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Former United Executive Confirms Dan Rosenthal’s Involvement in Yale Study

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Tuesday, November 9, 2021

Houston attorney John Zavitsanos asked Haben about a Shared Savings example, in which emergency providers billed $1,400, and United allowed payment of $300.

Key Points: 
  • Houston attorney John Zavitsanos asked Haben about a Shared Savings example, in which emergency providers billed $1,400, and United allowed payment of $300.
  • Helatertestified that the program generated an annual profit of $830 million, which grew to more than $1 billion annually.
  • Zavitsanos asked Haben whether one of the things this Yale study was intended to do was go after [large emergency department physician practices like TeamHealth].
  • Based on United documents introduced in court yesterday, both Dan Rosenthal and Uniteds Chief Medical Officer Sam Ho, MD, approved of and guided the publicity campaign behind the United-backed Yale study.

Leading Disability Justice Advocate Haben Girma to Keynote BbWorld 2021

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Thursday, July 1, 2021

RESTON, Va., July 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Blackboard Inc., a leading global EdTech software and solutions company, announced today that human rights lawyer and disability justice advocate Haben Girma will deliver a keynote at BbWorld 2021, Blackboard's premier global conference.

Key Points: 
  • RESTON, Va., July 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Blackboard Inc., a leading global EdTech software and solutions company, announced today that human rights lawyer and disability justice advocate Haben Girma will deliver a keynote at BbWorld 2021, Blackboard's premier global conference.
  • "We're excited to welcome such a strong advocate for disability justice and inclusivity to BbWorld," said Blackboard Chairman, CEO and President Bill Ballhaus.
  • After becoming the first Deafblind person to graduate from Harvard Law School, Ms. Girma has gone on to become a leading human rights lawyer, advancing disability justice around the world.
  • Ms. Girma will join Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski, President of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), as a keynote speaker at BbWorld this year.