DEADLINE NEARS: There are still a few days to nominate for our Health Care Heroes Awards
You still have time to nominate for our annual Health Care Heroes awards.
Help Louisville Business First recognize those who have made an impact on health care in our community through their concern for patients, research and inventions, management skills, innovative programs for employees and service to the poor and uninsured.
We've extended the deadline to Sunday, De c. 26, to give you a bit more time to get applications in. We've seen several worthy nominations so far, but we don't want to miss… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - December 14, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Allison Stines Source Type: news
The uninsured are eager for Congress to fill a coverage gap — even for a few years
The House’s effort to help the poor in 12 states afford health-care plans faces an uncertain fate in Senate. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - December 8, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Amy Goldstein Source Type: news
HRSA: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; COVID-19 Provider Relief Programs Application and Attestation Portal, and Claims Reimbursement Submission Activities, OMB No. 0906-XXXX-NEW
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is seeking comment on an information collection regarding the COVID-19 Provider Relief Programs, including the Provider Relief Fund (PRF), the American Rescue Plan Act Rural (ARPA-R) payments, the COVID-19 Coverage Assistance Fund (CAF), and the COVID-19 Claims Reimbursement to Health Care Providers and Facilities for Testing, Treatment, and Vaccine Administration for the Uninsured (UIP). This information collection covers the application portals for these programs and the attestation portal for PRF and ARPA-R programs. Comments are due by January 7, 2022. (Source: Fe...
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - December 8, 2021 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
PA Duo Make It Their Mission to Serve Uninsured Patients PA Duo Make It Their Mission to Serve Uninsured Patients
Two physician assistants are changing the narrative surrounding uninsured patients through community, empathy, and hard work.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Pulmonary Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pulmonary Medicine Headlines - December 6, 2021 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news
Community Impact Heroes: How Shepherd's Hope CEO Pam Gould helps maintain health care for uninsured workers
The nonprofit helps uninsured patients with medical assistance. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - December 3, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Ryan Lynch Source Type: news
CMS: Medicare Program; CY 2022 Part A Premiums for the Uninsured Aged and for Certain Disabled Individuals Who Have Exhausted Other Entitlement
Notice from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announcing Medicare's Hospital Insurance (Part A) premium for uninsured enrollees in calendar year (CY) 2022. The premium is paid by enrollees age 65 and over who are not otherwise eligible for Part A benefits and by certain disabled individuals who have exhausted other entitlement. This premium is effective on January 1, 2022. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - November 17, 2021 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
YSM students and faculty find connection, impact at HAVEN free clinic
Volunteers at Yale ’s student-run clinic for uninsured individuals from low-income backgrounds share what motivates them to offer their time and skills. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - November 15, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Only 8.6% Completely Lacking Health Insurance Coverage in the US
In 2020, 8.6% of Americans, or 28 million, did not have health insurance at any point during the year, according to “Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2020,” released by the U.S. Census Bureau in September. (Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care)
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - November 15, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Public Inspection: CMS: Medicare Program: Calendar Year 2022 Part A Premiums for the Uninsured Aged and for Certain Disabled Individuals Who Have Exhausted Other Entitlement
Pre-publication notice from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announcing Medicare's Hospital Insurance (Part A) premium for uninsured enrollees in calendar year (CY) 2022. The premium is paid by enrollees age 65 and over who are not otherwise eligible for Part A benefits and by certain disabled individuals who have exhausted other entitlement. This premium is effective on January 1, 2022. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - November 15, 2021 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Study shows Medicaid expansion increased access to bariatric surgery for obesity
Following the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion, access to bariatric surgery as a treatment for obesity increased by 31% annually for lower-income Medicaid-covered and uninsured white adults age 26 to 64 but not for Hispanic and Black adults, according to research conducted by scientists at Wake Forest School of Medicine.
The National Institutes of Health-funded policy impact study is published in a recent edition of JAMA Health Forum.
“As the number of adults with severe obesity continues… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - November 15, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Source Type: news
Unemployed, uninsured less likely to receive cancer screening, study finds
Unemployed adults in the United States are less likely to undergo recommended cancer screening due to a lack of health insurance, a survey published Monday by the journal Cancer found. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - November 8, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Texas Providers See Increased Interest in Birth Control Since Near-Total Abortion Ban
Discussions about long-acting reversible contraception must be handled with sensitivity because these forms of birth control have a questionable history among certain populations—primarily lower-income patients. In the 1990s, lawmakers in several states, including Texas, introduced bills to offer cash assistance recipients financial incentives to get an implant or mandate insertion for people on government benefits, a move seen as reproductive coercion.
“It’s important for a client to get on the contraceptive method of their choice,” said Mimi Garcia, communications director for Every Body Texas. &l...
Source: TIME: Health - November 5, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Amanda Michelle Gomez / Kaiser Health News Tags: Uncategorized abortion healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Democrats ’ Bill Would Cover Poor Uninsured Adults, Up to a Point
The $1.85 trillion social policy bill would provide free private health insurance for more than two million adults locked out of coverage, but only for four years. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - November 1, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sheryl Gay Stolberg Tags: Health Insurance and Managed Care Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010) Medicaid Warnock, Raphael G Georgia United States Politics and Government Federal Budget (US) Source Type: news
No benefit of peritoneal dialysis over haemodialysis for uninsured ESKD patients in the USA
(Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News)
Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News - November 1, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota lists recipients for $1.2 million grant project
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation has awarded over $1.2 million in grants to increase access to health care across Minnesota.
The grants are part of an effort to help community organizations connect people who are uninsured and eligible for government-backed plans to the coverage that works best for them.
"These grants are the latest way the Foundation is advancing racial and health equity by supporting organizations em bedded in the communities most impacted by this lack… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - October 28, 2021 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Naasir Akailvi Source Type: news
