A Look Back at 100 Years of Behavioral Health
For centuries, healthcare providers have offered behavioral health treatments for a variety of mental and physical conditions. Today, we often equate behavioral health only with mental health, but the...
View ArticleValue-Based Reimbursement and Improving Quality of Care
Making an effective transition to value-based care, and to a corresponding reimbursement model that works for medical providers, insurers and patients alike, is a longstanding goal for much of the...
View Article5 Unique Benefits of the Patient-Centered Medical Home
“Patient-centered” is a widely used term in health care discussions, but what does it really mean? The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) provides an instructive example. A PCMH embodies an approach...
View ArticleThe Rise of Air Ambulance Use: Part 1 of a 2-part series
Air ambulances have rapidly become vital and unique fixtures of the U.S. healthcare system. As specialized aircrafts – i.e., medically equipped helicopters and fixed-wing airplanes – they provide...
View ArticleWhen and Where Air Ambulances Save Lives: Part 2 of a 2-part series
Air ambulances provide quick transportation for patients in remote locations, as well as for paramedics and other medical professionals whose services can be the difference between life and death in...
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An Overview of Evidence-based Medicine
Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is such a logical approach to healthcare that now it is difficult to imagine viable alternatives that don’t prioritize the acquisition, analysis and application of...
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Workers’ Compensation Reforms: What’s on the Horizon?
Where are workers’ compensation (WC) programs heading in 2018 and beyond? The high variance of WC rules and regulations by state – coupled with the absence of a federal component to WC, unlike...
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How Privatization Affects Workers’ Compensation Programs
Heading into 2018, many statehouses remain interested in reform of workers’ compensation (WC) programs. WC is highly variable between the states, with different payer regulations, benefits...
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Baby Boomers in the ER and the need for better Palliative Care
Did you know that more than 10,000 baby boomers reach retirement age every single day? It’s a staggering figure, but it makes sense considering the overall size of their generation. Born between...
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Workers’ Compensation and Disability Reviews with IROs
Beginning in 1908, federal and state governments established workers’ compensation (WC) programs for employees in hazardous work environments. Programs were enacted in all 50 states by 1949, and the...
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