Michael L. Barnett

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health policy researcher, primary care physician, dad

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New study claiming that discharging stable COVID patients to nursing homes early in the pandemic probably led to more cases. The flip side, as those who were there remember, is that we couldn't take care of non-COVID patients if we didn't do this. Pandemics are truly a no-win situation all round.

Clinical Outcomes After Admission of Patients With COVID-19 to SNFsjamanetwork.com This cohort study evaluates the changes in COVID-19 case counts and death rates among residents of skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) weeks before and

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Showed this to my ER Dr. Spouse, he said “You know what we get for National Doctors Day? Free coffee and a bagel. Know what we get every day? Free coffee and bagels. What a joke.”

Big day for me. Physician burnout has been averted for another 12 months with a gift of an MGB branded lunch box and socks for national doctors day! Prior auths, piles of disability forms, huge referral wait lists and absent specialists, no problem.

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I quit Twitter after seeing a tweet that I posted then deleted got dragged on EJMR. I realized that the anxiety and disruption outweigh any joys that I used to have, so I unplugged my account. I will reactivate at some point to keep my account, but don't plan to come back in foreseeable future.

This letter to CMS from AcademyHealth about the data access debacle is quite good I think academyhealth.org/sites/defaul...

I feel like if a ONE BILLION dollar donation was made to another institution or maybe by a more famous billionaire it would not be buried deep on the @nytimes.com site. This is incredible news! www.nytimes.com/2024/02/26/n...

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"New CMS rules will throttle access researchers need to Medicare, Medicaid data" Excellent piece from Rachel Werner now out in @statnews.bsky.social

New CMS rules will throttle access researchers need to Medicare, Medicaid datawww.statnews.com Sleuthing with Medicare’s data is suddenly in jeopardy.

This is a total disaster!

Just got the email from CMS that they are planning to discontinue physical access to the Medicare/Medicaid research files and force everyone to use the (incredibly expensive) VRDC. In the transition, they'll charge physical data users $10K/year to renew DUAs. This is bad.

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Seiji Ozawa, the high-spirited Japanese conductor who led the Boston Symphony Orchestra for 29 years, died at 88. nyti.ms/3Sxerfq

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Have a new paper: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... Bottom line: in an emulated trial, benzodiazepine discontinuation was associated with small absolute *increases* in mortality and other harms, including nonfatal overdose, suicide attempt, suicidal ideation, and emergency department visits.

My first ... ?tweet ?post ?fluffy cloud in a blue sky? I'll learn the new vernacular soon. Please share so I can find my old twitter friends! tagging a few folks I could find in case you're willing to amplify @yhgrad.bsky.social @adrianna.bsky.social @wsbgnl.bsky.social @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social

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