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Private Equity and Wheelchair Services: How to Address a National Crisis

NonProfit Quarterly

In Connecticut, despite a 2024 law mandating a 10-business-day deadline and eliminating prior authorization for wheelchair repairs, many users continue to experience significant delays. million in April 2023 to settle allegations of defrauding federal healthcare programs in Illinois. Colorado passed a similar law two years earlier.

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Addressing the Healthcare Needs of Justice-Involved People

NonProfit Quarterly

Without access to adequate healthcare, including mental healthcare, these individuals are unlikely to receive the care needed to survive or to heal before reentering society. A law passed in 1965—the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy —prohibits incarcerated people from receiving Medicaid benefits.

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The Future of Fundraising: 3 Tips to Leverage Nonprofit AI

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

Sector-specific fundraising needs informed by unique data, such as managing alumni giving at universities or grateful patient programs for healthcare organizations. Legal compliance to remain aware of and abide by applicable AI laws and regulations. Collaboration to learn from other organizations committed to responsible AI use.

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The Promise and the Power of Social Cooperatives

NonProfit Quarterly

The SABSA healthcare cooperative is one of over 11,000 enterprises in the province of Quebec’s distinctive social economy. “We We can both provide healthcare and do substance testing,” explained SABSA clinical nurse Marie-Odyle Massé to NPQ. “We Fear and shame were preventing them from getting needed care.

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Is Your Health Insurer Breaking the Law?

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: AntonioGuillem on istock.com Despite hundreds of state laws meant to protect health insurance consumers—patients, in other words—from denials of legitimate claims for coverage, health insurers are routinely flouting these laws and illegally denying coverage in even life-threatening situations.

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The NPT’s Dozen Top Stories of 2024

The NonProfit Times

. ** Ethical Issues Arise As Big Donors Get Personalized Service [link] ** 10 Ideas For Healthcare Staff Wellness [link] ** AI Helps Getting To Answers Faster When Trained [link] ** MacKenzie Scott Launches Website With Contact Details TBA [link] ** Developing Responsible AI Policy For Civil Society bit.ly/3URhZuU

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Minding the Gaps: Neuroethics, AI, and Depression

NonProfit Quarterly

3 By law, these must remain anonymous when used. 4 In practice, thats proven difficulta systematic review of American healthcare data done in 2011 revealed high rates of re-identification, raising ethical concerns. 5 This brings forth other pressing questions, such as: How are AI datasets acquired in the first place?