Missouri is no longer seeing a Medicaid application backlog, the state's social services department director told state lawmakers, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Sept. 14.
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Karen Lynch, CEO and president of CVS Health, says it's time to change the conversation around mental health — and business leaders have a role to play by supporting employees and recognizing mental health as an everyday health issue.
A task force made up of Oregon state legislators and healthcare representatives is moving forward with a plan to establish a $57 billion single-payer healthcare system administered by the state.
The U.S. Census Bureau published updated statistics on the number of people insured in the United States and the types of health insurance they have.
Providers in the Detroit area are the most likely to accept Medicaid patients, while those in the Dallas area are the least likely, according to a new survey from staffing firms AMN Healthcare and Merritt Hawkins.
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Providers in the Detroit area are the most likely to accept Medicare patients in 2022, while those in the New York City area are the least likely, according to a new survey from staffing firms AMN Healthcare and Merritt Hawkins.
Mental and behavioral health along with spending on specialty drugs represent two accelerating trends in terms of their relevance to employee benefits packages and to employers' total spend.
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Oregon is adding mobile crisis intervention services, which connect people experiencing mental health or substance use crises with a behavioral health specialist, to its Medicaid services.
The American Medical Association, the Medical Society of New Jersey and the Washington State Medical Association joined a class-action lawsuit against Cigna Sept. 12 for allegedly failing to pay medical claims in full after members submitted them through MultiPlan, the…