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January 2010
HAP Seminar Series events announced
The Department of Health Administration and Policy is presenting a Seminar Series through the Spring 2010 semester. Dates and subjects are as follows:
- February 22, JC 3rd Floor Meeting Rm D, 12:00 - 1:00
William Scanlon, Ph.D., MedPAC Commissioner
"Medicare Cost Containment: Issues and Strategies" - March 24, JC 3rd Floor Meeting Rm D, 12:00
- 1:00
Joshua Seidman, Ph.D., Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT
"Policy Issues in Health IT"
December 2009
Mason Experts Attack Alzheimer’s on All Fronts
Dr. Mark Meiners provides his insight on this issue in
University News. Read
the article. Also featured in the Sun
Gazette.
Updated December 1r, 2009
Geographic Variation and Health Care Cost Growth: Research to Inform a Complex Diagnosis
Dr. Jack Hadley's research is featured in this policy
brief from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The health care reform
debate is underway, and while there is disagreement about the components
and mechanisms of reform, there is general consensus among policymakers
and the American public that reforms must address the rising costs of health
care. As policymakers consider various cost containment measures, it is
important to understand the drivers of health care costs and growth. Read
the policy brief.
Posted December 1, 2009
November 2009
Health Reform Summit led by Dr. Mark Meiners
Dr. Mark Meiners lead the dicussion at The Long-Term
Services and Supports Health Reform Summit on Capitol Hill, Wednesday,
September 23. The Summit brought together Congressional, policy, and LTSS
experts to synthesize Health Reform proposals with LTSS principles, experience,
and evidence. Pictures below. Read
a summary of the proceedings.
Updated November 25, 2009
New Faculty Presentations
Lisa Eckenwiler led a workshop on “Care Labor Migration, Global Justice, and the G20 at this year's Canadian Conference on International Health, which met in Ottawa, Ontario. Other participants in the October 25th event included Professor Ivy Bourgeault, Sociology, University of Ottawa, Professor Ryoa Chung, Philosophy, Universite de Montreal, and Professor Ted Schrecker, Institute for Population Health, University of Ottawa.
She also presented an invited paper, “Care Labor Migrants and Source
Countries: The Transnational Division of Labor and the Erosion of Agency and
Equality,” on a panel entitled "Interrogating Nationalisms".
The panel, sponsored jointly by the Committee on Racial and Ethnic Diversity
and the Committe on the Status of Women, of the Society for Phenomenology and
Existential Philosophy, was in Washington, DC, October 31.
Posted November 16, 2009
New Research Award
Dr. Tony Yang recently received notification of funding
for his latest research project. The project will analyze the effect of
non-medical exemptions to state school immunization laws on vaccine-targeted
diseases. This research will be funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Posted November 11, 2009
HAP Seminar Series
Two seminars will be presented in December. Details below.
The Patient-Centered Medical Home Model
Presented by Mai Pham, MD, MPH
Center for Studying Health System Change
December 1st, 2009, 12:00 to 1:00 pm
Student Union 1, Room B
View
Flyer
What's So Different About Health Insurance
Presented by Peter Kongstvedt, MD, FACP
Department of Health Administration and Policy
December 8th, 2009, 12:00 to 1:00 pm
Johnson Center 3rd Floor, Meeting Room G
View
Flyer
Posted November 11, 2009
Washington Health Policy Institute Registration Now Open
Interested participants may now visit the Washington
Health Policy Institute website to register for the 2010 Institute.
Posted November 9, 2009
September 2009
New Faculty Publication and Presentation
Dr. Lisa Eckenwiler has been invited to present "Article
15: The Right to Enjoy the Benefits of Scientific Progress and its Applications:
An Ethical Assessment," at the American Association for the Advancement
of Science (AAAS) in Washington, DC on September 10, 2009. Dr. Eckenwiler
has also recently published “Care Worker Migration and Transnational
Justice,” Journal of Public
Health Ethics, vol. 2, no. 2 (July 2009): 171-182.
