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Emergency Department Care Transition Programs—Value-Based Care Interventions...

By Kevin Biese, MD, MAT; Timothy A. Lash, MBA; Maura Kennedy, MD, MPH May 20, 2022 Fruhan and Bills report that their quality improvement callback program for patients presenting to the emergency...

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How Venture Philanthropy Can Disrupt Health Care: Lessons from Civica Rx

By Shelley Lyford October 12, 2022 Health care costs in the United States are simply untenable, threatening the financial health and personal well-being of Americans. Domestic spending on health care...

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How states can act to limit drug price increases, saving employers and...

    By Sean Dickson October 20, 2022 The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 mandates that Medicare-covered drug sales will be protected from price increases that exceed inflation, but the mechanics of...

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Telehealth with older adults: Getting it right

      By Kevin Biese MD, Steven M. Handler MD, Liane Wardlow PhD, Zia Agha MD November 1, 2022 Telehealth has tremendous potential to improve healthcare access, efficiency, and safety; the COVID...

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New Interactive Guide Looks to Make Aging in Place a Healthy Reality for More...

By Amy Herr and Liane Wardlow November 22, 2022 Joyce, a woman in her 60s living in San Diego County, doesn’t want to move into a nursing home—despite having multiple chronic medical conditions and a...

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Perceptions and Uses of Telehealth in the Care of Older Adults

     By Liane Wardlow, PhD, Carly Roberts, MPH, and Laurie Archbald-Pannone, MD, MPH, on behalf of The Collaborative for Telehealth and Aging December 9, 2022 Clinicians identify challenges in using...

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Join the Movement: Every State Should Have a Multisector Plan for Aging

By Amy Herr, Erin Westphal and Scott Bane January 11, 2023 ASA is partnering with West Health, The SCAN Foundation and The John A. Hartford Foundation on a series of posts, virtual and On Aging...

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Supporting Local Multisector Plans for Aging in Rural Communities

By Pauline Delange Martinez June 13, 2023 ASA is partnering with West Health, The SCAN Foundation and The John A. Hartford Foundation on a series of posts, virtual and On Aging programming to foster...

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New York Just Committed to a Master Plan for Aging

By Nora Obrien-Suric and Bob Blancato July 12, 2023 ASA is partnering with West Health, The SCAN Foundation and The John A. Hartford Foundation on a series of posts, virtual and On Aging programming...

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Medicare Part B Spending on Macular Degeneration Treatments Associated With...

Sean R. Dickson, JD, MPH1,2; Katelyn E. James, BA1 September 8, 2023   Key Points Question  Do ophthalmologists who accept payments from manufacturers of age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) drugs...

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