Access to Behavioral Health

Community Hospital of Monterey (Calif.) Peninsula (CHOMP), part of Montage Health, took action two years ago to address the prescription opioid abuse crisis in its county of some 415,000 residents. The community-wide effort, called Prescribe Safe, has led to a sharp decline in the number of…
Hospitalizations for opioid abuse/dependence increased 72% between 2002 and 2012 to an estimated 520,275 per year, while hospitalizations for opioid-associated infections rose 91% to 6,535, according to a study published today in Health Affairs. Intravenous administration of opioids and heroin…
AHA letter to Representatives Fred Upton and Frank Pallone, Jr. expressing views regarding opioid legislation pending before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Held May 12, 2016 Please join a group of your executive colleagues for a webinar and discussion. Robin Henderson, PsyD, Chief Executive, Behavioral Health, Providence Medical, Group, Portland, OR with Lori Raney, M.D., Principal, HMA, Denver, CO will describe the many factors that support the…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) yesterday issued a final rule applying certain provisions of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) of 2008 to Medicaid managed care organizations, Medicaid alternative benefit plans (ABPs) and the Children's Health…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a final rule applying certain provisions of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 to Medicaid managed care organizations, Medicaid alternative benefit plans and the Children’s Health Insurance Program. The MHPAEA…
AHA Executive Dialogue Series on Behavioral Health Care Integrating Behavioral Health: Queen of the Valley Medical Center, Napa, CA