(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah State Auditor Tina Cannon says federal money designed to help Medicaid patients in nursing homes was not used properly. She says only 49-percent of the federal funding went to helping patients. The majority went to companies running those facilities. The auditor accuses them of […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah will receive 195-million dollars to improve rural health. The federal Rural Health Transformation Program will be giving out 50-billion dollars over the next five years. The program is designed to expand primary care, maternal health and mental health services in rural areas. The idea […]
(St. George, UT) — Utah is being rated as below-average for working nurses. A recent WalletHub study looked at each state to determine which states had the best opportunities for nurses to find a job or seek a new challenge. That includes annual salaries, health facilities per capita, and the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox is holding a first-of-its-kind town hall to make sure he’s listening to the concerns and needs of Utah’s Latino community. Cox held the town hall last night on the South City campus of Salt Lake Community College. The town hall touched on […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A Utah lawmaker wants to expand the criminal charges that can be placed against those who attack workers at healthcare facilities. State Representative Robert Spendlove of Sandy is sponsoring a bill that would elevate the minimum punishment for assault on a healthcare worker to a […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s governor wants to improve healthcare in the state by embracing new ideas and reducing patient costs. Governor Cox announced the Utah Sustainable Health Collaborative yesterday during a meeting with leaders from across the state. The governor says the initiative would create more opportunities for […]
Lawmakers in several states want to make sure women needing surgery have a chance to say no to a medical student examining them while they’re under anesthesia. Bills introduced in roughly a dozen states this year would require that women undergoing gynecological surgeries give explicit approval to a pelvic exam […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Utah County commissioners are declaring their opposition to the establishment of any needle exchange program, citing fears of discarded needles and possible legal liability. The Daily Herald newspaper reports the county’s addiction-prevention director Richard Nance said Tuesday many such fears are unfounded, but the resolution opposing a program […]
