Sentences with phrase «in federal reimbursements»

Proposed federal cuts to Medicaid funding threaten to eliminate more than $ 140 million in federal reimbursements to PA school districts, charter schools, vocational schools, and pre-school early intervention programs.

The city is planning to spend $ 337 million in the coming fiscal year to shore up the bleak financial situation for its Health and Hospitals Corporation, which de Blasio said was struggling under the weight of detrimental changes in federal reimbursements for Medicaid and health costs.

KINGSTON — Republican congressional candidate George Phillips said on Friday that Kingston Hospital is losing about $ 10 million per year in federal reimbursements, and he accused Rep. Maurice Hinchey of not correcting the problem.

Alabama districts participating in national school meal programs served more than 129 million breakfasts and lunches during the 2013 - 14 school year, resulting in more than $ 272 million in federal reimbursements through the national school breakfast and lunch programs.

Kentucky districts participating in the national school meal programs served more than 128 million breakfasts and lunches during the 2013 - 14 school year, resulting in more than $ 265 million in federal reimbursements.

If all states met FRAC's goal of reaching 70 low - income children at breakfast for every 100 at school lunch, an additional 3 million students would have access to a healthy breakfast, and schools would have access to an additional $ 836 million in federal reimbursements.

Several studies have found that decreased access to competitive foods leads to increased participation in the National School Lunch Program and subsequent increases in federal reimbursements and overall revenue.

[34] This is comparable to the additional revenue that a 4.5 cent across - the - board increase in the federal reimbursement rate for all school lunches would generate.

If this district is very affluent, then the Food Service department is not getting very much money in federal reimbursement.

And the governor said he is not concerned at this point about some claims that President Trump's efforts to reform the federal Affordable Care Act will blast a major hole in the state's budget because of a change in federal reimbursement formulas.

Both candidates support an adjustment in federal reimbursement rates to local hospitals, which currently favor Dutchess County at the expense of Ulster.

But the district's classified employees like bus drivers will lose a day's pay and child nutrition will forfeit about $ 100,000 in federal reimbursement for meals.

Not exact matches

Omada Health has accomplished a rare feat in the crowded world of digital health hopefuls: it's backed up lofty claims with actual results, helping the company score federal government reimbursements for its high - tech diabetes prevention program.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

Three drivers sued Uber in a federal court in San Francisco, contending they are employees and entitled to reimbursement for expenses, including gas and vehicle maintenance.

Investing more money in federal school meal reimbursement, so schools can afford to buy healthier food and pay for the increased labor needed to prepare it;

The new contract spells the end of the district's short - lived foray into the National School Lunch Program, which provides federal reimbursements in exchange for offering healthy free or reduced - cost meals to low - income students.

Chances are, it wouldn't result in your school losing its federal school meal reimbursements.

Since arriving, Rolls said, the company has significantly boosted lunch sales among the district's low - income population to 85 percent, bringing in dependable reimbursements of $ 2.77 per meal from the federal government.

Failure to submit the policy may result in a non-compliance violation and suspension of federal meal reimbursements pending compliance.

But if Congress increases reimbursement rates without reforming the use of federal funds in school food budgets, the end result could be significant costs to taxpayers coupled with little improvement in the quality of meals served.

[24] Since the federal reimbursement for a free meal is $ 2.68 (see Table 1), the revenue generated by each paid meal in these districts falls 61 cents short in elementary schools and 27 cents short in high schools, on average.

[23] When combined with the 27 cent federal reimbursement for most paid lunches, this means these districts are collecting, on average, $ 2.07 for each paid lunch in elementary schools and $ 2.41 in high schools.

If increases in reimbursement rates prove desirable, the changes discussed here would help ensure that the added federal funds are actually used to provide more nutritious school meals.

In these schools, the combined average revenue for paid meals is $ 2.05 for elementary schools and $ 2.42 for high schools, and the federal reimbursement for a free meal for the 2009 - 2010 school year is $ 2.68.

For the 2004 - 2005 school year, in which, as noted above, the average total revenue for a paid lunch was $ 1.81, the federal reimbursement for a free lunch was $ 2.24.

Stated another way, the average revenue for a paid lunch in these largest school districts is only about 77 percent of the federal reimbursement provided for free lunches in elementary schools and 90 percent of the federal reimbursement in high schools.

Under «offer versus serve,» students need to select three of five meal components at lunch in order for their meal to be eligible for federal reimbursement.

