Member Spotlight
Employee Awards Recipients Announced at CHCAMS Annual Conference
Congratulations to the following staff, providers, and CHC leaders who were selected as the recipients of the 2022 Employee Awards. The ceremony was held on August 10, 2022.
CEO Terrence M. Shirley Pens Opinion Piece
Health Centers Provide Value to Health Care
and to the Community
Read the piece here.
Congratulations to Dr. Chris Roby
Dr. Roby was recently invited to present a poster on the Ending the HIV Epidemic in Mississippi at a conference in Ontario, Canada July 2022.
Washington Update

Inflation Reduction Act Signed into Law
President Biden this week signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 into law. After months-long negotiations, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and moderate Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) agreed to a reconciliation package that allows Medicare to negotiate with drug manufacturers to lower prescription drug prices and extends Affordable Care Act health subsidies for three years. In the U.S. Senate, all 50 Democrats voted yes to pass the spending bill, formerly known as Build Back Better, without Republican support. As expected, the U.S. House passed the bill with a partisan vote, 220-207, with all Democrats voting for the bill. Click here for a summary of the Act. 
State Plan Amendment (SPA) 22-0004 is being submitted to comply with the American Rescue Plan (ARP) requirements for coverage of COVID vaccines, their administration, and vaccine counseling services for children. This SPA is being submitted with an 1135 waiver request to allow the effective date to comply with the ARP, effective March 11, 2021.
CHCs can place orders with BPHC for limited supplies of bivalent COVID vaccines by 11:59 PM this coming Wednesday, 8/24. (“Bivalent” vaccines are the next-generation vaccines that target more than one variant of the virus.) Supplies of these vaccines are expected to be very limited this fall, and 8/24 is the last ordering deadline announced to date.
COVID-19 Clearinghouse FY21-2022 Archives Accessible through Linktr.ee at https://linktr.ee/CHCAMS
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