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TRICARE News (Washington Update, August 22, 2018)
August 23 Webinar: Bring Your TRICARE Benefit Questions to August 23 Webinar (article) Webinar: Ask TRICARE -- Thursday, August 23, 1:00-2:00 pm ET. Register. Benefit Updates: Using Your TRICARE Benefit with Other Health Insurance (TRICARE Benefit Update, 8/7/18) How...
From the Food & Drug Administration Newsroom: Generic Epigen (Washington Update, August 22, 2018)
Aug. 16 -- FDA Approves First Generic Version of Epipen The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first generic version of EpiPen and EpiPen Jr (epinephrine) auto-injector for the emergency treatment of allergic reactions, including those that are...
Q&A from a Conversation on Models of Care Delivery (Washington Update, August 22, 2018)
Read the responses to questions that were submitted during the June 28 "Conversation on Models of Care Delivery for Children with Medical Complexity," a webinar in the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health series, Building Systems that Work for Children with...
Materials from Webinar on Medicaid Storytelling (Washington Update, August 22, 2018)
The webinar recording and slides from last week’s webinar, “Demonstrating Medicaid’s Value through Storytelling,” are now available on the website of the Georgetown Center on Children and Families here.
CDC Training and Materials on Health Literacy (Washington Update, August 22, 2018)
CDC has created the Health Literacy Training Plan to help build knowledge and skills consistent with new, professional communication practices. (You must create an account to access the information.) The training starts with the "Health Literacy for Public Health...
Your Input Sought/Of Possible Interest (Washington Update, August 22, 2018)
YOUR INPUT SOUGHT Indian Health Service Seeks Comments on Draft Strategic Plan Comments due August 23. As described in a Federal Register Notice, The Indian Health Service (IHS) is developing an agency-wide Strategic Plan for fiscal years 2018-2022, and is seeking...
Upcoming Webinars from the Field (Washington Update, August 8, 2018)
NEW HRSA Grants Education & Technical Assistance WEBINAR SERIES for Tribes, Tribal Organizations, Indian Health, Tribal and Urban Indian Health Programs Wednesday, August 8, 1:00-2:30 pm ET – Preparing a Budget for Your Grant Proposal Wednesday, Sept. 12,...
The Courts: Four Major Cities Sue the Administration about ACA Implementation (Washington Update, August 8, 2018)
On August 1, the cities of Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, and Columbus, Ohio, filed suit in a federal district court in Baltimore. See Four U.S. Cities Sue over Trump “Sabotage” of Obamacare (Reuters, 8/2/18). The plaintiffs allege that the administration has taken...
Congress: Bill Introduced for Paid Parental Leave to Be Paid Back from Future Social Security Retirement Benefits (Washington Update, August 8, 2018)
On August 1, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced the Economic Security for New Parents Act (S.3345). The bill would give parents the option to take paid parental leave for up to 12 weeks, for a total of 24 weeks per couple, for each child who has been born or...
Medicaid/CHIP News, Information, and Resources (Washington Update, August 8, 2018)
Medicaid Waivers Pending Medicaid waiver proposals (updated) Kentucky Waiver – Open for Public Comment Again – due Aug. 18 As reported in the July 3 Washington Update (under “Courts”), a federal court vacated the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) approval...
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