GAO Releases Report on Health Centers
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a report: “Health Centers: Revenue, Grant Funding, and Methods for Meeting Certain Access-to…
Category: My Healthy Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Governor’s Administration Tackles Provider Credentialing Burden
In response to the high degree of frustration they are hearing from healthcare providers across the continuum, the Shapiro Administration is working w…
Doctors Take on Dental Duties to Reach Low-income and Uninsured Patients
From CBS News Pediatrician Patricia Braun and her team saw roughly 100 children at a community health clinic on a recent Monday. They gave flu shots a…
New Brief: Partnerships to Address Social Needs across Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Prospective Payment System Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals
This policy brief used American Hospital Association (AHA) survey data to examine partnerships between hospitals and external organizations to address…
Senator Announces New Legislation to Expand Access to Maternal Care
U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) announced the introduction of her bipartisan Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act with Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Kati…
Congresswoman Announces New Bill to Addresses Rural Physician Shortages
Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo, M.D. (D-CO) announced a bill to expand healthcare accessibility in rural communities. The Rural Residency Planning and D…
House Energy and Commerce Committee Expected to Hold Hearing on Telehealth Permanency
The House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) announced a subcommi…
Learn About The Chickahominy T.R.U.T.H. (Trust, Research, Understand, Teach, and Heal) Project
The project is a community-academic partnership between the Virginia Chickahominy Indian Tribe and Virginia Commonwealth University. The research is…
Community Impact and Benefit of Critical Access and other Rural Hospitals
Examines the economic and health care benefit of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) on rural communities. Looks at the services provided, the economic h…
ONC Seeks Feedback on Federal IT Strategic Plan
Comment by May 28. The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology (IT) seeks public input on their draft 2024-2030 Fed…