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Payers Push Back on Biden Mental Health Parity Proposal
The Biden Administration’s proposed behavioral health parity rules have received a wave of criticism this week from payer associations and the House workforce chair. Mental health parity, which requires health plans to cover behavioral health on par with physical health care, has been the law for over a decade. But, federal agencies have lacked the…
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Payers Push Back on Biden Mental Health Parity Proposal
The Biden Administration’s proposed behavioral health parity rules have received a wave of criticism this week from payer associations and the House workforce chair. Mental health parity, which requires health plans to cover behavioral health on par with physical health care, has been the law for over a decade. But, federal agencies have lacked the…
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AHIP – How Workplace Coverage Delivers Much-Needed Mental Health Care
Employer-provided coverage offers an essential path to accessing high-quality and affordable mental health support and counseling in communities across the country. One central Florida community leader on mental health recognizes how employer-provided coverage is a pathway to affordable mental health care. Marni Stahlman has served as the President and CEO of the Mental Health Association…
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AHIP – How Workplace Coverage Delivers Much-Needed Mental Health Care
Employer-provided coverage offers an essential path to accessing high-quality and affordable mental health support and counseling in communities across the country. One central Florida community leader on mental health recognizes how employer-provided coverage is a pathway to affordable mental health care. Marni Stahlman has served as the President and CEO of the Mental Health Association…
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Governor Hochul Announces $13.5 Million in Suicide Prevention Funding
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that the state Office of Mental Health has received two federal grants totaling $13.5 million to expand access to mental and behavioral health services in primary care practices for youth and to implement the ‘Zero Suicide’ model at 13 certified community behavioral health clinics across the state. The awards were…
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Governor Hochul Announces $13.5 Million in Suicide Prevention Funding
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that the state Office of Mental Health has received two federal grants totaling $13.5 million to expand access to mental and behavioral health services in primary care practices for youth and to implement the ‘Zero Suicide’ model at 13 certified community behavioral health clinics across the state. The awards were…
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Oxford shooter parents’ attorneys: Son never asked for mental health treatment
The parents of the Oxford teen who shot and killed four classmates in November 2021 as well as injured seven others say their son never asked them for mental health treatment, contrary to his claims. James and Jennifer Crumbley said they had no reason to believe their son, who was 15 at the time of…
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Oxford shooter parents’ attorneys: Son never asked for mental health treatment
The parents of the Oxford teen who shot and killed four classmates in November 2021 as well as injured seven others say their son never asked them for mental health treatment, contrary to his claims. James and Jennifer Crumbley said they had no reason to believe their son, who was 15 at the time of…
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Alabama Department of Mental Health seeking more funding to complete system of crisis care
The Alabama Department of Mental Health is gearing up for another legislative session to ask for additional funding to complete the state’s crisis system of care. That system includes crisis care centers, mobile crisis teams, and 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline call centers. On Tuesday, ADMH opened a fifth crisis care center in Tuscaloosa. A…
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Alabama Department of Mental Health seeking more funding to complete system of crisis care
The Alabama Department of Mental Health is gearing up for another legislative session to ask for additional funding to complete the state’s crisis system of care. That system includes crisis care centers, mobile crisis teams, and 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline call centers. On Tuesday, ADMH opened a fifth crisis care center in Tuscaloosa. A…