MSSNY - Continuing Medical Education

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The Medical Society of the State of New York is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

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Biological, Chemical and Nuclear Emergencies: A Physician Education Program

This curriculum is designed to assist physicians in obtaining experience in bio terrorism preparedness training. There are Biological, Chemical and Nuclear agents contained in the modules. These modules will provide valuable information during any public health emergency involving these agents.

BCN Program Author

Angelo Acquista, MD, received his medical degree at New York University School of Medicine in 1981 and is affiliated with Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan as an Attending Physician and Clinical Instructor in the Intensive Care Unit. He is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine, and tropical diseases, and he is an Honorary Police Surgeon of the New York City Police Department. He also served on Mayor Giuliani's Task Force on Bioterrorism and is the former pro bono Medical Director for the New York City Office of Emergency Management.

Primary Author

Dr. Valenti did his infectious diseases training at the University of Rochester, is Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and prior to his work in HIV treatment, research and policy, he served as Hospital Epidemiologist at Strong Memorial Hospital from 1977-1988. During this period, he also served as a consultant to the Centers for Disease Control to develop training programs on the practice and theory of infection control and outbreak investigation, vaccine preventable infections, and emerging infectious diseases and their management.

Arthur Cooper, M.D., M.S., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P., F.C.C.M., F.A.H.A., is Professor of Surgery at the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, Director of Trauma & Pediatric Surgical Services at the Harlem Hospital Center, and Affiliate Faculty at the National Center for Disaster Preparedness of the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. He is a member of both the Central Leadership Council of the New York City Pediatric Disaster Coalition, and the Medical Society of the State of New York Task Force on Bioterrorism and Emergency Preparedness, and a founding member of both the American Medical Association National Life Support Education Consortium, and the American Board of Disaster Medicine. He has extensive experience in the fields of pediatric trauma, disaster medicine, and emergency preparedness.

Lorraine Maria Giordano, MD is a Board Certified Emergency Physician, Fellow of both the American College of Emergency Physicians and the New York Academy of Medicine and has a subspecialty certification in Disaster Medicine. Her employment experiences include serving as an Emergency Department Chair, as the Medical Director of the City of New York Municipal Ambulance Service, and most recently, as Residency Director of the Emergency Medicine Program at Health and Hospitals Corporation's Metropolitan Hospital/ New York Medical College in New York City. Now semi-retired, Dr. Giordano is employed as an On Line Medical Control Physician for the Fire Department of New York City Emergency Medical Services providing continuing Patient Care modalities to EMTs and Paramedics in the field. She also serves as the Medical Director of the LaGuardia College of the City University of New York Pre Hospital Program, actively involved in the training of future allied health professionals.

The Psychological Impact of Disaster and Terrorism: Tending to the Hidden Wounds

This curriculum is designed to assist physicians in treating trauma resulting from terrorism and natural disasters.

Primary Author

Craig Katz, MD is an associate clinical professor of psychiatry and medical education at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, where he has served in various clinical and administrative roles since joining the faculty in 2000. Dr. Katz joined the Office for Academic and Student Affairs in 2009, where he now holds the positions of Director of Professional Development and Faculty Advisor. He also directs the Program in Global Mental Health at Mount Sinai. Dr. Katz co-founded Disaster Psychiatry Outreach (DPO) in 1998 as a charitable organization devoted to the provision of voluntary psychiatric care to people affected by disasters and has served in various roles in the organization, and served as its President through 2011. Through his affiliations with DPO and Mount Sinai, he developed and directed for many years the World Trade Center Worker/Volunteer Mental Health Monitoring and Treatment Program. His main areas of academic interest are in global and disaster psychiatry and medical professionalism. Dr. Katz has a private practice in general and forensic psychiatry in Manhattan and is the 2011-12 President of the New York County District Branch of the American Psychiatric Association.

