Fond du Lac County, Wis., leaders are considering closing the county’s 16-bed inpatient behavioral healthcare acute psychiatric unit due to rising operating costs, according to a July 7 report from ABC affiliate WBAY. The Fond du Lac County Public Safety…
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Vizient projects behavioral health outpatient volumes to grow 22% over the next decade, more than seven times the 3% increase predicted by population trends alone, according to the company’s 2026 Impact of Change forecast. Vizient’s forecast models 10-year demand projections…
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration unveiled more than $281 million through 15 grant programs to support addiction treatment, overdose prevention, mental health services and recovery initiatives, according to a July 6 news release from HHS. Here are…
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A mandatory bundled payment model is arriving for orthopedic care, and under CJR-X, hospitals and health systems will be accountable for the total cost and quality of each episode — whether or not they are prepared. Programs that misjudge their…
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- P. Maxwell Courtney, MD, Chair of AAHKS Advocacy Committee Division Chief of Adult Reconstruction at Rothman Orthopedics Associate Professor, Orthopedic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University
- Stephen Engstrom, MD, MBA, AAHKS Advocacy Committee Member
- Bronwyn Spira PT, MPT, Founder & CEO, Force Therapeutics
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Too many payers run their value-based care strategy on a stack of disconnected point solutions. Chart retrieval tools don’t connect to quality alert platforms. Coding tools don’t talk to claims systems. Every vendor brings its own implementation, training and contract…
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Americans are living longer, but the healthcare system is not keeping pace. By 2030, the U.S. is projected to face a shortage of 121,900 physicians. At the same time, 63.7 percent of adults age 65 and older are managing two…
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Across the country, behavioral health leaders are redrawing the blueprint for care — smoothing patient access, merging mental and physical health under one roof, and using AI to route patients before a crisis ever reaches the emergency room. Becker’s asked…