Arkansas should press pause on its Medicaid unwinding process

from The Incidental Economist at https://bit.ly/3N4TI0H on May 31, 2023 at 11:48PM Last week, Marlee Stark and I published an op-ed in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette on why the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) should press pause on its Medicaid unwinding process. Earlier this month, DHS released its first report laying out how many […]

Don’t Blame Burnout

from The Health Care Blog at https://bit.ly/3oIV6Nh on May 31, 2023 at 08:23PM BY SANJ KATYAL It is hard to open a medical journal in any specialty without seeing an article on burnout. There are statistics, trends, and of course a myriad of causes detailed in these articles. A few even offer some sensible solutions […]

Kidney exchange progress in Europe

from Market Design at https://bit.ly/3C3ISSp on May 31, 2023 at 01:55PM  The program on European Cooperation in Science and Technology  (COST) has just published an update on steps being taken to advance kidney exchange in Europe, including the goal of more cross-border exchange. The crucial role of Kidney Exchange Programmes and the ENCKEP and KEP-SOFT […]

Quantifying the Long-Run Economic and Health Impact of Reduced Intellectual Property Protections for New Drugs

from Healthcare Economist at https://bit.ly/3N2TGq6 on May 30, 2023 at 10:54PM That is the title of a new working paper written by myself, any my FTI Consulting colleagues Sabiha Quddus and Suhail Thahir. The abstract is below. Some policymakers have called for weakening of intellectual property protections for vaccines and other pharmaceutical products, with the […]

Designing (Healthcare) via Roblox

from The Health Care Blog at https://bit.ly/3JavvnF on May 30, 2023 at 07:34PM BY KIM BELLARD Here’s a question: what medical schools are incorporating Roblox into their curriculum?   Interested readers can get back to me, but in the meantime I’m guessing none.  At best, very few.  And instead of “medical schools” feel free to […]

“Conditions for Postservice Success Are Set Well Before the Uniform Comes Off”

from RAND Research Topic: Health and Health Care at https://bit.ly/3oG30XN on May 30, 2023 at 07:04PM How smoothly a service member transitions to becoming a veteran can have significant implications for their life trajectory. The RAND Epstein Family Veterans Policy Research Institute hosted subject-matter experts for the first of four scheduled roundtable discussions on issues […]

Kidney exchange, around the world and in Germany? German Health Economics Association (DGGÖ) webinar tomorrow

from Market Design at https://bit.ly/3oHxad1 on May 30, 2023 at 01:38PM Tomorrow  I’ll be giving a talk in Germany (8am California time, 17:00 in Germany), hosted by the German Health Economics Association (DGGÖ).  (Bob Slonim will be giving a talk in this series in the summer.) My title will be Kidney Exchange to increase transplantation: around […]