Posted September 9, 2009
2009-2010 Policy Research Mentorship Program Fellows Announced
The Center for Health Policy Research and Ethics is pleased to announce the awarding of two policy research fellowships for the 2009-2010 Policy Research Mentorship Program of the Washington Health Policy Institute. The 2009-2010 PRMP fellows and the working title of their policy research projects are:
Shari Goldberg, MS, RN
Colby-Sawyer College Department of Nursing
Connectivity among Community Health Collaboratives: A Descriptive Study
Becky Horn, MSN, NNP-BC
Saint Elizabeth School of Nursing
The Role of Prenatal Care in Neonatal Outcomes of Substance Abusing
Women
Read the full PRMP press release. Learn more about the Policy Research Mentorship Program. Posted September 1, 2009
Upcoming Talk
CHPRE is co-sponsoring with the Krasnow Institute and the Philosophy Department:
Speaker: Jason Scott Robert
Talk: "Human Cognitive Uniqueness: A Bridge Too
Far"
When: Tuesday, October 13th from 4:30-6pm
Where: Krasnow Institute, Room 299
For more information, contact Ted Kinnaman, Chair, Department of Philosophy: tkinnama@gmu.edu.
Posted September 14, 2009
Speaker Series Update
The date and location of our first Speaker Series event has changed. The event will now be held Monday, September 28, 12:00 pm in Robinson B434. The topic "Will We See National Health Reform in 2009" will be presented by Len Nichols, PhD, Director, Health Policy Program, New America Foundation. Read the Event Flyer. Posted September 10, 2009.
Long-Term Services and Supports Health Reform Summit
Organized by Dr. Mark Meiners, the Summit will bring together Congressional, policy, and LTSS experts to synthesize Health Reform proposals with LTSS principles, experience, and evidence. The National Advisory Board on Improving Health Care Services for Seniors and People with Disabilities (NAB), the George Mason University Long-Term Care Educational Foundation (LTCEF) and the Amerigroup Public Policy Institute (PPI) are co-sponsors of this summit.
The summit will be held Wednesday, September 23, 9:30 am to 1:30 pm at
Capital Visitor's Center, Rooms 202/203. View
the Event Flyer.
Posted September 10, 2009.
“Perinatal” Symposium on October 7, 2009
Sponsored by the School of Art, the Sociology and Anthropology Department,
and the Women and Gender Studies Program, the symposium will explore the
current climate surrounding birth in the U.S. and elsewhere in the world.
The symposium aims to create conversations across disciplines and to engage
the public, health care workers, and the academy.
Details about the program, which will run from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m., are available
on the Perinatal website, www.birthsymposium.com. The
event is free and open to the public.
For additional information, contact event organizer Jessica Clements
at jmooreq@gmu.edu or
703-255-3503. View the
Event Flyer.
Posted September 3, 2009
August 2009
Fall 2009 Speaker Series Announced
The first speaker series event for Fall 2009 will be held September 28, 2009 at 12:00 pm in Robinson B 434. The topic "Will We See National Health Reform in 2009" will be presented by Len Nichols, PhD, Director, Health Policy Program, New America Foundation. Read the Event Flyer.
July 2009
Study Uncovers New Risk Factor for Pregnancy
Research conducted by Dr. Pangoita Kitsantas, Health Administration and Policy, was recently published in the International Journal of Medicine. The study found that women who suffered a previous child death were more likely to suffer an infant death or deliver a premature or low birth-weight infant in subsequent pregnancies. Learn more about the study and its research implications in University News. Posted July 20, 2009
CHPRE Director of Health Care Ethics Joins Prestigious Association
Dr. Lisa Eckenwiler, CHPRE's Director of Health Care Ethics, has been invited to join the Association of Bioethics Program Directors. More evidence that CHPRE and CHHS are fast-becoming leaders in bioethics and health care ethics. Posted July 8, 2009.
June 2009
Time to Reform Chronic Care System
Dr. Mark Meiners writes about chronic care reform in
this commentary available from the San Diego Business Journal. Read
the commentary.
Posted June 29, 2009
New Publications and Presentations
Dr. Lisa Eckenwiler recently published with Zahra Meghani, “Care
for the Caregivers?: Transnational Justice and Undocumented Non-Citizen
Care Workers,” International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics,
vol. 2, no. 1 (April 2009): 161-177. Dr. Eckenwiler was also invited to
present “Thinking Ecologically and Ethically about Health Worker
Migration,” The Migration of Health Professionals and Its Impact
on Health and Human Resource Planning in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, May 28-31,
2009.
