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SBIRT Approaches for Populations That Experience Health Disparities – NIH Funding Opportunity

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Disease Prevention (ODP) and participating Institutes, Centers, and Offices are inviting applications for research projects that test…

Medicare Proposed Changes in Physician Fee Schedule to Improve Access to Behavioral Health Services

A collection of policies to expand the types of providers eligible to bill for behavioral health services through Medicare have been added to the proposed 2024 Medicare Physician Fee…

Stimulant Use Disorder – New Draft FDA Guidance and Resource

Stimulant Use Disorders: Developing Drugs for Treatment; Draft Guidance for Industry; Availability was announced by The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in a press release. There…

Youth Mental Health Screening: SAMHSA Releases a New Tool

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA’s) “Talk. They Hear You.” a youth substance use prevention campaign, has developed a new tool to help parents and…

Innovative Primary Care Models for Addressing Substance Use Win $25,000 Prizes

Winners of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) “Substance Use Prevention Services in Primary Care” Challenge were recently announced. The initiative, which launched in February…

Assessing the Reach of the U.S. Opioid Crisis – New Poll

The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) recently released results from a poll to assess the broad reach of the opioid crisis on families across the United States. The poll results reveal that…

Making Care Primary (MCP) Model – RFA Now Available

In June 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the testing of the Making Care Primary (MCP) Model to improve care management and care coordination by…