Episodes
Understanding the Mental Health Parity Act: A Guide for Providers (From Payer Executives)
In this episode of the VBCA Podcast, host Alex Yarijanian and guest Dr. Chris Esguerra delve into the complexities of mental health parity, emphasizing the necessity for behavioral health services to receive the same level of care and coverage as physical health services. They discuss the challenges providers face when navigating insurance plans and the barriers to accessing equitable care for patients.
Changing Demographics & Value-Based Care
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://healthcare-wiki.com/2022/03/12/changing-demographics-value-based-care/
Paying for Biopsychosocial Care
The system used to pay for health care today does not encourage the integration of health care and social care, nor can it adequately adapt to the trending shift toward value-based payments for care — paying for better qualit...
Telehealth Landscape Overview 50 States + DC
No two states are alike in how telehealth is defined and regulated. While there are some similarities in language, perhaps indicating states may have utilized existing verbiage from other states, noticeable differences exist....
Florida Market Telehealth Rule & Controlled Substances
During the 2019 legislative session, Florida passed Chapter 2019-137, Laws of Florida , which establishes standards of practice for telehealth services, including patient evaluations, record-keeping, and controlled substances...
How to Talk to Health Plans for Mental Health Coverage.
California Governor Gavin Newsom on September 25 signed Senate Bill 855, Health coverage: mental health or substance use disorders, into law. The law increases health and disability insurers' coverage obligations for mental h...