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Podcast: Jack Chapel on Health Trends in a Shrinking Middle Class
Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Jack Chapel, a PhD candidate in economics at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, about a new study examining the worsening health and economic trends for Americans with modest resources nearing retirement.
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Responses to Request for Information Regarding Medical Payment Products
Schaeffer experts submitted a comment letter responding to a recent request for information (RFI) regarding medical payment products.
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Comments to CMS on Proposed Guidance for Coverage with Evidence Development
Eleven Schaeffer fellows cosigned a comment letter to Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services providing recommendations on the proposed Coverage with Evidence Development Guidance.
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Beware of the Government’s Healthcare ‘Truth’ Peddlers
The Biden administration’s efforts to regulate, either explicitly or through indirect government coercion, what it deems to be “misinformation” in healthcare not only runs counter to our shared values but can be dangerous to our health.
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Response to Congressional Request for Information about Regulating CannabidiolÂ
Schaeffer experts submitted a comment letter responding to a recent request for information (RFI) related to cannabidiol.
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Blame Capitalism? Why Hundreds of Decades-Old Yet Vital Drugs Are Nearly Impossible to Find
The shortages, which have been going on for years, have typically affected only low-cost generics rather than profitable brand-name drugs.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline for Prescribing Opioids, 2022—Need for Integrating Dosing Benchmarks with Shared Decision-Making
A fully individualized, unstructured decision-making process
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Congress Can Eradicate Hepatitis C and Reduce the Deficit at the Same Time
The initiative comes with a $12.3 billion price tag — and over 10 years, the savings in health care costs will reach $18.1 billion.
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Lowering Medicare Advantage Overpayments from Favorable Selection by Reforming Risk Adjustment
One potential path for reducing Medicare Advantage (MA) overpayments from favorable selection is reforming the current administered payment approaches linking spending in fee-for-service (FFS) to MA rates.
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Why Doctors Using ChatGPT Are Unknowingly Violating HIPAA
USC Schaeffer Center senior fellow Genevieve Kanter says the risk to patient privacy posed by AI chatbots presents unique challenges.
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