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Position Statement on Measurement Based Care

Integrated Care News by CFHA

MBC is much more than simply administering behavioral health measures. Fixing Behavioral Health Care in America. A National Call for Measurement-Based Care in the Delivery of Behavioral Health Services. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). link] 16.

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Governor’s 2025-26 May Revision Proposes Major Cuts to Healthcare and Undermines Medi-Cal Expansion Commitments

California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP)

The state ended the General Fund backfill during the 2024-25 budget cycle, and did not allocate investments in the May revision, so the total amount of program support dropped to $24.6 million behavioral health services fund (BHSF ), and $1.46 million total funds ($1.46

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‘Not Accountable to Anyone’: As Insurers Issue Denials, Some Patients Run Out of Options

Physician's Weekly

And yet many doctors complain that insurance denials are worse than ever as the use of prior authorization has ramped up in recent years, reporting by KFF Health News and NBC News found. “There’s literally nothing we can do to get them to change,” she said in an April interview with KFF Health News. Senate report.