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The simple way to boost health you may have overlooked

The U.S. Surgeon General discusses one simple way happiness benefits communal health. Happiness affects us on a biological level. Happy people have lower levels of cortisol, a key stress hormone. Happiness and small acts of gratitude are helping communities create innovative public health solutions.

Behavioral Health
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Why positive emotions may be the next big predictor of health

What if joy or amusement could improve your health? In a TEDMED presentation, a psychology researcher explores human emotions and why our feelings they may predict that state of our health.

Behavioral Health
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New AMA policy urges better coverage for behavioral health care services

Physicians at the 2015 AMA Annual Meeting called for increased access and coverage of integrated medical and behavioral health care services. The new policy directs the AMA to urge Medicaid and private health insurers to pay for physical and behavioral health care services provided on the same day.

Medicare & Medicaid
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AMA to increase coverage and access for patients with many care needs

AMA announced new policy to increase access to and coverage for integrated medical and behavioral health care services for patients with multiple care needs.

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Ruling could restrict access to psychiatric care

Mental health parity is at the center of a case between physicians and Anthem, Inc., one of the largest health insurers in the country. The complaint alleged that Anthem reimbursed psychiatrists less than non-psychiatric physicians who provided comparable medical services.

Access to Care
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Physicians go to court for their mental health patients

Physicians are taking on the issue of mental health parity in a case against UnitedHealthcare, claiming the payer has “systematically implemented unlawful and deceptive practices.”

Access to Care
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Racial, ethnic mental health disparities in the spotlight this month

During Mental Health Month, observed each May, the AMA Minority Affairs Section encourages all physicians to recognize and work to address the racial and ethnic disparities that exist in mental health care.

Behavioral Health
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Critical illness increases patients' risk of developing psychiatric illness

A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association examined how critical illness might contribute to psychiatric illness and the need for psychiatric medications after being admitted to the intensive care unit.

Behavioral Health