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Making Prevention a Priority
December 5, 2011Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that coverage will be added for preventive services to reduce obesity. The Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD) applauds CMS’s announcement which is a big step in the right direction towards...
Dec 06, 2011
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse Keynotes PFCD Panel Discussion to Promote Adoption of Health IT
November 17, 2011Earlier this week, the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD) hosted “Health Information Technology: An Invaluable Tool for Managing Chronic Diseases” at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center. We were honored to have Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) keynote the briefing. Senator...
Nov 18, 2011
The global burden of NCDs - our future public health legacy?
October 19, 2011By Ashok MalikHow do you measure the toll of premature deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like lung diseases, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer?In September, New York hosted the United Nations summit on NCDs. Just before the New York event, the World Economic...
Oct 19, 2011
Taking a Deeper Look at Reducing Health Care Costs
September 12, 2011Last week in Washington, I participated in an issue briefing sponsored by Health Affairs and was honored to be joined by many health care stakeholders to share some of my recent research on diabetes and strategies that are making a difference in the fight against this chronic...
Sep 12, 2011
Shaping the world's health agenda: UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs
By Ashok MalikThis September an event will take place in New York that could define the world’s agenda for the coming decade. I refer, of course, to the high-level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). It takes place in New...
Aug 16, 2011
Obesity Rates Increase in Sixteen States
A recent report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America's Future 2011, has found that adult obesity rates rose in sixteen states over the last year and have doubled or nearly doubled in seventeen states since 1995. There was not a decline in any state...
Jul 12, 2011
Employee Health and Absence Management in the Era of Health Care Reform
Earlier this year Mercer’s US Health and benefits Perspectives published a motivating examination of “Managing disability absences in the era of health care reform.” According to Mercer’s research, employers spend nearly 23% of their payrolls on employee health and absence.Healthy and productive...
May 17, 2011
A multinational perspective on fighting chronic disease in the workplace
In 2009, Towers Watson conducted a survey seeking to tap the pulse of what multinational companies are doing globally to manage health care costs and risks, support productivity goals, and retain talented workers. The study, Workforce Health Strategies: A Multinational Perspective, which sought...
Apr 05, 2011
House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Votes to De-Fund Prevention and Public Health Fund
Earlier today, the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee voted to de-fund the Prevention and Public Health Fund. Americans are demanding cuts in federal spending, but not cuts that are pennywise but pound foolish.The Prevention and Public Health Fund represents a strategic investment in...
Apr 01, 2011
$3.5 Trillion of Potential Savings in Medicare and Medicaid
UnitedHealth Group’s Center for Health Reform & Modernization released a report today, with findings that show potential savings upwards of $3.5 trillion over the next 25 years by expanding the use of coordinated care programs in Medicare and Medicaid.The report, “U.S. Deficit Reduction: The...
Oct 15, 2010

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