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Medicaid Was The Primary Payer For About One-Half Of All Pediatric Hospitalizations
November 28, 2025Medicaid covers almost half of all children’s hospital visits, according to a recent study of pediatric hospitalizations, Medicaid, and health care access during 2022. A total of 48.3% of all pediatric hospital charges were paid for by Medicaid in 2022.… -
New York City Selects Joint Proposal From EmblemHealth & UnitedHealthcare For A New Health Plan For Active City Employees, Pre-Medicare Retirees & Dependents
November 28, 2025Effective January 1, 2026, New York City employees, pre-Medicare retirees, and their dependents will be offered a health insurance plan delivered through a partnership between EmblemHealth and UnitedHealthcare, the New York City Employees’ preferred provider organization (PPO) (NYCE PPO) plan.… -
New York OMH To Fund ‘Daniel’s Law’ Pilot Programs For Community Behavioral Health Crisis Response
November 28, 2025The New York State (NYS) Office of Mental Health (OMH) announced the availability of $6 million for the expansion and/or creation of community behavioral health crisis response pilot programs that must be consistent with the Daniel’s Law Task Force Behavioral… -
Florida Awards Children’s Medical Services Program Contract To Molina Healthcare
November 28, 2025The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) selected Molina Healthcare, Inc., for a contract to manage the state’s Children’s Medical Services (CMS) Program. AHCA issued an agency decision on November 3, 2025. Molina will replace the incumbent Centene/Sunshine Health,… -
Disability Rights Group Alleges New California Immigration Processing Facility Is Dangerous For Disabled People
November 26, 2025A new immigration processing center in California City, California, is dangerous for disabled people, according to a recent inspection by Disability Rights California (DRC). DRC made a two-day inspection visit to the California City Immigration Processing Center on September 22… -
Epilepsy Incidence Among Older U.S. Medicare Population Saw 10-Fold Regional Variation In 2019
November 26, 2025While an estimated 2.87 million U.S. adults were living with active epilepsy in 2021, including more than half a million individuals 65 years and older, data from 2019 used in an analysis indicated the incidence of epilepsy in Medicare beneficiaries… -
20% Of Law Students Reported A Disability That Interferes With Daily Functioning
November 26, 2025Among law students surveyed, one in five reported at least one disability or condition that affects daily functioning, such as anxiety, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), blindness, or traumatic brain injury. Of those law students reporting a disability, 83% reported at least… -
Ohio Behavioral Health Peer Support Efforts To Benefit From New Investment
November 26, 2025The behavioral health workforce development efforts of Radley Health (dba RadleyCare), an Ohio-based organization that offers peer support services for adults with severe mental illness (SMI), recently received additional funding from CareSource, a national nonprofit-managed care organization, according to a… -
$25 Million In Funding Will Advance Amae Health’s AI-Driven Platform For Treating Severe Mental Illness, Help Open Integrated Care Clinics & Advance Research
November 26, 2025Amae Health recently announced that it raised $25 million in funding, which it intends to mainly use toward opening Amae clinics across the U.S.; advance Amae’s artificial intelligence (AI)-driven care platform; and support research into mental health conditions, including schizophrenia,… -
58% Of BCBAs Considering Exiting The Profession
November 26, 2025While demand for applied behavior analysis services is growing alongside earlier and more frequent autism diagnoses, workforce challenges—including staffing shortages and high turnover—are constraining the availability of services and of family supports. A survey of Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs)…
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