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About 34,000 people incarcerated in California prisons have been diagnosed with serious mental illnesses, representing more than a third of California’s prison population, who face harm because of the state’s noncompliance. #publichealth #mentalhealth #correctionalhealth #california https://lnkd.in/eNpk73sS

The health care industry will also feel the pinch of Medicaid cuts.?Medicaid accounts for 19% of all hospital revenue, and 50% of Medicaid spending goes to the managed care industry which provides care to 75% of the Medicaid population. It remains to be seen how forceful their lobbying may or may not be. #medicaid #healthcare #coverage #states #publichealth https://lnkd.in/eWV-8wy5

Renewing the public health emergency declaration for 90 days will allow the federal government continued flexibility responding to the crisis. #fentanyl #opioids #stopoverdose #publichealth https://lnkd.in/gwXPjxCC

Smartphone users' brains were so colorful, meaning so active, it made them less attentive and more easily distracted — what is now informally called "brain rot." #smartphones #publichealth https://lnkd.in/eEY4p3-i

Spent some time in DC this week at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSAgov), HHS 2025 Reverse Site Visit for RCORP grantees as a part of the RCORP-Evaluation team! Some highlights: - Successfully conferencing with baby in tow - Connecting in person with some RCORP-Evaluation folks I typically only see virtually - Presenting on a panel about meaningful data collection - Seeing some Colorado friends from Memorial Regional Health and The Health Partnership Serving Northwest Colorado - Dinner at Cranes, a fantastic Michelin star restaurant - Supporting grantees in collecting meaningful data - Meeting a brand new TSG employee, Erin Sibel S. An honor to be apart of this team and project! Keeping the momentum alive and continuing to make a difference in rural communities across the nation. #RuralHealth #PublicHealth #RCORP #HRSA U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) CVP (Customer Value Partners) Steadman Group, MWBE, B Corporation JK Costello, MD, MPH

Steadman Group, MWBE, B Corporation was thrilled to join CVP (Customer Value Partners) at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSAgov), HHS Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RSV) Reverse Site Visit! Brianna Robles and I got to join Lisa Patton Lavonia Smith LeBeau, PhD Kyle Fenton, UXC Peter Grivas Dr Nitika Jain MBBS, MPH, PhD Candidate Alex Buben Sarah Lifsey Sandeep Kasat Matthew Burstein and hundreds of grantees in DC!

The new entity would be run by a board appointed by state governments, and its mission will be to abate the opioid crisis that has been linked to hundreds of thousands of deaths in the U.S. since OxyContin hit the market in 1996 Purdue Pharma L.P. #settlement #opioids https://lnkd.in/gwhjkntZ

Daily use of cannabis — predominately through smoking — was associated with a 25% increased likelihood of heart attack and a 42% increased likelihood of stroke when compared to non-use of the drug. #cannabis #hearthealth #heartattack #publichealth https://lnkd.in/gAVwtjA7

“We've got 21 rural hospitals operating in the red right now,” said Michelle Mills, CEO of the?Colorado Rural Health Center. Rural hospitals often lose money delivering care, don't earn enough revenue from other sources to offset losses and have low financial reserves, according to the report.? #publichealth #ruralhealth #colorado #medicaid #hospitals #healthcare https://lnkd.in/g72sZ4rF

West Springs Hospital in Grand Junction, West Pines in Wheat Ridge and Johnstown Heights Behavioral Health have announced massive layoffs since January, causing behavioral health jobs to disappear as the state has worked for years to build a more robust mental health care system. #behavioralhealth #layoffs #colorado #publichealth https://lnkd.in/g76HxsWC