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Expanding Access To Palliative Care Services: The Tide Is Turning
Two recent announcements by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) demonstrate a clear commitment to improving the quality of care for older adults with serious illnesses. Together with the introduction of a bipartisan bill to better train...
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Thu, Aug 06 2015 8:25 AM
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Don’t Repeal the “Cadillac Tax” On High Cost Health Plans
Since the beginnings of employer-sponsored health insurance (ESI), employer contributions have been excluded from both income and payroll taxes, without limit (“the exclusion”). The Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) so-called “Cadillac Tax”—a nickname...
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Wed, Aug 05 2015 10:48 AM
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Alain Enthoven
Nurse Practitioners Can Increase Treatment Accessibility For Opioid Addiction
Rates of opioid and first time heroin use have reached epidemic proportions in many American cities. While it may come as a surprise, almost 10 percent of full-time U.S. workers 18-64 years are dependent on, or have abused illicit substances and alcohol...
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Wed, Aug 05 2015 6:40 AM
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2015 White House Conference On Aging: What Happened And What Was Missing
In July, the White House held its sixth Conference on Aging . The conference team took a modern approach to community engagement and reframed the dialogue on aging, by weaving older people—with and without daily needs—into the mainstream of daily American...
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Tue, Aug 04 2015 12:04 PM
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GrantWatch
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White House Conference on Aging
Breaking Down Health Silos From Baltimore To Aspen
Editor’s note: This article is part of a series of blog posts by leaders in health and health care who participated in Spotlight Health from June 25-28, the opening segment of the Aspen Ideas Festival . This year’s theme was Smart Solutions to the World...
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Tue, Aug 04 2015 10:08 AM
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Spotlight Health
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Aspen Ideas Festival
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Baltimore riots
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B’More for Healthy Babies
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fentanyl-related overdose deaths
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Baltimore City Health Department
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Leana Wen
In Pursuit Of Hospital Quality: Creating Effective Performance Measures And Transparency In Health Care
When Garrison Keillor of “ Prairie Home Companion ” fame welcomes his radio audience to Lake Wobegon, his fictional Minnesota town, he describes it as a place where, “all the children are above average.” When one of us or our loved ones goes to a hospital...
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Tue, Aug 04 2015 6:27 AM
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IOM
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Charles Kahn
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Health Affairs’ August Issue: Hospital Quality And Care
The August issue of Health Affairs contains a cluster of articles focusing on hospital quality and care. Other subjects covered in this variety issue: ways state vaccine exemption laws affect disease outbreaks; how states with strong health insurance...
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Mon, Aug 03 2015 3:27 PM
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Elsewhere@ Health Affairs
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super-utilizers
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pay-per-performance
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vaccination laws
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Health Affairs August Issue
A More Cohesive Home: Integrating Primary And Palliative Care For Seriously Ill Patients
Treatment for Mr. M’s advanced heart failure was no longer extending or improving his life. He was becoming increasingly short of breath and confused -and hospital stays provided only short-term relief. Mr. M’s cardiologist contacted Dr. P, his long-time...
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Mon, Aug 03 2015 6:43 AM
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Health Professionals
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Long-term Services and Supports
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integrated care
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Ravi Parikh
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patient-centered medical homes
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Dying in America
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