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Rural Hospital Closures Prompt Bipartisan Bid to Shore Up System
The bills would offer new grants for health centers and clinics to hire staff and stay open longer, create a loan repayment program for health-care providers focused on areas with severe shortages, and increase Medicare payments to rural hospitals.
March 17, 2023
Tennessee Mayor Calls for $750M New Hospital
Mayor Harris’ team has to sell the Shelby County Commission on a funding plan, and it’s going to be a hard sell. Part of the plan includes the possibility of increasing the wheel tax, which was originally created as a “temporary” tax to generate revenue. But everyone who owns a car in Memphis and Shelby County has been paying the wheel tax since 1987.
March 13, 2023
U of Minnesota Board Approves $950M Request to Fund Acquisition
The preliminary request for the State of Minnesota to support the university's health system, UMN Health, aims to acquire flagship healthcare facilities — the University Medical Center East and West Bank facilities, Masonic Children's Hospital and its clinics and surgery center — and operate those facilities.
March 13, 2023
Biden’s Proposed HHS Budget Aims to Make Pandemic-Era Subsidies Permanent
It allocates $144.3 billion in discretionary funding to the agency, up from $127.3 billion in 2023.
March 10, 2023
Biden Administration Calls For $150 Billion For Home- And Community-Based Services
The $6.8 trillion dollar proposed budget also includes $32 million allocated to train nurse faculty and $28 million for innovative approaches to “recruit, support and train” the next generation of health care providers.
March 10, 2023
NY Hospital Gains $26M From State to Strengthen Finances
Some of the funding will be used to renovate Rome Memorial Hospital's surgical services.
February 28, 2023
NIH Invests $4M Toward Reproductive Health Access for Those with Disabilities
People with intellectual and developmental disabilities are traditionally excluded from clinical trials under the assumption they can't provide informed consent.
February 27, 2023
U of Minnesota Seeks $950M to Acquire ‘Flagship’ Hospitals Before Merger
The move would significantly alter the university's relationship with Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services amid its proposed merger with Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health.
February 27, 2023
Mississippi House Votes to spend $80M for Health Care Instead of Taking $1B in Federal Money
The bill passed overwhelmingly, though some members made it clear that the $80 million is nothing more than a “Band-Aid.”
February 21, 2023
California to invest $400M in Healthcare Workforce, Infrastructure
More than a fourth of the funding -- $119 million -- is earmarked for the Department of Health Care Services for 98 organizations to help with Medi-Cal's delivery system.
February 7, 2023