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Oakland, CA
Joined July 2014
In @Health_Affairs , @KPIHP examines practical policy steps states can take to help grow the mental health workforce and expand access to care. The article explores how states can ease barriers tied to licensure, supervision, & portability while maintaining quality and safety.
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Mental Health America’s 2025 Policy Institute, proudly sponsored by Kaiser Permanente, is October 14, 2025! This year’s theme: Behavioral Health & Technology: Exploring Tech Innovations that Improve Access and Care. Learn more at mhanational.org/
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Excited to have Dan Gorenstein moderate our forum on prescription drug policy! Looking to understand what’s happening in prescription drug policy? Explore @tradeoffspod’s in-depth reporting on the forces driving drug prices, and the potential solutions: tradeoffs.org/tag/prescripti…
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Medicaid is core to Kaiser Permanente’s mission to provide high-quality, affordable health care services and to improve the health of our members and the communities we serve. New issue briefs shed light how we care for our 1.5 million Medicaid members. kpihp.org/issue_areas/medica…
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“How are pharmaceutical companies able to rack up so many patents in the first place that extend their monopolies? The only way to address this abuse is to set a higher bar of inventiveness in order to get a patent.” 🗣️ I-MAK CEO @realtahiramin 🔗 politi.co/4goWfiD
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Applications are now open for our Translational Research #Postdoctoral #Fellowship! To learn more about this great opportunity to conduct research inside the integrated #healthcare delivery system at @KPDOR @kpnorcal, scan the QR code below or go to: bit.ly/3YlTXJm
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What happens when you follow #USPSTF guideline to start #colorectal #cancer screening at 45 instead of 50? @AnnalsofIM study led by @tr_levin @JeffLeeMD @KPDOR @kpnorcal @permanentedocs show 2.8% ages 45 -49 & 2.7% age 50 w/cancer on #colonoscopy. Story: bit.ly/4eXGGOo
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We were pleased to join experts sharing their insights on @theNASEM new report on health equity at our recent forum. Watch the video to learn more about how we can help improve health equity youtube.com/watch?v=QJ8Duf9j…
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"It's about driving outcomes and keeping patients in the center. That is where value-based platforms helping to manage transitions in care are critically important in delivering value for patients as a whole.” Nolan Chang, MD at @HLTHEVENT. #HLTH2024 #ValueBasedCare
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Our integrated care & coverage model is core to everything we do, providing the foundation to manage through industry challenges and headwinds while owning the evolution of our enterprise so we can bring #ValueBasedCare to more people, said Chair and CEO Greg Adams at #HLTH2024.
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“The more that [drug companies] try to engage in this patent gaming strategy, the less they’re investing into actual research and development, and actually into novel innovation.” Dr. Ramachandran (@reshmagar) reminds of the opportunity costs associated with patent games.
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