http://chpre.wordpress.com Policy. Research. Communication. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:32:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://chpre.wordpress.com http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/making-good-on-acos-promise-%e2%80%94-the-final-rule-for-the-medicare-shared-savings-program/ http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/making-good-on-acos-promise-%e2%80%94-the-final-rule-for-the-medicare-shared-savings-program/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:08:55 +0000 Shuchita Madan http://chpre.wordpress.com/?p=1121 The New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. Berwick provides his perspective on managing care by working in a team and ultimately improving the quality of care by setting up an accountable care organization (ACO). He highlights how the ACO rules have changed since they were released back in March after receiving about 1,200 comments on the rules from providers, organizations and other health care stakeholders. The comments focused on reducing the barriers to participate in an ACO (criteria and regulations to qualify and participate), reducing the financial barriers in setting up an ACO and lastly, maintaining patient choice.]]> http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/making-good-on-acos-promise-%e2%80%94-the-final-rule-for-the-medicare-shared-savings-program/feed/ 0 madans110 http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/ethics-form-on-ethical-obesity-policy-thursday-november-3/ http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/ethics-form-on-ethical-obesity-policy-thursday-november-3/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:48:55 +0000 Shuchita Madan http://chpre.wordpress.com/?p=1113 Angus Dawson is Professor of Public Health Ethics and Director of the Centre for Biomedical Ethics, University of Birmingham, UK. He joins us for our third Ethics Forum with his talk titled: “Ethical Obesity Policy”. ]]> http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/ethics-form-on-ethical-obesity-policy-thursday-november-3/feed/ 2 madans110 http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/happy-hour-with-new-student-chapter-of-academyhealth/ http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/happy-hour-with-new-student-chapter-of-academyhealth/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:32:23 +0000 Shuchita Madan http://chpre.wordpress.com/?p=1103 HappyHour 10-13-11 for more details. The officers will be there to answer questions about the chapter and give more information about the benefits of joining. ]]> http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/happy-hour-with-new-student-chapter-of-academyhealth/feed/ 0 madans110 http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/10/06/ethics-forum-hosted-by-the-center-for-health-policy-research-and-ethics/ http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/10/06/ethics-forum-hosted-by-the-center-for-health-policy-research-and-ethics/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:58:13 +0000 Shuchita Madan http://chpre.wordpress.com/?p=1089 The Center for Health Policy Research and Ethics is hosting the Ethics Forum organized by Dr. Lisa Eckenwiler, Director of Health Care Ethics. The forum takes place on Wednesday October 12 in the Dean's Conference room 434B, located in Robinson Hall B from 12pm to 1pm.]]> http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/10/06/ethics-forum-hosted-by-the-center-for-health-policy-research-and-ethics/feed/ 0 madans110 http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/10/06/upcoming-hap-and-chpre-seminar-series/ http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/10/06/upcoming-hap-and-chpre-seminar-series/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:51:35 +0000 Shuchita Madan http://chpre.wordpress.com/?p=1082 ]]> http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/10/06/upcoming-hap-and-chpre-seminar-series/feed/ 0 madans110 http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/09/02/what-should-you-be-reading-about-in-health-policy/ http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/09/02/what-should-you-be-reading-about-in-health-policy/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:10:10 +0000 Shuchita Madan http://chpre.wordpress.com/?p=1033 Healthcare.gov is a great resource not only to look at insurance options and learn about the health care law, but to also learn about individual states, and how much each state spends on treating chronic disease, and how much money can be saved with prevention initiatives. Additionally, the repeal of the health care law continues to move forward with the 11th circuit court concluding that the individual mandate is unconstitutional. To read more details on the decision, Kaiser provides a summary and links to the entire decision, The Health Care blog also has a good piece on the effects of the law if the individual mandate is not intact.]]