My New Blog Post: In response to a JAMA Viewpoint offering 4 principles for public health post COVID, I say yes, but we need a 5th principle – Science staying in its lane. rewardhealth.com/archives/3842

New Blog Post: Time for a temporarily privatized CDC policymaking process, sponsored and funded by provider & payor organizations, professional societies and states. rewardhealth.com/archives/3784

My new blog post: Where Group Dynamics meets Analysis and Design: The importance of conceptual clarity and acknowledgement of complexity. rewardhealth.com/archives/3768 Includes success tactics for your group processes such as strategic planning, new product development, process improvement, etc.

My new blog post: Trump/Musk killed the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) last week. But, in a sense, the death has been playing out over 25 years. I recall 4 eras of the agency and my dream for it's eventual rebirth. rewardhealth.com/archives/3756

The squeezing-the-balloon fallacy: Why savings from site-of-care shifts are wildly overestimated. rewardhealth.com/archives/3646

Physicians want fewer quality measures, but more might be better if it motivates core process improvement rather than “studying for the test” rewardhealth.com/archives/3670

Anthem and other Blue MA Plans are worse than traditional Medicare in use of Low Value Services. rewardhealth.com/archives/3720

Recent nomination of anti-science leaders for HHS and CMS is a wake-up call. We need to defend science by staying in our lane to rebuild trust and objectivity. rewardhealth.com/archives/3732

I share your respect for McNutt, but I do think her point is both important and necessary at this critical time, when we are experiencing a surge in anti-science rhetoric and misinformation. Scientists should stay in our lane to build trust and objectivity. rewardhealth.com/archives/3732