Megan Burns

independent health policy consultant, rower, runner, mom to Liam and Elliot. tweets are my own

[Health Affairs @Health_Affairs]

In their new Forefront article, Carol Sakala and Megan Burns of @NPWF and @BrandeisU discuss how CMS’s recently launched Transforming Maternal Health model is a comprehensive framework for addressing the maternal mortality crisis. https://t.co/c2m0GqwydP

[Health Affairs @Health_Affairs]

Women's History Month | Elevating women working to advance health equity and policy

In a February 2024 Forefront article, Carol Sakala and Megan Burns discuss how changing how we pay for maternity care can drive improved maternal health outcomes.

https://t.co/QtV1rx4bEB

[Health Affairs @Health_Affairs]

In their new Forefront article, Carol Sakala of @NPWF and Megan Burns discuss how two care delivery and payment models—maternity care episode payment and maternity care home programs—have great potential for driving change, but also have some shortcomings. https://t.co/UdFd3moDSo

[National Partnership @NPWF]

Giving birth in America can be dangerous if you’re Black or Indigenous, live in a rural area, or have a low income. Carol Sakala & Megan Burns, discuss how changing how we pay for maternity care can drive improved maternal health outcomes. https://t.co/ymIfTnIucG

[Dan Rather @DanRather]

“Difficult to see; always in motion is the future.” From the wisdom of Yoda on May the 4th, remember that the future will be determined by what we do now. There are Vaders in our world. Be a Luke Skywalker.

[Reverend Raphael Warnock @ReverendWarnock]

As a pro-choice pastor, I’ve always believed that a patient's room is way too small for a woman, her doctor, and the United States government.

I'll always fight to protect a woman's right to choose. And that will never change.

[Megan Burns @Burnsmegan]

@susannahhares That was prime toddler nap time in my house. Seems a waste to send a child to school to nap on a cot.

[Megan Burns @Burnsmegan]

#healthpolicy and #medical professionals (and all humans) should know that this month's @Health_Affairs is open access (free) and chock full of peer reviewed studies on the very important topic of #RacismAndHealth. https://t.co/3JJHvCyg9o

[Megan Burns @Burnsmegan]

@danalewinter What? No #healthpolicyvalentines in your feed?

[Megan Burns @Burnsmegan]

I love you,
you love me,
time to fix inequities in maternity.
Paying for doulas, midwives is a start,
better prenatal care access would fill my heart.
@dchealthpolicy, #HealthPolicyValentines

[Megan Burns @Burnsmegan]

@dchealthpolicy The pressure is on! I'm noodling on ideas now!

[Megan Burns @Burnsmegan]

As a recognized #healthpolicyvalentine extraordinaire, I'm feeling the pressure this year to come up with some new poems! Stay tuned, February is right around the corner. https://t.co/be9aKNzGlO

[The Health Society @dchealthpolicy]

..& the winners are:
Sass / @rebscooper "my love for you is unlike Medicare PartD there's no coverage gap"
Rhyme / @Burnsmegan "I love you you love me let's add risk to hospital VBP"
Haiku / @KSeaverHill "10 yrs CHIP for kids Prevention Fund lays gutted Time to grow the pie"

[Dave Epstein @growingwisdom]

Sunsets are now after 5:00 p.m. and the amount of daylight is over 10 hours. You should start hearing the birds a little more in the morning as temperatures warm up next week.

[Megan Burns @Burnsmegan]

@zackcooperYale It's so important to highlight how this happened, thanks for sharing. @samquinones7 has the same finding in his amazing, heart wrenching novel-like human impact book Dreamland. Check it out, it will move you.

[Megan Burns @Burnsmegan]

@Valeriecello Well, if it's a 5k you need 911 and 3.2.

[Megan Burns @Burnsmegan]

State policymakers should be focused on high health care cost growth rates even during the pandemic as employers, families, and state budgets will be grappling with the economic fallout for some time to come. Cost growth targets can help. https://t.co/sUuk0N6Fc1

[Megan Burns @Burnsmegan]

@danalewinter Now I know Elliot was a panda in a former life.

[Martha Bebinger @mbebinger]

A doctor in Lynn, MA, where 1 in 6 people have been infected w/ the #coronavirus, says prioritizing all MA residents 75+ for #COVIDvaccines over chronically ill residents is systemic racism or "white preference" because many of her patients of color don't live beyond 75.

[Megan Burns @Burnsmegan]

@danalewinter No!!

[Megan Burns @Burnsmegan]

@boymeetsvine @nicolekempton A go to in my house! https://t.co/4jp7A2nb78