> http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/09/02/what-should-you-be-reading-about-in-health-policy/feed/ 0 madans110 http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/08/26/chpre-founder-brigadier-general-hazel-johnson-brown-remembered/ http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/08/26/chpre-founder-brigadier-general-hazel-johnson-brown-remembered/#comments Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:24:00 +0000 Shuchita Madan http://chpre.wordpress.com/?p=1002 This post was taken from the College of Health and Human Resources. August 10, 2011 - The CHHS is saddened to report the passing of Brigadier General Hazel Johnson-Brown on August 5, 2011.]]> http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/08/26/chpre-founder-brigadier-general-hazel-johnson-brown-remembered/feed/ 0 madans110 brown (2) http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/05/18/new-programs-announced-for-accountable-care-organizations/ http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/05/18/new-programs-announced-for-accountable-care-organizations/#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 13:59:49 +0000 Shuchita Madan http://chpre.wordpress.com/?p=988 Kaiser Health News.]]> http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/05/18/new-programs-announced-for-accountable-care-organizations/feed/ 0 madans110 http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/03/23/hap-seminar-series-dr-robert-berenson/ http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/03/23/hap-seminar-series-dr-robert-berenson/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 03:55:49 +0000 Shuchita Madan http://chpre.wordpress.com/?p=956 On March 22, 2011, Robert Berenson, M.D., an Institute Fellow at the Urban Institute presented at the Spring HAP Seminar Series. He is an expert in health care policy, particularly Medicare, with experience practicing medicine, serving in senior positions in two Administrations, and helping organize and manage a successful preferred provider organization. From 1998-2000, he was in charge of Medicare payment policy and private health plan contracting in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Previously, he served as an Assistant Director of the Carter White House Domestic Policy Staff and recently was a member of the Obama transition team. Effective July 2009, Dr. Berenson became a Commissioner of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) and was named Vice-Chair in 2010. He is a graduate of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and on the faculty at the George Washington University Schools of Medicine and Public Health and the Fuqua School of Business at Duke. Read the Presentation:"Below the Radar, Some Opportunities for Cutting Medicare Spending"]]> http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/03/23/hap-seminar-series-dr-robert-berenson/feed/ 0 madans110 bberenson (1) http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/03/08/obama-announces-state-innovation-waivers/ http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/03/08/obama-announces-state-innovation-waivers/#comments Wed, 09 Mar 2011 01:40:37 +0000 Shuchita Madan http://chpre.wordpress.com/?p=940 ]]> http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/03/08/obama-announces-state-innovation-waivers/feed/ 0 madans110 http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/03/05/the-constitutionality-of-the-health-care-laws-individual-mandate-an-oxford-style-debate/ http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/03/05/the-constitutionality-of-the-health-care-laws-individual-mandate-an-oxford-style-debate/#comments Sat, 05 Mar 2011 22:21:36 +0000 Ekom Etuk http://chpre.wordpress.com/?p=929 On March 2, 2011, the Brookings Institution hosted an Oxford Style debate analyzing the constitutionality of the individual mandate, a major provision requiring individuals to purchase health insurance. The debate was moderated by William Galston, a Senior Fellow and Ezra K. Zikha chair in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. David B. Rivkin Jr. and Ilya Somin presented the argument favoring the mandate’s unconstitutionality. Arguing in opposition to these two aforementioned gentlemen were Walter Dellinger and Simon Lazarus who eloquently argued the merit and constitutionality of the individual mandate.]]> http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/03/05/the-constitutionality-of-the-health-care-laws-individual-mandate-an-oxford-style-debate/feed/ 0 eetuk http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/03/03/len-nichols-to-present-at-americas-health-insurance-plans-meeting-on-cost-containment/ http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/03/03/len-nichols-to-present-at-americas-health-insurance-plans-meeting-on-cost-containment/#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 20:33:36 +0000 Shuchita Madan http://chpre.wordpress.com/?p=916 On March 9, 2011, Len Nichols will be the moderator for the discussion on "What Data, Incentives, and Strategies are needed for Health Stakeholders to Achieve and Maintain Quality/Lower Costs Everywhere?" at American's Health Insurance Plans Health Care Cost Summit. The speakers for this discussion will include Robert Ihrie, Senior Vice President, Employee Rewards and Services of Lowe's Companies Inc., Ralph G. Neas, President and CEO for National Coalition on Health Care and NCHC Action Fund, Dan Stultz, President and CEO for the Texas Hospital Association and Lewis Sandy, Senior