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William Schpero

@wschpero.bsky.social
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Associate professor @weillcornell.bsky.social. Health economist studying Medicaid, the health care safety net, and inequity. Website: williamschpero.com

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William Schpero @wschpero.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Posting only irregularly on BlueSky. Find me on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/wschpero/
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William Schpero @wschpero.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Very excited that Hannah Maniates from the National Association of Medicaid Directors will be joining us for our next Medicaid Insights Colloquium on Nov. 12. Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Hannah Maniates, M.P.H. with "Research Priorities of State Medicaid Directors in the Current Environment". After registering, you will receive a confirmatio...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Hannah Maniates, M.P.H. with "Research Priorities of State Medicaid Directors in the Current Environment". After registering, you will receive a confirmatio...
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William Schpero @wschpero.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
We are excited today to launch the T-MSIS Analytic Files (TAF) Analysis Reporting Checklist, which is designed to guide reporting of research using the TAF, the new generation Medicaid claims data. See @jamahealthforum.com: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... Links to resources in thread below ⬇️ 1/N
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Cornell Health Policy Center @chpc-cornell.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
🚨📝 New CHPC memo out now! This brief titled, “State Policy Levers to Improve Medicaid Pediatric Provider Payment” synthesizes a recent study by CHPC/Weill Cornell faculty members Drs. Beth McGinty, Kayla Tormohlen, Sallie Permar, Cori Green, & Ilina Das Ewen. 📖 Read here: buff.ly/fxNfaMG
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William Schpero @wschpero.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
For decades, the narrowly defined Emergency Medicaid (EM) program has reimbursed hospitals for emergency care provided to uninsured, low-income immigrants. In @nejm.org, we write in defense of state flexibilities in EM, which seem at risk: www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... cc @chpc-cornell.bsky.social
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Emergency Medicaid at Risk — Preserving State Authority and Access to Care | NEJM
States that use federal dollars to provide health care to unauthorized immigrants, beyond narrowly defined emergency services, will now face enforcement actions and potential recoupment of funds.
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William Schpero @wschpero.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
➡️ Please spread the word: The Medicaid Data Learning Network (MDLN) is launching a survey to gain insights into researchers’ use of federal Medicaid claims data (TAF). The survey will help the MDLN advocate for improvements to data access / quality. weillcornell.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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MDLN National TAF User Survey
The Medicaid Data Learning Network (MDLN), an initiative of AcademyHealth, is conducting a national survey of researchers who use the T-MSIS Analytic Files (TAF) Medicaid claims data in order to infor...
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William Schpero @wschpero.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
For many years, the Clark Center at Chicago Booth has regularly surveyed leading economists to assess consensus on timely economic policy issues. We are excited today to launch the Cornell Health Policy Insight Panel, where we extend that model to health policy. 1/N ⬇️
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Cornell Health Policy Center @chpc-cornell.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
📣 It’s not too late to join us THIS THURSDAY for our September CHPC Journalism Series webinar: “Supporting Data-Driven Journalism on Medicaid Policy!” 🗓️ Thursday, September 25th | 2:00-3:00 PM ET Register: buff.ly/PqOT9rD
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William Schpero @wschpero.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
During debate on the OBBBA, I realized we know very little about health care needs and use in the adult Medicaid expansion population. We have a short paper out in Health Affairs Scholar this week that uses national Medicaid claims data in an attempt to fill that gap: ⬇️ 1/N
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William Schpero @wschpero.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Calling all health policy journalists: Come to our session next week on data resources for reporting on Medicaid!
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Laura Dague @lauradague.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Dan Sacks and I are looking for a postdoc to work on Medicaid evaluation projects at UW-IRP. See posting: hr.wisc.edu/postdoc-and-... . Email your resume and cover letter to Tim Connor at tim.connor@wisc.edu. For any questions regarding the position, please contact Dan Sacks at dan.sacks@wisc.edu
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Postdoc, Postgrad, and Research Intern Vacancies
Browse Postoc and Research Intern vacancies at UW–Madison.
