#Behavioral Health Services Georgia

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The Importance Of Mental Health Evaluation In Georgia

Mental health is essential for a good and healthy life. It is not merely the absence of mental illness. Make sure you can easily cope with the challenges in life. Mental health problem includes stress, anxiety, harassment, family problems, depression, learning disability, etc. These problems can lead to major problems.

Mostly, youth are suffering from mental health issues these days. It hampers their academic and personal life effectively. It can cause major potential issues such as the risk for academic failure, social isolation, unsafe sexual behaviour, drug and alcohol abuse, suicide attempt, unemployment, and poor health

Accordingly some studies, every ten children and adolescents now have a mental illness to cause impairment. Even if they detect it earlier, they don’t get proper and timely mental health evaluation in Georgia and other help they need.

Here they need to do purposeful activities in their daily routine, be it a passion for work or any hobby or leisure activity. These are the major part of your daily routine that are purposeful, especially the work and leisure activities. You can do work for money, but it should be highly purposeful. Moreover, it will boost your confidence and self-respect so that you can lead a better life without any mental issues. When it comes to leisure activities, they can be simple as per your wish. It enhances your sense of self.

As we mentioned above mental health issues mostly affect youth these days owing to different reasons, let’s discuss some potential issues.

If you are suffering from mental health disorders, no doubt it can impact your daily routine tasks. You will feel worthless as well. The lingering process may lead to more trouble in your life and you may not get back on the right track easily.

The importance of mental health evaluation in Georgia-

Undoubtedly, mental health evaluation and counseling are highly needed for youth and children. These sorts of preventive programs can help a patient identify mental health problems earlier. It offersteaching on mental health issues, violence avoidance, social skills training, suicide prevention, and screening for emotional and behavioral problems, etc.

There are several online help available to promote mental health and many other things. You can easily access the mental health evaluation.

You must know that paying attention to the mental health issues of your children at the right time is highly important that enhances their life standard. Also, it impacts their academic and personal life achievements. They get benefits when they get identified and prevented earlier.

Mental health evaluation in Georgia offers-

It is just like a psychological assessment that is performed by a medical professional, such as a psychologist, psychiatrist, or even a family doctor. It includes various components such as verbally answering questions, Taking a physical test, and completing questionnaires, etc.

The professionals will work with you to aid you to understand and handle the symptoms that impact your life. They will tools and tests to measure and observe your behavior and accordingly, diagnose you as per the specific issues you have.

For mental health evaluation in Georgia, visit www.nakunion.org. Their Therapists are using best practices for therapeutic exercises and manual treatment procedures to boost up physical health with emotional connection.They provide physical, mental, occupational, speech, and massage therapy in the Professional Environment.

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Individual Counseling is a convenient and affordable way to improve your mental health. We provide confidential counseling services with a licensed mental health practitioner. Visit - https://www.nakunion.org/counseling/

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[outsourcingmedicalbills]

Benefits Of Hiring HIPAA Compliant Billing Company For Your Radiology Center

The  medical billing services at your radiology center can get monotonous and become an overwhelming burden, which seems to never come to an end. Due to the time-consuming secondary processes, the core operations which are the pillars to grow the firm may be put on hold. This sounds super-scary for a radiology center who has a growing vision and mission.

The facility can save a lot of time and money by outsourcing medical billing and coding to a HIPAA compliant billing company . In no small measure, most healthcare facilities are always busy. Everyone is constantly busy, in-house resources of your practice juggle many responsibilities, and all hands are needed to execute crucial tasks. However, this is fair enough because they are required to handle the tasks they are good at. This is exactly wherein a medical billing company jumps into the picture.

Let’s glance through the benefits of hiring a HIPAA Compliant Billing Company for your Radiology Center, shall we?

1. Access To Professionals With Experience

The outsourcing services providers already have a knowledgeable & expert team with a wealth of experience in the area of medical billing and coding. In no small measure, they would work as efficiently as possible.

2. Enhanced Revenues

By outsourcing your medical billing requirements to a third-party service provider, your company can boost its return on investment. This is because your overall revenue would be reduced by the expenses associated with hiring, training, putting up an infrastructure for the staff, and other maintenance charges. By timely submitting claims with the denials, the outsourcing businesses’ medical billing professionals maximize and streamline your revenue management cycle.