Vice President for Clinical Advancement at UnitedHealth Group. Full Schedule]]> http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/03/03/len-nichols-to-present-at-americas-health-insurance-plans-meeting-on-cost-containment/feed/ 1 madans110 logo http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/03/03/len-nichols-participates-on-panel-for-new-america-foundation/ http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/03/03/len-nichols-participates-on-panel-for-new-america-foundation/#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 19:31:02 +0000 Shuchita Madan http://chpre.wordpress.com/?p=868 On February 25, 2011, Len Nichols was part of a panel at The New America Foundation along with Shannon Brownlee, Acting Director of the Health Policy Program and Christine Bechtel, Vice President of the National Partnership for Women and Families. The topic was on the Dartmouth Atlas paper Improving Patient Decision-Making in Health Care: A 2011 Dartmouth Atlas Report Highlighting Minnesota. Watch the discussion]]> http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/03/03/len-nichols-participates-on-panel-for-new-america-foundation/feed/ 0 madans110 http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/03/01/highlights-from-the-national-governors-association-meeting-health-and-human-services-committee/ http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/03/01/highlights-from-the-national-governors-association-meeting-health-and-human-services-committee/#comments Tue, 01 Mar 2011 05:18:57 +0000 Shuchita Madan http://chpre.wordpress.com/?p=860 The National Governors Association held their Winter Meeting this past weekend in D.C. On Sunday, Len Nichols participated on the Health and Human Services Committee panel where the focus of discussion was on the sustainability of Medicaid, I have summarized some points by Len Nichols, Doug Holtz-Eakin and the governors who voiced their concerns for their states. Both Doug and Len agreed that Medicaid is unsustainable and that the system is broken, but mentioned different strategies making the health care system work. ]]> http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/03/01/highlights-from-the-national-governors-association-meeting-health-and-human-services-committee/feed/ 0 madans110 Len nga http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/02/22/reforming-americas-health-care-system-the-flawed-vision-of-obamacare/ http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/02/22/reforming-americas-health-care-system-the-flawed-vision-of-obamacare/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 23:23:54 +0000 Shuchita Madan http://chpre.wordpress.com/?p=855 Reforming America's Health Care System: The Flawed Vision of ObamaCare]]> http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/02/22/reforming-americas-health-care-system-the-flawed-vision-of-obamacare/feed/ 1 madans110 http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/02/22/quality-improvement-of-the-year-award-see-flyer-for-details/ http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/02/22/quality-improvement-of-the-year-award-see-flyer-for-details/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:57:35 +0000 Shuchita Madan http://chpre.wordpress.com/?p=851 ]]> http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/02/22/quality-improvement-of-the-year-award-see-flyer-for-details/feed/ 0 madans110 http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/02/17/len-selected-as-a-speaker-at-the-winter-meeting-for-the-national-governors-association/ http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/02/17/len-selected-as-a-speaker-at-the-winter-meeting-for-the-national-governors-association/#comments Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:05:28 +0000 Shuchita Madan http://chpre.wordpress.com/?p=837 On February 26-28, the National Governors Association will hold their winter meeting in D.C. The purpose of the meeting is to allow governors to discuss and exchange ideas about issues their individual states are dealing with and hope to help one another in developing solutions. The agenda will cover education, job creation, and Medicaid. Sunday, February 27, meetings for The Economic Development and Commerce Committee, Health and Human Services Committee, the Natural Resources Committee and the Special Committee on Homeland Security and Public Safety will be held. For the Health and Human Services Committee, Len Nichols has been selected to speak on the topic of Medicaid sustainability. Governors will talk about how health care cost challenges can be turned into opportunities for reform and how to implement reform quickly in order to pay out dividends in the short run. Doug Holtz-Eakin, president of the American Action Forum and Congressman Mike Burgess will also be a part of this panel. Read the press release.]]