Lindsey Browning on Bridging the Gap Between Medicaid and Behavioral Health
Robust partnerships between behavioral health and Medicaid allow them to focus on a common goal: helping people get the care they need.
It’s Time for Private Insurers to Join the 988 Conversation
A newly released paper tackles billing codes, giving recommendations for coding options for crisis lines, mobile crisis services, and crisis stabilization facilities.
Dr. Matthew L. Goldman Says if Not Implemented Properly, 988 Is No More Than Rebranding
Dr. Matthew L. Goldman says what can transform 988 into a robust tool for advancing crisis systems is implementation, funding, coordination, clinical best practices, and research and evaluation. “Otherwise,” notes Dr. Goldman, “988 will be only a rebranding of 1-800-273-TALK, the number to the SAMHSA-funded National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.”
Relying on Hospital EDs for Psychiatric Care… How This Approach Disenfranchises Individuals in Crisis
Today, Dr. Charles Browning sits down to talk with Sheree Lowe, vice-president of behavioral health at the California Hospital Association. Lowe highlights that because California lacks 24/7 mental health emergency services, it forces people into a choke point of emergency departments during the involuntary care commitment process. She shares with
SAMHSA Publishes National Guidelines for Behavioral Health Crisis Care. Here’s Why It Matters.
Elinore F. McCance-Katz, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use at SAMHSA, says that the report “finally offers our communities true National Guidelines for Crisis Care within a user-friendly Best Practice Toolkit.”