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Cornell Health Policy Center @chpc-cornell.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
📢 Calling all journalists 📢 Join our third session of the Cornell Health Policy Center Journalism Series “Supporting Data-Driven Journalism on Medicaid Policy!” 🗓️ Thursday, September 25th | 2:00 PM–3:00 PM ET on Zoom Register now:
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: CHPC Journalism Series: Supporting Data-Driven Journalism on Medicaid Policy. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
In this session, two Cornell experts will identify key data resources for reporting on timely Medicaid policy topics, including: - Impact of emerging federal and state policy developments - Coverage trends...
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Cornell Health Policy Center @chpc-cornell.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
🚨 Want to learn more about key public data resources for reporting on Medicaid policy issues? Join our third session of the Cornell Health Policy Center Journalism Series “Supporting Data-Driven Journalism on Medicaid Policy!” 🔗 Register: buff.ly/WsGMU4H
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William Schpero @wschpero.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Please spread the word -- our next @chpc-cornell.bsky.social event for journalists is focused on data resources for reporting on Medicaid policy. Details below:
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Matt Notowidigdo @profnoto.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
My co-authors Sarah Shubeck (UCM) & Emily Crawford (Booth PhD student) & I have a new paper in JAMA Health Forum studying the effects of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) on insurance churn (defined as losing health insurance over the next 12 months) jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Insurance Churn and the COVID-19 Pandemic
This study estimates whether the Families First Coronavirus Response Act decreased insurance churn.
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William Schpero @wschpero.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Please spread the word! Happening tomorrow.
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Josh Gottlieb @gottliebecon.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Very clear article discussing our @beckerfriedman.bsky.social / @nber.org working paper and other aspects of healthcare job growth. The full paper together with @nealemahoney.bsky.social @siepr.bsky.social @kevinrinz.bsky.social @victoriaudalova.bsky.social is here: gottlieb.ca/papers/Healt...
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William Schpero @wschpero.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
This portends another addition to the Cape Cod house that is subsidies for the safety net: Medicare DSH, Medicaid DSH, the Critical Access Hospital program, 340B, etc. All have overlapping purposes and are subject to gaming and mis-targeting.
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Angelica Meinhofer @angelicameinhofer.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
What happens when states expand school Medicaid? Our new study @jamahealthforum.bsky.social finds that the receipt of school-based health services rises significantly among children affected by parental opioid use disorder, following early state expansions. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Early School Medicaid Expansions and Health Services for Children With Parental Opioid Use Disorder
This cohort study estimates the early effects of state school Medicaid expansions on the receipt of Medicaid-funded school-based health services among children who have experienced parental opioid use...
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Eric Patashnik @ericpatashnik.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Today at 3pm! Join @povertyscholar.bsky.social (Cornell), Andrea Campbell (MIT), David Adler (RWJF) and me for a webinar on Medicaid's past, present and future at a critical moment in the program's trajectory. Event reg below. 1/2 @rwjf.bsky.social @watsoninstitute.bsky.social @jhppl.bsky.social
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Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo @kbibbinsdomingo.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
JAMA Health Forum @jamahealthforum.bsky.social - the health policy journal of the JAMA Network - is now on BlueSky!! #MedSky #ARM25
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William Schpero @wschpero.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Very timely -> happening now! ~ 3 hours after the CBO score on the reconciliation bill...
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Jacob Wallace @jacobwswallace.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Ok folks, we know work requirements reduce benefits without increasing work (cc: @chloeneast.bsky.social) But who loses benefits and what happens if work requirements are reversed? New evidence from linked SNAP-Medicaid data and a natural experiment in CT tell a concerning story... Thread below 👇
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SNAP work requirements have biggest effect on those least able to work
Most people pushed out of SNAP in Connecticut didn’t find their way back in, even when work requirements were later reversed.