> http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/02/17/len-selected-as-a-speaker-at-the-winter-meeting-for-the-national-governors-association/feed/ 0 madans110 http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/02/10/statement-by-len-m-nichols-re-recent-npr-interview/ http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/02/10/statement-by-len-m-nichols-re-recent-npr-interview/#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2011 19:56:08 +0000 Shuchita Madan http://chpre.wordpress.com/?p=821 Read Interview. The story has generated a range of reactions that merit a response. To clarify, I was not advocating alternatives to the purchase mandate, as the web story makes clear. I told Ms. Rovner that the mandate was the best way to accomplish the shared objectives of getting all Americans covered while using private insurance. As I have written and testified numerous times elsewhere, and as was implicitly understood by both Ms. Rovner and myself, expanding coverage this way will also require insurance market reforms – e.g., requiring insurers to sell to all regardless of their health status and limiting how much more the sick may be charged.]]> http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/02/10/statement-by-len-m-nichols-re-recent-npr-interview/feed/ 0 madans110 http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/02/02/national-public-radio-series-primary-care-under-pressure/ http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/02/02/national-public-radio-series-primary-care-under-pressure/#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:20:35 +0000 Shuchita Madan http://chpre.wordpress.com/?p=771 National Public Radio released a 3 part series titled, "Pressure on Primary Care," which focuses on the changing landscape of delivering primary care. The problem: Americans aging and not enough physicians to treat them. It is predicted that by 2030, 70 million Americans will be older than 65, which means they will require more care. With health reform, another 32 million will be covered. Additionally, Health Affairs stated that 21% of the US population lives in a rural area and only 10% of physicians practice there]]> http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/02/02/national-public-radio-series-primary-care-under-pressure/feed/ 1 madans110 http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/01/28/read-lens-post-on-the-health-affairs-blog/ http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/01/28/read-lens-post-on-the-health-affairs-blog/#comments Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:03:51 +0000 Shuchita Madan http://chpre.wordpress.com/?p=790 The Health Affairs Blog and links to some other interesting articles.]]> http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/01/28/read-lens-post-on-the-health-affairs-blog/feed/ 1 madans110 http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/01/25/lisa-interviewed-on-national-public-radio-about-physicians-receiving-money-from-pharmaceutical-companies/ http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/01/25/lisa-interviewed-on-national-public-radio-about-physicians-receiving-money-from-pharmaceutical-companies/#comments Tue, 25 Jan 2011 23:56:33 +0000 Shuchita Madan http://chpre.wordpress.com/?p=774 Lisa was recently interviewed by National Public Radio about physicians accepting money from pharmaceutical companies. Lisa feels that when physicians are accepting money in exchange for promoting drugs, there is a conflict of interest. Only 7 out of 70 pharmaceutical companies in the US release the names of physicians to whom they pay money in exchange for promoting drugs.]]> http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/01/25/lisa-interviewed-on-national-public-radio-about-physicians-receiving-money-from-pharmaceutical-companies/feed/ 0 madans110 http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/01/24/the-washington-health-policy-institute-2011-registration-information/ http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/01/24/the-washington-health-policy-institute-2011-registration-information/#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:46:50 +0000 Shuchita Madan http://chpre.wordpress.com/?p=766 The 19th Washington Health Policy Institute will be held on June 6-10, 2011. For more details and registration information.]]> http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/01/24/the-washington-health-policy-institute-2011-registration-information/feed/ 1 madans110 http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/01/11/the-beginning-of-the-112th-congress/ http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/01/11/the-beginning-of-the-112th-congress/#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 20:09:26 +0000 Ekom Etuk http://chpre.wordpress.com/?p=756 ]]> http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/01/11/the-beginning-of-the-112th-congress/feed/ 0 eetuk http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/01/07/updates-on-virginia-health-reform-initiative/ http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/01/07/updates-on-virginia-health-reform-initiative/#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2011 21:31:02 +0000 Shuchita Madan http://chpre.wordpress.com/?p=724 It was a long and challenging semester, but on December 14, 2010, the final meeting of The Virginia Health Reform Initiative convened and voted on the 28 recommendations for health reform. The Secretary of Health and Human Services, Bill Hazel presented Governor McDonnell with 28 final recommendations in addition to the 100 page report that demonstrates the health care problem in Virginia, Virginia's health status compared to rest of the country and suggests how to move forward with health reform. The goal of the Virginia Health Reform Initiative is find ways to deliver high quality health care in a more efficient way at a lower cost. The press release can be read here and the full report can be found here.]]