SWOT Satellite Helps Gauge the Depth of Death Valley’s Temporary Lake
California’s Death Valley, the driest place in North America, has hosted an ephemeral lake since late 2023. A NASA-led analysis recently calculated water depths in…
Month: April 2024
NASA Sets Path to Return Mars Samples, Seeks Innovative Designs
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson shared on Monday the agency’s path forward on the Mars Sample Return program, including seeking innovative designs to return valuable samples…
Getting Connected with the Future Workforce
Last week, the Pennsylvania Workforce Development Association reinstituted their annual NextGen Youth Summit after a five-year hiatus to help Pennsylv…
HRSA Names New Pharmacy Director
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has announced Chantelle Britton as Director of the Office of Pharmacy Affairs (OPA) within the…
2024 State of Medicaid Managed Care Report Released
Pennsylvania’s mandatory Managed Long Term Services and Supports (MLTSS) program, Community HealthChoices (CHC), was developed to enhance access and…
2025 Medicare Advantage and Part D Final Rule Seeks to Protect Patients
Last week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), finalized policies that…
CMS Releases Updates FQHC/RHC Guidance, Including Telehealth
In mid-March, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that they had updated their Medicare Learning Network (MLN) booklets for …
Pennsylvania Issues RFA for Enrollment Assister Program
The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) issued a Request For Application (RFA) procurement for an Enrollment Assister Program to provide …
State Medicaid Rolls Shed 500,000 People after COVID-Inspired Rule Change Ended
One year after the enrollment requirements were reinstated, Pennsylvania’s Medicaid program has dropped about half a million people, going from a re…
GAO Releases Report on Health Centers
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a report: “Health Centers: Revenue, Grant Funding, and Methods for Meeting Certain Access-to…