The Biden administration amended the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act in March of 2021 to help protect different occupations from liability when administering the COVID-19 vaccine. However, state policies are still relevant in determining who is allowed to administer the vaccine and under what circumstances to avoid issues of liability. This online resource…
Promoting racial and ethnic diversity in the health workforce can help meet the healthcare needs of underserved and racially diverse populations. More work needs to be done to provide easily accessible information about how levels of racial representation in the health workforce vary in different areas of the country. This interactive tool allows users to…
The emergence of the national Transformed Medical Statistical Information System (T-MSIS) provides an efficient way to track the Medicaid workforce to inform national and state efforts to ensure access for Medicaid populations. T-MSIS collects Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) data from US states, territories, and the District of Columbia, including fee-for-service and managed…
This is Trish’s test for footer links on 12/22/23. A key goal of health reform in the US is to improve population health through expanded access to health insurance. Demand for high-quality, cost-effective, basic health services is anticipated to grow, particularly for underserved populations. However, there is also growing concern about the impact of health…
Promoting racial and ethnic diversity in the health workforce can help meet the healthcare needs of underserved and racially diverse populations. More work needs to be done to provide easily accessible information about how levels of racial representation in the health workforce vary in different areas of the country. This interactive tool allows users to…
Contract tracing is an essential tool in the effort to control COVID-19, particularly when spikes in cases occur. By deploying the workforce effectively to trace infections, localities can determine appropriate mitigation policies. This tool allows users to estimatebased on the number of new cases, the size of the local population, and other factorshow many contact…
The Biden administration amended the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act in March of 2021 to help protect different occupations from liability when administering the COVID-19 vaccine. However, state policies are still relevant in determining who is allowed to administer the vaccine and under what circumstances to avoid issues of liability. This online resource…
The emergence of the national Transformed Medical Statistical Information System (T-MSIS) provides an efficient way to track the Medicaid workforce to inform national and state efforts to ensure access for Medicaid populations. T-MSIS collects Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) data from US states, territories, and the District of Columbia, including fee-for-service and managed…
The Medicaid Primary Care Workforce Tracker is an interactive map that allows users to examine and visualize the primary care workforce providing health care to individuals with Medicaid throughout the US. Users can search by state, county, provider type, year, and provider beneficiary volume. This online resource can be used to benchmark states’ Medicaid workforce,…
In times of heightened population health needs, the health workforce must respond quickly and efficiently, especially at the state level. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the needs for greater flexibility in scope of practice and interstate mobility areas of health workforce regulation. The lack of a coordinated national response early in the pandemic left the onus…
