Anirban Basu
@basucally.bsky.social
Stergachis Family Endowed Professor & Director, The CHOICE Institute (http://uwchoice.org), UW, Seattle, @amstatNews Fellow, @nberpubs RA. (he/him) 🐻 ⬇️
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Remnants of Typhoon Halong bring widespread damage to Western Alaska
Dozens of residents were rescued after floodwaters in multiple communities swept homes off their foundations.
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October 15, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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New @healthaffairs.bsky.social paper on how CMS can integrate formal aspects of #HTA, much of which is patterned after @icer-review.bsky.social practices! Many thanks to @commonwealthfund.org for their support. @basucally.bsky.social @leah-rand.bsky.social
www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...
www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...
Health Technology Assessment, Again: A Transparent, Evidence-Based Approach For CMS Drug Price Negotiations | Health Affairs Journal
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) can now negotiate the prices of a set of drugs that represent significant Medicare expenditures. The long-term success of negotiations will depend ...
www.healthaffairs.org
August 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
New @healthaffairs.bsky.social paper on how CMS can integrate formal aspects of #HTA, much of which is patterned after @icer-review.bsky.social practices! Many thanks to @commonwealthfund.org for their support. @basucally.bsky.social @leah-rand.bsky.social
www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...
www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...
Very thoughtful study and important results to show how cost-sharing of drugs directly affect mortality… and why, if and when, we get the price of drugs right, there shouldn’t be any need of cost sharing..
I got the chance to see some of these results ahead of time and am excited to see them in print!
Very well done study, cleverly measuring impact of lower cost-sharing for vulnerable patients
Very well done study, cleverly measuring impact of lower cost-sharing for vulnerable patients
Eric Roberts and @joefigs.bsky.social led a groundbreaking new study on Medicaid and Medicare, out today in NEJM. I’m lucky to have been a part of it.
Medicare saves lives. But is it enough to save lives of the most vulnerable Americans? The study suggests no; Medicaid still matters. (1/11)
Medicare saves lives. But is it enough to save lives of the most vulnerable Americans? The study suggests no; Medicaid still matters. (1/11)
May 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Very thoughtful study and important results to show how cost-sharing of drugs directly affect mortality… and why, if and when, we get the price of drugs right, there shouldn’t be any need of cost sharing..
Given that the new Pope hail from Chicago and is a mathematician, I can’t help but share a favorite article by a Chicago Nobel Laureate on his foray into divinity using mathematics!!
d-nb.info/990097153/34
d-nb.info/990097153/34
d-nb.info
May 9, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Given that the new Pope hail from Chicago and is a mathematician, I can’t help but share a favorite article by a Chicago Nobel Laureate on his foray into divinity using mathematics!!
d-nb.info/990097153/34
d-nb.info/990097153/34
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I know a lot is going on right now, but presuming CMS continues to allow its data to be used for research, this VRDC transition is happening at some point.
🚨 Opportunity for comments ends in 11 days!
@asacarny.bsky.social @basucally.bsky.social @aschwartz.bsky.social
www.cms.gov/data-researc...
🚨 Opportunity for comments ends in 11 days!
@asacarny.bsky.social @basucally.bsky.social @aschwartz.bsky.social
www.cms.gov/data-researc...
Research Data Request & Access Policy Changes Feedback Opportunity | CMS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to evaluate our research data request and access policies, processes, and tools to ensure we are maximizing protections for controlled uncl...
www.cms.gov
April 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I know a lot is going on right now, but presuming CMS continues to allow its data to be used for research, this VRDC transition is happening at some point.
🚨 Opportunity for comments ends in 11 days!
@asacarny.bsky.social @basucally.bsky.social @aschwartz.bsky.social
www.cms.gov/data-researc...
🚨 Opportunity for comments ends in 11 days!
@asacarny.bsky.social @basucally.bsky.social @aschwartz.bsky.social
www.cms.gov/data-researc...
They should change their name to Once 21😉
March 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
They should change their name to Once 21😉
Isn’t it ironic that computers are asking us to prove that we are humans!!
March 15, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Isn’t it ironic that computers are asking us to prove that we are humans!!
I am sorry but the survival benefits of coffee are really conservative if you consider the confounding!
February 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I am sorry but the survival benefits of coffee are really conservative if you consider the confounding!
The most favorite word in economics “Perginal Curfus”
February 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The most favorite word in economics “Perginal Curfus”
Apparently not in that database.. so more likely to be be an error.
