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Care Management Weekly News Update 9/8/21

Posted by DeAnn Dennis on Wed, Sep 08, 2021 @ 11:17 AM

Collaborative Care With a Virtual Lens: Enabling Patients and Providers to Overcome the Mental Health Crisis

By establishing a virtual relationship with consulting tele psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, and licensed clinical social workers, PCPs and their behavioral care managers have access anytime to the appropriate support for patients’ mental health needs.

Telehealth Essentials Every Private Practice Must Know

Surveys show that patients and doctors value the addition of telehealth as another modality for delivering care. Read on to learn more from the AMA about seven keys that physicians must keep in mind to help make telehealth a lasting part of their successful, high-quality private practices.

AHA Presents Congress With Laundry List of Requests for Budget Reconciliation Bill

The American Hospital Association is asking Congress to use the pending $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package to address some of its topic priorities.

Pandemic Safety Protections, Wage Increases Key for Nursing Unions in New Contracts

The nation's largest nursing union has reached agreements on more than 50 contracts covering around 27,000 nurses across the country at major hospital chains since February.

 

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