The rising cost of dental care in the United States paired with the high number of people without dental insurance has left thousands of people seeking other options.
Even insured patients in the U.S. might face high deductibles and low coverage limits or learn that some dental procedures aren’t covered at all.
For that reason, many people choose Costa Rica for their dental care needs. Not only is Costa Rica a short flight from the United States, but it provides high-quality care that often uses the exact same equipment and materials as you’d get at home, all at a fraction of the price.
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As a Joint Commission-accredited facility, Coffeyville Regional Medical Center in Coffeyville, Kansas, recognizes the importance of assessing and identifying patients at risk for suicide.
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While working to create documentation on the matter, staff learned about their electronic health record vendor Meditech s impending Depression Screening and Suicide Prevention Toolkit. In addition to satisfying the Joint Commission s requirements, staff learned this toolkit would help its clinicians make informed decisions about suicidal patients. We were concerned with how to perform additional screenings for depression and suicide risk on every patient, said Amber K. Beaumont, RN, clinical analyst at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. Patient and clinician time is very precious, and adding two multi-question screening tools seemed like a daunting task. That is why we were so excited to hear that Meditech was working on
Missouri Medicaid Covers Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder for BHG Patients
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DALLAS, Jan. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Responding to the continued public health crisis of opioid addiction in the US, Behavioral Health Group (BHG), the largest network of Joint Commission-accredited outpatient opioid treatment and recovery centers in the US, announced that Missouri Medicaid now covers treatment for opioid use disorder at all of its Missouri locations. Current patients need only present their Medicaid card as proof of coverage to immediately access benefits. All BHG locations are accepting new patients who may have been unable to afford care without this expanded coverage.