Mental Health Services

The mental health market is defined as treatment services for mental and emotional health and psychiatric care for individuals of all ages. Mental health services are provided by a wide array of professionals, including certified counselors, psychiatrists, psychologists, neurologists, and social workers. The mental health market is facing new challenges – continued cost pressures on Medicare, Medicaid, and government programs; a shift to value-based care financing models; increased consolidation of health systems; and a push towards tech-enabled, consumer-led interventions. While these challenges may seem immense, the mental health market has experienced numerous shifts over the years from the move to managed care to increased community-based care. Organizations that can adapt to these changes are most likely to succeed.

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• We’re All Techies Now
• Slingshot AI Launches Ash, An AI Platform Designed For Therapy 
• New Directions Mental Health Opens Its First Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Location 
• Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Partners With Meru Health To Expand Mental Health Support For Youth & Adults
• Refining Your Optimal Leadership Structure: The Open Hearts Case Study
• Illinois Implements Laws To Oversee PBMs & Ban Health Plan Use Of Prior Authorization For Outpatient & Partial Hospitalization Mental Health Services 
• Medicare & Medicaid Beneficiaries With Opioid Use Disorder Less Likely to Receive Behavioral Health Treatment 
• Guidelight Health Opens Its First Mental Health Clinic In North Carolina
• Lyra Health Acquires Bend Health, Expanding Whole Family Mental Health Care 
• NexPhase Capital Acquires Empower Community Care 
• Lake County ADAMHS In Ohio Transitions Crisis Services To Signature Health  
• DaysToHappy Launches Happy 2.0: Scalable Mental Health Support For The Modern Workplace & Campus
• Colorado Medicaid Implements New Payment Model For Essential Mental Health Provider Organizations 
• From Deficit To Surplus
• Executive Order Sets New Federal Policy On Homelessness & Civil Commitment 

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MOUD For Pregnant Women With OUD Associated With Higher Six-Month Treatment Retention Rates

For pregnant women in the U.S. with opioid use disorder (OUD), outpatient treatment episodes with medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) were associated with 86% higher odds of six-month treatment retention compared to treatment episodes without MOUD. A recent analysis of 2021 data determined that this translated to a 14.2 percentage point higher adjusted probability of six-month retention among treatment episodes with MOUD (43.1%) compared to those without it (28.9%). The cross-sectional study analyzed 29,981… Read

• Readmission Rates For Mental Health Condition Nearly 1.5 Times Higher For Adults With Autism
• California Strengthens Mental Health Parity Act To Expand Access 
• Foundation For California Community Colleges Renews Partnership With TimelyCare For Student Telehealth Support 
• California Department Of Insurance Regulatory Action To Enforce Mental Health Parity Act
• California Senate Bill 855 Health Coverage: Mental Health Or Substance Use Disorders