State Tobacco-Related Disparities Dashboard Released
The state tobacco-related disparities dashboard, available on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website, is an intuitive visualiz…
Month: June 2024
Register for HRSA Patient-Centered Medical Home Health Equity Symposium
Registration is now open for this annual symposium, which the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) hosts in partnership with The Joint …
Text Reminders Help with Employee Burn Out
Healthcare workers everywhere are struggling with burn out, a problem that has only intensified since the COVID-19 pandemic. To combat burn out and im…
Measure Impact in Recruitment Through Candidate Feedback
While there are many traditional ways of measuring your recruitment’s impact on your organization, candidate feedback is a tool that is often overlo…
Pennsylvania Distributes Funding to Dentists Providing Services to Medicaid Patients
As part of the FY 2023-24 state budget, the Pennsylvania state legislature allocated $12 million to be used for the purpose of making one-time payment…
Employers Now Have Employee Health Insurance Coverage Options
Employers offering an Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangement (ICHRA) can reimburse employees with pretax dollars to cover the cost of in…
Prime Pennie Contractor Acquired by Accenture Federal Services
Accenture Federal Services has completed its acquisition of Cognosante, a Falls Church, Virginia-based provider of digital transformation and cloud m…
Pennsylvania House Insurance Committee Prepares to Vote on Senate-Passed Telemedicine Bill
The House Insurance Committee unanimously passed a telemedicine bill that passed the state Senate last month. Senate Bill 739 would require that healt…
Center of Excellence for Telehealth and Aging: Creating Access to Care in Rural America
A recording of a May 2024 webinar describing how CAMC Greenbrier Valley Medical Center utilized telemedicine hubs to ensure access to care in rural We…
With New EMS Quality Measures, Florida Aims to Have a National Impact on Rural Care
A feature article in The Rural Monitor features the Feasible, Actionable, Impactful and Relevant (FAIR) EMS Measurement Project, an initiative by th…