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April 15, 2020
During times of crisis, a point of structural weakness becomes glaringly visible and vulnerable. The COVID-19 pandemic has placed a spotlight on the inequities that exist in this country when … Continued
March 31, 2020
Dr. Julie Gerberding, former head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and today an executive vice president of an important home care company, merck for strategic communications, global … Continued
March 12, 2020
Robert Popovian, Pharm.D., MS. One of the most underutilized ways to reduce medical costs in the U.S. is health care prevention. Unfortunately, politicians choose instead to implement draconian policies such … Continued
February 25, 2020
Massive amounts of healthcare data are collected across the nation, and as technology advances the question of how to use it has continued to be a discussion. There have been … Continued
January 28, 2020
One area in which we have seen a great deal of bipartisanship in Washington is in the effort to prevent and treat substance use disorder. In 2018, Congress passed groundbreaking … Continued
October 9, 2019
We applaud the Department of Health and Human Services for launching regulatory action aimed at advancing value-based care and enabling greater care coordination to benefit patients. While we will be … Continued
September 27, 2019
This year the theme of National Health IT Week is focused on driving better health outcomes and equity in our communities. The Healthcare Leadership Council (HLC), with its broad membership … Continued
September 19, 2019
September 16-20 is National Obesity Care Week (NOCW). NOCW is a source for science-based information on obesity. More than 93 million Americans are affected by obesity, with an estimated cost … Continued
September 11, 2019
Several years ago, there was a significant push in Congress to allow wholesale importation of prescription drugs from other countries into the United States. The Healthcare Leadership Council found itself … Continued
April 12, 2019
In a city as divided along partisan lines as Washington, D.C. is these days, you don’t often come across a legislative idea that wins broad support from both sides of … Continued
Kelly Fernandez
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kfernandez@hlc.org