The Value & Access Collaboration, convened by the National Forum for Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention, responded to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)’s Request for Information about how large, vertically integrated pharmacy benefits managers’ (PBMs’) business practices affect consumers’ access to healthcare. Twenty-two organizations …
Know Your Numbers/Connect with Your Healthcare Team Awareness Campaign Launched
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 28, 2022 Contact: John M. Clymer Executive Director 202-903-7303 To reverse the rise in people missing routine medical care, the National Forum for Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention and 18 other organizations are launching a campaign to urge people to see their healthcare team in 2022 and “know your …
Million Hearts® Stakeholders Unite in Flu Messaging
The National Forum for Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention together with eleven collaborating partners released video messages about the importance of flu vaccination featuring Million Hearts® Executive Director Laurence Sperling. The 15, 20, 35, and 56-second videos show Dr. Sperling sharing facts about the increased risk of a heart attack or …
National Forum Releases Signature Report: COVID-19 and Cardiovascular Disease – Two Pandemics: Collision and Chain Reaction
Today, the National Forum unveiled the 2021 Signature Report: COVID-19 and Cardiovascular Disease – Two Pandemics: Collision and Chain Reaction, authored by Dr. Stephen Sidney. Highlights of the Sidney Report: Heart disease and stroke death rates rose sharply, and racial and ethnic disparities skyrocketed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. …
FDA Charts Path to Fewer Heart Attacks and Strokes New Sodium Guidelines Advance National Forum’s Goal
By John M. Clymer The FDA has issued guidelines to gradually reduce dietary sodium, a cause of hypertension, heart disease, and kidney disease. The guidance is intended to “Support and extend [the food] industry’s voluntary efforts to reduce sodium across the range of commercially processed, packaged, and prepared foods.” “Doctors are …
Value & Access Collaboration Provides Consensus Feedback on ICER Draft Evidence Report of Mavacamten
The National Forum’s Value & Access Collaboration provided consensus feedback on the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER)’s draft evidence report of the assessment for comparative clinical effectiveness and value of mavacamten for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Signers included: National Forum for Heart Disease & Stroke …
Mayors Pass Bipartisan Endorsement of COVID-19 Vaccination
This afternoon, the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) passed a resolution urging Americans to get vaccinated for COVID-19 and encouraging cities to carry out initiatives that support vaccination. Today’s action puts the official nonpartisan organization of the 1,400 U.S. cities with populations of 30,000 and above on record in support of local …
Move with the Mayor – Physical Activity and COVID-19
Please join Fontana Mayor Acquanetta Warren for a virtual briefing on new research showing how mayors can help people protect themselves from COVID-19. On the Zoom will be Robert Sallis, MD, of Kaiser Permanente, lead researcher on the new study; Mayor Warren; Norman, OK Mayor Breea Clark; and West Chicago, IL Mayor Ruben Pineda. Dr. Sallis …
19th Annual Meeting Reaching for Cardiovascular Health Equity: Investing Where it Matters
The National Forum is pleased to announce its 19th Annual Meeting. Click here for the agenda and information …