Payment Transparency One of my interests in healthcare is transparency in payment. I have not always known this as being as issue,however, it is certainly part of the picture for overall healthcare reform especially when it comes to cost reduction. About 15 years ago, my spouse had a co-worker who was undergoing cancer treatment and […]
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The recent $25.6 million verdict against Aetna insurance company exposes another flaw in the payment systems of US healthcare. The gist of the case is that Aetna denied coverage for proton beam therapy for stage 4 nasopharyngeal cancer which the plaintiff argued as showing bad faith by Aetna to the insured, who died before the
Recently there was a lengthy discussion of payments rates for clinical social workers on the NASW Community Forum and enjoyed reading all the comments and agreed with many of them! For what is it worth, I am in private practice. However, I have worked for a profit and non-profit employers and a managed care company.
Given the pressing need for expanding behavioral health care access and options, inclusive of the opioid use crisis, there is an understandable enthusiasm for applying digital technology, including mobile phones, apps, and wearables, for improving behavioral health care and making therapy more accessible. The ubiquity of mobile phones by Americans and the growing use digital
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