Here’s the dirty secret of emergency medicine: We don’t have to do prior auth. Like ever. We just order what the patient needs, and the patient gets it done in the ED. But here’s why we care about prior auth anyways: B/c not a shift goes by where a patient doesn’t land in the

‼️ BREAKING Dopo 7 anni di indagini, la nave civile #Iuventa sequestrata e lasciata marcire, 24 vite in ostaggio, a #Trapani la maxi montatura giudiziaria contro il soccorso civile in mare finisce nell'ennesima bolla di sapone: TUTTƏ PROSCIOLTƏ perché "il fatto non sussiste."

Ecco il programma del festival internazionale dell'economia. Parleremo molto di intelligenza artificiale, ma non solo. Scopritelo al link qui sotto. Ci vediamo a Torino dal 30 maggio al 2 giugno

My Walmart team recently created a causality versus correlation memo for Walmart decisionmakers. I find causal reasoning the biggest chasm between the academy and organizations, whether governmental, non-profits, or for profits. Of course, I had to lead with an ocular view!

The lion's mane jellyfish is the largest known species of jellyfish, with tentacles as long as 30 meters (100 feet). 📽: Andrii Slonchak

Are you conducting an #RCT in health care delivery & want to make sure that it will be sufficiently powered? Check out this #ResearchResource for practical tips and guidance for conducting power calculations for health-related #RCTs: j-p.al/f9a #EconTwitter

Really amazing how much of the US healthcare workforce is made up by immigrants from the highest-paid to lowest-paid positions. MigrationPolicy Inst migrationpolicy.org/article/immigr…

There's an opening in my @ashecon session on incentivizing healthcare quality, Wednesday, June 19th, from 10:15-10:45 AM. If you or someone you know is interested in presenting a paper, please reach out! #ashecon2024 #sandiego ashecon.confex.com/ashecon/2024/m…

Most department seminar series are budget constrained. But presenting work in other departments is a crucial way for speakers to get feedback on their work and disseminate their ideas, and for everyone (speakers and the audience) to broaden their networks. This is most important

Bringing together Oleksandr Mykhed ’s day-by-day chronicles of the invasion of Ukraine with a chorus of other voices, #TheLanguageofWar is both a record, and a reckoning 👉 bit.ly/4c6K2wW

The beauty of wildlife - a thread 🧵 1. Dick Van Duijn captured the exact moment a squirrel stopped to smell a flower

📯New WP📯 Firms in most developed countries currently face (young) worker shortages due to population aging. I show that the decreased supply of young workers – who are particularly adept at learning new skills required for new tech - reduces firm technology adoption. Link 👇

Patti Ritter and I are organizing a session for #ASHECON2025 with the theme: Early-Life Exposure and Later-Life Mortality (or other health outcomes). 📩DM me or reply if interested. #ASHEcon #econtwitter #healtheconomics

I have an op-ed in the The New York Times today about how to reduce crime. The key idea, based on decades of strong research evidence: focus on increasing the probability of getting caught, not the punishment. nytimes.com/2024/12/07/opi…

Hello! We're looking for one more abstract to submit a session on Medicaid, staffing, long-term care, nursing homes, and payment models for #ASHEcon25. Feel free to DM me! #ashecon #econtwitter Markus Bjoerkheim

Tumbleweeds are the dried remains of a flowering plant that has detached from its roots to disperse seeds. 📽: Jason Winters

Striking new RCT from Marcella Alsan & Crystal Yang showing that requiring accredited healthcare providers reduces recidivism and mortality in US jails.

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