February 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Apparently not in that database.. so more likely to be be an error.
Most likely a decimal error…
February 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Most likely a decimal error…
This cannot be true .. there is only one person in the whole of PSU getting above $1M
February 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
This cannot be true .. there is only one person in the whole of PSU getting above $1M
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We’re experiencing perhaps the worst flu season in 25 years, with severe cases also rising, and young children and seniors faring the worst. One in six of all ER visits in the 0-17 age groups are now for influenza.
www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...
h/t @cmyeaton.bsky.social
www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...
h/t @cmyeaton.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
We’re experiencing perhaps the worst flu season in 25 years, with severe cases also rising, and young children and seniors faring the worst. One in six of all ER visits in the 0-17 age groups are now for influenza.
www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...
h/t @cmyeaton.bsky.social
www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...
h/t @cmyeaton.bsky.social
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🎉 Meet the Member: Jeffrey! 🎉
📊 Area of Expertise: Person-Level Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
🔬 Research Focus: Net Benefit Regression
Since joining in 2008, Jeffrey has benefited from the society’s cutting-edge research, professional development opportunities, and expert network.
📊 Area of Expertise: Person-Level Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
🔬 Research Focus: Net Benefit Regression
Since joining in 2008, Jeffrey has benefited from the society’s cutting-edge research, professional development opportunities, and expert network.
February 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
🎉 Meet the Member: Jeffrey! 🎉
📊 Area of Expertise: Person-Level Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
🔬 Research Focus: Net Benefit Regression
Since joining in 2008, Jeffrey has benefited from the society’s cutting-edge research, professional development opportunities, and expert network.
📊 Area of Expertise: Person-Level Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
🔬 Research Focus: Net Benefit Regression
Since joining in 2008, Jeffrey has benefited from the society’s cutting-edge research, professional development opportunities, and expert network.
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🚨 How does physician altruism shape ties to the pharma industry? 🚨
@basucally.bsky.social, Jing (jingliuw.wixsite.com/mysite) & I link experimental and admin data to show that less altruistic physicians receive higher industry payments and respond more to financial incentives in prescribing:
@basucally.bsky.social, Jing (jingliuw.wixsite.com/mysite) & I link experimental and admin data to show that less altruistic physicians receive higher industry payments and respond more to financial incentives in prescribing:
February 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
🚨 How does physician altruism shape ties to the pharma industry? 🚨
@basucally.bsky.social, Jing (jingliuw.wixsite.com/mysite) & I link experimental and admin data to show that less altruistic physicians receive higher industry payments and respond more to financial incentives in prescribing:
@basucally.bsky.social, Jing (jingliuw.wixsite.com/mysite) & I link experimental and admin data to show that less altruistic physicians receive higher industry payments and respond more to financial incentives in prescribing:
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👀
Hello friends!
Come work with wonderful Public Health colleagues at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, in beautiful O'ahu.
4 faculty openings (3 TT) in social & behavioral sciences, health policy, epidemiology, & public health:
bit.ly/ophs_jobs
Please share!
Come work with wonderful Public Health colleagues at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, in beautiful O'ahu.
4 faculty openings (3 TT) in social & behavioral sciences, health policy, epidemiology, & public health:
bit.ly/ophs_jobs
Please share!
February 8, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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HHS spent $33B is funding (98%NIH) in 2023. With current average indirect rate of 30%, seems like a $4B funding shock coming to universities in the US!
I return, I hope total NIH budget is raised by at least that much & certain F&A items allowed to be budgeted under direct costs with justification!
I return, I hope total NIH budget is raised by at least that much & certain F&A items allowed to be budgeted under direct costs with justification!
February 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
HHS spent $33B is funding (98%NIH) in 2023. With current average indirect rate of 30%, seems like a $4B funding shock coming to universities in the US!
I return, I hope total NIH budget is raised by at least that much & certain F&A items allowed to be budgeted under direct costs with justification!
I return, I hope total NIH budget is raised by at least that much & certain F&A items allowed to be budgeted under direct costs with justification!
