skin-subs: expanded grey literature + deeper snowball chasing #259

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opened 2026-03-25 19:31:21 +00:00 by kert · 0 comments
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Objective

Expand the evidence base beyond the current 30 grey lit docs and 2,415 snowball articles.

Grey Literature Gaps

  • PACER court filings: full superseding indictments, plea agreements, sentencing memos for Jenson, Gehrke, Vohra, Nasser, Patel
  • State AG enforcement: state-level fraud cases (NY, FL, TX, AZ)
  • CMS Transmittals: specific claims processing instructions for skin subs
  • MAC articles: contractor-specific billing guidance and educational materials
  • FDA 510(k) summaries and PMA decisions for key products
  • Congressional testimony: House Ways & Means, Senate Finance hearings on Medicare fraud
  • DOJ whistleblower complaints (qui tam actions under FCA)
  • Industry financial disclosures: Organogenesis, MiMedx SEC filings

Deeper Snowball

  • Backward snowball: parse reference lists from included RCTs and reviews
  • Second-generation forward snowball: citations of snowball articles
  • Cross-database: Cochrane Library, CINAHL, Embase for missed articles
  • Google Scholar: grey literature and conference proceedings
  • Preprints: medRxiv, bioRxiv for unpublished analyses

Method

  • Use Zotero Connector for manual grey lit capture
  • NCBI elink for additional snowball rounds
  • Cochrane Library API for systematic reviews
  • Tag all additions with source:snowball-2 or source:grey-lit-expanded
## Objective Expand the evidence base beyond the current 30 grey lit docs and 2,415 snowball articles. ## Grey Literature Gaps - [ ] PACER court filings: full superseding indictments, plea agreements, sentencing memos for Jenson, Gehrke, Vohra, Nasser, Patel - [ ] State AG enforcement: state-level fraud cases (NY, FL, TX, AZ) - [ ] CMS Transmittals: specific claims processing instructions for skin subs - [ ] MAC articles: contractor-specific billing guidance and educational materials - [ ] FDA 510(k) summaries and PMA decisions for key products - [ ] Congressional testimony: House Ways & Means, Senate Finance hearings on Medicare fraud - [ ] DOJ whistleblower complaints (qui tam actions under FCA) - [ ] Industry financial disclosures: Organogenesis, MiMedx SEC filings ## Deeper Snowball - [ ] Backward snowball: parse reference lists from included RCTs and reviews - [ ] Second-generation forward snowball: citations of snowball articles - [ ] Cross-database: Cochrane Library, CINAHL, Embase for missed articles - [ ] Google Scholar: grey literature and conference proceedings - [ ] Preprints: medRxiv, bioRxiv for unpublished analyses ## Method - Use Zotero Connector for manual grey lit capture - NCBI elink for additional snowball rounds - Cochrane Library API for systematic reviews - Tag all additions with `source:snowball-2` or `source:grey-lit-expanded`
kert added this to the P29: Skin Substitutes — predatory pricing, distribution, and utilization analysis milestone 2026-03-25 19:31:54 +00:00
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Reference: homelab/stack#259