Access to Behavioral Health
Joseph Miller, vice president of behavioral health care transformation services at Hackensack Meridian Health, and the chair of AHA’s Section for Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Services, discusses better coordinating care and innovating treatment for patients with a primary diagnosis of mental…
AHA Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Jay Bhatt, D.O., and Shantanu Agrawal, M.D., president and CEO of the National Quality Forum, highlight a guide that offers health care organizations a “one-stop shop” of actionable interventions and curated tools and resources to deliver quality…
During Mental Health Month, let’s all remember that caring for the whole person improves health and saves lives.
As part of its efforts to promote behavioral health strategies, the AHA today released a TrendWatch report outlining the opportunities, barriers and solutions to increase access to behavioral health care.
AHA board member Harsh Trivedi is president and CEO of Sheppard Pratt Health System and is striving to improve health in the communities he serves across the country.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) April 18 issued a proposed rule for the inpatient psychiatric facility (IPF) prospective payment system (PPS) for fiscal year (FY) 2020.
CMS will accept comments on this rule through June 17.
Key Takaways:
The proposed changes would:…
Hospitals and health systems are facing a daunting shortage of behavioral health professions, including psychiatrists. In fact, the Health Resources and Services Administration projects the supply of selected behavioral health professionals to be approximately 250,000 workers short of the expected…
The AHA today expressed support for the Excellence in Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Expansion Act (H.R.1767/S. 824), bipartisan legislation that would renew and expand an innovative demonstration program that expands access to treatment of mental illnesses and substance use disorders…
The AHA today expressed support for bipartisan legislation that would expand access to treatment of mental illnesses and substance use disorders through community-based clinics.
The Issue
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) April 19 released draft revised guidance to clarify its ligature risk policy, which pertains to environmental safeguards for patients at risk of harm to self or others.