Northwestern Medicine, West Health & Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute...
Northwestern Medicine, West Health, and the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute have announced a new collaboration that will provide access to comprehensive psychiatric services for primary care...
View ArticleCalifornia’s North Los Angeles County Regional Center Issues RFPs For I/DD...
On November 18, 2024, California’s North Los Angeles County Regional Center (NLACRC) released three requests for proposals (RFPs) for contractors to operate three enhanced behavioral support homes...
View ArticleCareOregon Preparing To Launch Behavioral Health SHIFT Initiative To...
CareOregon, one of the state’s Medicaid coordinated care organizations (CCOs), is launching the Strategic Healthcare Investment for Transformation (SHIFT) initiative with six specialty behavioral...
View ArticleGrowth For A Competitive Edge
The big keep getting bigger. That seems to be the rule in our increasingly competitive health and human services system. Among health plans, health systems, and community-based provider organizations,...
View ArticleSerenity Mental Health Centers Opens First Treatment Clinic In Georgia
Serenity Mental Health Centers opened its first treatment center in Georgia in the city of Atlanta. It is the first of several planned to open in the state. It will... The post Serenity Mental Health...
View ArticleSAMHSA Launches National Behavioral Health Workforce Career Navigator
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has launched the Behavioral Health Workforce Career...
View ArticleKelly Education Acquires Children’s Therapy Center To Strengthen School...
Kelly Services, Inc., a staffing outsourcing and consulting service, acquired Children’s Therapy Center (CTC) in Minnesota. Financial terms were not disclosed. Kelly subsidiary Kelly Education plans to...
View ArticleComputer-Assisted CBT Cost-Effective For Mild-Moderate Depression Among...
Computer-assisted cognitive behavioral therapy (CCBT) is cost-effective for mild-to-moderate depression among primary care consumers who are low-income and have limited internet access. Outcomes of...
View ArticleValue-Based Care For Consumers With Behavioral Health Disorders: A Sunshine...
This OPEN MINDS Executive Roundtable was delivered on December 12, 2024, by Carole Matyas, Vice President of Sunshine Health, a Centene health plan. She discussed the Centene total cost of... The post...
View ArticleThe Consumer Experience Puzzle
What do consumers want? How do executive teams plan to deliver a ‘great’ consumer experience and get the benefits of more referrals and better consumer engagement? The recent;Qualtrics 2025 Consumer......
View ArticleDedicate Your Organization To Improving Consumer Experience
Historically, health and human service (HHS) provider organizations have had no financial incentive to prioritize consumer experience. HHS providers relied on consumer referrals, and the experience of...
View ArticleHow To Measure & Enhance Consumer Experience
Health care provider organizations are notoriously bad at managing consumer experience. Up to 40% of consumers aren’t satisfied with their health care experience, with factors like long wait times,...
View ArticleEvolution Of Reputation: The Centerstone Case Study
Consumer satisfaction metrics are essential tools for health and human service executives to manage their organizational reputation. By actively monitoring and improving customer satisfaction,...
View ArticleVeterans Affairs Funds First Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Study Since The 1960s
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced that it will fund a study on Methylenedioxymethamphetamine-assisted (MDMA-assisted), therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alcohol...
View ArticleCatholic Charities Boston Family Counseling & Guidance Center Partners...
The Catholic Charities Boston Family Counseling and Guidance Center in Massachusetts selected Qualifacts, which provides electronic health record (EHR) and data solutions for behavioral health and...
View Article44% Of ACOs Include At Least One Behavioral Health Facility
About 44% of Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) accountable care organizations (ACOs) operating from 2014 to 2022 included at least one inpatient or outpatient behavioral health facility. Compared...
View ArticleAltruix Launches Behavioral Health Pharmacy Solutions In Two New States: Ohio...
Altruix, which provides behavioral health pharmacy solutions, expanded its network into Ohio and Virginia and increased its pharmacy network from nine to 11 locations. The expansion is through...
View ArticleVHHA Solutions Partners With Technology Firm Backpack Healthcare
Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association (VHHA) affiliate VHHA Solutions partnered with Backpack Healthcare to offer consumer throughput, mental health-related, and workflow technology services...
View ArticleAlliance Health, Daymark Recovery Services & Good Hope Hospital Collaborate...
Alliance Health, Daymark Recovery Services, Good Hope Hospital Inc., and the Harnett County Government in North Carolina are collaborating to launch expanded behavioral health services in the county....
View ArticleAlcohol-Related Deaths In The U.S. More Than Double From 1999 To 2020
The rate of alcohol-related deaths in the United States in 2020 was more than double the rate in 1999, rising from 10.7 per 100,000 to 21.6 per 100,000. The number... The post Alcohol-Related Deaths In...
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