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TRANSPERS is the premier research organization for developing evidence-based information about the use of precision medicine: coverage, economics, stakeholders. We address key issues around the access, quality, and value of precision medicine.
Nearly 1 in 3 insurance denials for cancer genetic testing overturned on appeal, finds new @ucsf-transpers.bsky.social
study of 941 cases across 4 states. Results reveal gaps between payer policies and clinical guidelines. @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social
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study of 941 cases across 4 states. Results reveal gaps between payer policies and clinical guidelines. @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social
www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...
Health Affairs Journal
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December 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Nearly 1 in 3 insurance denials for cancer genetic testing overturned on appeal, finds new @ucsf-transpers.bsky.social
study of 941 cases across 4 states. Results reveal gaps between payer policies and clinical guidelines. @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social
www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...
study of 941 cases across 4 states. Results reveal gaps between payer policies and clinical guidelines. @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social
www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...
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Excited to announce 1st paper in new Health Affairs Scholar Series #HAS @Health_Affairs by @TuftsCEVR. For almost 20 years, CEVR has been leader on issues pertaining to value, cost-effectiveness, and risk tradeoffs in health care decisions. Watch for more! academic.oup.com/healthaffair...
The unintended consequences of the inflation reduction act on biosimilar market incentives and Medicare savings
AbstractIntroduction. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) authorizes Medicare price negotiation but includes a “special rule” deferring negotiation for biolo
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December 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Excited to announce 1st paper in new Health Affairs Scholar Series #HAS @Health_Affairs by @TuftsCEVR. For almost 20 years, CEVR has been leader on issues pertaining to value, cost-effectiveness, and risk tradeoffs in health care decisions. Watch for more! academic.oup.com/healthaffair...
@ucsf-transpers.bsky.social Center Director @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social to give lecture on Wednesday, December 10 titled “Science Into Policy: Searching for the Holy Grail”
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Faculty Research Lecture in Social, Behavioral, and Health Policy Sciences 3rd | UCSF Academic Senate
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December 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
@ucsf-transpers.bsky.social Center Director @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social to give lecture on Wednesday, December 10 titled “Science Into Policy: Searching for the Holy Grail”
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We need to listen to scientific experts and former FDA commissioners @robcaliff.bsky.social et al! A Threat to Evidence-Based Vaccine Policy and Public Health Security at the FDA | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
A Threat to Evidence-Based Vaccine Policy and Public Health Security at the FDA | NEJM
Twelve former commissioners of the FDA express concern that the agency’s recent moves will undermine a regulatory model designed to ensure vaccine safety, effectiveness, and availability.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
We need to listen to scientific experts and former FDA commissioners @robcaliff.bsky.social et al! A Threat to Evidence-Based Vaccine Policy and Public Health Security at the FDA | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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“No one should have to walk through those moments alone...my hope is that my art becomes a quiet companion to the viewers, something that shines light when your world might feel dark.” Allison Leeds on her @ucsfhealth.bsky.social Art for Recovery SFMOMA piece
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UCSF cancer patients showcase artwork at SFMOMA
The exhibit launched late last month and will run until April.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
“No one should have to walk through those moments alone...my hope is that my art becomes a quiet companion to the viewers, something that shines light when your world might feel dark.” Allison Leeds on her @ucsfhealth.bsky.social Art for Recovery SFMOMA piece
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@bobwachter.bsky.social makes key points!
Precision Medicine – making clinical decisions based on nuanced analyses of patients' personal characteristics, including genetics – has been "just around the corner" for >30 years. In my new Substack, I describe why AI is poised to deliver on the promise.
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Can AI Finally Deliver on Precision Medicine’s Promise?
Yes, But Only If We Nail Both the Biology and Decision Support
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November 16, 2025 at 9:56 PM
@bobwachter.bsky.social makes key points!
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Amid attacks on such work, NIH-led research links structural racism to increased heart disease www.statnews.com/2025/10/31/s... via @statnews.com
Amid attacks on such work, NIH-led research links structural racism to increased heart disease
NIH-led research on structural racism was published Friday, even as the Trump administration has cancelled and discredited such work.
