The Vanderbilt Health Center for Patient and Professional Advocacy (CPPA) will host a highly interactive four-hour virtual session, dedicated toward developing pathways that address some of these complexities, including:

•           Sustaining leadership engagement and/or re-engaging leadership

•           Non-responders with influence

•           Significant well-being concerns

•           Group/unit/departmental pushback

By connecting with local 211 agencies, a UC San Diego-operated quitline was able to reach thousands of low-income tobacco users.

As the privatized form of Medicare, Medicare Advantage plans advertise dental, vision, and hearing benefits not covered by traditional Medicare, but a recent analysis found that Medicare Advantage beneficiaries do not typically receive more of these supplemental services than traditional Medicare beneficiaries. Additionally, out-of-pocket spending was similar for most supplemental services. The research led by a team from Mass General Brigham is published in JAMA Network Open.