Santa Fe, N.M.-based Quel Health launched a telehealth platform focused on using GLP-1 receptor agonists in addiction care. The platform is available in 41 states and the District of Columbia, with national coverage planned by year-end, according to a Sept. 8 news…
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Monday morning is when the cost of inconsistent patient access surfaces — unmet demand, backed-up calls, stretched staff and provider capacity that patients cannot reach. For specialty practices, access is no longer just an operational headache; it’s a growth lever.…
Presented by:
- Marie D’Aiuto, VP of Patient Access Innovation, Assort Health
- Michael T. Rohmiller, M.D., Orthopedic Spine Surgeon, Beacon Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, Strategic Advisor, Assort Health
- Mandy McClellan, Director of Support Services, OrthoIndy
Atlanta-based Marcus Autism Center, a subsidiary of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, and Emory University School of Medicine were awarded up to $17.25 million from Aligning Research to Impact Autism. The funding will allow the providers to join the Innovative Medicine…
Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health opened an electroconvulsive therapy clinic for patients with serious psychiatric illnesses. The clinic, located on UC Davis Health’s Sacramento campus, provides electroconvulsive therapy for conditions including treatment-resistant depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and catatonia, according to…
Federal lawmakers have introduced or revived several bills this year aimed at expanding access to addiction and mental health treatment, from new Medicare coverage for residential opioid treatment to permanent funding for community behavioral health clinics. Here are eight to…
For most of the 2000s, workplace wellness was sold as a way to bend the claims cost curve. A 2010 Harvard Business Review article made the bullish case, using Johnson & Johnson’s program as its example, and wellness moved from…
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A man died after he was shot by a hospital security officer in the emergency department at Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center in Houston on Sept. 5, according to a Sept. 8 Houston Police Department news release. The man,…
From large health systems to community-based centers, behavioral health providers are facing adversity with pending regulatory actions, looming funding changes and cuts to already tight reimbursement rates, leading to the closure of facilities and potential disruptions of care. Here are…
Florida had the most facilities flagged worse than the national psychiatric readmission rate, with 19 — nearly two and a half times California’s total, the next-highest state, according to data from CMS. The agency’s Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Quality Reporting Program,…
Healthcare supply chain has evolved over the years as the landscape increases in complexity. Today, supply chain leaders play a critical role in removing operational barriers that impact clinicians, patients, and organizational performance. From ensuring products are available when and…
Presented by:
- Ana Victoria Sanchez, VP of Supply Chain & Support Services, Virtua
- Julio Carrillo, VP of Supply Chain, Baylor Scott & White
- Wes Crampton, President, MedSpeed
- Eric Tritch, SVP Supply Chain and Support Services, University of Chicago Medicine
