Governor signs H.B. 365 state agency realignment launching the transition to a Utah Department of Health and Human Services by July 2022
Office of Gov. Spencer Cox | Mar 23, 2021 | Utah
Utah gears up for sale of medical marijuana
Monte Whaley | Feb 17, 2020 | Utah
Utah is gearing up for the introduction of medical marijuana in March with the pre-registration of medical providers for the state’s medical cannabis program. Registration as a qualified medical provider enables a provider to recommend medical cards for their patients. Patient cards will be available beginning next month, but state
Utah's 'Fallback Plan' Medicaid waiver now open for public comments
Emily Viles | Oct 10, 2019 | Utah
This week the Utah Department of Health is holding two public hearings to discuss a Medicaid Amendment released on September 27, 2019. The Fallback Plan is an amendment to the 1115 Primary Care Network Demonstration. While a number of Medicaid expansion amendments in the Bridge Plan were approved late in
Program Provides Naloxone to Curb Overdoses: To date, 255 lives have been saved
Katie McMinn, Utah Department of Health | Sep 5, 2019 | Utah
The Utah Department of Health (UDOH) today reported 255 lives have been saved as a direct result of the Opiate Overdose Outreach Pilot Project created by the Utah State Legislature two years ago. The report also demonstrates the critical need to continue the project, as Utah experienced an increase in overdose deaths
Trump administration likely to deny Utah's 90/10 Medicaid funding request
Emily Viles | Jul 29, 2019 | Utah
The Washington Post reported late on Friday that the Trump Administration is likely to deny funding for Utah’s Medicaid expansion efforts. We have been tracking Utah’s 1115 waiver, and the implementation of Medicaid expansion provisions passed during the legislative session, for several months. Before the 2019 session began, Utahns passed
Trends in Utah suicide rates
Emily Viles | Jul 3, 2019 | Utah
This week, the Utah Department of Health released a suicide rate map. The map details the rate of suicide in individual counties, and considers a number of demogrpahic, and socio-economic factors in these data sets. Here are some standout trends from the map: The age-adjusted rate of suicide per 100,000
3 reports on opioid fatalities in Utah
Sara Gentzler | Jun 5, 2019 | Utah
The Utah Department of Health’s Opioid Fatality Review Committee (OFRC) announced its initial findings last week. The committee’s in-depth review of 58 opioid overdose deaths that occurred in 2017 informed a total of over 50 recommendations published across three reports. Established by UDOH’s Violence and Injury Prevention program in 2017