Michel Boudreaux

Job opportunity - come and join our incredible research team led by Maria Steenland at UMD as a health data analyst - partial or full telework will be considered. Happy to answer any questions over email, info here: umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/j... #healthpolicy

Tracking Census Dataset Changes See when the U.S. Census Bureau adds or removes datasets.

The Census Bureau APIs added 1 dataset: 2024/sipp
See the full tracker: www.hrecht.com/census-api-d...

The 2024 uninsured rate held steady at 8%, statistically unchanged from 2023 & 2022, according to Census’ Current Population Survey (CPS). But looking ahead, 15 million more ppl will be uninsured under the R megabill and other policies. See our live blog on today’s Census data: tinyurl.com/bdfadufc

Trump says he wants to make D.C. parks great again. That might be harder than he thinks Residents say the federal government has long created more problems than solutions for the city’s green spaces.

“It’s very analogous to all the other things we’re seeing,” says the author of a 2023 report on the state of federal parks in the city. “The federal government is not set up to run the city of Washington, D.C.”

Assistant/Associate Professor (2 Vacancies)

I am chairing the search for two (2) Tenure Track positions at the Department of Health Services, Policy and Management at
@uscarnoldschool.bsky.social

We are looking to move relatively fast so please get your applications in quickly

#HealthPolicy
#AcademicSky

uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/194...

Working people across DC showed up to make clear: We are united. We are strong. We are powerful. We are loud! #FreeDC

We're building power to make DC’s demand for full democratic representation un-ignorable. Our communities deserve dignity, respect, and self-determination. Join the effort to win it. #FreeDC

There is a CPS supplement on work scheduling. Not sure what all it has.

Canadian wildfires are bringing terrible air pollution into the Midwest. Yesterday, Chicago had the worst air quality of any major city in the world.

Full Committee Markup of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Acts | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations United States Senate Committee on Appropriations

🧪 Senate appropriators say: NIH's budget gets a... boost!

Rather than 40% cut, NIH gets a $400M *increase* in the Senate committee bill for FY26 (about +1%).

"Congress has your back," said @murray.senate.gov.

ADVOCACY MATTERS! There's still a long road (esp in the House), so keep up pressure.

Heard from #AHRQ that the entire grants staff has been let go! They are unable to issue funds for grants already funded, let alone fund new grants. This is outrageous and will make Americans poorer and sicker. Why? A brief thread about just some recent AHRQ-funded research: #MedSky #HealthPolicy

AHRQ-funded research found that 40% of kids aren't getting evidence-based treatment for pneumonia. t.co/OfhoEo10Zp

AHRQ-funded researchers did a series of interventions on over 7.5 million radiology reports to reduce ambiguous/unnecessary recs for additional imaging while increasing useful recs 7-fold, leading to a 30% increase in follow-up of important findings. t.co/zWUC9K3LaK

AHRQ research found that 3/100 people hospitalized for a high risk problem were actually seen in the ED within the prior week, suggesting the diagnosis may have been missed, and illuminating ways in which we could try to avoid those misses. t.co/1a9X338rLs

AHRQ-funded researchers figured out how best to disinfect carpet to prevent spread of C. diff, which causes half a million infections in the US every year. t.co/d9JqqPhhsT

AHRQ funded a massive revision of national guidelines for assessing the safety and effectiveness of electronic health record design - a requirement for all hospitals and EHR developers that had not been updated since 2016. t.co/HAsAND16RD

AHRQ-funded researchers figured out an extremely reliable way to identify people who are incorrectly labeled as being allergic to penicillin, allowing them to get safer, more effective antibiotics. t.co/rWrAHwirEo

Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other ...

Health researchers take note:
If you use restricted use data for your work, you need to read (and respond to) this call for comments
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

cc @gregggonsalves.bsky.social

So good! Thanks!

A new paper using administrative income data finds evidence that Medicaid expansion differentially increased income among low-income adults in expansion states

academic.oup.com/healthaffair...

American Statistical Association The American Statistical Association is the world’s largest community of statisticians, the “Big Tent for Statistics.

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I'm running for #hpss chair of the American Statistical Association. It's been an honor to work with @amstatnews.bsky.social and @asa-scipol.bsky.social.
Members, see my statement and vote. Yes, I'm still here. I'm still in this if you are, too. #defendresearch #statssky #rstats

JUST IN: The Census Bureau's #2030Census Advisory Committee has been terminated by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who oversees the bureau, Arturo Vargas, the committee's chair, confirms to @npr.org. I've reached out to the press offices of the bureau and the Commerce Department for comment...

Study reveals racial and ethnic disparities in maternity care spending | University of Maryland | School of Public Health COLLEGE PARK, MD – A new study out today in JAMA Health Forum is the first to show that Blac

UMD study out today shows Black, Hispanic + Asian people with private insurance pay more out-of-pocket for maternity care than white people.
“Their average additional spending on medical care from pregnancy through postpartum is significantly more," said UMD's @rgourevitch.bsky.social
bit.ly/3Dd5QuA

CDC Shutters PRAMS Program on Maternal and Infant Health The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) is a federal data collection...

CDC Shutters PRAMS Program on Maternal and Infant Health talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/cdc-s...

Shoup Dogg!

Twenty Years of Coverage: An Enhanced Current Population Survey—1989–2008 To create a consistent time series to understand coverage trends by harmonizing 20 years of insurance coverage estimates from the Current Population Survey (CPS) that are an available public resource....

You can assume linear growth as in pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Curious how big of a jump you are seeing?

I'm confused. If IDC rate is now 15% on all existing NIH awards as of now, does the total award amount also change? Or do we now just have more allocated to direct costs? I'm guessing they intended the former, but arent total costs listed in the award documents and public disclosure (ie Reporter)?

Missed the 1% club, but gonna crush it in 2025. #MetroRewind

Are you an academic who is looking for an opportunity to try working outside of a university setting? Do you want to apply your expertise to improving policy? Apply for an OES fellowship! Everyone I know who’s done one *loved it*.

oes.gsa.gov/opps/

Been a while since i was in the weeds on this, but google me for my email and we can find a time to chat.