3. Lower Labor Prices

Companies often spend between 30 and 45 percent of collections on billing procedures. You can cut back on unnecessary expenses and save a sizable sum of money by outsourcing medical billing. These services are typically provided at reasonable prices by medical billing companies.

4. Revisions to Regulations

Laws governing medical billing are continually changing. Every medical setting finds it difficult and time-consuming to keep up with these changes. The billing business will handle all of these regulations if you outsource medical billing. You can leave the revisions and regulations to the exports and take care of what your medical billing does the best- patient care!

5. Covering insurance hassles

Numerous medical billing codes exist, in addition to constantly evolving insurance payor-pushed policies and processes. Your clinic will save a lot of time and effort by working with a medical billing services partner. It makes logical sense to delegate these duties to devoted medical billing and coding specialists since they will be held fully responsible for completing the work on a daily basis.

6. Substantially boosts your net receipts

A professional medical billing company must constantly be able to raise their client’s net collections. Depending on how many flaws are discovered in your current RCM, these increases typically range from 5 to 50%. The immediate profit boost provided by the higher net collections will more than offset the billing fees levied by the outsourced medical billing provider.

Most clients invest their excess income in expanding their businesses or raising employee bonuses.

7. Expedites collections and permits predictable cash flows

What occurs when medical billing is your whole focus? Certified professional coders are used by reputable medical billing businesses to scrub claims before delivering them to payors. As a result, claims are processed more quickly, there are fewer denials, and your outstanding AR days are reduced.

Your objective should be to have fewer than 30 days of outstanding AR days. A more dependable and predictable cash flow will always result from reducing your outstanding AR days.

8. Accepting full responsibility

The majority of practices have understanding of medical billing flaws because they recognise that their billing staff is frequently distracted by patient care-related tasks. As a result, stakeholders frequently accept justifications and put up with subpar billing results. With an expert medical billing business, there are no delays and no room for excuses because the main objective is to maximize revenue in the least period of time.

9. No learning curves

Using a medical billing service won’t need you to pick up any new skills, and your outsourcing partner will make the changes go smoothly. In fact, because the billing service experts working on your account have little to no learning curves, your facility will soon experience optimal outcomes.

10. It expands your available clinical space

By outsourcing your medical bills, you can turn unproductive space into money-making space like exam rooms or an on-site lab. Due to space limitations, this change may result in hundreds of thousands of dollars in more revenue that could not previously be realized.

Wrapping Up

It has never been more easy and winning to collaborate with an outsourced medical billing company like Medisys Data Solutions as they pinpoint the intricate and challenging hassles with sheer expertise. Your revenues will rise, your days in A/R will decrease, and Medisys Data Solutions will keep you and your staff updated on all regulatory developments that will affect your capacity to fully utilize your clinical efforts. Why wait? We’re waiting on the other side of a better revenue management cycle and increased profits! Come let’s make this big, shall we?

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[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

A national physician group this week called for the complete termination of a Medicare privatization scheme that the Biden White House inherited from the Trump administration and later rebranded—while keeping intact its most dangerous components.

Now known as the Accountable Care Organization Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health (ACO REACH) Model, the experiment inserts a for-profit entity between traditional Medicare beneficiaries and healthcare providers. The federal government pays the ACO REACH middlemen to cover patients' care while allowing them to pocket a significant chunk of the fee as profit.

The rebranded pilot program, which was launched without congressional approval and is set to run through at least 2026, officially began this month, and progressive healthcare advocates fear the experiment could be allowed to engulf traditional Medicare.

In a Tuesday letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) argued that ACO REACH "presents a threat to the integrity of traditional Medicare, and an opportunity for corporations to take money from taxpayers while denying care to beneficiaries."

The group, which advocates for a single-payer healthcare system, voiced alarm over the Biden administration's decision to let companies with records of fraud and other abuses take part in the ACO REACH pilot, which automatically assigns traditional Medicare patients to private entities without their consent.

CMS said in a press release Tuesday that "the ACO REACH Model has 132 ACOs with 131,772 healthcare providers and organizations providing care to an estimated 2.1 million beneficiaries" for 2023.

"As we have stated, PNHP believes that the REACH program threatens the integrity of traditional Medicare and should be permanently ended," Dr. Philip Verhoef, the physician group's president, wrote in the new letter. "Whether or not one agrees with this statement, we should all be able to agree that companies found to have violated the rules have no place managing the care of our Medicare beneficiaries."

