WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The Center for American Progress issued the following issue brief on Aug. 21 entitled "The ACA Marketplaces Are" by Emily Gee, heath economist for health policy, health care analyst Charles Gaba, and Nicole Rapfogel, research assistant for health policy: Fortunately for the millions of Americans who purchase health insurance coverage on their own, the nongroup market has proven resilient against the Trump administration's numerous attempts to sabotage the Affordable Care   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The Federal Reserve issued the following white paper entitled "The Consequences of Medicare Pricing: An Explanation of Treatment Choice". Here are excerpts of the white paper written by Elena Falcettoni, economist of the payment system studies section: Abstract Primary care physicians (PCPs) provide more specialty procedures in less-urban areas, where specialists are fewer. Using a structural random-coefficient model and the demographic and time variation in the data, th  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Aug. 19 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis issued the following Economic Research report (No. 609) entitled "Pandemic Control in ECON-EPI Networks". Here are excerpts of the report co-authored by Marina Azzimonti, professor of economics at the Stony Brook University, Alessandra Fogli, assistant director and inequality research and monetary advisor, Fabrizio Perri, assistant director and monetary advisor, and research analyst Mark Ponder: Abstract We develop an E  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Aug. 25 -- The University of Vermont issued the following news: Jan Carney, professor of medicine, associate dean for public health and health policy, and senior advisor to the dean of the Larner College of Medicine, has been named the 2019-2020 recipient of the President's Distinguished University Citizenship and Service Award in recognition of her innovative teaching, creative leadership and service to the University of Vermont community. Carney, who served as Vermont Co  more

SHEFFIELD, England, Aug. 25 -- The University of Sheffield issued the following news: The risk of atypical femur fractures increases with prolonged use of bisphosphonates, drugs commonly used to treat osteoporosis, according to a new study. The research, conducted by scientists at the University of Sheffield in collaboration with Kaiser Permanente, Southern California and the University of California, San Francisco, found that, although rare, the risk of the stress or 'insufficiency' fracture   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of Inspector General issued the following oversight report (No. 19-09669-236) entitled "Inadequate Inpatient Psychiatry Staffing and Noncompliance with Inpatient Mental Health Levels of Care at the VA Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare System in Leeds". Here are excerpts of the oversight report issued on Aug. 20: Executive Summary The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a healthcare inspection to determine the v  more

NEW WILMINGTON, Pennsylvania, Aug. 25 -- Westminster College issued the following news release: Following a nationwide search, Dr. Karen H. Schedin has been named vice president for enrollment management at Westminster College, effective Aug. 31. Schedin, who served as vice president for enrollment management at Rivier University in Nashua, N.H., since 2012, has spent nearly three decades in higher education. With a focused data-driven approach to recruiting students, Schedin saw a 54 percent   more