Behavioral Health Workers
Held Wednesday, May 15, 2019
The need for a strong behavioral health care workforce is more important than ever. The AHA is working to strengthen this important area of health care and integrate it with primary care.
Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Susan Collins, R-Maine, Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, yesterday introduced AHA-supported legislation (S. 948) to improve and extend the Conrad State 30 program until 2021.
AHA letter to Representative Terri Sewell expressing support for the the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019 (H.R. 1763).
AHA urges the Senate to co-sponsor the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019
(S. 348), a bipartisan bill, authored by Senators Menendez, Boozman and Schumer, that would
increase the number of Medicare-funded residency positions by 15,000 over five years,
thereby helping to alleviate…
AHA letter to Senator Robert Menendez expressing support for the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act, legislation that would add 15,000 Medicare-funded residency positions over five years to alleviate physician shortages that threaten patients' access to care.
The Health Resources and Services Administration has released updated national and state-level projections for the behavioral health workforce through 2030, as required by the 21st Century Cures Act.
Health care support personnel had the third highest female suicide rate by occupation in 2015 at 11 per 100,000, a 31 percent increase from 2012.
Boston Medical Center has made strides to de-stigmatize addiction both inside and outside of its own walls.
There are excellent initiatives across the country that are making a real difference in people’s lives.