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October 1 at Allways Health (28 credit package)
50 minute lecture: A Brief Overview of Healthcare Reform What do Medicare, Medicaid and the ACA have in common? How do they differ? This lecture discusses how they passed Congress and why similar reforms may be unlikely in the future.…
Find out more »October 11 at HSA (28 credit package)
Friday, October 11 at HSA Insurance, 135 Wood Rd, Braintree Enter on right as you face the building Doors open at 9:00, lecture starts at 9:30 AM 45 minute lecture How to Prepare for a Doctor’s Appointment Gary Fradin will…
Find out more »October 18 at Harvard Pilgrim (27 credit package)
45 minute lecture + 2 self study exams (Room 1038, 1st floor, behind the elevators) Lecture topic: Medicare. Gary Fradin will introduce Medicare and discuss its impact on American healthcare. How well might Medicare-for-All work? After the lecture, take the 2…
Find out more »November 8 at HSA (28 credit package)
Friday, November 8 at HSA, 135 Wood Road, Braintree Enter on right as you face the building from Wood Road Lecture starts at 9:30 AM 45 minute lecture Understanding Screening Tests This lecture raises some fundamental and disturbing questions. Might…
Find out more »November 22 at Harvard Pilgrim (29 credit package)
45 minute lecture + 2 self study exams (Room 1038, 1st floor, behind the elevators) Lecture topi: Too Much and Too Expensive Gary Fradin will provide an overview of our healthcare system in which patients get too much care that…
Find out more »December 6 at HSA (30 credit package)
Friday, Dec 6 at HSA, 135 Wood Road, Braintree Enter on right as you face the building from Wood Road 30 credits Starts at 9:30 Lecture + 2 self study exams Lecture topic How Medicare fits into US healthcare reform…
Find out more »December 18 at Harvard Pilgrim (24 credit package)
45 minute lecture + 2 self study exams (Room 1038, 1st floor, behind the elevators) Lecture topic: Medicare Overview Gary Fradin will discuss Medicare’s evolution, provide a high level overview of Medicare operations and address the hot 2020 political question:…
Find out more »January 15 at Harvard Pilgrim (27 credit package)
Doors open at 9:00, lecture starts at 9:30 AM Room 1038, 1st floor 50 minute lecture Understanding Screening Tests How well do screening tests actually work? Do they improve patient health or instead raise patient risks and costs? This lecture…
Find out more »January 17 at HSA (24 credit package)
Lecture + 2 self study exams. Enter on right as you face the building from Wood Road. 45 minute lecture Medicare for All After the lecture, take 2 self study exams. You must read the books in advance! Available…
Find out more »January 28 in Somerville (27 credit package)
45 minute lecture What Does a Well-Informed Healthcare Consumer Know? ‘Well informed’ means different things in the insurance and medical worlds. This lecture focuses on the medical arena and shows why medically well-informed patients enjoy better outcomes at lower costs. It…
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