Posted June 10, 2009
Health Care Spending Disparities Stir a Fight
Dr. Jack Hadley talks about his research in this article
from the New York Times on geographic disparities in Medicare spending. Read
the article.
Posted June 9, 2009
Washington Health Policy Institute Immerses Attendees in Legislative Process
Coverage of the Washington Health Policy Institute is available at the
Mason Gazette. Read
the article.
Posted June 2, 2009
May 2009
CHPRE Faculty Awarded RWJ Grant
Dr. Jack Hadley and Dr. Lisa Eckenwiler were
recently awarded a grant by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to study "Economic
and Ethical Analysis of Age-Based Premiums in a Health Insurance Purchasing
Pool". Read more about the
project.
Posted May 20, 2009
Will There Be Health Reform in 2009?
A 1-Day Policy Forum for Area Healthcare Executives
Co-sponsored by CHPRE/HAP and National Capital Healthcare Executives
Saturday, May 30th, 8:30-4pm
George Mason University - Arlington, VA campus (Room 329-Original Building)
For more information, contact Tim Henderson (CHPRE) at thender1@gmu.edu or PJ
Maddox (HAP) at pmaddox@gmu.edu.
Posted May 20, 2009
Upcoming Degree
A new Masters degree program in health policy -- Masters of Science
in Health and Medical Policy -- is under development by the
Department of Health Administration and Policy in College of Health and
Human Services and the School of Public Policy. The programs awaits final
approval by the State of Virginia. Please check back periodically to
receive updates on the status of this proposed program.
Posted May 18, 2009
April 2009
New HAP Fellow
Dr. Tony Yang has been selected as a NCHS/AcademyHealth
Health Policy Fellow for one year beginning in September, 2009. Dr. Yang
will spend most of his time at the National Center for Health Statistics
(NCHS) in Hyattsville, MD focusing on a health services research agenda.
Congratulations Dr. Yang!
Posted April 27, 2009
The Economic Value of Professional Nursing
Dr. PJ Maddox has just published "The Economic Value
of Professional Nursing" in the journal Medical Care, Vol 41(7), January
2009. The article details the results of research to develop and test a
new model to quantify the economic value of nursing.
Posted April 15, 2009
Nursing Goes Global
Dr. PJ Maddox is featured in this article from International
Educator on the partnership between George Mason University and the Peace
Corp. Read
the article.
Posted April 15, 2009
Climate Change, Health, and Ethics
CHPRE Earth Week Event
Thomas Lovejoy, environmentalist and founder of the PBS show "Nature," will
give a public presentation focusing on the ways in which climate change
affects the living fabric of the planet and threatens the fundamental underpinnings
of human health. His talk, “Climate Change, Nature, Ethics, and Health," will
be on April 23 at 11 a.m. in Research I, Room 163. More
Information.
Posted April 9, 2009
March 2009
Partnership Issue Brief Released
Dr. Mark Meiners recently released the issue brief, "Long-Term
Care Insurance Partnership: Considerations for Cost-Effectiveness".
This brief reviews considerations for states in how to design and market
Partnership programs to achieve cost-effectiveness. It is the third in
a series of briefs produced through CHCS' Long-Term Care Partnership Expansion
project. Read
the brief.
Posted March 31, 2009
Poster Presentation
Dr. Mark Meiners has been invited to present at Academy
Health in Chicago June 29, 2009. His presentation will be entitled "TEAM
SAN DIEGO: Translating Chronic Care Management Research into Practice".
Posted March 30, 2009
Guest editorial
Dr. Lisa Eckenwiler wrote a guest editorial entitled "The
WHO Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel:
We Have Only Just Begun". This editorial was published in "Developing
World Bioethics", Volume 9, Issue 1.
Posted March 23, 2009
Three Minute Interview
Dr. Lisa Eckenwiler was featured in a Three Minute Interview
conducted by DC Examiner. She discusses the field of bioethics as well
as her current research. Read
the article.
