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It is time, if you have not already done so, to write to your legislators in Annapolis asking them to restore the DDA budget cuts in the proposed FY26 budget.  Time is of the essence, so we ask you to act ASAP! Please be sure to share this alert with your network, and to ask everyone to focus on the General Assembly, which is the body that has the power to restore this funding. Governor Moore’s budget, as introduced, made $457 million in … Read More

HHS Announces:  Insurance Companies and Group Health Plans to Cover the Cost of At-Home COVID-19 Tests.  Effective January 15, 2022, over-the-counter COVID-19 diagnostic tests (authorized, cleared, or approved by the FDA) will be covered. Insurance companies and health plans are required to cover 8 free over-the-counter at-home tests per covered individual per month. A family of four, all on the same plan, would be able to get up to 32 of these tests covered by their health plan per month. There is no … Read More

On December 15, 2021, in the continuing roller coaster of events surrounding the federal vaccine mandates, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an Order removing the nationwide injunction against the CMS health care facility staff vaccine mandate but allowed the injunction to remain in place for the 14 challenging states (Louisiana, Montana, Arizona, Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah, West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio). Thus, qualifying health care facilities subject to the mandate in … Read More