Employers Now Have Employee Health Insurance Coverage Options
Employers offering an Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangement (ICHRA) can reimburse employees with pretax dollars to cover the cost of in…
Month: June 2024
Prime Pennie Contractor Acquired by Accenture Federal Services
Accenture Federal Services has completed its acquisition of Cognosante, a Falls Church, Virginia-based provider of digital transformation and cloud m…
Pennsylvania House Insurance Committee Prepares to Vote on Senate-Passed Telemedicine Bill
The House Insurance Committee unanimously passed a telemedicine bill that passed the state Senate last month. Senate Bill 739 would require that healt…
Public Health Journalism this Week
Audit on big Arizona Medicaid fraud focuses on processes, not people (azcentral.com) How AZ leaders missed warning signs of Medicaid sober living fraud (azcentral.com) Court…
Thank You for Celebrating National Physical Fitness and Sports Month with ODPHP!
With the month of May behind us, we are reflecting on another wonderful and successful observance of National Physical Fitness and Sports Month and Ol…
Center of Excellence for Telehealth and Aging: Creating Access to Care in Rural America
A recording of a May 2024 webinar describing how CAMC Greenbrier Valley Medical Center utilized telemedicine hubs to ensure access to care in rural We…
With New EMS Quality Measures, Florida Aims to Have a National Impact on Rural Care
A feature article in The Rural Monitor features the Feasible, Actionable, Impactful and Relevant (FAIR) EMS Measurement Project, an initiative by th…
Preparing Behavioral Health Clinicians for Success and Retention in Rural Safety Net Practices
A study published by the Journal of Rural Health assesses how training in rural communities relates to confidence in skills important in their work s…
CMS is Extending Medicaid Unwinding Data Reporting
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued this letter to inform Medicaid agencies that CMS is extending current state reporting requ…
Rural/Urban Differences in Housing Quality and Adequacy Released: Findings From the American Housing Survey, 2019
Among the key findings in this policy brief from the University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center: Rural housing units had higher rates of sev…