by Jordana Choucair | Oct 6, 2022 | Providers
According to a new poll from Gallup and West Health, 44 percent of Americans think the entire U.S. health care system is poor or failing. Seventy-five percent of Americans gave U.S. health care affordability a D or F rating, with 33 percent saying health care...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 3, 2022 | Providers
HHS announced it awarded $266 million funding through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to bolster Community Health Worker and Public Health programs. HRSA awarded $225.5 million to 83 grantees through the Community Health Worker Training Program...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 3, 2022 | Providers
A research letter in JAMA Network Open indicates that patients admitted in hospital emergency departments (ED) are likelier to wait longer than the recommended four-hour waiting period for an inpatient bed. Researchers at the Yale University School of Medicine...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 30, 2022 | Providers
A federal judge ordered that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must reinstate full 340B drug payments for the rest of 2022. Judge Rudolph Contreras’ ruling followed a Supreme Court decision in June that ordered HHS to pay providers for the smaller...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 29, 2022 | Providers
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) published a new report revealing that 27 percent of Head Start grant recipients had incidents of child abuse, lack of supervision, or unauthorized releases to adults. Nearly 20...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 28, 2022 | Providers
The Senate passed a continuing resolution bill that would temporarily extend two Medicare programs. The measure would extend the Medicare Dependent Hospital program to boost financial support for rural hospitals with at least 60 percent of their patients covered by...
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