NC Health News
MARCH 18, 2025
Statewide provider shortage To help address the nations shortage of mental health providers, the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has cited a need for more than half a million additional psychiatric mental health nurses to reach merely adequate access to mental health and substance use disorder care.
Bamboo News
OCTOBER 15, 2024
billion between 2021 and 2023 to a total of $839 billion, accounting for nearly 60% of the average hospital’s expenses. At the same time, hospitals’ labor costs increased by more than $42.5 We see common trends across individual care journeys.
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Bamboo News
JULY 18, 2024
Since 2021, Section 1115 waivers have allowed states to use Medicaid funds for crisis support, but there is still work to be done to integrate this positive progress with broader healthcare initiatives.
KFF Health News
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
From 2018 to 2021, when overdose deaths were spiking across the country , the rate was 2.5 Other communities have used similar amounts of settlement funding to train community health workers to help people with addiction, and to buy a car to drive people in recovery to job interviews and doctors’ appointments.
National Council on Urban Indian Health
MARCH 17, 2025
Appropriate $80 million for Behavioral Health and Substance Use Disorder Resources for Native Americans. Appropriate $80 million for Behavioral Health and Substance Use Disorder Resources for Native Americans. Ensure Federal Policies Uphold Trust Obligations to American Indian and Alaska Native Communities.
The NACCHO Podcast Series
MAY 17, 2024
Drug overdose deaths in pregnant and postpartum women increased significantly between early 2018 to late 2021, according to a recent study by researchers at the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the National Institutes of Health.
HEALTHBEAT
DECEMBER 16, 2024
Overdoses accounted for 20 out of the citys 58 total pregnancy-associated deaths (34.5%) in 2021, according to the most recently available city data. Infection, cancer, hemorrhage, and seizure disorders were among the less common causes of death. Of those 20 overdose deaths, 16 involved an opioid.
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