Access to Behavioral Health
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The Food and Drug Administration today announced four priority areas for additional policy activity in 2018: reducing addiction to opioid drugs and cigarettes; promoting innovation and competition; empowering consumers to make informed decisions; and strengthening the FDA workforce.
Mary Lou Mastro, system CEO for Edward-Elmhurst Health in Naperville, IL, is 2018 council chair of the AHA’s Constituency Section for Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Services. Joseph Miller, vice-president of behavioral health care transformation services for Hackensack Meridian Health and clinical…
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee today held a hearing on the opioid crisis and “how to move forward.” Journalist Sam Quinones, author of the book “Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic,” shared his recommendations for addressing the crisis, which included…
Update on Key Issues in the Behavioral Health Care Field: January 2018
This list of publications, educational recordings, and case studies has been compiled to help you in your efforts to understand and foster behavioral health community collaborations.
Health care and behavioral health care systems can apply through Feb. 21 for grants to screen adolescents and adults in primary care and community health settings for substance misuse and use disorders, implement brief interventions and refer for treatment services, the Substance Abuse and Mental…
Clarity is important in health care. It is particularly important when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is spelling out the “rules of the road” for hospitals to be able to participate in Medicare and Medicaid. Hospitals and their employees are dedicated to patient well-being…
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights yesterday released new guidance on sharing information related to mental health and substance use disorder treatment with a patient’s family and others involved in their care under the Health Insurance Portability and…
A committee created by the 21st Century Cures Act to better coordinate federal efforts to address serious mental illness and emotional disturbance today released its recommendations to Congress and federal agencies.