Citing significant financial and administrative burdens, the AMA has asked Secretary Sebelius to postpone and streamline the 2013 mandated conversion to ICD-10. The AMA is clear that there are a wide range of health information technology initiatives and regulations they have to adopt and comply with right now and contends that converting from the [...]
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 February 3rd, 2012 |  Leave a comment |  "The Business" of Behavioral Healthcare, Health IT, Regulations & Legislation, Workflow & Business Process In order to maximize the opportunities associated with the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA or “Parity”) in the commercial/private health insurance sectors, particularly among ERISA group plans, substance use disorder treatment providers (among others) are encouraged to conduct some serious business and strategic planning in the coming weeks and months. By [...] Nowhere is the answer to the business question “Why?” more striking and evident than in healthcare. When people begin to think in terms of “Why do we do this?” and “Why do it that way?”, the answers inherently gush with reasons that make you sit up and take note. And nowhere have we [...] June 27th, 2009 | Leave a comment | Tags: BPM, business process, business process management, clinic, health, healthcare, managed behavioral health organization | Workflow & Business Process I am coming off several weeks’ having to reassure clients that they are doing well and that – so long as they stick to their knitting – they’ll be ok a year from now. I have others who have required some serious, adult discussions. They lack a cohesive strategic plan, therefore, they lack in [...] June 6th, 2009 | Leave a comment | "The Business" of Behavioral Healthcare, Workflow & Business Process I recently attended two conferences. First was the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare in Texas and second was the National Information Management Conference and Expo (sponsored by CIMH) in California. Both conferences leveraged what is happening in terms of healthcare reform and parity to focus on one very important agenda: the urgent need [...] |
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