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Continuing the Campaign for Increased Quality Measurement

March 13, 2014 March 13, 2014This month’s supplement edition of Medical Care…

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Identifying Roles and Maximizing Success in the Pursuit of Health and Wellness

Grappling as a country with the ins and outs of healthcare, we…

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Quantifying Quality in Healthcare

As a supporter of efforts to promote health and wellness by preventing…

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Medication Adherence: Taking Daily Steps for Healthier Outcomes

Managing chronic illness is not just about properly utilizing the healthcare options…

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Denying care? Concerns with Oregon’s Medicaid Coverage Guidelines

When a document guiding health coverage decisions contains the word "survival" and…

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AMA Declaration and Proposed Legislation Provides Additional Tools to Curb Obesity and Diabetes in Medicare

Today U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy, MD (R-06-LA) introduced a bipartisan bill focused…

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Poor Adherence Generates Higher Health Care Costs and Worse Health Outcomes

A new national survey commissioned by the Partnership for a Healthy America…

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Strengthening Medicare to Improve Outcomes

This week, I was invited to testify on Capitol Hill in front…

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Patient Engagement: Key Element Missing in Healthcare Decisions

We all are patients at some point and experience the challenges of…

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Innovations in Care Delivery Models and the Role of Physician Incentives

On Tuesday, the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD), in collaboration with…

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