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STATE AND FEDERAL
Michigan’s Caring for Students Program Leverages Medicaid Funding to Expand School Behavioral Health Services
To access additional Medicaid funds to expand school-based behavioral health services, Michigan established the Caring 4 Students (C4S) program, which strengthens partnerships between its Medicaid agency, providers, and educational entities and streamlines Medicaid billing policies and procedures. Read more.
Independent Analysis Finds Montana Has Saved Millions by Moving Hospital Rate Negotiations to Reference-Based Pricing
A new, independent analysis of the Montana state employee health plan’s transition to reference-based pricing – which limits hospital prices to a multiple of what Medicare pays – found significant savings for the state in the two years after its implementation. Read more.
Files Dating Back to 1870s of Virginia Mental Hospital for Black Patients Reveal Racist Views
Virginia’s Central State Hospital review of patient archives —work being led by former Virginia Commissioner King Davis, was funded in part by the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors — has become a more than decade-long project to preserve Central’s files. Read more.
Campaign Integrates Mental Health with COVID Vaccinations
Ron Manderscheid, PhD, NRI Board Member and president and CEO of NACBHDD and NARMH writes about why efforts to address COVID via vaccinations must be accompanied by a similar rapid mobilization to address the unprecedented spread of behavioral health conditions. Read more.
10 Medical Schools with the Most Graduates Practicing in Rural Areas, Ranked by US News
Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine at University of Pikeville has the most graduates practicing in rural areas, according to U.S. News and World Report's best medical schools rankings. Read more.
Nurse Practitioners Practice Authority by State
Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia grant nurse practitioners full practice authority as soon as they earn their licenses, according to the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Read more.
NIMH Expert Dr. Mary Rooney Discusses Bipolar Disorder in Adolescents and Young Adults
Dr. Mary Rooney, a clinical psychologist and chief of the Child and Adolescent Psychosocial Interventions Research Program at the National Institute of Mental Health or NIMH, talks about World Bipolar Day, which focuses adolescents and young adults. Read more.
CDC Adds New Medical Conditions to COVID-19 High-Risk List
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has added several new medical conditions to its list of those that predispose adults to more severe COVID-19 illness. Read more.
GAO Releases Report on Good Samaritan and Naloxone Access Laws
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently published a report evaluating Good Samaritan and Naloxone Access laws, as required by the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) of 2016. Read more.
Nursing Home Report Highlights Benefits of Single Resident Rooms
A new report authored by HMA colleagues found compelling evidence that single rooms in nursing homes have numerous benefits for both public health and residents’ experience. Read more.
IMI: Medicaid State Plan Amendments & Waivers
The Institute for Medicaid Innovation (IMI) has released a new report providing information on how these mechanisms are used to support innovative Medicaid program payment and delivery system models. Read more.
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RESEARCH
Study Identifies Risk Factors for Opioid Use Disorder, Overdose in Youth
Opioid use disorder (OUD) and overdose among young people who fill an initial opioid prescription are rare but more likely to occur in those who have other substance use disorders or who have mood or anxiety disorders, a study in Addiction has found. Read more.
Pandemic Stress Fuels increased Alcohol Use
Over the past year, as people struggled to cope with such unprecedented disruptions, studies have found substance use escalated dramatically. Although the upsurge in opioid overdose and deaths have gotten the most headlines, increases in alcohol use has been no less significant. Read more.
Drug Prescriptions in Older Adults with Dementia
Researchers from the University of Michigan examined Medicare claims data from 2018 for more than a million older adults with dementia. Their analysis found that almost 14% of older adults with dementia had long-term prescriptions for three or more medications that affect the nervous system. Read more.
In-Hospital Addiction Navigation Slashes Readmission
In a comparison of hospitalized adults with substance use disorder involving opioids, cocaine, or alcohol, those who received Navigation Services to Avoid Rehospitalization (NavSTAR) care saw far better outcomes than those who simply received treatment as usual. Read more.
Study Examines Relationship Between Family Structure and Opioid Misuse
A study recently published in the Drug and Alcohol Dependence journal examined the association between family structure, including marital status and presence of children in the household, and opioid misuse. Read more.
One-Third of COVID-19 Survivors May Develop a Neuropsychiatric Disorder Within Months of Infection
One-third of individuals diagnosed with COVID-19 developed a psychiatric or neurological problem within six months of their diagnosis, according to a study published in The Lancet Psychiatry. Read more.
Bipolar II Disorder Associated With Higher Prevalence of Seasonal Affective Disorder
Patients with early-onset bipolar II disorder may be more likely to experience seasonal affective disorder (SAD) than those with other mood disorders, according to a study published in Depression and Anxiety. Read more.
Children of Parents With Bipolar Disorder at Risk of ADHD and Early Onset Bipolar, Study Suggests
Children who have a parent with bipolar disorder are more likely to develop attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) during their preschool years than children with no family history of bipolar disorder, reports a study in Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Read more.
NIDA Study Finds Younger Age of First Cannabis or Prescription Drug Misuse Associated with Faster Development of SUD
A new study from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) examining the prevalence of nine substance use disorders (SUD) after first substance use or misuse in young people. Read more.
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