Dr. Katz co-founded Disaster Psychiatry Outreach (DPO) in 1998 as a charitable organization devoted to the provision of voluntary psychiatric care to people affected by disasters and has served in various roles in the organization, currently serving as its President. His work in disasters has extended as far as El Salvador and Sri Lanka. Dr. Katz also serves as co-chair of the American Psychiatric Association's (APA) New York County District Branch Committee on Disaster and as principal author of a number of citywide and statewide training programs in disaster mental health. He lectures, writes, and conducts scholarly work on various aspects of disasters as they relate to psychiatry, including two edited books. Dr. Katz received the APA's 2001 Bruno Lima Award in Disaster Psychiatry. He has been a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine since 2007.

Dr. Katz graduated from Harvard College and obtained his medical degree from Columbia University. He went on to complete his residency in psychiatry at Columbia University in 1999 and a subsequent fellowship in forensic psychiatry at New York University in 2000. Dr. Katz has a private practice in general and forensic psychiatry in Manhattan.

Mid-Day Medical Matters 2011-2012

Mental Health-The Impact of Disaster

Craig L. Katz, MD is a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, where has served in various roles since 2000. Dr. Katz served as the director of the World Trade Center Worker/Volunteer Mental Health Monitoring and Treatment Program, which meets the mental health needs of people who worked or volunteered at Ground Zero after 9/11 from 2002 through July 2006, and now is the Supervising Psychiatrist within that program. He also serves as the Director of the Fellowship in Global Mental Health at Mount Sinai. Dr. Katz has previously served as the Director of Psychiatry Emergency Services and then Director of Acute Care Psychiatry Services at Mount Sinai. Dr. Katz received separate teaching awards from medical students and residents in 2001 and was nominated as a faculty member of the Mount Sinai chapter of the AOA medical honor society in 2003.

Adult Immunizations

William Valenti, MD is an internist/infectious diseases specialist and a native of Rochester, NY. He is a co-founder of Community Health Network, a not-for-profit medical clinic/disease management program caring for 700 people with HIV/AIDS in Rochester, NY. Dr. Valenti is a graduate of the Medical College of Wisconsin, did his infectious diseases training at the University of Rochester and is Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the University Of Rochester School Of Medicine. He has been involved in HIV treatment, research and policy in the United States since the early 1980's and is chair of the Medical Society's Infectious Diseases Subcommittee. He is also a member of the Medical Society's Committee on Emergency Preparedness and Bioterrorism Response. Dr. Valenti serves as faculty for the Medical Society's various educational programs and has authored several programs.

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Sheila Bushkin, MD, MPH received her MD degree from the Autonomous University of Guadalajara, in 1980. She subsequently studied medicine and surgery at Mount Sinai Medical School in New York, and Elmhurst City Hospital Center in Queens New York. She became active with the Medical Society of the State of New York in 1998, and joined the Committee of Continuing Medical Education. She later joined the Committee of Preventive Medicine and Rural Health, and became one of the original faculty members on Committee on Emergency Preparedness and Bioterrorism/Disaster Response in 2002, following the attack on the World Trade Center in 2001. Over the years she developed a strong, focused interest on issues of public health and preventive medicine and the effects chronic diseases on vulnerable populations such as children and the elderly. She has refocused her career formally, by studying preventive medicine and public health at the University at Albany School of Public Health, earning her MPH degree in 2011. Her main interests today include the critical importance of Continuing Medical Education for physicians and other health care workers, and sharing issues of public health significance with other doctors, through educational channels. She has a particular interest in the health and quality of life of older people and in the impact of chronic diseases in their lives and in the lives of their families.

Mid-Day Medical Matters 2012-2013

Children's Mental Health After Disaster

Linda Chokroverty, MD. FAAP received her undergraduate degree in Russian from Tufts University, and her medical degree from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. She did her residency at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM) in the Triple Board Program which led to her eventual board certification in pediatrics, adult and child psychiatry. Since 2001, she has worked in the public mental health system as a child and adolescent psychiatrist in a combined school and psychiatric treatment program in Bronx, NY. As a faculty member at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics, she teaches child psychiatry fellows, psychiatry and pediatric residents, medical students. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) as well as a member of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (ACAAP). Among her different volunteer pursuits, she previously served as the Child Mental Health Committee Chairperson for the charitable organization, Disaster Psychiatry Outreach, and helped provide psychiatric assistance and training to caregivers and the public after 9/11 in New York City, and the Asian Tsunami of 2004.

