HHS Offers Resource for Locating Infant Formula
There’s nothing as important to families as the health and safety of their babies, and the formula shortage has left many people feeling anxious...
CDC Recommends Increasing Timely Access to Hepatitis C Treatment
Fewer than one in three people with health insurance receive direct-acting antiviral treatment for hepatitis C within a year of diagnosis, ranging from 23%...
HRSA Awards $60M to Strengthen Rural Health Workforce
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) recently awarded $45.7 million from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to develop the public health workforce...
CMS Health Equity-Focused Measures
Consistent with the agency’s definition of health equity, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is working to advance health equity by designing, implementing,...
Grant Opportunities Available: Nursing Preceptor & Expansion of Nursing Programs
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) recently announced they are accepting applications for two funding opportunities to help support nursing workforce with preceptor...
CMS Released Home Health Proposed Rules
Recently, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released their proposed rules for the Home Health (HH) Prospective Payment System (PPS). SDAHO home...
CMS Releases Maternity Care Plan; States Expand Medicaid Postpartum Coverage
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) yesterday released a plan to improve health outcomes and reduce inequities for people during pregnancy, childbirth...
Clinical Recognition of Monkeypox
​​According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an individual can recognize potential monkeypox infection based on the similarity of its clinical course...
Sonic Healthcare USA to Begin Monkeypox Testing, Increasing Nationwide Testing Capacity
Sonic Healthcare USA (Sonic) will begin testing for monkeypox using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) orthopoxvirus test, which detects most non-smallpox...
Report Urges Action to Reduce Drug Overdose Deaths and Disparities
Drug overdose death rates in 2020 increased 44% among Black people and 39% among American Indian and Alaska Native people, compared with 22% for...