Among the concerning examples PNHP cited was Clover Health, which has operated so-called Direct Contracting Entities (DCEs)—the name of private middlemen under the Trump-era version of the Medicare pilot—in more than a dozen states, including Arizona, Florida, Georgia, and New York.

PNHP noted that in 2016, CMS fined Clover—a large Medicare Advantage provider—for "using 'marketing and advertising materials that contained inaccurate statements' about coverage for out-of-network providers, after a high volume of complaints from patients who were denied coverage by its MA plan. Clover had failed to correct the materials after repeated requests by CMS."

Humana, another large insurer with its teeth in the Medicare privatization pilot, "improperly collected almost $200 million from Medicare by overstating the sickness of patients," PNHP observed, citing a recent federal audit.

"It appears that in its selection process [for ACO REACH], CMS did not prevent the inclusion of companies with histories of such behavior," Verhoef wrote. "Given these findings, we are concerned that CMS is inappropriately allowing these DCEs to continue unimpeded into ACO REACH in 2023."

While the Medicare pilot garnered little attention from lawmakers when the Trump administration first launched it during its final months in power, progressive members of Congress have recently ramped up scrutiny of the program.

Last month, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) led a group of lawmakers in warning that ACO REACH "provides an opportunity for healthcare insurers with a history of defrauding and abusing Medicare and ripping off taxpayers to further encroach on the Medicare system."

"We have long been concerned about ensuring this model does not give corporate profiteers yet another opportunity to take a chunk out of traditional Medicare," the lawmakers wrote, echoing PNHP's concerns. "The continued participation of corporate actors with a history of fraud and abuse threatens the integrity of the program."

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[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

By: Leor Sapir

Published: May 17, 2023

On Tuesday, the ACLU tweeted an article written by one of its staff members and published by CNN. The author, Henry Seaton, a 24-year-old transgender man, is the “trans justice advocate” at the ACLU of Tennessee, one of the states currently passing restrictions on minor access to “gender-affirming” drugs and surgeries. The ACLU’s tweet said: “When Henry was 17, gender-affirming care saved his life.” It also quoted from Seaton’s CNN article: “To enact a sweeping ban on this age-appropriate, medically necessary care is akin to telling kids like me that their lives aren’t worth living if they decide to be true to themselves.”

This is one of countless examples in recent months of transgender activists and advocacy groups—of which the ACLU is arguably the most powerful—declaring that loss of access to hormones and surgeries will prompt transgender-identified kids to kill themselves. This politically potent “affirm or suicide” narrative has been marshalled at nearly every opportunity in public debates over pediatric gender medicine. It enjoys the endorsement of top-ranking officials in the Biden administration. Last year, the Department of Health and Human Services called “gender-affirming care” a “potentially lifesaving” intervention.

On Thursday, in a debate in the Georgia House of Representatives over a bill that would impose liability on doctors who perform child sex-change procedures, state Rep. Karla Drenner, a Democrat, tearfully said: “To all the children in our state who are going to be negatively impacted, please don’t lose hope. Please don’t give up. Please don’t kill yourself.”

In February, in response to legislative efforts to ban “gender-affirming care,” transgender activist Erin Reed declared on Twitter: “I have had multiple calls—4 to be exact—of kids who have attempted or completed suicide because of anti-trans legislation. . . . These bills are killing our kids.”

By invoking the suicide trope, individual activists, organizations like the ACLU, and Democratic politicians are violating well-recognized, research-based guidelines on how to talk responsibly about suicide. That they do so with such consistency and despite evidence of the danger suggests two possibilities: they are either ignorant about suicide and its prevention, or they are invested in the suicide narrative and its political advantages more than in reducing the likelihood of suicide in vulnerable youth.

Decades of research suggest that suicide is a socially contagious behavior, especially in youth. In 1994, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a document titled “Suicide Contagion and the Reporting of Suicide: Recommendations from a National Workshop.” In a section titled “Aspects of News Coverage That Can Promote Suicide Contagion,” the CDC cautioned against “[p]resenting simplistic explanations for suicide.” Suicide, it explained, “is never the result of a single factor or event, but rather results from a complex interaction of many factors and usually involves a history of psychosocial problems.”

