New Surgeon General Report Highlights Tobacco-Related Disparities
Surgeon General Murthy’s new report, Eliminating Tobacco-Related Disease and Death: Addressing Disparities, finds that, despite substantial progre…
Category: My Healthy Pennsylvania
Shapiro Administration Announces Year Four Findings of Stigma Reduction Campaign, Life Unites Us
The Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP), in partnership with Penn State Harrisburg’s Douglas W. Pollock Center for Addictio…
CMS Permanently Extends Medicaid Coverage of Substance Use Disorder Treatments
CMS recently released guidance to permanently extend SUD treatments and other improvements to Medicaid. Rules surrounding medications for opioid use…
Updates Announced on the Definition of “Rural Area”
HRSA published a final notice with updates to the criteria for defining rural areas. This notice responds to comments on the proposed inclusion of te…
Pennsylvania Starts Process to Drive Out Broadband Money
The start of a process to drive out a large amount of money in Pennsylvania’s broadband expansion program is underway. This involves spending the $1…
Pennsylvania Awards $120 Million in School-Based Mental Health and Safety Grants
Hundreds of private schools across Pennsylvania will receive nearly $20 million in state grants for mental health programs and building safety improve…
CMS Finalizes New Model to Improve Access to Kidney Transplants
On November 26th, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a rule establishing a new, six-year mandatory model aimed at incr…
OIG Updating Antikickback Safe Harbor Provisions
– Comment by January 27. The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services is seeking recommendations fo…
CMS Awards Third Round of Medicare-funded Residency Slots to Hospitals
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the allocation of 200 new Medicare-funded residency slots to more than 100 teaching hospi…
New Review Published on Effect of Telehealth on Cost of Health Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic
A sudden increase in telehealth use occurred after the declaration of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), which led to the easement and remova…
