In 2008, when the reform of health care only a theory among Democratic presidential candidates debate the main, was a little in this change. This year, Congress passed a law on health insurance and mental illness physical are treated the same way. The Act was primarily Democrats, even if the parity of mental health is not so controversial that the reform of health care in general have been sufficient. especially the law to discriminate against the mentally ill and the prohibition of drug abuse by insurers. You can not go higher deductibles or co-payments for drugs and hospital stays would be charged if the necessary physical illness have. For example, an insurance company to report to limit the number of days a patient in a hospital or a hospital stay exceeding the limits of the standard that other types of care. The number of outpatient visits a psychiatrist. The field of health, legal and insurance carriers to support them. However, formal guidelines for the application of the law have been published recently. Some fear that the rules of the Obama go too far. While I was in the goal should be an end to discrimination against mental health care agreement that the insurer believes that the federal government called the "quality limit care "is an over the border. major insurance companies regulated that the intent of the law believed to compensate the reimbursement service. what good, as it is in the custody of a negative impact, manage , all the rules so vague that may not apply any type of management services. think of the other side, supporters of mental health itself, it is necessary because the historically low rate. your point of view is that if the insurer does not pay for competitively priced, they attract only a few psychiatric services to their networks. Patients are then forced to travel long distances or travel services must be disconnected for a more expensive to waive or treatment because of cost. Indeed, a greater burden for persons with mental illness, people with a physical illness – then the spirit of the law is violated. A Another aspect of regulation by unpopular Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and major health insurance companies is the provision that contracts to pay a combined deductible, rather than separate physical and mental health in place of the franchise. that the obligation to make mental health a lot, but Obama believes it is necessary to prevent excessive awards.
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11 points for the reform of mental health
With a better understanding of how many Americans with mental illnesses and disorders, such as drugs and total health expenditure for this group, we have reached a watershed when it comes to health reform. We understand the importance of meeting the health needs of people with serious mental illness and meet the health needs of the behavior of all Americans. This gives a number of interesting possibilities for community health behaviors, and a series of unprecedented challenges to mental health organizations in the United States are determined to support the knowledge and advice, member organizations, agencies Federal, States, health and consumer protection groups offer plans to ensure that issues important to people with mental illness and addiction treated adequately and reform health care. Waiting for equality and reform of mental health legislation, the thought of many national and community mental health meeting and wrote more than a year. Their work continues, and organizations from their leader to lobby for public health. . DELIVERY1 mental health services. Mental health / health care provider Addiction Community Capacity Building mental health and substance abuse treatment organizations, groups and individual practices, clinicians measure their capacity, high performance, disease prevention, improved early intervention, recreation and welfare services oriented and supports. Focusing on the second person household health care: There is a demand for greater integration of mental health and drug use in primary care practices and primary care providers in mental health and treatment substance abuse organizations, and the best clinical practices and models of close links between primary health care and specialized behavior. 3rd Peer Consultants and consumption Managed Services: We offer services to consumers and expand the work and the integration of their colleagues in the mental health and use of work and service of the substance matrix, that is a significant role in supporting these efforts play sports and well-being of people with mental illness and substance. Fourth Guidelines on Mental Health Clinic: The pace of development and dissemination of mental health and substance abuse clinical guidelines and clinical tools to support the new patient-centered Outcomes Research Institute and other research institutions and increase the practical implementation. While part of this initiative is to help patients with mental disorders in a psychiatric clinic in the region. Mental Health MANAGEMENT5 SYSTEM. The expansion of Medicaid and health insurance exchange, to Member States, the most important processes of change are preparing to quality and value of mental health and substance use services as equal to the Medicaid system to improve design and redesign services to improve health Bags insurance. The provider organizations must be able to work with drawings of the new contract with Medicaid billing and service through the exchange. 6th Health plans by employers and equality: employers and managers need to define new service, such as the use of behavioral health services to deal with absenteeism and presenteeism, and to develop a hand- flexible and productive workforce. The provider organizations need to make their service offerings to the needs of employers and work with its sub-contractors, and billing systems. 7 to support responsible health care organizations and health plan redesign: promoting and paying, in some cases, the responsibility for the development of new administrative structures, reform health care, news, including care organizations responsible for the health plan, if a guide for mental health substance use may include improved quality and better management of all health spending. The supplier organizations should be involved and the owner of the ACOS that thrive in their communities. MEDICAL "INFRASTRUCTURE8 intellectual. Improving the quality of mental health organizations, including the National Forum to accelerate the development of a national strategy for improving the quality, the improvement of mental health and drug use indicators performance for the delivery of mental health and substance is also using the services, their effects on health, patients and the health of populations and costs. Provider organizations should develop, control, maintenance of infrastructure in this area. 9 Health Information Technology: the level of state and federal HIT initiatives must reflect the significance of mental health services, substance abuse and mental health providers use substances and data requirements, financing, construction and development of infrastructure. organizations capable provider of electronic patient records and patient records and link these systems to networks of community health policy must be set implementation and information exchange health information. 10 Health Payment: the payer and health to develop plans and implement new payment mechanisms, including the head-rate and if the acquisition of basic strategies and value-driven, design assurance are suitable for people with mental health disorders and substance health. providers owe their management practices and systems and billing processes in order to work with these new mechanisms. 11 Staff development: the most important measures, including the work of the new advisory committee of employees must have a national strategy for developing the workforce to needs of people with mental illness and addiction, including improving the use of peer educators. Provider organizations must participate in these efforts and be ready to take its workforce to meet the power.