Medicaid Disenrollment Is Happening Faster Than Anyone Thought, Says Former Medicaid Deputy Director
The loss of coverage for Medicaid recipients is happening faster than anyone believed it would, according to Karen Shields, chief client engagement officer at Gainwell Technologies, a large payer of Medicaid claims. “It’s faster than we thought,” said Shields, a former deputy director for the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services. “The call for action indicates everything ...
More than half of adults with a mental illness don’t receive treatment. Part of this is due to not only a lack of behavioral health providers, but also a lack of behavioral health providers who are in-network. To be part of an insurer’s network, there are many hoops for behavioral health providers, said Cara McNulty, president of ...
Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic legislative leaders on Monday agreed to a $310.8-billion budget spending plan that will reduce investments in fighting climate change and reflects a compromise on the governor’s last-minute proposal to speed up infrastructure projects across California. The 2023-24 budget deal, which lawmakers will vote on in a series of bills this ...
Day-to-day operations of Friday Health Plans will now be handled by the Division of Insurance. The insurer’s policies are still in effect and the court order, which was issued June 12, prohibits providers from denying health services.
SB 370 imposes requirements pertaining to the collection, use, and sale of consumer health data. It would generally prohibit the collection and sharing of consumer health data without the relevant consumer’s affirmative, voluntary consent, and would similarly prohibit the sale of consumer health data without the consumer’s written authorization.
Three bills that passed the Nevada Legislature this session could help state agencies keep a more watchful eye on psychiatric residential treatment facilities across the state, like the recently shuttered Never Give Up Youth Healing Center. Two of the bills were sponsored by the Commission on Health and Human Services, which includes Assemblyman Gregory Hafen, R-Pahrump. ...