Federal Response to the PCP Problem 1979

The pressures encountered by hospitals in the current era of reimbursement declines and stiffened competition are well known. As the “ultimate” payors—primarily employers and government—aggressively continue to seek low cost care, the response of the hospital industry has been to move toward consolidation and efficiency-enhancing mechanisms.Increasingly, nonprofit, tax-exempt hospitals have come to believe that they are at a significant disadvantage vis-á-vis their for-profit brethren in their ability to attract the capital needed to compete in the market. A growing trend among nonprofit hospitals, therefore, is to sell to or enter into a joint venture with a proprietary organization, or alternatively to convert to for-profit status. In 1995, fifty-eight nonprofit hospitals became for-profit; hospital conversions to for-profit status in 1996 are projected to outstrip the pace established the prior year.The conversion trend has not gone unnoticed at the state level. Recently, several states have proposed or enacted laws regulating sales and conversions of nonprofit hospitals, and many more states are contemplating such legislation.

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A Failure of Initiative: Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina (House of Representatives, February 15, 2006 www.gpoaccess.gov/katrinareport/mainreport.pdf) * The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina Lessons Learned (White House staff, February 2006 www.whitehouse.gov/reports/katrina-lessons-learned/)

Publius The Journal of Federalism ◽

10.1093/publius/pjm024 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 38 (1) ◽

pp. 152-165 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

M. Landy

Keyword(s):

Hurricane Katrina ◽

House Of Representatives ◽

Lessons Learned ◽

House Staff ◽

Final Report ◽

White House ◽

Federal Response

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Food Insecurity in Households of People with Autism Spectrum Disorder during the COVID-19 Pandemic

10.1101/2021.03.30.21254339 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Vijay Vasudevan ◽

Arun Karpur ◽

Andy Shih ◽

Thomas Frazier

Keyword(s):

Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽

Rural Communities ◽

Food Insecurity ◽

Free Food ◽

Autism Spectrum ◽

Spectrum Disorder ◽

Convenience Sample ◽

Urban Rural ◽

Federal Response ◽

Us Census

AbstractObjectivesTo explore differences in food insecurity for individuals and families of people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) during the COVID-19 pandemic by individual, family, and neighborhood characteristics.MethodsWe surveyed a convenience sample of households of people with ASD. We calculated food insecurity using items from the US Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey..ResultsOver half of all respondents reported being food insecure (51.8%). Respondents who reported being food insecure were more likely to be minority, have a high school education or less, be on public insurance or uninsured, live in urban/rural communities, and say that their community is not supportive. The majority of respondents did not get free food or groceries (53.2%). Food insecure respondents who got free food was most likely to get them from schools (34.2%).ConclusionThis is the first study of its kind to explore food security in households of people with ASD. The pandemic has exacerbated existing neighborhood disparities. The federal response to food insecurity caused by the pandemic needs to be further explored especially for preferred and medically necessary foods for people with ASD.

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Improving Federal Response to Drought

Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology ◽

10.1175/1520-0450(1986)025<0332:ifrtd>2.0.co;2 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 25 (3) ◽

pp. 332-342 ◽

Cited By ~ 49

Author(s):

Donald A. Wilhite ◽

Norman J. Rosenberg ◽

Michael H. Glantz

Keyword(s):

Federal Response

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Federal Response

Responding to Catastrophic Events ◽

10.1057/9781137336439.0011 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Greg Moser ◽

Garry Briese

Keyword(s):

Federal Response

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Geospatial Resource Integration in Support of Homeland Defense and Security

Geospatial Intelligence ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-8054-6.ch016 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 342-352

Author(s):

David Foster ◽

Christopher Mayfield

Keyword(s):

Local Governments ◽

Common Ground ◽

Geospatial Data ◽

Federal State ◽

September 11Th ◽

Geospatial Information ◽

Government Organizations ◽

Federal Response ◽

Homeland Defense ◽

The U.S

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has faced numerous challenges within the realm of Geospatial Information Systems and Science in fostering a Common Operational Picture suitable to homeland defense and security. This paper details the challenges and successes since September 11th, 2001 to build common ground for all federal, state, local governments, and non-government organizations that depend on geospatial data to provide for the safety and security of the Nation. An analysis of the protracted integration of commercial GIS technologies within the DoD and the speed, openness, and scale this expertise can bring is discussed as an issue for the Federal response to disasters. Finally, distinct successes of collaboration and integration of common standards and data currently in use at military commands is discussed as a robust path to improve future geospatial efforts.

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