HELENA, Mont. — Montana’s frayed behavioral health care system, still recovering from the effects of past budget cuts, will get a shot in the arm after state lawmakers approved sweeping changes to upgrade and expand facilities, increase community services, and revise commitment procedures. Lawmakers backed the bulk of Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte’s multimillion-dollar vision to…
In recent decades, the Justice Department has sued several states for unnecessarily confining people with disabilities in places such as state psychiatric hospitals, nursing homes and segregated workspaces. Such treatment violates a key part of the Americans With Disabilities Act — as affirmed in the 1999 Olmstead decision from the Supreme Court: that people with…
Sluggish margins and high costs have created a challenging environment for provider organizations. With the number of denied claims increasing significantly over the past few years, so has the time and resources needed to manage those denials. The post Building an Effective Denial Prevention Team to Mitigate Revenue Loss appeared first on MedCity News.
Open Enrollment for 2025 Marketplace health insurance starts on November 1! Take a few minutes today to get ready to streamline the enrollment process for a smoother experience. Image Prepare now to save time later Use this checklist (PDF, 163 KB) to collect documents and information you may need before starting your application on November…
The lack of consistent data standards poses a major barrier to the exchange of information across stakeholders. As providers and administrators struggle to identify the best next step to meet new standardization rules, they need a strategy tailored to the intricacies of their program, based on their specific data workflows — which might look vastly…
MedCity INVEST is a boutique healthcare investor conference scheduled for May 20-21 at the Willis Tower in Chicago. Register today! The post Time is Running Out to Join the Healthcare Innovation Conversation at INVEST 2025 appeared first on MedCity News.
While enrollment in consumer direction programs has grown, more must be done to educate, amplify, and spread awareness to ensure that all eligible individuals learn about the benefits of this alternative to traditionally delivered agency and institutional care. The post Consumer Empowerment Closes Medicaid Member Care Gaps appeared first on MedCity News.
By KIM BELLARD You may have heard about the microbiome, that collection of microorganisms that fill the world around, and in, us. You may have had some digestive tract issues after a round of antibiotics wreaked havoc with your gut microbiome. You may have read about the rafts of research that are making it clearer…
Veteran California public servant Will Lightbourne has stepped in as interim executive director of the state’s mental health commission after its previous executive director resigned following conflict of interest allegations. Lightbourne served as head of the state’s Department of Social Services for seven years before retiring in 2018 and had already returned to service once,…
One reason are the administrative obstacles and frictions that eligible individuals have to overcome to receive the public services. A paper by Herd and Moynihan (2025) in the Journal of Economic Perspectives provides an overview of the literature. Such burdens are the experience of policy implementation as onerous, and arise via learning costs (knowing about…