American Indian Healthcare Matrix (Part II)
Over the next couple of weeks, I’ll continue my series on the healthcare matrix for American Indians. Last week I covered the basics of the Indian Health Service. This week’s write-up is about something called “638’s”.
Tribes and Tribal Organizations can elect to administer healthcare services that normally would be administered by the IHS. This option is available under […]
American Indian Healthcare Matrix (Part I)
Over the next couple of weeks, I’ll be writing a series on the healthcare matrix for American Indians. I’ll be covering the basics of the Indian Health Service, how Medicaid and Medicare interface with Native Americans, as well as some of the basics of the Affordable Care Act […]
Newborn Screening & Immunizations Law
House Bill 2491 has been in the media and became a law with the Governor’s signature. The new law requires us to add critical congenital heart defect (CCHD) to our newborn screening program protocol. This new screening and reporting requirement will kick in […]
“People First” Law
A few years ago, the legislature made some important changes to the language in our state laws by removing hurtful words related to people with developmental disabilities. Last year, the legislature removed some really old definitions and terms related to mental illness. This year a new law was passed and signed (HB 2667) […]
Major Regulatory Reform Milestone
Last week we passed a major milestone in our Strategic Plan when we filed our final new set of rules for the Arizona’s 5,500 licensed healthcare facilities. With this week’s filing – we’ve now completed our overhaul of the State’s regulations for hospitals, behavioral health inpatient facilities, nursing care institutions, recovery care centers, hospices, behavioral health residential facilities, assisted living facilities, outpatient surgical […]
First Case of MERS in U.S.
A healthcare worker who recently returned from Saudi Arabia is the first confirmed case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in the U.S. The person’s in stable condition in isolation in an Indiana hospital.
All public health agencies around the world have been carefully […]
