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Where are they Now? Former Sevier County Residents Shine

With the ever changing landscapes and the need to continually grow and progress in some metropolitan cities in Utah, it’s nice to know that some counties and cities still appreciate the small, down-home feeling that their parents and grandparents appreciated 50 years ago.In these smaller rural towns, cities, and counties, the number one export isn’t fruits, vegetables, alfalfa, or even an item that can be purchased, its greatest export are its residents.

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Utah Medicaid continues to respond to pharmacy vendor network outage

February 24, 2024 - As the Change Healthcare outage affecting pharmacy prescription information is expected to linger into next week, Utah Medicaid is taking the unprecedented step of personally calling 17,000 Medicaid members who are on high-risk or life-sustaining medication.Around 200 staff from the Medicaid team within the Utah Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the Utah Department of Workforce Services will be contacting Medicaid members who are due for a refill of high-risk medication in the next 7 days, or March 2.“We didn’t cause the problem, but we are owning a solution,” said Tracy Gruber, executive director of DHHS.

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