Long-Term Solutions Can Improve Health of Children in Medicaid
Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) can play a strong role in children’s mental and physical health following the coronavirus pandemic by introducing long-term...Strategies for the Physical-Behavioral Healthcare Integration Puzzle
Physical and behavioral healthcare integration is a key aim for many private payers, but progress has been slow. Brett Hart, chief behavioral health officer at Centene, has more than 20 years of managed care leadership experience and is...Employer Strategies For Responding to the Mental Health Crisis
Most healthcare stakeholders can perceive the impacts of the escalating behavioral and mental healthcare crisis on their own industry segment, but employers have a particularly proximate...Payer Seeks to Balance In-Person, Virtual Mental Healthcare
Members ask themselves three questions when considering their own mental healthcare needs, according to Cara McNulty, president of behavioral health and the Employee Assistance Program at...Sponsored Article
Achieving Holistic Care Through Effective Digital Health
Estimates vary, but current thinking holds that traditional healthcare in the US impacts between 10 and 20 percent of an individual's overall health, with genetics, behavior, and social and...Payer Seeks to Lower Behavioral Health Hospital Readmissions
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI) is partnering with Butler Hospital to address behavioral health hospital readmissions through methods such as care management and...Centene Plans to Acquire Major Behavioral Healthcare Platform
Centene has signed an agreement to acquire Magellan Health in order to better integrate its behavioral healthcare and physical healthcare services, the major payer announced. “There is a...Experts Share 5 Pivotal Payer Industry Trends To Watch in 2021
Despite the many unknowns, a diverse group of experts and leaders in the industry have identified five payer industry trends for 2021 that range from strengthening value-based care partnerships to...Consumers Use Digital Tech for Price Comparison, Virtual Care
As the country experiences an enrollment season in the middle of a global pandemic, Americans are gravitating toward digital technology for a wide variety of purposes including price comparison and...2 Mistakes Payers Can Avoid in Mental, Behavioral Health Screenings
Payers have been tapping self-service screenings to address behavioral and mental healthcare, but that process has been anything but perfect. This is evidenced by the fact that the mental and...Top 5 Social Determinants of Health Domains for Payers to Address
There are five social determinants of health domains, according to the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) Healthy People 2030 website. While certain domains will at times require...Navigating Generational Differences in Member Engagement
Around a third of Millennials have a behavioral health condition, emphasizing a greater need for behavioral healthcare options and coverage as well as a new approach to millennial member engagement,...Sponsored Article
