More Patients are Losing Their Doctors – and Their Trust in the Primary Care System
An NPR story noted that workforce shortages stir labor unrest. The story focused on how community health centers are the medical safety net of last re…
Category: My Healthy Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Launches New Webpage Dedicated to Health Insurance
Pennsylvanians now have a one-stop webpage to access all of Pennsylvania’s health insurance options. www.pa.gov/Healthcare provides links to: Pennie…
Expanded Medicare Part D Low-Income Subsidy Begins January 1
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Low-Income Subsidy (LIS) Program (also known as Extra Help) provides premium and cost-sharing ass…
Continuous Coverage for Pennsylvania Medicaid and CHIP Recipients Now in Effect
The Consolidated Appropriations Act requires all states to provide 12-month continuous eligibility to children under age 19 in Medicaid and the Childr…
Pennsylvania Health Department Announces Five-Year Needs and Capacity Assessment Regional Prioritization Events
Every five years, Pennsylvania Department of Health’s Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant requires that the Bureau of Family Heal…
Pennsylvania State Health Assessment Now Available
The 2023 Pennsylvania State Health Assessment update is now published and available on the Department of Health webpage. The State of Our Health: A St…
Annual America’s Health Rankings Report Reveals Concerning Trends
United Health Foundation release of America’s Health Rankings 2023 Annual Report, shows eight chronic conditions have reached the highest prevalence…
Pennsylvania’s “Bridges to Success” Aims to Address Health-Related Social Needs
The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) is developing an 1115 Medicaid program, Bridges to Success: Keystones of Health for Pennsylvania …
Pennsylvania University Moving Forward with Planned Medical School
Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) recently hired a dean for a proposed medical school that would be a first among Pennsylvania’s 10 state-own…
HRSA Updated Unmet Need Scores Now Available
In December 2022, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) released the Unmet Need Score map tool to provide information about the need…
