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NPA Webinar: New ACO Final Rule (view & share)
Posted by Drew Hudson November 11, 2011 at 3:37 PM
Please click below to view a recording of the NPA 1-hour webianr on the newly released final rule for Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) with Kavita Patel, MD, MSHS, Managing Director for Clinical Transformation and Delivery, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at the Brookings Institution. (Recorded 11/11/2011) Dr. Patel is a fellow in the Economic [...]
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Impact of State Laws That Extend Eligibility for Parents’ Health Insurance Coverage to Young Adults
Posted by Jean Silver-Isenstadt, MD, PhD, NPA Executive Director February 17, 2012 at 5:13 PM
This week, Drs. Alex Blum, Lawrence Kleinman, Barbara Starfield, and Joseph Ross published a paper in the journal Pediatrics that suggests that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is not only helping millions of young adults get insured – but that insurance means young Americans all across the country are more likely to get the health [...]
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State of Emergency
Posted by Jean Silver-Isenstadt, MD, PhD, NPA Executive Director February 17, 2012 at 5:09 PM
This article was written by NPA President-Elect Dr. Cheryl Bettigole and is cross-posted from “The Medical Professionalism Blog” published by the ABIM Foundation where it was originally posted February 14, 2012. During a recent talk at the Families USA conference, the Reverend Edward Livingston led an animated discussion regarding his groundbreaking work with the Camden [...]
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RxDemocracy Promotes Voting – download free workplace poster
Posted by Becky Martin, NPA Project Manager February 17, 2012 at 1:49 PM
Simply put, people who have a voice–whether in the exam room, in the voting booth, or in civic and community life–tend to be healthier. And the more voices there are, the healthier our democracy becomes. This is Rx: Democracy. The NPA is committed to advancing the civic engagement of physicians and patients through leadership development, [...]
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