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August 06, 2020
Addressing Adolescent Depression in the Primary Care Setting
Recently, teenagers have experienced numerous stressors. As a result of the coronavirus and global unrest, they have had to shelter in place, miss graduations and proms, witness racial injustice and mass protests, and maintain social distancing during summer vacation. In addition, their families and other supportive individuals may be experiencing reduced income due to job…
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August 06, 2020
July 2020 Code Auditing Changes
Effective September 9, 2020 Quarterly, Capital District Physicians’ Health Plan, Inc. (CDPHP®) implements appropriate code auditing changes to remain current with industry standard coding updates. Updates are made to our code auditing software Change Healthcare Technologies, LLC ClaimsXten™, based on recommendations from a variety of sources, including the American Medical Association (AMA), Centers for Medicaid…
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June 23, 2020
April 2020 Code Auditing Changes
Every quarter CDPHP® implements appropriate code auditing changes to remain current with industry standard coding updates. Updates are made to our code auditing software Change Healthcare Technologies, LLC ClaimsXten™ based on recommendations from a variety of sources, including the American Medical Association (AMA), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Correct Coding Initiative and Medically…
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May 19, 2020
Screening for Osteoporosis Is Critical for Women’s Health
Screening of older women for osteoporosis is a critical step in avoiding disease progression and fractures. According to the National Osteoporosis Foundation, women older than 65 years of age should undergo screening by periodic dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scans, and those who have risk factors for the disease should be screened even earlier. Indeed, the National…
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May 15, 2020
Hospital Experience Program Boosts Patient Satisfaction and Provides Critical Services during COVID-19 Outbreak
Recognizing that hospital admission can be stressful and confusing for patients and that hospital-based care is often fragmented and marred by poor communication, CDPHP created a Hospital Experience Program. Offered at no cost to CDPHP members, the program deploys an in-hospital patient care team to work in collaboration with hospital staff to coordinate members’ care…
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April 23, 2020
Mental Health Support from Four Winds Saratoga
During the coronavirus outbreak, your patients who need behavioral health services may be reluctant to go to a general hospital or clinic for treatment. Four Winds Saratoga would like you to know that their programs ̶ both inpatient and outpatient ̶ are available to support them.
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