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House passes SUPPORT Act reauthorization bill

The House June 4 passed the AHA-supported SUPPORT Act (H.R. 2483) by a 366-57 vote.

GAO says CMS should target behavioral health services in prior authorization audits

The Government Accountability Office May 29 released a report recommending the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services target behavioral health services when auditing Medicare Advantage plans’ use of prior authorization.

AHA blog: From Infancy to Adolescence — Hospitals Step Up to Support Youth Mental Health

Rebecca B. Chickey, MPH, AHA’s senior director, behavioral health services, closes Mental Health Awareness Month with a blog highlighting what the AHA and member hospitals and health systems are doing to support American children and adolescents during the current mental health crisis and previewing how the AHA will share more insight about youth mental health throughout the year.

AHA podcast: Bringing Virtual Behavioral Health Care Access to Rural Youth in West Virginia

Adrienne Coopey, D.O., a child and adolescent psychiatrist at the West Virginia University Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, discusses how a fully virtual collaborative care model helps deliver early behavioral health interventions and improve access and outcomes for children across West Virginia

Foundation recognizes 635 hospitals as clinical well-being champions 

The Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation has recognized 50 licensure boards and 635 hospitals for changing invasive and stigmatizing mental health questions in their licensing applications. 

CDC investigating reports of contaminated ultrasound gel

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is assisting in a multistate investigation on the use of contaminated non-sterile ultrasound gel for ultrasound-guided percutaneous procedures.

Overdose deaths dropped an estimated 27% in 2024

Overdose deaths in the U.S.

AHA blog: Filling the Gaps in Maternal Mental Health Care

Beth Heinz, senior vice president, Women’s and Children’s Services at Yale New Haven Health, and Cheri Johnson, chief nursing officer, Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge, La., write about how the inte

CDC finds lower RSV hospitalization rates for infants receiving prevention products

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention May 8 released an analysis that found declines in hospitalizations for infants infected with respiratory syncytial virus during the 2024-2025 RSV season.

Rep. Robin Kelly speaks on Medicaid, maternal health

Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Ill., member of the Health Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee and chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust and the bipartisan Maternal Health Caucus, spoke to AHA Annual Meeting attendees May 5 about the threats posed to the Medicaid program, particularly how major cuts under consideration in Congress would threaten access to vital care, including maternal health services.