Montana state legislators passed a flurry of major healthcare reform bills in the session that ended on May 2, including several behavioral health investments.
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Recent years have seen a flurry of legislation aimed at blocking transgender people from receiving gender-affirming care.
Recent years have seen a flurry of legislation aimed at blocking transgender people from receiving gender-affirming care.
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.
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.
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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.
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.