Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 6, 2023

And with the Public Health Emergency (PHE) set to expire in January, stakeholders are urgently calling upon Congress to pass the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act of 2021. Both are life-saving measures for delivering mental and behavioral health services and treating people with substance use disorders.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Dunleavy adds $9M to budget to address food stamp, Medicaid backlog New study provides snapshot of increase in maternal deaths in Alaska Mental Health Trust Grants $1.6M NATIONAL Addressing Staff Burnout In Healthcare Design Amazon completes $3.9B Can Hospitals Change in Time to Keep Them?

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NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Alabama Medicaid Agency expands covered visits for cancer patients after cancer center push. After leading Alaska Health Department, Adam Crum named state’s Revenue commissioner. Patient advocacy group wants Elevance Health to overturn health insurance claims denials. Health systems make a play for women.

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AUGUST 26, 2022

Amazon competes with CVS Health, others in bid for Signify Health. Amazon to shutter virtual health care service Amazon Care. CMS bulletin presses states on Medicaid nursing home spending. CMS informational bulletin urges steps for improving health outcomes in nursing homes. Compliance with Oct.

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APRIL 21, 2023

health-tech startup MemoryWell pivots, eyes new funding to roll out software for insurers Department of Veterans Affairs health system kicks off multiyear Greater Washington expansion Georgetown to open Southeast D.C.

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C&M Health Law

JANUARY 25, 2023

Acute Care Hospital at Home Program and Rural Health Section 4140 of the Act extends the Acute Hospital Care at Home program for two years, through December 31, 2024. Triggered by enactment of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, the 4% cut to the Medicare program would have taken effect in January 2023.

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JUNE 2, 2023

Department of Labor grant ARIZONA Banner Health donates building to WCH Banner Health names CFO Effects of long Covid far worse in Arizona than other states, study shows Six Banner Health executives named CEOs to know Arizona researchers part of the ‘first step’ in defining long COVID New signs of hope for families facing loss of insurance (..)

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