Professional Satisfaction And Career Plans Of U.S. Physicians
An article that appeared in the November 2017 issue of the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings indicates that nearly one in five U.S. physicians intend to reduce clinical work hours in the next year and...
View ArticleAmerican Council on Education to Examine Equity Gaps In Higher Education
The American Council on Education (ACE) announced an initiative to examine gaps and progress in educational attainment for historically underrepresented student populations. The project, Race and...
View ArticleCBO Assesses Impact Of Repealing The Individual Health Insurance Mandate
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) updated their estimates to indicate that, by itself, repealing the mandate would reduce federal deficits by...
View ArticleSlower Rates Of Hospital Spending and Employment Growth
National spending for hospital care grew 1.9% over the 12-month period that ended in September, making it the lowest rate since September 2011, according to a report from the Altarum Institute. The...
View ArticleAlex Azar Nominated To Serve As Health And Human Services Secretary
President Trump on November 13 nominated Alex Azar, former president of Lilly USA and deputy HHS secretary under the George W. Bush administration, to serve as the next Health and Human Services...
View ArticleStates And Insurers Work To Preserve Insurance Coverage Options
A report from the Urban Institute examines six states that faced the prospect of counties without a single insurer for 2018. Interviews with regulators and insurers offer insight into how a set of...
View ArticleU.S. Health System And Future Alzheimer’s Treatment Prospects
Advanced clinical trials are underway for at least 10 promising therapies for Alzheimer's disease. According to a new report from the RAND Corporation, the U.S. health care system lacks the capacity to...
View ArticleCongressional Action On Tax Reform Legislation
Yesterday, the House of Representatives approved tax reform legislation, H.R. 1, by a vote of 227-205 and the Senate Finance Committee approved its own version of a tax bill. The Joint Committee on...
View ArticleNational Resilience Strategy For Drug, Alcohol, And Suicide Epidemics Needed
Deaths from drugs, alcohol and suicide could account for 1.6 million fatalities over the coming decade (2016 to 2025) according to a new report, Pain in the Nation, released by the Trust for America’s...
View ArticleGrowth In Health Care Jobs
The health care field added 21,500 new jobs in October 2017, according to a Labor Brief report from the Altarum Institute. These kinds of jobs in 2017 continue to grow at three-quarters the pace of...
View ArticleBipartisan Health Care Stabilization Act Of 2017 And The Individual Mandate
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) today released a document discussing the combined effects of simultaneously passing the Bipartisan Health Care Stabilization Act of 2017 and repealing the...
View ArticleThe Future Of Undergraduate Education
According to a new report from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, delivering on educational quality and completion is a must, not only for institutions, but for the U.S. The report proposes a...
View ArticleCall for Abstracts: Interprofessional Education & Practice Conference...
The 2018 Interprofessional Education & Practice Conference Addressing Health Disparities, themed "Moving Toward Health Equity: From the Neighborhood to the Global Communities” will be hosted by...
View ArticleCall for Applications: The 2018 ASAHP Leadership Development Program
In 2005, the Association’s Board of Directors approved the creation of a leadership development program. The seventh iteration of this offering will occur in 2018. Part I will take place March 14-15 at...
View ArticleListening To Low Income Patients
A posting by the Commonwealth Fund explores the challenges low-income patients face when trying to obtain care — high costs, finding a time to go to the doctor, and a lack of trust in the health care...
View ArticleHEA Reauthorization Bill, the PROSPER Act, Introduced in the House
The Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform (PROSPER) Act, H.R. 4508, was introduced in the House of Representatives. Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the...
View ArticleIdentifying Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Human Services
When there is evidence of racial and ethnic differences at any point in the service delivery spectrum, it can be challenging to interpret what those differences mean. In particular, it can be...
View ArticleProtecting Student Financial Aid Information
The Department of Education’s (Education) Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) and postsecondary schools collect, use, and share a variety of information— including personally identifiable information...
View Article2018 HealthCare.Gov Enrollment
More than 3.6 million individuals selected a 2018 health plan through HealthCare.gov between November 1 and December 2, including more than 823,000 last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
View ArticleNational Health Spending Growth Slows In 2016
In 2016, overall national health spending increased 4.3 percent following 5.8 percent growth in 2015, according to a study by the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
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