Craig L. Katz, MD is an associate clinical professor of psychiatry and medical education at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, where he has served in various clinical and administrative roles since joining the faculty in 2000. Dr. Katz joined the Office for Academic and Student Affairs in 2009, where he now holds the positions of Director of Professional Development and Faculty Advisor. He also directs the Program in Global Mental Health at Mount Sinai. Dr. Katz co-founded Disaster Psychiatry Outreach (DPO) in 1998 as a charitable organization devoted to the provision of voluntary psychiatric care to people affected by disasters and has served in various roles in the organization, and served as its President through 2011. Through his affiliations with DPO and Mount Sinai, he developed and directed for many years the World Trade Center Worker/Volunteer Mental Health Monitoring and Treatment Program. His main areas of academic interest are in global and disaster psychiatry and medical professionalism. Dr. Katz has a private practice in general and forensic psychiatry in Manhattan and is the 2011-12 President of the New York County District Branch of the American Psychiatric Association.

Many Faces of Flu

Adult Pertussis

Waterborne Diseases

Daniel J Kuhles, MD is Director of the Bureau of Communicable of Disease Control, has direct oversight of five major programs that are responsible for the control and prevention of over 50 communicable diseases through investigation, surveillance, research and education. Dr. Kuhles is board certified in general preventive medicine and public health and is an assistant professor of medicine at SUNY-Stony Brook, where he helps to train resident physicians and graduate students. Dr. Kuhles received his MD from SUNY Health Science Center-Syracuse and his MPH from Boston University. He is a graduate of CDC's National Public Health Leadership Institute at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Public Health and has published in peer reviewed journals such as Health Affairs and the Lancet.

Medical Matters 2013-2014

What Physicians Need to Know About Coronaviruses

How to Plan for Office Based Surge during a Public Health Emergency

Nancy Adams, MSM is the executive director of the Monroe County Medical Society, the 7th District Branch of the Medical Society of the State of New York, the American Academy of Pediatrics NY 1 Chapter and the Genesee Valley Medical Foundation. She is the immediate past chair of the St. Joseph's Neighborhood Center, the American Academy of Pediatrics Executive Director Steering Committee, serves on numerous community committees and the boards of Monroe Community Hospital, the Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency and St. John's Foundation. Her past and present experience includes healthcare related advocacy activities and developing physician, medical student and medical staff training programs. In addition, she oversaw a $3.1M Electronic Medical Record Implementation project which brought over 300 clinicians onto electronic medical records. Nancy holds a Master of Science in Management degree from Roberts Wesleyan College and has been a hospice volunteer for over 25 years.

The Continued Public Health Threat of Measles

How Physicians Can Prepare for a Public Health Emergency

Physician Response to Boston Marathon Bombing

Alasdair Conn, MD was born in Sheffield, England. Completed medical school at University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Did a research fellowship in surgery at University of Maryland; then, completed residency in General Surgery at University of Toronto, Canada. Previous appointments have included: Deputy Clinical Director of Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems; Medical Director, Maryland State Police Medivac Program; EMS Director, State of Maryland; Chief of Trauma, Boston University Medical Center; State Chairman of the Massachusetts Committee on Trauma; Chief of American College of Surgeons Region I Committee on Trauma; and Chairman, Board of Directors of the Boston MedFlight critical care transport program. Stepped down as Chief of Emergency Services at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, effective October 1, 2013; will now serve as Medical Director of MGH Inpatient Access and Transfer Center; conducts American College of Surgeons (ACS) Trauma System Consultations, when requested by various states; represents the ACS as a member of the Board of Directors of the Committee on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS); and teaches extensively at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Interests include: critical care transport; EMS systems design and implementation; quality improvement and patient flow; fundraising for the Department and the Hospital.

