Access to Behavioral Health
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.
The AHA and the National Quality Forum today released a guide to help hospitals and health systems working to deliver innovative, high-quality telebehavioral health services.
In this Advancing Health podcast, Saint Anthony Hospital’s Dr. Arturo Carrillo, manager of the community wellness program and Patrick Brosnan, executive director of Brighton Park Neighborhood Council discuss the work of the Collaborative for Community Wellness and how this work is advancing the…
This how-to guide outline strategies, interventions, tools and resources for implementing telebehavioral health services, whether hospitals and health systems are starting a program or strengthening an existing one.
AHA letter to Representative Terri Sewell expressing support for the the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019 (H.R. 1763).
March 12 at 2PM ET
Join the AHA's Section for Psychiatric & Substance Abuse Services and AHA’s Physician Alliance on March 12 at 2 p.m. ET for a webinar on the Prescribe Safe Initiative.
Newsletter highlighting AHA resources, advocacy updates, and more regarding behavioral health.
March 2019 Behavioral Health Update Cover Note
March 2019 Behavioral Health Update
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…
Glendale, Calif.-based Adventist Medical Center has built a growing community of grief support facilitators.
It can be difficult to find creative ways to optimize the time of psychiatrists and other caregivers who treat mental health patients. Likewise, finding better ways to integrate behavioral health and primary care to improve patient access and outcomes can be challenging. Montefiore Health System in…