> http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/01/07/updates-on-virginia-health-reform-initiative/feed/ 0 madans110 http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/01/07/the-way-the-system-works-now-is-not-the-way-it-will-work-in-the-future/ http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/01/07/the-way-the-system-works-now-is-not-the-way-it-will-work-in-the-future/#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2011 20:31:00 +0000 Shuchita Madan http://chpre.wordpress.com/?p=709 Len was interviewed and quoted in the Free Lance-Star Newspaper. Len stresses the importance of changing the way health care is delivered and paid, if this is not changed,"half of the families in America will be spending about a third of their income on health care". Even if the bill is repealed and the reform legislation may not survive when challenged in court, it demonstrates that the nation's health care system is not on a sustainable path. In the interview, Len mentions that "health care costs are growing faster than economy-wide productivity and faster than income". Health care is unaffordable for Americans and will continue to be unaffordable if nothing is done.]]> http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/01/07/the-way-the-system-works-now-is-not-the-way-it-will-work-in-the-future/feed/ 0 madans110 http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/01/07/robert-g-edwards-received-nobel-prize-for-medicine-in-vitro-fertilization/ http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/01/07/robert-g-edwards-received-nobel-prize-for-medicine-in-vitro-fertilization/#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2011 19:36:23 +0000 Shuchita Madan http://chpre.wordpress.com/?p=698 Robert G. Edwards, known as the father of the technology, In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) made it possible for four million babies to be born over the past thirty years received the Nobel Prize for Medicine in October 2010. He is responsible for the first "test-tube baby". IVF made having children possible for couples who could not have biological children, same-sex couples, single parents and those concerned about genetic disorders. IVF became an ethical issue that Edwards battled throughout his research. Edwards and Steptoe "rewrote the rules of fertility" and made the impossible, possible. Read the entire article here.]]> http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/01/07/robert-g-edwards-received-nobel-prize-for-medicine-in-vitro-fertilization/feed/ 0 madans110 http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/01/07/secretary-of-state-clinton-apologizes-to-guatamalans-for-unethical-research/ http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/01/07/secretary-of-state-clinton-apologizes-to-guatamalans-for-unethical-research/#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2011 19:07:17 +0000 Shuchita Madan http://chpre.wordpress.com/?p=683 This ethics article in the New York Times describes unethical research done in the 1940's and how venereal infections were intentionally inflicted upon Guatemalan prison inmates, mental patients, and soldiers to test how effective the use of the antibiotic Penicillin was. Read the article.This image was obtained from the New York Times article. ]]> http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/01/07/secretary-of-state-clinton-apologizes-to-guatamalans-for-unethical-research/feed/ 0 madans110 http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/01/07/lisas-work-published-in-the-international-migration-of-healthworkers-ethics-rights-and-justice/ http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/01/07/lisas-work-published-in-the-international-migration-of-healthworkers-ethics-rights-and-justice/#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2011 18:19:08 +0000 Shuchita Madan http://chpre.wordpress.com/?p=676 Lisa Eckenwiler recently had a chapter published in a book, titled "The International Migration of Healthworkers: Ethics, Rights and Justice". This is one of the first major collections on the issues and includes some real experts in public/global health ethics, check it out here.This image was obtained from the book details link.]]