Mental sensitization of mental health emphasizes the week of media reporting

In the week of May 19, the MHA received reporting during the week, which emphasized stories in connection with the month of mental health and the need to expand the state's psychiatric bed capacity.

Lauren Lapine, Senior Director, Legislative and Public Policy, MHA, competed during a press conference on May 21 for the month of the mental health. Lapine focused on the high number of patients who are waiting for an inpatient psychiatric bed throughout the state. Many of these patients are Medicaid beneficiaries and experience further delays on a clinical evaluation.

Wilx News 10 and WLNS 6 News took part in the press event and exhibited stories during their evening news programs.

“Last year we collected data from our hospitals and health systems that have informed us on a certain day that there are more than 155 patients who are looking for emergency rooms in the entire state,” said Lapine.

Other speakers were included:

• Chandu Vemuri, MD, Chief Medical Officer The Health Sparrow of the University of Michigan
• Dominic Barberio, MD, psychiatrist, Health Sparrow of the University of Michigan
• Rep. Angela Witwer (D-Delta Township)
• Rep. Matthew Bierlein (R-Vassar)

The MHA also provided some stories in connection with a stories published by the coalition of Michigan Health Buyer in connection with a hospital drug prize study. The study uses a limited data record of damage data to show price differences between hospitals for three prescription drugs. MHA Executive Vice President spoke to the Grand Rapids and WLNS News 6 from Crain and explained the differences between hospital fees and the hospitals actually received as reimbursement as well as the countless factors that the financing of the hospital, including the contractual agreement, contractual agreement, contract agreements, the costs for the purchase of groups, the field contract and the work as well as the work as well Determine the presence of group purchasing agreements as well as the work as well as the work as well as overhead costs.

“There are many drugs out there. The selection and selection of some of them probably don't tell the whole story about the expensive medicines in our health system,” said Appel from Crain. “Everyone in the system tries to do their best. There is plenty of space for improvements, but I don't think the identification of some objects and say:” Look at this “is a way to get us to solve some of the affordability requirements that we have for our system for patients.”

Adam Carlson, Senior Vice President Advocacy, MHA, spoke on a press conference of the Protect Mi Care Coalition on Lansing about Federal Medicaid cuts. Carlson was quoted in an article by Gongwer in which he discussed how the cuts will affect all residents of Michigan.

“It will lead to millions of people lose their health insurance coverage, and these financing cuts against Medicaid have an impact if they have access to the care of all Michiganders, not only those with Medicaid as insurance protection,” said Carlson. “It is an important program in all state hospitals, especially in the 65 rural hospitals that depend on keeping your doors open.”

Members with questions about media inquiries should contact John Karasinski on the MHA.