The Health Policy Exchange

MARCH 26, 2014

In the mid-1990s, the American Medical Association confidently predicted that the penetration of managed care would lead to a large "physician surplus" and convinced Congress to cap the number of graduate medical education (GME) positions subsidized by the Medicare program. Two decades later, there is a widespread consensus that the U.S.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To determine the effects of the SHaPED intervention on the use of non-opioid pain medicines in the management of low back pain in emergency departments. However, the original analyses did not look if the decrease in opioid use led to a greater use of the recommended analgesics (e.g. non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs-NSAIDs).

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The Health Policy Exchange

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

What can family medicine in the U.S. In this month's Georgetown University Health Policy Seminar, we explored two recent studies that shed light on successes and challenges of primary care reforms in Ontario, Canada and the European Union. Health Policy Fellowship Department of Family Medicine Georgetown University School of Medicine

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The Health Policy Exchange

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Our residency, formerly a collaboration with Providence Hospital, is now known as the Medstar Health/Georgetown-Washington Hospital Center Family Medicine Residency Program. What hasn't changed is that our family medicine residents remain excited about health policy and advocacy. I stepped down as director of the Robert L.

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The Health Policy Exchange

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

In contrast to the personality-driven path that Lyndon Johnson took to navigate legislative obstacles to Medicare and Medicaid, former management consultant Mitt Romney charted a decidedly different course to expanding health insurance when he became governor of Massachusetts in 2003. Kenny Lin, MD Director, Robert L. Phillips, Jr.

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The Health Policy Exchange

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

and abroad was the topic of a recent Georgetown University Health Policy Seminar. Smartphone apps now include a variety of self-management tools for weight loss, physical activity, and chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes. Health Policy Fellowship Department of Family Medicine Georgetown University School of Medicine

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The Health Policy Exchange

JANUARY 3, 2013

The legislative passage of Medicare was the subject of the first of a series of monthly one-hour health policy seminars for Family Medicine fellows and residents at Georgetown University School of Medicine. These seminars will be led by me and the current Robert L. These seminars will be led by me and the current Robert L.

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