This year marks the 30^th anniversary of National Public Health Week (NPHW), the theme of which is “It Starts Here.” In honor of this milestone, Public Consulting Group (PCG) celebrates the public health progress made in the last 30 years and reflects upon some key public health topics that are critical to continuing this momentum.

As more fire and EMS departments have been expressing the need for additional funding, countless have struggled through referendums and challenging budget meetings to justify every penny of increase. Public Consulting Group (PCG) is here to provide support to fire and EMS administrators on how to step back from challenges, consider the perspectives of the community, and determine how to communicate operational needs into simple and actionable requests that anyone can understand.

On Wednesday, June 15, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) improperly cut more than $1 billion per year since 2018 in Medicare payments for certain drugs to hospitals serving low-income communities.

On June 6, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court held, in a seven-to-two decision, that the Medicaid statute permits a state to seek reimbursement from settlement payments allocated for future medical care.