Colorado Prescription Drug Affordability Board proposes rules on upper payment limits
Boram Kim | Sep 26, 2022 | Colorado
Colorado’s new Medicaid Director focused on partnering with RAEs to prepare for end of PHE
Boram Kim | Sep 23, 2022 | Colorado
Colorado Office of Behavioral Health changes name to Office of Civil and Forensic Mental Health
Boram Kim | Sep 22, 2022 | Colorado
Gov. Abbott directs Texas agencies to enhance response to fentanyl crisis
Boram Kim | Sep 22, 2022 | Texas
Texas DSHS to provide scholarships for EMS education and training
Boram Kim | Sep 21, 2022 | Texas
The Texas Department of State Health Services announced Wednesday it will offer Emergency Medical Service scholarships to assist students looking to pursue careers in the EMS field. The Texas Legislature passed a $21.7 million EMS education and recruitment initiative as part of its American Rescue Plan Act package
Utah ranked lowest among Medicaid expansion states for public health insurance coverage of low-income children in 2021
Boram Kim | Sep 21, 2022 | Utah
Recent data from the US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey show that 84% of low-income children who qualified for Medicaid in 2021 in Utah were not enrolled. That is the highest rate in the country among the 36 states that have expanded Medicaid. It’s also higher than Wyoming, which is
Q&A: Jaime Wissler, Executive Director of the One Utah Health Collaborative, on the work ahead
Boram Kim | Sep 20, 2022 | Utah
Jaime Wissler is a seasoned public servant with 25 years of experience coordinating with industry partners, and local, state, and federal governments. Wissler has worked a variety of criminal investigations surrounding health care fraud, illegal narcotics, bank fraud, money laundering, wire fraud, identity theft, assault, workplace violence, and more. Wissler
Texas maintains highest uninsured rate for children and adults in the country at 18% in 2021
Boram Kim | Sep 20, 2022 | Texas
Texas had the nation’s highest uninsured rate in 2021, with 18% compared to the national average of 8.6%, according to the US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS). Data released last week showed that nearly 12% of children and a quarter of adults aged 19-64 (24.3%) in Texas
State of Reform returns to North Texas in-person for its annual health policy conference
Boram Kim | Sep 19, 2022 | Texas
After being virtual for 2020 and 2021, the 2022 North Texas State of Reform Health Policy Conference returns in person at the Irving Convention Center in Dallas on Tuesday, September 27th. Dr. Fred Cerise, President & Chief Executive Officer of Parkland Health & Hospital System, is scheduled for
Q&A: Dr. Kristi Kleinschmit, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the U of U School of Medicine, on the mental health crisis facing children and youth in Utah
Boram Kim | Sep 16, 2022 | Utah
Kristi Kleinschmit provides clinical services for children and adolescents at the University of Utah Huntsman Mental Health Institute. She is a consulting psychiatrist to primary care providers across the state of Utah through the CALL-UP psychiatric consultation line. She acts as Vice Chair of Education for the Huntsman Mental