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How rural communities can address behavioral health care challenges

(Podcast) Shelly Rivello, director of integrated care at J.C. Blair Health System in Huntington, Pa., and Carrie Henning-Smith, assistant professor and deputy director of the University of Minnesota’s Rural Health Research Center in Minneapolis, discuss innovative models and evidence-based practices to increase access to behavioral health care and integrate mental health services into primary care. 
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Rural City Part of Groundbreaking Heart Disease Prevention Initiative

On this AHA Advancing Health podcast, The Value Initiative series continues with a four-way conversation discussing how the Heart of New Ulm project in Minnesota aims to reduce heart disease and prevent cardiovascular problems before they appear.
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A Health Equity and Community Health Conversation

On this AHA Advancing Health podcast, Nancy Myers, vice president of leadership and system innovation for the AHA Center for Health Innovation, and Duane Reynolds, president and CEO of the Institute for Diversity and Health Equity, discuss health equity and its relationship to community health.
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State Medicaid agencies can apply for grants to expand SUD treatment

State Medicaid agencies can apply through Aug. 9 for planning grants to expand provider capacity to deliver substance use disorder treatment and recovery services, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced yesterday.
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AHA-supported bills, provisions clear committee

The House Ways and Means Committee today passed the Opioid Workforce Act (H.R. 3414), AHA-supported legislation that would add 1,000 Medicare-funded training positions in hospitals with approved residency programs in addiction medicine, addiction psychiatry or pain management.
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Senate HELP Committee passes Lower Health Care Costs Act

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions today voted 20-3 to pass the Lower Health Care Costs Act (S.1895) – bipartisan legislation focused on reducing health care costs.
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Minnesota Hospital Association leader to retire

Minnesota Hospital Association President and CEO Lawrence “Lorry” Massa will retire in September, the association announced yesterday.
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DOL taps AHA to expand health care apprenticeship programs

The Department of Labor is tapping into the AHA and its professional membership groups to help expand health care apprenticeship programs across the country.
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Quest for Quality

A vigorous approach to quality improvement at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, Ill., is achieving excellent, sustainable patient outcomes and spreading innovation.
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Exploring health and health care at Aspen Ideas: Health

Last week’s Aspen Ideas: Health festival reflected many of the changing dynamics in health and health care. Notably, a number of sessions across the four days examined how consumerism and technology are shaping the patient experience of care.