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New Research Calls for Transparency in Medicare Advantage Operations
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BALTIMORE, MD, October 8, 2024 – New findings from a team of renowned researchers calls for transparency and rigorous oversight of the U.S. Medicare Advantage (MA) program, the United States’ largest healthcare capitation program.

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Hurricane Milton: How to Shore Up Supply Chains When Extreme Weather Events Become the New Normal
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Hurricane Milton is barrelling toward the west coast of Florida. Meteorologists predict the storm will make landfall Wednesday at a level of either Category 3 or 4, in what one Wall Street analyst predicts could inflict between $50 to $175 billion worth of losses on the Tampa/Fort Myers region. Millions of residents have been ordered to evacuate. 

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Dockworkers pause strike after Biden administration’s appeal to patriotism hits the mark
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Aided by intense pressure from senior Biden administration officials, the shipping companies, represented by the U.S. Maritime Alliance, significantly increased the raise they were offering the dockworkers to 62% from their previous offer of a 50% boost in pay. The International Longshoremen’s Association, the dockworkers’ union, was seeking a 77% raise, but it accepted the new offer, which will be phased in over six years.

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Asthma Interventions Keep Kids Out of the Hospital

Asthma Interventions Keep Kids Out of the Hospital

Futurity, October 13, 2020

“This work shows that you can improve the quality of life for children with asthma and you can reduce government spending by implementing these proactive interventions,” says lead author Julie Swann, department head and professor in the industrial and systems engineering department at North Carolina State University.

The COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Chain, Explained

The COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Chain, Explained

Brink, October 12, 2020

BRINK spoke to Julie Swann, a senior advisor to the CDC on the last national vaccine distribution in 2009 for the H1N1 flu vaccine. She is a professor at North Carolina State University and co-founder of the Center for Health and Humanitarian Systems at Georgia Tech.

Nevada Stops COVID Exposure Reports for Workplaces, Hotel-Casinos

Nevada Stops COVID Exposure Reports for Workplaces, Hotel-Casinos

Las Vegas Review-Journal, October 11, 2020

This summer, nearly a third of a local manufacturing company’s workforce caught COVID-19. Spacecraft Components Corp. voluntarily shut down its North Las Vegas operation for two weeks in June after a handful of its 140 employees reported having the disease. Within weeks, approximately 40 employees tested positive for the coronavirus, the company’s controller said.

Kutztown University Grapples with Pandemic Exodus of 1,000 Students, $3.5 Million Budget Hit

Kutztown University Grapples with Pandemic Exodus of 1,000 Students, $3.5 Million Budget Hit

The Morning Call, October 12, 2020

When fall semester rolled around, Kutztown University was one of several schools that opened its doors to students, welcoming about 3,300 back to campus. But within a few weeks, about 1,000 of them were gone, choosing online learning amid rising cases of COVID-19 on campus and taking with them $3.5 million in room and board fees the university otherwise would have collected.

How Will the COVID Vaccine Get to Me?

How Will the COVID Vaccine Get to Me?

Care Talk, October 9, 2020

Anna Nagurney, Ph.D. (University of Massachusetts) joins the CareTalk Podcast to explain why COVID vaccines will require cold chain logistics and whether or not the US is properly equipped to supply the vaccines when they become available.

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