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States Support Rural Hospitals While COVID-19 Highlights Challenges

Health Policy Update,
State Health Policy,
COVID and Capacity,
COVID and Funding,
COVID and Healthcare Systems,
COVID and Special Populations,
COVID and Telehealth,
COVID Testing and Screening,
Healthcare Access,
Rural Health,
Mississippi,
Wyoming,
North Carolina,
Missouri,
Utah,
Washington,
Oklahoma,
Florida,
Andy Baker-White

More than 100 rural hospitals have closed since 2010, and an additional 25% are at high risk of closure, and COVID-19 has magnified the existing stressors on rural healthcare. As a result, states are ...

State Policy Actions to Support Long-Term Care Facilities During COVID-19 Response

Health Policy Update,
COVID and Capacity,
COVID and Funding,
COVID and Healthcare Systems,
COVID and Workforce,
COVID and Law/Policy,
State Health Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
Public Health Law,
Pandemics,
Accreditation,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Ashley Ottewell,
Kate Heyer,
Florida,
Indiana,
Kentucky,
Massachusetts,
Michigan,
Minnesota,
New Jersey,
Texas,
COVID Preparedness,
COVID and Special Populations

As COVID-19 emerged and spread in the U.S., people working and residing in long-term care facilities have experienced a significant burden of COVID-19 cases and deaths. As of Oct. 8, deaths ...

COVID-19’s Impact on Pregnancy and Childbirth Policies

Health Policy Update,
At-Risk Populations,
COVID and Healthcare Systems,
COVID and Special Populations,
Maternal Morbidity and Mortality,
Alabama,
Illinois,
Indiana,
New Jersey,
New York,
North Carolina,
Washington,
State Health Policy,
COVID and Law/Policy

Many states have introduced bills to strengthen and increase access to these prenatal, delivery, and postpartum services, building a solid foundation of care for women who must navigate the ...

The Legal Framework for Administering COVID-19 Vaccines

Health Policy Update,
COVID Vaccine,
COVID and Law/Policy,
COVID and Healthcare Systems,
Federal Government Affairs,
State Health Policy,
Vaccine Distribution,
Vaccine Hesitancy,
Emergency Powers,
Public Health Law,
Pandemics,
Maggie Davis,
Delaware,
Indiana,
Iowa,
Maryland,
Minnesota,
Missouri,
New Hampshire,
Oregon

Anticipating a rapid deployment of COVID-19 vaccines as they are authorized, the CDC developed COVID-19 Vaccination Program Operational Guidance in collaboration with state and local jurisdictions to ...

States Offer Flexibility to Shore Up Healthcare Workforce

Health Policy Update,
State Health Policy,
COVID and Capacity,
COVID and Healthcare Systems,
COVID Testing and Screening,
COVID and Workforce,
Alaska,
Delaware,
Guam,
Indiana,
Kentucky,
Maine,
Nebraska,
Nevada,
New Hampshire,
New Jersey,
New Mexico,
Washington, D.C.,
COVID and Law/Policy

This Health Policy Update is an overview of policy strategies that states have taken at the executive and legislative levels to increase the healthcare workforce to more effectively and efficiently ...