More than two years ago, my colleagues at CURA Strategies and our friends at CareDx set out to create a movement to address an injustice in Medicare policy for kidney transplant patients. This short-sighted policy caused donated kidneys to be rejected, cost lives, wasted Medicare money and failed to honor the selfless gift of organ donation. This issue is…
Our name, CURA—Latin for care, concern, and attention to others—exemplifies our mission to take exceptional care of our clients so they can transform the health care system and improve lives. As communities and patients across the country continue to struggle under the weight of the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting economic uncertainties, our team has…
At CURA, we’re always looking at current events through the lens of what we do best: health care. We’ve been closely monitoring the congressional elections to inform our forthcoming CURA Health Policy Profiles: A Guide to the Freshman Members of the 117th Congress, which dives into the health policies of incoming freshmen to be seated…
In the words of Michael Mawby, patient advocacy expert and guest speaker of our latest webinar, “if you want to move policy in a big way, you need partners—whether you’re sitting on the patient side or the corporate side.” On September 29, CURA presented the fourth webinar in our “Art of Advocacy” series: Identifying the…
CURA Strategies was founded for one purpose: to transform health care. To accomplish this, our team follows a set of values when approaching work, office culture and decision-making. At CURA, we love: Transforming health care through integrated communications Serving and contributing proactively Partnering with clients to deliver results These values have guided us and inspired…
On August 25, CURA presented the third webinar in our “The Art of Advocacy” series, Thought Leadership is Dead: Long Live Thought Partnership. Our speakers, listed below, shared how organizations can best leverage thought partnership to achieve advocacy goals: Lauren Lee, Executive VP of Stakeholder Engagement, NephCure Kidney International Christopher Porter, VP of Government Affairs…
