The Consequences of Untreated Mental Illness: New Study Takes a Comprehensive Look at Public Funding and Services
The city of Houston loses more than $5.6 billion every year in total productivity and annual earnings as a result of serious mental illness. This statistic comes as part of a new study on the consequences of untreated mental illness from the Mental Health Policy...
Yes, you can finance integrated health care in Texas!
It’s a common misconception that federally qualified health centers in Texas can’t bill for two services in one day because federal Medicaid rules won’t allow it. Participants in the Hogg Foundation’s Financing Integrated Health Care webinar learned that this belief...
The Criminalization of Mental Illness
A recent article in Psychiatric News highlighted the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that California must reduce its prison population due to substandard general and mental health care. The ruling indicated that substandard care violates the Eighth Amendment’s...
Social Workers: Unsung Heroes of Health Care
A recent Huffington Post article confirms what we already know about the important role of social workers and the value they contribute as members of the health care workforce. In many respects, social workers are the “unsung heroes” of our health care...
Financing Integrated Health Care Nationally and in Texas
This webinar presented several ways to fund collaborative care and integrated health care initiatives today. Attendees also learned about a free new financing worksheet developed for Texas that can serve as an example for other states.