Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Author: Renée Volny Darko, DO, MBA
Dr. Darko is a board-certified OB/GYN who currently practices in Pennsylvania. She earned her medical degree from Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences and her Masters in Business Administration in Health Care Leadership from Rockhurst University. She completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the UMDNJ – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in 2010.
Lives are Literally at Stake
In the United States, breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women. One in eight women will be diagnosed with cancer in her lifetime. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 40,000 women die Continue Reading …
Carrying the Big Stick in Health Policy
In 2004, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare (CMS) launched the CMS Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting program, which would publicly report delivered by US hospitals. A recent study investigated quality of care measures and racial/ethnic performance rates among and within Continue Reading …
Family planning & Medicaid
Expansion of Medicaid has been one of the most controversial provisions in health reform. With the Supreme Court’s June 2012 ruling that states could opt out of the Medicaid expansion, nearly half the states in the country are leaning towards Continue Reading …
Say Goodbye to the Big Gulp
In September 2012, the New York City Board of Health approved a ban on many sweetened beverages in containers over 16 ounces. If the beverage industry is unsuccessful in contesting this decision, the ban will take effect in March 2013. Continue Reading …
Impact of a Medicaid opt out
Currently, Medicaid eligibility includes some disabled individuals, parents with incomes below welfare eligibility, some low income children, and pregnant women under 133% of the federal poverty level (FPL). Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), starting January 2014, Medicaid coverage will Continue Reading …
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