Tamra Williams, PhD, has been selected to lead the department of health and human services for Montgomery County, Pa.
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A bipartisan group of senators sent an open letter to the Department of Health and Human Services Feb. 14, asking the agency to adjust a proposed addiction treatment privacy rule intended to prevent opioids from being prescribed to patients in…
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services launched a registry to help lower wait times for behavioral healthcare beds in the state.
Mental Health America is in support of President Biden's plans to address the nation's mental health and substance abuse crisis, part of his "unity agenda" mentioned in his State of the Union speech Feb. 7.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul outlined her more than $1 billion, multiyear initiative to overhaul the state's "strained" and "suffering" mental healthcare system.
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The Oregon Health Authority has received federal approval to increase Medicaid behavioral health services reimbursement paid through coordinated care organizations.
Maine legislators have proposed a behavioral health investment that will put $237 million into mental healthcare services every other year.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul outlined a $1 billion plan to overhaul mental healthcare across the state, according to a Jan. 9 news release from her office.