NPR Health - Shots

APRIL 17, 2023

Despite laws that say mental health care should be paid for on a par with other medical care, health insurance stopped covering the care a suicidal teen needed before she was stable. Image credit: Keith Negley for NPR)

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Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

adults with mental health and substance use disorders (MH/SUD) experienced significant increases in health insurance coverage. A new study published by the journal Addiction has found that those two changes—increased health insurance coverage and improved smoking outcomes—appear to be linked.

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

For Children and Adolescents From well-baby visits to adolescent health checks, children need regular developmental assessments, vision and hearing screenings, immunizations, and behavioral health evaluations. Our family-centered approach ensures children receive age-appropriate preventive care.

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

MARCH 7, 2025

MAFP Legislative Priorities in Action The following pieces of legislation, currently under consideration, align with the MAFP’s legislative priorities of reducing administrative burdens, investing in primary care and improving health care access. SF 0928 : Children’s mental health programs modification and appropriation (author: Sen.

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Doctor On Demand

MARCH 31, 2023

Mental health is an essential part of our overall health and wellbeing. The daily stress and anxiety we face in our lives play a major role in our physical health. While others may face more acute mental health concerns, including PTSD, bipolar disorder, or treatment-resistant depression.

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NPR Health

DECEMBER 17, 2024

About a third of mental health therapists don't accept any health insurance. That's according to a report by the American Psychological Association.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Primary care is a main source for behavioral or mental health care provision in adults. Data suggests primary care settings may be an important place for mental health interventions, specifically for assessing and treating suicidal ideation (SI). 033) while issues with health care cost (β =.149,

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Plum Health

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

We'll also touch on women’s health , mental health , and how to get the most out of your visit. Urgent Care for Mental Health: Immediate Help When You Need It Mental health is just as important as physical health, and urgent care centers are increasingly recognizing this. What is Urgent Care?

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Noreta Family Medicine

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

I can tell you first-hand that this has allowed me to develop more trusting relationships with my patients, more time to identify and manage mental health concerns, and learn more about how a person’s lifestyle influences their health. A third barrier is that insurance companies often do not pay for nutrition counseling.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) disproportionately impacts persons with substance use and mental health disorders within the United States. were on Medicaid insurance when diagnosed. Micro-elimination projects aim to selectively foster diagnosis, treatment and reinfection of high priority demographic groups. were female, 74.4%

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Results Participants reported that telehealth was acceptable for basic pregnancy check-ins, such as to monitor symptoms, discuss health concerns, and for information on medication safety. Also, telehealth can be a barrier to health equity, as it is sometimes limited to affluent populations.

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Plum Health

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Unlike traditional insurance-based models, DPC eliminates the need for copays, deductibles, and other out-of-pocket costs. Key features of DPC include: Unlimited access to a primary care physician: Patients can see their doctor as often as needed, without worrying about insurance limitations. Why Choose Plum Health DPC?

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Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

According to a new study, children exposed to parental incarceration had worse access to primary care and more unmet dental and mental health care needs than their peers, even after accounting for income, insurance status, rurality, and other important factors.

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The Medical Futurist

JUNE 21, 2025

Finally, the arrival of interoperability can connect and harmonise various hospital systems An M-LLM could serve as a central hub that facilitates access to various unimodal AIs used in the hospital, such as radiology software, insurance handling software, Electronic Medical Records (EMR), etc.

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The Physicians Foundation

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

adults lacked a usual source of care in 2022—marking the highest level in a decade, despite historically high rates of insurance coverage during this period. The percentage of NPs and PAs in primary care dipped to new lows of 30% and 24.3% in 2022, respectively, compared with 34% and 29.7% More than 30% of U.S.

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

MARCH 27, 2025

As we move into the tenth week of the legislative session, Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) lobbyist Megan Verdeja breaks down what’s happening at the Minnesota State Capitol and provides an update on health care bills. 1878 ( Representative Keeler ) would cover traditional health care practices under Medical Assistance.

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

MARCH 13, 2025

HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE Health Care Reinsurance ( HF 837 ): Supporters Say: Reinsurance is needed to keep premiums down. State health insurers already contribute to reinsurance through taxes and assessments that go into the general fund, the proposed source for the program. Read a summary of HF 958.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: This study assessed the association between the inability to afford to see a doctor and days of poor physical or mental health among adults in Ohio. An interaction was added to the regression model to estimate if insurance type moderated the effect.

