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.[Anecdotes] CLASS Cancelled
The Obama Administration has recently come to the conclusion that the CLASS Act, a minor stand-alone component of the Affordable Care Act, is unsustainable in its current form. The decision to stop implementation of the CLASS Act is a decision Continue Reading …
Who’s Going Electronic?
As electronic medical records begin to spread across the clinical environment, federal incentives intended to drive uptake among physician practices might be rewarding those who already have made the transition to the digital age. The ability of electronic health records Continue Reading …
Quality over Quantity: Reforming Payment
A new research report from the RAND Corporation and sponsored by the National Quality Forum offers insight into for medical services. A response to the leading trend among health care payers to pay for quality instead of quantity, the lengthy Continue Reading …
Let Him Die!
The CNN/Tea Party Republican debate (September 12, 2011) provided a chilling vision of health care in a world of rugged individualism and unbridled liberty. The moderator, Wolf Blitzer, posed a hypothetical question to Ron Paul, the only physician among the Continue Reading …
Health Policy Webinars
Policy Prescriptions analysts provided a series of webinars for the American Medical Student Association in the fall and winter of 2011-12. Topics covered included the history of the American Health Care system, evidence-based approaches to medical malpractice and pay-for-performance, and Continue Reading …