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Cut red tape to lower health care costs – Boston Globe

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Illustration of a doctor holding several clipboards.

This story is not unusual. The daily experiences of most physicians are not primarily medical. It’s about documents. America spends up to $1 trillion annually on healthcare management, including billing, coding, prior authorization, insurance negotiation, quality reporting, and credentialing. The instinctive defense against this reality is that complex multi-payer systems require complex management. But is … Read more

After four patient deaths, Idaho governor approves reinstatement of cut Medicaid mental health program – East Idaho News

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Gov. Brad Little gives the State of the State address at the Idaho Capitol on Jan. 12. (Credit: Sarah A. Miller, Idaho Statesman)

BOISE, Idaho (Capital Sun) – Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed a bill Thursday that restores the Medicaid mental health treatment program that the state cut to comply with the governor’s budget-cutting orders. Less than three months after an Idaho Medicaid contractor shut down a mobile treatment program for people with severe mental illness, four patients … Read more