May 13, 2014 | Behavioral Health News
The following is an excerpt from “The Cost of Not Caring” by Liz Szabo published in the USA Today on May 13, 2014 In March, a psychotic patient spent two weeks in the same ER, waiting for a psychiatric bed to open up, says Ray Keller, medical...
Nov 15, 2013 | Behavioral Health News
Work needed to close gaps in coverage for mental health, substance abuse treatment Mental health advocates praised a long-awaited final rule issued Friday by the Obama administration requiring insurers to cover mental healthcare on the same basis as physical...
Aug 6, 2013 | Behavioral Health News
Medicare DSH Reimbursement Summary: Section 3133 of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act modifies the methodology for computing the Medicare DSH payment adjustment beginning in FY 2014. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) final rules...
Aug 5, 2013 | Behavioral Health News
Implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is set to move forward, and up to half of the states have begun implementing a provision urging formation of “health homes.” By including mental health diagnoses as criteria for patients to be...
Mar 27, 2013 | Behavioral Health News
By Jessica Zigmond Mental healthcare services continue to feel the pinch of strained state budgets, as a new study shows states cut more than $1.6 billion in general funds from their state mental health agency budgets from fiscal years 2009 through 2012. The findings...
Mar 27, 2013 | Behavioral Health News
By Stephanie Bouchard, Associate Editor, Healthcare Finance News HONOLULU – A study presented last month at the annual American Psychiatric Association conference points to a pending crisis in geriatric psychiatry and potential healthcare cost increases as older...
