Monday, February 22nd, 2021
In February 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Alabama Department of Public Health awarded Auburn University at Montgomery (AUM) a 3-year, Civil Money Penalty (CMP) grant to purchase a license to implement Bingocize
® – a strategic combination of exercise and the game of bingo – in 40 Certified Nursing Facilities (CNF) across the state of Alabama.
Bingocize® Creator and Co-Director of the Western Kentucky University (WKU) Center for Applied Science in Health & Aging (CASHA), Dr. Jason Crandall, partnered with project director, Dr. Brett Davis from AUM’s Department of Kinesiology to prepare and submit the grant. AUM is working with faculty and students from the University of Alabama, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the University of Alabama at Huntsville, the University of North Alabama, and the University of South Alabama to implement Bingocize® throughout the entire state. Crandall remarked, “C
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Most Alabamians, including half of GOP, support Medicaid expansion, new poll finds
Updated Feb 17, 2021;
Most Alabama voters now support expanding Medicaid to cover low-income adults under the Affordable Care Act, including 50.6 percent of Republicans, according to a poll released Wednesday by Cover Alabama.
Cover Alabama is a coalition of 90 organizations that support Medicaid expansion. The poll included 700 likely 2022 voters, and 69 percent said they strongly or somewhat supported expansion. Jane Adams, director of Cover Alabama, said the organization conducted the poll to measure support for different sources of funding for Medicaid expansion.
Under the Affordable Care Act, the federal government pays for 90 percent of the costs of offering health coverage to low-income adults, leaving states responsible for 10 percent of the bill. Alabama is one of 12 states that have not expanded Medicaid.
AUM offering COVID-19 vaccine
AUM offering COVID-19 vaccine By Jonathan Grass | February 15, 2021 at 3:06 PM CST - Updated February 15 at 5:21 PM
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Auburn University at Montgomery offered the COVID-19 vaccine to more than 750 full-time and part-time employees on Monday. This was a step in its path to possibly becoming a community vaccine site.
AUM officials say these employee vaccinations let the university test its vaccination capability before offering it to the general public.
“It looks like we’ll be able to have somewhere between 1,000 and maybe 1,200 vaccines to be able to give out to the public. And we’re proud to do that. We’re glad to be a community partner. And I really want to send a special thank you to the Alabama Department of Public Health for their support of giving us the vaccine,” said Chancellor Carl Stockton.