AHA elects eight new members to its Board of Trustees. WASHINGTON, Aug. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The American Hospital Association (AHA) has elected eight new members to its Board of Trustees for three-year terms
A recent research suggests that people with private Medicare coverage may be missing out on necessary mental health therapies due to a lack of access to psychiatrists in their plan's network.The researchers found that in over half of the counties they looked at, not a single psychiatrist accepted Medicare Advantage, the private sector's answer to conventional Medicare. Approximately 30 million individuals, or slightly more than half of the total federal programme participants, are enrolled in these private plans.
New patients seeking an outpatient appointment with a psychiatrist may have to wait more than 2 months for an in-person visit and more than a month for a telehealth visit.