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West Virginia To Launch PACE-Aligned Programs As Part Of Rural Health Transformation Program
September 3, 2026As part of its Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) Smart Care PACE-aligned care model development for older adults with complex medical and functional needs, West Virginia has set aside $1.25 million of its RHTP funds for organizations seeking to launch… -
33% Of Foster Children Receive Federal Title IV-E Maintenance Payments, Dropping From 40%
September 3, 2026The share of children in foster care eligible for and receiving federal Title IV-E foster care maintenance payments declined from 40% in federal fiscal year 2019 to 33% in 2024. Children who are not eligible for Title IV-E reimbursement are… -
North Dakota Medicaid Adds Host Homes For Children With I/DD As New Waiver Service
September 3, 2026North Dakota Medicaid added host homes as a new service under its Home and Community-Based Services Waiver for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities and related conditions, effective June 1, 2026. The service provides temporary, family-style living arrangements for children with intellectual/developmental… -
12% Of The Mental Health Conversation Volume To the Crisis Text Line Was From Rural America
September 3, 2026People living in rural areas accounted for about 12% of Crisis Text Line’s conversation volume between 2019 and 2024. The conversation volume from rural areas represents more than 425,000 conversations involving nearly 228,000 individual texters. About 14% of the U.S. population… -
NFL & NFLPA Launch Behavioral Health Network For Current & Former Players
September 3, 2026The National Football League (NFL) and National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) launched a nationwide behavioral health network (BHN) on September 1, 2026. The initiative will provide unlimited outpatient mental health services with no coinsurance or copayment requirements for eligible current and former… -
61% Of Individuals With Depression Drop Out Of Treatment After One Session
September 3, 2026Among 40,732 adults with depression who started individual psychotherapy in community-based care, 28.4%, or 11,571 people, stopped treatment early, according to a recent study. In practical terms, about 1 in 4 consumers did not continue beyond the study’s definition of… -
Half Of Adults With A Mental Illness Receive Treatment
September 3, 2026In 2025, 50.9% of the estimated 54.6 million U.S. adults with any mental illness (AMI), representing about 27.8 million people, received mental health treatment during the previous 12Â months. Among adults with AMI in 2025, 39.5% took prescription medication for a… -
A Quarter Of Adults Entering SUD Treatment Screen Positive For Psychosis
September 2, 2026The percentage of adults entering substance use disorder (SUD) treatment who screened positive for probable-to-extreme psychosis symptoms increased from 19.4% during the January 2019 through June 2021 period to 23.9% during the January 2024 through June 2026 period. During the… -
16% Of Americans Needing Substance Use Disorder Treatment Receive It
September 2, 2026About 16.0%, or 7.6 million, of the estimated 47.2 million Americans age 12 and older who needed substance use disorder (SUD) treatment in 2025 received treatment during the year. The remaining 84.0%, or 39.6 million people, did not receive SUD… -
CMS To Require SNFs To Report Quality Data For Skilled Care Across All Payers
September 2, 2026The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a requirement for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) to submit Minimum Data Set (MDS) information for all residents receiving covered skilled care, regardless of payer, beginning with residents admitted on October 1,…
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