- Submit Nominations for Partnership for Quality Measurement (PQM) Committees
- Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation of the Medicare Program (Executive Order 14192) - Request for Information
- Dr. Mehmet Oz Shares Vision for CMS
- CMS Refocuses on its Core Mission and Preserving the State-Federal Medicaid Partnership
- Social Factors Help Explain Worse Cardiovascular Health among Adults in Rural Vs. Urban Communities
- Reducing Barriers to Participation in Population-Based Total Cost of Care (PB-TCOC) Models and Supporting Primary and Specialty Care Transformation: Request for Input
- Secretary Kennedy Renews Public Health Emergency Declaration to Address National Opioid Crisis
- Secretary Kennedy Renews Public Health Emergency Declaration to Address National Opioid Crisis
- 2025 Marketplace Integrity and Affordability Proposed Rule
- Rural America Faces Growing Shortage of Eye Surgeons
- NRHA Continues Partnership to Advance Rural Oral Health
- Comments Requested on Mobile Crisis Team Services: An Implementation Toolkit Draft
- Q&A: What Are the Challenges and Opportunities of Small-Town Philanthropy?
- HRSA Administrator Carole Johnson, Joined by Co-Chair of the Congressional Black Maternal Health Caucus Congresswoman Lauren Underwood, Announces New Funding, Policy Action, and Report to Mark Landmark Year of HRSA's Enhancing Maternal Health Initiative
- Biden-Harris Administration Announces $60 Million Investment for Adding Early Morning, Night, and Weekend Hours at Community Health Centers
CMS Issues Guidance for Medicaid Programs on “Unwinding Period” for PHE Continuous Coverage Provisions
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued guidance for state Medicaid Programs setting out how an ‘unwinding period’ for PHE continuous coverage provisions could proceed: https://www.medicaid.gov/federal-policy-guidance/downloads/sho22001.pdf.
The guidance establishes a 12-month period during which Medicaid programs could complete re-determinations of enrollees afforded continuous coverage during the PHE: https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-pandemic-health-insurance-medicaid-e200bba0-7897-4b1e-8849-fb923367965d.html.
The guidance will permit states to conduct a more aggressive re-determination effort. States could, potentially, begin re-determinations as soon as 60-days prior to any announced PHE termination, with loss of enrollee coverage, based upon review, to commence as early as 60-days after the end of the PHE.
March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
March is #Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Awareness Month. CRC is the second leading cause of cancer death for both men and women. Overall, the most effective way to reduce your risk of colorectal cancer is to get screened for colorectal cancer routinely, beginning at age 45. Go to the Pennsylvania Cancer Control News for colorectal cancer information and resources.
Black persons have the highest CRC rates of any racial/ethnic group in the United States. CRC is expected to be the third leading cause of cancer death in this group according to the American Cancer Society. These disparities may be partially attributed to differences in exposure to risk factors (i.e., smoking, obesity) and health care access (ACS, 2020). However, Blacks are less likely to receive follow-up after a positive screening test in a timely manner. To learn more about screening barriers and key messages designed for this population and others check out these George Washington University (GW) tools: GW Cancer Control TAP CRC Awareness Month Campaign Resources.
Statement of HRSA Administrator Carole Johnson on President Biden's National Mental Health Strategy
Last night, President Biden announced an ambitious strategy to address our national mental health crisis. At the Health Resources and Services Administration, we stand with the President in his call for unity in our national response and know that for the millions of Americans living with a mental health condition or caring for a loved one with a mental health condition, the time for action is now.
The trauma and loss of COVID-19 has heightened long-standing needs and inequities in our mental health system, and the President’s strategy charts a path forward to address these gaps to help all Americans thrive.
At HRSA, our work to implement the President’s strategy means taking action to dramatically expand the supply, diversity, and cultural competence of the mental health and substance use disorder workforce through our health professions training, scholarship and loan repayment programs; increasing the number of community health workers and peers providing behavioral health services; launching new programs to support the mental health and well-being of our heroic health care workers to reduce burnout; expanding access to substance use disorder treatment in rural communities, and bolstering the work of HRSA-funded community health centers, which provide health care to nearly 29 million Americans, to address the mental health needs of children and families in underserved communities across the country. We will continue to pull all available levers to help meet this critical moment for the nation’s mental health.
Read Administrator Johnson’s statement and more about the President’s plan.