Transgender advocacy groups acknowledged the dangers of speaking irresponsibly about suicide and agreed with the CDC’s guidelines—that is, until Republican-majority states started pushing back against medical associations and the Biden administration on the issue of pediatric gender medicine.

In 2017, the Movement Advancement Project (an LGBT advocacy group), the Johnson Family Foundation, and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention coauthored a document titled “Talking About Suicide & LGBT Populations.” The nation’s leading LGBT advocacy groups officially endorsed it. These included the Human Rights Campaign, GLSEN, the Trevor Project (which focuses on suicide prevention), GLAAD, PFLAG, the Transgender Law Center, SAGE, the Center for American Progress, and the National LGBTQ Task Force. In a section titled “Guidelines for Talking About Suicide in Safe and Accurate Ways,” the document contains this recommendation:

DON’T attribute a suicide death to a single factor (such as bullying or discrimination) or say that a specific anti-LGBT law or policy will “cause” suicide. Suicide deaths are almost always the result of multiple overlapping causes, including mental health issues that might not have been recognized or treated. Linking suicide directly to external factors like bullying, discrimination or anti-LGBT laws can normalize suicide by suggesting that it is a natural reaction to such experiences or laws. It can also increase suicide risk by leading at-risk individuals to identify with the experiences of those who have died by suicide.

This recommendation couldn’t be clearer. Insisting, as the ACLU, CNN, and countless journalists, activists, and Democrats have, that a law restricting access to drugs and surgeries will cause kids to kill themselves is a perfect example of the kind of messaging that “Talking About Suicide & LGBT Populations” considers dangerous.

The document also recommends: “DON’T use social media or e-blasts to announce news of suicide deaths, speculate about reasons for a suicide death, focus on personal details about the person who died, or describe the means of death. Research shows that detailed descriptions of a person’s suicide death can be a factor in leading vulnerable individuals to imitate the act. Also, avoid re-posting news, headlines or social media content with this kind of information.” It adds: “DON’T idealize those who have died by suicide or create an aura of celebrity around them. Idealizing people who have died by suicide may encourage others to identify with or seek to emulate them.”

Pediatrician and “gender-affirming care” activist Morissa Ladinsky apparently did not get the memo about avoiding the description of “means of death” and not “creat[ing] an aura of celebrity” around those who kill themselves. At the annual conference of the American Academy of Pediatrics in Anaheim, California, last October, Ladinsky told an audience of fellow AAP members about Leelah Alcorn, a trans-identified 17-year-old who committed suicide in 2014. To the horror of some of her colleagues, Ladinsky said that Acorn died by “stepping boldly in front of a tractor trailer.”

Ladinsky later gave what some would regard as an apology. “I regret my choice of words that has been interpreted to glorify self-harm.” But no LGBT advocacy group criticized her comments or expressed concern that they might contribute to self-harm among vulnerable youth. The ends of Ladinsky’s rhetoric—maintaining the legality of child sex-change procedures—were apparently enough to justify the means.

To be clear, evidence exists that youth who identify as transgender and feel acute distress over their bodies, especially around puberty, have higher rates of both suicide and suicidality (the latter referring to thoughts of suicide as well as nonlethal self-harm without an intent to die) than population-matched controls. Thankfully, however, actual suicide in this population remains extremely rare. A U.K. study found that the suicide rate among clinic-referred transgender-identified youth was 0.03 percent, or four deaths out of 15,000 gender-distressed minors.

In the United States, where between 2.1 percent and 9.1 percent of youth now identify as transgender; and where rates of diagnoses of gender dysphoria have skyrocketed in recent years; and where, so we are told, these numbers of “trans kids” have always existed, albeit “in the closet,” we would expect to have seen an epidemic of suicides among gender-distressed teenagers before “gender affirming” drugs and surgeries first became available 15 years ago. Yet no evidence of such an epidemic exists. Indeed, rates of suicidal behavior among youth have increased since 2011.

Claims about trans identification being a proxy for suicidality typically rely on apples-to-oranges comparisons. They compare rates of suicidality among youth with trans identification or gender dysphoria with rates among youth in the general population. An apples-to-apples study would compare suicidality rates in the first group with suicidality among non-gender-distressed youth with similar mental health comorbidities (e.g., depression). A recent study did exactly that and found that the disparities in suicidality between gender-distressed and non-gender-distressed youth all but disappeared. For example, in Canada, referred trans-identified natal males had almost 49 times more suicidal behavior than non-referred males but only 1.8 times more than referred (non-trans) males. Among females, the rates were 17:1 (referred to non-referred) versus 1:1 (referred to referred). Youth with gender-related distress are more or less in the same category of risk as youth without gender issues but with similar psychiatric problems.

