Trump/Musk killed AHRQ, but in a sense, the death has been playing out over 25 years. Recalling 4 eras of the agency and my dream for its eventual rebirth.
In the debate about price vs utilization as the main driver of geographic variation in cost of care, I say don’t get distracted from innovation.
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.
Physicians want fewer quality measures, but more might be better if it motivates core process improvement rather than “studying for the test”
CMS Innovation Center engages in linguistic manipulation and health economics denialism in new definition of “VBC”
What should we do when there is a clash between two noble goals: consumer transparency and quality improvement? Five proposed principles.
CDC’s new $200M Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics mistakenly frames modeling efforts as “forecasting.” It should be all about policy decision support.
Oncology Care Model failure calls for rethinking our approach to real, sustainable improvement in specialty care
Trump/Musk killed AHRQ, but in a sense, the death has been playing out over 25 years. Recalling 4 eras of the agency and my dream for its eventual rebirth. Dr. Ward April 8, 2025
In the debate about price vs utilization as the main driver of geographic variation in cost of care, I say don’t get distracted from innovation. Dr. Ward February 21, 2025
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. Dr. Ward November 20, 2024
Anthem and other Blue MA Plans are worse than traditional Medicare in use of Low Value Services Dr. Ward November 3, 2024
Physicians want fewer quality measures, but more might be better if it motivates core process improvement rather than “studying for the test” Dr. Ward August 28, 2024
The squeezing-the-balloon fallacy: Why savings from site-of-care shifts are wildly overestimated Dr. Ward August 24, 2024
