Steward Health Care (SHC), the Texas-based owner of St. Luke’s Behavioral Health Center, announced the furlough of over 200 employees, effective Monday. While these employees will not receive pay during the furlough, they can use paid leave/PTO and will retain full healthcare coverage through the end of next month, according to...Arizona News
Criticism of the Arizona State Hospital's (ASH) operational issues and ability to provide adequate care to patients is coming to a head as the Arizona Legislature gears up for its annual session.
Last session, the legislature passed a bill that imposed additional transparency onto the Arizona State Hospital (ASH). This included the...Arizona News
Previously unregulated imaging chain SimonMed is now fully licensed by the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) following an incident involving a prison inmate and her guard.
Inmate Lacey Windust and a prison guard escorting her for imaging were both stuck to an MRI machine at a SimonMed Imaging Center in Avondale last...Arizona News
In an effort to protect abused, neglected, and vulnerable ALTCS members, AHCCCS and DES have published two surveys available for ALTCS members and ALTCS members' families through November 17, 2023.
The surveys and evaluations are conducted by the University of Arizona’s Sonoran Center for Excellence in Developmental Disability. All...Arizona News
A bill that would have released the Arizona State Hospital (ASH) from conflicting oversight and regulation by the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) by moving administration for the hospital to an independent board was unceremoniously killed in the Arizona House of Representatives on June 12, 2023.
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Things are starting to heat up at the legislature with Republican lawmakers sparring with the Democratic Governor's Office over the budget and nominations to department leadership positions.
A bill introduced by Rep. Steve Kaiser (R-Paradise Valley), would allow the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) to contract with a third...
The Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) annual report released this week, titled “Ready or Not: Protecting the Public’s Health from Diseases, Disasters and Bioterrorism” not only assesses each state using key performance metrics but urges post-pandemic America to focus on the underlying drivers of economic and health inequities....
The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) has released the second Arizona Diabetes Action Plan, which recommends statewide initiatives intended to ease the burden of diabetes on Arizonans.
According to Americas Health Rankings, In the United States, 34.1 million people – 13% of the population – are living with diabetes....Arizona Comings & Goings
On August 26, Governor Doug Ducey today named Don Herrington, a 21-year veteran of the Arizona Department of Health Services, to succeed Dr. Cara Christ, who left the agency August 27 and is now chief medical officer for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona.
Ducey and Herrington named longtime Tucson resident, Dr. Richard Carmona, the...Arizona News
This week Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey vetoed a bill that would have allowed the board that regulates leadership at long-term care facilities to continue. Ducey wants to transfer those responsibilities to the Arizona Department of Health Services instead.
Will Humble, executive director of the Arizona Public Health Association, said,
For...
As weather conditions deteriorate across the country, public health officials are predicting a delay in COVID-19 vaccine deliveries to some parts of Arizona, delaying appointments for some scheduled to receive the Moderna vaccine. So far more than 1.2 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine has been given to 925,763 Arizonans, including...Arizona News
As the U.S. reported 2.1 million COVID-19 cases and counting on June 17, Arizona reported 1,827 new cases with a positive testing rate of 7.3%, but Arizona politicians downplay the state's vulnerability as health experts express alarm.
On Tuesday, Arizona reported its highest number of new COVID-19 cases at 2,392 and on Monday...Arizona News
Facilities that care and house large numbers of elderly folks are being ravaged by COVID-19 - an incredibly contagious virus particularly deadly for older people.
Just 6.7% of Americans are over 75-years-old, but that population accounts for nearly 60% of the country’s COVID deaths.
According to the Maricopa County...Arizona News
The coronavirus outbreak is putting unprecedented strain on local and national economies across the world, and Arizona’s healthcare-centric small businesses are feeling the effects.
Even as money is poured into the healthcare sector to fight the virus, many corners of the industry are hurting. The healthcare landscape has...Arizona News
As American hospitals stare down the coronavirus, health care workers worry about their employers’ preparedness and their own personal safety.
The global coronavirus threat escalated last week as cases soared and spread to new countries, the CDC announced its inevitable proliferation into the US, and financial markets crashed...Arizona News
Local health officials are urging Phoenicians to keep calm and wash their hands in the wake of the coronavirus’ arrival in Arizona.
The virus has infected 3,000 people, killing 100. Most afflicted are from the Chinese province, Hubei, where the virus originated. A “member of the ASU community” who recently traveled to the...Arizona News
Terms of a settlement agreement will allow Hacienda Healthcare to keep its state license and Medicaid contract under several conditions, including the mandatory hiring of a quality improvement expert.
In June 2019, the Arizona Department of Health Services issued a notice of intent to revoke the facility's license following the...
Three cases of vaping-related respiratory illnesses were confirmed in Maricopa County last week by the state's health department; the outbreaks are among a national epidemic totaling 530 cases. There are another three suspected cases in Arizona, one in Tucson.
A surge in respiratory infections across the country has doctors scratching...
Valley Fever, or coccidiodomycosis, is on the rise in Arizona as more and more people contract the lung infection caused by fungus common to Arizona soil as well as southern and central areas of California.
The Arizona Department of Health Services (AZDHS) has identified 6,414 reported cases of Valley Fever as of the Aug. 27 count, a...
