Access to Behavioral Health
The AHA commented May 28 on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed rule for the inpatient psychiatric facility prospective payment system for fiscal year 2025, which would update the IPF payment rate by a net 2.6% compared to FY 2024.
Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, located in Torrington, Ct., and part of Hartford HealthCare, is continuously “expanding and tweaking” its behavioral health offerings to ensure the people it serves in northwestern Connecticut communities get the care they need.
Behavioral health conditions among older populations are often underrecognized, undertreated and stigmatized, according to the World Health Organization.
In this conversation, Broaddus Hospital's Dana Gould, CEO, and Donetta McVicker, program director of Senior Life Solutions, share how they are working to identify and fill the unique mental health needs of their older community members.
The AHA, together with behavioral health and language experts from member hospitals and partner organizations, has created a continuing series of “People Matter, Words Matter” posters to help health care workers and others adopt person-first, respectful language that aims to reduce stigma.
In this episode we discuss how hospitals and health systems can best provide behavioral health services and fully integrate treatment as part of patient-centered care.
In this conversation, Joanne M. Conroy, M.D., CEO and president of Dartmouth Health and 2024 AHA board chair, talks with Jeremy Musher, M.D., chief behavioral medical officer at Lifepoint Health, about common obstacles in the behavioral health field, including access and reimbursement, as well as…
Providence, R.I.’s Butler Hospital, a part of Care New England, is reaching out to teens as part of its mission as the state’s only nonprofit, freestanding psychiatric hospital.
In continuing recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, Azziza Bankole, M.D., writes about the negative effects of social isolation and loneliness and how providers can address this public health crisis.
Social isolation and loneliness are important social determinants of physical and mental health that we, as a society, need to pay attention to and develop ways to mitigate their deleterious effects.