Studies from multiple countries that offer “gender-affirming care” have shown that the majority of minors referred to pediatric gender clinics are teenage girls with no history of gender-related distress before puberty and with at least one psychiatric diagnosis. Typically, these diagnoses precede the advent of gender issues. Researchers in Finland found evidence of “severe psychopathology preceding onset of gender dysphoria” in 68 percent of patients seen in the country’s gender clinics. In the U.K., the review by physician Hilary Cass of the Gender Identity Development Service found that up to a third of the minors referred for services had autism or other neuroatypical conditions. In the U.S., one study found, 70 percent of pediatric patients are diagnosed with autism, ADHD, or some other mental-health problem prior to receiving a diagnosis of gender dysphoria.

By now it is well-known that members of Generation Z—and young liberal females, in particular—are experiencing one of the worst mental-health crises on record. The crisis is strongly linked with smartphone and social media use, and the social isolation and lack of psychological resilience they breed. The extraordinarily high rate of comorbid mental-health conditions among teenagers who reject their bodies and their sex must be understood against this background. More importantly for this debate, the common comorbid conditions in this population—anxiety, depression, eating disorders, ADHD, autism, and history of sexual trauma—are independently associated with suicidal thoughts and behaviors.

Given the high rates of preexisting psychiatric comorbidities among referred adolescents and the fact that these comorbid conditions are independently linked to suicidality, the transition-or-suicide narrative is very likely a confusion of correlation and causation. It is more likely that teenagers with suicidal tendencies are gravitating toward a trans identity—perhaps believing that the fresh start promised by gender transition will solve their problems—than that some kids are born transgender and are suicidal as a result of being an embattled minority (the “minority stress” theory).

Worse, 20 states and the District of Columbia have enacted bans on so-called conversion therapy, a term misleadingly borrowed from research on homosexuality to mean any form of counselling intended to help youth come to terms with their bodies (or as activist-physician Jack Turban has put it, forcing kids to be “cisgender”). By promising a “quick fix” for a much more complicated and intractable problem, social and medical gender transition obscure the true nature of the current mental health crisis and put viable solutions even further out of reach.

When it comes to suicide, the ACLU and its de facto client, the American gender industry, are woefully out of step with a growing international consensus. In January, Riittakerttu Kaltiala, chief psychiatrist of the pediatric gender clinic at Finland’s Tampere University and the country’s top expert in the field, told Finland’s liberal newspaper of record that it is “purposeful disinformation” to say that denial of gender “affirmation” will result in suicides. Presumably recognizing the risk of inadvertently fueling suicidal behaviors among vulnerable youth, Kaltiala said that such messaging was “irresponsible.”

There is a reason why systematic reviews of evidence in Europe and Florida examined the link between suicidality and “gender affirming” hormones and found that the certainty of evidence for benefits was “very low.” Studies that purport to demonstrate benefits suffer from severe methodological weaknesses. One study from Sweden found that adult transsexuals who had undergone full medical transition had a suicide rate 19 times higher than population-matched controls, though the study’s design makes it impossible to say whether the high suicide rate was because of their transition.

Medical authorities in Sweden, Finland, the U.K., and (most recently) Norway are not indifferent to teen suicides; they have simply been able to put the problem in its proper context, avoiding moral panic or activist manipulations.

The ACLU’s irresponsible suicide rhetoric must be understood against the collapse of its historic mission as defender of civil liberties, a collapse precipitated by the infusion into the organization of a younger generation of activists schooled in academic “critical social justice.” The ACLU has become one of the most powerful forces driving the expansion of the “civil rights” state, often at the expense of civil liberties. In 2020, one of its star attorneys currently working on LGBT issues and representing the organization in the media, Chase Strangio, publicly declared that “stopping the circulation of this book [Abigail Shrier’s Irreversible Damage] and these ideas is 100% a hill I will die on.” And this, to emphasize, comes from a lawyer at an organization that has defended the constitutional right of neo-Nazis to march through a predominantly Jewish neighborhood, where many Holocaust survivors lived.

