- How Cato would reform Medicare.
- Study: physical fitness is associated with lower mortality from cardiovascular disease, cancer and even accidents. (speculative)
- Meta-analysis: cutting back on social media use does not conclusively lead to meaningful improvements in youth mental health.
- AAF: Senate attempts to cut Medicare Advantage funding are a mistake.
- Trump now opposes Medicaid money laundering by the states (taxing providers and then giving the money back after it is matched) that got a big boost during his first administration.
Category: News and Events
A Mathematician Found a Way to Boost Hospital Efficiency, but Doctors Hated It
Back in the 1990s Ukrainian émigré, Eugene Litvak, began studying operations management in hospitals to figure out how to make them more efficient. Dr. Litvak, a mathematics PhD, found that random ER visits were not responsible for ER overcrowding, surgeries were.
Tuesday Links
Asian patients were 13.3 percentage points more likely to have their claim denials reversed and Hispanic patients were 5.7 percent more likely than non-Hispanic Whites. AI program displays mathematical genius. “That’s frightening,” one mathematician said. HT: Tyler CBO: Immigration since 2021 has cost state and local governments $10.1billion. US R&D tax incentives: we are “roughly 20 percent…