Health Care Access Medicaid Public Health 
Bill of Health
JANUARY 26, 2022
Incarcerated individuals need health care, but punitive policies make securing access to care particularly difficult among this population, which numbers about 2.1 As a first step to protecting incarcerated individuals’ right to health, Congress should repeal the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy (MIEP).
Bill of Health
DECEMBER 6, 2023
The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 requires Medicaid plans to publish and update accurate and searchable provider directories. Insurers should also work to decrease the shortage of mental health care providers in their networks.
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Jane Sarashon
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
In addition to highlighting the Patient’s Bill of Rights, NABIP’s keynotes and general sessions will speak to similar topics being brainstormed at VIVE this week — including mental health, maternal health, pharmacy and prescription drugs (pricing, PBMs), population health, and Medicare and Medicaid innovations.
Health Populi
DECEMBER 6, 2018
Gallup points out in its analysis that the government is already a major health care channeler and funder through Medicare and Medicaid. I’ll add into that the Veterans Administration system, and TRICARE (once known as “CHAMPUS,” health assurance for military service members and their families).
YouCompli
AUGUST 9, 2023
An opportunity to reframe, regroup, and refocus Now that the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) is well behind us, we have an opportunity to reframe patient expectations – and regroup and refocus on compliance-related patient care needs.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JANUARY 4, 2021
Charlie Baker signed into law a wide-ranging bill that includes expanding access to telehealth after the COVID-19 public health emergency abates. At the beginning of the COVID-19 public health emergency, Baker enacted an emergency order requiring insurers to cover telehealth in order to help ensure provider and patient safety.
HIT Consultant
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
The Medicaid population, who typically benefits from progress last, still grapples with harmful biases within the healthcare system that pose extreme barriers to care. But since this critical care area has been overlooked for too long, it has yet to reach the same level of accessibility other specialties offer.
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