by Jordana Choucair | Jan 11, 2023 | Mental Health
KFF released two new analyses examining how state Medicaid programs have utilized telehealth to increase access to behavioral health care during the pandemic and the strategies they are employing to address workforce shortages in behavioral health. The first analysis...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 11, 2023 | Mental Health
New York Governor Kathy Hochul revealed a $1 billion, multiple-year mental health investment plan. The plan would increase inpatient psychiatric treatment capacity by 1,000 beds, make a capital investment to fund 3,500 new residential units for New Yorkers living with...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 11, 2023 | Providers
A federal judge ordered HHS to create a plan to correct underpayments made to 340B hospitals. The department cut 340B reimbursement by nearly 30 percent in 2018 and redistributed the $1.6 billion in savings to all hospitals. In June, the Supreme Court ruled that HHS...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 10, 2023 | Access & Coverage
A new study published in Health Affairs found that expanding Medicaid coverage leads to fewer post-birth hospitalizations. According to the study, the rate of hospitalizations of the newborn or mother within 60 days of birth decreased by 17 percent in states that have...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 10, 2023 | Inequities and SDOH
Black medical trainees were far more likely to carry a heavier debt burden than their peers in other racial and ethnic groups, according to a study published in Health Affairs. The study found trainees from nearly all underrepresented populations in medicine were...
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