Few people are aware of how much progress has been made against cancers. Leukemia is probably the most striking example. Before the 1970s, most children affected by leukemia would soon die from it. Now, most children in rich countries survive. ourworldindata.org/childhood-le...

@paulgp.com teaches Claude Code for Economists

(2) If you have ideas related to the role of #statsky, #AI, #realworlddata, or #digitalhealth in policy, we’d love to see them! Please share with your networks. #hpsr #hspr @drjwolfson.bsky.social @jaredhuling.bsky.social @mboudreaux.bsky.social @amstatnews.bsky.social @enar-ibs.bsky.social

BREAKING: @delauro.house.gov announces at a House Oversight hearing with NIH director Jay Bhattacharya that OMB approved the agency's apportionment last night. That means the agency should have access to its appropriated funds — 42 days after its spending bill passed.

New dataset dropped this month: national Medicaid provider spending (2018–2024), aggregated by NPI x HCPCS x month. Includes FFS, managed care, and CHIP encounter data. Public, 3.3GB, provider-level detail. Looks very useful for utilization & spending research opendata.hhs.gov

Nice essay by Carlos Chavez on the history and development of causal inference carloschavezp29.substack.com/p/on-causality

Yakima!!

A lot of NOFOs at #NIH have expired. If you wish to submit an unsolicited application, do so to the parent #NOFO. Furthermore, unsolicited applications no longer require prior approval for exceeding $500K. Please inform your networks. #geronsky #hspr #hpss #statssky

"economic triage" www.wsj.com/health/healt...

Thanks for the reminder, @dmgreene.bsky.social. Terps, I've got a challenge for you. From now until #GivingTuesday, I will match every signature with one dollar donated to the @univofmaryland.bsky.social. @mboudreaux.bsky.social claims he'll match me. @publichealthumd.bsky.social, what about you?

We can fix the goofy way we pay for vision care in the US 👓 SPH prof Michel Boudreaux's research informs this @voxdotcom.bsky.social piece on insurance for eye care! 👁️👁️ brnw.ch/21wXgiO

Job opportunity - come and join our incredible research team led by Maria Steenland at UMD as a health data analyst - partial or full telework will be considered. Happy to answer any questions over email, info here: umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/j... #healthpolicy

The Census Bureau APIs added 1 dataset: 2024/sipp See the full tracker: www.hrecht.com/census-api-d...

The 2024 uninsured rate held steady at 8%, statistically unchanged from 2023 & 2022, according to Census’ Current Population Survey (CPS). But looking ahead, 15 million more ppl will be uninsured under the R megabill and other policies. See our live blog on today’s Census data: tinyurl.com/bdfadufc

“It’s very analogous to all the other things we’re seeing,” says the author of a 2023 report on the state of federal parks in the city. “The federal government is not set up to run the city of Washington, D.C.”

I am chairing the search for two (2) Tenure Track positions at the Department of Health Services, Policy and Management at @uscarnoldschool.bsky.social We are looking to move relatively fast so please get your applications in quickly #HealthPolicy #AcademicSky uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/194...

Working people across DC showed up to make clear: We are united. We are strong. We are powerful. We are loud! #FreeDC

We're building power to make DC’s demand for full democratic representation un-ignorable. Our communities deserve dignity, respect, and self-determination. Join the effort to win it. #FreeDC

Canadian wildfires are bringing terrible air pollution into the Midwest. Yesterday, Chicago had the worst air quality of any major city in the world.

🧪 Senate appropriators say: NIH's budget gets a... boost! Rather than 40% cut, NIH gets a $400M *increase* in the Senate committee bill for FY26 (about +1%). "Congress has your back," said @murray.senate.gov. ADVOCACY MATTERS! There's still a long road (esp in the House), so keep up pressure.

