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.America’s Oral Health
Twice as many Americans like dental coverage compared to medical coverage highlighting a neglected aspect of our health care system.
Improvements in Health for Uninsured Adults after obtaining Medicare
This quasi-experimental study of self-reported health status of uninsured near-elderly (55-64 years) adults demonstrated the striking positive effect of achieving Medicare eligibility at age 65. Throughout life there is a natural decline in health status and function, on average, for Continue Reading …
(Non)Pay for (Non)Performance
A recent Perspective in the New England Journal of Medicine explores Medicare’s plan to cease payments for 8 conditions – often reported as secondary diagnoses upon hospital discharge – that should never occur. Among these include: (1) objects left inside Continue Reading …
Medical Malpractice: Crisis or just another controversy?
Malpractice expenses represent less than 10 percent of medical practice costs. Evidence for a nation-wide malpractice crisis is not apparent. A recent investigation utilizes data collected by the American Medical Association on physician incomes, practice expenses, and practice characteristics. The Continue Reading …
Is access to care worse in US than in Canada?
The major advocates for a single-payer health insurance system in the United States released the results of the Joint Canada/US Survey of Health offering support for their belief the US should model is health care system after Canada’s. This large Continue Reading …