President Biden’s State of the Union address brought renewed urgency to the challenges of treating and supporting people with mental illnesses in the U.S. His proposals respond to escalating rates of mental illness in the U.S., address several vexing long-term issues in mental health care, and deal with some contemporary […]
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Puerto Rico health care providers call for Medicare equity
Puerto Rico’s health care industry is raising the alarm over disparities in how the territory’s Medicare plans are funded, hurting the quality of services for around 630,000 senior citizens. In a joint letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) […]
How Privia’s relentless patient focus drives value-based care wins
Value-based care contracts from different payers can include a maddening array of variables in terms of quality measures and targets, but the keys to success in the value-based arena are consistency and provision of the same level of high-quality care to all patients regardless of plan enrollment. Patient access and […]
Senate Finance Committee Holds Hearing on Mental Health Parity
On March 30, the Senate Finance Committee held its third in a series of hearings on mental health titled, “Behavioral Health Care When Americans Need It: Ensuring Parity and Care Integration.” This hearing served as a follow-up to the committee’s Feb. 8 and Feb. 15 hearings on youth mental health […]
Medicare Payment Cuts Urged for Nursing Homes, Other Providers
A key advisory panel to Congress on Tuesday recommended increasing Medicare payment rates for acute care hospitals, long-term care hospitals, and outpatient dialysis facilities next year, while calling for a 5% pay cut for nursing homes, home health agencies, and inpatient rehabilitation facilities. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s annual March […]
Medicare: What are DCEs And Why Should You Care?
When Katie Porter speaks, you can believe what she says (10 minutes, but very important) Have you ever heard of Direct Contracting Entities? If you have you are a rare person. I just became aware of them when I was directed to this article on a website called elderlawanswers.com. Direct […]
Study Finds Medicare Insufficient on Mental Health Care
The survey also found that Medicare beneficiaries (26 percent of them) were most likely to report skipping or putting off needed mental health care because of costs, while fewer than 1 in 10 older adults in the U.K., France, Germany and Sweden reported doing so. “This is a problem that […]
Medicare and Mental Health – Plans, Services, Helplines
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Medicare enrollees face an increased risk of having mental health concerns. Fortunately, Medicare covers counseling, which can help make support more accessible for you. Mental health programs and services are designed to help diagnose and treat mental health needs. As a beneficiary, you can take advantage of depression screenings, counseling […]