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AMA Sued To Make CPT Billing Codes Freely Available
September 17, 2026PatientRightsAdvocate.org (PRA), a non-profit health care transparency organization, filed a lawsuit against the American Medical Association (AMA) on August 12, 2026, seeking permission to publish the AMA’s Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) billing codes online for free. CPT is a coding… -
Optum Health Home Care Pilots Improve Access & Reduce Readmissions
September 17, 2026Optum Health reported that pilot home health initiatives supporting consumers returning home after hospitalization improved timely care delivery by more than 20% and reduced readmissions. The pilots also resulted in lower acute care utilization and shorter skilled nursing facility stays.… -
Kentucky Clarifies County Jail & State Payment Responsibilities For Prisoner Medical Care
September 17, 2026The Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet issued an emergency regulation clarifying which medical services county jails must pay for when housing state prisoners and which services are the state’s financial responsibility. Effective August 17, 2026, the regulation establishes definitions… -
Sword Health To Acquire Headspace
September 17, 2026Sword Health announced an agreement to acquire digital mental health company Headspace in an all-cash transaction that would combine Sword Health’s artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled care platform with Headspace’s digital mental health, employer, health plan, and consumer services. The transaction will… -
New Jersey Restores $16.45 Million In Funding For Five Crisis Centers
September 17, 2026The New Jersey Department of Human Services (DHS) announced it had restored $16.45 million in funding to support the development and operations of five regional Crisis Receiving and Stabilization Centers (CRSCs) in Bergen, Camden, Essex, Monmouth, and Morris counties. The funding was… -
Los Angeles County Approves $3 Million For 12-Home Foster Care Village Designed To Keep Siblings Together
September 17, 2026The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a $3 million loan to support the development of a $22 million foster care village in Palmdale designed to keep siblings together while they are in foster care. The 4.7-acre development, led… -
The 65+ U.S. Population To Reach 23.4% By 2060
September 17, 2026Adults age 65 and older are projected to make up 23.4% of the U.S. population by 2060, up from 18.9% in 2025. The projected increase of 4.5 percentage points comes as the older-adult share of the population is expected to… -
Health Net To End Two Optional California Medicaid Community Supports Services By January 2027
September 17, 2026California Medicaid managed care organization (MCO) Health Net plans to discontinue two optional Medi-Cal Community Supports services effective January 1, 2027: Assisted Living Facility Transitions (ALFT) and Personal Care and Homemaker Services (PCHS). ALFT and PCHS were optional services. A… -
Houston Opens 222-Bed Homeless Resource Center Operated By The Harris Center Under $39 Million Contract
September 17, 2026Houston, Texas opened 419 Emancipation, a city-owned 222-bed homeless resource and stabilization center in the East Downtown area operated by The Harris Center for Mental Health and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities under a contract worth up to $39 million through… -
Minnesota Medicaid Autism Treatment Authorization Backlog Reaches 1,000 Treatment Plans
September 17, 2026The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) backlog of fee-for-service prior authorization approvals reached approximately 1,000 autism treatment plans as of mid-August 2026. The plans were submitted by provider organizations on behalf of families awaiting treatment for Medicaid-eligible children. Without…
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