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1. Farmers Don't Do Mental Health
Date: May 2, 2024

Profiles two rural Minnesota farmers - one Baby Boomer and one Millennial - and their respective approaches to mental health. Discusses generational differences in stigma and willingness to seek mental health care. Source: The Farmer.

...mental health. Discusses generational differences in stigma and willingness to seek mental health care. Source...

2. Where Are the Mental Health Resources for Rural Communities? I Looked into One.
Date: Apr 3, 2024

Highlights the challenges with access mental healthcare in rural communities. Describes a rural Tennessee program aiming to connect people with mental health needs in jails with local resources, noting that hospital closures limits healthcare options. Discusses mental health and other re-entry services offered after successful grant funding to fill gaps in care. Source: NewsChannel 5.

...mental healthcare in rural communities. Describes a rural Tennessee program aiming to connect people with mental health...

3. CMS: Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; Quality Reporting Programs; Payment for Intensive Outpatient Services in Hospital Outpatient Departments, Community Mental Health Centers, Rural Health Clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, and Opioid Treatment Programs; Hospital Price Transparency; Changes to Community Mental Health Centers Conditions of Participation, Changes to the Inpatient Prospective Payment System Medicare Code Editor; Rural Emergency Hospital Conditions of Participation Technical Correction; Correction
Date: Feb 9, 2024

Notice from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) making technical and typographical corrections to the November 22, 2023, final rule. This correction is effective February 9, 2024. This correction is applicable January 1, 2024. Source: Federal Register.

...Mental Health Centers, Rural Health Clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, and Opioid Treatment Programs; Hospital...

4. HRSA: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Program National Impact Study
Date: Feb 6, 2024

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is seeking comments on an information collection request titled "Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Program National Impact Study, OMB No. 0915–xxxx—[New]." The information collection will be used to examine Pediatric Mental Health Care Access (PMHCA) Program impacts on children/adolescents and their families/caregivers, including changes in children's and adolescents' and their families'/caregivers' access to behavioral health care; their subsequent receipt and utilization of behavioral health care, including culturally and linguistically appropriate care; related behavioral health impacts; and monetary and societal cost-benefits. Comments are due by April 8, 2024. Source: Federal Register.

...Mental Health Care Access Program National Impact Study --- The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA...

5. Students From Across the State Emphasized the Need for Mental Health Resources in Rural Alaska During a Conference
Date: Apr 30, 2024

Summarizes the proceedings of the Alaska Association of Student Government Spring Conference, held in the remote community of Utqiagvik. Highlights student resolutions, including support for Naloxone training and increased mental health resources in rural schools. Source: The Arctic Sounder.

...Mental health · Mental health conditions · Schools · Substance use and misuse · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...

6. Biden-Harris Administration Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Tackles Youth Mental Health Crisis, Maternity Care Deserts, Gaps in Access to Primary Care
Date: Mar 11, 2024

Offers overview of priorities in the proposed Fiscal Year 2025 Budget for the Health Resources & Services Administration including youth mental health, maternity care deserts, access to primary care, opioid treatment and recovery, the healthcare workforce, and organ donation. Discusses rural specific needs throughout. Source: Health Resources & Services Administration.

...Health workforce supply and demand · Legislation and regulations · Maternal health and prenatal care · Mental health...

7. Experts Spotlight Youth Mental Health, Suicide Prevention
Date: Apr 29, 2024

Highlights increased risk of mental health struggles and suicide among rural youth. Discusses a tech-based service delivery program in South Dakota. Source: Public News Service.

...Mental Health, Suicide Prevention --- Highlights increased risk of mental health struggles and suicide among rural...

8. Using Medicaid to Address Young People's Mental Health Needs in School Settings
Date: Apr 10, 2024

Discusses the need for mental health services in schools and how states around the country have used Medicaid reimbursement to fund those services. Notes recent policy changes that have made this possible and highlights challenges that remain in using Medicaid reimbursement, particularly for rural school districts. Source: The Commonwealth Fund.

...Mental Health Needs in School Settings --- Discusses the need for mental health services in schools...

9. VA: CHAMPVA Coverage of Audio-Only Telehealth, Mental Health Services, and Cost Sharing for Certain Contraceptive Services and Contraceptive Products Approved, Cleared, or Granted by FDA
Date: Apr 30, 2024

Notice of final rule from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) amending its medical regulations regarding Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) coverage. This rule removes the exclusion of audio-only telehealth visits. This rule also removes quantitative limitations on outpatient mental health visits and cost-sharing requirements for contraceptive services and contraceptive products approved, cleared, or granted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This rule is effective May 30, 2024. Source: Federal Register.

...Health insurance · Legislation and regulations · Mental health · Pharmacy and prescription drugs · Reimbursement and payment models...

10. SAMHSA: Formation of a Subcommittee of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention National Advisory Council
Date: May 3, 2024

Notice from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announcing the formation of the Substance Use Prevention Workforce subcommittee within the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention National Advisory Council (CSAP NAC). The subcommittee is expected to exist for approximately one year and hold virtual meetings monthly. Information about CSAP NAC, including future public meetings and a roster of Council members, can be accessed on the CSAP NAC website. Source: Federal Register.

...Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention National Advisory Council --- Notice from the Substance...