Thomas Andrew Daschle is an American politician and lobbyist who represented South Dakota in the United States Senate from 1987 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party,he led the Senate Democratic Caucus during the final ten years of his tenure,during which time he served as Senate Minority Leader and Majority Leader.
The Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) is a part of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA),of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. HRSA helps fund,staff and support a national network of health clinics for people who otherwise would have little or no access to care. BPHC funds health centers in underserved communities,providing access to high quality,family oriented,comprehensive primary and preventive health care for people who are low-income,uninsured or face other obstacles to getting health care.
Christian Medical College,Vellore,widely known as CMC,Vellore,is a private,Christian minority community-run medical college and hospital in Vellore,Tamil Nadu,India. This institute includes a network of primary,secondary and tertiary care hospitals.
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services located in North Bethesda,Maryland. It is the primary federal agency for improving access to health care services for people who are uninsured,isolated or medically vulnerable.
The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) is a non-profit scientific and educational organization that administers the only Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) in the United States,established by the U.S. Congress in 1984 by Gene A. Pierce,founder of United Network for Organ Sharing. Located in Richmond,Virginia,the organization's headquarters are situated near the intersection of Interstate 95 and Interstate 64 in the Virginia BioTechnology Research Park.
Thomas Andrew Scully is an American lawyer and former government official. He was the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) from 2001 to 2004 under President George W. Bush. Scully is currently a general partner at Welsh,Carson,Anderson &Stowe,a private equity investment firm,where he focuses on health care investments. Scully is also principal at Federal Health Policy Strategies and a partner at its affiliated law firm Scully,Roskey &Missmar,where he focuses on health care regulatory and legislative matters,as well as on advising clients on health policy and strategies for health care delivery.
The University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences is located in Grand Forks,North Dakota at the University of North Dakota (UND) and is the only school of medicine in the state of North Dakota.
Mary Carson Breckinridge was an American nurse midwife and the founder of the Frontier Nursing Service (FNS),which provided comprehensive family medical care to the mountain people of rural Kentucky. FNS served remote and impoverished areas off the road and rail system but accessible by horseback. She modeled her services on European practices and sought to professionalize American nurse-midwives to practice autonomously in homes and decentralized clinics. Although Breckinridge's work demonstrated efficacy by dramatically reducing infant and maternal mortality in Appalachia,at a comparatively low cost,her model of nurse-midwifery never took root in the United States.
The Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) is a part of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA),of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Mary L. Smith is an American lawyer,senior executive,and civic leader in private and public sectors. She served as the CEO of the Indian Health Services from October 2015 to February 2017,a $6 billion national healthcare system with 15,000 employees,26 hospitals and over 50 clinics. Prior to this,Smith served as Associate Counsel to the President and Associate Director of Policy Planning in the Clinton Administration,and as a senior trial attorney in the Department of Justice during the Obama Administration. In 2009,she was nominated by President Barack Obama to be the Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division of the United States Department of Justice. However,she was never confirmed by the Senate,and the White House in 2010 decided not to renominate her to the post. In 2023,she was sworn in as president of the American Bar Association. She is the first Native American woman to serve in this role.
The Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) program is a US federal government health initiative. It is administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA),and the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB). Its aim is to reduce child and youth disability and death due to severe illness or injury by increasing awareness among health professionals,provider and planners and the general public of the special needs of children receiving emergency medical care.
The Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) was to be a fifteen-member United States government agency created in 2010 by sections 3403 and 10320 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act which was to have the explicit task of achieving specified savings in Medicare without affecting coverage or quality. Under previous and current law,changes to Medicare payment rates and program rules are recommended by MedPAC but require an act of Congress to take effect. The system creating IPAB granted IPAB the authority to make changes to the Medicare program with the Congress being given the power to overrule the agency's decisions through supermajority vote. The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 repealed IPAB before it could take effect.
Yvette Roubideaux is an American doctor and public health administrator. She is a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.
School-based health centers (SBHCs) are primary care clinics based on primary and secondary school campuses in the United States. Most SBHCs provide a combination of primary care,mental health care,substance abuse counseling,case management,dental health,nutrition education,health education and health promotion. An emphasis is placed on prevention and early intervention. School-based health centers generally operate as a partnership between the school district and a community health organization,such as a community health center,hospital,or the local health department. Most SBHCs report that the majority of their student population is eligible for the National School Lunch program,a common indicator of low socioeconomic status.
The 340B Drug Pricing Program is a US federal government program created in 1992 that requires drug manufacturers to provide outpatient drugs to eligible health care organizations and covered entities at significantly reduced prices. The intent of the program is to allow covered entities to "stretch scarce federal resources as far as possible,reaching more eligible patients and providing more comprehensive services." Maintaining services and lowering medication costs for patients is consistent with the purpose of the program,which is named for the section authorizing it in the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) It was enacted by Congress as part of a larger bill signed into law by President George H. W. Bush.
The Bureau of Health Workforce is a part of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA),of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. HRSA programs train health care professionals and place them where they are needed most. Grants support scholarship and loan repayment programs at colleges and universities to meet critical workforce shortages and promote diversity within the health professions.
Sylvia Trent-Adams is a retired U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps rear admiral,who last served as the principal deputy assistant secretary for health from January 2,2019 to August 31,2020. She previously served as the deputy surgeon general of the United States from October 25,2015 to January 2,2019. Trent-Adams also served as the acting surgeon general of the United States from April 21,2017 to September 5,2017. She retired from the U.S. Public Health Service on September 30,2020 after over 33 years of combined uniformed service. On October 5,2020,Trent-Adams was named to the board of directors for AMN Healthcare.
Marita Gerianne Titler is an American nurse scholar. She is the Rhetaugh G. Dumas Endowed Chair in the University of Michigan's School of Nursing.
Carole Johnson is an American health official serving as the administrator of Health Resources and Services Administration since January 2022. She was previously a member of the White House COVID-19 Response Team. Johnson is a former commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Human Services.
Mary Goretti Boland,MSN,RN,FAAN is a Pediatric Nurse and Doctor of Public Health,and a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. She is nationally known for her work developing innovative healthcare programs for underserved children with HIV/AIDS and other chronic diseases. In 1978,Boland staffed an innovative mobile health screening van for the Ironbound Community Health Project in Newark,New Jersey. She became director of the AIDS program at Children's Hospital of New Jersey and served as the coordinator for the Children's AIDS program (CHAP) at United Hospitals Medical Center in Newark. She served on the AIDS Advisory Committee in New Jersey and the National AIDS Advisory Committee. The United States Department of Health and Human Services gave her an award for her work in pediatric AIDS/HIV treatment.
