by James Fuccione | Jun 12, 2024 | News and Updates
The Healey-Driscoll Administration awarded $1.1 million in grants to acute care hospitals and Aging Services Access Points (ASAPs) across Massachusetts to expand the Hospital to Home Partnership Program. The program provides specialized expertise to hospitals to...
by James Fuccione | May 1, 2024 | Data and Reports, News and Updates
Long term services and supports (LTSS) are the critical services and supports that people with disabilities and chronic conditions of all ages use to meet their daily living needs, remain independent, and participate in their communities. A new primer provides a...
by James Fuccione | Feb 28, 2024 | Data and Reports, News and Updates
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Administration for Community Living (ACL), announced several new initiatives and resources from ACL’s Direct Care Workforce (DCW) Strategies Center to address the dire shortage of professionals who...
by James Fuccione | Feb 14, 2024 | Data and Reports
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Minority Health (CMS OMH) updated the Mapping Medicare Disparities (MMD) Tool to include 2018 Medicare Advantage encounter data and new visual enhancements. Previously, the MMD Tool used only Medicare...
by James Fuccione | Feb 7, 2024 | News and Updates
The Healey-Driscoll Administration has announced that the third round of applications for the MA Repay Program is now open, with an additional $16.5 million available to support health and human service workers across the state. The MA Repay Program helps people enter...