New data from the federal government found that only a slim majority of behavioral health providers are able to take on new patients covered by Medicare or Medicaid in a timely manner. The data also revealed that telehealth is not an extender of providers’ availability. The latest in a series of reports by the U.S. […]
The Trump administration said its nonenforcement policy of the 2024 Biden-era parity rule is part of its larger Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) initiative to deregulate business. Late Thursday, the U.S. Departments of Labor, Treasury and Health and Human Services said in a joint statement that they would not enforce the latest parity rule until […]
Court documents reveal the Trump Administration intends to rework the much-extolled parity rule issued by the Biden administration. The administration’s future plans remain unclear. Attorneys representing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Treasury Department and the Department of Labor asked a federal court to hold a lawsuit challenging the Biden-era parity rule […]
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is backing off of its plans to create a national registry of autistic people as part of its effort to centralize data about the condition. Rather, HHS will instead spend tens of millions of dollars linking existing federal databases, according to a statement from the agency […]
This is an exclusive BHB+ story U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said multiple times earlier in the week that autism is an “epidemic” and a “disease.” Industry insiders and advocates en masse have since pushed back. These assertions are incredibly stigmatizing. You don’t have to be a journalist or some […]
Leaked documents from the White House show that the Trump administration wants to do away with the certified community behavioral health centers (CCBHC) program entirely. The White House is pushing to eliminate several mental health programs as it seeks also to create a new division within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) […]
The latest data shows a roughly 17% increase in the autism rate among children in 2022 compared to 2020. Data from the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network, a part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), finds that the national rate is now 32.2 per 1,000 among eight-year-old children, or 1 […]
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have delayed the finalization of a rule meant to lock in addiction treatment-related telehealth flexibilities first implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 20, the agencies released the text of a final rule that pushed back the effective date of […]
A federal judge reeled back regulations prohibiting health care providers’ use of third-party tracking technologies, a move that has previously embroiled behavioral health providers. The ruling concluded that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) bulletin establishing guidance on potential privacy concerns “went too far.” The American Hospital Association (AHA) and three other […]
New government findings add details to the lack of availability of behavioral health services for America’s poor and elderly. The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Health and Human Services Department found that about one-third of behavioral health providers in selected counties serve patients in the Medicare, Medicare Advantage, or Medicaid programs. “Despite […]
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