The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that the U.S. Senate has confirmed, and President Donald Trump signed the Commission for, Mark Cruz, a citizen of the Klamath Tribes, to serve a four-year term as director of the Indian Health Service.
The awards provide funding for a range of behavioral health services and initiatives, including services for people with serious mental illness who are homeless, suicide prevention and early intervention, substance use disorder treatment, training and technical assistance, peer support, and disaster-related emotional support.
Airing this week on Healthcare NOW Radio, Tom Testa and news highlights in 2 minutes. News included from CMS, HHS, DSS Health Cloud, The American College of Surgeons, Arcadia, The Craneware Group, and Nurse.com.
HHS and the VA entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen collaboration on the research, clinical development, and responsible deployment to veterans suffering from serious mental health conditions of potential future rapid-acting psychedelic drug products if approved by the FDA.
From KFF Health News Network – Their latest podcast, What the Health, When Republicans passed their big budget bill in 2025, they scheduled many of the Medicaid reductions to take effect in 2027, after the 2026 midterm elections. But in anticipation of getting less money from Washington come January…
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HHS announced that Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has signed determinations terminating the COVID-19 Emergency Use Authorization declarations for drugs and biological products and for medical devices, concluding that the circumstances that justified these emergency authorities no longer exist.
Airing this week on Healthcare NOW Radio, Tom Testa and news highlights in 2 minutes. News included from PointClickCare, Prosper AI, DUOS, HHS.gov, and CMS.gov.
The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, recently updated the Hospital Preparedness Program guidance for the third budget period of their cooperative agreement that covers Fiscal Year 2024 – Fiscal Year 2028.
From KFF Health News Network – Their latest podcast, What the Health, The Trump administration recently missed a deadline to nominate a new director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Without a nominee, current acting Director Jay Bhattacharya, who is also the director of the National Institutes of Health, has to give up that title, leaving no one at the helm of the nation’s primary public health agency.
The Administration for Community Living, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, launched Phase 1 of the ACL Caregiver AI Prize Competition, a national challenge designed to support caregivers and the caregiving workforce through responsible uses of artificial intelligence.
By Martha Bebinger – Inside a cancer research laboratory on the campus of Harvard Medical School, two dozen small jars with pink plastic lids sat on a metal counter. Inside these humble-looking jars is the core of Joan Brugge’s current multiyear research project. Brugge lifted up one of the jars and gazed at it with reverence.
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