Posted March 17, 2009.
Paper Presentation
Dr. Lisa Eckenwiler presented a paper entitled "Global
Health Governance and Health Worker Migration: THinking Ecologically" at
the International Studies Assocation in New Yorck City, February 18, 2009.
Posted March 17, 2009
Long Term Care Roundtable
Dr. Mark Meiners will speak at the invitation-only roundtable "Long-Term
Care: Exploring the Possibilities" on March 9, 2009. See
the Meeting Agenda.
Posted March 6, 2009.
February 2009
Recently Published Faculty Papers
Dr. Bill Cartwright and Dr. Steven Rose (Social Work)
recently collaborated on the paper "Social Security and Privatization:
a viable combination?". This was published in the Journal of Comparative
Social Welfare (Vol. 25, No. 1, February 2009, pp. 17-25)
Posted February 25, 2009
President Obama Appoints Former CHPRE Director Wakefield to Federal Post
President Obama today announced the appointment of one of the nation’s
top rural health care professionals as Administrator of the Health Resources
and Services Administration (HRSA). Dr. Mary Wakefield,
former Director of the Center for Health Policy Research and Ethics at
George Mason, will oversee this critical agency, which helps to deliver
health care to those who are uninsured and underserved by our current health
care system. Read
the Full Press Release.
Posted February 23, 2009
Recently Published Faculty Paper
Dr. Tony Yang recently contributed, "Relationship
Between Malpractice Litigation Pressure and Rates of Cesarean Section and
Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Section" to the February 2009 edition
of the journal Medical Care.
Posted February 3, 2009
January 2009
Speaker Series 2009
Information flyer for the 2009 Spring Speaker Series is now available. View
the flyer.
Posted January 7, 2009
December 2008
Research Funding
Prof. Lisa Eckenwiler has been awarded funding from the
Center for Global Studies Faculty Research Grant program for her proposal, "Caregiving
in the Context of Globalization: Migrant Care Workers and Transnational
Justice".
Posted December 9, 2008
November 2008
Recent Presentation
Dr. Lisa Eckenwiler presented an invited paper, "Care
Worker Migration and Transnational Justice," at A Conference in Celebration
of the International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, New York,
New York, November 17, 2008.
Posted November 21, 2008
Spring 2009 Research Seminar Series
Series Flyer is
now available
Posted November 21, 2008
Spring 2009 Speaker Series
Details are forthcoming.
Posted November 18, 2008
October 2008
Upcoming Speaker Series Presentation
6:00 pm, Mason Hall D3AB. Virginia Ashby Sharpe will speak on "Ethical
Issues in Science Policy". Dr. Sharpe holds the titles of Visiting
Scholar, Georgetown University, and Medical Ethicist, National Center for
Ethics in Healthcare, US Veterans Health Administration. View
flyer.
Posted October 31, 2008
An Ethical Framework for Caregiving: The Global Flow of Care Workers
Dr. Lisa Eckenwiler recently presented this topic at
the annual meeting of On Lok, Sustainable Long-term Care: Technology and
International Perspectives. The presentation was on October 22, 2008, in
San Francisco.
Posted October 28, 2008
17th Washington Health Policy Institute Registration Now Open
Visit the Registration
page to register for the 17th
Washington Health Policy Institute.
Posted October 23, 2008
A Tragedy Unfolds: Mason Experts Comment on China’s Tainted Milk Crisis
Dr. Lisa Pawloski (GCH), Dr. PJ Maddox (HAP), and Dr.
Lisa Eckenwiler (CHPRE) present their views on the tainted milk
crisis in China in this Mason Gazette article. Read
the article.
Posted October 23, 2008
‘Right’ and Wrongs: What Utility for the Right to Health in Reforming Trade Rules on Medicines?
12:00 pm, November 10, 2008
Robinson Hall B434
Lisa Forman discusses the relationship between human rights and AIDS health
care in developing countries, how rights influence changing social mores
and practices, and how human rights can bring about change in global trade
rules related to medicines. View
the flyer.
