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MDHHS has expanded the Opioid Health Home initiative to more Michigan counties for Medicaid beneficiaries with an opioid use disorder.

Learn what OHA is doing to support Oregon's behavioral health workforce.

Governor JB Pritzker Monday declared gun violence a public health crisis and announced support for a $250 million state investment over the next three years to implement the Reimagine Public

The Department of Public Health and Social Services wants to change Medicaid reimbursement methods for outpatient eyeglass services and expand prosthesis and orthotic device coverage. But before that can happen,

Home and community-based services emerge as roadblocks for progress on the infrastructure legislative package. Chiquita Brooks-LaSure steps into role as the Administrator for the Centers for CMS, Medicaid expansion efforts being stalled in many states,

When a woman dies during pregnancy or within a year of childbirth in Illinois, that’s considered a maternal death. Karen Tabb Dina reviews cases like this in the state of Illinois. She’s a maternal health researcher at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who serves on a state-level committee that’s trying to figure out what’s causing these mothers to die. The group’s most recent analysis found that about 75 women in Illinois die from pregnancy-related causes each year. Cons...

Getty Images toggle caption Getty Images Experts hope a new insurance provision included in the recent stimulus package could help stem rising maternal mortality in the U.S. Each year, about 700 American women die due to pregnancy, childbirth or subsequent complications. Getty Images When a woman dies during pregnancy or within a year of childbirth in Illinois, thats considered a maternal death. Karen Tabb Dina reviews cases like this in the state of Illi...

With Black Women At Highest Risk of Maternal Death, Some States Extending Medicaid Tuesday, May 25, 2021 Experts hope a new insurance provision included in the recent stimulus package could help stem rising maternal mortality in the U.S. Each year, about 700 American women die due to pregnancy, childbirth or subsequent complications. Getty Images When a woman dies during pregnancy or within a year of childbirth in Illinois, thats considered a maternal death. Karen Tabb Dina reviews cases like ...

Listen to this article SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS – Braxton Lear is 5 years old and tall for his age. He runs – not walks – from his scooter, to the swing set, to the trampoline in his great-aunt’s backyard in Caseyville, about 12 miles east of St. Louis. Braxton’s mom, Shannon Lear, asks him what’s his name, how old is he, and what’s her name. He answers. “He couldn’t do that a year ago,” Lear said. Braxton was diagnosed with autism around his thir...