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Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act: Comprehensive Final Rule Expected in 2024

Healthcare Law Insights blog

In the United States, mental health (“MH”) and substance use disorder (“SUD”) (collectively “MH/SUD”) have continued to represent areas of intense concern. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the MH struggles of essential workers and health care professionals were pushed to the forefront. 1] Substance Abuse Mental Health Servs.

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Cultural Mental Healthcare Disparities

Diversity Nursing

There are large disparities in mental healthcare across races and ethnicities in the U.S. Many factors contribute to the poor mental health outcomes of minority populations. Such as: Inaccessible mental healthcare services. Lacking health insurance coverage. Cultural stigma regarding mental healthcare.

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Native American Healthcare Disparities: Challenges and Solutions

Relias

In 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health (OMH) reported that 42.1% of citizens identifying as American Indian or Alaska Native relied on Medicaid or other public health insurance, and 14.9% on Medicaid or public health insurance and only 6.3% with 34.3%

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10 FAQs About Nurse Practitioners

Board Vitals - Nursing

All healthcare providers, including nurse practitioners, who are covered under HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability), must obtain a National Provider Identifier (NPI). Which NP specialty makes the most money?

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Nurses Are Closing Gaps in Care of LGBTQ Patients

Nurse.com

They learned in 2019 that theirs would be the first fellowship in the country to offer this type of postgraduate specialty training for NPs. of people identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, health education related to this patient population was surprisingly low when Trossello was planning the fellowship in 2019.

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Nurse referrals to pharmacy

American Nurse

The EHR combined all pharmacy use by all patients in the complex care management department and calculated pharmacy costs on a per patient per month basis, which is the health insurance industry standard for capturing population health data. 1002798 World Health Organization. 2021;46(1):151-92. NCHS Data Brief, no 347.

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Overcoming Staff Shortages: A Guide to Proactive Solutions

Celayix

in September 2019. However, some possible effects that have been widely discussed include continued economic disruption, the possibility of additional waves of infection, and ongoing challenges to mental health. The unemployment rate remained low for the next few years, reaching a record low of 3.5% economy was hit hard.