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Article: VeriCare Initiative Responds to Medicare Policy Change; Behavior Medicine Programs Are Implemented Across the United States.
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- PR Newswire
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- March 17, 2003
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SAN DIEGO -- SAN DIEGO, March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- When the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services approved Medicare coverage for health and behavior-based procedures to prevent, treat or manage physical health problems and chronic illness last year, VeriCare (http://www.vericare.com/) responded by creating comprehensive behavior medicine services. The leading national provider of mental health services to the long-term care community, VeriCare has now implemented its Medicare-approved behavior medicine program nationwide.
"This change in federal policy represents a milestone in the overall healthcare of older adults whose medical conditions are often ...