Aetna’s Medicaid plan in West Virginia has granted $9.3 million to 10 community-based organizations to support behavioral health and social care needs for children in foster care.
The funding...
Having one or more outpatient behavioral health treatment (OPBHT) visits was associated with lower healthcare costs among patients with newly diagnosed behavioral health conditions, a JAMA Network Open...
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (CareFirst) is providing community-based organizations with nearly $8 million in grants to help improve behavioral healthcare access and quality for underserved...
Medicare Advantage plans may better equipped to provide behavioral healthcare services to Medicare beneficiaries than fee-for-service Medicare, a Better Medicare Alliance report found.
The research...
CVS Health is making progress toward its behavioral health goal of decreasing the suicide rate among Aetna members by 20 percent by 2025, but progress among adolescent members is lagging, the...
As the nation continues to experience a mental health crisis, health insurers have developed numerous strategies to help members manage their mental health needs, according to a resource from...
Payers are offering providers and consumers a broad range of services and supports related to mental healthcare and are taking steps to increase access to mental healthcare, according to a survey...
Telehealth flexibilities during the coronavirus pandemic contributed to a 26 percent spike in overall utilization of in-network outpatient behavioral health, according to a report from UnitedHealth...
Data on employees continues to exhibit care disparities that signal a lack of health equity in employer-sponsored health plans, according to a report from NORC at the University of Chicago (NORC)...
CVS Health and its payer arm, Aetna, will expand its existing program with Psych Hub, advancing its efforts around adolescent suicide prevention.
Over the last several years, the number of teens...
Overall, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Medicaid beneficiaries experienced similar care access as heterosexual beneficiaries and privately insured individuals, but LGBT individuals were...
CVS Health will be offering a virtual primary care solution to its Aetna members and CVS Caremark clients.
The solution will connect members to primary care services including mental healthcare and...
In the first half of 2022, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has issued several recommendations intended to promote effective preventive care services.
The USPSTF recommendations may more...
Consumers reported having positive experiences with their employer-sponsored mental and behavioral healthcare coverage during the coronavirus pandemic, a survey conducted on behalf of AHIP...
Medicaid can help reduce youth homelessness among individuals with behavioral health needs by expanding coverage, incentivizing cross-agency coordination, and increasing plan oversight and...
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI) has entered into a global capitation agreement in its Medicare Advantage program, according to a press release which HealthPayerIntelligence...
UnitedHealthcare is offering $169,500 to fund efforts to provide sickle cell disease care to children and the community, the payer announced.
The payer determined that the funds would go to the...
AHIP called on providers and policymakers to join payers in their efforts to integrate behavioral healthcare and physical healthcare in an issue brief on the subject.
The payer organization laid out...
As states face a growing youth mental health crisis, they have relied on the American Rescue Plan Act to support initiatives that broaden access to care, according to a report from the Georgetown...
Payers have not improved their execution of the mental health parity compliance assessment, the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) recently reported to...
