Today Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announced $728M in Capital Development Grants through the Affordable Care Act. Funding will expand services to 860,000 patients across the nation through 398 new construction and renovation projects.  These awards will boost health centers’ ability to care for additional patients, create jobs, [...]

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HRSA’s Jim Macrae recently announced: New Access Points (NAPs): HRSA will make 225-230 awards totaling approximately $150 million. Macrae noted that 80-85 of these awards would be to completely new entities. This level of funding means that applications scoring 94 or higher will likely be funded. Before awarding funding in June/July, those applicants with scores [...]

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Today, April 2nd, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the the final regulations for Medicare Advantage (MA) and prescription drug benefit (Part D) programs to improve benefits and the quality of care for seniors and people with disabilities enrolled in these programs. These programs are a part of the Affordable Care Act, [...]

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On Friday, Secretary Sebelius marked the two year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act through a statement outlining the impact of the ACA on America’s health system. Among notable accomplishments are increased saving to many Americans including over $3.2 billion on prescription drugs savings to 5.1 million seniors and people with disabilities on Medicare and [...]

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