Federal Update

HRSA to Step Up Emphasis on Health Workforce
   Mary Wakefield, administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, tells a HHS advisory committee on primary care that its upcoming report on the health workforce might be may be "more significant report than at any other time in the life of the committee."
posted 5/21/13 09:18 AM  read complete story

Increases in Health Costs, Deficit Continue to Slow
   Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) tells those attending the FOSE conference on government that he feels the so-called Simpson-Bowles deficit reduction plan represents a good model for cutting the deficit, and feels "it may be an idea whose time has come again
posted 5/17/13 12:15 PM  read complete story

HUD Extends New Healthcare Mortgage Rules Implementation
   The Dept. of Housing and Urban Development has pushed back the implementation deadline for final rules published last year governing the insurance of healthcare facilities under HUD's section 232 program.
posted 4/30/13 06:36 AM  read complete story

HRSA Chief Looks at Current, Future Funding Priorities
   Mary Wakefield, administrator for the Health Resources and Services Administration, tells members of the Advisory Council for Infant Mortality that improving infant mortality rates is part of the larger effort to promote women's health, and that grant opportunities
posted 4/25/13 6:50 PM  read complete story

Federal Preview: What Key Officials are Saying
   Federal agencies often offer glimpses of key priorities, upcoming plans, and funding in a variety of settings, including congressional hearings and conferences. CHF coverage includes these events; this week's highlights include
posted 3/22/13 4:24 PM  read complete story

Guidelines Coming for Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs
   The Administration for Community Living has developed proposed regulations designed to standardize guidelines and priorities for state long-term care ombudsman programs
posted 3/7/13 8:48 PM  read complete story

Sequestration: The Impact on Federal Funding and Healthcare
   One of the problems with trying to determine the impact of sequestration on health programs is that most projections assume it will last through the rest of fiscal year FY 2013
posted 3/7/13 7:42 PM  read complete story

Contractors to Help Evaluate HRSA Grants, Grantees
   The Health Resources and Services Administration hopes to award a number of contracts to evaluate HRSA grant programs and HRSA-supported health programs
posted 2/22/13 11:01 AM  read complete story

eHealth and Disparities: Information Coming Soon
   Officials from the Department of Health and Human Services, at a recent meeting of the Health Information Technology committee, announced that detailed information should soon become available from
posted 2/22/13 10:59 AM  read complete story

HHS, USDA Tries to Reduce Rules Burden for Rural Health Providers
   Sec'y of the Department of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and Sec'y of Agriculture Tom Vilsack used the recent policy conference of the National Rural Health Association to announce HHS was taking action designed to help health providers
posted 2/7/13 09:44 AM  read complete story