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Behavioral Health: Advocacy & Regulatory Resources

This section highlights the latest of these efforts and key topics impacted by them, including full implementation of the parity law, modification/elimination of 42CFR-Part 2, expanding funding for opiate use disorder treatment, appropriate quality measures, and more.
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Berkshire Medical Center offers ‘better start’ in health for young people, families

Berkshire Medical Center’s Operation Better Start is a collaborative effort among health care providers to help young people and their families make and sustain positive changes in their health.
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New center to study health disparities impacting rural, underserved communities in Pa.

Penn State College of Medicine has launched the Center for Advancing Health Equity in Rural and Underserved Communities. The center's initial focus is on reducing cancer health disparities and improving health literacy and education in cardiovascular health, cancer, and diabetes for minority, underserved, and rural populations.

Behavioral Health Resources: Clinical Innovation

The resources in this area showcase multiple clinical innovations, including how the integration of physical and behavioral health improves patient outcomes and satisfaction, and reduces the total cost of care; how digital solutions can expand access to care and fill gaps in the continuum of care, and more.
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Integrated Behavioral Health Resources | Care Transformation Framework: Clinical Settings

Mental and physical health are intertwined. Having mental health professionals on the care team leads to better, more holistic care for patients.

Behavioral Health Resources: Awareness & Prevention

The resources in this section help educate and inform hospitals and health systems on the importance and value of reducing stigma, as well as prevention and early intervention initiatives for individuals with behavioral health disorders.
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We Are AHA: Behavioral Health

Behavioral health providers that are members of the American Hospital Association add their voice and influence to the nation’s leading advocate for hospitals and health systems. The AHA provides its behavioral health members with valuable benefits, including advocacy, resources and initiatives designed to improve access to and strengthen the delivery of affordable, high-quality behavioral health care.
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Denver Health Focuses on Primary Care Training in Underserved Areas

Recruiting and retaining skilled health care professionals to meet projected demands is a challenge everywhere, especially in rural and underserved areas.
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Taking to the skies: How a doctor cares for patients in rural Colorado

Many daily commutes are on the ground — car, train, bikes — but what if you took to the air? Dr. Charles Frankum has spent over two decades flying himself to some of the most remote hospitals in Colorado and Kansas, including the Southeast Colorado Hospital District in Springfield, Colo.
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Population Health Management

The Population health Management page contains current initiatives and resources related to improving care coordination and patient engagement supported by appropriate financial and care models.