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California Insurance Marketplace Imposes New Quality, Cost Conditions On Plans

Moving into a realm usually reserved for health care regulators, the California health marketplace Thursday unveiled sweeping reforms to its contracts with insurers, seeking to improve the quality of care, curb its cost and increase transparency for consumers. The attempt to impose quality and cost standards on health plans and doctors and hospitals appears to be the first by any Obamacare exchange in the nation. Among the biggest changes: Health plans will be required to dock hospitals at least 6 percent of their payments if they do not meet certain quality standards, or give them bonuses of an equal amount if they exceed the standards.

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5 Health Industry Issues for 2016, healthcare issues

5 Healthcare Industry Issues of 2016: Part 1

It’s only the beginning of 2016 but here at BHM Healthcare Solutions we have been keeping a close eye on the upcoming healthcare trends for the year. So far we’ve discussed the important trends of Pharmacy and Behavioral Health and how each of those industries is expected to make great strides in the New Year.

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Free Webinar Behavioral Health Integration: Realizing Opportunities

1 Day Left to Register! Free Webinar – Behavioral Health Integration: Realizing Opportunities

This year is going to be an important year for Behavioral Health, don’t miss out on our free webinar 1/20 on Behavioral Health Integration success! Join us Wednesday January 20th at 12: 00 PM CST as we explore the concept of Behavioral Health Integration. This free web event will cover: Making the Case for Behavioral Health (BH) Primary Care (PC) Integration, Integration 101: First Steps to Making it Work (Technology, Screening Tools, Communication), and Integration: Realizing Opportunities.

If you can’t make the event, don’t worry! Simply register for the web event to receive a recording of the event as well as a copy of the presentation after it is finished.

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Behavioral Health Integration: Free Webinar

Brand New Free Web Event! Behavioral Health Integration: Realizing Opportunities

Join BHM Healthcare Solutions on Wed. January 20th at 12:00PM CST for the brand new web event: Behavioral Health Integration: Realizing Opportunities

Explore the concept of Behavioral Health Integration with this free web event. This presentation will include an overview of the need for Behavioral Health Integration, and exploration of practice models of integration, and will provide attendees with the tools and knowledge to begin making meaningful movements toward integrating behavioral health into their organization or practice.

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Excellence in Mental Health Act and Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics

2016 Excellence in Behavioral Health Program Design

2016 is going to be a big year for Behavioral Health, thanks to The Excellence in Mental Health Act (ExACT) passed in 2014. the ExACT is a crucial step towards taking Behavioral healthcare off the back burner and sparking an important discussions on mental health. According to the National Council for Behavioral Health the program will “increase Americans’ access to community mental health and substance use treatment services while improving Medicaid reimbursement for these services.” The program has allocated over $1 billion to help protect and enhance community based mental health programs, which is the largest federal investment in behavioral health services in a very long time. Let’s take a look at the progress the Excellence in Mental Health Act has already made and what might be in store for 2016.

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