Scott Heiser

Health policy, Big Lebowski quotes, and travel notes, mostly. Former CMMIer, BCBSNCer, and Cityblocker

[Eric Schultz @EricSchultz]

As @BarackObama has always said, the ACA is a "starter home" - a building block that we can improve on over time.

smart piece from @scottheiser on how to do just that 👇

https://t.co/m3rG5gfNhS via @Health_Affairs

[Farzad Mostashari @Farzad_MD]

4/ Over the next 24 months we got intensive training in epidemiology, public health informatics, statistics.

But we also went to the bedside.

The logo of the EIS is a shoe with a hole on it

To me, the worn out shoe perfectly encapsulated the spirit of humility and service

[Scott Heiser @scottheiser]

@GSchmidler @emma_sandoe @bjdickmayhew @duke_pophealth @DukeMargolis Congrats Dave!!!!

[Von Nguyen @drvonnguyen]

Our @BlueCrossNC Blue Premier program created an estimated $197 million in cost savings and quality improvements in 2020. I am proud of my team for building one of the nation’s leading value-based care efforts. Here’s a snapshot of this program: https://t.co/uSWEM5jmJI

[Zack Cooper @zackcooperYale]

Why is health spending in the US high?

This terrific episode of Freakonomics is focused on End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). The issue is a window into why we spend a lot on health care in the US and the dysfunction in the system.

Glad Freakonomics took it on

A thread (rant).

[Scott Heiser @scottheiser]

Hell yes 🙌

[Paul E Williams @PEWilliams_]

🤷‍♂️

[Scott Heiser @scottheiser]

You love to see it

[Conor Kelly @CohoKelly]

💉 Vaccine update from @CDCgov:

- 3.4M new doses
- Avg at 3.08M per day (record)

Happy Easter, everyone!

See more at: https://t.co/7Bip57pPm6

[New York Times Opinion @nytopinion]

The point of an election reform bill is not to help Democrats. It is to rebuild and reinforce the crumbling foundations of American self-government. If the choice is between saving the filibuster and saving democracy, it should be an easy call. https://t.co/89QRplsGmd

[Sek Kathiresan MD @skathire]

What vaccinations are starting to allow: 🤗

[Brian Deese Archived @briandeeseNEC]

A morning thread on the American Rescue Plan. There are a number of outcomes from this legislation that have gotten less attention, but will change a lot of lives:

[Scott Heiser @scottheiser]

Thread

[Tom Bonier @tbonier]

This will come across as pedantic, but I believe it's important: We need to stop talking about how groups "swung" from one election to another, as if it's the exact same people voting in each election, especially when talking about voters of color.

[Scott Heiser @scottheiser]

Highest price provider is highest volume. 🤔

[Zack Cooper @zackcooperYale]

This is really a 'fact' paper. Fact 1, patients bypass lots of low-priced options en route to receive care. This the price dispersion in a major city. You see that the highest priced provider is also the highest volume provider.

[Scott Heiser @scottheiser]

This will not change until we make it so. Hope the incoming administration recognizes this is as big of a threat to access - across all insured markets - as insufficient subsidies and high cost sharing

[Farzad Mostashari @Farzad_MD]

“Most hospitals don’t charge more than 10 times what is allowed by Medicare,” Doctor told me. “The average hospital charges about 3.4 times more.”

Column: Medicare says a procedure is worth $5,869. This hospital imposed a 1,200% markup https://t.co/sjY22s1pMZ

[Scott Heiser @scottheiser]

@Farzad_MD Their patients are sicker, one imagines 🙄

[Ben Mankiewicz @BenMank77]

The best broadcaster calls the record breaking home run by the best ballplayer of his era. @TheVinScully

[Garance Franke-Ruta @thegarance]

“Here’s the nightly news program I’d love to see. An hour every night of Steve Kornacki doing in-depth analysis of vaccination activity.” — @sippey https://t.co/0REI1MCag3

[Richard Skinner @richardmskinner]

“This Land Is Your Land”: the tune is a black church hymn adapted by the Carter Family (founding family of country music). Then left-wing folkie Woody Guthrie turns it into his response to “God Bless America.” And now it’s sung by a Latina at an Inauguration.

[Scott Heiser @scottheiser]

@Travis_Broome A great Travis phrasing

[Tim Carman @timcarman]

“Comet patrons began dancing around the protesters and singing, and eventually outnumbered them to the point that they piled into a white van with Ohio plates and left.”

#dancestate

[Scott Heiser @scottheiser]

Real pumped for this - https://t.co/omufPvupIK

[Stephanie Cutter @stefcutter]

Who better than @springsteen to help usher in a new era for this country? Time to turn the page on the race to the bottom over last 4 yrs. #BidenHarris #BidenInauguration #leadership

Bruce Springsteen & John Legend to Perform at Biden Inauguration Event https://t.co/KLWaOYCOUD