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November 9, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Amid attacks on such work, NIH-led research links structural racism to increased heart disease www.statnews.com/2025/10/31/s... via @statnews.com
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#HAScholar @Health_Affairs announces fast-track submission pathway and diverse and flexible article types that enable Health Affairs family to remain on cutting edge of evidence-based policy. Health Affairs Scholar Expands Its Reach to Meet Today’s Needs academic.oup.com/healthaffair...
Health Affairs Scholar Expands Its Reach with Fast-Tracked Peer Review and New Article Formats to Meet Today’s Needs
William B Feldman, MD, DPhil, MPH, Kathryn A Phillips, PhD, Donald E Metz; Health Affairs Scholar Expands Its Reach with Fast-Tracked Peer Review and New A
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October 29, 2025 at 11:26 PM
#HAScholar @Health_Affairs announces fast-track submission pathway and diverse and flexible article types that enable Health Affairs family to remain on cutting edge of evidence-based policy. Health Affairs Scholar Expands Its Reach to Meet Today’s Needs academic.oup.com/healthaffair...
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Excellent analysis that contributes to what we know beyond Medicare on this topic. Commercial Insurers Paid More For Procedures At Hospital Outpatient Departments Than At Ambulatory Surgical Centers | Health Affairs www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...
Commercial Insurers Paid More For Procedures At Hospital Outpatient Departments Than At Ambulatory Surgical Centers | Health Affairs Journal
Site neutrality in payment practices has become a salient issue in the US health care debate, as rising prices have brought increased pressure for policy action. Although Medicare has received disprop...
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October 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Excellent analysis that contributes to what we know beyond Medicare on this topic. Commercial Insurers Paid More For Procedures At Hospital Outpatient Departments Than At Ambulatory Surgical Centers | Health Affairs www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...
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Timely overview of important topic by @ritahamad.bsky.social #HAScholar @Health_Affairs. Social Policies as Determinants of Health: New Evidence, Ongoing Challenges, and Future Pathways url: academic.oup.com/healthaffair...
Social Policies as Determinants of Health: New Evidence, Ongoing Challenges, and Future Pathways
Abstract. Despite acknowledgment that social and economic policies fundamentally shape health, persistent geographic and sociodemographic inequities in the
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October 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Timely overview of important topic by @ritahamad.bsky.social #HAScholar @Health_Affairs. Social Policies as Determinants of Health: New Evidence, Ongoing Challenges, and Future Pathways url: academic.oup.com/healthaffair...
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Useful! Provenance and Funding of Extremely Cited Biomedical Articles Published Between 2003 and 2024 url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Provenance and Funding of Extremely Cited Biomedical Articles Published Between 2003 and 2024
This cross-sectional study explores the origin and funding of top-cited biomedical publications with regard to numbers of articles originating in the US and supported by the National Institutes of Hea...
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October 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Useful! Provenance and Funding of Extremely Cited Biomedical Articles Published Between 2003 and 2024 url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Here's where behavioral economics and the great insights of Daniel Kahneman (who I learned so much from when I took his class at UC-Berkeley) could be useful....
An opinion about the need to better understand the framing and decision making that impacts so much of preventive public health--"habits" and inconveniences to prevent low probability, but high impact future events in return for some up front risk.
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Interventions for Low-Probability Events
Recently, I have been struggling to understand why so few people have taken the updated COVID booster when the benefit-risk calculation seems so straightforward.
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September 27, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Here's where behavioral economics and the great insights of Daniel Kahneman (who I learned so much from when I took his class at UC-Berkeley) could be useful....
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Details on demands by Trump Administration to UCLA that could have far-reaching and long-lasting implications for entire UC system. dailybruin.com/2025/09/15/t...
Trump administration makes demands for UCLA policy changes in exchange for funding - Daily Bruin
The Trump administration is seeking to exert control over several of UCLA’s admissions, protest and health care policies in exchange for the university’s research funding, according to a draft settlem...
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September 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Details on demands by Trump Administration to UCLA that could have far-reaching and long-lasting implications for entire UC system. dailybruin.com/2025/09/15/t...
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An old adage is that US health care policymaking is so complex that even good ideas cannot get enacted. Alas, we have now the reverse: legislation so bad that even those who voted for it wish it was reversed.
