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Spokane Journal of Business
Starting Jan. 1, behavioral health services traditionally covered through Medicaid also will be covered by some of the same managed care organizations that currently cover physical health services, says Jeff Thomas, CEO of Frontier Behavioral Health.
Known as Integrated Managed Care, combining behavioral health and physical health coverage under the same health insurance plans offers better opportunities to help patients, asserts Thomas.
Behavioral health includes mental health and substance use treatment, he says.
Healthcare Finance News
The American Hospital Association and the Association of American Medical Colleges are among five healthcare organizations suing the Department of Health and Human Services over site neutral Medicare payments going into effect on Jan. 1, 2019.
CMS is planning on reducing payments for off-campus, hospital-based clinics and other facilities that were previously grandfathered to receive a higher rate.
Health Leaders Media
The unexpected adjustment for 2019 prompted state lawmakers to question the wisdom of the program moving forward.
Minnesota state senators began grappling with some unwelcome news recently, after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said federal pass-through funding for the state-run reinsurance program would be $99.1 million less for 2019 than had previously been estimated.
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CNBC
Sign-up rates for Obamacare health coverage have fallen 11 percent from the same time last year, but at least part of the decline is being attributed to something good.
More Americans are getting their health insurance from employers thanks to the tightest U.S. labor market in nearly 50 years, health policy experts say. Low unemployment rates, at 3.7 percent in October, mean fewer people need to buy insurance on the federal Affordable Care Act exchanges, they say.
Medill Reports Chicago
Illinois farmers, faced with exploding health care costs, are turning away from the individual health insurance market as they seek solutions to one of several ballooning financial woes.
Association healthcare plans could provide an answer, said Christina Nourie, an Illinois Farm Bureau legislative coordinator.
Association plans allow small businesses or organizations to join together to purchase health insurance on behalf of their members just as a large employer would, she said during a recent talk at the IFB Annual Meeting in Chicago.
Health IT Analytics
As the volume of big data continues to increase exponentially and the pressure to reduce wasteful spending intensifies, healthcare organizations are broadening their search for secure and seamless data management strategies.
More and more frequently, organizations are finding that blockchain has the potential to solve many of the most challenging problems involved in managing administrative, financial, and even clinical data.
Health Leaders Media
A majority of healthcare payer leaders expect substantial revenue growth next year, though some remain unprepared for change, according to a new industry survey.
More than 80 percent of payer organization executives anticipate revenue growth in 2019, according to the annual North Highland Beacon report released recently. Sixteen percent of executives expect more than 10 percent growth while 38 percent expect between five to nine percent growth.
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