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Community College Teams Up with For-Profit for Medical Assistant Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Medical assistants are critical to the operation of doctor’s offices, hospitals, and clinics. They do everything from handling patient records and insurance forms to obtaining vital signs, drawing blood, and administering electrocardiograms. Eight were first-generation, and eight were students of color.

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The Dark Legacy of Elite University Medical Centers

Higher Education Inquirer

(Image: Mass General is Harvard University Medical School's teaching hospital.) For decades, Americas elite university medical centers have been the epitome of healthcare research and innovation, providing world-class treatment, education, and cutting-edge medical advancements.

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The Future of Publicly-Funded University Hospitals (Dahn Shaulis and Glen McGhee)

Higher Education Inquirer

There are more than 200 active university medical centers (UMCs) and 1,700 teaching hospitals in the United States. These institutions, tied to America's major universities, employ large numbers of medical professionals, administrators, and laborers.

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New IT strategies for solving higher ed’s biggest challenges

University Business

At the end of the day, what you can really do with this product is enable students to have the same experience as their faculty, or even folks who are medical professionals, but they’re not seeing that sensitive information, said Shawn Kerns, an information security analyst and professor at the university.

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Paid Parental Leave and FAMLI coverage, all rolled into one

CU Work-Life Balance

The announcement of CU’s forthcoming Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI) plan has sparked inquiries regarding how this insurance will interact with CU’s existing paid leave benefits, with particular focus on the Paid Parental Leave (PPL) plan. When FAMLI leave becomes available on Jan.

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Social Security Offsets and Defaulted Student Loans (CFPB)

Higher Education Inquirer

Half of Social Security beneficiaries with student loans in default and collections skipped a doctors visit or did not obtain prescription medication due to cost. 8 The Social Security Administration calls the program one of the most successful anti-poverty programs in our nation's history. Over half of them have medical debt.

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Benefits rate increases vary by plan

CU Work-Life Balance

The university will continue to contribute 90% of premiums, averaged across all medical and dental benefits. Medical plans Rate increases will vary by medical plan, with two plan premiums remaining the same and two increasing. Life insurance and disability Life insurance and disability insurance monthly rates remain unchanged.