The ACLU has gone all-in on illiberal trans activism, allowing young attorneys like Strangio to disseminate falsehoods about medical science and compromise an organizational reputation earned, lawsuit by lawsuit, over more than a century. It is time for ACLU leadership to hold its staff accountable—if not for defending medical practices other countries have recognized as harmful, then at least for talking about suicide in irresponsible ways.

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We might well wonder about the mental health and capacity for comprehension of long term consequences in an individual who insists that if they do not get cosmetic surgery or cosmetic-enhancing drugs (hormones) they will unalive themselves.

We might further question the intentions of someone asserting that there are large swathes of such individuals ready to die for the lack of cosmetic embellishment. And further, where they are, both now and throughout history.

This is even more sickeningly predatory than the Church. When the clergy ask someone if they're afraid of going to hell, they're trying to manipulate the mark's own fear of death. When gender crackpots use "affirm or suicide" on a parent, they're trying to manipulate the parent, exploiting their instincts to do anything to keep their child safe.

That is, while the church goes after you, genderists go after your kids.

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[beardedmrbean]

Walmart is pushing ahead with its in-store health clinics and said Thursday it plans to open 28 more including 18 in Texas’ two largest metro areas.

Dallas-Fort Worth will get 10 Walmart Health clinics in 2024 and eight are planned for the Houston area also next year. Six will open in Phoenix and four in Kansas City, Missouri.

Walmart hasn’t yet said which stores will get the new clinics, but soon it plans to begin recruiting for 300 health care jobs in D-FW and 240 in Houston.

Walmart, Walgreens and CVS have all been moving into the patient care business in recent years by partnering with other companies and making acquisitions. Amazon closed its deal in February to buy primary care provide One Medical, which has opened three free-standing clinics in Dallas. VillageMD, which is majority owned by Walgreens, has opened dozens of clinics in D-FW, many in areas where healthcare facilities are scarce. Store pharmacies have been key links in dispensing all kinds of vaccinations over the years, including since the pandemic started, and now retailers want more of the primary and urgent care business.

“Everyone is doing their own thing, but for us, we’ve got a lot of stores in Texas and a lot of associates in Texas and a lot of customers in Texas and they trust us,” said Dr. David Carmouche, senior vice president at Walmart Health. “We think they want affordable basic health care from us.”

Walmart has 176,000 employees in Texas and operates 592 Walmart, Neighborhood Markets and Sam’s Clubs.

The largest U.S. retailer formed its Walmart Health division in 2019 after trying smaller primary care clinics in about 1,500 square feet of store space. Four of those are in Texas at Walmarts in Garland, Royse City, Tyler and Palestine and they have been rebranded as Walmart Health. Those facilities opened in 2014 as the retailer was exploring the idea of patient care in stores.

Walmart Health clinics offer both primary and urgent care services and average about 5,750 square feet. On-site labs, X-ray and EKG machines and treatment for behavioral health, dental, hearing and other services are part of each location.

So far locations are in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia and Florida and Walmart said it expects to have 75 operating in the U.S. by the end of 2024.

Walmart Health clinics take insurance but also list prices for people who don’t. Sick or injury visits are $100, annual check-up for children is $90, a Lipid panel lab test is $29 and a pap smear is $50 to $70.

Price transparency is part of the program, Dr. Carmouche said. Dental crowns are priced at $750 and root canals are $600 to $850.

Walmart’s own employees are a key population using the facilities, he said. “Our general philosophy is that we want to keep health care affordable. Where we can pass along value to consumers we will, and we’ll price responsibly so that we can continue to grow new centers.”

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[jahmeelahlamb]

What is Stork's Nest?

A cooperative project of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorproated, and the March of Dimes Foundation for more than 40 years, Stork’s Nest aims to increase the number of women receiving early and regular prenatal care in an effort to prevent cases of low birthweight, premature births and infant deaths. The first Stork’s Nest was launched in 1971 by the Epsilon Zeta Chapter of Atlanta, Georgia. It was one of many educational and service projects of Better Infant Births (BIB), a highly successful program sponsored by the Fulton-Dekalb-Clayton Chapter of the March of Dimes. The program was so successful that Zeta adopted Stork’s Nest in 1972 as its national project.

