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Danny HughesDanny Hughes, professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Economics, was recently quoted in a Radiology Business article entitled "Medicare Patients Receiving Annual Wellness Visits More Likely to Undergo Key Preventive Health Services." The article disucssed a recent study he co-authored regarding the effectiveness of annual wellness visits in Medicare patients.
Here's an excerpt:
"Promoting preventive care among the Medicare population is essential to enable the elderly to stay healthy, avoid or delay the onset of disease, and live productive lives,” co-author Danny R. Hughes, executive director of the Neiman Institute and a professor of economics at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, said in the same statement.
