Your Help Needed with COVID-19 Survey

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH)’s Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) program has been working on an initiative to develop and distribute at-home COVID-19 tests that are accessible to people with a range of disabilities. As part of this effort, they are working to collect user experiences with existing at-home COVID tests, and have prepared […]

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NAHC Encourages HHA Participation in Research Study

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The National Institutes of Health is funding a research project to be conducted by the University of Washington and the University of Pittsburgh to understand how PDGM and COVID-19 has impacted  home health agency operations. The study will explore home health agency administrators’ experiences of these events through one-on-one confidential phone interviews.  The National Association for […]

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NAHC to NIH: Include our Palliative Care Recommendations in COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines

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The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) has joined like-minded organizations in the National Coalition for Hospice and Palliative Care in writing a letter to the National Institutes of Health, urging that our expert palliative care content be included in COVID-19 treatment guidelines. NAHC applauds NIH’s timely development and dissemination of the National […]

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National Institutes of Health Offers Funding Opportunities in Palliative Care

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The National Institute of Nursing Research at the National Institutes of Health has announced two funding opportunities, both called “Palliative Care in Home and Community Settings,” intended to stimulate research to determine needs and best practices for the integration of palliative care into home and community settings. For both opportunities, open dates for submission start […]

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Proposed 2019 Budget Cuts CMS and ONC

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The House Appropriations Committee has released a draft 2019 budget for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that proposes boosting the department by about $1 billion to $89.2 billion, but contains significant cuts for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC). […]

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Omnibus Spending Bill Has New Money for HHS, Opioid Treatment

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The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives approved a $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill that includes a $10 billion increase in funding for the Department of Health and Human Services and an additional $3.6 billion for treatment of opioid addiction and mental health services. Despite hinting at a veto, President Trump announced at a 1:00 […]

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Proposed 2019 Budget Cuts CMS and ONC

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The House Appropriations Committee has released a draft 2019 budget for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that proposes boosting the department by about $1 billion to $89.2 billion, but contains significant cuts for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC). […]

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