Rural Jails Turn to Community Health Workers To Help the Newly Released Succeed
Garrett Clark estimates he has spent about six years in the Sanpete County Jail, a plain concrete building perched on a dusty hill just outside this s…
Category: My Healthy Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Broadband Authority Releases BEAD Challenge
The Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority (PBDA) has released the details of the BEAD Challenge process. Please visit the BEAD Challenge webpag…
New Report: Race and Ethnicity May Affect Where Hospitals Transfer Patients
A new study in #HSR @WileyHealth examines racial/ethnic differences in emergency department (ED) transfers to public hospitals and factors explaining …
Getting Connected with the Future Workforce
Last week, the Pennsylvania Workforce Development Association reinstituted their annual NextGen Youth Summit after a five-year hiatus to help Pennsylv…
HRSA Names New Pharmacy Director
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has announced Chantelle Britton as Director of the Office of Pharmacy Affairs (OPA) within the…
2024 State of Medicaid Managed Care Report Released
Pennsylvania’s mandatory Managed Long Term Services and Supports (MLTSS) program, Community HealthChoices (CHC), was developed to enhance access and…
2025 Medicare Advantage and Part D Final Rule Seeks to Protect Patients
Last week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), finalized policies that…
CMS Releases Updates FQHC/RHC Guidance, Including Telehealth
In mid-March, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that they had updated their Medicare Learning Network (MLN) booklets for …
Pennsylvania Issues RFA for Enrollment Assister Program
The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) issued a Request For Application (RFA) procurement for an Enrollment Assister Program to provide …
State Medicaid Rolls Shed 500,000 People after COVID-Inspired Rule Change Ended
One year after the enrollment requirements were reinstated, Pennsylvania’s Medicaid program has dropped about half a million people, going from a re…