Oct 28, 2022 | Managed Care Friday
6: The number of states with fewer than 30% of needed physicians available, according to data from the Health Resources and Services Administration. They include Alaska, Washington, Nebraska, Missouri, New Jersey and Delaware. In Delaware, only 16.4% of the primary care physicians needed are available. Rhode Island is the state with the greatest share of need met at 72.1%. Look What’s On Channel 9: Samsung is bringing primary care to your living room, courtesy of your smart TV. Through a partnership with virtual primary care company HealthTap, Samsung Smart TV users can connect to the...
Oct 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
The brief highlights recent Medicaid policy developments in key states over the past week, including, but not limited to: KY: Will extend coverage for dental, vision and hearing care ME: Added coverage for outpatient partial hospitalization services MN: Awards Medicaid MCO contracts for non-metro counties Click to read more.
Oct 21, 2022 | Managed Care Friday
400: The percent increase in virtual care utilization since the pandemic started according to United Healthcare’s Kristin Rantala, national VP of sales and client management. Rantala says the level of telehealth “climbed so much throughout the pandemic” and has continued. Based on data from the past two years, BCBS of North Carolina has announced plans to expand telehealth coverage for primary care, behavioral health, and outpatient visits and BCBS of Massachusetts is following suit by rolling out a new virtual primary care option, allowing members to receive comprehensive telehealth through...
Oct 18, 2022 | Legislation/ Budgets/ Macro, Medicaid, Medicare, MedPAC
MedPAC: Assessing payment adequacy and updating mandated reports for Congress. MACPAC: Publishing reports on state strategies for unwinding the PHE continuous coverage requirement, Medicaid managed care, nursing facility payment rates, and improving care for dually eligible beneficiaries in Medicaid FFS. Click to read more.
