Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Author: Cedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP
Cedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP is Founder and Executive Editor of Policy Prescriptions®. A graduate of Morehouse College, Dr. Dark earned his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine. He holds a master’s degree from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. He completed his residency training at George Washington University where he served as Chief Resident. Currently, Dr. Dark is an Assistant Professor in the Henry J. N. Taub Department of Emergency Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Dark is the 2017 recipient of the Texas Medical Association’s C. Frank Webber Award, a 2019 American College of Emergency Physicians Choosing Wisely Champion, one of emergency medicine’s Top 45 Under 45, and on Elemental’s List of 50 Experts to Trust in a Pandemic. He currently is on the Board of Directors for Doctors for America and is the Medical Editor-in-Chief for the monthly publication ACEP Now. Dr. Dark’s policy experience includes work for the United States House of Representatives, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and the Joe Biden Campaign. Among his policy interests include the study of health reform at the intersection with international health systems on which he has spoken on this topic nationwide. Dr. Dark’s media experience includes print, radio, and television – including outlets such as NPR, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, and BBC World News.
#PolicyRx14
The First Policy Prescriptions® Symposium & Contributor Retreat April 5 & 6, 2014 Lancaster Hotel / 701 Texas St, Houston, TX 77002 /(713) 228-9500 /thelancaster.com Saturday, April 5, 2014 12pm Opening Lunch and Networking 2pm Who are we? The history, Continue Reading …

ACA Sign Up Deadline Looming
Have you signed up for health care on HealthCare.Gov? Or do you have your own through your employer or spouse? Covered under your parents’ plan? Let us know your experiences in the comments! And in the meantime, watch this Snoop Continue Reading …

The ACA, Medicaid, and the ED: What’s the Bottom Line?
http://www.aaem.org/UserFiles/Episode14Edited.mp3 In this Policy Prescriptions® edition of the AAEM Emergency Physician Advocates: Legal and Policy Issues in Emergency Medicine Podcast, Cedric Dark, MD MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Emergency Medicine Residency Program at Baylor College of Medicine, speaks Continue Reading …

A Ban on Mammograms?
A recent study published in BMJ looked at 90,000 women over 25 years, randomly dividing the group into some that received screening mammography and others that did not. The findings showed no difference in mortality; however in the mammography group Continue Reading …

National Health Policy Conference (Day 2)
The second day of the National Health Policy Conference started bright and early with two simultaneous discussions. I attended one on the interactions between Medicaid and the ACA Marketplaces. Medicaid & the Marketplaces (aka “When Churn Happens”) Arkansas and Iowa Continue Reading …
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