Medicare Part D Facts Keep Getting in the Way of Politics
It’s campaign season, so that means we’re seeing an escalation in the number of politicians who insist that the federal government must involve itself in “negotiating” prices for the Medicare Part D...
View ArticleMuch to Applaud as Health Exchange Open Enrollment Season Begins
The open enrollment season for the federal health insurance exchange begins tomorrow, November 1, and runs through December 15 for coverage that will become effective at the start of 2019. Consumers...
View ArticleCongress Poised to Step Up for Medical Innovation
In a city as divided along partisan lines as Washington, D.C. is these days, you don’t often come across a legislative idea that wins broad support from both sides of the aisle. The fact that a...
View ArticleImporting Prescription Drugs Will Create More Problems than it Solves
Several years ago, there was a significant push in Congress to allow wholesale importation of prescription drugs from other countries into the United States. The Healthcare Leadership Council found...
View ArticleNational Obesity Care Week: Behind the Scenes of Obesity
September 16-20 is National Obesity Care Week (NOCW). NOCW is a source for science-based information on obesity. More than 93 million Americans are affected by obesity, with an estimated cost of $480...
View ArticleThe Necessary Next Step in the Battle Against Substance Addiction
One area in which we have seen a great deal of bipartisanship in Washington is in the effort to prevent and treat substance use disorder. In 2018, Congress passed groundbreaking legislation by...
View ArticleLeading Hospital CEO Addresses Data Interoperability
Massive amounts of healthcare data are collected across the nation, and as technology advances the question of how to use it has continued to be a discussion. There have been hearings on Capitol Hill...
View ArticleGuest Post: The Underutilization of Prevention
Robert Popovian is Vice President of U.S. Government Relations at Pfizer One of the most underutilized ways to reduce medical costs in the U.S. is health care prevention. Unfortunately, politicians...
View ArticleAddressing the Bacterial Infection Threat That Can Complicate Covid-19 Cases
Dr. Julie Gerberding, former head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and today an executive vice president for Merck for strategic communications, global public policy, and population...
View ArticleThe Systemic Flaw that is Health Inequity
During times of crisis, a point of structural weakness becomes glaringly visible and vulnerable. The COVID-19 pandemic has placed a spotlight on the inequities that exist in this country when it comes...
View ArticleNonessential Care Is Essential
An op-ed appeared in the New York Times entitled, “How Many More Will Die From Fear of the Coronavirus?” Written by Cleveland Clinic chief executive and president Dr. Tomislav Mihaljevic and Mayo...
View ArticleThe Meaning of Personalized Healthcare
Personalized medicine is one of the very popular buzzphrases in healthcare, but not everyone has a complete understanding of what personalized healthcare means for patients, the healthcare system and...
View ArticleOn the Precipice of a Major Stride in Healthcare Progress
It actually seems elementary when you think about it. To deliver the best possible and most cost-efficient care to patients, particularly those with complex chronic conditions, it is essential for all...
View ArticleEnhance and Expand Access to Vaccines
With progress continuing on development of a vaccine for COVID-19, conversations are taking place over the best strategies for distributing a vaccine, once approved, to millions of Americans. In the...
View ArticleAn Innovative Approach in Minnesota to Close the Gap Between Mental Health...
It has always been important to improve access to treatment for mental health and substance use disorders. Now it’s imperative. Even before the arrival of COVID-19, national numbers raised serious...
View ArticleThe Extraordinary Pandemic Efforts You Didn’t See
America is well aware of the heroic work performed throughout the COVID-19 pandemic by physicians, nurses and other front line healthcare professionals, tirelessly handling a rapidly escalating number...
View ArticleTime to Discuss a “Health Equity Moonshot”
This month, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee held a hearing on the health inequities witnessed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The topics discussed in that hearing...
View ArticleWaiving Patent Protections for Vaccines is a Damaging and Short-Sighted Move
Biopharmaceutical companies are receiving justified praise for the rapid speed with which they produced effective vaccines against COVID-19, offering hope for a return to normalcy from a pandemic that...
View ArticleImproving Patient Care by Applying Lessons Learned from a Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic and its social distancing requirements have necessitated changes in the delivery of healthcare over the past 14 months. As we begin to transition back to normalcy, policymakers...
View ArticleInvesting in Non-Traditional Access to Care
Even before COVID-19, our healthcare system was evolving to expand remote and in-home care. The pandemic has underscored the importance of providing quality care to people where they are. Leading by...
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