Keeneland Q&A: Joe Selby
April 10, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Keeneland Q&A: Joe Selby
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Getting Ready to Implement the Affordable Care Act
July 13, 2012 | New Public Health Post
On July 12, a standing room only crowd of local health leaders took part in a 2012 NACCHO Annual Meeting session on the implications of the recent favorable Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act (ACA). As the law faces continued uncertaint ...
Jonathan Fielding: NewPublicHealth Q&A
July 12, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Jonathan Fielding, MD, MPH, MBA, County Health Officer and director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, responsible for all public health functions including surveillance and control of both communicable and chronic diseases, was ...
Paul Kuehnert: NewPublicHealth Q&A
July 12, 2012 | New Public Health Post
This summer, Paul Kuehnert, MS, RN, joined the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) as senior program officer and director of the Foundation’s Public Health Team. For nearly 20 years, Kuehnert has provided executive leadership to private and govern ...
NACCHO Q&A: John Wiesman
July 11, 2012 | New Public Health Post
On July 1, John Wiesman, Director of Clark County Public Health Department in Washington State became president of the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), which is having its annual meeting in Los Angeles this week. Ne ...
John Auerbach: NewPublicHealth Q&A on Community Benefit
March 30, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Non-profit hospitals are required to provide a “community benefit” to qualify for tax-exempt status with the Internal Revenue Service. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act includes provisions for expanded community benefit opportunities wi ...
APHA Power of Policy Contest: Q&A With Caroline Fichtenberg
January 9, 2012 | New Public Health Post
The American Public Health Association (APHA) recently announced a policy contest for health departments to explore the power of innovative policies to impact health. Between five and eight health departments at any level of government (state, terri ...
Public Health Departments Partner Across Regions to Provide Expanded Services
November 14, 2011 | New Public Health Post
The impact of the economic crisis on budget coffers has prompted a growing number of state and local health department officials to consider cross-jurisdictional sharing as a strategy to cut costs and deliver services more effectively and efficientl ...
Alum of RWJF Scholars Programs Nominated Commissioner of NY Department of Health
December 21, 2010 | Human Capital Blog Post
Congratulations to Nirav Shah, M.D., M.P.H., who has been nominated by Governor-Elect Andrew Cuomo to serve as the Commissioner of the New York Department of Health. Shah is an alumnus of the RWJF Physician Faculty Scholars program (2007-2010) and t ...
Public Health Role as Businesses, Residents Return to Boston
April 25, 2013 | New Public Health Post
NPR reported that business owners near the Boston Marathon blast site are beginning to return. To help make sure businesses can reopen safely, public health inspectors played a role. Longer term, public health also plays a mental health support role.