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Reclaiming Salus Populi

Bill of Health

Introduction: The Threat to Public Health As we reach the COVID-19 pandemic’s third anniversary, the warning signs for the future of public health law are everywhere. Along the way, courts have displayed an alarming disinterest in science or the impact of their decisions on the public’s health.

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For Tempe AZ, Public Health Means Being a 20-Minute City

Healthcare IT Today

Healthcare IT Today sat down with Dr. Stephanie Deitrick, Chief Data and Analytics Officer for the City of Tempe, to learn more about their public health initiatives and how it relates to being a 20-minute city. Using GIS Technology for Healthier Living In 2012, Kent Larson described the concept of a 20-minute city in a TED Talk.

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Heat Waves and Emergency Department Visits Among the Homeless, San Diego, 2012–2019

AJPH

American Journal of Public Health, Volume 112, Issue 1 , Page 98-106, January 2022.

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Unlocking the mRNA Platform Technology: Walking the Talk with Investment Protection

Bill of Health

Together, these articles underscore the injustice of the present moment and emphasize the need to reform intellectual property protections for government-funded inventions of public health significance. Recent Research on Public Funding of mRNA Technology The first of the two new articles is an in-depth empirical study of U.S.

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Monthly Round-Up of What to Read on Pharma Law and Policy

Bill of Health

Eroding Judicial Deference to the FDA – Consequences for Public Health. Timing of Confirmatory Trials for Drugs Granted Accelerated Approval Based on Surrogate Measures From 2012 to 2021. JAMA Health Forum. Daval CJR, Bendicksen L, Kesselheim AS. N Engl J Med. 2023 Mar 16;388(11):963-966. Epub ahead of print.

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Behavioral health has a supply-demand issue. Can virtual care help?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers and clinicians have pointed to behavioral health as a particularly effective use case for telehealth and virtual care. But what about after the public health emergency?

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CMS Pushes Publication of Final FFS Adjuster for RADV Audits Rule to February 1, 2023

Healthcare Law Blog

The proposed rule back tracked CMS’s 2012 decision to apply a FFS Adjuster to extrapolated contract-level RADV audits. Under the 2012 announcement, the FFS adjuster was intended to account for any effect of erroneous diagnosis codes in the data from Medicare Parts A and B that are used to calibrate the MA risk adjustment model.