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The Worst Piece of Health Care Legislation Ever
This JAMA forum discusses the cuts to US health care spending in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and their impacts on Medicare and Medicaid recipients, physicians, and hospitals, particularly those in ...
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August 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
An old adage is that US health care policymaking is so complex that even good ideas cannot get enacted. Alas, we have now the reverse: legislation so bad that even those who voted for it wish it was reversed.
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The federal government’s $1B demand is designed for one purpose and one purpose only: to devastate @UCLA and its critical mission. Join me and #StandUpForUC to defend @uofcalifornia and support its life-saving work. www.universityofcalifornia.edu/get-involved...
Stand Up for UC
The federal government’s demand of $1 billion from UCLA puts the entire University of California system at risk. Stand with us to protect UC.
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August 27, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The federal government’s $1B demand is designed for one purpose and one purpose only: to devastate @UCLA and its critical mission. Join me and #StandUpForUC to defend @uofcalifornia and support its life-saving work. www.universityofcalifornia.edu/get-involved...
Excited to announce that a TRANSPERS paper on expedited approvals and guidelines has been published @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social @ucsf-transpers.bsky.social
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Comparison of Food and Drug Administration expedited approvals and guideline updates: A case study of immune checkpoint inhibitors in colon cancer care
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August 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Excited to announce that a TRANSPERS paper on expedited approvals and guidelines has been published @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social @ucsf-transpers.bsky.social
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Excited to be able to publish this in Health Affairs Scholar #HA Scholar!
Important new findings led by @rand.org colleague Erin Taylor in @healthaffairs.bsky.social : More older Americans are battling opioid addiction. In 2020, Medicare made it easier to get treatment—did it help? Find out below! (Paper link at end)
August 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Excited to be able to publish this in Health Affairs Scholar #HA Scholar!
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Honored to be interviewed for newsletter: " Health economist. Policy innovator. Thought leader in precision medicine" pharmacy.ucsf.edu/news/2025/07...
Synthesizing Science, Policy, and Precision Medicine: A Conversation with Kathryn A. Phillips, PhD
July 28, 2025 · The founder and director of the UCSF Center for Translational and Policy Research on Precision Medicine (TRANSPERS), who is receiving the UCSF Academic Senate Faculty Research Lecture,...
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August 9, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Honored to be interviewed for newsletter: " Health economist. Policy innovator. Thought leader in precision medicine" pharmacy.ucsf.edu/news/2025/07...
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@MaryWoolleyRA - who has been my inspiration for her dedication to advancing science - is stepping down from @ResearchAmerica after 35 years. Read about her many accomplishments & contributions. She will be missed. t.co/czmoOCakGX
https://www.researchamerica.org/marys-letters/as-american-as-science/
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August 4, 2025 at 1:35 AM
@MaryWoolleyRA - who has been my inspiration for her dedication to advancing science - is stepping down from @ResearchAmerica after 35 years. Read about her many accomplishments & contributions. She will be missed. t.co/czmoOCakGX
Read the latest TRANSPERS news on Cost-Effectiveness and Equity, Awards, Arctic Adventures, and more conta.cc/3H95Pty
July 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Read the latest TRANSPERS news on Cost-Effectiveness and Equity, Awards, Arctic Adventures, and more conta.cc/3H95Pty
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Very insightful article with more nuances than title suggests. Cites @robcaliff.bsky.social
Https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/magazine/fda-collapse-rfk-kennedy.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
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Inside the Collapse of the F.D.A.
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July 21, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Very insightful article with more nuances than title suggests. Cites @robcaliff.bsky.social
Https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/magazine/fda-collapse-rfk-kennedy.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
Https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/magazine/fda-collapse-rfk-kennedy.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
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Excited that our National Academies report on aligning spending w/ therapeutic needs - after a year of work - is being released! @theNASEM Webinar 7/15 - register here. www.nationalacademies.org/event/45333_...
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July 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Excited that our National Academies report on aligning spending w/ therapeutic needs - after a year of work - is being released! @theNASEM Webinar 7/15 - register here. www.nationalacademies.org/event/45333_...