After a Feb. 9th Arizona Senate Nominations Committee hearing, where members considered Dr. Theresa Cullen’s appointment as the director of the Department of Health Services, Gov. Katie Hobbs withdrew her nomination and expressed disappointment in the decision. Hobbs nominated Cullen late last year after she won the governor’s race. She has 27 years of public … Read more
Several years ago, Maryland legislators wanted to address their constituents’ mental healthcare needs using patient-centered and data-driven models. Therefore, in 2018, legislators established a Collaborative Care Pilot Program to reach, diagnose, and treat Medicaid patients who have access to primary care but may not have received needed behavioral healthcare. “One in five Americans … Read more
The Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) is partnering with Diagnostic Laboratory Services (DLS) and Clinical Laboratories of Hawaii (CLH) to encourage providers to “reflex” hepatitis C testing, which will help more people get diagnosed with and cured of hepatitis C. Hepatitis C is currently screened through antibody testing, but requires an RNA test … Read more