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William Schpero @wschpero.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Very excited to moderate a conversation next Wed with Anne Dwyer from the Georgetown Center for Children and Families. The goal: make sense of all that's happening re: Medicaid on the Hill. Register for the next Medicaid Insights Colloquium below: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Aaron Schwartz @aschwartz.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Eric Roberts and @joefigs.bsky.social led a groundbreaking new study on Medicaid and Medicare, out today in NEJM. I’m lucky to have been a part of it. Medicare saves lives. But is it enough to save lives of the most vulnerable Americans? The study suggests no; Medicaid still matters. (1/11)
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Loss of Subsidized Drug Coverage and Mortality among Medicare Beneficiaries | NEJM
A total of 14 million Medicare beneficiaries receive the Low-Income Subsidy (LIS), which reduces cost sharing in Medicare Part D. Losing the LIS may impede medication access and affect mortality. U...
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William Schpero @wschpero.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Please spread the word!
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William Schpero @wschpero.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Happening today!
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William Schpero @wschpero.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Important, timely new findings on the effects of Medicaid expansion under the ACA from Wyse and Meyer (Dartmouth): 1. *Lives saved*: 21% reduction in the mortality hazard of new enrollees. 2. *Cost-effective*: $179,000 per life-year saved. Read more: www.nber.org/papers/w33719
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William Schpero @wschpero.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Has value-based care been more successful than we thought? See our new work @jama.com: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... And the thoughtful accompanying editorial from Ouayogodé and Colla: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Long-Term Spending of Accountable Care Organizations in the Medicare Shared Savings Program
This longitudinal study examines long-term changes in health care spending among patients attributed to accountable care organizations within the Medicare Shared Savings Program.
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William Schpero @wschpero.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
What constitutes the modal primary care practice? In service of ongoing work characterizing the outpatient delivery system, we tried to figure it out. New paper now at JAMA Health Forum, with @ambond.bsky.social and @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social et al. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Changes in Primary Care Practice Setting and Practice Type for Medicare Beneficiaries
This cross-sectional study examined changes in practice setting and practice type in 2012 vs 2022 among patients with traditional Medicare coverage.
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William Schpero @wschpero.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Delighted to welcome the one and only @emmasandoe.bsky.social to the Medicaid Insights Colloquium today at 2 PM ET. Her talk: "Insights from Coast to Coast: Weaving Together the Best in State Policy through Research” Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Dr. Emma Sandoe on "Insights from Coast to Coast: Weaving together the best in state policy through research”. After registering, you will receive a confirm...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Dr. Emma Sandoe on "Insights from Coast to Coast: Weaving together the best in state policy through research”. After registering, you will receive a confirm...
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Adam Sacarny @asacarny.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
NYC Health Econ Day is coming May 9 @ NYU Wagner! We'll have 6 great papers + lots of time to chat. Folks in the greater NYC area are invited! RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... More info: www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-s... Organizers: @ambond.bsky.social, Mike Dickstein, Jessica Van Parys + me
Screenshot of NYC Health Econ day conference program, text available here https://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~mjd19/conf_org/health_econ_day_program_2025.pdf
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William Schpero @wschpero.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Please help spread the word! We @chpc-cornell.bsky.social want to be of service to journalists who cover health policy. We are thus excited to launch our Data-Driven Journalism Series, in which CHPC experts will walk through data resources for reporting on timely health policy topics. Details ⬇️
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William Schpero @wschpero.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Psyched to welcome the Cornell Health Policy Center to Bluesky!
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Neale Mahoney @nealemahoney.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Healthcare jobs have grown 2x faster than the overall labor market since 1980 Healthcare overtook retail to become largest industry by employment in 2009 New working paper w/ @gottliebecon.bsky.social, @kevinrinz.bsky.social and @victoriaudalova.bsky.social on the rise of healthcare jobs
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Beth McGinty @emmabethmcginty.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Thank you @ashecon.bsky.social for highlighting our new Cornell Health Policy Center!
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Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Inbox: Medicaid at 60 issue of @jhppl.bsky.social just dropped. How timely. 😭 But seriously, read the amazing scholarship in this issue for in-depth understanding of the program's past, present, & future. @oberlanderunc.bsky.social @ericpatashnik.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/issue/...
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Volume 50 Issue 2 | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press
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William Schpero @wschpero.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Going immediately on my health policy and econ EMBA syllabus: Mark Shepard has a brilliantly clear summary of the "State of Health Insurance in America" on the most recent @econofact.bsky.social podcast: econofact.org/podcast/the-...
