Elevance Health enhances 2025 health plans with integrated care coordination, digital tools, and community partnerships, improving outcomes and affordability in Medicare and Medicaid programs.

ePsych Billing unveils a specialized billing platform designed to reduce administrative burdens and improve insurance claim processing for mental health professionals nationwide.

CMS introduces the ACCESS payment model to provide Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions greater access to technology-driven care, shifting from fee-for-service to outcome-based payments.

Texas legislation strengthens mental health workforce pipelines, establishes psychiatric bed registry work group, funds dementia research institute, and regulates youth social media protections with TMA involvement.

Medicare telehealth waivers enabling expanded coverage during COVID-19 expire in 2025. Providers must prepare for significant Medicare and regulatory changes affecting telehealth reimbursement and compliance.

The AMA's new Mental Health Parity Index reveals gaps in insurance coverage and payment for mental health services, promoting transparency and policy action to improve parity compliance.

Explore key U.S. health policy and insurance sector updates covering veterans' care access reforms, behavioral health workforce challenges, prescription drug pricing shifts, public health threats, and innovation in healthcare delivery.

New York State enforces network adequacy regulations to improve timely access and transparency in mental health and substance use disorder care for insured residents.

Wyoming confronts a spike in fraudulent health insurance claims involving Native American enrollments under Blue Cross Blue Shield, prompting legislative and regulatory discussions on oversight and fraud prevention.

Explore how private equity's rise in U.S. health care consolidation affects hospitals, physician practices, care quality, costs, and regulatory responses.