Deputy Secretary and CMS Administrator Picks Would Fill Two Critical Policy Positions
On Thursday, the Senate Finance Committee held a confirmation hearing for two of the most important health policy officials nominated by President Biden, Chiquita Brooks-LaSure (Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) and Andrea Palm (Deputy Secretary). These are two critical policy positions for Congress to help fill, as the Deputy Secretary is often comparable to the Chief Operating Officer of a cabinet agency and the CMS Administrator helms the implementation of public health programs that cover well over 100 million Americans.
Both are Obama Administration veterans with substantial health policy experience in the public sector that includes stints as health policy aides on Capitol Hill, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). They have also served as a private-sector health policy consultant (Brooks-LaSure), and
DHS: 709 new positive cases of COVID-19 in WI; 5 new deaths
By FOX6 News Digital Team
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MADISON, Wis. - The number of positive cases of COVID-19 in Wisconsin rose by 709 Friday, April 16, state health officials reported, for a total of 589,213.
Officials with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) reported five new deaths Friday, with a total of 6,703 deaths in the state.
Of the positive cases, 28,462 have required hospitalization (4.8%), while 573,071 have recovered (97.3%), making for 9,195 active cases (1.6%).
More than 2.7 million people have been tested. More than 3.3 million have been tested.
WI DHS: 110K staff, residents vaccinated in long-term care program
By FOX6 News Digital Team
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MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announced on Friday, April 16 that the federal Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program will complete its last round of COVID-19 vaccination clinics next week.
Since the launch of the program on December 28, 2020, pharmacy partners have provided first, second, and third rounds of on-site clinics at more than 2,900 long-term care facilities across Wisconsin. Vaccinations were provided to over 47,000 staff and 62,000 residents.
The Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program is a federal public-private partnership that provided vaccine administration for Wisconsin’s long-term care facilities. Through a contract, CVS and Walgreens pharmacies offered on-site COVID-19 vaccination to participating nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
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Campus and the broader community continue make great progress on vaccination to protect against COVID-19 – now more than 19,000 employees and students have had at least one dose of vaccine. The faster we’re able to get shots in arms, the better we’ll be protected against the highly contagious variants of COVID-19 that are now spreading widely within our community and around the country and world.
Knowing what percentage of our community is vaccinated helps university leaders plan and make decisions about campus operations and health and safety policies.
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