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Recruiting the Next Generation of Behavioral Health Professionals

The shortage of behavioral health care professionals is a serious public health issue, particularly in rural areas.

Protecting our people from workplace violence

Saturday’s senseless violence at Methodist Dallas Medical Center that took the lives of two health care workers has stunned the health care community across the country.

AHA Letter to Congress on Year-End Behavioral Health Priorities

The AHA believes physical and mental health care are inextricably linked, and everyone deserves access to quality behavioral health care. We write to encourage Congress to take steps to provide relief to those seeking and administering behavioral health care.

Behavioral Health Workforce Issues

The need for a strong behavioral health care workforce is more important than ever. The AHA is working to strengthen this important area of health care and integrate it with primary care.

Preparing For Behavioral Health’s Future

Providers will have to access consumer behavioral health data and have the ability to apply advanced analytics and artificial intelligence to enable preventive interventions, predict early onset of behavioral disorders, recommend interventions to improve behavioral health outcomes and tailor solutions for complex behavioral health conditions.
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Rogers Behavior Health: LEAN Methodology and Process Improvement

In this episode, Rebecca Chickey, MPH, senior director of behavioral health and field engagement at the American Hospital Association is joined by Brian Kay, vice president of continuous improvement at Rogers Behavioral Health, as well as Dr. Patrick O’Malley, medical director of primary care services at Rogers Behavioral Health.
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AHA Senate Letter in Support of the Bipartisan Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act

The AHA expresses support for the bipartisan Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act (S. 4349), legislation that aims to reduce and prevent burnout, behavioral disorders and suicide among health care professionals.
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CMS Releases Interpretative Guidance on Mandatory COVID-19 Data Reporting for Hospitals

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today released guidance on how it will implement an Aug. 25 interim final rule that makes collecting and reporting COVID-19 data a condition of participation (CoP) for hospitals that participate in Medicare.
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Coronavirus Update: HHS Announces Details on Additional General Distribution of CARES Act Provider Relief Funds

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today
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AHA Urges ONC to Further Delay Information Blocking Provisions

AHA urges the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to extend the deadline to comply with its final rule implementing information blocking provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act to 2022 or six months after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency, whichever is later. The current deadline is April 5, 2021.