2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (978+ words) “The worried well.” “Rent-a-friend therapy.” I’ve heard all the terms. But in the post-COVID era, there has been a major increase in the number of individuals seeking behavioral healthcare. While many applaud this surge to connect more people with care…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (402+ words) The latest guidelines are not the administration’s revised parity law, but rather a framework for enforcement action and identifying red flags during the interim. A Sept. 8 bulletin from the Assistant Secretary for the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (891+ words) Andretti Brown via pexels.com Ready to dive into what’s shaping autism therapy-payer relations? Be a part of the Autism Investor Summit East this November 9–10. Get your tickets here. Alliance Health, a specialty Medicaid managed care organization (MCO) in North…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (740+ words) Psychiatric and addiction treatment providers in Montana are fighting to restore reimbursement for services they say have been downcoded by their state’s Blue Cross Blue Shield plan. Providers have also enlisted their state associations in bringing their complaints to state…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (338+ words) I very nearly didn’t write this article. It actually sat in draft form for 3 months while I (deeply) procrastinated over whether to give it the light of day. So here goes… So, we know we don’t have an awareness or…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (450+ words) As the federal government continues to put a microscope on behavioral health spending, substance use disorder providers are more focused than ever on avoiding fraud, waste and abuse. ​“I can’t remember in the 10 years plus I’ve been practicing law in…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1122+ words) The long-running tension between the autism therapy industry and its workforce may be reaching a new level of tension. For years, the industry has failed to resolve the perennial problem of high turnover among RBTs. These are typically hourly wage…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (360+ words) Plaintiff organizations named in the suit include: TML Recovery LLC, Encinitas Detox, Cardiff Health Services, Carlsbad Mental Health Services, Harbor Health, IMS Services, La Costa Recovery, San Diego Mental Health, Southern California Recovery Centers Oceanside and Sunray Services. This was…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (555+ words) Alex Green via pexels.com Medicaid spending on core psychotherapy services has more than doubled from 2018 to 2024, according to Behavioral Health Business’ analysis of data from a vital Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) system. Analysis also reveals the degree…...