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Senate Committee’s PREVENT Pandemics Act Draft Released: What to Know

Healthcare Law Today

Fund grant opportunities to state, local, or tribal health departments, community-based organizations, Indian organizations, or other public or private entities for projects that would improve health outcomes and reduce health disparities. Senators Murray and Burr expect the legislation to progress this year.

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Primary Care in the U.S. – Still a Weak Backbone for the Health of Health Citizens

Jane Sarashon

The Commonwealth Fund has tracked primary care access for many years, and over time has found the United States to lack the kind of primary care “backbone” that many wealthy nations have — whose health citizens also enjoy much better health outcomes that relate to easier access to health care.

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CMS Begins Option to Extend Medicaid Postpartum Coverage

Healthcare Law Blog

The new state plan option allows state Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (“CHIP”) agencies to provide 12 months of continuous postpartum coverage, regardless of any changes in circumstances, through a state plan amendment (“SPA”). This option is available for five years and ends on March 31, 2027.

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

to expand behavioral health services Michigan teaching hospital to bring in consultants amid debt covenant breach Trinity Health to grow West Michigan orthopedic practice after settling federal lawsuit Healthcare giant McLaren reveals data on 2.2 Supreme Court won’t hear COVID vaccine case filed by N.J.