OP/notes – Page 5 – Policy Prescriptions

AP44 Proposed Rule: Our Comments

Posted onJuly 19, 2016February 23, 2020AuthorTyree Winters, DO

On May 25, 2016, the Department of Veteran Affairs announced their AP44-Proposed Rule to amend its medical regulations that will permit full practice authority to all advanced practice registered nurses (APRN) acting within their scope of practice during their VA Continue Reading …

Health Policy Twitterati 2016

Posted onJuly 9, 2016AuthorCedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP

It’s summer. It’s time to completely unplug. Turn off the devices. Get off the grid. Take off your shoes and put your feet into the sand. Simply, relax. But since you’re probably a bit too much like me, and for some Continue Reading …

Treating Baltimore’s Sweet Tooth

Posted onJune 30, 2016July 4, 2016AuthorGuest Authors

At Baltimore’s City Hall this month, I joined dozens of others giving testimony to the City Council’s health committee on a bill that would require warning labels for sugary drinks on advertisements and wherever these products are sold in Baltimore. Continue Reading …

We’re with Hillary

Posted onJune 6, 2016June 5, 2016AuthorCedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP

Based on her record of successfully advocating for the Children’s Health Insurance Program in the 1990s, leading support for the health insurance industry reforms at the heart of the Affordable Care Act, and promising to build on the ACA’s framework Continue Reading …

2016 Presidential Election Score Card

Posted onApril 12, 2016October 31, 2016AuthorVidya Eswaran, MD

We are pleased to present our 2016 Presidential Election scorecard. The policies upon which we have rated the candidates are derived from Dr. which suggests there are 5 key healthcare issues at play this year: Prescription drug prices Consumers’ issues Continue Reading …