Heard from #AHRQ that the entire grants staff has been let go! They are unable to issue funds for grants already funded, let alone fund new grants. This is outrageous and will make Americans poorer and sicker. Why? A brief thread about just some recent AHRQ-funded research: #MedSky #HealthPolicy

AHRQ-funded research found that 40% of kids aren't getting evidence-based treatment for pneumonia. t.co/OfhoEo10Zp

AHRQ-funded researchers did a series of interventions on over 7.5 million radiology reports to reduce ambiguous/unnecessary recs for additional imaging while increasing useful recs 7-fold, leading to a 30% increase in follow-up of important findings. t.co/zWUC9K3LaK

AHRQ research found that 3/100 people hospitalized for a high risk problem were actually seen in the ED within the prior week, suggesting the diagnosis may have been missed, and illuminating ways in which we could try to avoid those misses. t.co/1a9X338rLs

AHRQ-funded researchers figured out how best to disinfect carpet to prevent spread of C. diff, which causes half a million infections in the US every year. t.co/d9JqqPhhsT

AHRQ funded a massive revision of national guidelines for assessing the safety and effectiveness of electronic health record design - a requirement for all hospitals and EHR developers that had not been updated since 2016. t.co/HAsAND16RD

AHRQ-funded researchers figured out an extremely reliable way to identify people who are incorrectly labeled as being allergic to penicillin, allowing them to get safer, more effective antibiotics. t.co/rWrAHwirEo

Health researchers take note: If you use restricted use data for your work, you need to read (and respond to) this call for comments www.federalregister.gov/documents/20... cc @gregggonsalves.bsky.social

A new paper using administrative income data finds evidence that Medicaid expansion differentially increased income among low-income adults in expansion states academic.oup.com/healthaffair...

‪ I'm running for #hpss chair of the American Statistical Association. It's been an honor to work with @amstatnews.bsky.social and @asa-scipol.bsky.social. Members, see my statement and vote. Yes, I'm still here. I'm still in this if you are, too. #defendresearch #statssky #rstats

JUST IN: The Census Bureau's #2030Census Advisory Committee has been terminated by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who oversees the bureau, Arturo Vargas, the committee's chair, confirms to @npr.org. I've reached out to the press offices of the bureau and the Commerce Department for comment...

UMD study out today shows Black, Hispanic + Asian people with private insurance pay more out-of-pocket for maternity care than white people. “Their average additional spending on medical care from pregnancy through postpartum is significantly more," said UMD's @rgourevitch.bsky.social bit.ly/3Dd5QuA

CDC Shutters PRAMS Program on Maternal and Infant Health talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/cdc-s...

Shoup Dogg!

I'm confused. If IDC rate is now 15% on all existing NIH awards as of now, does the total award amount also change? Or do we now just have more allocated to direct costs? I'm guessing they intended the former, but arent total costs listed in the award documents and public disclosure (ie Reporter)?

Missed the 1% club, but gonna crush it in 2025. #MetroRewind

Are you an academic who is looking for an opportunity to try working outside of a university setting? Do you want to apply your expertise to improving policy? Apply for an OES fellowship! Everyone I know who’s done one *loved it*. oes.gsa.gov/opps/

Few more days to apply.👇

Census Health Inclusive Poverty Measure incorporates insurance into poverty measurement. 2 things jumped out to me from this measure 1) The Marketplaces bring 1.8 million people out of poverty 2) Poverty is even more concentrated in states that didn't expand Medicaid www.census.gov/library/work...

🚨There is still time to apply to join our team in Health Policy & Management at UMD, College Park! Apply (by 12/9) and spread the word about the opportunity to join our exciting and supportive department in the DC metro area. Happy to answer any questions! jobs.academyhealth.org/job/assistan...

UMD is hiring in health policy and management. Open rank. Help us spread the word! jobs.academyhealth.org/job/assistan...

Few days left before our best consideration date. 10/27. Let me know if you have questions.

We are hiring an assistant prof in health care management. Help us spread the word! jobs.academyhealth.org/job/assistan...