Capacity Planning
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Dec. 29 announced $50 billion in funds awarded to all 50 states through the Rural Health Transformation Program.
In recognition of National Rural Health Day on November 20, Sutter Health's Dan Peterson, CEO of Behavioral Health Services, and Matthew White, M.D., chair of the Behavioral Health Service Line, share how the system is expanding behavioral health access across rural Northern California.
In 2024, behavioral health visits among commercially insured individuals in the United States surpassed primary care visits for the first time, according to an analysis published by Behavioral Health Business and based on data from Trilliant Health.
Children’s Mercy has announced the opening of its new Partial Hospitalization Program to support children and adolescents facing serious medical and mental health challenges.
A new AHA Market Scan report, “Unlocking Capacity for Targeted Patient Populations,” outlines a process to surface these care transformation opportunities and shares proof of concept with case studies from two health systems.
Follow this 4-step systematic approach to optimize care for targeted patient populations - TrailBlazers
The AHA and the Hospital Capacity Management Consortium will host a webinar Sept. 4 on the use of predictive analytics within hospital capacity management, with examples provided by hospital and health system leaders.
Kevin McEwan, DNP, R.N., chief nursing officer at Madison Memorial Hospital, shares how Medicaid provides vital behavioral health and maternal and child care access for vulnerable rural communities in Idaho, in the latest video in the AHA’s series “Medicaid: Real Lives, Real Care.”
Access to youth and adolescent behavioral health care is a major challenge facing rural communities.
Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital has opened a new Applied Behavior Analysis Clinic in Riverton, Utah, that aims to address the growing need for autism services in the community.