The end of the Public Health Emergency for COVID-19 (PHE) this spring, combined with rising inflation and economic uncertainty in 2023, has changed the dynamic for Medicaid enrollment and funding, […]
Mental Health Parity at a Crossroads | Streamline Healthcare
Report: Mental Health Parity at a Crossroads as 1-4 Have Unmet Behavioral Health Needs “More than 25 years after the first federal mental health parity protections were put in place, […]
Establishing “Payviders” in Behavioral Health
One growing trend in the business side of healthcare has been the combination of payer organizations and healthcare providers to create entities known as “payviders.” The idea of a payvider […]
How the Coronavirus Response Spending Bill Will Affect Telehealth
President Donald Trump signed into law the “Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020” on Friday, March 6, after it passed the U.S. Senate by a vote of 96-1. […]
State Reporting for Behavioral Health: Deciphering the Alphabet Soup
If your behavioral health agency is using an electronic health record (EHR) system to measure outcomes and report data, you know that there are numerous reporting techniques. Payers like Medicare, […]