Kathleen Teixeira

@KathleenTeixei2

health care advocate, yogi, foodie, dog lover, masters swimmer, sometime runner, Boston sports fan, music lover, nutrition & wellness addict. Tweets are my own.

Washington, DC

Joined January 2014

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Kathleen Teixeira@KathleenTeixei2 · Apr 30

THANK you @SenSusanCollins & @SenMurray for your leadership in holding this hearing today on biomedical research & your strong opposition for slashing NIH & capping indirect costs at 15% - which defies Congress. @AmerGastroAssn supports your efforts. 🧪🔬

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Kathleen Teixeira@KathleenTeixei2 · Mar 21

NCQA Is Developing a New HEDIS Measure for Colorectal Cancer Screening Follow-Up - NCQA ⁦@AmerGastroAssn⁩ is proud to be partnering on this initiative to better measure the need for timely follow up to colo after + stool test. ncqa.org/blog/ncqa-deve…

KathleenTeixei2's tweet card. NCQA is developing a new HEDIS measure to improve follow-up care for patients with abnormal colorectal cancer screening results.

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Kathleen Teixeira@KathleenTeixei2 · Jul 16

Thank you ⁦@RepHerbConaway⁩ for tackling misinformation of science 🧪, support for NIH research 🔬 and protecting patients ⁦@SpecialtyDocs⁩

KathleenTeixei2's tweet image. Thank you ⁦@RepHerbConaway⁩ for tackling misinformation of science 🧪, support for NIH research 🔬 and protecting patients ⁦@SpecialtyDocs⁩

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Kathleen Teixeira@KathleenTeixei2 · Jul 16

Honored to hear from ⁦@RepKimSchrier⁩ and her ongoing support for science 🧪, addressing misinformation on vaccine safety & fighting for physicians and patients ⁦@SpecialtyDocs⁩

KathleenTeixei2's tweet image. Honored to hear from ⁦@RepKimSchrier⁩ and her ongoing support for science 🧪, addressing misinformation on vaccine safety &amp; fighting for physicians and patients ⁦@SpecialtyDocs⁩

Kathleen Teixeira@KathleenTeixei2 · Jul 16

Thanks ⁦@RepMMM⁩ for your support of prior auth and step therapy reform and pushing for Medicare physician payment reform ⁦@SpecialtyDocs⁩

KathleenTeixei2's tweet image. Thanks ⁦@RepMMM⁩ for your support of prior auth and step therapy reform and pushing for Medicare physician payment reform ⁦@SpecialtyDocs⁩

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Kathleen Teixeira@KathleenTeixei2 · Jul 16

Thank you ⁦@RepBuddyCarter⁩ for being a champion of PBM reform and for speaking to ⁦@SpecialtyDocs⁩ this morning. #ASMFLYIN

KathleenTeixei2's tweet image. Thank you ⁦@RepBuddyCarter⁩ for being a champion of PBM reform and for speaking to ⁦@SpecialtyDocs⁩ this morning. #ASMFLYIN

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Kathleen Teixeira@KathleenTeixei2 · Jul 15

Listening to Steven Posnack speak about the evolution of AI and its intersection with clinical practice. #ASMFLYIN

KathleenTeixei2's tweet image. Listening to Steven Posnack speak about the evolution of AI and its intersection with clinical practice. #ASMFLYIN

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Kathleen Teixeira@KathleenTeixei2 · Jul 9

So much for "radical transparency" HHS backtracks on pledge to disclose new vaccine advisers’ conflicts of interest statnews.com/2025/07/09/ken… via @statnews

KathleenTeixei2's tweet card. RFK Jr. has pledged radical transparency, but his vaccine advisers' financial disclosures aren't public.

Kathleen Teixeira@KathleenTeixei2 · Jul 9

Seems to be a pattern & we know what's next. Ironically, they were scheduled to discuss diet & exercise & heart disease. I would think this would be something that would interest him but I guess its not about making people healthy. medpagetoday.com/washington-wat…

KathleenTeixei2's tweet card. Move raises concern that the task force may face a similar fate as CDC's federal vaccine advisors

Kathleen Teixeira@KathleenTeixei2 · May 5

Happening now! ⁦@AmerGastroAssn⁩ #gastrosquad come hear ⁦@ShaziaMSiddique⁩ ⁦@jessicakormanmd⁩ speak on ways you can advocate for GI, science 🧬 & patients. #HandsOffNIH #FixMedicareNow

KathleenTeixei2's tweet image. Happening now! ⁦@AmerGastroAssn⁩ #gastrosquad come hear ⁦@ShaziaMSiddique⁩ ⁦@jessicakormanmd⁩ speak on ways you can advocate for GI, science 🧬 &amp; patients. #HandsOffNIH #FixMedicareNow

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American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)@AmerGastroAssn · May 5

“Our president who never really left” as best said by @ibddocmaria. Congratulations to this year’s Julius Friedenwald Medal recipient, David Lieberman! 🎉 Thank you for your innumerable contributions to GI!

