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PHARMACEUTICALS & MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

Purdue’s Demise Could Be A New Beginning For The Pharmaceutical Industry
By Taleed El-Sabawi and Leo Beletsky

As part of its recent settlement, Purdue Pharmaceuticals should be required to restructure as a nonprofit public benefit pharmaceutical company focused on population health and addressing some of the roots of the opioid crisis. Read More >>

PAYMENT

Medicare Payment Reform’s Next Decade: A Strategic Plan For The Center For Medicare And Medicaid Innovation
By Amol S. Navathe, Bob Kocher, Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Sherry Glied, and Farzad Mostashari

The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency has once again laid bare stark disparities for low-income and minority communities. But it has also highlighted the dramatic scope and scale of shifts—such as more telemedicine and home care—that the national health delivery system can achieve. We believe that as the Center For Medicare And Medicaid Innovation embarks upon its second decade, it must consolidate and institutionalize these shifts and strategically test and scale new payment models. Read More >>

Unpacking The No Surprises Act: An Opportunity To Protect Millions
By Jack Hoadley, Katie Keith, and Kevin Lucia

As we wait to see if Congress will pass a COVID-19 relief package and/or a government spending bill, one key question is whether one of those vehicles will include new compromise legislation—the No Surprises Act—to comprehensively protect consumers from surprise medical bills. Read More >>

IN THE JOURNAL

CLIMATE & HEALTH

How do we cultivate new knowledge and skill sets among both health professionals and K–12 and undergraduate students to prepare them to confront the health effects of climate change? In this month’s Leading to Health article, reporter Michele Cohen Marill reflects on how medical students are working with patients amid growing climate health risks and why medical schools are reshaping the core curriculum in light of the climate crisis. In addition, Jay Lemery and colleagues put forward a road map for individual providers, health educators, and health care systems, while Vijay S. Limaye and coauthors introduce the concept of climate and health literacy.

A CLOSER LOOK—Health, Climate, And Public Health Law

Public health law has a successful track record of improving health around the world. Taxes on tobacco, alcohol, and sugary drinks are some of many ways countries have intervened to prevent diseases like cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. Laws can also be used to mitigate climate-related deaths, including those caused by pollution, which kills 8.8 million people annually. Environmental laws and emission-mitigation policies like carbon taxes have the capacity to curb these deaths. In a May 2019 blog post, Lawrence O. Gostin and Eric A. Friedman discuss public health laws around the world and what we can learn from their success.

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