Integrated Behavioral Health in Pediatrics – New Partnership to Promote The National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) announced a new partnership with Mental Health America (MHA) to promote integrated behavioral healthcare (IBH) for children… Posted 11/14/24
A Workforce Innovation for Behavioral Health Integration: Insights from the Idaho Health Neighborhood Center Idaho has one of the highest rates of suicide and faces severe healthcare workforce challenges, particularly in its rural areas.1,2,3 Idaho’s rural and frontier communities have a high… Posted 10/28/24
Strengthening Primary Care – New Reimbursement Models Primary care is a crucial cornerstone of the U.S. healthcare system, yet it is understaffed and underinvested; only five to seven cents of every health care dollar is spent on primary… Posted 10/22/24
Behavioral Health Parity - New Rules for Enforcement The United States Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury have established new rules to strengthen their commitment to ensuring equitable access to mental health… Posted 10/11/24
Behavioral Health Integration Gets Historic Funding The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is announcing a historic investment to integrate mental health and substance use disorder treatment into primary care. This… Posted 09/23/24
U.S. Overdose Deaths Drop Significantly The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently updated their Provisional Drug Overdose Death Counts to include new data, which show a 10.6% drop in overdose deaths from… Posted 09/23/24
State-Based Healthcare Extension Cooperatives - NOFO Released by AHRQ On September 9, 2024, AHRQ announced three funding opportunities to support state-based solutions to accelerate health care improvement. A Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the… Posted 09/13/24
Suicide Prevention Month - September In recognition of September 2024 as Suicide Prevention Month, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health, and Human Services (HHS), Xavier Becerra, and Assistant Secretary for Mental… Posted 09/10/24
September is National Recovery Month The White House has issued a proclamation, declaring September to be National Recovery Month in the United States. National Recovery Month was instituted in 1989 and endeavors to… Posted 09/06/24
Findings from Unhealthy Alcohol Use Initiative In 2019, AHRQ launched the EvidenceNOW: Managing UAU Initiative to help primary care practices increase efforts to address patients’ unhealthy alcohol use (UAU). As the fourth-leading… Posted 08/30/24
New Language Accessibility Priorities at HHS In a joint agency effort, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is prioritizing inclusivity in its public communications to ensure that individuals with limited English… Posted 08/19/24
Comments Due September 9 for New CMS Proposed Rule On July 10, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), issued the calendar year (CY) 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rule. Among several components… Posted 07/31/24
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