Access to Care in Vulnerable Communities
House Committee on Veterans鈥 Affairs Chairman Phil Roe, M.D. (R-TN) today introduced legislation to streamline and consolidate the Department of Veterans Affairs community care programs.
I want you to think for a minute about your eyes. Do you wear glasses? Does anyone you know wear glasses? Could they take those off and switch with someone just walking down the street?
Now I want you to think about your heart. If something went wrong, would you want the same medication they鈥
The AHA today expressed support for the Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act of 2017 (S. 1845).
Jay Bhatt and Priya Bathija write about four strategies that hospitals and health care systems can use to ensure vulnerable communities have access to quality care.
Current state proposals to require certain Medicaid beneficiaries to participate in work, training or other 鈥渃ommunity engagement鈥 activity to remain eligible for coverage could affect more than 1.7 million enrollees and nearly $8 billion in program expenditures.
The AHA today expressed support for the Children鈥檚 Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2018 (S. 2597/H.R. 5385), which would reauthorize the Children鈥檚 Hospitals Graduate Medical Education program for an additional five years and fund the program annually at $330 million.
A multidisciplinary approach helped CHI St. Gabriel's make fundamental shifts in its community.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration will award Massachusetts, New Hampshire and West Virginia $333,000 each in additional funding to bolster their opioid prevention, treatment and recovery efforts.
U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, M.D., touted 鈥渂etter health through better partnership鈥 in a speech last week at the AHA鈥檚 Association for Community Health Improvement conference.
At the AHA鈥檚 Association for Community Health Improvement (ACHI) National Conference last week, U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, M.D., spoke about how strengthening relationships between health care organizations and communities is the key to improving health. Aligned with his motto, 鈥淏etter鈥