Late Tuesday, CMS released a call for participation in the new Independence at Home Demonstration through the Affordable Cara Act. This new Demonstration will provide chronically ill patients with a complete range of primary care services by partnering with medical practices to develop effective models. The goal is to develop in-home care for Medicare patients [...]

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Last week, Congress passed the FY 2012 Omnibus Appropriations Act, a bill that will fund the Health Centers Program to not only maintain current federal grant support for ALL existing Health Centers, it will also provide enough additional funding to extend access to care to nearly 1.5 million additional people in need of care. In [...]

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On December 19th, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that thirty-two leading health care organizations from across the country will participate in the Pioneer Accountable Care Organization (ACOs) Model. The Pioneer ACO Model will encourage primary care doctors, specialists, hospitals and other caregivers to provide better, more coordinated care for people with Medicare [...]

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Today HRSA announced  new grants for school-based health centers, made possible through the Affordable Care Act.  The $14M in awards announced today will allow 45 school-based health centers to improve their facilities and expand their services to provide care to an additional 53,000 children. Read the full announcement here.  

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