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Humana study shows success of linking population health, substance abuse treatment

A yearlong study by Humana and health management service provider Catasys determined that a population health-based approach to treating substance abuse improved enrollment in treatment programs while reducing hospitalizations as well as overall healthcare costs.

How correctional systems are taking advantage of health IT

Correctional systems are looking to technology to improve care and reduce costs, but complex IT projects are not necessarily required to achieve good outcomes, according to a draft report from Community Oriented Correctional Health Services.

Could medical marijuana be a money-saver for healthcare?

Should the U.S. healthcare system go to pot in order to save money?

Coverage expansion won't increase behavioral health admissions

Expanded health insurance coverage for young adults doesn't mean they will use more hospital-based care for behavioral health, concludes a study published online yesterday in JAMA Psychiatry.

Behavioral health programs to get federal health IT grants

A new government grant program will give a shot in the arm to the use of health IT in the treatment of behavioral health issues. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Bills seek to expand meaningful use, allow non-certified EMRs; Orthopedists call standards inappropriate

Once again, members of Congress, unsatisfied with the scope of "meaningful use," are seeking to expand eligibility for federal EMR subsidy payments, while more criticisms of the final CMS rule are

How can care be coordinated if behavioral health is shut out of meaningful use?

Did you catch the bits of irony in today's FierceEMR? The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology just launched three certification programs for EMRs specific to behavioral health.

Mental health advocates continue to push for ARRA expansion

Mental health advocates continue to press for psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, substance abuse professionals, psychiatric hospitals and related providers to be included in the federal

HHS says providers, HIEs must get consent to share substance abuse records electronically

Two HHS agencies have published answers to frequently asked questions in an attempt to clarify how records of patients' treatment for alcohol and drug abuse can be shared electronically. A federal

Hospital-based docs now eligible for MU bonuses; bill seeks expansion to mental health

Physicians in hospital-based outpatient clinics now are eligible for federal EMR incentive payments, as President Obama has signed into law legislation that removes a restriction in the American