Better Health Together recently launched a new program in Ferry county called the Jail Transitions Project. The jail transitions project connects people exiting the county jail with local care workers and providers. The program has successfully been piloted in Ferry County, and Better Health Together plans to expand the program to more counties in Eastern Washington, …
Valerie Tarico and Katharine Harkins from Resilient Generation joined our March Leadership Council Meeting to share an informative presentation on the Best Start for Kids.
If you are new to the ACH movement and looking to get up to speed on where we are today, take a look here for some of BHT’s history and many links to supporting documents and videos on our website.
If you are following efforts calling for the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, you’ve probably heard talk of block grants and capping Medicaid funding. What really could be at stake in a block grant system?
Our Board kicked off the year with a productive and grounding retreat.
Representative Cathy McMorris Rogers’ congressional district is actually home to the highest percentage of new Medicaid recipients in Washington.
Planned Parenthood comments on the draft Medicaid Transformation Project Toolkit
The Indian Health Care Improvement Act (IHCIA) provides authority for Indian Health Systems to be reimbursed by health plans, run programs and supply grants to tribes, with the mission of elevating the health of Indians to the highest possible level. It was made permanent with Obama’s signing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Like many of you, we are concerned about the future of the Affordable Care Act. We have produced this one page fact sheet on the impacts of the ACA in the BHT region which includes facts we hope you’ll share with your community and representatives, like how 1,300+ health care related jobs were added to the region in 2015 thanks to the ACA.
Welcoming four new board members to the team.