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Budget Battle Over Mental Health Reform
Lawmakers in Richmond are deep in budget negotiations and will soon decide which parts of the mental health-care system will receive a funding boost.
Lawmakers in Richmond are deep in budget negotiations and will soon decide which parts of the mental health-care system will receive a funding boost. The House and Senate proposals have a number of differences, and what emerges will likely be a mash-up of the two. Here is a short summary of the major proposals in play:
Bed registry: That an online registry of state psychiatric beds is only starting in 2014 is somewhat baffling. It was in the works before the death of Austin “Gus” Deeds, son of Sen. R. Creigh Deeds (D-Bath), that galvanized reform efforts this year, but wasn’t ready in November to help local mental health workers find him a psychiatric bed in time. It finally went live Monday, state officials announced Tuesday morning. Both the House and Senate have budgeted the same amount of money to support the registry, roughly $234,000 over the next two years.
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Source: The Washington Post
Bridging the Vaccination Gap: Insights on Global Immunization Challenges
July 30th 2024On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with Jeffery A. Goad, PharmD, MPH, 2024-2025 president of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, on the recent report from the World Health Organization and UNICEF on public immunization rates, with national and global health implications.
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Double Trouble: High-Deductible Plans Raise Maternity Care Costs Across 2 Calendar Years
June 27th 2024On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with the author of a study published in the June 2024 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® about how annual high-deductible insurance plans increase maternity care costs when pregnancies cross 2 calendar years.
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