Access to Behavioral Health
A health system in rural Minnesota has helped develop an innovative model to prevent prescription drug and opioid abuse. Staff at CHI St. Gabriel's Health in Little Falls, Minn., began researching the issue after noticing that a large number of patients in the emergency department were requesting…
Overview
Ascension’s Lourdes Youth Services has been serving parents and young people since 1996. It offers many prevention and-intervention programs designed to suit the needs of the community’s youth and their families. Ascension’s Lourdes Youth & Family Services continues to grow. Programs…
Health care providers and other stakeholders may email questions and concerns regarding the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ final rule applying certain provisions of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 to Medicaid managed care organizations, Medicaid…
Progress on addressing the opioid epidemic.
Held June 21, 2016
Please join a group of your executive colleagues for a webinar and discussion. Jeffrey R. Martin, M.D., Associate Director, Family and Community Medicine and Managing Physician, Care Connections, Lancaster General Health, Lancaster, PA will describe Care Connections, a…
AHA Letter to House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders on Mental Health Bill.
Every day, hospitals see the devastating effects of the U.S. opioid epidemic. While prescription opioids can be a safe and necessary part of pain management, these drugs also carry serious risks of harm because of the potential for addiction, misuse, overdose and death.
Read the full advisory…
Update on Key Issues in the Behavioral Health Care Field: June 2016
AHA letter to the Department of Health and Human Services regarding medication-assisted treatment for opiod user disorders.