The nation’s mental health crisis will be a key part of President Biden’s State of the Union address Tuesday evening, his first since assuming the Oval Office last year. Biden is calling for Congress to take up legislation that will invest in new approaches to mental health care delivery, in addition to laying out plans […]
The nation’s behavioral health industry keeps growing, with current estimates pegging it to be worth $90 billion. And for those on the frontline advocating for the industry, it is an especially busy time. Like everyone else, the ongoing – and seemingly neverending – pandemic remains front-and-center in the consciousness of behavioral health leaders, as they […]
Opposition against Congressional efforts to boost mental health parity enforcement is apparently in full swing. Politico reports that lobbyists and advocates aligned with the American insurance industry are trying to get ahead of the efforts by congressional Democrats to draft and build bipartisan support for two major proposals around parity One proposal would give state […]
Three cabinet-level federal departments found that health plans are failing to ensure mental health parity in their benefit plans. The U.S. Labor Department, Health and Human Services Department and Department of the Treasury issued a 54-page report today spelling out how group health plans or health insurance issuers have fallen short of their legal obligations […]
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) issued guidance Tuesday on an interim final rule mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for workers at federally-funded health care facilities. The vaccination guidance pertains to the final rule issued by the Biden administration in November, which mandated all workers at CMS-funded facilities to have the COVID jab by January 4, […]
The Biden administration announced plans Thursday to boost COVID vaccinations nationwide, which includes employees of health facilities that receive federal funding. The plans — which are aimed at containing the spread of the delta variant — will require all staff at federally funded facilities to be vaccinated. Those facilities include major hospitals that receive Medicare […]
Despite a brief pandemic-related M&A slowdown last year, behavioral health deals picked up to close out 2020 on a record-breaking high note. And 2021 is poised to break that record again, with experts anticipating that behavioral health transactions will reach an all-time high this year. The increased M&A volume means heightened regulatory attention for the […]
Psychedelics have long brought to mind magic mushrooms, Woodstock and LSD-induced hallucinations. But some corners of the health care industry have started exploring psychedelics for the treatment of certain behavioral health conditions. As proponents seek to change the negative perception long tied to psychedelic substances, a cottage industry of startups has emerged in the young […]
If the pandemic has a silver lining, it’s the spotlight COVID-19 has put on the behavioral health industry. A growing number of Americans are struggling with substance use disorders (SUD) and mental health conditions, prompting lawmakers and payers to take notice, and in many cases invest more attention and funding into fixing the problem. But […]
Months after nixing a last-minute waiver issued by the outgoing Trump Administration to relax rules around treating opioid use disorder (OUD), the Biden Administration has announced new medication-assisted treatment (MAT) flexibilities of its own. The guidelines, which were issued Tuesday by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), automatically allow various clinicians to administer […]
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