Thread by @A4Horg

⚠️ GROSS COI REVEALED: In an extraordinary and fantastically written investigative report, @theintercept's @rose_n_adams unveils how @UHC co-opted @zackcooperYale's #surprisemedicalbill study, all while #Congress embraced it as "academic" and "unbiased" work to write #SMB law.

https://twitter.com/rose_n_adams/status/1425117175501705217

1⃣ This lays bare how #UnitedHealth has manipulated #surprisebill "research" to enrich itself at the expense of all #patients and the frontline #medical providers risking their lives over the past few years of #Covid.

2⃣ The study was foundational in the #SMB debate, and...

...Congress was duped. We believe that Congressional #investigations are now warranted by the #House and #Senate #Judiciary Committees. @HouseJudiciary @JudiciaryDems

3⃣ This work from Prof. #Cooper and his @Yale team was cited *10 TIMES* in the first #regulation issued by...

...@USOPM, @USTreasury, @USDOL, and @HHSGov (IFR: Requirements Related to Surprise Billing; Part I).

4⃣ Compounding the problem, @nytimes' @sarahkliff (also cited in the IFR) and @sangerkatz ran with this grossly conflicted @NEJM report, generating deceptive national #media.

5⃣ Even #insurer friendly @BrookingsInst / @SchaefferCenter expert @LorenAdler appears to agree with us, stating, "Suggesting what you would say in the paper, I would say that's not normal."

6⃣ In terms of skewing the #data, UnitedHealth's chief actuary wrote in an e-mail...

..."It should be very good research, however, at present, only UHC data will be used." Need we say more?

7⃣ As #HHS, #CMS, #Treasury, #Labor, #OMB and other #Biden administration officials continue their work on the next #NoSurprisesAct regulations, it is essential that they...

...seriously reconsider this wildly misleading report which has been used by so many -- even including @USCBO to score -- in crafting this enormously consequential mandate. Ultimately, these regs must spell out a *FAIR #IDR* process, which not only treats providers and...

...#insurance companies equally, but also is free of influence by these types of underhanded "research" studies concocted by the nation's most powerful #health insurers.

#conflictofinterest #healthcare #medtwitter #hospitals #doctors #WashingtonDC #fairIDR $UNH @UnitedHealthGrp

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