The Trump administration is pushing back its timeline on finding the root cause of autism. However, President Donald Trump has recently pointed to toxins as the potential cause of autism. The president concluded as much in the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission meeting that followed the release of the commission’s first report. The document […]
The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission released its first report, a data dump detailing the medical and scientific backing for its worldview of a chronic health crisis among American youth. However, the report is light on next steps or detailing specific initiatives that the commission’s various executive branch department heads will do after forming […]
This is an exclusive BHB+ story Mobile crisis teams are facing an era of unprecedented shifts in funding reliability and health care priorities, putting the viability of these “teams on wheels” into question. The goal of mobile crisis units is to provide on-site behavioral health services to individuals in crisis, reducing reliance on law enforcement […]
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. doubled down on his stance that autism is an “epidemic” during a recent Senate committee hearing. He argued that there is too much focus on the genetic causes and not enough research being done on environmental factors like toxins. Kennedy even went as far as to […]
The Trump administration has proposed cutting over $28.6 billion in health care and mental health-related spending under its newly released discretionary budget for FY 2026. At the top of the chopping block is a nearly $18 billion deficit for the National Institute of Health (NIH). As part of the proposal, the agency will maintain $27 […]
The Biden administration has released its final rule updating mental health parity compliance for group and individual health plans. Released Monday, the final rule updates how federal agencies oversee whether health plans treat behavioral health benefits differently than physical health benefits. In short, it requires and spells out how health plans are to analyze nonquantitative […]
Some leaders in the virtual medication-assisted treatment (MAT) space see the opportune regulatory environment of the moment continuing post-COVID. However, virtual MAT providers were disappointed in the past by a regulatory flub at the federal level that could have secured them key flexibilities, leaving them to at least think about what might happen if current […]
Pres. Joe Biden’s State of the Union address laid out a vision for addressing the ailing American mental health care system that was well-received by leaders and advocates in the behavioral health space. Several industry groups and executives in the space expressed their relief that addressing behavioral health — especially mental health and substance use […]
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the nation’s top health care regulator, will tackle three major initiatives within the behavioral health space in 2022 as the Biden administration enters its second year. The agency holds up increasing access, promoting equity, tackling the COVID-19 pandemic and enhancing the priorities of children and families […]
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for health care facilities that receive Medicare or Medicaid but struck down the vax-or-test mandate for large employers. On Thursday, the high court handed down two rulings on lawsuits that challenged the Biden administration’s ability to drive a higher COVID vaccination rate in the U.S. […]
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