Lisa Forman is a Canadian Institutes of Health Research postdoctoral fellow
with the Comparative Program on Health and Society at the Munk Centre for
International Studies, University of Toronto. She is also Associate Director
of the University of Toronto’s Collaborative Doctoral Program in
Global Health. Her research explores the interactions between human rights
and trade rules on medicines, and how the right to health in particular
can mitigate the restrictive impacts of trade rules on access to medicines
in developing countries.
Posted October 20, 2008.
New Editorial
Dr. Lisa Eckenwiler wrote the editorial "Fresh thinking
about the Declaration of Helsinki" for BMJ. View
the editorial.
Posted October 20, 2008.
Candidates Forum on the Future of Health Care Reform
CHPRE and the Department of Health Administration and Policy co-sponsored
this event. Invited guests included Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Mark Ellmore
(R-VA), Judy Feder (D-VA), Keith Fimian (R-VA), Jim Gilmore (R-VA), Jim
Moran (D-VA), Mark Warner (D-VA), and Frank Wolf (R-VA). See
Pictures.
Posted October 8, 2008
New Publication
Lisa Eckenwiler, Carolyn Ells, Dafna Feinholz, and Toby
Schonfeld contributed "Hopes for Helsinki: Re-thinking Vulnerability"to
the Journal of Medical Ethics (vol. 34, no. 10 (October 2008): 765-766).
Posted October 8, 2008
Upcoming Speaker Series Presentation
Obama vs. McCain: Health Care Issues and the Election. October 27th, 6:00
pm in Mason Hall Board Room. Dr.
Linda J. Blumberg and Dr.
John F. Holahan from The Urban Institute will discuss the Presidential
Candidates' health care programs. Learn
more about the Speaker Series .
Posted October 1, 2008
CHPRE News - September, 2008
Robert Wood Johnson awards Dr. Webster with Scholarship
Dr. DeWitt Webster received a $1000.00 scholarship to
attend the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) New Connections Research
and Coaching Clinic during the American Public Health Association Meeting
in San Diego in October. New Connections’ goal is to expand
the diversity of perspectives that inform RWJF programming and to introduce
new researchers and scholars to RWJF, while simultaneously helping to meet
Foundation staff needs for data analysis that measure progress towards
program objectives. For details on the initiative visit the New
Connections webpage.
Posted September 26, 2008
Recent Presentations
Dr. Lisa Eckenwiler recently presented on the following topics:
- “Health Worker Migration and Transnational Justice,” Manchester
Workshop in Political Theory and Public Health, Manchester, United
Kingdom, September 10-12, 2008 - “Bioethics and Suicide Bombing,” International Association
of
Bioethics, Rijeka, Croatia, September 5-8, 2008 - “The FAB Voice in Research Ethics: Revising the Declaration of
Helsinki,” (Plenary Session) International Network of Feminist
Approaches to Bioethics, Rijeka, Croatia, September 3-5, 2008 - “Care for the Caregivers?: Transnational Justice and Undocumented
Non-Citizen Care Workers,” International Network of Feminist
Approaches to Bioethics, Rijeka, Croatia, September 3-5, 2008
Posted September 24, 2008
Fellowship Interview
Dr. Lisa Eckenwiler was recently interviewed regarding
her senior fellowship at le Centre de Recherche en Ethique a Universite
de Montreal. Listen
to the interview. (site in French)
Posted September 24, 2008
Candidates Forum on the Future of Health Care Reform
CHPRE and the Department of Health Administration and
Policy are co-sponsoring this event. Invited guests include Gerald Connolly
(D-VA), Mark Ellmore (R-VA), Judy Feder (D-VA), Keith Fimian (R-VA), Jim
Gilmore (R-VA), Jim Moran (D-VA), Mark Warner (D-VA), and Frank Wolf (R-VA). View
the Flyer.
Posted September 15, 2008
Dear Mr. President: Mason Experts Offer Advice to Incoming Administration
Dr. Jack Hadley, Dr. Gary Kreps, and
Dr. Robin Remsburg posted the inaugural article in the Mason Gazette's
new series featuring expert commentary on a variety of important campaign
issues. This first installment focuses on health care policy. Read
the article.
Posted September 12, 2008
Jack Hadley to Inaugurate CHPRE Policy and Ethics Speaker Series on September 18
Please join us at 6:00pm Thursday, September 18th to hear our own Dr.
