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Prison Health Care is Broken Under the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy

Bill of Health

Incarcerated individuals need health care, but punitive policies make securing access to care particularly difficult among this population, which numbers about 2.1 As a first step to protecting incarcerated individuals’ right to health, Congress should repeal the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy (MIEP).

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Reflections on the United States Health Care System and the Right to Health

Bill of Health

America is the only wealthy nation to lack universal health coverage. COVID-19 and the U.S. experienced a high number of COVID-19-related deaths, more than 1.1 experienced a high number of COVID-19-related deaths, more than 1.1 Ultimately, COVID-19 caused an unprecedented loss in U.S.

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Only in America: The Loss of Health Insurance as a Toxic Financial Side Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Health Populi

Losing health insurance in the pandemic: a financial toxic side effect. Nearly 7 million Americans lost health coverage due to COVID-19, a national survey from Civis Analytics found, in The State of Health Insurance in COVID-19 America. Just weeks into the COVID-19 pandemic, cracks in the U.S.

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How to Deliver Patient-Centered Care in a Post-Covid World

YouCompli

An opportunity to reframe, regroup, and refocus  Now that the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) is well behind us, we have an opportunity to reframe patient expectations – and regroup and refocus on compliance-related patient care needs. Sign up for YouCompli’s weekly email if you haven’t already.

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Payor-Led Initiatives to Strengthen Mental Health Resources

Healthcare Law Blog

1] In addition to the challenges presented by provider shortages, even when patients are able to locate an available mental health provider, many are hesitant to engage in treatment due to cost uncertainties, which often arise due to limited availability for in-network care and the subsequent need to seek out-of-network care. [2]

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Health Provider News – July 1, 2022

Hall Render

Biden officials to keep private the names of hospitals where patients contracted Covid. Alabama COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations see significant increase. Insurance company Cigna, Ascension Health Alabama struggle to reach contract renewal. Alaska’s COVID-19 hospitalizations increased by 53% over the past week.

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

NATIONAL AHA, AHCA warn CMS against unfunded nursing home staffing mandates AHA to Congress: Funding rural hospitals is critical for access AHA-supported bill to aid small rural hospitals reintroduced in Senate Biden won’t veto Republican-led bill ending COVID emergency CVS-branded hospitals?