Funding Models for Depression Care Management in Primary Care Settings
Posted on March 29, 2010 - Filed Under Health & Fitness | Leave a Comment
A key component of the chronic illness care model for treatment of depression is care management: a collaborative process of assessment, planning, facilitation, and advocacy for options and services to meet an individual’s health needs through communication and available resources to promote quality and cost-effective outcomes. Several well-controlled studies have demonstrated the clinical efficacy and cost effectiveness of care management for behavioral disorders in general and for depression in primary care settings specifically.
Health Care Reform and Behavioral Health: Responding to New Demands and Emerging Health Crises
Posted on December 21, 2009 - Filed Under Health & Fitness | Leave a Comment
All signs point to Congress passing a comprehensive health care reform bill in 2009, potentially expanding health insurance coverage to 46 million uninsured Americans. This objective will be achieved through a combination of Medicaid eligibility expansions as well as the creation of a new health insurance exchange – basically a new health insurance market place – for persons earning above 100% of the Federal Poverty Level. Premiums for participants in the exchange will be heavily subsidized by the federal government.