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5.7 Million More U.S. Women Than Expected Were Childless In 2024
October 17, 2025In 2024, there were 5.7 million more childless women of prime child-bearing age than would have been expected given fertility patterns prior to the Great Recession, up from 2.1 million in 2016 and 4.7 million in 2022, according to a… -
CMS Denies Matching Funds For Managed Care Payments For Emergency Medicaid Coverage For Immigrants Ineligible For Full Benefits
October 17, 2025The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance to explain its updated interpretation of when states can claim federal financial participation (FFP), or matching funds, for emergency Medicaid-covered services provided to undocumented immigrants. Under a letter to state… -
Trump Administration Strikes Deal With Pfizer Aimed At Lowering Prescription Drug Prices
October 17, 2025Pfizer and the White House announced an agreement with the Trump Administration to ensure lower prices for prescription medicines for U.S. consumers. The stated purpose of the agreement is to bring American drug prices in line with the lowest prices paid… -
HHS Awards $61.9 Million In One-Time Funding To Enhance Head Start Nutrition Services
October 17, 2025Over 290 Head Start programs nationwide will share $61 million in supplemental nutrition funding grants to support nutrition services, promote healthy eating habits, and improve access to nutrient-dense foods for more than 100,000 children and families served by the grantees.… -
Arizona DDD Begins Using A New Developmental Disability Assessment For Children To Determine Eligibility For Medicaid Paid Parent Provider ProgramÂ
October 15, 2025On October 1, 2025, the Arizona Medicaid program began implementing a new, standardized assessment tool to determine the need for extraordinary care for children served through the Parents as Paid Caregivers (PPCG) program. The new assessment is required by Arizona… -
New York, Hawaii & New Jersey Ranked Best In The Nation Across Common Measures Of Mental Health; Nevada & Arizona Rank Lowest
October 15, 2025New York, Hawaii, and New Jersey ranked best in the nation across 17 common measures of mental health, according to state rankings developed by Mental Health America, using the most recent publicly available federal data, from 2022 and 2023. These… -
Florida Medicaid MCO For People With I/DD Reports Enrollment Growth
October 15, 2025Florida Community Care (FCC), a Medicaid managed care organization (MCO) serving beneficiaries with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD), reportedly enrolled 323 new members after the state’s Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Comprehensive Managed Care (ICMC) Program expanded from a pilot to a statewide… -
Senior Living Occupancy Rate Increased To 88.7% In The Third Quarter Of 2025Â
October 15, 2025The national occupancy rate for senior living properties for the third quarter of 2025 was 88.7%, which was an increase of 70 basis points from the previous quarter, according to the latest analysis by the National Investment Center for Seniors… -
Colorado Medicaid To Align Reimbursement Rates To Families Caring For An Adult With Disabilities To Host Home Rates
October 15, 2025The Colorado Medicaid program plans to align the reimbursement rates for Individual Residential Services and Supports (IRSS) for people with developmental disabilities for family caregiver homes with rates paid to Host Homes providing IRSS, according to a fact sheet issued… -
AI-Supported Health & Lifestyle Coaching Program Can Improve Outcomes For People With Type 2 Diabetes
October 15, 2025About 71% of people with type 2 diabetes who used an artificial intelligence (AI)-supported health and lifestyle coaching program reduced their hemoglobin A1c level (HbA1c) to 6.5%, without taking glucose-lowering medications other than metformin, according to a recent study. In…
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