The OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire
The OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire is a dynamic weekly web-based publication that helps you quickly spot the latest trends in the behavioral health care industry. We cover the stories that are going to have an impact on the way you do business—from policy developments, federal and state legislation, and financial trends pieces, to the latest evidence-based practice research and technological developments. You won’t find any other news source that brings you this type of in-depth coverage specifically designed for the field.
The Weekly News Wire is organized by topics so that you can review all the news affecting the health and human service marketplace, but also easily focus on the stories that interest you most. Each week, we cover the latest developments in children's, mental health & chemical dependency, intellectual & developmental disability, and disability support services; as well as the most recent strategic health care topics.
From health care reform legislation, to updates on the state budget crisis, the OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire provides you with the information that your organization needs to succeed in the marketplace.
January 23, 2012 Edition
Spending on Children’s Mental Health Disorders Grew By 37% Over 3-Year Period
Weekly News "Hot Off The Wire"
Between 2006 and 2008, total spending on mental health disorders for children in the United States grew by 37%. In 2008, expenditures for mental health disorders for children totaled $12.2 billion and amounted to 10.6% of total spending ($114.5 billion) on treatment for children for all conditions in that year. In 2006, expenditures for mental health disorders for children totaled $8.9 billion and amounted to 9% of total spending ($98.8 billion) on treatment for children... Full Article
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- January 16, 2012:Ohio Moving IDD Services To Consumer Self-Directed Model
- January 9, 2012:Missouri Health Homes Launched January 1, 2012
- January 2, 2012:New York Medicaid To Integrate Care for Duals Through ACOs
- December 26, 2011:Feds To Allow States To Decide on Essential Health Benefits
- December 19, 2011:Rhode Island Medicaid To Launch Mandatory Health Homes For SMI Population
- December 12, 2011:20% of U.S. Population Had Prescriptions for Mental Health-Related Medications in 2010
- December 5, 2011:IOM Supports Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy for Traumatic Brain Injury Despite Limited Evidence
- November 28, 2011:Merger & Acquisition Activity in Behavioral Health & Social Service Sector To Accelerate Over Next Three Years
- November 21, 2011:State Mental Health Budgets Cut 5% Since 2009
- November 14, 2011:Four Physical/Behavioral Health Integration Models Emerging in State Plans
- November 7, 2011:Half of States Expanding Medicaid Managed Care in 2012
- October 31, 2011:5% of Adults Have Serious Mental Illness, Prevalence Highest in Rhode Island & Lowest in Hawaii
- October 24, 2011:60% of Medicare Psychiatric Hospitalizations Are for People Under Age 65