Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Author: Laura K. Grubb, MD, MPH, FAAP
Dr. Grubb received her MD from George Washington University. She completed pediatrics residency at the Naval Medical Center San Diego and is Board Certified in Pediatrics. She completed her fellowship in Adolescent Medicine and an MPH at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston. She is currently an assistant professor of pediatrics at the Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center in Boston.
Suicides Account for Bulk of Firearm Deaths
Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States and the 2nd leading cause of death among youth ages 16 to 25. Politicians have renewed interest in the gun control debate in the wake of several mass Continue Reading …
Delivery System Reforms: Delivering Value?
Restructuring health care delivery to reduce costs and improve quality is a fundamental part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and a response to the long history of high domestic healthcare spending with suboptimal outcomes. In fact, the ACA mandated Continue Reading …
ACA Contraception Mandate is a Success
One of the most impactful aspects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on public health is the mandate that insurers cover all contraceptive methods. The mandate predictably caused push-back from faith-based corporations, but there has been little discussion in public Continue Reading …
The kids may not be alright
As implementation of the Patient Protection and continues, an estimated 7 to 12 million children will benefit from Medicaid and CHIP expansions. However, the question of access still remains. Will the number of newly insured children outpace the number of Continue Reading …
Global Payments Change Spending & Quality
In an effort to slow the growth of health care spending, Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) of Massachusetts, an early reform state, entered into alternative quality contracts (AQC) with providers. AQCs are two-sided contracts that share savings if spending is Continue Reading …
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