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U.S. Territories Face Healthcare Cuts if Congress Does Not Address Impending Medicaid Financing Cliff

News Release,
News,
ASTHO Member News,
Preparedness,
Natural Disasters,
Funding,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
Population Health and Prevention,
Healthcare Access,
Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,
Esther L. Muña,
Northern Mariana Islands,
Guam,
Puerto Rico,
American Samoa,
Virgin Islands,
Member Testimony

U.S. Territories Face Healthcare Cuts if Congress Does Not Address Impending Medicaid Financing Cliff ARLINGTON, VA—Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) member Esther Muña, MHA, chief executive officer at the ...

Business Process Improvement: A Territorial Public Health Agency Perspective

Blog,
People of Public Health,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Business Process Improvement,
Preparedness,
Natural Disasters,
Puerto Rico,
Catherine de la Cruz-Duran

Catherine de la Cruz-Duran, Puerto Rico's territorial health official designee, explains how the island worked after Hurricane Maria to rebuild and improve its infrastructure and processes to better recover from future natural ...

Prepping for Dual Disasters of COVID and Extreme Weather Events

Blog,
Environmental Health,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
Preparedness,
COVID Preparedness,
Natural Disasters,
Pandemics,
Emergency Powers,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Accreditation,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Florida,
Puerto Rico,
Texas,
Virgin Islands,
Gerrit T. Bakker

2020 has been a year of unprecedented events, and the past few months have already shown that they do not exist in a vacuum. While the country continues to respond and cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, many extreme weather events have ...

Jurisdictions Using Policy to Address Unique Island Area Health Challenges

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Environmental Health,
Climate and Health,
Food and Water Safety,
Health Equity,
Elimination of Disparities,
Social Determinants of Health,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
Policy,
Territorial Health Policy,
Preparedness,
Natural Disasters,
Federal Government Affairs,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
Data Modernization and Informatics,
American Samoa,
Federated States of Micronesia,
Guam,
Marshall Islands,
Northern Mariana Islands,
Puerto Rico,
Virgin Islands,
Beth Giambrone,
Parker Beene

ASTHO has several members from the territories and Freely Associated States—jurisdictions with unique challenges, and do not fall under the category of a state or federal district. This post is a brief look at some of the public health ...