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Improving Access to Medicare Home Health Care: Key Policy Considerations

Misaligned payment and quality incentives, Medicare Advantage practices, and workforce constraints can limit Medicare ...
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Patients’ Perspectives on AI in Primary Care

Patients view the use of AI in primary care as inevitable but see opportunities for the technology to improve care and ...
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States Are Using Creative Strategies to Help Older Adults and Individuals with Disabilities Live Independently

States Are Using Creative Strategies to Help Older Adults and Individuals with Disabilities Live Independently. Diane Shields ...
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Digital Innovations at Community Health Centers: AI Clinical Decision Support for CHC Providers and Patients — the Promise and Peril

AI Clinical Decision Support for CHC Providers and Patients — the Promise and Peril. Dr. Andy Beck, cofounder and CEO of ...
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What H.R. 1’s Changes to Medicaid Payment Error Rules Mean for States

Medicaid payment error rates under H.R. 1 could rise due to work requirements and other changes that make eligibility ...
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Improving Medicare’s Home Health Benefit: Beneficiary Experiences and Priorities

While most Medicare home health experiences are positive, gaps remain in beneficiary knowledge, care coordination, and access ...
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States Are Planning Their Responses to H.R. 1 Cuts in Medicaid Funding — Will Enrollees Lose Benefits?

Explore our newly updated, enhanced, and expanded International Health Care System Profiles to learn how 31 countries across six continents approach health care. Over the next 10 years, federal ...
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Mental Health Needs in the U.S. Compared to Nine Other Countries

Findings from the Commonwealth Fund 2023 International Health Policy Survey Like other high-income countries, the United States has experienced a rise in mental health conditions over the past four ...
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Medicare Reforms Support Behavioral Health by Expanding Access to Peer Support Specialists and Community Health Workers

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized reforms to Medicare payment for 2024 that will expand access to behavioral health care services. Notably, the reforms increase coverage ...
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Ensuring Access to Behavioral Health Providers

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) sets minimum provider network standards that all marketplace plans must meet to guarantee access to covered services, including behavioral health. Beginning in 2023, ...