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Finance: AMA Pushes For Charity Care Accountability

The NonProfit Times

Image from [link] Members of the American Medical Association (AMA) voted to support greater oversight of nonprofit hospitals and standardization of charity care policies so financial assistance reaches patients in need. Hospitals are eligible for nonprofit status, which exempts them from income, property, and sales taxes.

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Monitoring Inequality: The Case for Widening Access to Innovations in Diabetes Management

NonProfit Quarterly

While these uses of CGMs may have merit, this trend has transformed their reputation from critical medical devices into lifestyle gadgets. First, it dilutes the perception of CGMs as necessary medical tools for people with diabetes, potentially reducing the urgency of making these devices accessible to those who need them most.

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Rehearsing for the Revolution: Theater as a Tool of Democratic Imagination

NonProfit Quarterly

In Legislative Theatre, the plays created by community groups directly address unjust public policy and practice, and the improvisations by spect-actors offer the opportunity to test new laws, rules, and resources to address those problems. Through this process, TONYC helped to shape city policy and practice between 2013 and 2019.

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Countering Criminalization: The Vital Role of Organizing Against Homelessness

NonProfit Quarterly

An article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association lists poverty as the nations fourth leading cause of death. The Journal of the American Medical Association lists poverty as the nations fourth leading cause of death. Meanwhile, public policy failed to address the economic drivers of poverty.

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Encouraging Human Creativity in the AI-Powered Future

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Thats why, in public policy circles, we must nurture and reward innovation in as well as from AI. For instance, an AI trained primarily on synthetic medical data might ignore rare, but critically important, symptoms a human doctor would catch.

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Resiliency Strategies for Nonprofits in Times of Political and Financial Instability

NonProfit Quarterly

For example, during the 2022 mpox epidemic , queer influencers stepped in when Floridas public health authorities were silent. President Biden appointed Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, a queer medical influencer, as mpox czar, bridging cultural divides to activate the most at-risk community: queer men. 3 (2022): 822842. 3 (2020): 401426.

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Family Care Specialist

Anedot

Responsibilities Essential functions and responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Chapter Helpline Team Provide overall support to the Chapters Helpline Team, supporting Chapter-wide follow up calls a minimum of 2 days/week, responding to Helpline follow-up requests and provide information and referral and/or care consultation as needed Ensure (..)