Medical Matters 2014-2015

Ebola: What Physicians Need to Know

William M. Valenti, MD is an internist/ infectious diseases specialist and a native of Rochester, NY. He is a co-founder of AIDS Community Health Center, a not-for-profit medical clinic caring for 700 people with HIV/AIDS in Rochester, NY. Dr. Valenti did his infectious diseases training at the University of Rochester, is Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and prior to his work in HIV treatment, research and policy, he served as Hospital Epidemiologist at Strong Memorial Hospital from 1977-1988. During this period, he also served as a consultant to the Centers for Disease Control to develop training programs on the practice and theory of infection control and outbreak investigation, vaccine preventable infections, and emerging infectious diseases and their management.

Emerging Infections 2015 - A Look at EV D68 and Chikungunya

The Continued Public Health Threat of Measles

Isolation and Quarantine

Epidemiology 101

Understanding NYS Law In A Public Health Emergency (EUAs, PREP Act, and Waivers)

Faculty - Holly M. Dellenbaugh, Esq. Division of Legal Affairs, New York State Department of Health. Ms. Dellenbaugh has been a Senior Attorney in the Division of Legal Affairs at the New York State Department of Health since November 2008. She provides legal advice to several programs within the Department, including the Office of Health Emergency Preparedness. From 2000-2007, Ms. Dellenbaugh was a litigation associate with Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP in New York, New York where she handled complex commercial and products liability litigation. Prior to joining Orrick, she was a litigation associate with Coudert Brothers in New York, New York where she represented clients in matters involving constitutional, products liability, antitrust, and administrative law. Ms. Dellenbaugh earned a B.A. in History from Yale University in 1994 and received a J.D. from Fordham Law School in 1998.

Vulnerable Patients in Disasters (Special Populations)

Lorraine Maria Giordano, MD, is a Board Certified Emergency Physician, Fellow of both the American College of Emergency Physicians and the New York Academy of Medicine and has a subspecialty certification in Disaster Medicine. Her employment experiences include serving as an Emergency Department Chair, as the Medical Director of the City of New York Municipal Ambulance Service, and most recently, as Residency Director of the Emergency Medicine Program at Health and Hospitals Corporation's Metropolitan Hospital/ New York Medical College in New York City. Now semi-retired, Dr. Giordano is employed as an On Line Medical Control Physician for the Fire Department of New York City Emergency Medical Services providing continuing Patient Care modalities to EMTs and Paramedics in the field. She also serves as the Medical Director of the LaGuardia College of the City University of New York Pre Hospital Program, actively involved in the training of future allied health professionals.

HIV: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention. HIV 2015 Perspectives

HCV: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention: In the Crosshairs Targeting HCV

Michael Mancenido, DO, is a graduate of the UMass Medical School's Internal Medicine residency and Infectious Disease fellowship programs. He completed his undergraduate studies at Georgetown University. Majoring in biochemistry and studying the liberal arts motivated Dr. Mancenido to choose medicine as a career and ultimately, Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases. Dr. Mancenido has been a staff physician at Trillium Health for the past 8 years, treating patients with HIV, hepatitis c and primary care needs. Having worked abroad in Ethiopia and the Dominican Republic early and immediately after his fellowship, Dr. Mancenido has decided to focus his medical and humanitarian efforts in Rochester, NY.

Medical Matters 2015-2016

Many Faces of Flu 2015

Public Health Preparedness 101

Kira Geraci-Ciardullo, MD, MPH received her BS degree from Adelphi University and her MD from Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons in New York. Dr. Geraci-Ciardullo is speaker of the MSSNY's House of Delegates. She has served as chair of the Medical Society's Committee on Emergency Preparedness and Terrorism/Disaster Response. She is board certified in Pediatrics and Allergy and Immunology. Dr. Geraci-Ciardullo is the Past President and member of the Westchester County Medical Society. She is a staff attending at several hospitals in the Westchester area and has recently obtained her MPH in Health Policy and Management from the New York Medical School of Public Health.

