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One-Third Of ACO Addiction Treatment Provider Organizations Use Digital Health Tools

Article August 28, 2023

About one-third of provider organizations that participate in an accountable care organization (ACO) and offer addiction treatment use at least one of three digital health technologies to augment opioid use… Read More

The States Respond To Crisis

Article August 21, 2023

The 988 crisis line has been up and running for a little over a year. Owned by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and funded through two,… Read More

Depression Diagnosis More Than Doubles Risk of Dementia

Article August 21, 2023

Those who have a diagnosis of depression from their health care professional are also 2.41 times more likely to develop dementia later in life, compared to those who have not… Read More

Half Of The World Population May Have A Mental Health Disorder By Age 75

Article August 21, 2023

According to a worldwide study of individuals in 29 countries, morbid risk of any mental disorder by age 75 years was 46.4% for men and 53.1% for women. Between 2001… Read More

Alaska Medicaid To Cover Assisted Living Services In At-Home Settings

Article August 21, 2023

On July 29, 2023, Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy signed Senate Bill (SB) 57, which authorizes the state’s Medicaid program to pay for assisted living services in at-home settings. The bill… Read More

CMS Approves California Medicaid SPA For Community-Based Mobile Crisis Intervention

Article August 14, 2023

On July 20, 2023, the California Medicaid program received federal approval from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for a state plan amendment (SPA) to add mobile behavioral… Read More

43% Of People Who Sought Mental Health Or Addiction Care Could Not Access Care At Least One Occasion

Article August 14, 2023

A total of 43% of U.S. adults who say they needed addiction care, and 43% who said they needed mental health care in the past 12 months did not receive… Read More

Behavioral Health Disparities Differ Widely Across Demographic Groups

Article August 14, 2023

Incidents of mental health and behavioral health disparities among adults and youth differed significantly across racial and ethnic groups in the United States with American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth experiencing… Read More

Don’t Forget The Gold

Article August 14, 2023

In the 2019 report “Facing Addiction In America: The Surgeon General’s Spotlight On Opioids,” U.S. Surgeon General Jerome M. Adams, M.D., referred to medication assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder… Read More

Feds Propose Tougher Mental Health Parity Standards For Payers

Article August 14, 2023

On July 25, 2023, the federal Departments of Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS), and Treasury proposed rules to strengthen requirements that commercial payers and group health plans cover… Read More

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