Jeff Lagasse
The Rural Health Clinic Accreditation Program provides a framework to help rural health clinics standardize care delivery.
Preventable adverse events are common in such settings, with 1.9% of patients experiencing at least one preventable event.
Hawaii ranked first in healthcare access, second in quality and third in public health, enough to place it atop this year's rankings.
Several factors contributed, including a change correcting the way medical education expenses are accounted for in MA rates.
Most nurses want better pay, and 35% say it's extremely likely they will change jobs this year.
Eight states had Medicaid disenrollments surpassing 100% of projected net disenrollments, while 19 states were at 50% or less.
CMS estimates this rule could lead to 100,000 previously uninsured DACA recipients enrolling in health coverage.
Liberty Hospital said it will expand access to high-quality healthcare for current and future patients in the Northland.
While hospitals are no longer required to submit the data, the CDC is still encouraging them to do so voluntarily.
The goal is to protect people with disabilities from experiencing discrimination in any program or activity receiving funding from HHS.