Understanding Trends and Challenges in the Behavioral Health Sector
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 200: Athlete Mental Health and Physical Conditioning With Dawn Staley
AGG Talks: Healthcare Insights Podcast - Episode 4: What to Do When Insurance Companies Deny Behavioral Health Claims
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 189: Student Mental Health with Dr. Stephanie Irby Coard, UNC Professor
What's the Tea in L&E? Is Your Workplace "Toxic?" Best Practices for Psychological Safety
Addiction and the Recovery Journey for Lawyers | Brian Cuban | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Employee Assistance Programs & Career Balance – IMS Insights Podcast Episode 60
Mental Health in the Legal Field – IMS Insights Podcast Episode 59
Talking About Mental Health at Work – IMS Insights Podcast Episode 58
#WorkforceWednesday: Mental Health Awareness Month in the Workplace - Employment Law This Week®
Legal’s Mental Health Imperative
Compliance Into The Weeds - Mental Health and Compliance Officers
Responding to Trauma in the Workplace with Katharine Manning, President of Blackbird DC: On Record PR
What Can the Show Severance Teach Us About Work-Life Balance? - Hiring to Firing Podcast
A Slow Burn or a Burn Out: How to Know When You Are Past Your Limits
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Podcast | Episode 105: Sara Goldsby, Director, DAODAS
#WorkforceWednesday: Federal Focus on Mental Health, FTC and Noncompetes, Gig Work Risks for Hospitals - Employment Law This Week®
“Walking the Walk” on Lawyer Well-Being | Bree Buchanan
DE Under 3: EEOC & DOJ Technical Guidance for Employer’s AI Use; Upcoming EEOC Hearing; Event for Mental Health in the Workplace
DE Under 3: Best Practices, Webinars & Communication – Straight from Government Agencies
The Kids Online Health and Safety Task Force, which is co-led by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s...more
Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released its anticipated Final Rule last week. The Final Rule revises...more
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Office for Civil Rights recently issued a Final Rule amending the Confidentiality of...more
As we reflect on the flurry of activity in the health care data privacy and security space in 2023 and look ahead to what will continue to be a busy 2024, we are seeing the early stages of federal agency movement to align the...more
Congress Works to Meet Imminent Funding Deadlines. Speaker of the House Johnson (R-LA) and Senate Majority Leader Schumer (D-NY) announced an agreement on top-line spending levels to fund the government for the remainder of...more
Lawmakers unveiled their long-awaited $1.7 trillion government funding package on Dec. 20, 2022. As of publishing, it seems likely that a vote on final passage in the U.S. Senate will occur at some point on Dec. 22, with a...more
On Nov. 28, 2022, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (“SAMHSA”) and the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”), both agencies within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), provided...more
The United States has been facing a mental health crisis for years, made only worse by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our leaders in Washington, D.C. are attempting to address it. A few weeks ago, we covered the Restoring Hope for...more
Increasing mental health care needs for minors present a range of legal issues for children, parents, health care providers and health care payors. While state laws typically govern who has the power to consent to or refuse...more
Erica Erman and Gregory Moore discussed some of the top developments in behavioral health during Dickinson Wright’s Health Law Summit. Below is a summary of what was discussed. ...more
On March 6, 2021, the U.S. Senate narrowly passed H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, by a 50-49 vote, along entirely partisan lines. Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) missed the vote after joining with all Republicans on...more
In the early morning of Feb. 27, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, by a 219-212 vote. Two Democrats joined with a united Republican caucus to oppose the...more
On July 15, 2020, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), published its much-anticipated final rule to revise 42 C.F.R. Part...more
This week in Washington: Hearing on public health impact of e-cigarettes, meeting on continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2020, and hearing on how pharmaceutical companies game the system....more
The OIG added six new items to its Work Plan in the July 2018 update. Areas addressed include HHS cybersecurity vulnerabilities, increased payments for transfer claims with outliers, oversight of funds for Access Increases in...more
On January 2, 2018, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) issued a final rule entitled, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records. The final rule makes changes to the SAMHSA...more
Last month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (“SAMHSA”) released a Final Rule updating the Confidentiality of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Patient...more
The 21st Century Cures Act (Act), enacted in December 2016, has received widespread coverage for funding biomedical research and streamlining the drug approval process. The Act also includes the Helping Families in Mental...more
On January 18, 2017, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released a final rule (the Final Rule) modifying the federal regulations governing the...more
I. REGULATIONS, NOTICES, & GUIDANCE - On March 29, 2016, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule entitled, “Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs: Mental Health Parity and...more