Transforming Health Care: Insights From Industry Leaders on Health Equity and Policy
September 25th 2023At the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Oncology Policy Summit, prominent figures in the health care industry from diverse organizations emphasized a commitment to advancing health equity and addressing pressing social and health disparities.
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New CMS Models Target Transformation to Address Need for Health Equity
September 21st 2023"CMS cannot do this alone. We have to do this in partnership. So really thinking about providers and beneficiaries and how we do this together," Ellen Lukens, MPH, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, explained.
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Catherine Nester Discusses the BeginNGS Tool for Newborn Rare Disease Screening Awareness
August 25th 2023Catherine Nester, RN, vice president of physician and patient strategies at Inozyme Pharma, highlights the importance of newborn screening for rare diseases and the impact of the BeginNGS diagnostic tool.
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Neighborhood Opportunities Linked to Child Well-Being in Primary Care
August 24th 2023Results reveal living in neighborhoods with very high Childhood Opportunity Index (COI) scores is linked with elevated odds of being up to date on preventive visits and immunizations when compared with those living in neighborhoods with very low COI scores.
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Quality vs Convenience: Rural Cancer Patients Weigh Options for Surgical Care
August 17th 2023“Our study suggests that narrowly focusing on hospital volumes and tying that to insurance reimbursement might mask complexities and trade-offs in achieving the goal of optimizing patient outcomes and experiences,” lead co-author Lindsay Sabik, PhD, says.
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Catherine Nester, RN, Discusses the Advancement of the BeginNGS Screening Program
August 11th 2023The BeginNGS program added 23 new founding members to the consortium and expanded to include 31 additional genetic disorders in its second phase screening, totaling 419 treatable genetic disorders.
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