Radiological Emergencies

Cham Edwards Dallas, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the College of Public Health, University of Georgia. He is also the Director of the Institute for Disaster Management at the University of Georgia and a Board Member of the National Disaster Life Support Foundation (NDLSF). Dr. Dallas received his B.A. in biology from the University of Texas at Austin, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in toxicology from the University of Texas School of Public Health-Houston. He did his post-doctoral work at the University of Georgia, Department of Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Science. Dr. Dallas has a national/international reputation in toxicology and emergency preparedness and response, including over 30 years of experience. He has published scores of peer-reviewed scientific publications regarding public health and the toxic components of nuclear weapons systems, including transuranics, nitrogen tetroxide, and other potential toxins. He is also expert in issues regarding radiation contamination, which has been established after a decade of research, teaching, and humanitarian efforts in Chernobyl-contaminated areas. Dr. Dallas and the Institute for Disaster Management has a successful collaboration over the last 12 years with the University of Georgia, Medical College of Georgia, University of Texas, American Medical Association (AMA) and the CDC for the development of the National Disaster Life Support (NDLS) family of courses, the Basic Disaster Life Support (BDLS), Advanced Disaster Life Support (ADLS), and Core Disaster Life Support (CDLS). The NDLS has been accepted as a national standard for WMD training by the AMA, and has been taught to over 100,000 medical and public health personnel in all 50 states and 17 nations.

Immunizations: Recommendations During a Disaster

Advocacy Matters 2014

NYS Innovation Plan - How Will It Impact Physicians and Improve Patient Care

Foster C. Gesten, M.D, FACP, is the Medical Director for the Office of Quality & Patient Safety in the New York State Department of Health. Dr. Gesten provides clinical direction and leadership for a team of professionals engaged in quality oversight, performance measurement and clinical improvement within health plans and public insurance programs in New York. Major initiatives include the development of statewide public reporting systems for commercial, Medicaid, and Child Health managed care programs on quality, access, and satisfaction, medical home demonstrations, provider based quality measurement and improvement, and patient safety. His interests include population health, health service research, and quality improvement projects directed at prevention services and chronic care. Dr. Gesten is a member of the Committee on Performance Measurement (CPM) at the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), and a member of the Measure Application Partnership Coordinating Committee of the National Quality Forum (NQF). Dr. Gesten was trained in general internal medicine at Brown University.

Prescriber Prevails in Prior Authorization Decisions

Hope Goldhaber, Assistant Director of the Bureau of Consumer Services, Division of Health Plan Contracting and Oversight, NYS DOH Office of Health Insurance Programs. Ms. Goldhaber has worked for the New York State Department of Health for the past 26 years. Ms. Goldhaber has been part of the Mandatory Medicaid Managed Care Program since 1996. Since 2007, she has overseen the Managed Care Complaint Unit and, subsequently, was instrumental in creating the Bureau of Consumer Services within the Division of Health Plan Contracting and Oversight. This Division of the Office of Health Insurance Programs is responsible for certification and oversight of New York's Health Maintenance Organizations. The Bureau of Consumer Services is charged with responding to complaints and coverage concerns from enrollees, providers and other parties regarding quality and access to health care through New York State's managed care programs. In her role as Assistant Director, Ms. Goldhaber also provides guidance on utilization review standards and service authorization requirements to insurers and other stakeholders.

Monica Toohey, is a pharmacy supervisor; Formulary, Operations, and Systems Interface, Office of Health Insurance Programs, Bureau of Program Implementation and Administration. Ms. Toohey graduated from Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in 1995. She has worked in retail pharmacy for over 20 years, 11 of which was as a supervisor. In April of 2007, she began working for the New York State Medicaid Pharmacy Program. Originally, she provided clinical support to the Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee (P&TC) & Drug Utilization Review (DUR) programs. Over the last few years, her responsibilities have expanded to now include supervisory duties. She is also involved with various aspects of the budget process, Medicaid Redesign Team projects, pharmacy web site development and a variety of work groups concerning the Medicaid program. Originally, Ms. Toohey provided clinical support to the Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee (P&TC) & Drug Utilization Review (DUR) programs.

