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HHS Announces Its First-Ever Behavioral Health Recovery Innovation Challenge

HHS Announces Its First-Ever Behavioral Health Recovery Innovation Challenge The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), is announcing its first-ever behavioral health Recovery Innovation Challenge. The goal of this challenge is to identify innovations developed by peer-run or community-based organizations, and entities that may partner with them—such as local or state governments, health systems, hospitals, or health plans—that advance

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Now Open: FY22 Faculty Loan Repayment Program Application Cycle

  The Faculty Loan Repayment Program Application Cycle is Open!  The Faculty Loan Repayment Program helps decrease the economic barriers associated with pursuing careers as academic faculty. The program provides loan repayment assistance to eligible faculty members serving at academic institutions who face economic and environmental challenges. Read the entire Application and Program Guidance before starting your application for more information. The application deadline is June 30, 2022 at 7:30 p.m.

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CMS NEWS: CMS Unveils More User-Friendly Medicare Website

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 18, 2022 Contact: CMS Media RelationsCMS Media Inquiries CMS Unveils More User-Friendly Medicare Website  New Medicare.gov will incorporate public feedback and make it easier to compare, choose, and understand Medicare coverage. Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled several updates to the Medicare.gov website that make it easier, for millions of people who use it, to navigate and access information to compare and select

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“No other option”: Telehealth could be rural healthcare’s savior

“No other option”: Telehealth could be rural healthcare’s savior Alan Morgan, CEO of the National Rural Health Association, says telehealth holds significant potential to save the future of rural healthcare. However, ongoing problems such as spotty broadband access, poor digital literacy and inadequate communication are preventing utilization from becoming widespread across rural communities. “There is no future of rural healthcare without telehealth.” That was the message articulated by Alan Morgan, CEO

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Let’s Get a Good Deal on Health Care

Let’s Get a Good Deal on Health Care by A. Clinton MacKinney, MD, MS We all like a good deal — from cars to groceries. But are we getting a good deal on health care? Probably not. U.S. health care is the most expensive in the world with uneven quality. Big-idea solutions are hard to come by in a $4.1 trillion system where one person’s cost is another person’s profit. That’s a

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CMS

CMS Unveils More User-Friendly Medicare Website

CMS Unveils More User-Friendly Medicare Website New Medicare.gov will incorporate public feedback and make it easier to compare, choose, and understand Medicare coverage. Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled several updates to the Medicare.gov website that make it easier, for millions of people who use it, to navigate and access information to compare and select health and drug coverage and find providers. The updated website, based

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Stakeholder Call on Medicaid and CHIP Continuous Enrollment Unwinding

Join HHS and CMS for Partner Education on Medicaid and CHIP Continuous Enrollment Unwinding  You are invited to join the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for the first of a monthly partner education series on Medicaid and CHIP Continuous Enrollment Unwinding. Over the COVID-19 public health emergency, the federal government eased rules in order to prevent people with Medicaid

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New Report Available: Advancing Rural Maternal Health Equity

New Report Available: Advancing Rural Maternal Health Equity The CMS Office of Minority Health has released a new report, Advancing Rural Maternal Health Equity. This report provides a high-level summary of the activities that CMS OMH implemented as part of its Rural Maternal Health Initiative between June 2019 and November 2021. The purpose of this report is to raise awareness of these efforts with rural stakeholders, identify collaborative opportunities, and

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