Behavioral Health Care Delivery
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued guidance to states implementing Section 5022 of the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act of 2018.
The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee held a hearing titled “Combatting an Epidemic: Legislation to Help Patients with Substance Use Disorders.”
Snapchat, the popular social website, is ready to test its reach in health care. The company will launch a new set of tools and custom content centered around mental health and wellness. The new feature, Here For You, provides in-app support for those who may be experiencing a behavioral health or…
The 2020 AHA Innovation Challenge aims to disrupt behavioral health care, inspire new strategies and test bold ideas that will make it easier for people living with psychiatric or substance-use disorders to obtain and afford better treatment, shatter the stigma commonly associated with behavioral…
The AHA has launched its 2020 Innovation Challenge – a leading competition to accelerate health care innovation. This year’s challenge asks AHA members and their partners to help make behavioral health care more accessible and affordable.
One in every five American adults are living with a behavioral health disorder. Roughly half of these people don’t receive treatment. How should the health care field respond? What can be done to improve access and affordability? Learn more from AHA's Center for Health Innovation.
Hospital emergency departments, primary care and behavioral health care organizations, public health agencies and tribal organizations may apply through March 30 for fiscal year 2020 grants to implement the Zero Suicide in Health Systems model.
Widespread use of virtual care platforms to deliver primary care has been expected for some time now and a recent agreement between MDLIVE and Cigna could jump-start the transition.
The AHA participated today in a White House summit on transforming mental health treatment to combat homelessness, violence and substance abuse.
The Health Resources and Services Administration has announced a $20 million investment through the Addiction Medicine Fellowship program to increase access to board-certified addiction professionals who are practicing in underserved, community-based settings that integrate behavioral health with…