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    Public Consulting Group to Take Part in Four Sessions at SXSWedu

    Public Consulting Group (PCG) today announced that it has been selected to present at SXSWedu, the leading education conference in Austin, Texas, in March, for the second year in a row. This year, PCG will lead four innovative sessions, once again bringing together thought leaders and experts from across the country to highlight innovation, best practices, and collaboration across a breadth of fields...

    • 22. January 2018
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    CMS issues guidelines on mandating work and community engagement under Medicaid and approves the first work requirement waiver

    On January 11, 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) distributed a State Medicaid Director letter outlining new guidelines for states about mandating work and other community engagement activities for adult Medicaid beneficiaries who are not aged, disabled, or pregnant. CMS defines community engagement broadly, as encompassing activities such as job search, education, skills training, caregiving, volunteer service, and treatment for substance use disorders; and suggests that such activities may be linked to better health outcomes.

    • 19. January 2018
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    PCG at SXSW EDU 2018: 5 sessions on how all students can succeed

    Whether it’s “no child left behind” or “every student succeeds,” our country has long embraced—and legislated—the principle that in U.S. schools, all students deserve to succeed. Here at PCG, we have always believed “all means all.” All students in special education. All English language learners. All students with disabilities.

    • 19. January 2018
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    Public Consulting Group wins Intranet Upgrade Contract with Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    Public Consulting Group (PCG) is honoured to announce that its Technology Solutions unit has won a contract with Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to develop an upgraded Intranet serving the hospital’s 3,000 staff. By streamlining and optimising access to hundreds of policy and procedure documents and other digital resources, the new Intranet will empower Kingston Hospital staff to find information faster and give them back more time to devote to the more than 550,000 patients hospital cares for each year, including the delivery of 5,650 babies.

    • 18. January 2018