Jack Hadley speak on the topic: Uninsured
in America: Costs, Consequences, and Possible Solutions. The
presentation will be held in Mason Hall, Room D3AB on the GMU-Fairfax
campus.
Dr. Hadley is the first of three (3) speakers to inaugurate the Fall
2008 Health Policy and Ethics Speaker Series, sponsored by the Center
for Health Policy Research and Ethics.
Posted September 5, 2008
New Study Makes Case for Universal Health Care
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, more than 45 million Americans were
uninsured in 2007, making health-care reform a leading issue in the current
presidential campaign. A new study led by Jack Hadley,
professor and senior health services researcher in Mason's Department of
Health Administration and Policy in the College of Health and Human Services,
examines the price tag associated with treating those who lack health insurance. Read
more in the Gazette.
Posted September 5, 2008
2008-2009 Policy Research Mentorship Program Fellows Announced
The Center for Health Policy Research and Ethics is pleased to announce the awarding of two policy research fellowships for the 2008-2009 Policy Research Mentorship Program of the Washington Health Policy Institute. The 2008-2009 PRMP fellows and the working title of their policy research projects are:
Eileen K. Fry-Bowers, JD, MS, RN, CPNP
Loma Linda University School of Nursing
An Analysis of Successful Strategies in Advancing Autonomous Nursing
Practice
Rose M. Schaubhut, RN, MPH
Louisiana State University School of Nursing
Staff Nurses’ Perception of Their Role in Quality Indicators
Read the full
press release. Learn more about the Policy
Research Mentorship Program.
Posted September 2, 2008
August 2008
Press Coverage for Hadley Article
Dr. Jack Hadley's work on covering the uninsured has
received media coverage from a number of sources including Reuters, WebMD, Marketplace, San
Diego Tribune, Washington
Post, US
News & World Report, CNNMoney,
and the Wall
Street Journal. Dr. Hadley also appeared on Fox
Business News and Bloomberg News.
Posted August 26, 2008
Visiting Researcher Seminar
Visiting Researcher to Speak Sept. 10th on Relationship Between Physicians
and Drug Companies in Israel. Read
more...
Posted August 22, 2008
June 2008
New Publication Announcement
Dr. Tony Yang's paper paper "Relationship Between Malpractice Pressure and Rates of Cesarean Section and VBAC" has just been accepted for publication in Medical Care.
Dr. Jack Hadley's article, " Covering The Uninsured In 2008: Current Costs, Sources Of Payment, And Incremental Costs", has been accepted for publication by Health Affairs and will be released as a web exclusive on August 25.
May 2008
Presentation
Dr. Lisa Eckenwiler will present a paper "An Ecological
Approach to
Understanding Global Health Inequalities" at the meeting of the
Joint Meeting of the International Sociological Association Research Committee
on the Sociology of Health and the Canadian Medical Sociology Association in
Montreal, Canada, May 13-16.
Fellowship
This summer Prof. Lisa Eckenwiler will be a senior fellow
at le Centre de Recherche en Ethique a Universite de Montreal. While she
is there, Prof. Eckenwiler will be working on her book, Caregiving in the
Context of Globalization: Toward Justice for All.
Posted May 30, 2008
Article just published
Lisa Eckenwiler, Carolyn Ells, Dafna Feinholz, and Toby
Schonfeld, "Helsinki through a Feminist Lens," International
Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics vol. 1, no. 1 (Spring 2008):
161-177
Posted May 30, 2008
Recent Publications
Bill Cartwright
Cartwright, W.S. A Critical Review of Accounting and Economic Methods for Estimating the Costs of Addiction Treatment. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 34(3): 302-310, April, 2008.
Cartwright, W.S. Economic Costs of Drug Abuse: Financial, Cost-of-illness, and Services. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 34(2): 224-233, March, 2008.
Yiota Kitsantas
Kitsantas P. (2008). Underlying and multiple causes of
death in preterm infants.
Journal of Data Science 6(1), 125-134.
Kitsantas, P., Kitsantas, A., & Anagnostopoulou,
T. (2008). A Cross-cultural investigation of college student alcohol consumption:
A classification trees analysis. The Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary
and Applied, 142,5-20.
