Attending #ISPOR2024 ? Check out our panel on FDA advisory committees - this Sun, 5/5, 5:30-6:30, Rm A411, Congress Center

- Joseph Daval, JD, Program On Regulation, Therapeutics, And Law
- Sean Tunis, MD, Rubix Health
- me USC Price School USC Schaeffer Center

Moderator: David Howard (David Howard) Emory Public Health

Very sad to learn of the death of my friend and influence Dan Dennett. Clear, witty, brave, deep, generous, fun. (Many of the obit notices flatten his ideas; I plan to write my own.) nytimes.com/2024/04/19/boo…

I just learned from his assistant that Daniel Dennett
has passed away. I know he was very controversial to many. But to me he was a teacher and (later) a good friend. I will miss him dearly.

I'm really looking forward to this talk!
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Anna Kaltenboeck Tim Anderson Audrey D. Zhang (@audreydzhang.bsky.social) Dan hartung Colleen Carey Kosuke Inoue Yusuke Tsugawa Jing Li 李婧 JeahJung Stacie Dusetzina Genevieve Kanter, PhD

When DaVinci doles out $300,000,000 to providers over 9 years the barrier to entry is extraordinarily high. Medtronic is going to need deep pockets for Hugo to fly

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I was so lucky to be able to have Danny Kahneman as a best friend and collaborator for decades. He usually ended our conversations with 'to be continued...' but I now have to simulate his part which is impossible. My favorite image of us 'working'.

On a day of unfathomable grief, with the loss of Danny Kahneman, here's a happy moment. He was so, so, so happy when Richard H Thaler got the Nobel.

Legally, nonprofit hospitals don't have to spend money on charity care/community investment

But since they get tax breaks...shouldn't they?

And should research, Medicare shortfall and GME count?

Some hospitals fall far short on this spending, study says
statnews.com/2024/03/26/non…

In latest @CapAndFreedom ep, Steve Levitt talks his career & retiring as The University of Chicago prof while still leading RISC & Freakonomics. We talk applied economics, Chicago econ dept (price theory failure, macro success, personalities), Freakonomics origin & more podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ste…

Abstracts for the AcademyHealth Health Economics Interest Group session at ARM 2024 due this Friday, Mar 8, 5 pm ET.

Info here: academyhealth.org/sites/default/….
Submit abstracts here: forms.gle/qNGcPA2NzqoFrm…

Molly Moore Jeffery, PhD MPP Kevin Griffith Monica Aswani

Webinar! 'Selected Low or No Cost Federal Data for Research'
Monday, Feb 26, 2024, 12 - 1 pm ET

Panelists will describe selected low-cost/free data sources from CMS, AHRQ, NCHS, and NIH.

Register here: medtronic.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Molly Moore Jeffery, PhD MPP Kevin Griffith Monica Aswani

We recently joined Keck Medicine of USC in hosting Food Foolery, an enlightening discussion with leading experts on separating nutritional truths from trendy myths.

Read more and check out the entire discussion here: uscprice.page/3OD5csQ

Genevieve Kanter, PhD l Harvard Medical School | Center for Science in the Public Interest

USC launches major new institute with $59 million gift. 'There are times in the life of a university when a vision and an opportunity align to become a powerful force to serve the public good.' - Carol Folt CC: USC Price School USC Schaeffer Center
today.usc.edu/new-usc-schaef…

New: Cognito raises $35 million for Alzheimer’s treatment device, touts benefits compared to drugs statnews.com/2024/01/29/med…

Join us for a lively webinar on food and dieting (moderated by me):

We will unpack facts vs. fake news with experts from Keck Medicine of USC Harvard Medical School Center for Science in the Public Interest and news outlets.

Tue, Jan 30, 3-4 pm ET (12-1 pm PT).
Details:
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USC Price School USC Schaeffer Center

The financial sector is transforming our health system. @Victorroy, Colleen Grogan, and I explain what it means and why it matters in NEJM.

nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Economists typically prescribe prices for allocation of scarce resources. But price system directs resources to those who can pay the most, not those who need the most. Prices also ignore consumption externalities.

We revisit a basic question: How to allocate scarce resources?

We all mourn the untimely death of Dr. Sidney Wolfe, a leader, activist, public health champion, and mentor and inspiration to so many, including me, who never accepted injustice or commercial influence in medicine and always fought for patients citizen.org/news/public-ci…

Blockbuster Alzheimer’s paper retracted by former Stanford president after a decade of resistance | Marc Tessier-Lavigne had declined to withdraw the paper as recently as this summer, when he resigned as president | The Stanford Daily
stanforddaily.com/2023/12/31/blo…

Happy New Year! Kirill @Borusyak and I have a New (short) Paper on the infamous 'negative weights' issue recently raised for TWFE and other popular OLS/IV specifications

dropbox.com/scl/fi/gfvv9bu…

Here's an (even shorter) summary thread