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New Surgeon General Report Highlights Tobacco-Related DisparitiesSurgeon General Murthy’s new report, Eliminating Tobacco-Related Disease and Death: Addressing Disparities, finds that, despite substantial progress in reducing cigarette smoking and secondhand smoke exposure…
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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 Addiction Outreach and Research, Shatterproof, and PGP, also known…
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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 disorder (MOUD) treatments, increased medical assistance at…
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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 terrain factors published in April 2024. Changes […]
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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 $1.16 billion in federal money available […]
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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 improvements. “I’ve listened to our kids as they’ve told…
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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 increasing access to kidney transplants. Starting in […]
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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 for developing new, or modifying existing, […]
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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 hospitals. The slots are the third allocation from […]
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NASA Researchers Discover More Dark CometsThe first dark comet — a celestial object that looks like an asteroid but moves through space like a comet — was reported less than…
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