5 Things Utah: Medicaid redeterminations, Signed health bills
Eli Kirshbaum | Mar 27, 2023 | Utah
What They’re Watching: Dulce Diez, Department of Health and Human Services
Patrick Jones | Jul 12, 2022 | Utah
Q&A: Tracy Gruber on the merger, transition, and future of new DHHS
Patrick Jones | Jul 12, 2022 | Utah
Tracy Gruber is the Executive Director of the newly merged Utah Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The merger of DHHS became official July 1st in efforts to streamline operations between the Department of Health and Department of Human Services. In this Q&A, Gruber discusses the benefits of the
The Utah Department of Health and Human Services is officially created
Patrick Jones | Jul 1, 2022 | Utah
Today marks the official merge to the Utah Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the release of the new department’s website. The Utah Department of Health and the Department of Human Services have been working since March 2021—since the passage of HB 365—to effectively and efficiently
5 Things Utah: Local health departments, Adolescent behavioral health, DHHS implementation
Eli Kirshbaum | Jun 23, 2022 | Utah
This is the final newsletter before Utah has a new, combined health agency; the Department of Health and Human Services is set to operationalize on July 1st. Read more about the impending merge below, as well as a push for local health department's to have more say in how their funding
DOH and DHS are preparing to finalize merger implementation
Patrick Jones | Jun 7, 2022 | Utah
As the merge of the Utah Department of Health and the Utah Department of Human Services draws nearer, the new Utah Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is wrapping up their final preparations for the July 1st merger. According to Joe Dougherty, Communications Director for the new DHHS, most
Medicaid experts say Utah is hard at work preparing for redeterminations and integrating care under DHHS
Patrick Jones | May 5, 2022 | Utah
With the recent transition to a new Medicaid director and new combined Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) set to operationalize this July, Utah’s Medicaid program will be focusing on integrating behavioral and physical health care within Medicaid accountable care organizations (ACOs). However, they first have to worry about
5 Things Utah: Keynote w/ Tracy Gruber, Experts talk VBC, Behavioral health integration
Eli Kirshbaum | Apr 21, 2022 | Utah
It was wonderful to see so many of you in person at our 2022 Utah State of Reform Health Policy Conference last month. From value-based care to health data sharing, from Medicaid to behavioral health, representatives from numerous siloes of Utah health policy came together for forward-looking conversations on the