by Jordana Choucair | Sep 13, 2022 | Inequities and SDOH, Mental Health
The Satcher Health Leadership Institute at the Morehouse School of Medicine released a report indicating that inadequate investments in mental health care have taken nearly 117,000 lives and cost the U.S. $278 billion from 2016 to 2020. According to the report, almost...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 13, 2022 | Mental Health
Oregon became the first state to receive financial support for mobile mental health crisis intervention units. The state will receive American Rescue Plan funding that seeks to deploy unarmed responders in cases of mental health or substance use disorder crises...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 13, 2022 | Payers
Aetna announced it will enter the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) exchanges in four more states next year. Aetna exited the ACA exchanges in 2018 after experiencing years of losses. The insurer returned to the market at the beginning of 2022 and currently...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 13, 2022 | Providers
The American Medical Association published updated Current Procedural Technology (CPT) code sets that will take effect January 1, 2023. The revisions are designed to reduce administrative burdens related to evaluation and management services codes and include new...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 12, 2022 | D.C. News
President Biden today will announce Dr. Renee Wegrzyn as the inaugural director of Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), the new agency focused on biomedical innovation. The president will also sign an executive order on biotechnologies as part of an...
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