Eugene Lin
@eugelin06
Assistant Professor of Medicine at USC, Nephrology; Schaeffer Center Clinical Fellow; Health Policy Nerd
While health regulations are usually well intentioned they often are poorly implemented Dialysis is a prime example of regulation perpetuating a consolidated industry with no market competition, poor outcomes &price gouging New @Health_Affairs Forefront 🧵1/ (link to follow)
In their new Forefront article, @eugelin06, @GeBaiDC, and Erin Trish from @KECKSchool_USC, @JohnsHopkins, and @USCSchaeffer discuss how end-stage renal disease should serve as a cautionary tale for policy makers seeking to avoid the pitfalls of poorly designed policy.…
340b masquerades as a safety net program, but instead transfers cash from the poor to the wealthy and from tax payers to hospital executives. Great read from @GeBaiDC on another example of regulations resulting in financial engineering over real healthcare
Full text of my article @Forbes: Cancer Patients Are Overmedicated To Enrich Health Systems, Study Claims Are patients being prescribed more medications not for their health, but to generate profit? A new economic study published in The Journal of Health Economics reveals that…
When is #NephJC returning to X? I boycotted Best Buy for many years after I was wronged by warranty service, but I eventually returned.
In a study of people on Medicare on maintenance hemodialysis, preoperative decreases in Kt/V(urea) were associated with postoperative mortality. kidney.pub/KID0874 #ASNKidney360
Policy makers beware: government technocracy can cripple an entire sector of healthcare
With @eugelin06 @erinetrish, our article @Health_Affairs Forefront: How Regulatory Failures Have Crippled Dialysis Care Regulatory failures are the primary driver of the disappointing state of US dialysis care, which is primarily funded by Medicare and heavily regulated. It…
How do out-of-pocket (OOP) costs at the point of pharmacy affect access to medications? In a paper @JAMAHealthForum (with Jillian Caldwell & others), we examine @CMSGov TDAPA policy and show that it improved access to calcimimetics likely by reducing OOP 🧵1/ (LINK at end)