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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has developed a Behavioral Health Strategy, which seeks to remove barriers to care and services, and to adopt a data-informed approach to evaluate behavioral health programs and policies.
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The bipartisan bill introduced by Reps. Doris Matsui, D-California, and Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, aims to give targeted funding to providers and community mental health centers aimed at adopting health IT systems.
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Secretary McDonough statement on FY 2023 VA Budget
In outlining his Unity Agenda, President Biden identified supporting Veterans as a key priority. His budget request supports the importance of ensuring Veterans have timely access to high quality services and benefits.
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Roughly 14.5 million Americans signed up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act exchanges for 2022, a 21% increase over last year and the highest volume since the law was signed 12 years ago according to a new HHS report.
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is examining risk adjustment tactics that have led to overpayments to some Medicare Advantage plans, Secretary Xavier Becerra told reporters Friday.
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Nearly two-thirds of providers see value-based care as a way to improve relationships with patients and enhance care management strategies, according to reporting from Insights by Xtelligent Healthcare Media.
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A new study by the American Medical Association and published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings found that $979 million in excess health spending annually comes from primary care physician turnover, with $260 million, attributable to burnout.
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Diagnostic excellence in the care of older adults requires awareness of the risks of errors of commission (overtesting and overtreatment) as well as the risks of omission (missing a diagnosis because of mistaken assumptions or faulty heuristics). A personalized approach to setting goals of care is desirable for all patients, and it is especially important for older adults.
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For 2022, new codes have been added to the care management group, some have been modified for clarity, and others have been tweaked to better match their Medicare G-code counterparts.
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Remote Therapeutic Monitoring: How CMS Reimbursement is Propelling Digital Health Innovation Forward
Digital health innovations hold great promise for improving healthcare delivery, but their implementation at scale is often undermined by reimbursement challenges.
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