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'Phantom' provider lists limit Medicaid mental health care access, study finds

Healthcare Dive

The Health Affairs research showed that inaccurate provider directories may create a barrier to treatment for a population that needs it most.

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Gas ‘N Healthcare – How Transportation Links to Health Care Access and Financial Health

Health Populi

When it comes to health consumers home economics, it’s déjà vu all over again, and again, and again… The post Gas ‘N Healthcare – How Transportation Links to Health Care Access and Financial Health appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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Health Care Access on the Line — Audio-Only Visits and Digitally Inclusive Care

NEJM

Action is needed to ensure that the digital health revolution helps bring about a more equitable care delivery system. Audio-only visits could be a stepping stone to digitally inclusive health care.

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Massachusetts governor signs law safeguarding telehealth coverage

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"This legislation continues to advance our shared goal of transforming mental health care access and delivery in Massachusetts," said Sen. "This legislation will do so much good, but particularly it will expand mental health care access for rural residents, people of color, working families, and young people."

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Carceral Health Care Is Designed to Fail

Bill of Health

And we know that our prisons, jails, and detention centers employ doctors with suspended and limited licenses as the exclusive source for health care for incarcerated people. Carceral health care occurs within a regulatory vacuum.

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Prison Health Care is Broken Under the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy

Bill of Health

Currently, overburdened county and local jails provide inadequate care for incarcerated individuals with high rates of comorbidities, mental health issues, and COVID-19. Repealing the MIEP can significantly improve health care access for incarcerated individuals.

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Biden administration invests nearly $11M toward pediatric telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Pritzker signed a bill into law this past month requiring insurance reimbursement parity for virtual mental health and substance use disorder services. ON THE RECORD.