UnitedHealth Group and Cigna are relaxing prior authorization processes days before federal regulators are expected to finalize an overhaul of their administrative processes.
It’s time to stop thinking about prior authorizations as a transaction. Rather, PA is the start of a care episode that should be a smooth, well-coordinated journey for patients, their providers and their health plan.
A year after Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra denied in a congressional hearing the Biden administration’s plan to open a North Carolina facility for illegal immigrant minors, it is happening. The federal government is leasing a vacant international boarding school, American Hebrew Academy, in Greensboro for five years to accommodate the influx of migrants, which are classified as Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) by the government though most are adolescents and young adults. Uncle Sam will provide them with schooling, mental and medical care, legal services and recreational activities at the 100-acre campus with 31 buildings, 35 resident staff apartments, an $18 million athletic field and a 22-acre lake, according to a local news report. Besides leasing the facility, the government will also hire a staff of 800 to run the migrant camp.
The Teen Mental Health Survey is designed for people ages 12 to 19, and any information submitted is anonymous. In its 27 pages, the survey asks general questions, including about gender identity, and whether issues like COVID-19, school or family life are affecting one's mental health.