Skip to search and filter Image Dr. Derksen quoted in article on Medicaid fraud crisis March 15, 2024 In the 10 months since Arizona officials announced an investigation into massive Medicaid billing fraud, they’ve maintained the abuse was mostly limited to a small share of the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System: behavioral health providers that exploited the agency’s fee-for-service plans. But the agency acknowledged this week that fraud also spread into its managed care organizations, which oversee 90% of AHCCCS services—meaning the crisis ultimately affected the agency’s entire provider ecosystem, not just those highlighted as the epicenter of the scandal. Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting Image Arizona Department of Health Services has a new tool to address health disparities March 1, 2024 The Arizona Social Vulnerabilities Index (AZSVI) provides the Arizona public health workforce, health care providers, policy makers and public a tool to assess the factors impacting Arizona communities, with the aim of addressing disparities and fostering equity. Read more Image New Native American Health Alliance to Address Physician Shortages in Tribal Communities Feb. 29, 2024 Twenty-four urban and rural tribal organizations, medical schools, health plans, teaching hospitals, medical residencies, and physician advocates on Wednesday launched the American Indian Medical Education Strategies (AIMES) Alliance. Read more Image Rural health care a focus of Sinema's Chiricahua Community Health Centers visit Feb. 22, 2024 Senator Krysten Sinema toured Chiricahua Community Health Centers in Sierra Vista. Staff explained the goals and the difficulties involved rural health care. CEO Jonathan Melk told Sinema how the Chiricahua Community Health Center's role as a Federally Qualified Health Center for the area makes its work essential, and stressed that health care access for rural areas is needed. Read more Image Arizona Medicaid changes could give health coverage to 10,000 more kids. Here's how Feb. 22, 2024 Dr. Derksen, Director of the Arizona Center for Rural Health, quoted in Arizona Republic article about Arizona expanding parameters for children to get Medicaid coverage. Read more Image Study of opioid stewardship program implementation in rural and critical access hospitals in Arizona published in Journal of Opioid Management Feb. 15, 2024 A recent study, supported by faculty and staff from the Arizona Center for Rural Health, the Arizona Prevention Research Center, and Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, has been publish in the January/February issue of Journal of Opioid Management. The study examines "rural hospitals' status in implementing opioid stewardship program (OSP) elements and assesses differences in implementation in emergency department (ED) and acute inpatient departments." Read more Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page … 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 … Next › Next page Last » Last page
Image Dr. Derksen quoted in article on Medicaid fraud crisis March 15, 2024 In the 10 months since Arizona officials announced an investigation into massive Medicaid billing fraud, they’ve maintained the abuse was mostly limited to a small share of the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System: behavioral health providers that exploited the agency’s fee-for-service plans. But the agency acknowledged this week that fraud also spread into its managed care organizations, which oversee 90% of AHCCCS services—meaning the crisis ultimately affected the agency’s entire provider ecosystem, not just those highlighted as the epicenter of the scandal. Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
Image Arizona Department of Health Services has a new tool to address health disparities March 1, 2024 The Arizona Social Vulnerabilities Index (AZSVI) provides the Arizona public health workforce, health care providers, policy makers and public a tool to assess the factors impacting Arizona communities, with the aim of addressing disparities and fostering equity. Read more
Image New Native American Health Alliance to Address Physician Shortages in Tribal Communities Feb. 29, 2024 Twenty-four urban and rural tribal organizations, medical schools, health plans, teaching hospitals, medical residencies, and physician advocates on Wednesday launched the American Indian Medical Education Strategies (AIMES) Alliance. Read more
Image Rural health care a focus of Sinema's Chiricahua Community Health Centers visit Feb. 22, 2024 Senator Krysten Sinema toured Chiricahua Community Health Centers in Sierra Vista. Staff explained the goals and the difficulties involved rural health care. CEO Jonathan Melk told Sinema how the Chiricahua Community Health Center's role as a Federally Qualified Health Center for the area makes its work essential, and stressed that health care access for rural areas is needed. Read more
Image Arizona Medicaid changes could give health coverage to 10,000 more kids. Here's how Feb. 22, 2024 Dr. Derksen, Director of the Arizona Center for Rural Health, quoted in Arizona Republic article about Arizona expanding parameters for children to get Medicaid coverage. Read more
Image Study of opioid stewardship program implementation in rural and critical access hospitals in Arizona published in Journal of Opioid Management Feb. 15, 2024 A recent study, supported by faculty and staff from the Arizona Center for Rural Health, the Arizona Prevention Research Center, and Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, has been publish in the January/February issue of Journal of Opioid Management. The study examines "rural hospitals' status in implementing opioid stewardship program (OSP) elements and assesses differences in implementation in emergency department (ED) and acute inpatient departments." Read more
