On Tuesday, California Department of Finance (DOF) Director Keely Martin Bosler announced she will soon step down from her role after the 2022 Budget Act is finalized this summer. Bosler has served as the DOF Director during Governor Gavin Newsom’s entire first term in office. Bosler was first appointment DOF Director in August 2018 by…
Read More »This week, the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announced it has stopped accepting claims for COVID-19 testing and treatment for uninsured individuals due to a lack of sufficient funds. No claims submitted to HRSA for testing or treatment after March 22, 2022, will be processed for adjudication or treatment, according to the agency….
Read More »The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it will convene a virtual meeting of the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) on Wednesday, April 6 to discuss considerations for future COVID-19 vaccine booster doses and the process for selecting specific strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus for COVID-19 vaccines to address current and…
Read More »This week, Moderna announced it plans over the coming weeks to submit an emergency use authorization (EUA) request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a two-dose COVID-19 mRNA vaccine for children six months to six years old. The vaccine for children is a quarter of the dose of Moderna’s adult COVID-19 vaccine…
Read More »The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently announced that additional disaster funding is available to all states, tribal nations, and territories with presidential major disaster and emergency declarations issued in 2020 and 2021. President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. signed into law the 2022 Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 2471) last week, granting a minimum 90 percent…
Read More »On Monday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recognized the one-year anniversary of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Health Center COVID-19 Vaccine Program which has provided COVID-19 vaccines directly to thousands of HRSA-supported health center sites nationwide. To date, health centers have administered more than 20 million vaccines in underserved…
Read More »The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), this week announced more than $413 million in Provider Relief Fund (PRF) payments to more than 3,600 providers throughout the country. The latest round of funding is the fourth round, totaling nearly $12 billion that has been distributed…
Read More »The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) this week released, on the 12th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a new report highlighting the successes of the ACA and key health coverage gains made under the initiative. The “State of the ACA” report, published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services…
Read More »This week, U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra and U.S. Education Department (ED) Secretary Miguel Cardona launched a joint-department effort to expand school-based health services in an effort to ensure children have the health services and supports necessary to build resilience and thrive. Under the joint effort, HHS and ED will provide…
Read More »Effective Friday, April 1, 2022, the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) will extend the postpartum care coverage period for currently eligible and newly eligible pregnant individuals. The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Postpartum Care Expansion (PCE) extends the coverage period from 60 days to 365 days for individuals eligible for pregnancy and postpartum…
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