The Drug Enforcement Agency and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration extended the allowances for physicians to prescribe controlled substances via telemedicine without an in-person evaluation until November.
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Boston-based Lemuel Shattuck Hospital, a state-run hospital, is investigating inpatient deaths in response to allegations of neglect and suboptimal care for patients with mental health disabilities.
More than half of the $1 billion in Medicare psychotherapy provided from March 2020 to February 2021 "did not comply with Medicare requirements," according to an HHS inspector general's report released May 4.
New legislation in Illinois would offer people with most commercial insurance to have one free mental health diagnosis each year, WAND reported May 4.
An Arkansas psychiatrist under investigation for Medicaid fraud is also accused of false imprisonment in a lawsuit, Fox affiliate KNWA reported May 4.
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A Pennsylvania appeals court reversed a lower court's ruling that blocked Crozer Health-owned Delaware County Memorial Hospital in Drexel Hill, Pa., from moving forward with a plan to turn the hospital into a behavioral health center, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported…
The Indiana General Assembly has significantly cut funds for the state's 988 crisis hotline and behavioral health clinics, the Herald Bulletin reported May 1.
New legislation in New Jersey would lower the age for youth to access mental healthcare without parental consent to 13, New Jersey Monitor reported April 28.
An Illinois bill that aims to transform children's behavioral health in the state has been approved by the House Mental Health and Addiction Committee, according to an April 27 report from NBC affiliate WAND.
Alabama lawmakers have introduced a bill that would apply a phone surcharge to all residents to fund its 988 crisis care system hotline.