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The State of Health Insurance in America | Econofact Chats
A discussion with Mark Shepard on state of health insurance coverage in the U.S., and what policymakers can do to improve access.
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Jamie Daw @jamiedaw.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
For 38 years, PRAMS has collected critical data on maternal-child health with the goal to reduce infant morbidity and mortality. CDC has officially halted the 2024 PRAMS data collection for the participating 46 states and the future is uncertain.
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PRAMS
Surveillance project of CDC and health departments used to improve maternal and infant health.
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William Schpero @wschpero.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
In a new Health Affairs Scholar paper led by Steph Teeple, we begin to unpack the enormous rise in hospital assets we've seen in recent years. A few key facts: 1. Total assets held by US hospitals more than doubled 2000-2019, from $750 billion to $1.6 trillion.
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William Schpero @wschpero.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Please join us for the next Medicaid Insights Colloquium on Feb. 12 featuring the incomparable @jacobwswallace.bsky.social on how managed care manages care: "The Private Provision of Public Services: Evidence from Random Assignment in Medicaid" Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Medicaid Insights Colloquium with Dr. Jacob Wallace. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
The Private Provision of Public Services: Evidence from Random Assignment in Medicaid
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Marcella Alsan @marcellaalsan.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Excited to share results from a 4-year first-ever RCT across US jails. We (Crystal Yang & I) find that death rates are much higher in jails than officially reported & health care accreditation improves staff coordination, quality & save lives. www.nber.org/papers/w33357
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The Hidden Health Care Crisis Behind Bars: A Randomized Trial to Accredit U.S. Jails
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...
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Adam Sacarny @asacarny.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
🚨 NYC Health Econ Day is coming back May 9, 2025 @ NYU Wagner! Health economists (+ adjacent fields) in the greater NYC area are invited. Submit by March 14, 2025. Submission link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Organizers: @ambond.bsky.social, Sunita Desai, Mike Dickstein, Jessica Van Parys + me
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William Schpero @wschpero.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Happening at 1PM today! Come hear Jenny Kenney for post-election thoughts on where Medicaid research needs to go. us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Laura Barrie Smith @laura-b-smith.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Check out our team's latest T-MSIS publication, showing well-child visit rates among Black and white Medicaid-enrolled children were far below recommended levels in 2019, and they dropped even lower in 2020.
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Beth McGinty @emmabethmcginty.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Come be a postdoc with our incredible Health Policy and Economics division at Weill Cornell in NYC! We have 4 open positions focusing on Medicare/Medicaid, Aging, Substance Use, and Data-Driven Policy. See details in postings here: phs.weill.cornell.edu/about-us/ope...
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William Schpero @wschpero.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
🚨We are very excited to launch the Cornell Health Policy Center (CHPC), a cross-campus collaboration b/w Weill Cornell and the Cornell Brooks School focused on catalyzing research and training for impact. ➡️Announcement: news.cornell.edu/stories/2024... ➡️Website: publicpolicy.cornell.edu/chpc/
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Brooks School, Weill Cornell Medicine launch center to improve health policy | Cornell Chronicle
Weill Cornell Medicine and the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy have established the Cornell Health Policy Center to serve as the locus for health policy impact, research and training acr...
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William Schpero @wschpero.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
📢Please help spread the word: We are hiring a post-doc in health policy and economics at Weill Cornell. This person will work with me on Medicaid delivery system research and w/ @ambond.bsky.social / Dhruv Khullar on MA. Details: phs.weill.cornell.edu/about-us/car... Reach out with questions!
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Postdoctoral Associate
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William Schpero @wschpero.bsky.social · 12/02/2024
This policy change from CMS will do much to degrade the quality and timeliness of health policy research in the US. While I understand the security concerns that motivated it, there has to be a middle ground that will efficiently balance security and access.
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William Schpero @wschpero.bsky.social · 22/12/2023
iHEA is accepting nominations for the annual student paper prize through January 18. This is a great opportunity to recognize fantastic work by early career researchers. Details here: healtheconomics.org/awards/
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