And don’t be fooled by the fact the NH industry runs on a thin profit margin. Ashvin Gandhi and Andrew Olenski’s excellent work shows how NH industry tunnels nearly 70% of its profits and keeps them hidden!!
www.nber.org/papers/w32258
www.nber.org/papers/w32258
Tunneling and Hidden Profits in Health Care
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
February 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
And don’t be fooled by the fact the NH industry runs on a thin profit margin. Ashvin Gandhi and Andrew Olenski’s excellent work shows how NH industry tunnels nearly 70% of its profits and keeps them hidden!!
www.nber.org/papers/w32258
www.nber.org/papers/w32258
Imp. points raised by Norma Coe and @rachelwerner.bsky.social on the importance of preserving regulations ensuring minimum staffing requirements in the NH industry.. these regulation have been shown to save 13000 lives per year, lives from our own family.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/o...
Opinion | Nursing Homes Owe More to Their Residents
New rules requiring increased staffing and care are under attack.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Imp. points raised by Norma Coe and @rachelwerner.bsky.social on the importance of preserving regulations ensuring minimum staffing requirements in the NH industry.. these regulation have been shown to save 13000 lives per year, lives from our own family.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/o...
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Thoughtful opinion piece in the NY Times by Rachel Werner and Norma Coe at @pennldi.bsky.social on the reason we want the proposed nursing home staffing regulations to be upheld. The industry is fighting to have them rescinded, which is not good for our loved ones.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/o...
Opinion | Nursing Homes Owe More to Their Residents
New rules requiring increased staffing and care are under attack.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Thoughtful opinion piece in the NY Times by Rachel Werner and Norma Coe at @pennldi.bsky.social on the reason we want the proposed nursing home staffing regulations to be upheld. The industry is fighting to have them rescinded, which is not good for our loved ones.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/o...
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I'm leading a mixtape session on IV in two weeks. Scott was nice enough to write about it here causalinf.substack.com/p/peter-hull...
Sign up here! www.mixtapesessions.io/session/iv_f...
Sign up here! www.mixtapesessions.io/session/iv_f...
Peter Hull Teaches Instrumental Variables
Greetings everyone!
causalinf.substack.com
January 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I'm leading a mixtape session on IV in two weeks. Scott was nice enough to write about it here causalinf.substack.com/p/peter-hull...
Sign up here! www.mixtapesessions.io/session/iv_f...
Sign up here! www.mixtapesessions.io/session/iv_f...
But none of them finally answer the question, how does one detect price gouging and regulate them..without knowing reference market prices, which, if known, can be used for controls…
January 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
But none of them finally answer the question, how does one detect price gouging and regulate them..without knowing reference market prices, which, if known, can be used for controls…
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#MedSky #IDSky #PublicHealth
There is a widespread outbreak of #norovirus, a GI virus that causes projectile vomiting & profuse diarrhea usually lasting 24-48 hrs. Wastewater levels nationwide in 🇺🇸 are high. It’s miserable & incredibly contagious. So many friends are texting SOS, so here’s a 🧵. /1
There is a widespread outbreak of #norovirus, a GI virus that causes projectile vomiting & profuse diarrhea usually lasting 24-48 hrs. Wastewater levels nationwide in 🇺🇸 are high. It’s miserable & incredibly contagious. So many friends are texting SOS, so here’s a 🧵. /1
January 5, 2025 at 1:31 AM
#MedSky #IDSky #PublicHealth
There is a widespread outbreak of #norovirus, a GI virus that causes projectile vomiting & profuse diarrhea usually lasting 24-48 hrs. Wastewater levels nationwide in 🇺🇸 are high. It’s miserable & incredibly contagious. So many friends are texting SOS, so here’s a 🧵. /1
There is a widespread outbreak of #norovirus, a GI virus that causes projectile vomiting & profuse diarrhea usually lasting 24-48 hrs. Wastewater levels nationwide in 🇺🇸 are high. It’s miserable & incredibly contagious. So many friends are texting SOS, so here’s a 🧵. /1
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Ended 2024 with my reflection on the admin hassles patients face everyday in the US health system and a call for gen AI solutions to prioritize patients (rather than profits). I have many more thoughts than ~700 words allow, but hope it's a conversation starter.
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/frus...
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/frus...
Frustrated by medical bills and phone trees? AI might help | Op-Ed
Artificial intelligence could be a way forward to help patients and providers in our frustrating health care system.
www.seattletimes.com
January 1, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Ended 2024 with my reflection on the admin hassles patients face everyday in the US health system and a call for gen AI solutions to prioritize patients (rather than profits). I have many more thoughts than ~700 words allow, but hope it's a conversation starter.
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/frus...
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/frus...