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Pediatrician Dr. Niran Al-Agba Discusses Gun Violence (Via In Part Her Columbine Experience) (April 12th)
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Including the February 14th shooting at Marjory Stoneman HS in Parkland Florida that killed seventeen students and teachers, there have now…
8 years, 1 month ago
The Reverend Patricia Lyons Discusses the Administration's Proposed Protection of Religious Beliefs and Moral Convictions Rule: March 26th
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In January the Trump administration published a proposed DHHS rule titled, "Protecting Statutory Conscience Rights in Health Care, Delegati…
8 years, 2 months ago
Author Timothy Hoff Discusses His Latest Work: "Next In Line: Lowered Care Expectations in the Age of Retail - and Value Based Health" (March 14th)
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During this 29-minute interview, Professor Timothy Hoff discusses moreover what market factors explain or are driving the degradation of th…
8 years, 2 months ago
Author Jonathan Engel Discusses His Recent Work, "Unaffordable: American Healthcare From Johnson to Trump" (March 9th)
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During this 30-minute interview Professor Engel discusses moreover why, as he notes, US healthcare is "uniquely dysfunctional," and "laden …
8 years, 2 months ago
Unpacking BPCI, CMS' New Bundled Payment Demonstration: An Interview with Dave Terry (February 28th)
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This past January 9th CMS announced Bundled Payment for Care Improvement (BPCI) Advanced. This five-year Medicare bundled or episode-based…
8 years, 3 months ago
The Trump Administration's Decision to Require Employment as a Medicaid Coverage Prerequisite: An Interview with Prof. Sara Rosenbaum (February 21st)
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In a letter last March to state Medicaid directors by then DHHS Secretary Tom Price and CMS Administrator Seema Verma telegraph the adminis…
8 years, 3 months ago
Misuse of Antipsychotics Continues to Harm and Kill Thousands of Nursing Facility Residents: An Interview With Ms. Hannah Flamm (February 15th)
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In early February the Human Rights Watch (HRW) published, "'They Want Docile': How Nursing Homes in the US Over-medicate People with Dement…
8 years, 3 months ago
Mitigating the Opioid Crisis Via Abuse Deterrent Prescribing Practices: An Interview with Dr. Steven Passik (February 9th)
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Fatalities related opioid use now account for over two-thirds of all drug overdoses annually, over 60,000, in the US. Approximately 115 Am…
8 years, 3 months ago
Will Trump's Global Gag Rule Lead to More Abortions and Maternal Deaths: An Interview with Jonathan Rucks (January 29th)
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A year ago last week the President Trump signed an executive order reinstituting the so called global gag rule (more formally termed the Me…
8 years, 4 months ago
Kristen O'Brien Discusses the Final 2018 MACRA Rule (December 18th)
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This past November 16 CMS published the agency's final 2018 MACRA (Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act) rule (at 661 federal regis…
8 years, 5 months ago