[...]... assist health departments in meeting national public health standards and will increase the capacity and ability of health departments in areas such as information technology and data systems, workforce training, and regulation and policy development and biologics The Budget includes $55.7 billion in savings over 10 years to make Medicaid more flexible, efficient, and accountable while strengthening Medicaid... Prevention Fund, for the CDC public health workforce to increase the number of trained public health professionals in the field CDC’s experiential fellowships and training programs create a prepared and sustainable health workforce to meet emerging public health challenges In addition, the Budget requests $40 million in the Prevention Fund to maintain support for CDC’s Public Health Infrastructure Program... Medicaid program integrity Together, the FY 2013 discretionary budget request and these legislative proposals allow HHS to support the Administration’s challenging yet complementary goals of investing in the future and establishing a sustainable fiscal outlook Program Integrity and Oversight: The FY 2013 Budget continues to make program integrity a top priority The Budget includes $610 million in discretionary... WORK FORCE Investing in Infrastructure: A strong health workforce is key to ensuring that more Americans can get the quality care they need to stay healthy The Budget includes $677 million, an increase of $49 million over FY 2012, within the Health Resources and Services Administration to expand the capacity and improve the training and distribution of primary care, dental, and pediatric health providers... contributing to deficit reduction The FY 2013 discretionary request demonstrates this commitment by maintaining ongoing investments in areas most central to advancing the HHS mission while making reductions to lower priority areas, reducing duplication, and increasing administrative efficiencies Overall, the FY 2013 request includes over $2.1 billion in terminations and reductions to fund initiatives and. .. 4,149 Health Workforce National Health Service Corps 315 ACA Mandatory (non-add) 290 Training for Diversity 97 Health Careers Opportunity Program (non-add) 22 Health Workforce Information and Analysis 3 Primary Care Training and Enhancement 39 Oral Health Training 33 Pediatric Loan Repayment – Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Linkages... patients hiring additional medical staff, purchasing equipment, making necessary building improvements, and maintaining accreditation standards Staffing New and Renovated Health Facilities: The Budget includes an additional $49 million to support staffing and operating costs for six new or expanded health facilities to be completed by FY 2013 Five of the facilities are joint venture projects in which... identify new infectious threats as they emerge The FY 2013 Budget includes $331 million for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, an increase of $27 million above FY 2012 The budget for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases includes targeted programmatic funding reductions to reduce low impact, disease specific programs and increases in funding for the detection and control of infectious diseases,... activities The request includes $84 million for the Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals, an increase of $12 million, to continue to process the increasing number of administrative law judge appeals within the statutory 90-day timeframe while maintaining the quality and accuracy of its decisions The Budget also includes $370 million in discretionary and mandatory funding for the Office of Inspector General... disparities in health care utilization and health status; ♦ Support medical, dental, and mental and behavioral health care providers who bring their skills to areas with limited access to health care; and ♦ Assist states and communities to identify and address unmet service needs and workforce gaps in the health care system increase from expanded health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act The Health . efforts of our partners, and lead to meaningful gains in health and opportunity for the American people. The President’s fiscal year (FY) 2013 Budget. also making long-term investments in the health of the American people and the health care system itself. Beginning in FY 2011 and continuing for the