Donna Friedsam - UW Health Policy

08/17/2018

WI waiver approval by imminent, including a compromise on drug testing requirement. reports

The changes, involving work requirements and questions about drug use, could push tens of thousands of people off coverage.

08/15/2018

Ana Gupte of bullish on large hospital and Medicaid managed care plans as investments and potential for profitability.

08/15/2018

Ana Gupte of bullish on large hospital and Medicaid managed care plans as investments and potential for profitability.

08/15/2018

Commercial and employer health care markets are out of favor with Wall Street because they are not growing - It's Medicaid and Medicare stocks that are growing, says the opening speaker.

08/15/2018

Wheels up -- we're heading south today for in Jacksonville! Stay tuned tomorrow and Friday for updates from your intrepid tweeters from the Health Policy Team, and follow for more...

“ starts tomorrow in Jacksonville, FL. Register now or follow our tweets and posts at https://t.co/PCIHDLWZ2V to learn about innovative state health policy solutions.”

08/02/2018

Important for scientists (and physicians, and nurses, and pharmacists, etc.) to build their policy chops, and see themselves as actors in the policy world. Check out this talk next week from alumna on as one avenue to do this...

“On Monday, Aug. 6, graduate alumna will be on campus through for a talk on her experience as a at ! https://t.co/zrbsbQiVTb ”

07/31/2018

Nice post from Sherry Glied on blog on "tensions" researchers need to consider in policy arena:
1. "Fuzzy" or evolving policy goals
2. Importance of mechanisms of policy change
3. Tension between evidence & anecdote

“How can researchers address the “unpredictable and messy world of politics” to reach lawmakers? Sherry Glied, dean of and researcher, explains how: https://t.co/gCGUG9kVGD”

07/27/2018

Fun session this AM with students working internships at through the LEAP Forward program. Talked about how to insert themselves as students and citizens in policy dialogue. Thanks and for the invite.

Learn, Experience, Advance, and Participate within the LEAP Forward Internship program. LEAP Forward is a 6 week internship program hosted by UW-Madison in collaboration with the Madison Metropolitan School District. This program is geared towards rising 10th grade students who have an interest in e...

07/19/2018

Just finished watching the event on the current state of evidence-based policymaking, aligned the release of the current Annals on that subject. Have a couple thoughts (apologies for the long thread) (1/9)

“Thanks for joining us for our event on . Check back here for full video from the event and more: https://t.co/YlNrRKTepm”

07/19/2018

Live webinar now from "Evidence-based policy: How is it faring in the Trump era?"

the Brookings Institution will host an event to mark the publication of a collection of papers on evidence-based policy in the July 2018 volume of The ANNALS...

07/17/2018

Been fun following from afar (and not dealing with DC's 117% humidity). I'll pull out a couple tweets with ideas we hit when talking state health policy with faculty and students here at ...

“Opening session for Cohort 1 ! We’re learning from policymakers who use research in their decision making ”

07/11/2018

Hello twitter - I (the Friedsam half of the tweeters on this account) have been away for a while. So here a something of a tweet storm of various items, ICYMI