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New focus on whole person care relies on behavioral health integration

CMS proposes making BHI coordination of services reimbursable As part of its new approach to whole person health care, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) wants to reimburse clinical psychologists and clinical social workers for coordinating behavioral health integrations and services for Medicare patients. The plan was introduced in the CY 2023 Medicare…

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CMS addresses behavioral health workforce shortage with proposed regulatory changes

A nationwide shortage of all types of behavioral health staff – therapists, nurses, psychologists, substance use disorder treatment counselors and psychiatrists – is exacting a harsh toll on the behavioral health field. Long wait times for new assessments, longer times between visits, missed medication refills, and accelerating crisis situations head the list of patient and…

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Behavioral health care staff should take note as monkeypox declared PHE

Clinicians and other behavioral healthcare staff should take appropriate action now that the ongoing spread of monkeypox virus in the United States has been declared a Public Health Emergency (PHE), according to INFINITY consultants. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra officially declared the PHE on Thursday, Aug. 4. Read the PHE…

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