Husband, Health Economist, Home Made Pizza Enthusiast. Tweets, views expressed are my own.
Joined October 2017
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Great article from @sangerkatz in @UpshotNYT!
For more about the data in this article, like the range of prices for common services like a C-section, Mammogram, or Office Visit in your area check out our @HealthCostInst report:
bit.ly/2V26ZxW
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Happy to have this out in the world. A chapter of my dissertation was gathering dust in my dropbox... I found no effect of Citizens United on subsidy activity -- Alisa and Sarah had found the same for many other state tax outcomes! Together, we have a paper:
Analysis using Citizens United for identification finds no economically or statistically significant effects of independent corporate political contributions on US state tax policy, from @cailin_slattery, Alisa Tazhitdinova, and Sarah Robinson nber.org/papers/w30352
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Death.
Taxes.
National broadcasts fundamentally misunderstanding the "Time Lord" nickname.
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New report from @USCBO using @HealthCostInst commercial claims dataset shows wide price variation between commercial and Medicare prices for hospitals’ and physicians’ services. #HCCIdata informs policymakers and researchers.
cbo.gov/publication/57422
In some bittersweet personal news, today is my last day at @healthcostinst. I am incredibly thankful to my amazing colleagues past and present for my wonderful three and a half years here.
I can’t wait to see what HCCI does next with the 2.0 data (applications open!)!
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@HealthCostInst just launched a new commercial claims database for healthcare research. Here's why their work is so important: 🧵
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Applications for access to @HealthCostInst’s new commercial claims database are now open! 🎉 #HCCI2dot0 #HCCIdata #healthdata
Learn more and apply here: healthcostinstitute.org/data…
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Attn: employers worried about health care costs.
If you use #Medicare prices as a benchmark in negotiating check out latest paper from @HealthCostInst
(it could save you $$$)
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New @HealthCostInst study finds that actual #Medicare payments to physicians in 2017 were ~$4B (6%) less than expected based off the publicly listed Fee Schedule price.
This suggests the definition of #Medicare prices may have major policy ramifications. healthcostinstitute.org/hcci…
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@HealthCostInst study explores how 3 hypothetical policy proposals tying ESI prices to #Medicare rates could affect professional prices across the U.S.
See the potential effects of rate cap, cap-and-floor, & benchmarking policies w/ interactive graphics: healthcostinstitute.org/hcci…
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New #HealthyMarketplace Index release 🚨
@HealthCostInst researchers explored actual prices paid for 6 common services and found 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 differences in both prices and price growth rates across & even w/in over 100 metro areas.
healthcostinstitute.org/hcci…
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My friend Katya models the drug development process, and uses the estimates from her model to predict effects of different gov't policies aimed at increasing the # of drugs that reach the market.
Ekaterina Khmelnitskaya
JMP: "Competition and Attrition in Drug Development"
Website: sites.google.com/virginia.ed…
Just devastating news - listening to Tommy call games was honestly a treat. We'll make sure the refs still get an earful and make irrational Celtics player comparisons for you, Tommy.
Celtics legend Tommy Heinsohn has died, according to multiple league sources.
bostonglobe.com/2020/11/10/s…
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Caroline Hopkins
JMP: "Flood Hazard Mitigation and the Role of the Government: A Dynamic Model of Local Government Investment in a Public Good"
Website: sites.google.com/view/caroli…
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1/ Across the U.S., spending on health care has increased significantly since 2013. Our latest project with @HealthCostInst dives deep into why that is. (THREAD)
healthcostinstitute.org/hcci…
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Check out 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝘃𝗶𝘇 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 in this years #HealthyMarketplace report while exploring commercial health care spending in your area! 🌟
Downloadable fact sheets detailing spending & spending drivers are available for all 124 metros. rb.gy/lrq9bw
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ICYMI: @HealthCostInst updated our #HealthyMarketplace Index with new data and metro-area snapshots of 124 local markets!
Check out this thread for top level findings or explore how your area stacks up here 👉 healthcostinstitute.org/hcci…
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New health-spending analysis frm @HealthCostInst. Bad news includes Herfindahl scores, measuring metro hospital monopolies. DOJ considers anything over 2,500 "highly concentrated." Albuquerque: 7,600! Provo, UT: 7,500!! Columbia, MO: 7,000. Wichita: 5,700. healthcostinstitute.org/hcci…
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Updates to our HMI Index are live! Track + compare healthcare spending, prices, utilization + service mix in 124 different metropolitan areas. Download metro specific reports. Thanks to @khemp64 and @RWJF for funding and the team at @HealthCostInst and @TheDataFace for the work!
🚨NEW: 124 metro-area snapshots break down local commercial health care spending, prices & use in this year’s #HealthyMarketplace Index refresh.
Get the facts about your local #healthcosts here #HCCIdata healthcostinstitute.org/hcci…
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Use the new & improved #HealthyMarketplace dashboard view to explore all these metrics, hospital market concentration & more.
See how your area stacks up to similar metros #HCCIdata healthcostinstitute.org/hcci…