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State Efforts to Control Healthcare Costs: Lessons Learned and Insights for the Future
Health, Medicine & Society Sates have become laboratories for testing policy and programmatic ideas to address the high costs of healthcare and keep spending under control. A new report released by an expert [read more]
Reducing the Health Harms of Firearm Injury: A Public Health Approach: April 29, 2024
C-SPAN covered the Public Health Grand Rounds session “Reducing the Health Harms of Firearm Injury: A Public Health Approach”, featuring former HHS Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius; former Senate Majority Leader, Bill Frist; Deputy Director of [read more]
Prevention Programs Save Lives and Money — Yet the Budget Process May Undervalue Them
Health, Medicine & Society Co-chairs of the Aspen Working Group on the Federal Budget Process, Dan Crippen and Nancy-Ann DeParle, penned an opinion piece published in The Hill on legislation recently passed by [read more]
Reducing the Health Harms of Firearm Injury
Health, Medicine & Society AHSG’s latest report examines the epidemic proportion of firearm injury in the United States—more than 48,000 Americans lost their lives to firearms in 2021, twice that many were injured, [read more]
The Evolving Role of Hospitals and Health Systems in Community Health and Emergency Preparedness
Health, Medicine & Society Often under financial pressure while being asked to do more, hospitals and health systems need new approaches to ensure high-value care. This report offers recommendations for how hospitals can [read more]
Improving Medicare at Home for Beneficiaries and Family Caregivers
Health, Medicine & Society A new report released by an expert Working Group offers a package of recommendations designed to strengthen the home-based healthcare and social service resources available to Medicare beneficiaries and [read more]
