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ROBERT A. BARISH NAMED BOARD CHAIR OF THE ASSOCIATION OF ACADEMIC HEALTH CENTERS

October 13, 2020

Washington, DC, Oct. 13, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Robert A. Barish, MD, MBA, vice chancellor for health affairs at the University of Illinois at Chicago, was elected as the chair of the Board of Directors of the Association of Academic Health Centers (AAHC) by its members via electronic ballot in conjunction with the AAHC Annual Meeting, held virtually October 7-9. Dr. Barish, a distinguished emergency medicine physician and academic leader, oversees the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System (UI Health). As the integrated academic healthcare delivery enterprise for the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), UI Health encompasses UIC’s seven health sciences colleges, the university tertiary care hospital, 40+ outpatient clinics, the 13 FQHC network sites of the Mile Square Health Center, and the University of Illinois Cancer Center.

“Dr. Barish is an outstanding leader who is widely respected for his ability to lead during crises on national

University Planning and Academic Calendar Updates for Faculty & Staff: COVID-19 and Campus Updates

October 9, 2020

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Dear colleagues,

We want to thank you for your extraordinary efforts in getting our academic year off to a strong start. Whether you are on campus or at home, we know you have endured challenges and disruptions. We appreciate both your commitment to protecting the community’s health and your flexibility as we navigate the challenges in our nation and world, and in particular, the impacts of the ongoing pandemic.

We write today to provide you important updates about the upcoming Winter and Spring terms, including changes to the academic calendar and the timeline for future announcements. We are sending a similar message to students, outlining these changes and asking them to take a survey about their plans for January.

We know it is important for you to have the most updated information possible. We will provide you with regular updates to equip you with the information you need.

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Atrium Health and Wake Forest Baptist Health Combine, Create Next-Generation Academic Health System

October 9, 2020

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“As the healthcare field goes through the most transformative period in our lifetime, in addition to a new medical school, our vision is to build a ‘Silicon Valley’ for healthcare innovation spanning from Winston-Salem to Charlotte,” said Eugene A. Woods, president and CEO of the new Atrium Health. “We are creating a nationally-leading environment for clinicians, scientists, investors and visionaries to collaborate on breakthrough technologies and cures. Everything we do will be focused on life changing care, for all, in urban and rural communities alike. And we will create jobs that provide inclusive opportunities to enhance the economic vitality of our entire region.”

Based on an independent economic analysis, the immediate direct and indirect annual economic and employment impact from the combined enterprise exceeds $32 billion and 180,000 jobs.

“The impact of the strategic combination will be far-reaching, elevating North Carolina as a clear destination of choice to

Rising Temperatures Undermine Academic Success and Equity

October 7, 2020

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Hotter daytimes are thwarting students’ academic progress and exacerbating long-standing educational inequities for people of color, according to researchers who examined the issue in more than 50 countries.

The report, published yesterday in the journal Nature Human Behavior, used two major datasets to track the relationship between students’ exposure to soaring temperatures and their learning outcomes. The data revealed that additional days above 80 degrees Fahrenheit inhibit students’ performance on standardized tests that are meant to measure educational achievement and cognitive ability.

“Temperature has been shown to affect working memory, stamina and cognitive performance, and to lead individuals to reduce time spent engaging in labour activities,” the researchers wrote. “This suggests that, in addition to the channels above, heat may directly affect students’ capacity to learn or teachers’ ability and willingness to teach.”

Co-author Joshua Goodman, a professor of education and economics at Boston University, said the findings have

How Academic Medical Centers Made Out on Coronavirus Bailouts

September 28, 2020

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Some of the most financially successful nonprofit health systems are academic medical centers and the systems they anchor. Despite being considered “nonprofit” hospitals, that doesn’t mean they don’t make a profit. Nonprofit is a tax status that means a hospital is exempt from paying federal, state, and local taxes if it meets certain vague requirements for giving back to the community.

In place of paying taxes—no matter how much those taxes might be worth—a nonprofit hospital has to dedicate some of its revenue to provide health services to its community, through either charity care for patients who can’t afford medical treatment, health education for community members, free health screenings, or some other mechanism. However, academic medical centers have been able to game this requirement. They get to count millions of dollars in internal expenses for research and development and training of residents and fellows, over and above the millions of

Medicare cuts threaten the livelihood of academic health centers

September 27, 2020

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Last month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a rule that will cut Medicare payments for nearly all surgical procedures starting January 1, 2021. In some cases, surgeons will see up to 9% reductions in reimbursement for care. Cutting payments means less money for university medical centers like mine that fund critical clinical research, and now is hardly the time to be cutting money for medical research.

Academic hospitals are the backbone of the medical community. In addition to caring for patients, our hospitals provide education, mentoring, training, and a host of other essential services that don’t wind up on a balance sheet at the end of the year.

Every year, CMS makes cuts to Medicare payments that have a very substantial impact on our day-to-day operations, making it more difficult to deliver care to our patients and provide high-level education to medical students, residents, fellows, and

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