The Trump administration couldn’t abolish the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but it did make significant changes to it and work requirements for Medicaid likely to reduce the availability of coverage or discourage enrollment. So, after years of declining uninsured rates, the U.S. saw coverage gains stall--and for some groups, even drop. That’s a key takeaway from The Uninsured and the ACA: A Primer, a 2019 report from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF). It provides information on how insurance has changed under the ACA, how many people remain uninsured, who they are and why they lack health coverage. We’re taking a look at what this means for our clients--and how Altruis can help.
Is your center ready for a spike in uninsured patients? Medicaid Work Requirements, Immigration and ACA changes are coming
Feb 6, 2019 1:02:02 PM / by Chris Caspar, CEO posted in FQHC, RetroPay, Revenue Cycle Management, Medicaid, Medical Billing Service, Billing Solutions
How the Right Technology Helps with Behavioral Health Diagnosis
Dec 11, 2018 2:27:33 PM / by Chris Caspar, CEO posted in Behavioral Health, medicare chronic care management, PreValuate, behavioral health assessments, Chronic Care Management, Medicaid, Medical Billing Service, Billing Solutions, CMS, HRSA
The gradually maturing discipline of affective neuroscience is beginning to showcase emotion as much more than a simple reaction to stimuli. Biologists are beginning to accurately predict behavioral states from emotional databanks. Psychologists are collaborating with technologists and neurologists to define a new wave of behavioral health studies, and the results may affect us sooner than we think.
CMS Regulatory Changes and Potential FQHC Impact
Nov 28, 2018 10:39:28 AM / by Chris Caspar, CEO posted in FQHC, medicare reimbursement, Medicaid, Medical Billing Service, Medicare, RHC, Billing Solutions, CMS, HRSA, MACRA
Need another resolution for 2019? Probably not, but we have one for you anyway, and it’s important. We’re counseling our safety-net clients to pay closer attention to what’s going on with CMS.
Where have all the children gone? Census undercounts render a million children invisible
Nov 8, 2018 3:18:38 PM / by Chris Caspar, CEO posted in Revenue Cycle Management, Medicaid, Billing Solutions
Peek-a-boo. I don’t see you!
For safety-net providers, Florida proves particularly challenging. It just may get worse.
Jul 27, 2018 4:18:44 PM / by Chris Caspar, CEO posted in FQHC, RetroPay, Revenue Cycle Management, Medicaid, Medical Billing Service, RHC, Billing Solutions
It’s tough to be sick and poor and in Florida. It’s almost as tough to be a FQHC or CHC that serves the sick and poor in Florida.