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New Research Calls for Transparency in Medicare Advantage Operations
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BALTIMORE, MD, October 8, 2024 ā€“ New findings from a team of renowned researchers calls for transparency and rigorous oversight of the U.S. Medicare Advantage (MA) program, the United Statesā€™ 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 administrationā€™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 Longshoremenā€™s Association, the dockworkersā€™ union, was seeking a 77% raise, but it accepted the new offer, which will be phased in over six years.

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Decision Science Digest: November 9, 2021

Decision Science Digest: November 9, 2021

Journal Paper, November 9, 2021
  • New research examines the role of water scarcity on manufacturing operations and what it means for the environment (INFORMS journal Management Science)
  • New research illustrates the influence of product reviews, both past and present, on current sales (INFORMS journal Management Science)
  • New research shows multi-use video game consoles can increase industry profits and benefits from used game market (INFORMS journal Information Systems Research)
  • New research examines the effects of immediate feedback on driver safety (INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management)
Challenges could hinder pediatric COVID-19 vaccination effort

Challenges could hinder pediatric COVID-19 vaccination effort

Roll Call, November 3, 2021

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has signed off on COVID-19 vaccines for younger kids, but it could be months before most children in this age group are vaccinated because of hesitancy, a lack of access and relaxed mitigation efforts in schools once the vaccine becomes widely available.

Congressional maps should be federal priority

Congressional maps should be federal priority

The Daily Herald, November 3, 2021

Sheldon Jacobson writes in his column Sunday that the Princeton Gerrymandering Project has given the new Illinois congressional map a grade of F, and he uses that metric to conclude that Illinois needs an independent redistricting commission. However, there is more to the story.

Harvard Business School Professor Alvin J. Silk, Dies at 85

Harvard Business School Professor Alvin J. Silk, Dies at 85

Harvard Business School, November 2, 2021

Alvin J. Silk, a renowned marketing expert and the Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration Emeritus at Harvard Business School (HBS), passed away in October, 2021. He was widely recognized as an influential scholar and educator in the field of marketing.

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