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I AM FINE

Loved seeing my story (and a pic of my late cat Shmelvis) in the Inquirer, the newspaper where I used to write other people's stories. Thank you, Zoe. To listen to my podcast, INCONCEIVABLE TRUTH: link.chtbl.com/inconceivablet…

Oh man Ryan Howells is going to be vibrating with excitement...

Our new KFF brief walks through the OMB updates to race and ethnicity data collection and reporting standards How we ask for, analyze, and report race and ethnicity data has important implications for identifying and addressing racial health disparities kff.org/racial-equity-…

Huge thank you to Dr Arati Prabhakar White House Office of Science & Technology Policy and Neera Tanden NeeraTanden46 Archived for helping @ONC_HealthIT celebrate our 20th birthday! We are honored and proud to support The White House leadership that is improving health care for all Americans! whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-upda…

📣Zorya Foundation is thrilled to provide our first full-year childcare grants for moms in healthcare roles! We are starting with three $12,000 childcare grants & hope to raise funds for one more! In honor of Mothers Day, join us here - donorbox.org/full-year-grant

SSA has launched a public data hub for customer service goals like improving disability processing times (currently 229 days on average for an initial decision) and call wait times (24 mins). It comes soon after Martin O'Malley marked 100 days on the job. nextgov.com/digital-govern…

I wanted to post a thorough discussion of if/when/how HIPAA applied in the last episode but it would have given too many spoilers! Great podcast Matt!

Last week, CMS approved Medicaid waiver requests from Tennessee and Delaware to provide diapers to infants/children. These waiver initiatives aim to improve infant health and prevent avoidable health care use. See KFF's waiver tracker: bit.ly/4bO9lTX

Whoa there Canada! canada.ca/en/health-cana…

Patient access API consultants moving to Canada

@ONC_HealthIT's USCDI+ Behavioral Health dataset will impact behavioral #healthcare and #NCQA’s recs for enhanced data collection. Read more: #interoperability: bit.ly/4ejrieX #HealthIT #BehavioralHealth #Interoperability #PublicPolicy

New MedicaidGov guidance on using Medicaid technology funding for behavioral health IT just dropped today. Also, good content for states on coordinating Medicaid with 988 services, and approaches to cost allocation. medicaid.gov/federal-policy…

Good news -- CMSGov just announced that 18 states will receive Medicaid + school-based services grants. Schools are a critical piece of the puzzle to promote the good health and mental health of children/adolescents. medicaid.gov/resources-for-…

Yesterday, OMB issued its 2024 report on efforts to identify and reduce burdens that Americans face when interacting with gov't programs. Learn how the Administration is making it easier for individuals, families, & businesses to access key gov't services: whitehouse.gov/wp-content/upl…

This work started maybe 10 years ago and the paper maybe 5 years ago! "Assessing Opportunities and Barriers to Improving the Secondary Use of Health Care Data at the National Level: Multicase Study in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Estonia" jmir.org/2024/1/e53369

North Carolina invested $650 million into its Medicaid program to address social needs. In the first two years, Vibhav Nandagiri, Katie Huber and @WillBleser show that 30,000+ Medicaid beneficiaries have enrolled and have seen lower healthcare costs. harvardpublichealth.org/policy-practic…

.CMSGov reclassified #PrEP to "Part D" coverage. Eligible patients with Medicare don't have to pay deductibles, copayments, or coinsurance. If you are a PrEP prescriber or pharmacy, stay informed & make sure you're enrolled 👉 go.cms.gov/3ZOpciq

“And we shall make a national health insurance program and call it Medicare.” “And it’ll cover everyone?” “Not at all. But we shall have another program called Medicaid.” “And it’ll cover everyone else?” “Also no.” “But it’ll be nationally administered?” “Not really.”

My chest swells with civic pride