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Medicaid expansion debate will affect other health policy issues before Montana legislature

News Medical Health Sciences

A last-minute change to a 2019 bill put an end date on Montana's Medicaid expansion program, setting the stage for what is anticipated to be the most significant health care debate of the 2025 Montana Legislature.

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For Homeless Seniors, Getting Into Stable Housing Takes a Village — And a Lot of Luck

KFF Health News

would triple between 2019 and 2030. According to Culhane’s research, the number of people 65 and older jumped by a little over a third between 2019 and 2022 alone. The state has one of the nation’s fastest-growing homeless populations , according to federal data. “We are on track to meet that prediction.

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CSTE President Angela Dunn’s Presidential Priorities Tackle Connectedness and Community

CSTE

He had no health insurance and was essentially told there was nothing the doctors or staff could do for him. I understood at that moment that I needed to go into more of a public health policy realm to affect change for people rather than just one-on-one patient care, she said.

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Finding and sharing hospital prices with your audience

Association of Health Care Journalists

Moderator Joseph Burns AHCJ Health Policy Beat Leader Joseph Burns is AHCJs health beat leader on health policy and insurance. who has covered health care, health policy and the business of care since 1991. National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions Case Studies.

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Scathing audit for N.C. oversight of nursing homes

NC Health News

1, 2019, through Dec. 1, 2019, through June 30, 2022. Between January 2019 and December 2023, the division received 17,152 complaints that required investigation in 39 percent of these cases, the division did not investigate within 60 days. DHHS is required to investigate complaints within 60 days.

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Medicare Advantage Poses Challenges to Health Care Cost-Effectiveness and Equity

The Health Care Blog

Such measures can complement the 5-star quality ratings, to provide broader contextual insights and a more substantive feedback loop for beneficiaries, providers, researchers and policy-makers. Nirban Singh is an MPH student at Northeastern University with a passion for investigating the role of health policy in creating equitable outcomes.

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PHAB Names Joneigh Khaldun, MD, MPH, FACEP, As New President and CEO

PHAB

As Detroits Health Director, she aligned multiple academic, hospital, and public health stakeholders in an effort that in 2019 resulted in Detroit having the lowest infant mortality rate in history. She obtained her B.S. from the University of Michigan, M.D.