To permanently incorporate telehealth into health care delivery and accommodate underserved populations, policymakers are expanding broadband infrastructure, allowing audio-only telephone visits and assessing site restrictions and reimbursement.

As states continue to recover from the pandemic, some legislatures are using health notes to examine the potential health implications of a wide range of proposed legislation.

As they anticipate an end to the federal COVID public health emergency, states are planning for a halt to enhanced Medicaid funding that could affect their budgets and potentially lead to millions of people losing health coverage.

Many states are taking steps to leverage available pathways—including a new federal option—to extend Medicaid coverage and improve care for mothers during the crucial postpartum period.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, we went from dinner out to dinner in. Americans took to cooking at home and the use of food-delivery apps more than doubled as takeout often took the place of eating at restaurants.

First responders are turning to deflection pathways to help connect individuals with substance use or mental health issues to community-based treatment and services as an alternative to making an arrest.