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Jerold Rothkoff

April 10, 2025

Jerold E. Rothkoff is the founder and managing attorney of the Rothkoff Law Group, where he dedicates his practice to serving clients in the areas of elder law, life care planning, asset protection, veterans’ benefits, estate planning, and long-term … [Read more...] about Jerold Rothkoff

Wendell Potter

April 10, 2025

Wendell Potter’s career in communications spans more than four decades, half of which he spent as a communications and public affairs executive for major health insurers, Humana and Cigna. After witnessing firsthand how these corporations use … [Read more...] about Wendell Potter

Lisa Simon

April 9, 2025

Dr. Lisa Simon is a Fellow in Oral Health and Medicine Integration at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine and a resident in the Internal Medicine Residency program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She received her dental degree cum laude with … [Read more...] about Lisa Simon

Cheryle Baptiste-Hill

April 9, 2025

Cheryle Baptiste-Hill, DDS, FICD started working in her father’s dental practice when she was 12-years-old on the weekends and summer vacations. She is a 1984 graduate of Howard University College of Dentistry where she received the Outstanding … [Read more...] about Cheryle Baptiste-Hill

Sarah Somers

April 9, 2025

Sarah Somers is the Legal Director at the National Health Law Program. In this role, Sarah leads NHeLP’s legal and policy staff, which has more than doubled in size and capacity since 2017 in response to both threats to health care access and … [Read more...] about Sarah Somers

Maame Gyamfi

April 9, 2025

Maame Gyamfi is Senior Lead Attorney at the AARP Foundation.  She advocates nationwide on behalf of vulnerable older adults on matters involving health care, civil rights, elder abuse, and other areas of public interest. Her practice includes … [Read more...] about Maame Gyamfi

Dr. Ed Weisbart

April 9, 2025

Dr. Ed Weisbart is the national board secretary and MO chapter chair of Physicians for a National Health Program, a non-profit non-partisan organization of more than 25,000 physicians and other health care advocates in support of a publicly financed, … [Read more...] about Dr. Ed Weisbart

Chiquita Brooks-LaSure

April 9, 2025

Chiquita Brooks-LaSure is a senior fellow at The Century Foundation, having previously served as the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in the Biden administration from 2021 to 2025.For over twenty-five years, … [Read more...] about Chiquita Brooks-LaSure

Jamila Headley

February 12, 2025

Jamila Headley (she/her) has spent the past 18 years advancing health care and other social justice campaigns with movements and movement leaders on five continents. Her work has spanned health systems research and policy analysis, organizing, … [Read more...] about Jamila Headley

Carmen Rhodes

April 18, 2024

Carmen Rhodes is the Program Director of Be a Hero. Prior to joining the Be A Hero team, Carmen spent 20 years building labor community partnerships and coalitions, running and winning political and issue campaigns and training activist leaders to … [Read more...] about Carmen Rhodes

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💙 It's Feel Good Friday! Today's feel good news: Medicare’s new GLP-1 Bridge could make treatment more affordable for millions.

Beginning July 1, some eligible people with Part D coverage can access certain weight-management medications for a $50 monthly copay.

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🤖 Should Medicare pay for AI diagnostic software?

CMS is proposing a new payment pathway for algorithm-driven tools that can produce diagnoses, risk scores, or treatment recommendations.

Promise, red flag, or both?

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CMS floats new Medicare payment category for AI diagnostic software: 6 notes 

CMS floats Medicare payment for AI diagnostic software, proposing a new category to standardize reimbursement for algorithm-driven clinical tools.

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Our cardiovascular researcher shares why AFibs happen when you sleep and what can you do about it:

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I’m Having AFib at Night: Should I Be Worried?

There are many reasons why you might go into AFib overnight — from sleep apnea to sleeping on your left side. A cardiovascular researcher explains.

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