Employer mental health companies have flooded the behavioral health startup market. This comes as employees now say behavioral health benefit programs are crucial for establishing positive workplace environments. Conflicting research, however, makes it unclear how effective these plans are in practice. Further, with the market for employer mental health plans becoming increasingly saturated, only the […]
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Rural residents often face obstacles in finding health care resources. Many access mental health care via their primary care providers rather than behavioral health clinicians. A new bipartisan bill, titled the Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act, aims to increase rural residents’ access to virtual mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment services by authorizing […]
Arguably one of the most polarizing issues concerning behavioral health for years — and perhaps decades — has been the restriction on federal funds for psychiatric institutions holding a certain number of inpatient beds. The prohibition on so-called “institutes of mental diseases” (IMD) is better known as the IMD exclusion and has been in place […]
When President Joe Biden was first elected, behavioral health stakeholders predicted he would usher in a number of positive changes for the industry. Now that Biden has officially stepped into office, his administration has already made moves to alter multiple behavioral health policies — for the better or worse of providers. Recently, the Biden administration […]
From Medicaid Changes to Parity Enforcement: What a Biden Administration Means for Behavioral Health
It seems America has spoken: Joe Biden will be the next president of the United States. While it’s still too early to know exactly what Biden’s policy platform will look like, experts anticipate the new administration will usher in a number of positive changes for the behavioral health industry. “Biden and his history indicate that […]
As the U.S. heads into one of the most divisive elections in its history, a number important issues are on the table. Chiefly among them is health care, with the outcome of the election likely to have serious implications for the behavioral health industry in particular. Currently, Joe Biden is favored to come out on […]
Opened NAMI chapter opens new center The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) chapter in Sandusky County, Ohio has opened a drop-in center in Fremont. The clinic will be open for three hours a day and will have mental health professionals available to provide consultation services, as reported by Toledo TV station WTOL. The new […]
Dozens of behavioral health organizations are urging Congress to expand the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Medicaid demonstration, which is set to expire May 22. In a letter released Tuesday, 60 stakeholders asked lawmakers to extend the demonstration for the eight states currently participating and expand the program to nearly a dozen more states. […]
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