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'Phantom' provider lists limit Medicaid mental health care access, study finds

Healthcare Dive

The Health Affairs research showed that inaccurate provider directories may create a barrier to treatment for a population that needs it most.

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Prison Health Care is Broken Under the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy

Bill of Health

Incarcerated individuals need health care, but punitive policies make securing access to care particularly difficult among this population, which numbers about 2.1 As a first step to protecting incarcerated individuals’ right to health, Congress should repeal the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy (MIEP).

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Massachusetts governor signs law safeguarding telehealth coverage

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Much of the uncertainty has centered around insurance coverage , with some private insurers already moving to roll back coverage of virtual care while others have taken steps in the opposite direction. Congress to enact more lasting changes. ON THE RECORD. Julian Cyr, D-Truro. " Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Medicaid and Health Equity: CalAIM’s Bold Experiment

Healthcare Law Blog

More than 13 million people were enrolled in Medi-Cal in California in September 2021, making it the largest Medicaid program in the nation. In 2015, DHCS launched the WPC Pilots as part of its Medi-Cal 2020 Section 1115 Demonstration.

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Medicaid & Health Equity: Addressing Disparities in Maternal and Mental Health

HIT Consultant

The Medicaid population, who typically benefits from progress last, still grapples with harmful biases within the healthcare system that pose extreme barriers to care. But since this critical care area has been overlooked for too long, it has yet to reach the same level of accessibility other specialties offer.

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Reflections on the United States Health Care System and the Right to Health

Bill of Health

America is the only wealthy nation to lack universal health coverage. At the end of the PHE, states began Medicaid disenrollment, and more than 7 million people have already lost health insurance this year. In short, the pandemic underscored the need for a rights-based approach to health in the U.S.,

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Addressing Ghost Networks in Mental Health Care

Bill of Health

The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 requires Medicaid plans to publish and update accurate and searchable provider directories. Insurers should also work to decrease the shortage of mental health care providers in their networks.