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​ Human Services Secretary, Managed Care Organizations Discuss Ongoing Partnership to Ease Access, Advance Equity in COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution for Vulnerable Pennsylvanians 04/06/2021 Harrisburg, PA - Department of Human Services (DHS) Secretary Teresa Miller today joined leadership from Pennsylvania’s Community HealthChoices (CHC) managed care organizations (MCOs) to discuss their work to ease access to COVID-19 vaccines, promote equity in vaccine distribution, and address vaccine hesitancy among individuals they serve. “As Pennsylvania continues to make progress getting vaccinatin...

Share this article Share this article PHILADELPHIA, March 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Quil, the digital health engagement platform that offers interactive health journeys, is introducing a new feature, Caregiving Circle, as part of Quil Engage. Quil Engage offers personalized patient education and navigation in partnership with providers and health plans. With  Caregiving Circle, people can easily invite family and friends to join them while they navigate a specific health event or as they manage their health day to day. The onset of COVID-19 has only amplified the burden that an es...

Sponsored Content provided by Michealle Gady - Founder and President , Atromitos In 2015, the North Carolina General Assembly enacted legislation that would fundamentally change the Medicaid program in North Carolina. Since then, the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services has worked to design a transformation model that would move the administration of the program into risk-based comprehensive managed care, shift greater responsibility for population health management to primary care providers, and change the way that health care providers are paid in the Medicaid program.   After wha...

Home care nurses are the reason Kateri Morton can find time to sleep, eat and shower. The mother of two from Wyoming, Delaware, depends on support from nurses to help take care of her 9-year-old son Joey Scruggs, who was diagnosed with Down Syndrome and autism. Throughout his lifetime, he's experienced an endless string of medical challenges. These nurses, who provide everything from emergency care to potty training to physical therapy, are often the hidden heroes in health care – especially for parents like Morton. More than a visiting nurse who may stop by a patient's home to give medic...

Published January 08. 2021 2:03PM  Julia Pelly, The Washington Post Leah has watched her 13-year-old daughter struggle with symptoms of anxiety and depression for nearly seven years, but it was only in the past several months that she and her daughter have realized that the symptoms seem to come and go with the seasons. "As the days get colder and shorter, she starts to become really withdrawn and stops doing a lot of the things she typically enjoys," says Leah, who asked to be identified by first name only to protect her daughter's privacy. "She also tends to retreat to her room and seems t...