Posted May 13, 2008
Health Policy Student News
Sarah Lash, a GMU Health Systems Management/Health Policy
concentration student, has been selected as a David A. Winston Health Policy
Scholarship recipient. She is one of ten graduate students nationwide
to receive this award based on academic scholarship in work toward pursuing
a career in health policy.
Posted May 13, 2008
New study funded
Jack Hadley has received funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to study "High-Cost Medicare Beneficiaries: The Roles of Physician Practice and Health System Factors". The goal of this research is to identify physician practice and market characteristics that contribute to high Medicare costs by analyzing care delivered to high-cost beneficiaries. Since the costliest 25 percent of Medicare beneficiaries account for 85 percent of total spending, even modest improvements in the cost effectiveness of their care would have significant fiscal benefits.
April 2008
HAP Faculty publishes article on Medicaid Reimbursement
HAP Faculty Dr. Farrokh Alemi co-authored an article
with Kathy Fornilli. The article, "Medicaid Reimbursement for Screening
and Brief Intervention: Amending the Medicaid State Plan and Approving
State Appropriations for the Medicaid State Match" was recently published
in the Journal of Addictions Nursing.
Posted April 3, 2008
Recent Faculty Publication
Yang YT, Studdert DS, Subramanian SV, Mello MM. A longitudinal
analysis of the impact of liability pressure on the supply of obstetrician-gynecologists.
J Empirical Leg Stud 2008;5(1):21–53. Available
from Blackwell Synergy.
Posted April 3, 2008
March 2008
Author Meets Critics
Dr. Lisa Eckenwiler was invited to the annual meeting of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics for an author meets critics session to discuss her new book The Ethics of Bioethics: Mapping the Moral Landscape published by Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
Recent Talk
Dr. Lisa Eckenwiler recently presented at the most recent meeting of the research group Health in an Unequal World, a research project of Global Health Equity. Dr. Eckenwiler spoke on "Caregiving in the Context of Globalization: Toward Transnational Justice and the Elimination of Health Inequities.
Keynote Address
Dr. Lisa Eckenwiler presented the keynote address "Caring About Long Term Care: Ethical Principles for Caregiving," at the National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform in October 2007.
National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference
Union College in Schenectady, NY will be hosted the 11th Annual National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference April 4 & 5, 2008. For more information: http://ethics.union.edu/nubc.html
Working Paper
Dr. Bill Cartwright completed in February a new working paper, Cost-Benefit Analysis of Drug Treatment, which will be published in 2009.
Book Review
Dr. Lisa Eckenwiler's book, The Ethics of Bioethics: Mapping the Moral Landscape was reviewed in the March 19 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. The reviewer said that "No other work has so centrally confronted the issues of ethics in the field of bioethics" and that it "should be at the top of the reading list for everyone currently training in bioethics, involved with clinical and/or research ethics consultation, pursusing an academic career in bioethics, or running institutions employing bioethicists..."
New Publication
An article by Dr. Jack Hadley was published in March 2008 Milbank Quarterly on the relationship between changes in physicians' incomes and practice settings and their care to Medicaid and charity patients. Read the article's abstract.
Upcoming Presentation
Dr. Lisa Eckenwiler will present two papers at the upcoming meeting of the International Network of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics in Rijeka, Croatia, Sept 3-8, 2008. The first paper is "The FAB Voice in Research Ethics: Comments on the Declaration of Helsinki" (plenary session) and the second is "Care for the Caregivers?: Transnational Justice and Undocumented Non-Citizen Care Workers".
Policy Paper
Dr. Mark Meiners published a new policy paper in March 2008 through the Center for Health Care Strategies on long-term care financing as part of the Long-Term Care Insurance partnership Program. Read the policy paper.
Faculty Service
The World Medical Association (WMA) is working to revise the Declaration of Helsinki. The International Network for Feminist Approaches to Bioethics (FAB) has been invited to propose changes to the Declaration, the most widely respected code of international research ethics. Dr. Lisa Eckenwiler is currently serving as chair of the FAB committee responsible for suggesting revisions to the WMA.