CMS Redesigns ACO Model to Provide Better Care for People with Traditional Medicare

Mar 10, 2022 at 10:42 am by Staff

  Global and Professional Direct Contracting Model Transitioning to ACO Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health (REACH) Model   Building on the Biden-.... Read More

Desperate for Cash: Programs for People with Disabilities Still Not Seeing Federal Funds

Mar 10, 2022 at 10:25 am by Staff

By Lauren Weber and Andy Miller, Kaiser Health News LILBURN, Ga. — Matthew Southern, 35, who has intellectual and developmental disabilities, is abl.... Read More

Calls to Overhaul Methadone Distribution Intensify, but Clinics Resist

Mar 10, 2022 at 10:14 am by Staff

By Markian Hawryluk, Kaiser Health News Days typically start early for patients undergoing opioid addiction treatment at Denver Recovery Group’s six methadone.... Read More

Charts Paint a Grim Picture 2 Years Into the Coronavirus Pandemic

Mar 10, 2022 at 10:12 am by Staff

By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact, Kaiser Health News  The coronavirus pandemic is now stretching into its third year, a grim milestone that calls for another look.... Read More

The CDC’s New Guidelines on Covid Risk and Masking Send Confounding Signals

Mar 10, 2022 at 10:09 am by Staff

By Colleen DeGuzman, Kaiser Health News When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last month unveiled updated covid-19 guidelines that relaxed m.... Read More

It All Starts in the Mouth

Mar 10, 2022 at 09:00 am by Staff

By Kenneth D. Smith, Ph.D. Dental and medical care have always been separate systems, despite calls dating back to the 19th century to integrate them to improve access. The m.... Read More

AMA Launches Network to Bolster Equitable Health Innovation

Mar 09, 2022 at 09:21 pm by Staff

  New initiative offers health industry an innovation platform committed to equitable investments and solutions benefitting historically marginalized communities  .... Read More

Vanderbilt LifeFlight Moves Airplane to Lebanon Municipal Airport

Mar 09, 2022 at 09:09 pm by Staff

  Lebanon (Tenn.) - Vanderbilt LifeFlight has moved its fixed wing air ambulance from the Nashville International Airport to the Lebanon Municipal Airport. The move com.... Read More

Family Physicians Optimistic About New Developments in Asthma Treatment

Mar 09, 2022 at 09:02 pm by Staff

Study aims to reduce asthma-related health disparities in Black and Latinx populations Twenty-five million Americans battle asthma, with many experiencing complications.... Read More

Vanderbilt's Women in Radiology Program Boosts Department Diversity in Five-Year Study

Mar 09, 2022 at 08:48 pm by Staff

  Structuring a program to intentionally support women radiologists leads to improved workplace gender equity and career satisfaction for women as well as a positive dep.... Read More