Special Olympics Arizona is looking for volunteers for their second vaccination event in collaboration with various disability organizations as well as the State Health Department. The event will take place at Ability360 located at 5031 E Washington...
Start 2025 with the latest market intelligence on national and Arizona managed care operations at The Hertel Report’s bi-annual State of the State conference. Join us Friday, January 31, at the Orange Tree Golf Resort in Scottsdale for insights on Medicare Advantage, the ACA Marketplace, Medicaid (AHCCCS), Accountable Care...
Reports have shown Arizona is falling far behind the pack on adult mental healthcare and ranks among the lowest in the country because of its prevalence of mental illness and limited access to mental healthcare. According to CMS data, the nation's highest psychiatric readmission rate was 35% in contrast to a 13.4% readmission rate at...Open
After submitting intent to not renew its contract with the local insurer, Wickenburg Community Hospital has agreed to rates proposed by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona (BCBSAZ). The 19-bed community-owned Critical Access Hospital and health system, along with its three rural health clinics in Wickenburg, Congress, and Wittmann,...Open
The performance audit and sunset review of the Arizona Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions (DIFI) found numerous flaws within the department statutorily responsible for regulating the insurance industry and financial institutions in Arizona, such as banks and credit unions as well as financial service professionals and/or...
According to the nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank, The Grand Canyon Institute, Arizona is increasingly falling behind in its efforts to attract the next generation of physicians with increasing numbers of emergency room and OBGYN residency applicants expressing concerns about providing comprehensive training in states with restrictive...
The latest issue brief from the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) outlines Medicaid’s positive effects on low-income children and non-elderly adults while emphasizing how expanded eligibility benefits the country’s health and economy.
Medicaid, established in 1965, is the largest health insurer in the U.S.,...
This week, America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), the American Medical Association (AMA), and the National Association of ACOs (NAACOS) released a playbook on voluntary best practices as part of their efforts together to advance the adoption of value-based care arrangements in the private sector to improve the quality, equity, and...
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The agency found that none of the four states it examined, Arizona, New Jersey, New York, and Texas, conducted parity analyses across their delivery systems nor did their state contracts with Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs) contain the required parity provisions set forth by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)...
COVID-19 cases are rising quickly across the U.S. and hospitalizations are not far behind.
The rise in cases is caused by a new, rapidly spreading dominant variant, called JN.1, which currently represents more than 60% of cases. In an interview with PBS Newshour, infectious disease epidemiologist Jessica Malaty Rivera explained that...
COVID-19 cases are beginning to subside after a summer spike, but officials are recommending that Americans receive the newly released vaccine or a dose of the newly-authorized Novovax, prior to the expected winter surge in cases.
In Arizona, cases were down 5% week over week with 3,134 new cases reported for the week beginning on...
The Biden administration’s decision to end the Covid-19 public health emergency in May will institute sweeping changes across the health care system that go far beyond many people having to pay more for covid tests.
In response to the pandemic, the federal government in 2020 suspended many of its rules on how care is delivered. That...
Last Saturday marked the third anniversary of COVID-19 being declared a worldwide pandemic.
As the Arizona Republic points out in a retrospective, since that declaration, COVID-19 has killed more than 1.1 million Americans and 33,000 Arizonans.
There were 4,262 new cases of COVID-19 in Arizona this week with 56 new deaths related...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) clarified some of the guidance on the termination of the public health emergency this week. Also, the Arizona State University (ASU) Biodesign Institute has created a statewide survey to better understand the paths that new COVID variants take when moving through Arizona.
The...Open
As Arizona is caught in the midst of a multi-front surge of not only COVID-19 but also influenza, with rates of COVID infections in nursing homes continuing to rise, Representative Andy Biggs (R-AZ) reintroduced legislation in Congress to curb federal oversight of the nation's pandemic response. Meanwhile, the Arizona Department of...
The super transmissible COVID-19 variant XBB.1.5 has made it to Arizona and new data from AARP demonstrates that vaccination levels in nursing homes remain troublingly low.
The presence of XBB.1.5 in Arizona is still low, but throughout the pandemic surges related to certain variants have hit Arizona slower than other states, the...
The U.S. has a new dominant COVID-19 variant, XBB.1.5, which is reportedly twenty-five times as contagious as the original strain of coronavirus. Meanwhile, seniors and people of color bear the burden of high rates of transmission and death as a result of the virus.
New research demonstrates that the death toll of COVID-19 in...
COVID-19 cases across the state are down this week, but are expected to rise following the winter holidays. The Supreme Court ruled that a Trump-era border restriction enacted due to the COVID-19 pandemic will remain in effect while the court settles the issue.
The U.S. Supreme Court allowed the controversial Title 42 to remain in...
Arizona hospitals are buckling under the pressure of three coinciding surges in airborne illnesses COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). This "tripledemic" is elevating the need to raise vaccination rates for both COVID and the flu, as vaccinations in key areas remain low.
While lower than last week, there were...