The tax that could bring over $50 million to help solve Virginia's nursing home crisis
Nicole Pasia | Nov 23, 2021 | Virginia
Health care highlights in Maryland’s latest budget briefing
Nicole Pasia | Nov 22, 2021 | Maryland
Gov. Hogan urges U.S. Senate to reject Build Back Better Act after it passes through House
Nicole Pasia | Nov 19, 2021 | Maryland
5,000 Baltimore Medicare recipients dropped from coverage, concerns legislator
Nicole Pasia | Nov 18, 2021 | Maryland
Over the last few weeks, approximately 5,000 people in Baltimore City and Calvert County who were on the Johns Hopkins Medicine Medicare Advantage Plan received notice that their coverage ended. Their jurisdictions were removed from the program, seemingly leaving them with two choices: switch doctors and receive less coverage for
Strike avoidance and tentative agreement between Kaiser Permanente and Alliance of Health Care Unions is a “win for patients”
Nicole Pasia | Nov 18, 2021 | Hawaii
After labor-management relations and a strike authorization vote drew national attention to Kaiser Permanente, the managed care organization and the Alliance of Health Care Unions reached a tentative agreement this month, which also includes the completion of Kaiser’s first-ever contract with its Hawaii employees. Kaiser is Hawaii’s only
Seven Virginia hospitals join first-of-its-kind maternal and infant health collaborative
Nicole Pasia | Nov 18, 2021 | Virginia
A new initiative from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Women’s Health aims to use in-patient data to address maternal and infant mortality. The HHS Perinatal Improvement Collaborative includes over 200 hospitals across the U.S., including some of Virginia’s most renowned health systems — University
Legislators focus on vaccinating Medicaid population, kids in Maryland
Nicole Pasia | Nov 17, 2021 | Maryland
Conversations on equitable distribution and vaccinating kids were at the forefront of the Maryland Senate Vaccine Oversight Work Group meeting on Monday. The work group, which Senate President Bill Ferguson (D - Baltimore City) convened in January 2021, monitors the COVID-19 vaccine distribution in the state and discusses efforts to
Topical Agenda for the 2022 Hawaii State of Reform Health Policy Conference is now available!
Nicole Pasia | Nov 16, 2021 | Hawaii
The Topical Agenda for our 2022 Hawaii State of Reform Health Policy Conference on January 12 is now live! State of Reform pulls together practitioners, thought leaders, and policy makers – each working to improve our health care system in their own way – into a unified conversation in a
Virginia state senator files bill that would provide 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave
Nicole Pasia | Nov 16, 2021 | Virginia
The first bill prefiled for the 2022 Virginia Legislative Session could secure up to 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave, benefitting caregivers across the commonwealth. Senate bill 1, which Sen. Jennifer B. Boysko (D - Herndon) introduced on Monday, would require the Virginia Employment Commission to
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