSPERS @ucsf-transpers.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Excited to announce that a TRANSPERS paper on expedited approvals and guidelines has been published @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social @ucsf-transpers.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Comparison of Food and Drug Administration expedited approvals and guideline updates: A case study of immune checkpoint inhibitors in colon cancer care
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Excited to be able to publish this in Health Affairs Scholar #HA Scholar!
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Honored to be interviewed for newsletter: " Health economist. Policy innovator. Thought leader in precision medicine" pharmacy.ucsf.edu/news/2025/07...
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Synthesizing Science, Policy, and Precision Medicine: A Conversation with Kathryn A. Phillips, PhD
July 28, 2025 · The founder and director of the UCSF Center for Translational and Policy Research on Precision Medicine (TRANSPERS), who is receiving the UCSF Academic Senate Faculty Research Lecture,...
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
@MaryWoolleyRA - who has been my inspiration for her dedication to advancing science - is stepping down from @ResearchAmerica after 35 years. Read about her many accomplishments & contributions. She will be missed. t.co/czmoOCakGX
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UCSF-TRANSPERS @ucsf-transpers.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Read the latest TRANSPERS news on Cost-Effectiveness and Equity, Awards, Arctic Adventures, and more conta.cc/3H95Pty
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Very insightful article with more nuances than title suggests. Cites @robcaliff.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/magazine…
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Inside the Collapse of the F.D.A.
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Excited that our National Academies report on aligning spending w/ therapeutic needs - after a year of work - is being released! @theNASEM Webinar 7/15 - register here. www.nationalacademies.org/event/45333_...
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
RFK Jr. says medical journals are ‘corrupt.’ As former NEJM editors, we know he’s wrong www.statnews.com/2025/06/30/r... via @statnews.com
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RFK Jr. says medical journals are ‘corrupt.’ As former NEJM editors, we know he’s wrong
RFK Jr.’s plan to circumvent established medical journals smacks more of retaliation than reform, write three former NEJM editors.
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
#HAScholar @Health_Affairs celebrates 2nd anniversary! Now in leading indices & w/ a preliminary impact factor, we provide rapid and high quality review & publication. > 250,000 full text downloads in 2024! Two years of publishing: onward and upward. academic.oup.com/healthaffair...
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Two years of publishing: onward and upward
Only 2 years ago, we launched the inaugural issue of Health Affairs Scholar: Emerging and Global Health Policy (HAS)—the first new journal in Health Affair
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Good summary of key issues. Cancer drugs cost more than ever, but some blockbuster treatments have never proven they keep patients alive longer www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202... via @bbgvisualdata
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Cancer Drugs Cost More Than Ever. They Often Don’t Extend Lives
Pharmaceutical companies are making billions on treatments that can sometimes overpromise and underdeliver for terminal cases.
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
RFK Jr. says he may bar scientists from publishing in top medical journals www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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RFK Jr. says he may bar scientists from publishing in top medical journals
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took aim at reputed journals such as the Lancet and said his agency will create “in-house” publications instead.
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Our study in JAMA Network Open found review & publication times across health policy journals often missing or murky, with wide variability. Need more transparency, standardization, & analysis of how to achieve fast dissemination but also high quality. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Review and Publication Times and Reporting Across Journals on Health Policy
This cross-sectional study compares how a broad range of journals vs a narrow set of specialty journals report and measure review and publication times and assesses these patterns across journals.
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Important study not only re Medicaid but also see ratings of cost per life saved across interventions - eye-opening!. As Congress Debates Cutting Medicaid, a Major Study Shows It Saves Lives www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/h...
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As Congress Debates Cutting Medicaid, a Major Study Shows It Saves Lives
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Mark McClellan notes the rapid evolution of the Medicare program and need for reforms and legislation that can address the challenges for both Medicare Advantage and Traditional Medicare as the former continues to rapidly grow. academic.oup.com/healthaffair...
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Medicare at a crossroads: A conversation with Dr. Mark McClellan on program reforms and the growth of Medicare Advantage
Abstract. The Medicare program is rapidly evolving—a reality that presents unique challenges to policymakers. In this conversation, Mark McClellan, the for
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Rob Califf notes need for fundamental shift toward prevention-focused, community-based healthcare, and addressing critical vulnerabilities in pharmaceutical supply chains and misinformation. academic.oup.com/healthaffair...
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Beyond regulation: a conversation with Dr. Robert Califf on the challenges facing healthcare and innovating community-based solutions: How can the United States harness technological innovation to tra...
Abstract. Dr. Robert M. Califf recently ended his second tenure as the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Our conversation occurred on
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
#HAScholar @Health_Affairs is delighted to publish 1st article in ongoing series “Insights from ICER: Drug Policy and Beyond”. Emond and Fischer explore how @icer_review works to ensure that patient community voices and values are central in drug value assessments. bit.ly/4jLLw2W
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Institute for Clinical and Economic Review's role in the US health care system: Centering the patient perspective
Abstract. Consequential health decisions in the United States are often made behind closed doors without input from patients and other critical stakeholder
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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
@UCSF colleagues find higher than expected. Projected Lifetime Cancer Risks From Current Computed Tomography Imaging jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Projected Lifetime Cancer Risks From Current Computed Tomography Imaging
This risk model projects how many future cancers in the United States could result from annual computed tomography examinations.
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UCSF-TRANSPERS @ucsf-transpers.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Read the latest TRANSPERS news on Payer Decision-Making, Patient-Centered Genomics, and more conta.cc/4cRXl5x
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