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'60 Minutes' accuses insurers of denying mental health claims

The news magazine 60 Minutes said on a recent show that insurers are denying mental health claims for patients in need of chronic long-term mental healthcare. In fact, the show said Anthem had more than a 90 percent denial rate for mental health claims, according to CBS News.

States make headway in keeping super-users out of ERs

Super-users, the patients who make a revolving door of hospital emergency rooms and often lack insurance or even the vaguest social safety net, have been one of the biggest cost burdens in healthcare delivery.

Access to psychiatric care severely limited in major cities

Despite a recent movement to increase primary care physicians' ability to identify m ental-health problems  in their patients, many may struggle to get their patients access to psychiatric care, according to a s tudy  published online today by  Psychiatric Services.

Healthcare future involves greater patient engagement, innovation and partnerships

What does the future hold for hospitals and healthcare? Patient engagement, better mental health services, partnering with pharmacies, innovation and different reimbursement models, according to a panel discussion at Wednesday's Health Care Forum 2014, sponsored by  The Economist.

Mental health barriers in hospitals lead to standalone urgent care clinics

County health officials in California opened a  mental h ealth  urgent care center in the South Los Angeles this week, in an effort to treat people in immediate crisis, while connecting them with ongoing care,  Kaiser Health News   report ed  in a blog post.

Train nurses in mental health issues earlier to close care gap

Training nurses in mental health issues earlier in their education could help close the gap in mental healthcare, as well as better equip nurses to deal with mentally ill patients,  accor ding to   Nurse.com. 

Should hospitals bear more responsibility for mentally ill?

With more and more stories of mental health patients injuring and killing healthcare worker across the country--most recently in Pennsylvania--hospitals and health systems need to focus more on treating mental illness, author Caroline Hamilton writes in  Security Info Watch.

More states ride the wave of mental-medical care coordination

Mental illness drives the majority of Medicaid costs, prompting Florida to offer the first Medicaid plan designed specifically for people who have serious mental health issues, Kaiser Health News reported.

ACA brings mixed news on mental health benefits

Despite concerns that mental health coverage mandates under the Affordable Care Act may strain the mental health system, it's it's been six months since implementation and people have yet to increase their use of mental health and substance abuse benefits, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.

Connect behavioral and medical health to better serve dual eligibles

As the fragmented healthcare system starts to see chronic illness and mental conditions collide, integrated behavioral and medical health is key to streamlining care and curbing costs for the dual-eligible patient population, psychiatrists from WellPoint and Molina Healthcare told an audience last week at the AHIP Institute in Seattle.