Iowa HHS Transition Plan For The Behavioral Health Service System Alignment
On July 28, 2024, the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published this transition plan for the Behavioral health Service System alignment. This transition plan provides information...
View ArticleIowa Behavioral Health Service System Alignment: District Map Overview
On August 1, 2024, the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services published this Behavioral Health Service System Alignment district map overview. Iowa HHS embarked on a stakeholder engagement...
View ArticleOhio’s School-Based Behavioral Health Partnerships Up 223% Since 2017
Between 2023 and 2024, the number of Ohio school buildings that partner with community behavioral health centers (CBHCs) increased by 21.8% to reach 3,610 school buildings across 646 school...
View ArticleBeating The Stats
Getting a bead on what is a “good” outcome from mental health treatment is difficult. A recent study found that 61% of youth with primary anxiety disorder treated with long-term... The post Beating The...
View ArticleNextGen & Mental Health Corporations Of America Launch Center Of Innovation
NextGen Healthcare is partnering with Mental Health Corporations of America (MHCA) to launch a new Center of Innovation (COi). The COi will promote behavioral health care best practices and offer...
View ArticleBig Health’s SleepioRx Granted FDA Clearance
Digital health technology developer Big Health said its SleepioRx digital treatment for insomnia was granted FDA clearance. SleepioRx is intended to treat chronic insomnia/insomnia disorder as an...
View ArticleOtsuka, Click’s Rejoyn Depression DTx Launches In U.S.
Otsuka Pharmaceutical and Click Therapeutics launched U.S. sales of Rejoyn, a prescription digital therapeutic (DTx) authorized by the FDA for the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD) symptoms....
View ArticleRamsey County, Minnesota Reviewing Its Policy Of Charging For Mental Health...
On August 1, 2024, the government of Ramsey County, Minnesota, said it would review its policy of billing consumers who received mental health crisis services. The review will encompass the... The post...
View ArticleOhio Alliance For Population Health Creating A Southern Ohio Behavioral...
The Ohio Alliance for Population Health (OAPH) is creating a behavioral health corridor across southern Ohio to increase a behavioral health workforce pipeline across 20 counties. The supply of...
View ArticleVirginia Medicaid Waiver Extension Proposes IMD Addiction Treatment & Expands...
On July 26, 2024, the Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) submitted a five-year extension request for its Section 1115 Building and Transforming Coverage, Services, and Supports...
View ArticleTwo Years & Counting
There has been a steady stream of new contract awards for crisis services. In Massachusetts, five new crisis call center contracts were awarded for its 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline... The post Two...
View ArticleMindset Care Raises $13 Million To Expand Platform To Streamline Disability...
Mindset Care, a platform designed to simplify the process of applying for Social Security Disability benefits for individuals with serious mental illnesses (SMI), raised $13 million in investor...
View ArticleAkron Children’s Partners With Woebot Health To Deliver Digital Mental Health...
Akron Children’s Hospital partnered with Woebot Health in a three-year agreement to provide its digital mental health support tool, Woebot for Adolescents, to youth ages 13-to-17-years old with a...
View ArticlePhoenix Behavioral Health Provider Organizations Terros Health & Lifewell To...
Terros Health and Lifewell, which both provide behavioral health services in Phoenix, Arizona, are planning to merge. The combined organization will have estimated annual revenue of $150 million and...
View ArticleAcenda Integrated Health: An OPEN MINDS Organizational Profile
Acenda Integrated Health is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that has been around since 1968. It offers mental, behavioral, and advanced treatments for both individuals and families. It is...
View ArticleNortheast Treatment Centers: An OPEN MINDS Organizational Profile
Founded in 1970, Northeast Treatment Centers (NET) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides a continuum of trauma-informed behavioral health and social services designed to meet the complex...
View ArticleVirginia Department Of Medical Assistance Services Section 1115 Demonstration...
On July 31, 2024, the Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services published this Section 1115 Building and Transforming Coverage, Services, and Supports for a Healthier Virginia (BTCSSHV)...
View ArticleAfter Federal Mental Health Parity Rules Went Into Effect, Slightly More...
Between 2007, before federal rules on mental health parity went into effect, and 2019 more commercially insured pregnant and postpartum women were diagnosed with perinatal mood and anxiety disorders...
View Article988 Crisis Line Has Answered 10 Million Calls, Texts & Chats Over Two Years
In the past two years, 988 Lifeline crisis counselors across the United States have responded to more than 10 million calls, texts, and chats from people with suicidal thoughts, or... The post 988...
View ArticleSolutions Are Elusive
The issue of homelessness, housing insecurity, and housing affordability is getting attention.;Both the Republican Party and the Democratic Party have platforms addressing homelessness (see;Democratic...
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