- The Senate Finance Committee voted Nov. 8 to advance a healthcare package that includes changes intended to improve behavioral health access.
- CMS proposed adding new requirements for Medicare Advantage plans to have adequate networks of outpatient behavioral health centers.
- CMS will allow more types of behavioral health providers to bill Medicare in 2024 and establish payment for intensive outpatient behavioral healthcare.
- U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) introduced legislation to support the study of the barriers farming and ranching communities face when seeking mental health support.
- JPA Health was awarded a multiyear, multimillion-dollar contract from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to lead a national effort to address recovery from mental health and substance use disorders.
- U.S. Sens. Katie Britt of Alabama and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota partnered to introduce a bipartisan bill focused on youth mental health.
6 federal regulation updates behavioral health leaders should know
Here are six federal regulations on behavioral health that Becker’s has reported on since Oct. 20:
