The United States continues to face a behavioral health crisis that has worsened due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, nearly 40% of adults reported symptoms of depression or anxiety, an increase from 10% in 2019.
Manatt Health Director Jared Augenstein will moderate a session titled “Telehealth Integration in Academic Health Systems: Lessons from the AAMC/Manatt Telehealth Collaborative” at the American Telemedicine Association’s 2022 Annual Conference and...
Increasing mental health care needs for minors present a range of legal issues for children, parents, health care providers and health care payors.
The United States is in the midst of a decades-long behavioral health crisis that has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
With drug overdose deaths reaching record numbers, policymakers and other stakeholders must increase their efforts to end the nation’s drug overdose epidemic with targeted, evidence-based interventions and emerging best practices.
The nation’s overdose and death epidemic continues to get worse, but policymakers and other stakeholders have yet to fully embrace evidence-based solutions to help those with a substance use disorder, patients with pain or those who need...
On Tuesday, the U.S. Departments of Labor, Health & Human Services, and the Treasury issued their joint report to Congress on the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act.
The COVID-19 pandemic drove significant expansion in state and federal telehealth policies, playing a critical role in ensuring access to substance use disorder (SUD) services, even during quarantine.
Commercials, news articles and targeted social media advertisements abound offering virtual mental health services from providers like Talkspace and Calm.
On August 11, 2021, United Healthcare and its affiliates were served with separate enforcement lawsuits by the Department of Labor and the New York Attorney General involving mental health parity, among other things.