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Key Healthcare Provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

Healthcare Law Blog

In addition to funding, the Act modifies certain telehealth provisions, expands and extends components of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and supports initiatives within the behavioral health and substance use treatment spaces. Medicaid & CHIP Adjustments. Medicaid Improvement Fund. The Act provides for nearly $1.7

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Health Care Is Front and Center as DeSantis and Newsom Go Mano a Mano

Kaiser Health News

From abortion to covid-19 vaccines, Newsom and DeSantis could not be further apart. Earlier this year, DeSantis blasted California for being too generous with public benefit programs, such as Medicaid, which the Golden State has expanded to all eligible residents regardless of immigration status.

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Health Provider News – March 11, 2022

Hall Render

CT Bill Requires Nursing-Home Transparency in Medicaid Spending. Across Connecticut, ‘community levels’ of COVID-19 are ‘low,’ CDC says. Among Health Systems Battling Financial Onslaught from COVID, Size Didn’t Matter. DC Will Report COVID-19 Data Weekly, Not Daily. in capital projects by 2028.