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Category: Advocacy

Advocacy, News from Harrisburg

State Takes Steps to Foster Innovation and Improve Quality of Care

In an effort to foster innovation and improve care within the state’s Medicaid program, the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) recently released requests for … Read More ›

Posted on 08.05.202208.05.2022
Advocacy, News from Harrisburg

State Improves its Response to Hydraulic Fracturing Environmental Health Concerns

On Aug. 18, 2014, the Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) announced enhancements to its internal processes for responding to environmental health concerns and complaints specifically … Read More ›

Posted on 08.05.202208.05.2022
Advocacy, News from Harrisburg

State Legislator Petitions to Get Marijuana Reclassified as a Schedule II Controlled Substance

State Rep. Mark Cohen (D-Philadelphia County) recently introduced a resolution petitioning the Pennsylvania Secretary of Health and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to reschedule cannabis … Read More ›

Posted on 08.05.202208.05.2022
Advocacy, News from Harrisburg

Ammunition in the Fight against Prescription Drug Abuse: PA Awarded $900,000 CDC Grant

Pennsylvania is one of 16 states awarded with grants for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) “Prescription Drug Overdose: Prevention for States” initiative. … Read More ›

Posted on 08.05.202208.05.2022
Advocacy, News from Harrisburg

PHC4 Funding Extended for Another Three Years

On April 8, 2014, the state Senate unanimously approved a funding bill to extend the life of the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) … Read More ›

Posted on 08.05.202208.05.2022
Advocacy, News from Harrisburg

Bill Extending PHC4 Passes House Committee

On June 26, 2014, the state House Health Committee approved a funding bill (Senate Bill 1267) to extend the life of the Pennsylvania Health Care … Read More ›

Posted on 08.05.202208.05.2022
Advocacy, News from Harrisburg

Stakeholder Group to Address Barriers to Widespread Use of POLST

As a result of a resolution adopted by the 2012 House of Delegates, the Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED) convened a group of stakeholders to study … Read More ›

Posted on 08.05.202208.05.2022
Advocacy, News from Harrisburg

Stakeholders Discuss End-of-Life Care, Assess Need for Legislative or Regulatory Initiatives

POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment), a medical form designed to complement, but not replace, an advanced directive, clearly has value in helping to ensure … Read More ›

Posted on 08.05.202208.05.2022

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