Health Plan Evaluations by NCQA Show Increase in 5-Star Ratings
NCQA announces that three commercial and two Medicare health plans were among the highest-rated plans
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HRSA Funds Behavioral Health Service Expansions
$240 million in awards will pay to launch and expand mental health and substance use disorder services in more than 400 community health centers
Houston Stevens – Bringing a Culture of Service Excellence to EVS
Working at the Four Seasons hotel in Washington, D.C., Houston Stevens provided valuable services to some of the world’s most well-known people: Michael Jackson, Prince and Whitney Houston, as well as international diplomats such as former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. After more than 20 years of experience at the Four Seasons, The Mirage and…
Q&A with Reginald Pearson on How Recognition Helps Drive Performance
Environmental Services Unit Director Reginald Pearson buys a few televisions throughout the year to give away as prizes to his team during EVS Week. Two employees won televisions this year; one who had a health problem, the other a floor technician who felt discouraged when he needed to fill in for a housekeeper. For both…
OIG Makes 9 Recommendations to Strengthen VA’s EHR System Controls
Recommendations include real-time data sharing to give VA greater awareness of potential problems in system operations and prioritizing major performance incident response in a clear and consistent manner
NIH to Develop Genomics-Enabled Learning Health Systems
Network seeks to advance approaches for integrating genomic information into six existing learning health systems
Considering Covering GLP-1s? Here’s What You Need to Know
Though chronic disease treatment is rapidly expanding, balancing the latest medication with proven initiatives can help employers manage rising healthcare costs wherever you fall on the GLP-1 coverage spectrum. The post Considering Covering GLP-1s? Here’s What You Need to Know appeared first on MedCity News.
50 States of Interoperability: Why One-Size-Fits-All Tech Solutions Can’t Bridge Gaps in Behavioral Health
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…
Deadly High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy Is on the Rise
Sara McGinnis was pregnant with her second child and something felt off. Her body was swollen. She was tired and dizzy. Her husband, Bradley McGinnis, said she had told her doctor and nurses about her symptoms and even went to the emergency room when they worsened. But, Bradley said, what his wife was told in…
In Chronic Pain, This Teenager ‘Could Barely Do Anything.’ Insurer Wouldn’t Cover Surgery.
When Preston Nafz was 12, he asked his dad for permission to play lacrosse. “First practice, he came back, he said, ‘Dad, I love it,’” recalled his father, Lothar Nafz, of Hoover, Alabama. “He lives for lacrosse.” But years of youth sports took a toll on Preston’s body. By the time the teenager limped off…