On Thursday, January 7, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia held that the Provider Reimbursement Review Board of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) lacked jurisdiction to consider hospitals’ objections to adjustments to some of their Medicare reimbursements carried out by the Secretary of DHHS.

In 2021, PCG will be working with the Child Care Services Association (CCSA) to start planning and developing North Carolina’s Early Childhood and School-Age (EC/SA) workforce registry. The registry will be a valuable resource for states to communicate with the EC/SA workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic and other emergencies.

On Wednesday, December 23, 2020, U.S. District Court Judge Catherine Blake in Maryland blocked a Trump administration demonstration rule that was scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2021, with a temporary restraining order.

The EPIC Awards are a quarterly employee recognition program designed to help bring the four tenets that define PCG’s ethos—Entrepreneurial Spirit, Passion, Impact, and Community—to life in a tangible way.