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2 million renewed for Medicaid coverage after 2023-2024 …
WEBPHOENIX – One year after restarting the pre-pandemic review process for enrollment in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System cut coverage for 611,144 recipients and approved 1,953,301 renewals, according to its eligibility dashboard.
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Advocates: Affordable Care Act here to stay, as more Arizonans …
WEBJune 21, 2021. Close to 9.5 million Americans, including more than 178,000 Arizonans, have signed up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act, which the Supreme Court upheld for a third time last week. Supporters believe the law is safe from further challenges for now. ( Photo by Kristopher Radder/ Department of Defense)
AHCCCS navigates Medicaid changes post-COVID, and how CHIP …
WEBOn Aug. 30, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a call to action about these state system issues. According to the agency, “nearly 500,000 children and other individuals who were improperly disenrolled from Medicaid or CHIP will regain their coverage.”. Arizona has been evaluating family members on an individual basis.
New Native American health care facilities in Arizona
WEBSage Memorial Hospital is scheduled to open a new 90,000-square-foot, 25-bed hospital located in Ganado on May 30, 2024. The hospital and medical, dental and field clinics are operated by a private, nonprofit corporation, Navajo Health Foundation-Sage Memorial, and provide health care for about 23,000 people in the area.
ADHS delivers vaccines, COVID-19 tests to underserved communities
WEBSoria, who is assigned to Cronkite Noticias this semester as a visual journalist, has interned at Arizona PBS producing the show “Arizona Horizon.”. The Arizona Department of Health Services takes COVID-19 tests and vaccines to low-income and other underserved communities, from migrants to Indigenous residents, across the state.
States, tribes work to increase access to Native American healing
WEB‘An ongoing legacy’ Researchers have long pointed to the importance of incorporating cultural practices into behavioral health care for Native Americans, but there is an ongoing struggle to ensure those services are accessible and affordable.. In past years, federal and state legislation aimed at increasing insurance coverage of mental …
Healthcare Rising seeks support at state fair after Roe v. Wade ruling
WEBWomen’s health care is health care and it is critical.”. Hamlin is one of the many people advocating for increased abortion access in Arizona since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022. Later in 2022, an Arizona law went into effect limiting abortion access to 15 weeks of pregnancy. Healthcare Rising Arizona, an
Valleywise medical center opens in Phoenix to replace old hospital
WEBPHOENIX – Valleywise Health refers to its health care system as a safety net for the community and prides itself on serving the Valley’s underserved. On April 3, Valleywise Health hosted an opening ceremony for its new medical center on E. Roosevelt Street in Phoenix. This center replaces the
Indigenous groups maintain talking circle traditions during COVID …
WEBIncorporating Indigenous practices like talking circles into health care treatment isn’t new but has grown in significance during the pandemic, largely because of the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on Native communities. Native Americans are more than 1.5 times as likely to get COVID-19 than whites, and they die at more than …
Arizona projected to have largest nursing shortage in U.S. in 2025
WEBOrleans is a journalist based in Phoenix who has interned at ICT (formerly Indian Country Today). A national analysis predicts Arizona will have the largest nursing shortage in the country by 2025, with 28,100 fewer registered nurses than needed. As both rural and urban hospitals struggle to retain and recruit nurses, advocates look at solutions.
COVID-19 puts spotlight on state’s lacking mental health care
WEBThe Navajo Nation is ranked as one of the highest areas of need. A 2017 study by Northern Arizona University’s Center for Health Equity Research found that the ratio of people to mental health providers in Navajo County, which includes a section of the Navajo reservation, was a whopping 1,504:1.. These provider shortages are especially …
Navajo psychiatrist bridges gaps between culture and care at Sage
WEBGANADO – As a Navajo himself, Dr. Richard Laughter understands mental health issues experienced by members of the Navajo Nation on a deeply personal level. As a Native American psychiatrist, he breaks down accessibility barriers for his people by blending Native cultural practices with Western
Low-income hearing health care expanded to all three Arizona …
WEBLow-income hearing health care expanded to all three Arizona universities. Annika Tourlas /Cronkite News. April 5, 2024. After living with impaired hearing for 50 years, Jane M. Howard Turner turned to the Arizona Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and got testing and hearing aids through the Hearing Healthcare Assistance Project.
Experts address health disparities among Asian Americans
WEBThe Office of Minority Health notes the percentage of persons 5 years or older who do not speak English very well varies among Asian American groups: 48.9% of Vietnamese, 44.8% of Chinese, 20.9% of Filipinos and 18.7% of Asian Indians are not fluent in English. “There are many foreign-born Asian Americans that have limited English …
Mexican government’s ‘Health Windows’ aid U.S. immigrants with
WEBVentanillas de Salud, or “Health Windows,” is an initiative begun by the Mexican government to provide preventative health care and health education for Mexican citizens living in the U.S. The effort began in 2003 in San Diego. Today, 51 programs operate from Mexican Consulate offices across the U.S., each serving the unique needs …
Who is affected by ozone and particle pollution
WEBPHOENIX – The Phoenix metro area is one of the most ozone-polluted cities in the United States, according to the most recent State of the Air report from the American Lung Association. The report emphasized people of color are especially affected by air pollution and the health issues it can cause. In addition to being ranked the fifth-most
Diocese of Phoenix offers ministry for mental health
WEBIn December 2022, he opened the Phoenix Diocese’s own Office of Mental Health Ministry. Though the office at the Diocese has been open for less than a year, Dolan has a vision for its future. Dolan wants the office to create “wells,” defined as places “where healing begins,” a reference to the Bible story of Jesus meeting a Samaritan
Navajo president calls for new VA medical, benefits centers at …
WEBWASHINGTON – Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren called on lawmakers Thursday to put Veterans Affairs medical and benefits centers on the reservation to help deliver services that he said Indigenous veterans have earned but often cannot access. “The lack of VA care in the Navajo Nation is not reflective of the continuous contributions …
LGBTQ+ youth face increased suicide risk
WEBTUCSON – LGBTQ+ youth across the country are facing an increased risk for suicide, as reported by the 2023 U.S. National Survey on the Mental Health of LGBTQ Young People by the Trevor Project. At the forefront of this issue are conversations about anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, barriers to accessing mental health care and the importance of …
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