The first Nest to open after it was adopted as Zeta’s national project was by the Lambda Zeta Chapter in Houston, Texas. Stork’s Nest is a jointly owned trademark of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorproated, and March of Dimes Foundation, and can only be implemented by these two organizations.

The program is designed to promote prenatal care participation and encourage healthy behaviors during pregnancy through two components—incentives and education.

Participants enroll in our interactive self-paced prenatal education course and in return, the clients earn incentives such as maternity or baby care items through a variety of positive, health-promoting activities. There are more than 80 Nests throughout the country.

Participants enroll in our interactive self-paced prenatal education course. In return, the clients earn incentives such as maternity or baby care items through various positive, health-promoting activities. There are more than 80 Nests throughout the country.

[mattersoftheheartcounseling]

In the pursuit of holistic mental wellness, integrating supplemental strategies alongside traditional therapies can significantly enhance overall well-being. While counseling services and medication play pivotal roles in treatment, incorporating additional approaches ensures a comprehensive approach to mental health in Georgia.

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[ableautism]

Individuals seeking holistic mental health support to ABA therapy services in Johns Creek, Georgia, for comprehensive care. ABA Therapy, rooted in evidence-based practices, stands as a hope for many navigating the intricate landscape of mental health. Through structured interventions and personalized strategies, ABA Therapy equips individuals with the necessary tools to understand and regulate their behaviors effectively. This therapeutic approach extends beyond mere symptom management, delving deep into the core of behavioral patterns to foster lasting change and growth.

#Compassionate Care #Holistic Mental Health #Personalized Support

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Semaglutide Weight Loss Treatment East Atlanta

Semaglutide Weight Loss Treatment East Atlanta

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Education

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SERVICES PROVIDED 

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I am dedicated to helping you achieve your weight loss goals in a safe and effective manner. This clinic offers a range of services including vitamin B12, nutrition counseling, and prescription medication, which are all designed to support your weight loss journey.

 I understand that losing weight can be challenging, and that's why an experienced healthcare professional will provide you with personalized care and guidance every step of the way.

 I believe that a healthy lifestyle is the key to long-term weight loss success, and I am committed to helping you make sustainable changes to your diet and exercise habits. Here, you can expect a welcoming and supportive environment where your health and wellness are the top priority.

 Contact me today to schedule your appointment and take the first step towards a healthier, happier you!

[abasuccess]

ABA Success is a behavioral health care provider of ABA Services in Atlanta, Georgia, dedicated to providing a comprehensive and collaborative approach to serving children with autism. The success of ABA therapy in Atlanta can be attributed to its evidence-based techniques and individualized approach. ABA therapists in the city are highly trained professionals who tailor treatment plans to meet the unique needs of each individual.

ABA Success 6371 Seymour Place, Acworth, GA 30101 (770) 508–0686

My Official Website: http://www.aba-success.com/ Google Plus Listing: https://www.google.com/maps?cid=7941262765752548135

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Service We Offer:

EVIDENCE-BASED ABA HOME SERVICES CONSULTATION PARENT/ CARETAKER COACHING SCHOOL-BASED SERVICES COMMUNITY INTEGRATION

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Hypnotherapy Training Institute In Georgia

We're experts in the field of Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy which encompasses Clinical, Medical, Motivational and Integrative Hypnotherapy.

Because we have used Hypnotherapy on a daily basis for the last 25 years, we have extensive experience in addressing mental health, medical, clinical and everyday situations and conditions. Because we work with an assortment of people who want to achieve goals, eliminate habits and resolve problems, our students are taught how to be effective across the board with weight and health concerns, sleep issues, addictions, relationships, trauma, fears, phobias and mind/body health.

Our work with business and sales professionals interested in boosting sales, improving people skills and communication skills, navigating the stress of everyday life and resolving relationship problems translates into specialty training to cover the kinds of problems business people, families and individuals face.

Professional Hypnosis Institute is dedicated to providing world-class professional hypnotherapy training. We work from an integrative perspective that trains our students to support physical, emotional and behavioral health. Our Clinical, Medical, Motivational and Integrative Hypnosis training is based on solid psychological constructs of human behavior and learning styles combined with brain function, supported by sound research with extensive experience in the field.

