BREAKING: Dr. Marty Makary is resigning as the FDA chief after angering health CEOs, vaping companies and anti-abortion groups, AP source says.
Providing evidence of strategic transfer pricing by vertically integrated health care firms in response to insurer profit regulations, from Pragya Kakani, Eric Yde, Genevieve P. Kanter, Richard G. Frank, and Amelia M. Bond www.nber.org/papers/w35043
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Some thoughts from me on conflicts of interest in advisory committees, published in NEJM.
TLDR: Gap between what public wants vs what govt can deliver is barrier to COI reform
Link (paywall): www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Some thoughts from me on conflicts of interest in advisory committees, published in NEJM.
TLDR: Gap between what public wants vs what govt can deliver is barrier to COI reform
Link (paywall): www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Full text: caterpillar-coyote-chxz.squarespace.com/s/Kanter-Con...
1. Govt defines COIs narrowly
2. AC members can have industry ties but not be identified as having COI
3. Public trust has declined b/c public equates industry ties with COI even tho official defns are narrower
4. Can't fix public trust through COI policies alone -- need transparency in HC ecosystem
It is with great sadness that we announce J. Craig Venter has died. š§Ŗš§¬
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A health technology company "built a business on scooping digital medical records of individual patients... and distributing the information to law firms." š®
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