The OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire
The OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire is a dynamic weekly web-based publication that helps you quickly spot the latest trends in the behavioral health care industry. We cover the stories that are going to have an impact on the way you do business—from policy developments, federal and state legislation, and financial trends pieces, to the latest evidence-based practice research and technological developments. You won’t find any other news source that brings you this type of in-depth coverage specifically designed for the field.
The Weekly News Wire is organized by topics so that you can review all the news affecting the health and human service marketplace, but also easily focus on the stories that interest you most. Each week, we cover the latest developments in children's, mental health & chemical dependency, intellectual & developmental disability, and disability support services; as well as the most recent strategic health care topics.
From health care reform legislation, to updates on the state budget crisis, the OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire provides you with the information that your organization needs to succeed in the marketplace.
May 21, 2012 Edition
65 Medicare Accountable Care Organizations In Operation As of April 1, 2012
Weekly News "Hot Off The Wire"
On April 10, 2012, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it had selected a 27 organizations to participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program payment reform demonstration, making a total of 65 accountable care organizations (ACOs) selected since January 2012. The selected ACOs will serve more than 1.1 million fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries. The number of ACOs will increase in July 1, 2012 and again in January 2012. CMS is currently reviewing more than 150 applications from ACOs seeking to participate in the Shared Savings Program beginning July 1, 2012... Full Article
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- May 14, 2012: New York Medicaid Health Home Initiative Underway
- May 07, 2012: 41% Of Patients Use Social Media To Choose Health Care Provider Organizations
- April 30, 2012: Medicaid Balancing Incentives Payment Program Brings $3 Billion In Funding To Move Long-Term Care To Community
- April 23, 2012: First Brain Imaging Test For Alzheimer's Disease Approved
- April 16, 2012: Nine Health Plans In Four California Counties Selected For 2013 Dual Eligible Managed Care Pilot
- April 9, 2012: Missouri Child Welfare Services for High Needs Children Out To Bid On Case Rate Basis
- April 2, 2012: Colorado Expands Child Welfare Reforms Statewide, Focuses On County Accountability
- March 26, 2012: Pennsylvania Revises Consolidated & Person-Directed Medicaid Waivers
- March 12, 2012: U.S. Department Of Labor Proposes Minimum Wage For Home Health Workers
- March 05, 2012:New England Medicare Beneficiaries Granted Coverage of rTMS for Treatment Resistant Depression
- February 27, 2012:Medicare Rate Cuts Postponed Until December 31, 2012
- February 20, 2012:Military Removes State Licensure As Behavioral Telehealth Requirement
- February 13, 2012: Health Care Spending Increases 3.9% in 2010
- February 6, 2012: California RFP For Dual Eligible Demonstration Health Plans Out To Bid
- January 30, 2012:68% of People With a Mental Health Disorder Have a Comorbid Medical Problem
- January 16, 2012:Ohio Moving IDD Services To Consumer Self-Directed Model
- January 9, 2012:Missouri Health Homes Launched January 1, 2012
- January 2, 2012:New York Medicaid To Integrate Care for Duals Through ACOs
- December 26, 2011:Feds To Allow States To Decide on Essential Health Benefits
- December 19, 2011:Rhode Island Medicaid To Launch Mandatory Health Homes For SMI Population
- December 12, 2011:20% of U.S. Population Had Prescriptions for Mental Health-Related Medications in 2010
- December 5, 2011:IOM Supports Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy for Traumatic Brain Injury Despite Limited Evidence
- November 28, 2011:Merger & Acquisition Activity in Behavioral Health & Social Service Sector To Accelerate Over Next Three Years
- November 21, 2011:State Mental Health Budgets Cut 5% Since 2009
- November 14, 2011:Four Physical/Behavioral Health Integration Models Emerging in State Plans
- November 7, 2011:Half of States Expanding Medicaid Managed Care in 2012
- October 31, 2011:5% of Adults Have Serious Mental Illness, Prevalence Highest in Rhode Island & Lowest in Hawaii
- October 24, 2011:60% of Medicare Psychiatric Hospitalizations Are for People Under Age 65