More behavioral health providers will be eligible for Medicare payments in 2024, and many states will increase Medicaid reimbursements for behavioral providers.
Author: Rylee Wilson
Wellvolution, Blue Shield of California's digital health program, helps members in the insurer's Medicaid and commercial offerings manage chronic conditions and mental health.
Four Oregon health systems are asking a judge to reconsider their lawsuit alleging the state's inadequate mental health system has overwhelmed them with psychiatric patients, according to a Dec. 8 report from The Lund Report.
Steven Schultz, former senior vice president of sales and account management at Optum Behavioral Health, has joined One Call as Chief Growth Officer.
Around 1 in 3 psychiatrists say they've seen more patients with neurocognitive disorders in the last 12 months, according to the American Psychological Association's 2023 Practitioner Pulse Survey.
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More than half of psychologists say the severity of their patients' symptoms have become worse in the last 12 months.
More than 80% of mental health provider listings in insurers' directories in New York State are incorrect, according to a report from the New York attorney general's office.
Ten people were charged in an alleged scheme to transport patients from unlicensed sober living and transitional homes to a fake behavioral health facility in exchange for payments.
Areas with higher rates of illicit opioid abuse also saw higher rates of suicides among children, pointing to a link between the two crises, a study published in Demography found.
Many children face long wait times for behavioral health appointments, a California state audit found.