This is an exclusive BHB+ story Medicaid is the No. 1 payer for youth mental health care in the nation. Yet, with proposed cuts on the chopping block as| Behavioral Health Business
The Trump administration has proposed cutting over $28.6 billion in health care and mental health-related spending under its newly released discretionary| Behavioral Health Business
Conflicting viewpoints about potential changes to the hospice aggregate cap have increasingly come to the forefront in recent years. While the cap for| Hospice News
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has recommended to Congress a freeze on hospice payment increases starting in 2026. In its annual report| Hospice News
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has once again recommended a 20% cut to the aggregate cap for hospice payments. The commission also| Hospice News
Hospice payment capitation is increasingly coming under examination amid rising program integrity concerns in recent years. Hospices are weighing the| Hospice News
With Congress unlikely to immediately agree on a bill to fund the government beyond Sept. 30, consequences include a reduction in Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments and the expiration of Medicare waivers that authorize expanded coverage of telehealth and in-home acute care services. Those cutbacks would be temporary, in all likelihood, lasting for however… The post Government shutdown watch: Various hospital funding sources to be curtailed appeared first on HFMA.| HFMA
The forthcoming transition to the Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation (HOPE) tool could have a ripple effect on hospices’ financial sustainability, an| Hospice News
Preventing unnecessary care and medication prescriptions is the primary purpose of prior authorization. Instead, it has all too often led to slower,| Behavioral Health Business
Behavioral health providers in one state have come out on top in a battle to remove prior authorization requirements for opioid use disorder (OUD)| Behavioral Health Business
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) is the latest health care payer to highlight the impact of skyrocketing behavioral health utilization. Specifically,| Behavioral Health Business
The hotly contested One Big Beautiful Bill Act was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives for a second and final time with a vote of 218–214. It will| Behavioral Health Business
The AHA’s new Costs of Caring report highlights how hospitals and health systems continue to experience significant financial pressures that challenge their ability to provide 24/7 care for patients and communities.| American Hospital Association | AHA News
This is an exclusive BHB+ story Medicaid faces potential cuts after the Republican-led Congress passed a budget resolution to slash the outlays overseen| Behavioral Health Business
The University maintains an Accountable Plan which allows an employer (the University) to reimburse employees on a non-taxable basis when certain requirements are met. These regulations relate to reimbursing employees for business expenses, where reimbursement is not counted as income. This reimb...| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Knowledge Base
