Bridgette Thom
@bthomphd.bsky.social
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#Priorauthorization #UtilizationManagement for costly 2nd-line 💊 is understandable but nearly one-half of plans have quantity limits for generic ondansetron, a cheap ($16 for 60 8mg tabs) & effective 1st-line drug
Make this make sense.
#fixPriorAuth
@michaelannica.bsky.social
@jamanetworkopen.com
Make this make sense.
#fixPriorAuth
@michaelannica.bsky.social
@jamanetworkopen.com
Prior Authorization, Quantity Limits, and Step Therapy for Antiemetics
This cross-sectional study evaluates whether antiemetic drugs for patients with cancer who have Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace or Medicaid plans are subject to utilizatio...
jamanetwork.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
#Priorauthorization #UtilizationManagement for costly 2nd-line 💊 is understandable but nearly one-half of plans have quantity limits for generic ondansetron, a cheap ($16 for 60 8mg tabs) & effective 1st-line drug
Make this make sense.
#fixPriorAuth
@michaelannica.bsky.social
@jamanetworkopen.com
Make this make sense.
#fixPriorAuth
@michaelannica.bsky.social
@jamanetworkopen.com
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Surely this will be the payment that finally gets the extortionist to stop demanding money
Columbia Agrees to $200 Million Fine to Settle Fight With Trump
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Surely this will be the payment that finally gets the extortionist to stop demanding money
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It’s so weird how we’re all just working like this is still a normal country.
March 31, 2025 at 9:25 PM
It’s so weird how we’re all just working like this is still a normal country.
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I thought this was Boston. But, it's Greenland.
March 28, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I thought this was Boston. But, it's Greenland.
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White House says no one will be fired over the Signal scandal because no one involved was trying to cure cancer.
March 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
White House says no one will be fired over the Signal scandal because no one involved was trying to cure cancer.
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Democrats need to make this an ad and just play on repeat until 2026
BREAKING: Trump's billionaire Commerce Secretary says that seniors won't care if they don't get their Social Security checks — and that anyone who does complain is a fraudster.
March 21, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Democrats need to make this an ad and just play on repeat until 2026
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Medicaid accounted for 19% of all spending on hospital care in 2023, or $283 billion out of $1.5 trillion.
Absorbing cuts in Medicaid spending could be challenging for hospitals and may accelerate the pace of hospital closures, including in rural areas. on.kff.org/41HDoKR
Absorbing cuts in Medicaid spending could be challenging for hospitals and may accelerate the pace of hospital closures, including in rural areas. on.kff.org/41HDoKR
March 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Medicaid accounted for 19% of all spending on hospital care in 2023, or $283 billion out of $1.5 trillion.
Absorbing cuts in Medicaid spending could be challenging for hospitals and may accelerate the pace of hospital closures, including in rural areas. on.kff.org/41HDoKR
Absorbing cuts in Medicaid spending could be challenging for hospitals and may accelerate the pace of hospital closures, including in rural areas. on.kff.org/41HDoKR
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NIH terminates ongoing grants for LGBTQ+ research
NIH terminates ongoing grants for LGBTQ+ research
Saying that "research programs based on gender identity are often unscientific," the agency wrote to scientists to cancel current grants.
buff.ly
March 4, 2025 at 3:30 AM
NIH terminates ongoing grants for LGBTQ+ research
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Striking how easily you can get millions of people to vote for a boot on their own face just by lying to them about the boot going on someone else's face.
February 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Striking how easily you can get millions of people to vote for a boot on their own face just by lying to them about the boot going on someone else's face.
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MEDICAID Basics
Over 50% of the spending for Medicaid goes to cover those with DISABILITIES and the AGED
38% of those on Medicaid are CHILDREN. /1
Over 50% of the spending for Medicaid goes to cover those with DISABILITIES and the AGED
38% of those on Medicaid are CHILDREN. /1
February 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM
MEDICAID Basics
Over 50% of the spending for Medicaid goes to cover those with DISABILITIES and the AGED
38% of those on Medicaid are CHILDREN. /1
Over 50% of the spending for Medicaid goes to cover those with DISABILITIES and the AGED
38% of those on Medicaid are CHILDREN. /1
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February 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s idea of efficiency is stopping research on curing cancer.
February 14, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s idea of efficiency is stopping research on curing cancer.
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I hate it here.
‼️ The National Park Service has REMOVED mentions of transgender people being involved with Stonewall. Not only did the remove the world "Transgender" but changed "LGBTQ+" to "LGBQ+".
The federal government is attempting to erase us and take away our history.
This pride, we riot.
The federal government is attempting to erase us and take away our history.
This pride, we riot.
February 13, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I hate it here.
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If only that breast cancer commercial ended with a notice about all the research funding cuts the current administration is pushing through and how it has immediate negative impacts on breast cancer research and screening.
February 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
If only that breast cancer commercial ended with a notice about all the research funding cuts the current administration is pushing through and how it has immediate negative impacts on breast cancer research and screening.
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The NIH capping the indirect cost rate (IDC) for grants at 15% can best be described as a direct assault on Universities. It’s such a bureaucratic, innocuous sounding thing that actually means that research universities will be kneecapped. Thousands of employees across the US will lose their jobs.
February 8, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The NIH capping the indirect cost rate (IDC) for grants at 15% can best be described as a direct assault on Universities. It’s such a bureaucratic, innocuous sounding thing that actually means that research universities will be kneecapped. Thousands of employees across the US will lose their jobs.
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February 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Nothing to see here…
January 31, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Nothing to see here…
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I hear there are stories coming, but putting the brakes on our country’s world-leading medical research system feels like a five alarm fire and I don’t see a newspaper that even has it on the front page yet
Shutting down medical research — not just within NIH, but everywhere that’s funded by NIH — will have long-term effects on medicine & short-term effects on state, higher education & hospital budgets. This affects all of us, not just researchers.
The assault on NIH is a test for how the national media covers the Trump admin: Trump is shutting down medical research!
That is easy to communicate. Will they treat it as a 5 alarm fire in a way that forces the government to respond, or will they downplay & caveat it?
That is easy to communicate. Will they treat it as a 5 alarm fire in a way that forces the government to respond, or will they downplay & caveat it?
January 23, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I hear there are stories coming, but putting the brakes on our country’s world-leading medical research system feels like a five alarm fire and I don’t see a newspaper that even has it on the front page yet
I have so many questions for the PI
January 15, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I have so many questions for the PI