As Congress examines the U.S. public health system’s response to Ebola this week, we need to take a look at laws and regulations that inhibit better treatment and increase protection for health care workers. Existing rules and regulations around telemedicine are one such example. News outlets have been chronicling the heroics of healthcare workers across… Read more »
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Trio of Health Care Lobbyists Leave DLA Piper to Form Sirona Strategies
The Washington Post reports three of DLA Piper’s health care lobbyists have left to form Sirona Strategies, a new health care consulting group that will specialize in health care business policy, regulatory, legislative and communications strategy. Read Article
New Lobby Shop Sirona Strategies will Focus on Health Policy
Founding partners Krista Drobac and Kristen Ratcliff created Sirona on Nov. 7 and are joined by lobbyist Vanessa Cramer, the firm’s director of client relations. Read Article
Why Telemedicine’s Window is Finally Opening
When I was a young undergraduate at the University of Michigan, Professor John Kingdon attempted to help his students understand why policymakers take up particular topics at particular times. The most obvious reasons are disasters or other high-profile focusing events that demand action. But most of the time, policy ideas “hit” when there is no… Read more »
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