The CMS “Comprehensive Primary Care” demonstration project called “Comprehensive Primary Care” (CPC), a multi-payer initiative designed to strengthen primary care ended in 2016. Today, the CPC+ program a five year multi-payer initiative within the HHS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) https://innovation.cms.gov has been established to test a new way of paying providers to keep patients well. (more…)
HRSA Releases Grant Notice
The Health Resources and Services Administration www.hrsa.gov within HHS released a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) (HRSA-17-022) on June 15, 2017 titled “Rural Health Opioid Program” (RHOP) due July 21, 2017. Estimated total program funding for 3 years is $3,000,000. (more…)
Bipartisan Priorities from 13 States
The National Governor Association’s (NGA) www.nga.org Center for Best Practices has released bipartisan ideas in the report “Shared Priorities from the Governors’ Bipartisan Health Reform Learning Network” which summarizes ideas from 13 states on how to improve healthcare. (more…)
Military Telepain Clinics Help Patients
Some military treatment facilities in the Washington D.C., area offer virtual appointments for patients being treated for chronic pain. Walter Reed National Military Medical Center www.wrnmmc.capmed.mil in Bethesda Maryland, can now video conference with patients who are in hospitals and clinics at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia www.auantico.marines.mil, Fort Belvoir www.belvoir.army.mil in Virginia, Joint Base Andrews, in Maryland www.jba.af.mil, and at the Pentagon www.defense.gov. (more…)
FDA’s Digital Health Progress
The broad scope of digital health includes mobile health, health IT, wearable devices, telehealth and telemedicine, and personalized medicine. Many stakeholders are involved in digital health activities, including patients, healthcare practitioners, researchers, medical device firms, and firms new to FDA regulatory requirements such as mobile application developers. (more…)
Conversation on Healthcare
Several leading policy experts discussed “Healthcare in the Trump Era” at the FleishmanHillard http://fleishmanhillard.com Roundtable conversation held at the National Press Club on June 21, 2017. The Roundtable brought together diverse perspectives from both sides of the aisle to discuss ideas on how healthcare should move forward. (more…)
Diabetic Remote Home Project
As announced in the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center’s (TATRC) www.tatrc.org Spring newsletter, TATRC has partnered on a multi-phased research project with the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH), program and Clemson University’s Department of Public Services www.clemson.edu. (more…)