Steve Amerson to Participate in the 'Washington A Man of Prayer 2017' Event

Contact: Barbara Allen, 818-368-0749 WASHINGTON, April 19, 2017 /Christian Newswire/ — On Wednesday evening April 26, members of Congress will honor the 228th inaugural anniversary of President George Washington with ceremonies in prestigious Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol. Honorary hosts for the evening are Senator Steve Daines of Montana and Representative Tim Walberg of Michigan. House Speaker Tim Ryan will begin the evening with a welcome and members will pray for the nation. Source: Amerson Music Ministries

Medicaid Expansion Benefits Rural Hospital Margins

From HealthLeaders:

The Medicaid margins could be even more important for smaller rural hospitals.

“Those hospitals are probably at more financial risk in general than larger hospitals,” Blavin says. “They tend to face a lot more challenges than larger hospitals or metro hospitals. They tend to have a larger percentage of uninsured populations. So, really having them see a large change in their payer mix, in terms of a change from uninsured to Medicaid covered patients, really helped those kinds of hospitals that were at risk prior to the ACA.”

Urban Institute had initially intended to use its updated report as a response to the AHCA’s provisions to repeal the Medicaid expansion, but the AHCA bill died a quick death, and Blavin says Urban Institute revised its focus.

“Originally the findings were the same, but the framing of the analysis was a little different. It was more framed in terms of what would be the implications if the ACA were to be repealed and potentially replaced that could weaken the Medicaid expansion,” Blavin says.

“The focus of this study is more on ‘OK. Now that the ACA is for now intact, what are the implications for states in terms of moving forward with the Medicaid expansion?’”


Senate bill would let Medicare test telehealth expansion

From Modern Healthcare:

A bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate last week would let Medicare experiment with covering more telehealth services.

Under the Telehealth Innovation and Improvement Act, sponsored by Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Col.) and Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), selected hospitals would be allowed to test offering telehealth services to Medicare beneficiaries in cooperation with the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation.


Well Installations and Filter Distributions Bring Relief

GFA-supported workers provide disease-prevention systems and lessons to improve health, offer hope in World Water Day effortContact: 972-300-3379, pressrelations@gfa.org  WILLS POINT, Texas, April 19, 2017 /Christian Newswire/ — Fresh water sources are freeing impoverished families in Asia from sickness and disease. GFA (Gospel for Asia)-supported workers dedicated new Jesus Wells in series of villages and communities to mark World Water Day, the annual World Health Organization Source: InChrist Communications