News and reports from the Department of Health and Human Services.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced the launch of the KidneyX Sustainability Prize, a $7.25 million initiative aimed at enhancing the sustainability of kidney care. This challenge, part of the Kidney Innovation Accelerator (KidneyX), seeks to identify and support solutions that reduce water and power consumption in maintenance dialysis.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has approved New Hampshire’s Medicaid State Plan Amendment to provide community-based mobile crisis intervention services for individuals experiencing mental health or substance use disorder crises. This approval allows New Hampshire to connect Medicaid-eligible individuals in crisis to behavioral health providers 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. With this approval, New Hampshire joins 20 other states and the District of Columbia in expanding access to...

The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury have issued final rules aimed at improving access to mental health and substance use disorder benefits for over 150 million individuals with private health coverage. This initiative is part of the Biden-Harris administration's broader effort to ensure equitable access to these services.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to establish state-based Healthcare Extension Cooperatives. This initiative represents a significant investment aimed at accelerating the implementation and dissemination of patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) into healthcare delivery, focusing on improvements in healthcare policy, payment, and practice, as well as reducing healthcare disparities among Medicaid recipients, the uninsured, and medically...