Access to Behavioral Health
[WEBINAR] As a country we are continually adapting and being proactive when addressing the physical health of our health care staff, but what are we doing about their mental health now and in the future? Explore how the trauma of this pandemic is affecting our health care workforce and what…
As we mark Mental Health Awareness Month during the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s important to remember that around 45% of U.S. hospitals and health systems do not offer specialized behavioral services.
The American Hospital Association has a longstanding commitment to improving access to high quality, affordable treatment services for psychiatric and substance use disorders; commonly referred to has behavioral health disorders. This podcast series will explore one health system’s collaborative…
Summit Healthcare in Arizona taps social media to improve access to behavioral health care during this pandemic.
AHA, others make an urgent request that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issue a rule as soon as possible on the 42 CFR Part 2 (Part 2) provisions in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Safety Act (CARES Act).
Providing the Continuum of Outpatient Behavioral Health Services during COVID-19
Lessons from Sheppard Pratt Health System, Baltimore
The COVID-19 pandemic has created stresses that most health care workers have never experienced, writes Robert Trestman, M.D., of Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, Va., and 2020 chair-elect of AHA’s Behavioral Health Council.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services April 10 issued a proposed rule for the inpatient psychiatric facility (IPF) prospective payment system for fiscal year 2021.
Providers caring for patients with behavioral health disorders face unique challenges in balancing safe public health measures and clinical protocols during the COVID-19 emergency, the AHA said in a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar.
The American Hospital Association asks Health and Human Services to provide additional guidance and flexibility for providers caring for patients with behavioral health disorders.