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As more people turn to their local hospital ED for behavioral health and addiction services, an executive with M Health Fairview in Minnesota describes how the health system launched a special emergency unit to deliver behavioral health care in a quick and calming environment.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration invites community-based organizations to apply through June 8 to participate in its Behavioral Health Equity Challenge, which will award 10 organizations up to $50,000 each for their innovative strategies to help underserved racial and…
Hospital and health system margins improved slightly in March, but continue to sit at “razor-thin, near-zero levels,” putting hospitals in a vulnerable position should a recession or a new public health emergency materialize, according to the latest report on hospital finances by Kaufman Hall.
The Food and Drug Administration on May 3 approved the first U.S. vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus, Arexvy by GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, for use in individuals aged 60 and older.
The Senate Finance Committee today held a hearing on removing barriers to mental health care, with a focus on improving provider directory accuracy.
After reviewing a record 38,000 comments on proposed rules limiting telehealth prescriptions for buprenorphine and other controlled substances after the COVID-19 public health emergency, the Drug Enforcement Administration and Department of Health and Human Services “have decided to extend the…
ProMedica’s approach to integrating social determinants of health “is designed to offer a helping hand, not a prescribed intervention,” writes the health system’s director of community impact in Michigan.
Pregnant people with opioid use disorder are more likely to receive buprenorphine (a recommended treatment) if they are older, white and have public insurance.
AHA May 1 released a customizable video and other social media resources to help hospitals and health systems celebrate National Hospital Week.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services May 1 announced two investigations of hospitals that allegedly did not offer necessary stabilizing care to an individual experiencing an emergency medical condition in violation of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act.