CMS' proposed payment rate increases for inpatient psychiatric care in 2025 are inadequate, the American Hospital Association wrote in a letter to the agency.
Government & Regulation
New legislation in Michigan will prevent insurers from imposing more restrictions on mental health and substance use services than medical services.
The Biden administration is aiming to improve maternal mental health via a new national strategy released May 14.
The House Ways and Means Committee advanced legislation to extend pandemic-era telehealth flexibilities for two more years.
Here are five federal healthcare updates affecting the behavioral health sector, as reported by Becker's since April 2:
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Medicaid beneficiaries must be able to see a behavioral health or substance use provider within 10 days of requesting an appointment, under new CMS rules.
The Biden administration released the latest national strategy for suicide prevention along with the first-ever federal action plan to address the U.S.' mental health crisis.
A group representing large employers is launching a full-court press against proposed mental health parity standards, Politico reported April 22.
California has selected Elevance Health's Carelon Behavioral Health as the administrative services organization for the state's Child and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative, Open Minds reported in March.
Behavioral telehealth company Cerebral will pay over $7 million of a $15 million settlement to resolve an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission into its privacy practices.