July 10, 2008

On June 6, Senator Max Baucus, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, introduced the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008. Important changes to encourage the use of preventive services among Medicare beneficiaries are included in the bill. Learn about the bill and emphasizing prevention in Medicare. 

Partnership releases new toolkit for employers, Investing in Health: Evidence-Based Health Promotion Practices for the Workplace.

A five-part series in the Washington Post highlights the childhood obesity epidemic. Read more about Partnership's obesity-related policy recommendations and evidence-based resources.

Read Corinne Husten's editorial in the Wall Street Journal on why cigarette smuggling does not justify elimination of tobacco taxes.

The U.S. Public Health Service releases Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update. Partnership's Dr. Corinne Husten was liaison to the guideline update panel. Read More. 

Partnership provides technical support on recently introduced Infant Immunization Improvement Act. 

AHRQ, in collaboration with the Ad Council, launches the “Real Men Wear Gowns” campaign to raise awareness and increase utilization of recommended clinical preventive services. Read more.

Partnership, National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity, Workplace Fitness Coalition, and International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association host a briefing on the importance of worksite physical activity. Read More.

Partnership and CDC release new evidence-based tool to help communities fight chronic diseases.

Find out how public health professionals can establish a smoke-free ordinance to reduce exposure to secondhand smoke

High Rates of STDs in Teen Girls Underscore Need for Prevention and Early Detection. Read more.

Sally Mason and the University of Iowa join Partnership's Leading by Example CEO-to-CEO initiative. Read more.

Partnership is a supporting organization of the 5th Annual World Health Care Congress. Click here for more information on the WHCC. Save half off the registration fee by using code FEJ529 when registering before Friday, March 28, 2008!  

New Partnership Study: Screening for alcohol misuse and counseling is more cost effective than most other preventive services. Read more.

Corinne Husten Named Partnership's Vice President for Policy Development. Read more.  

A Better Medicare for Healthier Seniors.  Read about Partnership's recommendations to help Medicare beneficiaries stay healthy.

Partnership for Prevention is proud to be a supporting organization of the: 3rd Annual Health and Human Capital Management Congress and the 5th Annual Health Care Congress.

For more information on each of the events, go to: http://www.worldcongress.com/

Tommy Thompson Meets with Partnership Task Force 

Former HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson met with Partnership’s Task Force on Promoting Aspirin Use to discuss the politics of prevention. Thompson said that the time is right to enact comprehensive prevention legislation. He said a “perfect storm” is brewing in health care that will result in increased attention to prevention. Rising healthcare costs are making it increasingly difficult for American businesses to compete; the number of uninsured continues to grow; fewer employers are providing insurance; and Medicare will begin running a deficit in the next 6 – 7 years. Thompson recommended that research demonstrating the value of prevention, such as Partnership’s recent study on the number of lives saved by increasing the use of preventive services, should be used as a tool to promote prevention among policymakers.

To learn more about Partnership’s aspirin initiative, contact Jud Richland ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or Jason Spangler ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ). 

CDC Awards Funding to Partnership to Promote Prevention Policy

Partnership for Prevention announced today that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded Partnership $1.78 million to advance disease prevention and health promotion policy.  The award will enable Partnership to carry out a wide range of important activities, including promoting prevention-centered health reform, prioritizing clinical preventive services according to their health and economic impact, collaborating with corporate CEOs to expand and improve worksite wellness programs, assisting public health professionals and others to implement preventive services, convening leading health professional organizations to promote prevention, and developing policies to promote the health of adolescents.

For more information, contact Jud Richland ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ).

A Better Medicare for Healthier Seniors 

On September 27, Senator Ben Cardin introduced the Medicare Preventive Services Coverage Act of 2007.  It proposes changes to encourage the use of preventive services among Medicare beneficiaries.  Learn more about the bill and emphasizing prevention in Medicare.

How To Save 100,000 Lives

Partnership for Prevention and WellPoint Foundation, in conjunction with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, hosted congressional briefings in the House and Senate.  A new report from Partnership for Prevention found that increasing use of 5 preventive services would save more than 100,000 lives each year in the United States.  Speakers discussed the report’s startling findings, the health disparities that exist in prevention, and the policy changes that could increase use of preventive care and reduce health disparities. Read more.

New Study: Boosting 5 Preventive Services Would Save 100,000 Lives Each Year

Increasing the use of just five preventive services would save more than 100,000 lives every year in the U.S. according to a new study released today by Partnership for Prevention. That includes 45,000 lives that would be saved each year if more adults took a daily low-dose aspirin to prevent heart disease.  

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Worksite Health Promotion: Improving Health and Controlling Costs

Rising health care costs not only have an impact on individuals, but on employers too.  Partnership for Prevention, the Congressional Prevention Caucus, the American College of Preventive Medicine, Campaign for Public Health, the Congressional Study Group on Public Health, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce hosted briefings to discuss the benefits of creating healthy worksites and promoting employee wellness strategies and policy options to leverage the place where Americans spend the majority of their waking hours: the workplace. Read More.

Partnership for Prevention releases “Why Invest: Recommendations for Improving Your Prevention Investment.”

Why Invest is a report that offers an overview of the results of a nationwide survey – a collaboration between Partnership for Prevention and Mercer Human Resource Consulting – that asked employers about their coverage of preventive services both within and outside of a health insurance benefit. The report compares the results to key findings from Partnership's most recent analysis of services recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). The report also includes examples from organizations investing in preventive services for their employees and recommendations to employers for increasing the coverage and use of preventive services.To view the publication, click here: Why Invest? Recommendations for Improving Your Prevention Investment:

Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation: What We Know Works

As one in five deaths in the United States is tobacco-related, investments in proven, evidence-based strategies are likely to pay substantial dividends in reduced health care costs and mortality.  Partnership for Prevention and the Congressional Prevention Caucus brought together public health experts to brief members of Congress and their staff on successful community-based interventions to help people quit smoking and stop them from ever starting to use tobacco products. Read more.