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New Research Calls for Transparency in Medicare Advantage Operations
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BALTIMORE, MD, October 8, 2024 – New findings from a team of renowned researchers calls for transparency and rigorous oversight of the U.S. Medicare Advantage (MA) program, the United States’ largest healthcare capitation program.

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Hurricane Milton: How to Shore Up Supply Chains When Extreme Weather Events Become the New Normal
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Hurricane Milton is barrelling toward the west coast of Florida. Meteorologists predict the storm will make landfall Wednesday at a level of either Category 3 or 4, in what one Wall Street analyst predicts could inflict between $50 to $175 billion worth of losses on the Tampa/Fort Myers region. Millions of residents have been ordered to evacuate. 

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Dockworkers pause strike after Biden administration’s appeal to patriotism hits the mark
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Aided by intense pressure from senior Biden administration officials, the shipping companies, represented by the U.S. Maritime Alliance, significantly increased the raise they were offering the dockworkers to 62% from their previous offer of a 50% boost in pay. The International Longshoremen’s Association, the dockworkers’ union, was seeking a 77% raise, but it accepted the new offer, which will be phased in over six years.

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Five Dark-Horse Teams That Could Crash the Men’s Final Four

Five Dark-Horse Teams That Could Crash the Men’s Final Four

Sports Illustrated, March 15, 2022

The last time the men’s Final Four was composed entirely of teams from the top-three seed lines was way back in 2009. While overall, 74% of Final Four teams since 1985 have been a No. 1, No. 2 or No. 3 seed, (per BracketOdds), that still means more than a quarter come from elsewhere. Figuring out who that’s going to be every year (often, it’s just one of the four teams) can be like finding a needle in a haystack—after all, who saw No. 11–seed UCLA coming a year ago? Or No. 11 Loyola Chicago in 2018? Still, we’re going to give it our best shot. Here are five teams seeded No. 4 or lower who could make the trip to New Orleans, plus three more we considered.

Optimizing Systems and Processes to Improve Americans’ Access to Organ Transplantation

Optimizing Systems and Processes to Improve Americans’ Access to Organ Transplantation

Audio Clip, March 16, 2022

New audio is available for media use featuring Sommer Gentry, co-Director of the CSTAR Center for Surgery and Transplant Applied Research in the Grossman School of Medicine at New York University. She is also a member of INFORMS. Gentry speaks about how to optimize systems and processes to improve access to organ transplantation. This content is made available by INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences. All sound should be attributed to Sommer Gentry. There are four questions and responses. These responses were provided on March 16, 2022.

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