CULTURE BLOCK: How Culture, Ethnic and Religious Beliefs and Traditions Affect a Patient's Medical Care and Compliance

Milton O.C. Haynes, MD, FACOG, is a practicing Board Certified Obstetrician-Gynecologist in New York City, who is a member of MSSNY, past President of the New York County Medical Society, and Chairs the MSSNY Committee to Eliminate Health Care Disparities. He researched and developed this program with the assistance and suggestions of the members of the committee. It was presented by Dr. Haynes and by various members of the Committee.

SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH 2014: Social Determinants of Health and Healthcare Disparities are Inseparable

M. Monica Sweeney, MD, MPH, FACP, is a MSSNY Member, who is a Past President of the Kings County Medical Society, and is a member of the MSSNY Committee to Eliminate Health Care Disparities. She is Board Certified in both Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine. She is currently working as Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Sociomedical Sciences at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University. She was formerly Assistant Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Dr. Sweeney developed and presented this program.

Advocacy Matters 2015

Fully Integrated Duals Advantage (FIDA) Program

Katherine Fitzpatrick is responsible for the development of all education-related print and online content at the Medicare Rights Center including the Medicare education website, Medicare Interactive and the Medicare training website, Medicare Rights University. At Medicare Rights, Ms. Fitzpatrick also creates and presents trainings to Medicare beneficiaries and the professionals who serve the Medicare population. Before coming to Medicare Rights, she did constituent work for New York State Congress members Eliot Engel and Nita Lowey. Ms. Fitzpatrick has a B.A. from Mount Holyoke College in Political Science and English and is currently obtaining her Master's Degree in Public Administration from New York University's Wagner School of Public Service.

ACCREDITATION

Accreditation Statement

Disclosure Statement

Biological, Chemical and Nuclear Emergencies: A Physician Education Program

BCN Program Author

Primary Author

The Psychological Impact of Disaster and Terrorism: Tending to the Hidden Wounds

Primary Author

Mid-Day Medical Matters 2011-2012

Mental Health-The Impact of Disaster

Adult Immunizations

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Mid-Day Medical Matters 2012-2013

Children's Mental Health After Disaster

Many Faces of Flu

Adult Pertussis

Waterborne Diseases

Medical Matters 2013-2014

What Physicians Need to Know About Coronaviruses

How to Plan for Office Based Surge during a Public Health Emergency

The Continued Public Health Threat of Measles

How Physicians Can Prepare for a Public Health Emergency

Physician Response to Boston Marathon Bombing

Medical Matters 2014-2015

Ebola: What Physicians Need to Know

Emerging Infections 2015 - A Look at EV D68 and Chikungunya

The Continued Public Health Threat of Measles

Isolation and Quarantine

Epidemiology 101

Understanding NYS Law In A Public Health Emergency (EUAs, PREP Act, and Waivers)

Vulnerable Patients in Disasters (Special Populations)

HIV: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention. HIV 2015 Perspectives

HCV: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention: In the Crosshairs Targeting HCV

Medical Matters 2015-2016

Many Faces of Flu 2015

Public Health Preparedness 101

Radiological Emergencies

Immunizations: Recommendations During a Disaster

Advocacy Matters 2014

NYS Innovation Plan - How Will It Impact Physicians and Improve Patient Care

Prescriber Prevails in Prior Authorization Decisions

CULTURE BLOCK: How Culture, Ethnic and Religious Beliefs and Traditions Affect a Patient's Medical Care and Compliance

SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH 2014: Social Determinants of Health and Healthcare Disparities are Inseparable

Advocacy Matters 2015

Fully Integrated Duals Advantage (FIDA) Program