In the face of uncertain data regarding wellness programs’ efficacy and employees’ utilization, employers are revolutionizing their approach to employee wellness programs with an increased...
Since the Health and Human Services announced a national state of emergency regarding the opioid epidemic in 2017, the need to improve both initial responses and follow up substance abuse care...
Anthem Inc. will be acquiring Beacon Health Options, a behavioral health management company serving beneficiaries in all 50 states.
The acquisition marks Anthem’s commitment to addressing...
A proposed regulatory change in Kentucky would allow schools to access Medicaid funding, better equipping them to deliver school-based care to students.
The state governor announced this week that the...
UnitedHealth Group’s Optum is going to make the telemental health app Talkspace available to its 2 million customers.
In an announcement following the closing of its most recent funding round,...
Seventy percent of employers are either currently addressing or plan to address behavioral health over the next few years, according to a recent survey from Willis Towers Watson, but many of these...
Inpatient psychiatric facilities are spending a significant proportion of their average revenue on compliance with basic conditions of participation for Medicare, according to a new report from the...
A federal court has found that United Behavioral Health (UBH), a unit owned by UnitedHealth Group, used a flawed methodology to deny mental health and substance abuse treatment services to...
Kaiser is making a five-year, $6-million investment in community health, the health system and payer announced earlier this week.
Kaiser Permanente Southern California’s Community Mental Health...
Speaking at the Hatch Foundation for Civility and Solutions in Washington, DC, early this month, Azar pointed to social determinants of health as “the root cause of so much of our health...
Medicaid beneficiaries with mental health conditions are the targets of recent CMS efforts to boost health outcomes.
In recent remarks to the National Association of Medicaid Directors in the national...
Fifty-two percent of employers believe their wellness programs improve their employee’s health behaviors, but only 32 percent of employees agree, according to a new survey from Willis Towers...
CMS has opened registration for a one-day summit where healthcare experts can discuss ideas about innovative behavioral health payment models and related care delivery systems.
The Behavioral Health...
Kaiser Permanente’s health plan does not adequately ensure that patients can access behavioral health services in a timely and effective manner, says the California Department of Managed Health...
