The American Hospital Association has released a report on patient acuity that shows hospital patients are sicker and more medically complex than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic. This is driving up hospital costs for labor, drugs and supplies, according to the AHA report. 

Five new states and territories have been awarded about $25 million in planning grants to expand access to home and community-based services (HCBS) through Medicaid’s Money Follows the Person (MFP) demonstration program. The awards were granted through the Department of Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Agnes Buzyn, executive director of the WHO Academy, discusses the new learning center that will offer 100 programs to healthcare workers, policymakers and the public by 2024, worldwide.  

A federal judge has reinstated a Medicaid work requirement program in Georgia, saying that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, under the Biden administration, unfairly struck down the program that was first approved by the Trump administration.