Throughout the campaign, we heard a chorus that went something like this: “I want those of you who are uninsured to benefit from coverage similar to mine. Federal employees enrolled in the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program (FEHBP) have tremendous health insurance. We could leverage these plans, model a solution accordingly, and vastly expand [...]
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 August 27th, 2009 |  Leave a comment |  Tags: healthcare, healthcare financing, Healthcare Reform, managed care, Public-Private Partnerships, quality, Reform | Funding and Financing, Regulations & Legislation Edward ‘Ted” Kennedy died early this morning following a courageous battle with brain cancer at the age of 77. In his 46+ years service in the Senate he sponsored, championed and advocated on behalf of civil rights issues, the poor, the uninsured, the under-insured, the disabled and those suffering from mental health and substance [...] The reform debate rages on (and on). Meanwhile, some very important questions remain unanswered and buried under the weight of “inflammation” rather than meaningful healthcare information. To say that this process has become inflamed and devisive – hijacked by pundits and strategists from both sides of the aisle – is a great understatement at [...] August 13th, 2009 | Leave a comment | Tags: access, behavioral health, behavioral health providers, evidence-based practices, health, healthcare, healthcare financing, Healthcare Reform, managed behavioral health organization, managed care, MBHO, Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, outcomes, Parity, primary care, public and community mental health | "The Business" of Behavioral Healthcare, Funding and Financing, Regulations & Legislation We recently presented to the State Associations of Addictions Services (SAAS) at their annual summit in Tucson where they had joined forces with NIATx (and by extension SAMHSA and NIDA) in the interest of exploring patient engagement strategies, the exchange of process improvement ideas, and understanding how healthcare reform and the Mental Health Parity [...] August 8th, 2009 | Leave a comment | Tags: ASAM, evidence-based practices, health, healthcare, Healthcare Reform, managed behavioral health organization, managed care, MBHO, Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, Parity, SAMHSA, substance use disorder | Advocacy & Education, Best and Evidence-Based Practices, Providers & Networks, Regulations & Legislation |
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