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531. A Lack of Behavioral Health Providers in Medicare and Medicaid Impedes Enrollees' Access to Care - Resources
Date: Mar 2024

Examines the availability of behavioral health providers who actively serve Medicare or Medicaid enrollees in 20 counties, 10 urban and 10 rural, across 10 states in 2021. Explores the extent to which traditional Medicare, Medicare Advantage, and Medicaid enrollees received behavioral health services and whether they used telehealth or in-person services. Offers recommendations to encourage more behavioral health providers to serve these enrollees and expand coverage to additional behavioral health provider types. Includes rural and urban comparisons throughout.

...Behavioral health workforce · Health workforce supply and demand · Medicaid · Medicare · Medicare Advantage · Policy · Rural-urban...

532. Serving Those Who Have Served: Educational Needs of Health Care Providers Working with Military Members, Veterans, and their Families - Resources
Date: Dec 2011

Discusses findings from a survey of rural and urban mental health and primary care providers, which explored providers' experience with and knowledge of the VA and Armed Forces personnel.

...Rural Health Behavioral health workforce · Health workforce education and training · Mental health · Primary care · Veterans...

533. State Medicaid & CHIP Toolkit for Children's Behavioral Health Services and the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) Requirements - Resources
Date: Feb 2026

Toolkit designed to support state Medicaid and CHIP agencies in ensuring that children and youth experiencing behavioral health conditions get the care they need under the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) requirements. Offers state examples within each strategy and sub-strategy presented. Includes rural considerations throughout.

...Behavioral health · Behavioral health workforce · Care coordination · Children and youth · Integrated service delivery · Medicare · Policy...

534. Pandemic-Era Trends in Telehealth Use among Americans with Private Health Insurance - Resources
Date: May 2024

Brief analyzing telehealth use between 2019 and 2021 for people younger than 65 with private health insurance. Discusses the impact of COVID-19 on telehealth use. Analyzes data by various factors such as age, rurality, access, broadband availability, and more. Discusses policy implications related to broadband access, mental healthcare provider shortages, costs, access, and equity. Includes both nationwide and state-by-state rural and urban comparisons.

...Behavioral health workforce · Broadband · COVID-19 · Health disparities · Health insurance · Health workforce supply and demand...

535. Calendar Year (CY) 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule - Resources
Date: Nov 2023

Fact sheet providing an overview of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) final rule regarding updates and changes to the Medicare payments under the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and other Medicare Part B issues for calendar year 2024. Summarizes provisions related to paying separately for community health integration, social determinants of health (SDOH) risk assessment, and principal illness navigation services; telehealth services; mental health visits furnished by Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), including marriage and family therapists and mental health counselors as eligible for payment at RHCs and FQHCs; and more.

...Behavioral health workforce · Federally Qualified Health Centers · Healthcare quality · Legislation and regulations · Medicare · Opioids · Physicians...

536. Addressing Opioid-Related Outcomes among Individuals with Co-Occurring Behavioral Health Conditions: An Environmental Scan of Quality Measures - Resources
Date: Apr 2021

Presents the results of an environmental scan of healthcare quality measures relevant to addressing polysubstance use among individuals with co-occurring behavioral health conditions. Includes information on access to buprenorphine providers in rural communities.

...Behavioral health workforce · Healthcare quality · Illicit drug use · Opioids · Prescription drug misuse · Rural-urban differences...

537. Expanding Behavioral Health Teams in Care Deserts With Community Health Workers and Peer Support Specialists - Resources
Date: Feb 2026

Report explores the role community health workers can play in expanding behavioral health access to rural areas and care deserts. Highlights how community health workers can support behavioral health access through outreach activities, serving as community liaisons, screening for behavioral health concerns, and providing community education, among other measures.

...Behavioral health workforce · Community health workers · Health workforce supply and demand · Opioids · Service delivery models...

538. Maine J-1 Visa Waiver Program - Funding
Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis

Offers a J-1 visa waiver to foreign physicians who commit to serving for 3 years in an approved area of Maine, allowing them to remain in the United States.

...Behavioral health workforce · J-1 Visa Waiver · Maternal health and prenatal care · Maternal health workforce...

539. Behavioral Health Careers by State - Resources
Reviewed: Nov 2025

Tool provides information on basic requirements for careers in the fields of mental health and substance use. Includes details on licensure needed, issuing agency, and license renewal requirements for each state.

...Behavioral health workforce · Legislation and regulations · Mental health · Substance use and misuse · State-by-state...

540. Using Technology-Based Therapeutic Tools in Behavioral Health Services - Resources
Date: 2021

Report discusses the use of telehealth to provide behavioral health services. Explores the benefits of telehealth as a bridge to accessing behavioral healthcare and presents implementation guidance, such as state and licensing regulations and reimbursement considerations.

...Behavioral health · Health workforce supply and demand · Mental health conditions · Opioids · Statistics and data · Telehealth...