Shea McCarthy

health policy wonk • partner at @Thorn_Run

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@NoSurpriseBills Paid for by the insurance industry.

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The NIH's flagship program to address Long COVID — known as the RECOVER Initiative — is failing to take advantage of existing science, and has fallen woefully short in funding clinical trials that could represent meaningful breakthroughs.

[STAT @statnews]

NIH has an historic opportunity to transform post-viral illness research by bringing ME/CFS into its long Covid RECOVER Initiative. https://t.co/WRQmM2fqX8

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In @statnews, Dr. Ian Lipkin of @Columbia_CII and @elizansell of @njfatigue make the case that the @NIH RECOVER Initiative offers an historic opportunity to transform post-viral illness research by learning from related conditions like ME/CFS: https://t.co/HBvP0gmFxI

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@samstein CDC data on Long COVID: https://t.co/bVH1sezQvy

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@RepBuddyCarter Very concerning to see how hospitals are abusing this safety net program intended to support patients.

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@incub8coalition @CMSGov @IAmBiotech @RealClearHealth Strong op-ed here! Thanks for sharing.

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@gleasondp Ok good tweet

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@gleasondp Bookmarking this

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@MeyerMtg @cameronpercy1 Mostly chicken Caesar wraps

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@darbin_w This is especially troubling considering a signficant majority of physicians want to run their own practice.

One study found that 86% of physicians believe corporate entities harm their specialty, and 83% prefer to join independent private practices: https://t.co/2LkM3PJMU5

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@gleasondp COVID is surging and they don't want the feds to shut down the economy again.

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@KVanValkenburg He mentioned Denny, the “Virginia man,” winning multiple state opens and amateurs — which he actually won in Maryland. Easy mistake though since he went to UVA.

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The centrist think tank @ThirdWayEcon calls for site-neutral reforms to be paired with an increase in payments to physicians.

“As part of site-neutral policies, Congress should increase payments to physicians at the same time it lowers payments to hospitals...”

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@parkernovak @AJEnglish great spot, Parker! well done.

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@ChelseaCirruzzo Congraultions, Chelsea!

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At @HouseCommerce hearing on health care competition, @RepKimSchrier highlights concerns that annual Medicare cuts to doctors are having a negative impact on physician practices.

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@darbin_w Very cool, Darbin! Is there anywhere besides the paywalled article to learn more?

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Petty wars at @CNN.

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Don Lemon’s statement about this morning’s events is inaccurate. He was offered an opportunity to meet with management but instead released a statement on Twitter.

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Bipartisan support for site-neutral payment policy continues to build ahead of @WaysandMeansGOP legislative hearing this week.

[Jessie Hellmann @jessiehellmann]

Bipartisan lawmakers and think tanks are coalescing around an idea to save Medicare money: site neutral payments for some hospital outpatient services. But the proposal is already facing blowback, with hospitals launching a TV ad Friday:

https://t.co/XwCCA7QCrb (🔒)

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Equalizing payments between hosptial outpatient departments and physician's offices is becoming an increasingly popular topic on Capitol Hill, with the potential to generate tens-of-billions in savings ($$$) for the Medicare program.

Health policy-watchers should take note.

[Loren Adler @LorenAdler]

MedPAC unanimously voted to stop paying more for certain services when they're performed in a hospital outpatient dept rather than a physician's office, per @bobjherman's newsletter.

Think office visits, imaging, drug administration.

Even the hospital execs on MedPAC signed on.