For the staff at the Senior Recovery Center in Maplewood, Minn., helping older adults overcome substance use disorders is a calling, said Christine Martinek, a licensed alcohol and drug counselor there. But it’s a more challenging calling when the adults who need treatment are on Medicare.
After a college student finally found a treatment that worked, the insurance giant decided it wouldn't pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer's hidden procedures...
With Emergency Department violence at record levels, administrators are turning to technology—and the EHR—to help clinicians identify and treat aggressive or stressed patients.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued guidance changing Medicaid and CHIP coverage for eConsults, or provider-to-provider specialty consults conducted via digital health or...