-LSB-...] Nutrition Association, an organization of 55,000 professionals, has asked Congress (albeit half - heartedly) for a 35 cent increase in federal school meal reimbursement.

In opting out, the school system would miss out on about $ 900,000 in annual reimbursements from the federal government, said Christine Frole, District 214 director of food and nutritioIn opting out, the school system would miss out on about $ 900,000 in annual reimbursements from the federal government, said Christine Frole, District 214 director of food and nutritioin annual reimbursements from the federal government, said Christine Frole, District 214 director of food and nutrition.

Under the reimbursement formula, those 12,000 meals would cost the district about $ 17,400 a day in lost federal funds.

Similarly, those who live in districts dependent on federal reimbursement should learn what they can from more successful districts — the reduction of inefficiencies, etc. — that may be replicable even without additional funding.

But when you're serving 250,000 meals a day in Houston (or 700,000 in L.A.) on limited federal reimbursement dollars from a central kitchen, I can tell you with some confidence the food is going to look a lot more like the pictures I showed you above than it's going to look like the West Adams culinary students» brightly - hued, scratch - prepared wraps and salads.

If districts selling deep fried snacks are caught doing so in a school food audit, they will have to pay back their federal meal reimbursements for each day the violations occurred.

Indeed, in a forthcoming Spork Report post I'll share photos of some new, attractive dining concepts recently introduced by HISD / Aramark — some of which are only for cash payment (i.e., the meals are not eligible for federal reimbursement.)

For example, one argument could be that better school food would mean increased student participation, which in turn would increase federal reimbursements.

It's in the school's best interest to make sure all children who qualify for free meals apply for them: The more children who are eligible for free meals, the higher the reimbursements the school receives from the federal government.

For the first time in over three decades it would increase the federal reimbursement rate, by approximately six cents a meal.

When she is describing all of the barriers she faces, keep in mind that she is not trying to be a naysayer; the challenges she faces, including the often ridiculous regulations, the criminally low federal reimbursement for subsidized meals, the high cost of food, labor, utilities, and every other expense, are all very real.

Shows like Jamie Oliver's «Food Revolution,» and school districts like Chef Ann Cooper's former district in Berkeley, CA and current district in Boulder, CO, are often held up as examples of what's possible in school food reform, yet it's seldom ever mentioned that in each of these cases, far more money is being spent on those meals than the current federal reimbursement rate — and far more than that rate plus six cents.

A plurality of respondents reported that the federal reimbursements for school breakfast and lunch were not sufficient to cover the costs of producing a meal in the 2015/16 school year.

The federal government plays a vital role in the success of these programs: providing reimbursements for each meal served, ensuring equal access to free and reduced price meals for students in need and administering national nutrition standards.

Accordingly, rather than force children to take the whole meal and throw out much of it, in 1975, Congress passed an amendment to the School Lunch Act allowing high schools to still receive federal reimbursement for meals so long as students selected at least three out of five options served, including milk.

An afterschool meals program can also help you bring in more federal reimbursements.

In «severe need» schools, the federal reimbursement rate is $ 1.76, compared to the usual $ 1.48.

School board officials said The Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act of 2010 requires them to change pricing because the law states that schools must charge on average no less for paid student meals than the district receives in federal free meal reimbursement.

School decision makers 1) plug in simple information, 2) explore different ways to expand school meals programs like moving breakfast to the classroom or serving afterschool meals, and 3) come out with hard data about costs, number of students served and federal reimbursement dollars.

In the meantime, while the pending child nutrition legislation in Congress seeks to raise federal reimbursement for school meals by a mere six cents — rather than the one dollar advocated by reformers like Chef Ann — we need to exploit every opportunity to bring more funds to schoolIn the meantime, while the pending child nutrition legislation in Congress seeks to raise federal reimbursement for school meals by a mere six cents — rather than the one dollar advocated by reformers like Chef Ann — we need to exploit every opportunity to bring more funds to schoolin Congress seeks to raise federal reimbursement for school meals by a mere six cents — rather than the one dollar advocated by reformers like Chef Ann — we need to exploit every opportunity to bring more funds to schools.

This funding can come in the form of a state reimbursement for free and reduced price meals paid on top of the Federal reimbursement; for example, the state of California is supposed to give schools an extra.219 for every meal served to a qualifying low income child (in fact, due to the ongoing budget crisis in California, that reimbursement has not always been paid for every qualifying meal in recent years.)

That's even bigger than what has been speculated to date, would be «dramatic as hell,» I'm told, (particularly when you figure in the federal match), and would require federal approval for any any change in reimbursements.