Medicare Telehealth Largely Ends Next Week (April 1)
Update to this post: The Federal Continuing Budget Resolution passed in March extended telehealth services through September 30, 2025. Telehealth has been an efficient way to provide certain kinds of health care services for many people on Medicare (and their providers) – providing easier access to healthcare for patients and better use of time for providers ever since the pandemic. That’s about to largely end as restrictions on telehealth reimbursement
Legislative Update: Week of March 24, 2025
This week was a busy one – with several floor vote sessions and cramped committee agendas. This upcoming Friday the deadline to hear bills in committees other than Rules and Appropriations – so many more bills will fall by the wayside by this time next week. After this week things will settle down as most committees will have ended. Here’s a list of the public health related bills that are still
Public Health Journalism this Week
Heat accelerates aging, a new study finds : NPR Could Arizona hospitals start asking patients about their citizenship? Medicare benefit allowing flexibility to expire – YouTube Five years after the pandemic – Arizona PBS Medicaid cuts rippling through rural America could bring hospital closures, job losses • Arizona Mirror
Arizona Grant Opportunities – Compiled by the Vitalyst Health Foundation
Due March 7th: Broadband Equity, Access & Deployment Program Due March 12th: Community-Based Archives Due March 13th: Sexual Violence Prevention and Education Due March 14th: Conserving Black Modernism Grant NEW Due March 15th: Greater Arizona Development Authority Technical Assistance Due March 15th: Sundt Foundation Due March 17th: AZ Reads – K-12 Literacy Initiative Due March 17th: Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Grants Due March 18th: Local Data for Equitable Communities Program NEW Due March 20th: SaludArte
AZPHA Conference in 2 Weeks – Modernizing Public Health Practice: Building an Innovative Infrastructure for the Public Health of the Future
The Arizona Public Health Association’s 2025 Annual Conference is just around the corner (April 3), and this is your chance to register for an event that promises to explore groundbreaking innovations in public health. This year’s theme, “Using AI to Enhance Public Health Practice, Data, Informatics, and the Public Health Workforce” focuses on how artificial intelligence is transforming the field of public health. From data-driven decision-making to workforce development, this conference offers
A Turning Point in the Opioid Crisis?
New national data from the CDC and National Center for Health Statistics has revealed a 24% decline in opioid drug overdose deaths in the last 12 months compared with the previous 12. The biggest decline was among those 18-44 years old. NCHS: Vital Statistics Rapid Release – Provisional Drug Overdose Data Fatal fentanyl overdoses are down in every state : NPR CDC Reports Nearly 24% Decline in U.S. Drug Overdose