We're here to support you whether you are beginning a new career or enhancing your current career. Our attendees come from all walks of life. They may be transitioning into their first, second or third career or maybe seeking Hypnotherapy training for their own life improvement goals or to enhance their health or the well being of loved ones.

Our attendees may already be working in a related field such as counseling, psychology, nursing, coaching, fitness or health care. Others may choose to apply their training in sales or customer service. Our Professional Hypnosis, Advanced Hypnotherapy, Clinical Hypnotherapy, and Medical Hypnotherapy Training provides the skills and support for excellence in the field of Hypnosis and related fields.

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The Vital Role of Child and Teen Counseling

Peachtree City is a beacon of community and family values in the heart of Georgia. Within this idyllic setting, however, lies a critical need - the mental and emotional well-being of its youngest residents. This piece delves into the world of child and Teen Counseling in Peachtree City, GA, unraveling its significance in nurturing the mental health of the younger generation.

The Need for Adolescent Therapy

Adolescence and childhood are not just about physical growth but also significant emotional and psychological development. In Peachtree City, as in any community, children and teens face many challenges - from academic pressure to social dynamics and the complexities of growing up in an increasingly digital world. The need for specialized counseling in this demographic is not just beneficial but essential. It serves as a proactive approach to address various mental health concerns that, if left unattended, can escalate into more severe issues in adulthood.

Benefits of Therapy

The advantages of engaging in therapy at a young age are manifold:

Emotional Resilience: 

Therapy equips young individuals with the skills to cope with stress, anxiety, and emotional upheavals.

Behavioral Improvement: 

Counselors can help address behavioral issues by providing strategies to manage and overcome them.

Self-Discovery and Growth: 

It creates a safe space for children and teens to understand themselves better, fostering self-awareness and personal growth.

Academic and Social Success: 

By tackling emotional and mental challenges, therapy can indirectly contribute to improved academic performance and healthier social interactions.

Spotlight on Local Counselors

Peachtree City is home to a dedicated group of child and teen counselors who bring expertise and compassion to their practice. These professionals are not just therapists but mentors, advocates, and pillars of support for the young minds they guide. They employ various therapeutic techniques, from traditional talk therapy to more innovative approaches, ensuring each child or teen's unique needs are met. Highlighting the work of these counselors sheds light on the invaluable service they provide to the community.

Conclusion

The journey of childhood and adolescence is complex and filled with numerous challenges. Teen Counseling in Peachtree City, GA is pivotal in ensuring this journey is navigated successfully. By providing a supportive and understanding environment, these counselors play a crucial role in shaping our children's future and, by extension, the future of our community. As we recognize and support these vital services, we invest in the well-being and potential of our youngest generation, laying the foundation for a healthier, more resilient society.

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Weight loss services are provided by a nurse practitioner. Modalities include phentermine, semaglutide, and vitamin B12. Please call with any questions or to find out more.

L Chris Narain, PhD, NP

Nurse Practitioner

Education

Augusta University: Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD)

Georgia State University: Master of Science in Nursing - Nurse Practitioner (NP)

Clayton State University: Bachelor of Science in Nursing - Registered Nurse (RN)

SERVICES PROVIDED 

Nutrition counseling  

Exercise guidance and support

Behavioral coaching and support

Vitamin B12

Semaglutide (similiar to: Ozempic/ Wegovy)

Phentermine

Progress tracking and monitoring

Access to a nurse practitioner

Ongoing support and motivation to help you achieve your weight loss goals

I am dedicated to helping you achieve your weight loss goals in a safe and effective manner. This clinic offers a range of services including vitamin B12, nutrition counseling, and prescription medication, which are all designed to support your weight loss journey.

 I understand that losing weight can be challenging, and that's why an experienced healthcare professional will provide you with personalized care and guidance every step of the way.

 I believe that a healthy lifestyle is the key to long-term weight loss success, and I am committed to helping you make sustainable changes to your diet and exercise habits. Here, you can expect a welcoming and supportive environment where your health and wellness are the top priority.

 Contact me today to schedule your appointment and take the first step towards a healthier, happier you!

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Christian counseling in Georgia provides a unique approach to mental health care, integrating faith-based principles with therapeutic techniques. Individuals seeking support can benefit from Christian counselors who understand the intersection of spirituality and mental well-being. By incorporating biblical teachings and prayer into the counseling process, counseling offers a holistic approach to addressing mental health concerns.

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