May 16, 2023 | Medicare, Physician Fee Schedule
Recent Developments in Primary Care: PFS policy has been mostly positive for primary care specialties: family practice, general practice, internal medicine, and geriatrics. Click here to read more.
May 12, 2023 | Managed Care Friday
$114 Million: The amount L.A. Care Health Plan and Health Net will invest over the next several years to address the homelessness crisis in Los Angeles County. Due to the growing number of seniors and people with disabilities experiencing homelessness, the funding will be used to identify the daily living needs of unhoused people and connect them with caregiver help, along with securing leases on as many as 1,900 housing units and paying for things like vacancy coverage and trash services. Buckeye Health Decline: Ohioans have experienced a clear decrease in overall health, according to...
May 9, 2023 | Medicaid, Medicare, MedPAC
MedPAC: Assessing payment adequacy and updating mandated reports for Congress. MACPAC: Publishing reports on disclosure of nursing facility ownership, nursing facility payment data, and drug coverage. Click to read more.
May 5, 2023 | Managed Care Friday
1.7 Million: The number of calls, texts and chats into the national 988 suicide crisis lifeline during the first 5 months of its existence. How the 988 staff deals with these situations and sets up emergency response or makes referrals is still an open question. US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy recently proposed “a national framework to rebuild social connection and community in America” given rising evidence of loneliness and depression in ~60% of young adults and ~50% of mothers with young children according to some studies. Poor Urgent Care: Several insurers are now eliminating copayments...
