CMS Allows Medicare Billing for Two New Provider Types for Mental Health Care
Beginning January 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will allow billing for two new provider types: Marriage and Family Thera…
Month: December 2023
Public Comments Requested: Interventions for Overweight/Obesity in Children and Adolescents
This week, national experts in disease prevention issued draft recommendations for clinical treatment of children with a high body mass index (BMI). …
CMS Enforcement of State Medicaid Renewal Requirements
In January 2023, we first informed you of state-level changes to Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) brought by the end of t…
Restoring Trustworthiness in the Healthcare System
The COVID-19 pandemic hurt public trust in healthcare and science. Trust is especially low among communities that experience health disparities and ba…
Bipartisan Congressional Caucus Addresses Payments to Rural Hospitals
A newly formed Congressional caucus hopes to help rural hospitals stay open and increase the rural health workforce. Earlier this year, U.S. Represent…
USDA Invests $4.7 Million to Help People in Rural Pennsylvania Access Remote Education and Health Care Resources
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Pennsylvania State Director Bob Morgan today announced that Rural Development is investing $4.…
NASA Study Finds Life-Sparking Energy Source and Molecule at Enceladus
Scientists have known that the giant plume of ice grains and water vapor spewing from Saturn’s moon Enceladus is rich with organic compounds, some of…
HIV Surveillance 2023 Annual Report
New HIV cases increased over the past year and so has access to services for those who need them. The rise in cases follows a dip in newly diagnosed c…
Food and Mood
Health and Well-Being Matter is the monthly blog of the Director of the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. This month, RDML Paul Reed …
NASA’s NEOWISE Celebrates 10 Years, Plans End of Mission
NASA’s NEOWISE has had a busy decade. Since its reactivated mission began on Dec. 13, 2013, the space telescope has discovered a once-in-a-lifetime comet, observed…