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School-based Mental Health Resource Finding Help Resource Guide Issue Brief Survey Video Website
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2022 Ensuring Coverage of Behavioral Health Emergency Emergency Services Brief

The Kennedy Forum's brief breaks down policy options for state and federal legislators to ensure the full continuum of crisis care is built out and fully funded. The policy options are accompanied by an analysis of the current landscape model legislation, and a state-based case study.

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Illinois Providers Report Barriers to Mental Health and Addiction Coverage for Their Patients

An overview of the barriers Illinois providers and patients face while seeking treatment for Mental Health and Addiction coverage.

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Payment Reform and Opportunities for Behavioral Health: Alternative Payment Model Examples

This white paper outlines payment reform policy recommendations to improve quality and reduce the cost of U.S. health care.

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Filing An Appeal Based On a Parity Violation

This issue brief describes different types of potential parity violations illustrating one’s right to file an appeal based on how health plans cover behavioral health treatments.

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Consumer Guide Drug Formulary Issue Brief

Formularies are the lists that act as the gateways to prescription drugs in health plans in the United States, impacting every prescriber, pharmacist, purchaser and patient.

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New Technologies for Improving Behavioral Health

A National Call for Accelerating the Use of New Methods for Assessing and Treating Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders

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Promoting Brain Health and Brain Fitness: A National Call for Action

Third in our series of issue briefs on Fixing Mental Health Care in America

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A Core Set of Outcome Measures for Behavioral Health Across Service Settings

Supplement to the issue brief, "A National Call for Measurement-Based Care in the Delivery of Behavioral Health Services"

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A National Call for Measurement-Based Care in the Delivery of Behavioral Health Services

Second in our series of issue briefs on Fixing Mental Health Care in America

"We stand on the doorstep to make momentous progress in advancing the cause of this new civil rights struggle started by the work of President Kennedy over 50 years ago."
— Patrick J. Kennedy