General

American Indian Healthcare Matrix (Part IV)

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:38-07:00May 28th, 2014|General|

So far in this series, we’ve covered the Indian Health Service, the ”638’s” administered by tribes and tribal organizations, and Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance Plan. This week focuses on the Affordable Care Act & the Indian Healthcare Improvement Act. American Indians wishing to buy health insurance in the Health Insurance Marketplace won’t need [...]

Comments Off

Study: Flu Vaccine Cuts Kids Trips to ICU

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:38-07:00May 21st, 2014|General|

Influenza vaccine reduces a child's risk of flu-related intensive care hospitalization by 74% according to a CDC study published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. This is the first study that estimates vaccine effectiveness against flu admissions to pediatric intensive care units.

Comments Off

American Indian Healthcare Matrix (Part III)

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:38-07:00May 20th, 2014|General|

In addition to services provided by the Indian Health Service and the ”638’s” administered by tribes and tribal organizations, American Indians are eligible to apply for and receive Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance Plan. American Indians applying for Medicaid services in Arizona need to meet the same income requirements as all other applicants. Unearned [...]

Comments Off

Federal Funds for Arizona Public Health

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:40-07:00May 13th, 2014|General, Preparedness, Prevention|

We use a lot of CDC grants in Arizona to promote public health. I’ve talked about what we do with the Maternal and Child Health, as well as the Behavioral Health, grants in previous blogs. There’s another grant that lets us focus on issues that are specifically tailored to Arizona. The Preventive Health block grant helps fund our [...]

1

National Nurses Week & the Harlem Shake

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:40-07:00May 12th, 2014|General|

Anybody that has worked in the healthcare industry knows who's the backbone of care: Nurses. Last week we celebrated nurses with National Nurses Week. We have many nurses throughout the Department in various divisions. Each nurse provides a distinct service to the Department. The majority of our nurses work at the AZ State Hospital providing [...]

1

American Indian Healthcare Matrix (Part II)

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:40-07:00May 9th, 2014|General|

Over the next couple of weeks, I’ll continue my series on the healthcare matrix for American Indians. Last week I covered the basics of the Indian Health Service. This week’s write-up is about something called “638's”. Tribes and Tribal Organizations can elect to administer healthcare services that normally would be administered by the IHS. This [...]

Comments Off

American Indian Healthcare Matrix (Part I)

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:40-07:00May 8th, 2014|General|

Over the next couple of weeks, I’ll be writing a series on the healthcare matrix for American Indians. I’ll be covering the basics of the Indian Health Service, how Medicaid and Medicare interface with Native Americans, as well as some of the basics of the Affordable Care Act as it relates to American Indians. Let’s [...]

4

“People First” Law

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:40-07:00May 6th, 2014|General|

A few years ago, the legislature made some important changes to the language in our state laws by removing hurtful words related to people with developmental disabilities. Last year, the legislature removed some really old definitions and terms related to mental illness. This year a new law was passed and signed (HB 2667) that went through [...]

2

First Case of MERS in U.S.

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:41-07:00May 2nd, 2014|General, Preparedness|

A healthcare worker who recently returned from Saudi Arabia is the first confirmed case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in the U.S. The person's in stable condition in isolation in an Indiana hospital. All public health agencies around the world have been carefully watching for new cases of MERS since the disease was [...]

Comments Off

FDA Study Committee Recommends Disapproval of New Opiate Painkiller

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:41-07:00April 29th, 2014|General|

Last week an FDA panel unanimously recommended rejecting a new drug that’s a combination of morphine and oxycodone – two very strong painkillers. The panel, Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory Committee, said the company didn’t provide data to prove that Moxduo is more effective or safer than using one of the already available drugs. [...]

Comments Off

Categories

Quick Links

Archives

Social Media