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Multiple Chronic Conditions: A Critical Focus of Healthcare Reform
December 18, 2013More than one in four Americans have multiple chronic conditions (MCC). Closing out 2013 with a webinar update on multiple chronic conditions, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Initiative on Multiple Chronic Conditions convened a discussion on new programs and...
Dec 19, 2013
Identifying Roles and Maximizing Success in the Pursuit of Health & Wellness
December 5, 2013Grappling as a country with the ins and outs of healthcare, we find ourselves continually identifying the same prevalent health concerns - diabetes, cancer, heart disease. Facing rising costs and increasing incidences of chronic disease, obesity is more often than not a common...
Dec 05, 2013
Denying care? Concerns with Oregon's Medicaid coverage guidelines
When a document guiding health coverage decisions contains the word "survival" and the phrase "not a covered service," it definitely warrants a closer look, and what we see in a set of coverage guidelines from Oregon Medicaid officials is disturbing to say the least.In August, Oregon's Health...
Sep 27, 2013
AMA Declaration and Proposed Legislation Provides Additional Tools to Curb Obesity and Diabetes in Medicare
June 19, 2013Today Reps. Bill Cassidy, MD (R-LA) Ron Kind (D-WI) along with Senators Tom Carper (D-DE) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced a bipartisan bill focused on treatment and prevention of obesity in America. The "Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2013" takes an important step to curb this...
Jun 19, 2013
Poor adherence generates higher health care costs and worse health outcomes
A new national survey commissioned by the Partnership for a Healthy America and conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research and Public Opinion Strategies, confirms that we have a serious adherence program in America. Two out of three of us are not taking our medicines as prescribed. Prescription...
May 03, 2013
Fighting the Chronic Disease Challenge in California and the Nation
December 6, 2012On November 27th, the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease hosted a forum at the Hotel Sainte Claire in San Jose, CA that included a discussion on the “Chronic Disease Challenge in California and the Nation, Achieving Healthy Changes: How technology can transform healthcare.” The...
Dec 07, 2012
What the Election Means for Health Care
November 7, 2012With the election now in our rearview mirror and the President’s second term set to begin in January, it’s important to take a look at how this result will shape the healthcare landscape and, in particular, impact the fight against chronic disease.  With near certainty, the...
Nov 08, 2012
Appropriate Use of Medicines to Save Lives and Dollars
October 4, 2012A new study, “Advancing the Use of Medicines: Applying Levers for Change,” highlights the opportunity to save half a trillion dollars in global healthcare spending a year by supporting the appropriate use of medicines – making sure patients receive and use the right medicine at...
Oct 04, 2012
Advancing Solutions and Addressing Cultural Barriers to Prevent and Better Manage Chronic Disease
September 26, 2012Last Friday, the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD), in collaboration with WellPoint, proudly participated in the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 2012 Health Braintrust, an in-depth discussion on effective programs and approaches for addressing health inequities...
Sep 27, 2012
Preventive Medicine and Public Health
August 22, 2012One of the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease’s main tenants is to promote a collective focus on investing in and promoting ways to both better tackle the incidence of chronic disease and reduce health care spending.  We’ve recently seen that collective focus generate some...
Aug 22, 2012

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