Colorado provides update on first half of FY 2022 on ARPA initiatives
Boram Kim | Nov 30, 2022 | Colorado
State officials discuss the future of Medicaid at Colorado conference
Boram Kim | Nov 11, 2022 | Colorado
Texas DSHS to provide scholarships for EMS education and training
Boram Kim | Sep 21, 2022 | Texas
Colorado concludes LOI submission process for broadband expansion and modernization grants
Boram Kim | Jul 22, 2022 | Colorado
The Colorado Broadband Office (CBO) within the Governor’s Office of Information Technology (OIT) concluded its Letter of Intent (LOI) submission process for Advance Colorado Broadband grants on Tuesday. The state’s broadband providers had until July 18th to submit their LOI to apply for grants aimed at statewide broadband internet
AHCCCS will invest $1.5 billion to expand HCBS workforce and services
Soraya Marashi | Jan 27, 2022 | Arizona
Last week, the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) announced the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’s (CMS) approval of AHCCCS’s Home and Community-based Services (HCBS) Spending Plan, meaning the agency can now begin implementing the spending plan’s initiatives and programs upon approval from the Arizona State Legislature. Additionally,
Governor Abbott Signs Senate Bill 8, Allocating Federal American Rescue Plan Act Funding
Office of the Texas Governor Greg Abbott | Nov 11, 2021 | Texas
Governor Greg Abbott today signed Senate Bill 8 (SB 8) into law, allocating the nearly $16 billion federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding awarded to the State of Texas earlier this year. SB 8 allocated critical funding for various state resources and programs, including: $7.2 billion to the Unemployment
Maricopa County Awards $16 Million to Valleywise Health to Expand Mental Health Services
Valleywise Health | Nov 10, 2021 | Arizona
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors today awarded $16 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to Valleywise Health to expand mental health care services in the nation’s fastest-growing county. It’s part of the Board’s broader plan to use available federal dollars as efficiently as possible to address public
DMAS prepares for post-public health emergency Medicaid disenrollment
Nicole Pasia | Oct 12, 2021
The Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) is currently preparing for the impending end of the federal public health emergency (PHE) declaration, which will instigate a lengthy eligibility redetermination process for one in five Virginians who currently benefit from Medicaid. DMAS Director Karen Kimsey provided an update on
New Virginia SCC programs will boost state-based insurance marketplace
Nicole Pasia | Sep 13, 2021
Virginia’s State Corporation Commission (SCC) will invest additional American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds — a total of $500,000 — to improve coordination between SCC, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and the Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS). The funding is part of a $20 million