Oct 12, 2018 | Managed Care Friday
Note: We will reporting live from the Payer’s Behavioral Health Summit in DC Oct 16-17; the first Managed Care Friday Forum series will be held at the end of this month; guests and topics to be announced. 1. 1 in 5: That’s the number of women who suffer from post-partum depression in some states according to CDC research. New studies show that most post-partum depression symptoms actually occur during pregnancy. 1 in 4 men can also experience post-partum. Read more from an interview with a Connecticut delivery nurse by clicking here. 2. MA Drug Step Down: United’s step therapy program for...
Sep 28, 2018 | Managed Care Friday
I ranked my kids last weekend and let’s just say 4 of the 5 kids stormed out of the room, arguing with both my methodology and motives. That I gave my daughter Sophie 20 bonus points simply because I like her best didn’t go over well. The rankings have consequences – fewer chores, better snacks to the top ranked, fewer TV remote privileges to the bottom tier. Rankings matter, maybe not so much in college sports where post-season committees at times pick tournament teams based more so on popularity and history than performance; but they matter, and increasingly in healthcare. Jodie, 58, told...
Sep 21, 2018 | Managed Care Friday
1. 25: That’s the number of attempts of suicide estimated per suicide death. It’s a tragic stat and one that has created a new support model in Europe. Emergency medical services obviously can play an incredible role in managing patients who have attempted suicide in getting them to proper care. In London, the Ambulance Services NHS Trust is recruiting Mental Health Practitioners to increase their 24/7 specialist-enhanced clinical assessments and to support people who have called the service for mental health issues. They are looking for practitioners who can make clinical decisions, and...
Sep 14, 2018 | Managed Care Friday
1. 29: That’s the number out of every 1,000 children age 8 that have autism in the state of New Jersey according to a study found conducted by the CDC. New Jersey is the state with the highest rate and Arkansas is the lowest with 13. Rates increased to 1 out of every 59 8-year-olds with autism according to the same study conducted in public schools, health care facilities and special education programs. The 11 states that have shown increases are Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Tennessee and Wisconsin. To read more about autism...
Sep 7, 2018 | Managed Care Friday
1. 84: Percent of primary care providers in our poll of 406 PCPs, OBGYNs, physician assistants and nurse practitioners under the age of 35 who say the number one condition they see in patients today….stress. 2. Physicians Finishing 2nd: In youth sports, all the kids get trophies and cupcakes, even kids like mine who score for the other team sometimes or little Bobby who spends the entire game offsides yet celebrates as though he’s Pele or Messi after every goal. In healthcare, breaking the rules and then celebrating them is a problem but giving one over to the other team (like discharging a...
Aug 31, 2018 | Managed Care Friday
1. 45: Dr Karens felt a bit like Larry David did during that classic Curb Your Enthusiasm scene when a woman got called in to see the doctor before Larry, only because she signed in first, even though Larry’s appointment was earlier. ‘I call Shenanigans!’ Larry argued. Dr. Karens, a pediatrician at a busy practice in the northeast I’ve known for about a decade, told me this week that she had to cancel our monthly chat because she lost her two best NPs to the local hospital and was knee deep in patient visits for sniffles and ‘the angry mob of helicopter moms’ whose children’s ‘red finger...
