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Making the Case: Why Healthcare Funding Must Shift from Fee-for-Service to Capitation
I. The Problem: Fee-for-Service Rewards Volume, Not Value The current U.S. healthcare payment model overwhelmingly relies on...
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Rural Health Needs a Surgical StrikE
In public health, we often talk about scale—how to reach the greatest number of people, how to roll out interventions across states or...
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What Are Social Determinants of Health?
What Are Social Determinants of Health? Everything That Stands in the Way If you’ve worked in healthcare or public health, you’ve heard...
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Why IS Emergency Medical Services (EMS)Missing from Community Disease Management and Prevention?
Why is Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Missing from Community Disease Management and Prevention? Why That Needs to Change Emergency...
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A Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight
When we think of health disparities in the United States, our attention often turns to issues of race, income, or access to insurance....
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Welcome to the Healthy Community Initiative (HCI)
A New Way Forward for Rural Health In communities across rural America, far too many people live with chronic illness, limited access to...
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