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The Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration, has announced a new program for providers to cover the cost of administering COVID-19 vaccines to patients enrolled in health plans that either do not cover vaccination fees or cover them with patient cost-sharing.
The COVID-19 Coverage Assistance Fund addresses a provider need to be reimbursed for uncompensated costs. Providers cannot bill patients for COVID-19 vaccination fees.
HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said, We listened to our healthcare providers on the frontlines of the pandemic. On top of increasing reimbursement rates tied to administering the shots, we are closing the final payment gap that resulted as vaccines were administered to underinsured individuals. No healthcare provider should hesitate to deliver these critical vaccines to patients over reimbursement cost concerns.
Sunday’s fatal officer-involved shooting was the first for a township in Warren County, officials said.
Hamilton Township Police Chief Scott Hughes held a press conference Tuesday after two of his 22 sworn officers shot a man Sunday, killing him.
Hughes said Anthony Williams, 57, pointed a .357 magnum caliber revolver at officers from his back porch. The chief said officers were there after Williams’s partner fled to a neighbor’s house and reported gunfire to a 911 dispatcher.
What happened? Timeline of events
Hughes recounted the timeline of events Sunday, which he said led to the shooting:
At 6:18 p.m., a 911 call was received. Williams’s neighbor placed the call, but it was apparent Williams’s partner was at the house recounting what happened. “My neighbor just came over and said her partner has a gun . and threatened to kill himself,” the caller said. “Apparently he is intoxicated . He’s the only one in the house.” Hughes said Williams had no cr
New Memoir Captures the Rich Culture of 20th-Century Appalachia and Honors the Integrity and Tenacity of the People Who Lived There
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Through sharing her family stories in “Life Goes Better with Chocolate Gravy,” Norma Patrick Seto invites readers to experience the complexity and fullness of Appalachian life MAINEVILLE, Ohio (PRWEB) May 03, 2021 Author Norma Patrick Seto grew up in the eastern Kentucky foothills of the Appalachian Mountains a region too often defined by poverty and lack of opportunity. However, as Seto recounts in her humorous and heartfelt memoir, “Life Goes Better with Chocolate Gravy: Mountain Memories Mischief and Misery,” there is no shortage of abundant joy and creativity.
Ohio Lawmakers Put State Money Behind Digital Inclusion
As the ongoing pandemic spotlights the digital divide, the Ohio Senate voted unanimously to put taxpayer dollars behind convincing Internet providers to go the “last mile” in deploying broadband to residential consumers.
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Shutterstock (TNS) Arguing that the ongoing pandemic has spotlighted the digital divide, the Ohio Senate on Wednesday voted unanimously to put taxpayer dollars behind convincing Internet providers to go the “last mile“ in deploying broadband internet to residential customers.
The chamber separately voted to earmark $465 million in federal coronavirus relief funds to help lower-income Ohioans pay their rent and utility bills during the pandemic.