United States Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy released a Surgeon General’s Advisory on the Mental Health and Well-Being of Parents, highlighting the urgent need to better support parents, caregivers, and families to help our communities thrive.
Twenty-eight years ago, President Bill Clinton signed this historic bipartisan legislation into law. HIPAA ushered in many needed health care reforms. Today, HIPAA is best associated with requiring, for the first time, a set of standards for safeguarding the privacy and security of individually identifiable health information; it is administered and enforced by OCR.
Funding will leverage outreach specialists and patient navigators to conduct engagement in underserved communities to promote early cancer detection, connect people to screening services, and provide assistance accessing cancer care and treatment.
SAMHSA announced grant awards totaling $45.1 million, of which $15.3 million will fund services specifically for children and youth. This funding highlights the Biden-Harris Administration’s continued commitment to address the mental health and overdose crises – two key pillars of the President’s Unity Agenda for the Nation.
This measure, developed by ACEP in partnership with the American College of Surgeons and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, clarifies goals for those who work with older patients and incorporates important aspects of the ACEP Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation framework into care delivery.
Since the launch of 988 counselors answered more than 10 million calls, texts, and chats; HHS has invested almost $1.5 billion into 988 as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s comprehensive strategy to address the nation’s mental health and substance use crises.
Forty nurses from Los Angeles-area health systems each receive a $10,000 gift of gratitude for their leadership, ingenuity and expertise in caring for their fellow humans and future generations.
The HHS through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, proposed new policies in the calendar year 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule to advance health equity and support whole-person care.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, announced notices of funding opportunities aimed at improving women’s behavioral health across the United States.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration, announced more than $200 million to support 42 programs across the country aimed at improving care for older Americans, including those experiencing Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
HHS will award funding to support behavioral health for racial and ethnic minorities and other underserved populations, substance use treatment and recovery, and integration of primary and behavioral health care.
The StartUp Health Alzheimer’s Moonshot, which was announced in January with support from Gates Ventures and the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF), is an invitation to unite in pioneering comprehensive, collaborative approaches to Alzheimer’s disease.
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