Access to Behavioral Health
Hospitalizations for opioid abuse/dependence increased 72% between 2002 and 2012 to an estimated 520,275 per year, while hospitalizations for opioid-associated infections rose 91% to 6,535, according to a study published today in Health Affairs. Intravenous administration of opioids and heroin…
AHA letter to Representatives Fred Upton and Frank Pallone, Jr. expressing views regarding opioid legislation pending before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
AHA comments to HHS on the proposed revision to the regulation governing the confidentiality of substance use disorder patients' records.
Held May 12, 2016
Please join a group of your executive colleagues for a webinar and discussion. Robin Henderson, PsyD, Chief Executive, Behavioral Health, Providence Medical, Group, Portland, OR with Lori Raney, M.D., Principal, HMA, Denver, CO will describe the many factors that support the…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) yesterday issued a final rule applying certain provisions of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) of 2008 to Medicaid managed care organizations, Medicaid alternative benefit plans (ABPs) and the Children's Health…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a final rule applying certain provisions of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 to Medicaid managed care organizations, Medicaid alternative benefit plans and the Children’s Health Insurance Program. The MHPAEA…
AHA Executive Dialogue Series on Behavioral Health Care
Integrating Behavioral Health: Queen of the Valley Medical Center, Napa, CA
Case studies in the guide provide examples of how hospital and health systems, working with community partners, can improve the quality of and access to behavioral health care, while bending the cost curve and improving community health.