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Factoring Housing Into Federal and State Policies to Improve Community Health

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Population Health and Prevention,
Funding,
Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Health Equity,
Social Determinants of Health,
State Health Policy,
Anna Bartels,
Health Care Access

Housing and overall neighborhood conditions significantly influence a community’s health. Housing quality, stability, and affordability also directly impact an individual’s opportunity and ability to be healthy. There are several policies ...

Sustaining DMI: A State Health Official’s Guide to Enhanced Funding

Resource,
Population Health and Prevention,
Health Care Access,
Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,
Data Modernization and Informatics,
Funding,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
Medicaid Sustainable Financing of DMI

Sustaining DMI: A State Health Official’s Guide to Enhanced Funding Sustainable financing strategies for state health officials to support data modernization and Medicaid. What is the relationship between a state’s Medicaid program and its ...

Summary of FY24 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill

Legislative Alert,
Funding,
News,
Public Health News,
Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
Population Health and Prevention,
Health Care Access,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Environmental Health,
Infectious Disease,
Leadership and Workforce Development,
Leadership Development,
Preparedness,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Advocacy

Congress released FY24 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies appropriations bill.

Cross Sector Collaborations: Addressing Health Inequities in Access to Care Through Public Health and Transportation Partnerships

Report,
Health in All Policies,
Health Equity,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Health Care Access,
Primary Care and Public Health,
Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Grants and Contracts Management,
Arizona,
North Carolina,
Oregon,
Vermont,
Funding

These states are connecting public health and transportation to improve access to healthcare—learn how in this report.

How States are Preparing for Opioid Settlement Funds

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Substance Misuse,
Opioids,
Overdose Prevention,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Funding,
Public Health Law,
Kentucky,
Massachusetts,
New Jersey,
New York,
Ohio,
Oklahoma,
Virginia,
Victoria Pless,
Health Care Access,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Grants and Contracts Management,
Partnership

The opioid crisis continues to claim the lives of thousands across the United States and has cost the economy billions in health care, mortality, and criminal justice costs. In 2018, it’s estimated that 67,367 people died of overdose, with ...

The Seven Biggest Public Health Policy Issues on the Hill in 2020

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
Preparedness,
Pandemics,
Emergency Powers,
Public Health Law,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Law/Policy,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Tobacco Control,
Data Modernization and Informatics,
Health Equity,
Race and Public Health,
Funding,
Health Care Access,
Jeffrey O. Ekoma

As a truly historic year comes to an end, many public health policy issues received a considerable amount of attention in 2020. Subjects such as the pandemic that will live on in infamy, racial health disparities, and the future of the ...

Harnessing the Power of Rural: Expanding Access to Telehealth

Health Equity,
Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Rural Health,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,
COVID and Special Populations,
Social Determinants of Health,
Funding,
Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
State Health Policy,
Preparedness,
Pandemics,
At-Risk Populations,
Colorado,
Mississippi,
Population Health and Prevention,
Health Care Access,
Telehealth,
Neehar Mahidadia,
Primary Care and Public Health

As we celebrate National Rural Health Day this year, we are reminded of how important telehealth can be for public health and healthcare. Telehealth can minimize challenges faced by rural patients and communities—such as transportation, ...

Sustaining DMI: Medicaid Advanced Planning Document Process

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Population Health and Prevention,
Health Care Access,
Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,
Data Modernization and Informatics,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Funding,
Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
Medicaid Sustainable Financing of DMI,
Alabama,
Arizona,
Florida,
Hawaii,
Wyoming

Sustaining DMI: Medicaid Advanced Planning Document Process How state Medicaid agencies can request enhanced federal funding for Medicaid Enterprise Systems and related activities. Why is the Advanced Planning Document process important? ...

Connecting Health and Transportation to Improve Access to Care

Blog,
Health in All Policies,
Health Equity,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Health Care Access,
Primary Care and Public Health,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Grants and Contracts Management,
Arizona,
Oregon,
Vermont,
Funding,
Shelby Rowell,
Anna Bartels

Learn how state health and transportation agencies are partnering to improve physical access to healthcare.

Federal Government Shutdown Update: Contingency Plans Released

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Advocacy,
Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
Funding,
News,
Public Health News,
Territorial Health Policy,
Infectious Disease,
Population Health and Prevention,
Health Care Access,
Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,
Medicaid Partnerships and Policy,
Environmental Health,
Food and Water Safety,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Tobacco Control,
STIs,
HIV,
Topic,
Sustainable Systems Change,
Health Equity,
Health Equity,
Tribal Health,
Topics,
Mental Health

Learn about federal health agencies' plans to operate during the upcoming government shutdown in this legislative alert.