Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting: MedStar Health, a multidisciplinary and multispecialty health care system in the mid-Atlantic. Intervention: Patient navigation program to specialist treatment from primary care with additional referral to behavioral health services. were on Medicaid insurance when diagnosed. Among new patients, 58.9%

Behavioral Health Services 130

Behavioral Health Services Primary Care Patients Healthcare 130

GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

I have 24,500 veterans on our caseload, 14,000 individuals with diagnosed mental health issue, 8,500 with an alcohol and substance abuse. I think it can be tempting to kind of silo it to, oh, that’s just aging and independent services. 60% of all medical costs have nothing to do with your health diagnosis.

Community 89

Community Nurse Practitioner Provider IT 89

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

By the time Eric Tennant was diagnosed in 2023 with a rare cancer of the bile ducts, the disease had spread to his bones. But that’s when his family began fighting another adversary: their health insurer, which decided the treatment was “not medically necessary,” according to insurance paperwork.

Insurance 52

Insurance Patients Behavioral Health Services Diagnose 52