NABH Annual Membership Updates Are Due Today, Sept. 16!
Today,
Friday, Sept. 16, is the deadline for members to submit changes about their organizations for the online-only NABH 2022 Membership Directory.
Last month NABH sent its system members a message with a link to the association’s membership-update tool. To help ensure we have the most accurate information on our members, please use this tool to verify your system’s information.
NABH has added several new categories this year. The answers to these questions will help us provide a more accurate description of our diverse membership to policymakers, regulators, partner organizations, and the media.
Please be sure to enter information for all your system’s facilities so that we have a better picture of our diverse membership.
If you need NABH to re-send the link, please contact Maria Merlie at
maria@nabh.org. Thank you for your cooperation!
NABH Submits Comments on CMS’ Proposed Rule for Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System
NABH this week sent comments and recommendations to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the agency’s proposed Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) for calendar year 2023 (CY 2023).
In its five-page
letter, NABH proposed that CMS examine ways to account for increased costs to ensure that beneficiaries continue to have access to quality outpatient care and offered a range of recommendations, including: reducing the productivity cut for CY 2023; ensuring that non-340B hospitals remain unharmed; expanding telehealth services; and more.
CMS Announces Approval of Nation’s First Medicaid Mobile Crisis Intervention Services Program
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) this week
announced approval of the Oregon Health Authority’s proposal to cover community-based stabilization services throughout the state.
Oregon is the first state to seek and be granted approval for the new Medicaid option that became available to states in April 2022. The program will provide community-based stabilization services to individuals experiencing mental health and/or substance use crises by connecting them to a behavioral health specialist 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
Sound the Alarm for Kids Virtual Roundtable is Today, Friday, Sept. 16 at 1 p.m. ET
Sound the Alarm for Kids will host “Helping Girls Thrive: A Conversation Examining Trends in Girls’ Mental Health” is today, Friday, Sept. 16 at 1 p.m. ET.
The virtual roundtable discussion will examine the national campaign to raise awareness about today’s mental health crisis among children and teens and how to create change. Some of the speakers include Christina Bethell, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.B.A, director of the Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative at Johns Hopkins University and Kelley Haynes-Mendez, Psy.D., senior director of the human rights team at the American Psychological Association.
Click
here to register.
Enhanced NABH Denial-of-Care Portal is Now Available
NABH recently made enhancements to its Denial-of-Care Portal that are intended to make the portal easier for members to use.
A year ago, NABH developed the Denial-of-Care Portal to collect specific data on insurers who deny care—often without regard to parity or the effects on patients. Now the association has updated this resource to make it more user-friendly for members and also more aligned with what regulators need to identify parity violations.
The updated portal includes fewer questions, which will require less time for members to complete. In addition, all questions are now optional. NABH hopes this will make it more likely for members to share the data they have. Lastly, NABH has added a checklist of “red flags” that were included in the
2022 MHPAEA Report to Congress from the U.S. Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury Departments in January.
Please e-mail
Emily Wilkins, NABH’s administrative coordinator, if you have questions about the portal.
Save the Date for the NABH 2023 Annual Meeting!
Please mark your calendars and plan to join us in Washington, DC from
June 12-14, 2023 for next year’s NABH Annual Meeting!
Fact of the Week
Based on data from 14 state maternal mortality review committees, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
reports that mental health conditions—including suicide—are the 6th leading cause of pregnancy-related death.
For questions or comments about this CEO Update, please contact Jessica Zigmond