Topic: Case Management

Homelessness is a complex social challenge. Of all the affected populations – veterans, families, or the cognitively impaired – youth homelessness is among the most far-reaching and expensive. “Family and […]

An estimated one in 40 American children, aged three to 17 years old, have a parent-reported diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and 83% also suffer from one or more […]

The American child welfare system placed approximately 442,995 children and youth in foster care in 2017—a 10.6 increase from 2013, according to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) […]

In 2018, the Trump Administration and The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) launched the MyHealthE Data initiative, a program designed to put patients in control of their own […]

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently awarded nearly $50 million in planning grants to help states fight against substance abuse disorder (SUD), including opioid use disorder (OUD), […]

The Rural Health Care (RHC) Program has seen an increase in provider demand and participation since its 1997 creation by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Until the 2017 funding year, […]

Imagine if you couldn’t see your online retail order activity for four days. Instant access to information is now the norm – except when it comes to patient electronic access […]

The internet has forever changed the way we consume goods and services. Transactions that used to take days or weeks to complete are now accomplished in a manner of minutes. […]

With half the children in the U.S. living in or near poverty, policymakers and providers realize that early action is one of the best ways to control downstream adverse medical […]

Electronic health records (EHRs) contain protected health information (PHI) that proves valuable to healthcare professionals and patients alike. Professionally, they allow providers to diagnose, attend, and treat patients. Personally, they […]

A 2017 American Hospital Association (AHA) report concluded that only 20 percent of good health outcomes could be attributed to direct patient care. The most significant factor – 40 percent […]

Since 2008, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has introduced no fewer than thirteen major initiatives to wean the U.S. healthcare system off fee-for-service (FFS) payments to value-based […]

Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) authorizes state innovation waivers. These waivers allow states to experiment with different methods of health coverage as long as they meet the […]

With the recent announcement of $42 million in funding of Health Centered Controlled Networks (HCCN), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources (HHS) has signaled its enthusiasm to deploy […]