Access to Behavioral Health
AHA letter to Senator Robert Menendez expressing support for the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act, legislation that would add 15,000 Medicare-funded residency positions over five years to alleviate physician shortages that threaten patients' access to care.
Also in this weekly roundup of health care news: Providence St. Joseph Health launches population health company; Aetna, others try new approach to educate doctors about opioid alternatives.
Behavioral Health Update February 2019
2019 Section new leaders, learning opportunities, advocacy and regulatory update, and more news on behavioral health issues.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors are working to create a registry of crisis intervention beds for people with serious mental illness, SAMHSA announced last week.
Please join AHA’s Section for Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Services and the National Council on Behavioral Health for a joint webinar, Partnering to Address Behavioral Health: A Deep Dive into Hospital/Health System Partnerships with Community Behavioral Health featuring Dr. Wayne Sparks, Senior…
Partnering to Address Behavioral Health: A Deep Dive into Hospital/Health System Partnerships with Community Behavioral Health featuring Dr. Wayne Sparks, Senior Medical Director, Behavioral Care at Atrium Health and Victor Armstrong, MSW, Vice President, Behavioral Health with Atrium Health and…
The American Hospital Association’s Hospitals Against Violence initiative joins the National Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Center (NHTTAC) and HEAL Trafficking to provide key resources and information on how hospitals and health systems can combat human trafficking in their…
The New Hampshire Hospital Association, along with hospitals across the state, recently filed a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit filed against the state last November for failure to provide timely probable cause hearings for patients in an acute psychiatric crisis.
Newsletter highlighting AHA resources, advocacy updates, and more regarding behavioral health.
AHA comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rule that would set forth policy changes for the 2020 and 2021 Medicare Advantage (MA) plan years.