By Kelsey Waddill September 08, 2020 – Under a newly revised bill from the California state legislature, California health plans will have to cover mental health conditions to the same extent they do medical services in an effort to achieve mental healthcare parity. The California Mental Health Parity Act—passed in 1999—already required health plans and disability… Read More »
Health Tech Aug 24, 2020• By JESSICA DaMASSA, WTF HEALTH From his vantage point at the helm of one of healthcare’s biggest IT infrastructure companies, Change Healthcare’s President & CEO, Neil de Crescenzo, has an unrivaled perspective at how covid19 has impacted hospital systems and payers. His business builds the “connective tissue” that not only… Read More »
By KEN TERRY (This is the first in a series of excerpts from Terry’s new book, Physician-Led Healthcare Reform: a New Approach to Medicare for All, published by the American Association for Physician Leadership.) Even before COVID-19, healthcare reform seemed to be stuck between a rock and a hard place, but there is a rational… Read More »
CMS will resume auditing healthcare providers’ Medicare claims in two weeks, months after suspending such work due to COVID-19. The agency performs a variety of fee-for-service claims reviews, many through private contractors, to ensure hospitals, physician clinics and other healthcare providers weren’t overpaid for services. It temporarily put most audits on hold in March when… Read More »