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Kaiser’s Massive Mental Health Care Settlement Sends Strong Message to Providers That Ignore Patient Needs.
A California settlement compels the state’s largest health care provider to spend $150 million on behavioral health services. Kaiser Permanente’s $200 million settlement with the State of California for its repeated failures to provide patients with adequate and...
Alaska Air pilot ‘breakdown’ spotlights mental health of aviators: ‘People do anything to hide it’.
An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot’s attempt to shut down the engines on a San Francisco-bound commercial flight Sunday is drawing renewed attention to airline pilot mental health — a topic long considered taboo in the industry but one that has generated more scrutiny...
San Mateo County Supervisors OK contracts for mental health services, unlocking federal funding.
The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors finalized two of four contracts Tuesday, Sept. 26, for mental health care providers that will operate smaller, more specialized facilities. Doing so will allow the county to obtain federal reimbursements through the state for...
Combined Psychosocial Treatment Helped Schizophrenia Patients with Motivational Negative Symptoms.
In recent years, research has begun to suggest something that was once thought to be unlikely: that negative symptoms in schizophrenia may be responsive, to some significant degree, to treatment. A newly published study led by a BBRF grantee adds to the growing...
SMC Buys 2 Hotels For Supportive Housing.
San Mateo County has purchased two more hotels to help people experiencing homelessness get safe and stable housing. REDWOOD CITY, CA — The Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday to approve the purchase of two former hotels to be repurposed as permanent housing units...
Yale University settles lawsuit alleging it pressured students with mental health issues to withdraw.
Yale University and a student group announced Friday that they've reached a settlement in a federal lawsuit that accused the Ivy League school of discriminating against students with mental health disabilities, including pressuring them to withdraw. Under the...
San Mateo County libraries offer mental health training.
(KRON) — Starting this month, San Mateo County libraries are offering mental health first aid training. The courses are meant to teach people how to respond to a person having a mental health or substance-use crAdd Robo Galleryisis. KRON4 spoke with Library Governing...
Santa Clara County unveils new residential mental health facility amid psychiatric bed shortage.
County needs more psychiatric beds to meet community needs. SAN JOSE — The rooms inside this building—modestly furnished with neatly made twin beds, tables, chairs and nightstands decorated with vases of faux orange-and-violet daises—may look unremarkable. But to...
White House pushes private insurance companies to cover mental health care.
The policy will undergo a 60-day public comment period before implementation. President Joe Biden's administration plans to try to force private insurance companies to offer the same coverage for mental health services as they do for physical health services,...
CMS Approves California & Kentucky Requests to Provide Essential Behavioral Health Services Through Mobile Crisis Intervention Teams.
Six states have adopted this option under President Biden’s American Rescue Plan to provide individuals experiencing mental health or substance use disorder crises with community-based interventions and stabilization The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...