June 7, 2016 | Alison Knopf
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For behavioral health providers, the most significant provision of the new rule allows Medicaid to pay for 15 days of inpatient treatment in a facility with more than 16 beds, tempering the often bemoaned IMD exclusion.
May 2, 2016 | Julie Miller, Editor in Chief
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CEO Philip Eaton has seen an evolution in attitudes toward behavioral health as well as new opportunities to serve the changing needs of patients.
April 18, 2016 | Julie Miller, Editor in Chief
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The Betty Ford West Los Angeles outpatient center now has in-network status among 14 managed care health plans, a move meant to increase access to services for those who use insurance benefits.
February 15, 2016 | Brian Albright
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Cost management and quality outcomes will be critical for treatment centers that hope to stay in the black under new value-based reimbursement arrangements.
January 11, 2016 | Julie Miller, Editor in Chief
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas is discontinuing the requirement for prior authorization of mental health services, however, the plan instead will audit providers retrospectively.
September 3, 2015 | Julie Miller, Editor in Chief
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A large Medicaid managed care organization is acquiring two behavioral health providers, further evidence of an industry trend.
August 4, 2015 | Julia Brown, Associate Editor
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The business case for integration is in the cost savings as well as patient and provider satisfaction. But making such a change can be hard.
August 3, 2015 | Gary A. Enos, Contributing Editor
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Treatment Research Institute adviser David Gastfriend, MD, says the SBIRT model should be turned on its head.
August 3, 2015 | Julie Miller, Editor in Chief
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Mental health and substance use treatment providers must learn to speak the language of other stakeholders and play a role in population health initiatives.
July 14, 2015 | Gary A. Enos, Editor
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Over the last two decades, the Sexual Recovery Institute became one of the most prominent programs treating sexual addiction and intimacy disorders. Its closing reflects the increasing availability of other levels of care.
July 8, 2015 | Julie Miller, Editor in Chief
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Health insurer Humana has renamed its LifeSynch unit, which it purchased in 2005, as Humana Behavioral Health. The unit will continue to manage the behavioral health provider network.
June 25, 2015 | Julie Miller, Editor in Chief
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Nothing has changed. If you accept Medicaid payment or commercial insurance at your treatment center, all is status quo.
