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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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Social distancing should stick around

Social distancing should stick around

The Hill, June 7, 2021

As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its second year, the worst of it could be behind us, but in order to get comfortable with this notion, Americans may also need to get used to some of the vestiges of the past year’s mitigation efforts. The latest development — a positive one — is that all adults in the U.S. are now eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. 

How America Inc is coping with rising inflation

How America Inc is coping with rising inflation

The Economist, June 6, 2021

PROPERTY INSURERS price policies today but face payouts a year from now. That makes their profits hostage to inflation. As swathes of America’s economy have begun rapidly reopening for business in recent weeks, thanks to falling rates of covid-19 infections and rising ones of vaccination, William Berkley has been paying close attention to prices of building materials and anything found inside homes, from lamps to laptops. The replacement value of a home in America may have leapt by 20%, year on year, Mr Berkley thinks. Since the eponymous founder of WR Berkley launched his firm over half a century ago, he has never witnessed a time like the past year—not even in the inflationary 1970s. 

Do Customer Loyalty Programs Really Help Sellers Make Money?

Do Customer Loyalty Programs Really Help Sellers Make Money?

News Release, June 7, 2021

CATONSVILLE, MD, June 7, 2021 – Customer loyalty programs have been around for decades and are used to help businesses, marketers and sellers build a sustainable relationship with their customers. But do they work? A recent study sought to find out and researchers learned that while yes, customer loyalty programs do work, perhaps not in ways most may assume.

Lower income, education seen in N.C. areas with less COVID-19 vaccination

Lower income, education seen in N.C. areas with less COVID-19 vaccination

News & Record, June 5, 2021

In North Carolina, counties with higher education levels tend to have the best COVID-19 vaccination rates. That means reaching people in counties with lower income, education rates and internet access could be crucial in the next phase of vaccination, experts say.

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