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Innovative program jointly launched by Independence Blue Cross and Penn Medicine accelerates access to outpatient scans

Innovative program jointly launched by Independence Blue Cross and Penn Medicine accelerates access to outpatient scans

A joint program from Independence Blue Cross (IBX) and Penn Medicine gets patients on the path to care and a diagnosis faster and to save both providers and IBX time on prior authorization requests for outpatient scans (such as, CT, PET, and nuclear medicine scans, MRI and echocardiograms). Launched in 2023, the success of the program has driven IBX to expand the program to other network providers.

New rules for methadone doses at home did not increase overdoses

New rules for methadone doses at home did not increase overdoses

LDI senior fellows have studied the impact of the federal policy change for patients to access take-home doses and recommend that policymakers at both the state and federal levels should support the continued expansion of flexible take-home methadone policies, citing the benefits of patient autonomy and the evidence that take-home doses did not increase methadone-involved overdose deaths overall.

Penn GSE launches Algebra 1 fellowship to strengthen math teaching in Philadelphia schools
A teacher pointing ot a whiteboard in a high school classroom.

Penn GSE alum Brad Latimer teaches algebra at Science Leadership Academy High School.

(Image: Joe McFetridge for Penn GSE)

Penn GSE launches Algebra 1 fellowship to strengthen math teaching in Philadelphia schools

With funding from the Neubauer Family Foundation, the program’s creation is in direct response to the School District of Philadelphia’s call for targeted support in Algebra 1 instruction.

From Penn GSE

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Creating a classroom democracy
Assistant Professor of History Sarah Gronningsater teaching Hamilton’s America to Penn students.

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Creating a classroom democracy

Through a Stavros Niarchos Foundation Paideia course, assistant professor of history Sarah Gronningsater and her students resuscitate early American history.

Kristina García

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