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Nearly Half Of U.S. Adults Receiving Mental Health Outpatient Care Used Telehealth From 2021 To 2022
December 9, 2025A recent analysis of 4,720 participants revealed nearly half of U.S. adults receiving mental health outpatient care in 2021 through 2022 received one or more telemental health visits, and one-fourth received only telemental health visits. Data for 4,720 participants was… -
About Half Of The 5.1 Million Medicaid Beneficiaries Who Use Home Care Are Enrolled In A Waiver
December 9, 2025Of the approximately 5.1 million Medicaid beneficiaries who use home care, about half receive services under a waiver, according to a recent analysis. States can specify how services are delivered under the waivers, including offering a specialized benefit package to… -
HHS Releases Report On ‘Medical Dangers’ Of Procedures For Youth With Gender Dysphoria
December 9, 2025The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a peer-reviewed report on the medical dangers that “sex-rejecting procedures” pose to children. The report was released as HHS is developing a proposed rule to prohibit the use of federal Medicaid… -
19% Of Adults 50 & Older Identify As Having A Disability
December 9, 2025Among adults aged 50 and older, 53% may legally qualify as a person with a disability due to a physical or mental condition, but only 19% identify as a person with a disability, according to a recent survey. The National… -
Juvenile Incarceration Down 73% Since 2000
December 9, 2025The number of youth held in juvenile justice facilities on a typical day declined from 108,800 in 2000 to 29,300 in 2023, a 73% decrease, according to a recent analysis by The Sentencing Project, which advocates for effective and humane… -
Housing Instability Potentially Not Documented In Nearly Two-Thirds Of Emergency Department Visits By Homeless Individuals To A D.C. Hospital
December 9, 2025Documentation of homelessness was potentially missed in nearly two-thirds of emergency department visits and almost 40% of admissions to a single hospital in the District of Columbia, according to a recent study. The statistics pertain to September 2019 through February… -
Ohio Expands Youth Mobile Response & Stabilization Services Statewide
December 9, 2025Ohio’s youth behavioral health crisis response services through the Mobile Response and Stabilization Services (MRSS) program are now available statewide in all 88 counties, according to an announcement by Governor Mike DeWine on November 13, 2025. MRSS is available at no… -
Feds To Invest Up To $100 Million In Leading-Edge, Evidence-Based Approaches To Behavioral Health Treatment
December 8, 2025The federal Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) plans to invest up to $100 million in leading-edge quantitative measures of mental and behavioral health through its new Evidence-Based Validation & Innovation for Rapid Therapeutics in Behavioral Health (EVIDENT) initiative.… -
Virtual Care Linked To Sustained Reduction In Low-Acuity Emergency Department Visit Volume At Veterans Affairs Hospitals
December 8, 2025After the Veterans Affairs Health System (VA) expanded access to virtual care systemwide in 2020 as a response to the COVID-19 public health emergency, the volume of low-acuity emergency department (ED) visits declined, falling to 12% below the pre-COVID baseline… -
CMS Seeks Five More State Medicaid Agencies To Participate In The Innovation In Behavioral Health Model
December 8, 2025The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) seeks up to five more state Medicaid agencies to participate in the Innovation in Behavioral Health (IBH) Model. The seven-year, voluntary service delivery and payment model promotes integrated care in behavioral health…
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