Medicaid billing for community health worker services growing, but remains low, 2016-2020.

Despite the recognized value of Community Health Workers (CHWs) in improving health outcomes, the integration of CHWs into Medicaid continues to be a challenge. This study examines the trends in CHW billing for Medicaid services across states from 2016 to 2020. We conducted an exploratory descriptive analysis of the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS) Analytic Files (TAF) 2016-2020 to identify trends in direct billing for CHW services, including beneficiaries served, total services rendered, payment type, place of service, and procedure codes used for services billed by CHWs.

Lessons learned from the Health Resources and Services Administration health workforce well-being grantees.

Introduction: Burnout and moral injury are among the most pressing issues facing healthcare and public safety today. In 2021, Congress provided $120 million through the American Rescue Plan Act for 44 Health Resources and Services Administration grants to implement evidence-informed strategies to address burnout and improve mental health among the health workforce. This article examines facilitators and barriers to implementation and reported impact of grantees' interventions.

Cell-cycle phase progression analysis identifies three unique phenotypes in soft tissue sarcoma.

Purpose: Loddo et al. (Br J Cancer 100:959-70, 2009) established the prognostic significance of cell cycle markers and "Cell-Cycle Phenotypes" in breast carcinoma. This study aims to 1) identify prognostic cell-cycle markers in sarcoma, and 2) assess the prognostic potential of specific cell-cycle phenotypes in sarcoma.

Global health workforce strategies to address the COVID-19 pandemic: Learning lessons for the future.

COVID-19 put unprecedented strain on the health and care workforce (HCWF). Yet, it also brought the HCWF to the forefront of the policy agenda and revealed many innovative solutions that can be built upon to overcome persistent workforce challenges. In this perspective, which draws on a Policy Brief prepared for the WHO Fifth Global Forum on Human Resources for Health, we present findings from a scoping review of global emergency workforce strategies implemented during the pandemic and consider what we can learn from them for the long-term sustainability of the HCWF.