Payer+Provider in the News – June 2012

BOSTON– July 1, 2012: June 2012 was a month marked by numerous media appearances for Payer+Provider Syndicate. Payer+Provider experts provided commentary in a broad variety of forums over the course of the month. Becker’s Hospital Review featured Payer+Provider commentary in the articles “6 Valuable Outcomes Cloud Technologies Offer Hospitals” and “6 Trends in an Era of Consumer-Driven Healthcare“. The commentary on cloud technologies was subsequently featured in an article by Paragon Development Systems, while the commentary on consumer-driven healthcare was […]

Dr. Powell compares the American and Chinese Healthcare Systems

Chinese Healthcare Poster

Fair Observer, an online news magazine, has recently published a comparison of the American and Chinese healthcare systems written by Adam C. Powell, Ph.D. The article begins: China and the United States are both in the process of undergoing healthcare reform. In 2009, China announced its healthcare reform, which it elaborated upon through the 12th Five-Year Plan released by the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party in 2011. After considerable debate, the US launched its own series of reforms, […]

U.S.-China Healthcare Conference receives press coverage

Payer+Provider has helped organize the 2012 Intercollegiate U.S.-China Healthcare Conference, which will be held at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania on March 24th, 2012. In doing so, we hope to inspire students to become passionate about the field of health services research and to help create greater American dialogue about the Chinese healthcare system and healthcare reform. The conference has received a bit of coverage in the press: Center for East Asian Studies, University of Pennsylvania Johns […]

Dr. Powell to speak on the impact of America’s healthcare reform on China

Shanghai Bio-Forum

On Thursday, May 10th, 2012, Adam C. Powell, Ph.D. will speak at the 14th Shanghai International Forum on Biotechnology and the Pharmaceutical Industry (BIO-FORUM) in Shanghai, China. He has been invited to attend by the Modern Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical Industry Office of Shanghai Municipality. During his speech, Dr. Powell will discuss America’s 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and the impact that it may have on China’s biotechnology, hospital, and pharmaceutical industries as it is implemented. His speech will highlight how […]

Dr. Powell and Dr. Wu to speak on healthcare in China

Hospital in Nanjing

On Saturday, March 24th, 2012, Adam C. Powell, Ph.D. and Di Wu, B.Pharm., Ph.D., FCP will speak at the 2012 Intercollegiate US-China Healthcare Conference. The Philadelphia-based conference is jointly sponsored by Global China Connection and the Penn Biotech Group, and will feature a closing keynote by Sheldon Dorenfest, founder of The Dorenfest Group. Dr. Powell’s speech will be on the future of the Chinese healthcare system.   In 2009, a year before the U.S. passed the Affordable Care Act, China released a […]