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Plum Health

OCTOBER 23, 2024

We’ll also dive into specific health concerns for men and women, as well as the growing importance of mental health in primary care. Primary care is your go-to for all things health-related. Men’s Mental Health It’s also important to talk about mental health, which is often overlooked in men.

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Mesa Family Physician

JUNE 11, 2025

In this blog, we’ll break down what preventive care involves, explore its relationship with short-term health insurance, and explain why it’s a critical part of staying healthy at any stage of life. That’s where short-term health insurance can be useful. What Is Preventive Care?

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 6, 2025

During this comprehensive wellness examination, your healthcare provider evaluates your current health status, screens for potential concerns based on your age, gender, and risk factors, and helps you develop strategies to maintain or improve your health moving forward.

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The Physicians Foundation

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Burnout is leading to challenges and tragic outcomes affecting mental health with many still afraid of seeking help. While residents and medical students are more likely to personally know a peer impacted by suicide, they are also more likely to have had a conversation about seeking mental health support.

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Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Tim Melson SB 43 protects patient access to cost and treatment information by prohibiting health insurers from restricting physicians, health care providers, and pharmacists from discussing the cost of treatments or medications, including lower-cost alternatives.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 24, 2024

And you could say the same thing about insurance companies. Insurance companies will pay for a lot of drugs that have really not a whole lot of evidence at a lot of costs. But to this day, I haven’t heard of an insurance company that’s willing to cover cannabis. Eloise 45:05 I definitely worry about.

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GeriPal

MARCH 9, 2023

It’s broader than just psychedelic assisted psychotherapy because there’s non-psychotherapists often involved, and it’s different from what we do in conventional mental health. People experiencing homelessness, as I mentioned before, have a lot of trauma, mental health issues, substance use disorders.

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GeriPal

APRIL 14, 2022

Janet: So as Julie Childers often says in the same way that as palliative care clinicians we can take a first pass to address distress from depression without being necessarily mental health counseling specialists or a psychiatrist.

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GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

It’s like a long, I don’t know, almost like a quarter-mile centipede with legs, and the legs are the housing units, the medical units, inpatient mental health. We have about 450 inpatient mental health beds. We also look at their mental health. If not, well, no, then they’d be denied.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

We could look at cancer registry linked with… Like, I see here Medicare type big data sets, but then you have to rely on insurance claims and that’s going to underestimate SUD when most people aren’t getting treatment and it’s a tough nut to crack. I think- Eric: I was going to say that. Katie: Yeah. Jessie: Right.

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Vida Family Medicine

MARCH 1, 2023

Eating disorders are considered mental health conditions but they affect every aspect of a person's health. Eating disorders are some of the most deadly of mental health conditions, second only to opiate addiction. Eating disorders affect people of all ages, races, and genders.

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GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

It was designed to really balance what Medicaid at the time was to provide nursing homes and Medicare is obviously health insurance. I have 24,500 veterans on our caseload, 14,000 individuals with diagnosed mental health issue, 8,500 with an alcohol and substance abuse. But, what you need is a community-based game there.

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Maine Academy of Family Physicians

JUNE 21, 2024

This bill proposes to improve the healthcare decision-making and treatment process for prescriptions and testing by reducing the pre-approval (prior authorization) burdens placed on healthcare providers by health insurance carriers. Lastly, great attention and effort was given to the banning of flavored tobacco products.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

So if you think about dementia, it’s on the intersection of aging stigma and mental health stigma. You come over to the clinic, you go to the hospital, you provide service, and the insurance and you negotiate how much you’re going to get paid. That never happens in CMS and other health insurance.

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 6, 2025

Implementing Preventive Care in Your Life Understanding examples of preventive care is only valuable if you actually implement these practices.

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Pamela Wible MD

JUNE 19, 2025

And now what we have all been waiting for, our keynote speaker on today’s theme of mental health. I think it’s a label that people turn to because of mental health stigma. I felt like a lot of doctors feel—they feel like they’re locked into criminal rings committing insurance fraud just to stay afloat.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 13, 2025

Diminished reimbursements from the state-federal health insurance program for those with low incomes or disabilities would further erode hospitals’ ability to stay open and maintain services for their communities — populations with more severe health needs than their urban counterparts.

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Physicians News Digest

MARCH 31, 2025

The firings that began in February are taking a significant toll on federal employees’ mental health. And the nation’s mental health system is already underfunded, understaffed, and overstretched. Even with insurance, many people wait weeks or months to receive care.

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