> http://chpre.wordpress.com/2011/01/07/lisas-work-published-in-the-international-migration-of-healthworkers-ethics-rights-and-justice/feed/ 0 madans110 http://chpre.wordpress.com/2010/09/14/len-kicks-off-the-health-administration-and-policy-seminar-series-of-the-semester/ http://chpre.wordpress.com/2010/09/14/len-kicks-off-the-health-administration-and-policy-seminar-series-of-the-semester/#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:52:06 +0000 Shuchita Madan http://chpre.wordpress.com/?p=658 ]]> http://chpre.wordpress.com/2010/09/14/len-kicks-off-the-health-administration-and-policy-seminar-series-of-the-semester/feed/ 0 madans110 http://chpre.wordpress.com/2010/09/03/len-nichols-and-joseph-pancrazio-discuss-how-technology-is-impacting-the-way-we-utilize-health-care/ http://chpre.wordpress.com/2010/09/03/len-nichols-and-joseph-pancrazio-discuss-how-technology-is-impacting-the-way-we-utilize-health-care/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:43:39 +0000 Shuchita Madan http://chpre.wordpress.com/?p=629 Watch the video]]> http://chpre.wordpress.com/2010/09/03/len-nichols-and-joseph-pancrazio-discuss-how-technology-is-impacting-the-way-we-utilize-health-care/feed/ 0 madans110 http://chpre.wordpress.com/2010/08/30/chpre-welcomes-students-back-to-gmu-this-fall/ http://chpre.wordpress.com/2010/08/30/chpre-welcomes-students-back-to-gmu-this-fall/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:16:52 +0000 Len Nichols http://chpre.wordpress.com/?p=592 We got so busy so fast after the Washington Health Policy Institute was completed in June that we could not finish our planned website re-design, but stay tuned as it will roll out in stages this fall. A few notable announcements are in order in any event. Sandra MacGowan has joined CHPRE as office manager and go-to person for 10,000 questions about how to keep our policy research activities connected to Mason as a whole and to the outside world. Under her leadership, office appearance, ambiance, and functionality is improving daily.]]> http://chpre.wordpress.com/2010/08/30/chpre-welcomes-students-back-to-gmu-this-fall/feed/ 0 lnichol9 http://chpre.wordpress.com/2010/08/20/virginia-health-reform-initiative-launches-this-weekend/ http://chpre.wordpress.com/2010/08/20/virginia-health-reform-initiative-launches-this-weekend/#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 06:36:16 +0000 Shuchita Madan http://chpre.wordpress.com/?p=577 The press release can be read here. ]]> http://chpre.wordpress.com/2010/08/20/virginia-health-reform-initiative-launches-this-weekend/feed/ 0 madans110 http://chpre.wordpress.com/2010/08/20/len-speaks-on-capitol-hill-alliance-for-health-reform/ http://chpre.wordpress.com/2010/08/20/len-speaks-on-capitol-hill-alliance-for-health-reform/#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 05:59:48 +0000 Shuchita Madan http://chpre.wordpress.com/?p=561 Watch Len in this video clip as he participated in a briefing for the Alliance on Health Reform.]]> http://chpre.wordpress.com/2010/08/20/len-speaks-on-capitol-hill-alliance-for-health-reform/feed/ 0 madans110 http://chpre.wordpress.com/2010/07/08/a-reminder-to-physicians-and-health-professionals-why-you-chose-medicinehealth-care/ http://chpre.wordpress.com/2010/07/08/a-reminder-to-physicians-and-health-professionals-why-you-chose-medicinehealth-care/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:44:38 +0000 Shuchita Madan http://chpre.wordpress.com/?p=508 "Those who suffer need you to be something more than a doctor; they need you to be a healer. And, to become a healer, you must do something even more difficult than putting your white coat on. You must take your white coat off. You must recover, embrace, and treasure the memory of your shared, frail humanity-of the dignity in each and every soul...join those you serve, become a healer in the world of fear and fragmentation". These are the words of Dr. Donald Berwick at his daughter's Medical School Graduation at Yale University and I think it serves as a reminder to not only physicians, but all health professions, why they chose to go into medicine/health care. ]]> http://chpre.wordpress.com/2010/07/08/a-reminder-to-physicians-and-health-professionals-why-you-chose-medicinehealth-care/feed/ 0 madans110 berwick http://chpre.wordpress.com/2010/07/07/len-comments-in-wall-street-journal-article-about-wellpoint-and-their-rate-increases/ http://chpre.wordpress.com/2010/07/07/len-comments-in-wall-street-journal-article-about-wellpoint-and-their-rate-increases/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 05:11:24 +0000 Shuchita Madan http://chpre.wordpress.com/?p=498 ]]> http://chpre.wordpress.com/2010/07/07/len-comments-in-wall-street-journal-article-about-wellpoint-and-their-rate-increases/feed/ 0 madans110 http://chpre.wordpress.com/2010/07/06/in-a-recent-medscape-article-len-demonstrates-his-support-for-dr-berwicks-nomination/ 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http://chpre.wordpress.com/2010/05/12/len-nichols-is-quoted-on-cancer-costs-and-its-impact-on-overall-health-care-spending-in-an-usa-today-article/ http://chpre.wordpress.com/2010/05/12/len-nichols-is-quoted-on-cancer-costs-and-its-impact-on-overall-health-care-spending-in-an-usa-today-article/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 19:50:30 +0000 Shuchita Madan http://chpre.wordpress.com/?p=461 ]]> http://chpre.wordpress.com/2010/05/12/len-nichols-is-quoted-on-cancer-costs-and-its-impact-on-overall-health-care-spending-in-an-usa-today-article/feed/ 0 madans110 http://chpre.wordpress.com/2010/05/04/watch-pbss-frontline-obama-deals/ http://chpre.wordpress.com/2010/05/04/watch-pbss-frontline-obama-deals/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 18:52:03 +0000 Shuchita Madan http://chpre.wordpress.com/?p=410 View the Obama Deals Video. ]]> http://chpre.wordpress.com/2010/05/04/watch-pbss-frontline-obama-deals/feed/ 0 madans110 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