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Michael Chernew

@Michael_Chernew

Health Economist. Professor, Harvard Medical School. Tweets reflect my views alone and not those of any organization I am affiliated with, including MedPAC

Boston, MA Katılım Nisan 2014
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NIHCM@NIHCMfoundation·
#NIHCM's March newsletter features an exclusive interview with Anna Zink, Michael Chernew, and Hannah Neprash, exploring the adoption of an AI-enabled clinical service and its impact on heart disease diagnoses.  Read here: bit.ly/NIHCMMar26news… #NIHCM #AI @annalzink @Michael_Chernew
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Michael Chernew@Michael_Chernew·
People asked me if prices not driving inflation, why care about prices. They still may be too high (if prices are consistently x% too high, they won’t drive growth, but we should still look to lower them). There are opportunities. But don’t forget volume/mix/ coding etc.
Health Affairs@Health_Affairs

Despite the attention to prices and insurer profits, the main driver of spending growth is greater volume and intensity of care. | Forefront @Michael_Chernew | @harvardmed healthaffairs.org/content/forefr…

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Michael Chernew@Michael_Chernew·
Reducing medical spend w/o reducing value should include efforts to reduce use of low value care. Coverage policy (w/reasonable enforcement) can get us part way there, but given nuances of defining low value, incentives to practice care efficiently should play an important role.
Health Affairs@Health_Affairs

Targeted approaches to cost containment (for example, focusing on low-value services or inappropriately high-price services) avoid the potential deleterious consequences of broad, poorly targeted cost containment strategies. | Forefront @Michael_Chernew, et al. | @harvardmed healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/for…

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MedPAC
MedPAC@medicarepayment·
Looking for some more summer reading? Today, MedPAC released its July 2025 data book on Health Care Spending and the Medicare Program! Find it on our website here: bit.ly/MedPACJuly2025…
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MedPAC
MedPAC@medicarepayment·
It's commissioner announcement day! Congratulations to our newly appointed Vice Chair, newly appointed commissioners, and re-appointed commissioners. GAO's announcement can be found here: gao.gov/press-release/…
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Michael Chernew@Michael_Chernew·
Great to see this out. Core points: (1) admin costs are big deal (2) often reflect activities that add value in our system (3) addressing inherent health care problems with less admin cost while preserving values is important but views on the role of gov vs tech will vary
Health Affairs@Health_Affairs

In their new Forefront article, @Michael_Chernew and Karisa Lasoff from @harvardmed describe the challenges inherent in health care markets, how our approach to addressing those challenges contributes to high administrative costs, and how modest policy-based guardrails can help mitigate administrative costs while maintaining the structure and values of our system. healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/for…

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MedPAC@medicarepayment·
Last public meeting of the cycle! MedPAC's April public meeting will be April 10-11th. Topics include: PFS, PDPs/MA-PDs, MA supplemental benefits, effect of MA on rural hospitals, SaaS, Hospice/ESRD, and nursing homes. Register here: bit.ly/MedPACApril202…
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Michael Chernew@Michael_Chernew·
I am pretty familiar with what’s in the @medicarepayment report. I still learn a lot from this thread. I hope more people than @Farzad_MD’s mom read it. (If you do make it through that will Make sense)
Farzad Mostashari@Farzad_MD

1/ I love reading the annual March MedPAC report to Congress on Medicare Payment Policy such good, clear data and policy thinking. kudos to @medicarepayment staff and chair @Michael_Chernew I'll post some thoughts/highlights as I read through this morning

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MedPAC@medicarepayment·
It's finally here! Today, MedPAC published its March 2025 Report to the Congress. Find the full report on our website here: bit.ly/March2025Repor… Happy reading!
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Leslie V. Gordon
Leslie V. Gordon@MedicareSentry·
Today, the @USGAO Comptroller General testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform about the 2025 High Risk List. As in past years, the #Medicare program is designated as high risk due to its size, complexity, and susceptibility to improper payments.
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Heidi L. Williams
Heidi L. Williams@heidilwilliams_·
Recently, CBO, CRS, and MedPAC have identified opportunities for PhD students to collaborate on non-partisan economic policy research. CBO’s (unfunded) dissertation fellows program is one example: phg.tbe.taleo.net/phg03/ats/care…
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MedPAC
MedPAC@medicarepayment·
MedPAC will host its first public meeting of 2025 on January 16-17. Commissioners will vote on payment adequacy recommendations and discuss additional topics including: Part D, MA, ASCs, IPFs, and CAHs. Register/view agenda here: bit.ly/MedPACJan2025a…
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Michael Chernew@Michael_Chernew·
2/2 Three main thoughts 1. Overall inflation adjusted prices for care in US likely have been falling. 2. Not enough attention to the value of care. 3. The NHE (gold standard of health care spending), misses a lot of important costs and may UNDERESTIMATE the burden of the system.
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Michael Chernew@Michael_Chernew·
I am very interested in how these models interact with other vbp models. The way budgets are set and how they grow must be key. In any case evaluations will be interesting. healthaffairs.org/content/forefr….
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