Idaho Behavioral Health Council Recommends State Strengthen Workforce, Crisis...
In its 2024 recommendations to the state legislature, the Idaho Behavioral Health Council (BHC) advised strengthening the behavioral health workforce, enhancing crisis services, and expanding access to...
View ArticleNew Hampshire State Plan Amendment (SPA)#: 24-0021 To Add Mobile Crisis...
On September 12, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved the New Hampshire Medicaid state plan amendment (SPA) to add mobile crisis response and stabilization services....
View ArticleNew Hampshire Medicaid Adds Mobile Crisis Intervention Services
The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) received federal approval for its Medicaid state plan amendment (SPA) to cover community-based mobile behavioral health crisis...
View ArticleColorado Moves To Daily PPS Payment For Comprehensive Behavioral Health Centers
Colorado Medicaid has changed its reimbursement methodology and certification requirements for outpatient behavioral health safety net provider organizations. Under this new reimbursement methodology,...
View ArticleNevada Awards 988 Behavioral Health Crisis Care Hub Services Contract To...
Carelon Behavioral Health Inc. is managing Nevada’s 988 behavioral health crisis hub services. The contract, valued at $49 million, started on October 1, 2024, and runs through August 1, 2028.... The...
View ArticleFinding The Right Combination
Earlier this month, The National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) and Mental Health America (MHA) announced a collaboration to imbed behavioral health treatment for children and...
View ArticleResilience Lab Expands Care Delivery With Options MD Acquisition
Digital mental health access provider Resilience Lab acquired Options MD. Options MD offers psychiatric medication management for severe and treatment-resistant depression. Financial terms of the deal...
View ArticleChildren’s Nebraska Opens Youth-Focused Behavioral Health Urgent Care In Kearney
Children’s Nebraska opened a new Behavioral Health Urgent Care in Kearney, Nebraska. The new facility is designed to aid children and adolescents up to 22 years of age showing signs... The post...
View ArticleMontana Community Partners Unite To Launch Youth Behavioral Health Campus...
Gallatin County, Montana, the;Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch;(YBGR) of Billings, and the Human Resource Development Council;are collaborating on a youth behavioral health campus near Bozeman,...
View ArticleSemaglutide For Weight Management Does Not Increase Risk Of Mental Health Issues
People taking semaglutide as treatment for weight management did not have higher risk of depressive symptoms, suicidal thoughts, or suicidal behavior in persons without known major mental health...
View ArticleYou’ve Been Hacked! Now What?
This OPEN MINDS Executive Roundtable was delivered on October 24, 2024, by Dixie Casford, Chief Administrative Officer, Clinica Family Health and Wellness and;OPEN MINDS;Senior Associate Andrew...
View ArticleReviving Strategy
There has been a lot of question about the value of strategic planning—including this recent article,;Strategic Planning Is Dead. This Is Why We Need To Revive It.;I’m a big believer... The post...
View ArticleAthenahealth Launches AthenaOne Solution For Behavioral Health
Digital health solution provider athenahealth launched;athenaOne for Behavioral Health. The solution was developed to help behavioral health providers offer consumer care that is coordinated,...
View ArticleNew Hampshire Medicaid Adds Mobile Crisis Intervention Services
The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) received federal approval for its Medicaid state plan amendment (SPA) to cover community-based mobile behavioral health crisis...
View ArticleRhode Island Health and Human Services System State Profile
Published in October 2024, this highly detailed report explains how the Rhode Island health and human service system works, and provides all the market data, analysis, and “insider” insights...
View ArticleNevada 988 Behavioral Services Contract Planned To Go To Carelon Behavioral...
Carelon Behavioral Health Inc. is planned to manage Nevada’s 988 behavioral health crisis hub services. The contract, valued at $49.7 million, will go to the Nevada Board of Examiners for... The post...
View ArticleAdults Taking GLP-1 Medications Have Reduced Risk Of Developing Opioid...
People with opioid or alcohol use disorder (OUD, AUD) who take Ozempic or similar GLP-1 medications to treat diabetic/weight-related conditions appear to have a 40% lower rate of opioid overdose... The...
View ArticlePeaceHealth Building New Oregon Inpatient Behavioral Health Hospital
PeaceHealth has begun efforts to build and operate;a new inpatient behavioral health hospital in Lane County, Oregon. The Timber Springs Behavioral Health Hospital will be a free-standing facility with...
View ArticleNetsmart Partners To Implement 360X Referral Management Standards With...
Oregon-based behavioral health provider LifeWorks NorthWest is now using 360X electronic closed-loop referral management standards. The implementation was conducted by;Netsmart, in collaboration with...
View ArticleNew York Plans To Transition School Health Center Medicaid Payments From FFS...
The New York Department of Health plans to transition Medicaid payments for school-based health centers (SBHCs) from the current fee-for-service model to managed care no sooner than April 1, 2025.......
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