HRSA announced $240 million in awards to launch and expand mental health and substance use disorder services in more than 400 community health centers across the country that care for more than 10 million people.
This challenge, the latest initiative from the Kidney Innovation Accelerator (KidneyX), aims to seize opportunities for sustainability by identifying and supporting solutions to reduce the resource demands of maintenance dialysis.
The departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and the Treasury took significant action recently by issuing final rules to clarify and strengthen protections to expand equitable access to these benefits as compared to medical and surgical benefits and reduce barriers to accessing these services.
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.
September is Suicide Prevention Month. We can all help prevent suicide. Every year, mental health organizations and individuals across the U.S. and around the world raise awareness of suicide prevention during September, National Suicide Prevention Month. #Bethe1To
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.
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.
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.
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