Promising results from a federal demonstration has spurred a bipartisan group of senators to push for new pay models that support integrating primary care and behavioral health. It comes at a time when demand for mental health servcies have spiked due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Impact Purchasing Commitment includes increasing spending with minority and women-owned business enterprises, as well as local and employee-owned, cooperatively owned and/or not-for-profit-owned enterprises, by at least $1 billion over five years, a press release stated.
A Health Department spokesman said people who got the expired doses have received e-mail alerts and phone calls, and are being sent a letter, to ensure they are aware of the situation.
A healthcare expert is warning that the spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus will pose a serious risk this summer to people who are not fully vaccinated.
Federal health officials are increasingly accepting a timeline in which small numbers of COVID-19 infections may have occurred in the U.S. before the world ever became aware of a dangerous new virus erupting in China.
As with the current program, the overhauled expansion would continue using Medicaid funds to place recipients on private health insurance. It also includes incentives aimed at encouraging participants to work or meet certain health goals.
The American Medical Association warned against sedating people solely for a law enforcement purpose without a legitimate medical reason.
A judge has allowed a class action lawsuit against Aetna to move forward. More than 200 people are suing after they say their lumbar disc replacement surgery coverage was denied.
All of the approximately 82,000 Ballad Health patients qualified for charity care but did not receive or take advantage of it.
New research shows that about one-fifth of people who tested positive for COVID-19 but didn't have symptoms at the time later developed at least one condition that is now associated with long haulers.
