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New Strides in Alzheimer’s Research
July 18, 2012As PFCD partner the Alzheimer’s Association is currently in the midst of the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, USA Today reports exciting news about the possibilities that early detection of Alzheimer’s offers. At the conference, 5000 researchers have gathered...
Jul 18, 2012
UnitedHealth Group’s JOIN for ME Engages the Entire Family through Workplace Wellness
June 13, 2012National Employee Wellness Month is well underway, and continues to provide an opportunity to generate greater awareness for the pivotal role workplace wellness programs can play in the fight against chronic disease. Last week we highlighted several partners’ wellness programs, and...
Jun 13, 2012
PFCD Partners Improving Health in the Workplace
June 7, 2012In honor of National Employee Wellness Month, we wanted to take some time to recognize several of our PFCD partners for their commitment to improving health in the workplace.Johnson & Johnson views promoting health and wellness at work as a logical extension of the company’s mission...
Jun 08, 2012
PFCD Hill Roundtable Welcomed Rep. Karen Bass, Explored IBM Watson Technology as Health Care Innovation
May 2, 2012Last Friday, the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD) hosted “IBM Watson: Learning Machines Advancing Health Care Innovations”, as the first in our four-part 2012 “Partnerships in Health” series in conjunction with WellPoint. Held at the Rayburn House Office Building,...
May 02, 2012
Working Together to Improve Health Outcomes While Saving Money
April 16, 2012Recently, the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation launched Choosing Wisely, an initiative designed to encourage physicians (and their patients) to reconsider their use of 45 common medical screenings and procedures that are overused. The coalition puts the onus on both the...
Apr 16, 2012
Investing in Personal Health
April 9, 2012This week marks National Public Health Week and World Health Day (April 7), and also kicks off a month full of national health observances aimed at increasing awareness about the critical importance of better managing one’s health to help prevent future complications. April’s...
Apr 09, 2012
Promoting Prevention through Health Insurance Exchanges
March 16, 2012This week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced regulations to guide state-level development of health insurance exchanges. The Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD) looks forward to highlighting the good work being done in the states to capitalize on this...
Mar 16, 2012
The Numbers Game: Rising Health Costs Affect Us All
March 10, 2012Several new reports were released this week that shed troublesome news on the financial state of our health care system as it pertains to insurers, providers and patients alike. Representing the three most significant population groups present in the health care “eco-system,” so to...
Mar 10, 2012
Prevention Fund Cut by $5 Billion to Pay for Temporary SGR Fix
February 17, 2012Earlier this afternoon, both the House and Senate approved and sent the President the Conference Report for the Payroll Tax bill.  The legislation included a temporary patch to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule preventing for 10 months a pending 27% cut in payment rates to...
Feb 20, 2012
Small Improvements Translate into Big Savings
January 30, 2012Working off the momentum the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease gained last year, one of our focal points for 2012 will continue to be on finding and promoting ways to achieve better health outcomes for the chronically ill.  Obesity alone – which doubled between...
Jan 30, 2012

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