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Kathleen Teixeira@KathleenTeixei2 · May 5

We can't lose our best & brightest. We have to fight Trump's 40% cut to NIH. nytimes.com/2025/05/05/wor… via @NYTimes

KathleenTeixei2's tweet card. The continent’s leaders are hoping to benefit as the Trump administration cuts support for research and threatens universities such as Harvard and Columbia with the freezing of federal funds.

Kathleen Teixeira@KathleenTeixei2 · May 4

Come on over to ⁦@AmerGastroAssn⁩ Central for our practice spotlight on obesity.

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Kathleen Teixeira@KathleenTeixei2 · May 4

Come hear @LarryKimMD speak to ⁦@GastroHealthDoc⁩ about her experience setting up her obesity practice and how ⁦@AmerGastroAssn⁩ is advocating for patients and their access to full treatment of obesity care.

KathleenTeixei2's tweet image. Come hear @LarryKimMD speak to ⁦@GastroHealthDoc⁩ about her experience setting up her obesity practice and how ⁦@AmerGastroAssn⁩ is advocating for patients and their access to full treatment of obesity care.

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Kathleen Teixeira@KathleenTeixei2 · Mar 17

So much for the focus on chronic disease. NIH cancels funding for landmark diabetes study at a time of focus on chronic disease statnews.com/2025/03/17/tru… via @statnews

KathleenTeixei2's tweet card. The Trump administration has canceled funding for an ongoing 30-year, nationwide study tracking patients with prediabetes and diabetes, researchers said.

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Kathleen Teixeira@KathleenTeixei2 · Mar 14

The Republican funding bill cuts DoD cancer research by 57% 😳 This is devastating news for GI cancers like gastric, pancreas, liver which are some of the deadliest cancers. rollcall.com/2025/03/13/fea…

KathleenTeixei2's tweet card. The six-month continuing resolution before Congress would cut $1.2 billion from the Pentagon's health research into deadly diseases.

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Kathleen Teixeira@KathleenTeixei2 · Mar 11

The assault on science continues - so much our new HHS sec not being 'anti-vaccine.' How many more kids have to die of a preventable illness? washingtonpost.com/health/2025/03…

KathleenTeixei2's tweet card. The order covers more than 40 awards to researchers around the country seeking to understand why vaccine acceptance has declined.

Kathleen Teixeira@KathleenTeixei2 · Mar 10

Honored to be with these two rock stars 🌟 Champions for patients, physicians, researchers and science! Research is how we have come this far in preventing and treating CRC. We need more 💰for research 🔬

AAmerican Gastroenterological Association (AGA)@AmerGastroAssn · Mar 10

Great to have members of the #AGAGastroSquad here in D.C. to #PrioritizeCRC! We’re here to urge our elected officials to prioritize CRC screening and research funding to ensure better patient outcomes. 💪🏼💙

Kathleen Teixeira@KathleenTeixei2 · Mar 9

R's CR funds gov't for rest of fiscal year. But R leaders again fail to address cuts to Medicare for physicians. 2nd year in a row that Congress has cut physicians. Oh, cuts biomedical research too. So much for making America healthy. washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

KathleenTeixei2's tweet card. With less than a week to go before a March 14 shutdown deadline, it is not clear if Republicans have the votes to pass the continuing resolution unveiled Saturday.

Kathleen Teixeira@KathleenTeixei2 · Mar 9

The assault on science continues. The current CR would cut DoD's cancer research program that funds GI cancers. Enough is enough! 📣 Cancer doesn't care if you are a R or a Dem - we need research 🔬

KathleenTeixei2's tweet image. The assault on science continues. The current CR would cut DoD's cancer research program that funds GI cancers. Enough is enough! 📣 Cancer doesn't care if you are a R or a Dem - we need research 🔬

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