Health Care Policy, Quality, & Payer Administration Archives - Page 29 of 30

Patient-Centered Communication In The Mental Health Field

Interview March 6, 2017

Patient-centered care focuses on the needs, values, and preferences of the patient with the goal of improving wellbeing; good communication skills are essential for success. During part one of a… Read More

Addressing The Ethical & Legal Concerns Of Caregiver Involvement In The Treatment Planning Process: Recommendations For Psychiatrists

Article March 2, 2017

In February 2015, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) published an educational paper providing psychiatrists with recommendations on navigating the ethical and legal landscape of involving caregivers in treatment for individuals… Read More

New Multi-Year Study With Intermountain Healthcare Finds Integrated Team-Based Care Has Many Benefits For Patients & Providers, Some Drawbacks

Article March 2, 2017

A new study notes that there is limited research of the long-term, large scale efficacy of integrating mental health treatment into team-based primary care which meets the standards for patient-centered… Read More

Do Community Engagement & Planning Interventions, When Compared With Resources For Services Interventions, Demonstrate Greater Outcomes For Impoverished Populations? Comparative Findings From Community Partners In Care (CPIC) & Secondary Research

Article March 2, 2017

While it has been shown that primary care-based quality improvement (QI) programs for depression are effective at combatting racial and ethnic disparities in quality and access for mental health care… Read More

Follow Up Q&A – The MACRA Quality Payment Program: What Behavioral Health Care Professionals Should Know

Interview February 23, 2017

During this question and answer session, Paul Cotton, BA, Director of Federal Affairs at the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), and Elizabeth Arend, MPH, Quality Improvement Advisor at the… Read More

Webinar Summary – The MACRA Quality Payment Program: What Behavioral Health Care Professionals Should Know

Article February 23, 2017

This summary was developed utilizing the full recorded presentation of this webinar, which is available on PsychU for all members free of charge. For full sourcing and polling results, please… Read More

The MACRA Quality Payment Program: What Behavioral Health Care Professionals Should Know

Interview February 23, 2017

The Quality Payment Program (QPP) was developed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as part of the far reaching Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015… Read More

Do Inflammation & Metabolic Disturbances Metastasize To The Brain? Implications For Disease Modeling & Novel Approaches In Psychiatry (Inflammation Series Part 1)

On-Demand Webinar February 14, 2017

During this webinar, Dr. Roger S. McIntyre, Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology (University of Toronto), Head of the Mood Disorders Psychopharmacology Unit (University Health Network), and Executive Director of the… Read More

Bridging The Gap Between Primary Care & Psychiatry In The Treatment Of MDD: A Discussion Among Nurses

On-Demand Webinar February 8, 2017

While collaboration between primary care and psychiatry is a goal in treating mental illness, there remains significant opportunities for improvement. Nurses are well-positioned to contribute to this effort. In this… Read More

Recommendations For Implementing A Value-Based Insurance Design For Mental Health

Article January 13, 2017

The goal of value-based insurance designs (VBID) is to offer incentives to consumers to choose high- over low-value health care services; for example, by lowering consumers’ out-of-pocket costs for preventive… Read More

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