How a Specialty EHR System Affects Patient Experience
How a Specialty EHR System Affects Patient Experience
Customer experience is a big deal for businesses today, […]
Pharmacy Trends | Top 5 Pharmacy Trends for 2016
Top 5 Pharmacy Trends: Pharmacy Industry Trends and Events
2015 has been an extraordinary year for the Pharmacy […]
The ACA Research Institute You Probably Haven’t Heard of
The ACA Research Institute is a program set up by the federal health law that many people have never […]
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.
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.
The IRO Transparency Project: Innovations in the IRO Industry
In recent years there have been exciting innovations around the Independent Review Organization industry. Recognized by the Affordable […]
Medicaid Spending on the Rise Mostly In Expansion States
Medicaid spending soared nearly 14 percent last year—its biggest annual increase in at least two decades—as a result of millions of newly eligible low-income enrollees signing up under the Affordable Care Act, according to a report released Thursday by the Kaiser Family Foundation. Total spending was highest in the 29 states that expanded Medicaid, the government insurance program for low-income and disabled people, under the health law. In those states, total Medicaid spending jumped nearly 18 percent in the fiscal year that for most states ended June 30, the Kaiser researchers found. (KHN is an editorially independent program of the foundation). In the other states that did not expand, Medicaid spending rose about 6 percent, the report found.
Workers Compensation Independent Medical Reviews: Keeping Claims on Track
Workers Compensation Independent Medical Reviews
Across the country more and more workers compensation organizations are utilizing Workers […]
Integrating Behavioral Health: Tips for ACOs
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) have been a hot topic in the healthcare world over the past year. Hoping to shift the focus of the healthcare industry from volume to value, ACOs focus on increasing quality, reducing, cost and improving the patient experience. This hopeful new focus on the Triple Aim places ACOs in a very interesting spot in relation to another growing healthcare trend: Behavioral Health. As behavioral health is taken off the country’s back burner and the stigma surrounding mental health begins to lift, a unique opportunity is opening for ACOs to become champions for the behavioral health sector.
Happy Holidays From BHM Healthcare Solutions, Inc.
Happy Holidays From BHM Healthcare Solutions
Happy Holidays from BHM Healthcare […]