CORAL GABLES, Fla., June 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The University of Miami School of Business Administration today announced that it has established a Center for Health Sector Management and Policy. The center will serve as a resource to businesses and policy making bodies, conduct and disseminate leading edge research, offer consult services to the health care and business community and provide training and education for those in the health sector. The University of Miami School of Business is committed to providing local, regional, and hemispheric leadership in health care management and policy," said Barbara E. Kahn, dean of the University of Miami School of Business Administration. "This new center of excellence, the only one of its kind in the Southeastern U.S., will play a pi...
Unless you are into the "Who's Who" of the health care industry, you wouldn't know Dr. Donald Berwick. But you should. Prior to this month he was a professor of pediatrics and health care policy at the Harvard Medical School, a professor of health policy and management at the Harvard School of Public Health, and president and co- founder of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. President Barack Obama took advantage of the congressional recess for the July 4 holiday to implement what is known as a "recess appointment." He tapped Berwick to direct the federal government's Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will host a meeting of the Interagency Steering Committee on Radiation Standards (ISCORS) on November 14, 2011, in Washington, DC. The purpose of ISCORS is to foster early resolution and coordination of regulatory issues associated with radiation standards. Agencies represented as members of ISCORS include the following: EPA; Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Department of Energy; Department of Defense; Department of Transportation; Department of Homeland Security; Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration; and the Department of Health and Human Services. ISCORS meeting observer agencies include the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Office of Management and Budget, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, as well as...
NEW YORK, Feb. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Center for Justice & Democracy today released excerpts from a working draft of a comprehensive new article that critiques the existence of so- called "defensive medicine." The article was written by Fred Hyde, M.D., Clinical Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. Dr. Hyde, who holds medical and law degrees from Yale and an MBA from Columbia, has consulted for hospitals, physicians, and others interested in the business of medicine. The article seeks to examine the relationship between so-called "tort reform" and "health reform," the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Anthony Comerford,Health Care Administrator,The Tuttle Center at The Amsterdam at Harborside A licensed nursing home administrator, Comerford oversees daily operations at the Tuttle Center, which is a 56-bed skilled nursing facility and 44-bed enriched living community within The Amsterdam at Harborside, a continuum of care retirement community in Port Washington. Prior to joining the Tuttle Center nearly a year ago, Comerford was an administrator at Hilaire Rehab & Nursing in Huntington. He began his career as an administrative fellow at the Long Island State Veterans Home in Stony Brook. Comerford holds a Master of Science in health care policy and management from Stony Brook University.
Danista E.I. Hunte has been promoted to vice president, community investment of the Baltimore Community Foundation. She will oversee all of BCF's grants, special initiatives, and advocacy. Hunte had been senior program officer, focusing on education, children and families. She joined BCF in 2000 with experience in program planning and management, health policy, advocacy, applied social research, and substance abuse prevention. The foundation deploys grants, initiatives and advocacy while building a civic endowment. Boards
**Media Alert - Update** NEW YORK, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Millennium Campus Network announced additional keynote speakers for the Millennium Campus Conference 2010 being held this weekend, September 17 through 19 at Columbia University. Scott Harrison, Founder and President of charity: water, will be the opening keynote speaker on September 18. Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director of The Earth Institute, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, and Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University will also be delivering a keynote address on September 18. The Global Health Keynote will be delivered on September 19 by Deogratias Niyizonkiza, founder of Village Health Works, who will be speaking on the subject of Tracy Kidder's latest book "Strength in What Rem...
For the approximately 250,000 Mainers enrolled in Medicare, the federal health reform legislation passed on Sunday by the U.S. House of Representatives, with changes pending in the U.S. Senate, promises immediate relief as well as some longer-term benefits, according to a researcher at the University of Southern Maine in Portland. Medicare consumers will feel the difference right away," said Andrew Coburn, professor of health policy and management at the Muskie School of Public Service at USM. On Monday, Coburn was completing a preliminary analysis of the signed bill and the reconciliation "fixes" pending in the Senate.
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