Access to Behavioral Health
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently published frequently asked questions on the implementation of its final rule applying certain provisions of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 to Medicaid managed care organizations, Medicaid alternative鈥
The AHA鈥檚 Physician Leadership Forum will host a Nov. 9 webinar on a team-based approach to improving care for hospitalized adults with substance-use disorders. Honora Englander, M.D., associate professor of medicine and director of the Improving Addiction Care Team at Oregon Health & Science鈥
A new AHA issue brief offers resources and strategies to improve care for 鈥渉igh-need, high-cost patients鈥 鈥 adults who have three or more chronic diseases and functional limitations in their ability to care for themselves or perform routine daily tasks. Access the resource at www.aha.org/hnhc.
The speakers will share how a Northern Shenandoah Valley community coalesced to develop strategies to effectively respond to the challenge of heroin and opiate abuse in a rural Virginia community.
This web page is designed to provide easy access to information and tools that will assist hospitals and health systems in navigating the changing behavioral health care system and understanding national, state and local activities affecting behavioral health.
Benjamin Van Voorhees, M.D., the University of Illinois Medical Center鈥檚 chief of general pediatrics, is teaching children coping skills through a combination of online learning and traditional counseling. He hopes a technology-based 鈥渂ehavioral vaccine鈥 can reduce the risk of mental illness for a鈥